2. Rules
Most questions are figureout-able. Think!
Most questions have no negatives. Guess away!
I will explain the format as the rounds progress.
Kindly refrain from cybernetic investigations.
Quizmaster is God.
3. Bounce and Pounce
10 per question unless specified
+10/-5 on pounce
Clockwise
4. 1
The song _________, by infamous rapper X was
derived from a vocal sample of a similar named
song by electronic producer French duo, Y. The
music video of X shares many similarities with
anime sci-fi cyberpunk film (1988), Z.
5. 1
Stronger by Kanye (X) based on Harder, Better,
Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk (Y). Similar to the
movie Akira (Z).
6. 2
Name the first pokemon.
True fans would realise that there are three possible
answers to this:
according to Pokedex
according to Pokemon lore, the creator of the
world
the one from whom all Pokemon evolved
the first Pokemon coded for the game
8. 3
The 1st ending of the anime Ergo Proxy is a song
by which famous band from Oxfordshire? (The
band formed in 1985 and has won 4 Grammys. The
song was released in 1997)
Name both
12. 5
Asteroid Blues
Stray Dog Strut
Honky Tonk Women
Ballad of Fallen Angels
Heavy Metal Queen
Waltz for Venus
Jamming with Edward
Ganymede Elegy
Jupiter Jazz (Part 1)
Jupiter Jazz (Part 2)
Bohemian Rhapsody
My Funny Valentine
Black Dog Serenade
Mushroom Samba
Boogie Woogie Feng Shui
The Real Folk Blues
14. 6
ID the blanked out portion which was the centre of a
controversy recently.
15. 6
Name not yet revealed but a character resembling
Ganesha was shown as a God of Destruction of
Universe 10.
16. 7
X ( "Surge Fist" or "Wave Motion Fist") is a special
attack in Y. It is often referred to as a "fireball" due to its
appearance, despite few instances of the move actually
producing flames. X is a surging punch in which a
fighter's willpower is utilized to focus energy into and
through the palms. As the palms are thrust outwards
towards the target, a surging energy wave is expelled
that results in a punching force travelling through the air
in the opponent's direction. If X is inspired by the classic
series Z (lol), name X, Y and Z.
17. 8
X- Hadoken in Y-Street Fighter based on the
Kamehameha in Dragon Ball Z
20. 10
X the nobleman asks his servant Y to invite Z, who
is a common oculist and a struggling writer, along
with many prominent nobles and famous people. Z
becomes the recorder of bizarre and uncanny
events that unfold in that mansion and becomes a
successful detective author...if Z is also a real life
person.
ID the anime and Z.
21. 10
X- Ciel Phantomhive and Y- Sebastian
Z- Arthur Conan Doyle
Black Butler
22. 11
Nordlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in
Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the inspiration of a city
in an anime.
The manga author hails from the city of Oyama, Oita,
Japan, which is completely surrounded by mountains.
In this, the wishes of the main character has been
derived from the childhood desires of the author to
explore the world beyond the mountains of Oyama.
23. 11
Inspiration for Shiganshina District in Shingeki No
Kyojin and Eren’s wanderlust.
24. 12
This zanpakuto was wrongly described as a water-
type, and that it uses water vapor to create illusions.
Identify the zanpakuto (its name) and its real ability
27. 13
Detective Conan, Black Org
Bourbon the the only non villain (He is an
undercover agent)
28. 14
Nekoma and Karasuno are said to be "destined rivals"
because of the longtime competition between the
respective coaches, Ukai and Nekomata.
Since the two teams' animal representatives (cats for
Nekoma and crows for Karasuno) are animals that are
usually found at the ___________, the matches
between the two teams are often called "Battle at the
_________ _______".
FITB and ID the anime
32. AV round
7 clips from Gintama
ID the anime referenced
Written round
10 per question
Question 1 bonus 20 for the number tag
Question 4 bonus 5 for the pop culture refernce
33. Fist of the North Star
Kuroko no Basuke
Gundam and Star Wars(5)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Saint Seiya
Hajime No Ippo
Neon Genesis Evangelion
36. Hindu Mythology
Zorro’s Asura Attack
Naruto and Sasuke are Indra and Asura’s re-
incarnations
King Yama
Agni from Black Butler
Deidara’s C4 Garuda
37. Connect
Common theme connecting all answers
Write all answers and can go for the them at any
point. One attempt per question
Marking scheme on slide
38. 1 (50/-40)
An oddity that nevertheless exists; an arms dealer who hates
weapons.
