Under the Peepal Tree 2014 LitEnt Finals Dries 1

8/12/2019 Under the Peepal Tree 2014 LitEnt Finals Dries 1

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4 strikes throughout the quiz.


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QUESTION : 1

The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls is an unpublished work by author X.The story

was initially going to appear in Harper's Bazaar,but Xwithdrew the story

before publication. This story is available in the Princeton UniversityLibrary. Those who wish to read it must check in with two forms of

identification with the librarian, and are then supervised while they read the

story behind the closed doors of a special reading room. Per the terms of

Xs donation of the manuscript to Princeton University, it cannot be

published until 50 years after his death; thus, the earliest it can be

published is January 27, 2060. This work is said to be a prequel to one of

Xs most famous works,Y. Give me Xand the famous workY.


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ANSWER

X- J. D. Salinger

Y - Catcher in the Rye


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QUESTION : 2

This is a still from Lady Gagas music video for the song Applause,reminiscent of Xs depiction of Y, a star who experienced the same

trappings of fame which Gaga so often comments upon.


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ANSWER

XAndy Warhol

YMarilyn Monroe


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This is an excerpt from an interview with PJ Proby about his 1968 album titledThreeWeek Hero.

Yeah,after that session, Big Jim Sullivan (who worked on Probysfirst album)was the most sought after lead guitar player in England so he was oneverybody but everybodys sessions. At that time the guitarist of X couldntreally pick lead all that well. So he went off and wasntheard for a long timeand the next thing I knew he was inY. (.....)

When I got to the studio to record, there was what they called, Z. There was(the guitarist of X) , lead guitar player, a great lead guitar player by now and Xsdrummer and another guy (Xs rhythm guitarist) and Albert Lee [Huh?].

Anyway, we recorded that album, I think it was in two days. (.....)

Afterwards, I said, Man,yalldid a terrific job. Ivegot some tours coming up,would you back me?They said, Wedlove to, wellbe your backing band, butfirst wevegot two obligations wevegot to honour in California and they named

two places in California that I had just come back from playing with a band ofmine that was called Canned Heat. The boys told me they were going over toplay in San Francisco.

So I said, Youregoing to go over there and go down so great I dont thinkyoure ever going to come home. They didnt ever come back until theychanged their name to X and stayed over there and came back huge hugestars.

QUESTION : 3


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ANSWER

XLed Zeppelin

YThe Yardbirds

ZNew Yardbirds


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QUESTION : 4

This hero is called The Clockwerk Goblin from DoTA2. This is his death

sequence and is reminiscent of another death sequence. Put funda.


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ANSWER

The Terminator 2 Death Scene (T800)


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QUESTION : 5

The Xtheorem proves that, regardless of how many mind switches between

two bodies have been made, they can still all be restored to their original

bodies using only two extra people, provided these two people have not

had any mind switches prior (assuming two people cannot switch minds

back with each other after their original switch).

This theorem is a real-life mathematical theorem invented by one of Xs

writers (Ken Keeler),who holds a PhD in applied mathematics, purely for

use in one of the episodes of X, in which the primary characters utilize thistheorem to get back to their respective bodies.


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ANSWER

Futurama Theorem


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QUESTION : 6

Wrath of The Lich King, the second expansion of World Of Warcraft, was

released in China two years after its release in the rest of the world. This

was due to the changes to allow release, due to certain Chinese

legislature.

Many charactersmodels were modified to conform to the rules, including

the abominations, Lord Marrowgar, and the Lich King himself. "It's to

promote a healthy and harmonious online environment," anonymous staff

at Blizzard Entertainment said.

In addition, the _____ symbolising dead players were changed to graves.

What was this law?


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ANSWER

Bare skeletons and skulls may not be shown because they disrespected

the dead.

So abominations with bones sticking out and skeletons have to be covered

in flesh.


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QUESTION : 7

During World War II, etymologist David Shulman served in the army and used

his language skills to crack Japanese codes. His most astonishing feat as

a wordsmith, however, occurred in 1936, when he composed the sonnet

"Washington Crossing the Delaware."

A hard, howling, tossing water scene.

Strong tide was washing hero clean.

How cold! Weather stings as in anger.O Silent night shows war ace danger!

Whats so special about this poem?


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ANSWER

Every line is an anagram of the title


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QUESTION : 8

X achieved wild popularity throughout his role in Y, where he presents

probably the most eerie personifications of human psychology.

As Ysdirector s ambivalent towards making a sequel of the film, X, says

he does not want to see Y 2 - "I am not in favour of any sequel to Y. Even if

there is any, I don't think I will be part of that. My character in the movie isover and done with," X told PTI.

"I've my entire life is [here]. My 9-year daughter Hiya studies here. My

wife Mohua is a teacher. I can't wrench them out of their environment. But I

can easily travel between [here] and Mumbai.

Incidentally Hiya whose friends now regularly badger X for an autograph,has not seen Y. - "She has a very different image of her father. She'd be

shocked to see me killing people. I'll show it to her when she's older.

There's no psychopathic laughter. No twitching. No punch dialogue. He

is______.


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ANSWER

XSaswata Chatterjee

Y - Kahaani

Blank - Bob Biswas.

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