TV Series Quiz FINALS - Top Scoring Teams

Rules :
• The Finals are divided into four rounds :
• The Written Lists Round
• The Clockwise Infinite Pounce and Bounce Round
• The Written Hidden References Round
• The Anti-Clockwise Infinite Pounce and Bounce Round
• Details of each round will be explained before its start.
• Use of mobile phones is prohibited.
• The Quizmaster’s decision is final and binding.

The Written Lists Round
• Written Round.
• Every question will have a list of answers.
• Every correct answer gets you 3 points.
• Getting all answers correct for a question gets you 5
extra points.
• There are no negatives.
• In case you write more answers than the total number
of answers (x), then the answers from the beginning
till x will be considered for marking.

1.
List all the Star Trek television series, including the one
releasing in 2017.
(Total : 7)

2.
List all the Marvel Cinematic Universe television
series, that are either cancelled, ongoing or have been
picked up for series.
(Total : 10)

3.
List the 74th Golden Globe Award (2017) Winners in the following
categories :
• Best Series : Drama,
• Best Series : Musical or Comedy,
• Best Performance in a Television Series : Drama (Male),
• Best Performance in a Television Series : Drama (Female),
• Best Performance in a Television Series : Musical or Comedy (Male),
• Best Performance in a Television Series : Musical or Comedy (Female),
• Best Miniseries or Television Film.
(Total : 7)

4.
List all the hosts of the national and regional versions of
Kaun Banega Crorepati.
(Languages : Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Bengali.)
(Total : 12)

Answers :
1. Star Trek : The Original Series (1966–69)
2. Star Trek : The Animated Series (1973–74)
3. Star Trek : The Next Generation (1987–94)
4. Star Trek : Deep Space Nine (1993–99)
5. Star Trek : Voyager (1995–2001)
6. Star Trek : Enterprise (2001–05)
7. Star Trek : Discovery (2017–)

Answers :
1. Agent Carter
2. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
3. Daredevil
4. Jessica Jones
5. Luke Cage
6. Iron Fist
7. The Defenders
8. The Punisher
9. The Inhumans
10. Cloak And Dagger

Answers :
1. The Crown
2. Atlanta
3. Billy Bob Thornton (Goliath)
4. Claire Foy (The Crown)
5. Donald Glover (Atlanta)
6. Tracee Ellis Ross (Blackish)
7. The People vs. O. J. Simpson : American Crime Story

Answers :
1. Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi)
2. Shah Rukh Khan (Hindi)
3. Suriya (Tamil)
4. Prakash Raj (Tamil)
5. Arvind Swamy (Tamil)
6. Nagarjuna (Telegu)
7. Suresh Gopi (Malayalam)
8. Puneeth Rajkumar (Kannada)
9. Sachin Khedekar (Marathi)
10. Swapnil Joshi (Marathi)
11. Shatrughan Sinha (Bhojpuri)
12. Sourav Ganguly (Bengali)

The Clockwise Infinite Pounce and Bounce Round
• 16 Questions.
• Clockwise Round.
• There are no negatives on Bounce.
• Wrong answers on Pounce get you -10 points.

1.
Arnold Schwarzenegger had an array of options available to him, given
his catchphrase-heavy body of work, including “Hasta la vista, baby”
and “You won’t be back”. He said that he winnowed the options down
to “like, eight of my sayings from the movies”.
He finally decided to go the catchphrase X, replacing one of the most
well-recognised catchphrases in television history.
What is the context?
What catchphrase did Schwarzenegger finally choose?

Hey Ma!
Mataji !!!
Buffer Slide

Replacing Trump’s “You’re Fired” with “You’re Terminated” in The Apprentice.

2.
According to the canon of a certain TV show, which object has its
origin in the 1984 horror flick called “The Careful Massacre of the
Bourgeoisie”, which deals with a serial killer murdering some college
kids at a posh, daytime New Year's party?

The fSociety Mask (Mr. Robot).

3.
Soon after the launch of the TV series X, news started circulating
online that X has become the “most illegally downloaded programme
ever”. This was a false news, of course, as it is virtually impossible for
any new show to be the most downloaded ever if it is up against
those that have been available for years. A spokesperson for X finally
confirmed that:
“Demand analysis across a three-week monitoring period for episodes
1-3 of X placed it as having the highest volume of piracy views for a UK
TV show in history, as well as the most piracy views in a debut season
for a TV show.”
Identify X.