A former intelligence officer from the SR unit, a former delta
force officer, a former driver for the Italian Mafia, a former
United States Army officer, a child soldier formerly from the Alps
Division, a former police sniper, a former UNFID soldier, a
former Bersaglieri intelligence officer, and a former artillery
officer.
A supercomputer capable of removing logistics from the world
and putting its control in one person’s hand
ID anime
39. 2 (40/-30)
X was one of three people who served under Captain Aizen in
the 5th squad together, and went to perform Konsou together in
the human world under the later lieutenant Hisagi Shuuhei
(where they were attacked by a lot of hollows)
X’s upper body is covered with tribal tattoos
X befriends Y after he was transferred to squad 11, where he
tells Y that he wants to get stronger to defeat a captain Z. He
also learns that Y has a bankai. Later, X also achieves a bankai.
However, neither X nor Y are captains
Name X, Y, Z, X’s zanpakuto
40. 3 (30/-20)
X is a childhood friend of the fire sisters and an
acquaintance of their elder brother Y. X was a victim of a
curse distributed among high schoolers by Z to make
some easy money. Finally Y helps X in curing her curse. A
while later she goes on to revive an oddity calling himself
Kuchinawa, herself turning into an oddity as well in the
process. Then X tries to kill Y, who is saved by a phone call
from his girlfriend W after which X agrees to spare them
until their graduation. Finally W and Y are saved by the
help of Z convincing X.
Identify X Y Z and W.
41. 4. (20/-10)
X is a character who specializes in biological research and is a
member of a legendary 3 member team in the anime who later
betrays them in his quest to achieve immortality.Y was the
master of the team and was renowned as “The Professor” due
to his mastery and knowledge of the various techniques that
existed during that time and was later killed by X. X uses many
toddlers in his research all but one, died. The survivor Z inherits
a forbidden technique as the result of the research, one which
earlier was believed to be possessed only by the “Grandfather”
of one of the three members of X’s team. Identify X, Y and Z.
Only X is the part of the connect.
42. 5 (10/0)
The six membered dark guild X was defeated by the Allied
Forces consisting of the guilds Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia
Scale and Cait Shelter. Y from guild X poisons Erza and is
defeated by Natsu. Y is a second generation Dragonslayer.
Identify X and Y
44. Bounce and Pounce
10 per question unless specified
+10/-5 on pounce
Anti-clockwise
45. 16
Katsudō Shashin depicts a young boy in a sailor suit
who writes the kanji characters "活動写真" (katsudō
shashin) from right to left, then turns to the viewer,
removes his hat, and bows. Katsudō Shashin is a
provisional title for the film, whose actual title is
unknown.
What is this description of?
46. 16
The first anime clip ever made (circa 1907,
unknown creator)
Katsudō Shashin (活動写真, "motion picture")
47. 17
“You must avenge my death _______, I mean
_______.” (Blanks are the same with one letter
changed)
Explain the Simpson’s reference to a certain
controversy
48. 17
The allegation that Lion King copied the anime
Zimba the White Lion.
Full line was "You must avenge my death, Kimba
… I mean, Simba.”
Actually quite a bit of imagery looks copied, but the
plot is mostly different
49. 18
The term X refers to a character who is crazy about
someone else- often literally and violently. The
character almost always appears perfectly cute and
harmless on the surface- but underneath they may be
obsessive, controlling, and sometimes just plain insane.
Such characters are mostly female, but male examples
exist.
Examples include: Misa from Death Note, Nina from
Code Geass, Me-Mania from Perfect Blue
51. 19
In Japanese Shinto mythology X is known as the
goddess of the Sun and Y is the god of the moon. He
supposedly displeased X causing the sun and moon to
be in different parts of the sky.