4.
X’s wife was diagnosed with cancer. He could not handle this
situation and sought refuge in bed with another woman. He called
off the affair later and returned to her side in the hospital as she
battled the disease. As he sat with his dying wife, some creatures,
who derive their name from Haitian folklore, attacked. X
barricaded the hospital room. He checked her pulse but found
nothing. While watching the turmoil outside, he heard a noise
behind him and saw that his wife has transformed into one of those
creatures. With a painful look on his face, X tried to see if that is still
his wife by calling out her name: Y.
The above scene has not been shown in a certain TV series yet. But
X, who paid homage to his wife Y in a weird way, has caught the
attention of viewers worldwide.
How did X pay homage to his dead wife Y?

Negan named his Baseball Bat Lucille after his wife.

5.
X is a song by Nancy Sinatra that released in 1966. X was an
American slang for LSD and the song itself is a double
entendre for the hallucinatory effects of LSD. One of the more
famous recreations of X was performed by Zooey Deschanel in a
karaoke scene in the film (500) Days of Summer.
Y is a television series than ran for six seasons and focused on a
recently divorced woman in her 40s facing the often humorous
challenges of life's next chapter, along with her teenage son, her
ex-husband and her friends.
The lead actress of Y, a television icon, had once auditioned for
the role of Rachel Green in Friends.
Y is a wordplay on X.
Identify X and Y.

X – Sugar Town, Y – Cougar Town.

6.
Avinash Dixit of Princeton University wrote a paper in 2011 whose
abstract read “This is a paper about nothing”. In the paper, he
presents a dilemma faced by the lead female character of a
television series in the 9th episode of the 7th season as an option
value problem.
In the show, when the lady uses up a X, she is giving up the
option to have it available when a better man comes along.
Therefore using the X amounts to exercising a real option to wait.
Avinash used standard option-pricing techniques and stochastic
dynamic programming methods to derive a formula that can be
used to calculate the value of Y (derived from X) for any male
suitor.
What is Y? Or, what question does Avinash try to answer using
this paper?

7.
Crisis in Six Scenes is an American mini-series written and directed
by X for Amazon Studios. X directed six episodes for the half-hour
series, marking the first time he has directed for television.
In May 2015, X said that progress was “very, very difficult” and that
he had “regretted every second” ever since he said okay.
The Guardian called the show “proof that X has finally lost the plot”.
The Playlist described it as “ham-fisted and nearly unwatchable”.
Who is X?

8.
This panel is from the 8th issue of Alan Moore’s Top 10. In the issue, a teleportation accident
fuses an average commuter with a space-travelling horse creature, Kapela. Kapela is a warrior
who fights for the Great White against the Great Black. At the end, as Kapela and the
commuter lie dying under a starry sky, they have the given exchange.
What did this panel inspire in a certain television series?

The Last Lines of True Detective Season 1.

9.
X is an upcoming unscripted television series that will search for “the
next great app” and exceptional app developers. Those selected will
have the chance to receive hands-on guidance from some of the
most influential experts in the tech community, featured placement
on the App Store, and funding from top-tier VCs.
The name X is a wordplay on the 1968 movie Y for which John
Chambers won an Honorary Academy Award for outstanding
make-up achievement. The movie was the first in a series of five
and was remade in 2001.
Identify X.

10.
In his autobiography, X, who is “synonymous with success,
panache, quick wit and outspokenness”, says that he loves
hosting the television show Y. But he blames the show for
taking away his depth and seriousness and making him look
like a kitty party queen. He believes Y is the reason the film
fraternity does not take him seriously anymore and neither
does the audience. He feels like he has become a “jester
who entertains people” due to this show.
Identify X and Y.

Karan Johar and Koffee with Karan.

11.
Rihanna has been cast in the iconic role of X in the
television series Y, whose last season will begin in
February 2017.
The appearance of X will mark the final blending of
the events of the TV series with the movie series
on which it is based.
The show-runner has said that “We are going to see
a version of ______ (the protagonist) that is much
closer now to the one in the movie, but the way in
which he acts and the events in the story will not be
the same as the movie. They will cross paths with
some of the events in the movie and that will lead to
an ultimate resolution.”
Expected to take a shower, which character is
Rihanna playing and which is the TV show?

12.
X are the sanitary clothing worn by surgeons, nurses, physicians
and other workers involved in patient care in hospitals. Originally
designed for use by surgeons and other operating room personnel,
who would put them on when sterilizing themselves, or “X-ing in”,
before surgery, they are now worn by many hospital personnel. Their
use has been extended outside hospitals as well, to work
environments where clothing may come into contact with infectious
agents. X are designed to be simple, easy to launder, and cheap to
replace if damaged or stained irreparably. In the United Kingdom, X
are sometimes known as Theatre Blues.
What are X?

13.
• Sonomanma Higashi = Chhotu,
• Junji Inagawa = Shikari Shambhu,
• Michiro Jo = Choos Lee,
• Popcorn = Changu Mangu,
• Yoroi Chuu = Ravan,
• Oki Bondo = X (the most popular one).
What am I talking about?
Who is X?

Takeshi’s Castle and Javed Jaffrey.

14.
The station X, located on the Montauk branch of the Long Island Rail Road, is fictional. But
the station shown in the picture, also on the Long Island Rail Road, was a clear inspiration
for X. They both even have similar names. And X, though designed in a studio, looks
almost identical to the station in the picture.
The venue where one of the longest running mysteries of television history was solved,
what is X?

15.
Many websites have conducted polls asking “Which is the
greatest performance by an actor as the Joker?”
According to the polls at MoviePilot and ComicVine, X’s
performance as the Clown Prince of Crime is the greatest.
According to the polls at The Escapist, Buzzfeed, Geek
Twins and IGN, X’s performance ranks as the 2nd best.
Winner of a BAFTA Award for his portrayal of the Joker,
who is X?

Mark Hamill (Batman : The Animated Series).

16.
This is a book written by Baltimore Sun reporter David
Simon and former homicide detective Ed Burns. The
book was critically acclaimed and was named as a
Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times.
The book was adapted into an Emmy award-winning
miniseries also called The Corner. Simon served as
the show's writer and executive producer.
Simon went on to create a television series that had
many thematic similarities to The Corner and also
had some of the same cast members.
Surprisingly, the series was nominated for just two
Emmys and did not win any.
Which television series?

The Written Hidden References Round
• Written Round.
• 8 clips from famous TV shows will be shown.
• Identify the movie the TV show is referencing.
• Getting all answers correct gets you 10 extra points.
• There are no negatives.

7.
The scene is from a fictional movie in Family Guy titled “X from the Point of
View of the Horses”. Which movie is X?

The Anti-Clockwise Infinite Pounce and Bounce Round
• 16 Questions.
• Anti-Clockwise Round.
• There are no negatives on Bounce.
• Wrong answers on Pounce get you -10 points.

1.
The term Z’s origin is related to Algebra, in a simple formula
where there is a single unknown. The Z therefore becomes “the
one thing we do not conclusively know”, but has lately been
used to mean “an indescribable quality. We know it's good, we
just cannot put it into words.“
What is Z?

2.
When the television series X was to premiere, the broadcasting
network was worried that the title of the series would make
the audience think it is about music. So, a gun image was
incorporated in its title logo.
The network had also considered other titles for the show,
such as “Made in New Jersey“ but then settled for the name
X probably because the makers sung in favour of this in their
highest voices.
Which television series?

3.
The latest television series featuring the actress is Wayward
Pines, where she plays a character named Rebecca.
Her first television series was X, where she appeared in 2014,
and her latest Bollywood movie Y was all about returning
to her X.
She was nominated for Best Actress in the 2014 Screen
Awards and the 2014 IIFA Awards for her most memorable
role.
Who is the actress? And identify X.

4.
The X Theorem, invented by a certain Ken Keeler, 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).
It is the first known theorem to be created for the sole purpose
of entertainment in a television show, and, according to Keeler,
was included to popularize Maths among young people.
What is the theorem called?