X and Y are fittingly the names of 2 complementary
techniques in a popular series. All the techniques in this
class derive their names from Shinto mythology.
ID the class of abilities (5 pts), and X & Y (5 pts)
53. 20
The protagonist says X doesn’t mean anything in
particular (like many other terms in the series); but by
the end of the story it comes to represent fate
(specifically the Will/Choice of X).
The ________ ______ keeps changing throughout the
series until they reach the X ________ ______ which
was the best outcome the protagonist could hope for.
This series started as a visual novel game and was
adapted to anime format in 2011.
55. 21
In Tokyo Ghoul, Kaneki’s hair turns white after he is
tortured for days by Jason. This is reasonably well
syndrome named after the most famous person who is
said to have shown the same symptoms, especially
after her capture following the ill-fated Flight to
Varennes in 1791.
The syndrome is thought to be a variant of alopecia
areata diffusa or autoimmune non-scarring hair loss that
affects selectively all pigmented hairs, leaving only the
white hair behind. Triggers have been postulated,
including sorrow and fear, but also fits of rage, extreme
amounts of stress.
57. 22
Materials like kevlar show the property of sustaining
high compressive strength, but are susceptible to shear
forces.
This material had outstanding properties, it was hard,
light and flexible from one side, but a rod like
structure(r,theta,z) would break very easily if force was
applied from R direction. This is the reason for the
surprisingly easy death of an otherwise very powerful
character. Name and give funda.
58. 22
Rize from Tokyo Ghoul
How she died even though her kagune are so
powerful otherwise
59. 23
Connect these 4
A relief of 17th century Paracelsian scholar Robert
Fludd's Sephirothic Tree of Life with numerous
tendrils and branches
A relief of an illustration from 15th century
__________ George Ripley's text "The Marrow of
__________"
Stylised version of the _______ _________ array
Blank
60. 23
The Gate of Truth as seen by Edward, Alphonse,
Mustang and Father.
61. 24
A kakugane is a hand sized hexagonal medallion with a
hexagon at the center on both sides. On the front it
features the classic alchemical symbol for amalgam and
below it a roman numeral which represents the
Kakugane's unique serial number. They are used by
alchemical warriors in their fight against homunculi, and
their goal to create the philosopher's stone. They have
a variety of uses.
Muto Kazuki uses the kakugane numbered LXX. It is
later revealed that Dr. Butterfly also uses a kakugane
numbered LXX. Which kakugane's number is false, and
what is it's true number/form.
62. 24
Kazuki from Buso Renkin has the falsely numbered
kakugane. This is to hide that it is actually a black
kakugane (an experimental type which is stronger
but unstable).
It is actually black kakugane III
63. 25
This manga was originally called Snipe. But after the
author replaced guns as the primary weapon he
changed the name to X.
The significance of the name X is
To evoke the idea of a certain colour
To refer to the cleansing of evil
A tribute to Nirvana
64. 25
Bleach
White to complement black which is a common
theme with Shinigami
Cleansing of evil done by Shinigami
Debut album called Bleach
68. 27
Apricorns (of seven types) are special fruits that are
native to the Johto region. They appear to be related to
Berries. The most major difference between Apricorns
and Berries is in the use of the fruit. An Apricorn's outer
skin is far too tough for it to be eaten by a Pokémon.
Instead, they must first be blended into juice.
What are Apricorns also used
for?
70. 28
X is a term used in Irish mythology meaning vow or
contract
Y is a unit of volume mostly used to measure the
capacity of small vehicle engines
Z through an interaction with Y and gained an X
Identify X and Y,Z
71. 28
X = Geass
Y = CC
Z = Lelouch Lamperouge
74. 30
Q: What are the missing dialogues?
RATATATATATATATATATATATA!!!!!!!
The hundred cracked fist of the north star
Your fists are as strong as about a mosquito’s
______________________________
______?
You must be joking!!!!
75. 30
Omae wa mou shindeiru! (You are already dead)
Nani? (What)