5.
There are many theories regarding naming of a certain episode of the television
series X as Y. Some of them are:
• Y, when broken down, refers to the three key ingredients the show was full of.
• In Marty Robbins’ classic Western ballad, El Paso, the unnamed cowboy
narrator falls in unrequited love with a Mexican girl named Y in the border
town of El Paso, Texas and kills one of her suitors out of jealously. The
gunslinger flees to “the badlands of New Mexico” and when he returns to El
Paso, he sneaks past a group of lawmen to the bar where Y would dance. The
song ends as Y puts a bullet in the narrator’s heart, but she kisses him on the
cheek one last time before he dies. According to a theorist, Y symbolizes the
lust for power and control of the show’s protagonist.
• Another theory claims that Y is simply an anagram for the said episode type.
Identify the series X and the episode Y.

6.
Naamkarann is a Hindi romantic drama television series, which has
premiered on 12th September 2016 and is being broadcast on Star
Plus.
It is the story of little Avni, an illegitimate child, whose father Ashish
and mother Asha are not married but consider themselves as
husband and wife and have a live-in relationship.
The television series is inspired from a 1998 Hindi movie, which was
based on the director’s own life.
Which movie and who is the director?

7.
The location of X is a mystery since 1969. Although it has never
been revealed, it has always been believed that X is in Manhattan.
Here is a list of possible locations of X, curated by Huffington Post
Entertainment, through clues like zip codes and subway stations:
• Astoria, Queens
• Lincoln Center
• Upper East Side / East Harlem
• Upper West Side
• 123 Avenue B, Alphabet City.
What is X?

8.
The girl seen here in yellow came into limelight for hosting a popular television show,
before being replaced by Shonali Nagrani. The show was the first of its kind in India
in its genre. It was produced by Endemol India.
Which TV show?

The Great India Laughter Challenge.

9.
The television show X was criticised heavily when it was
rumoured that the star of the show was spending some
nights with the crew in the Pines Resort Hotel at Bass Lake,
advertised as “a cozy getaway for families” complete with
blueberry pancakes for breakfast, and outfitted with
television, stone fireplaces, hot tubs and Internet access.
Which television show?

10.
Madhu Rye, a Gujarati playwright, wrote a novel called
Kimball Ravenswood which has inspired one TV show
and one feature film.
The TV show started in 1989 and the feature film
released in 2009.
Name both.
Which famous personality directed the TV show?

Mr. Yogi, What’s Your Raashee, Ketan Mehta .

11.
In December 2016, a Los Angeles-based production company, 22
Vision, released a video documenting a connection between the
TV series Friends and the 1990 movie X. It turned out that Monica
and Chandler may have bought the house owned by the
___________ (the surname of the family) in the movie.
The video points out that Friends simply reused stock footage
from X for the set of the Bings’ new house. The channel even
wrote, “This bizarre fact has been confirmed by the people who live
in the X house in Winnetka, Illinois.“
Identify X.
[Visuals in the next slide.]

12.
Barring one letter, the name of the book is similar to another book, which is regarded as
one of the most influential books on the topic.
What is the name of this book?

13.
This brand name is a portmanteau of two words and it signifies a
tidal wave of animated shows. The brand was created by Sean
Akins and Jason DeMarco and is presently associated with Adult
Swim, the night-time identity of another channel.
Apart from its massive popularity in the US, the brand has a
worldwide reach and has been popular in Latin America, the UK,
Australia, France and also in India and Pakistan.
What am I talking about?

14.
X
Y
This is the vanity card from the last episode of a television series.
Identify X and Y.

Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen.

15.
Formerly called the RCA Building from 1933 to
1988, and later the GE Building from 1988 to 2015,
it was renamed the Comcast Building on July 1,
2015, following the transfer of ownership to
Comcast. It is the 14th tallest building in New York
and the 39th tallest in the United States.
Iconic in television history, what is the official
address of the building, which also gives the
building its colloquial name?

30 Rockefeller Plaza (30 Rock).

16.
The television series X was inspired by the Academy Award nominated movie Y, that
released in 2000, and the reality television show Z, that too started in 2000.
Using the given picture as a clue, identify X. Also identify Y and Z.

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