Rewind quiz 2021 (Prelims + Finals)

RULES
● There are 15 questions in total.
● Each question carries 1 point.
● Part points will be given wherever applicable.
● Answers should be written in the google form provided and
only one person per team should fill and submit the form.
● Star-marked questions i.e. question 3,6,9, and 12 are
tie-breaker questions.
● The top 8 teams qualify for the finals.
● QM’s say is the final say.
● Googling is strictly prohibited.

This particular event started ﬁlming in 2020 but got delayed
multiple times due to COVID 19, since the producers did not want
to ﬁlm it over Zoom. It was shot over 3 days with many iconic set
pieces and props. A much awaited event, it became the most
watched program ever on a certain channel in the UK. Perhaps it
was the nostalgia, with a focus on connections, memories and
previously unknown facts that got viewers glued to their screens
during this premiere.
Which program?
01.

Name what events these images are connected to:
02.
1)
2)

________ is responsible for catapulting her baby daughter into
viral fame over Tiktok and subsequently Reels and further.
She has an account on Tiktok with over 300k followers and
regularly posts videos of her daughter doing the signature X.
The original video was ﬁrst posted over the summer and has
over 9k comments with everyone getting excited that they’ve
found the original X .
An important thing to note is that X wasn’t just a one-off. She is
regularly recorded doing X during many different moments
including sitting in her highchair and at a restaurant.
ID X or give a description.
03.*

According to Twitter, X is the Most Discussed Film of 2021.
Twitter posted its analytics reports for 2021 in which X took the top
spot, especially in a year that was overwhelmingly crowded with
______ movies as the most talked-about genre in ﬁlm.
It's hardly a surprise to hear this news, though notably from Twitter
as it had been the staging ground for the relentless social media
movement almost singularly responsible for getting X released.
Hashtags related to X have been so incessant with their presence
on Twitter that it became a double-edged sword (like everything on
social media) and what resulted is the sort of side-vs-side clash
that social media platforms drool over, resulting in X being a
consistently trending topic.
ID X.
04.

X is an annual marketing campaign which started in 2015 and
has been offering the company free advertisement ever since.
The ﬁrst version was very simple and straightforward and
became more developed with successive years by including
more details with better graphics which gave it the distinctive
look we recognise it as now.
In 2019, the company’s head of marketing said that the success
of this campaign was because of the “FOMO effect” and also
because of the involvement of internet celebrities who had a
hand in popularising it just like other users.
ID X.
05.

The Kármán line is an imaginary boundary between Earth’s
atmosphere and outer space set by the Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale (FAI) and is extremely important because
International Law does not define the edge of space. Based on
this, the FAI marks the beginning of space at 100km (62 miles)
above Earth’s mean sea level and this is accepted by most
countries and the UN. However, the US govt and NASA consider
space to start from 50 miles above mean sea level.
This was at the centre of controversy earlier this year where two
entities were fighting for bragging rights of an unprecedented
achievement after one of them beat the other by 9 days but
considered NASA’s definition of outer space and not the one by FAI.
Identify both the entities.
06.*

"I am Brazilian with a lot of pride and with a lot of love. My
dream was always to be in the Brazilian team and hear the fans
singing. I never attacked nor would I ever attack Brazil if they
are playing for something, whatever the sport, a model [beauty]
contest, the Oscar......... "
Given above is the English translation of the statement given by
the Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr. during Copa America 2021
in response to something related to a matter of high
competitiveness in South American football.
ID what made him give this statement.
07.

Give the funda behind this apology video posted by this actor
on Weibo. His apology comes after a statement made in one of
the interviews which had enraged a lot of fans in China.
08.

In a ﬁrst for this organization, a rare, unusual visitor was
chosen to make an appearance at their iconic podium. This
visitor elicited shock and fear at ﬁrst from the people in the
room, but later got a standing ovation after their speech, during
which climate change and ending fossil fuel subsidies were
discussed.
On the latter, the visitor said, ‘Imagine if we had spent hundreds
of billions per year subsidizing giant meteorites. That’s what
you’re doing right now.’
Who was the visitor and where?
09.*

"The ability to easily and quickly identify bad content is an essential feature
of a user-generated content platform. Why? Because not all user-generated
content is good. It can't be. In fact, most of it is not good. And that's OK. The
idea was never that all content is good. The idea WAS, however, that among
the ﬂood of content, there are great creations waiting to be exposed. And for
that to happen, the stuff that's not great has to fall by the side as quickly as
possible.
The process works, and there's a name for it: the wisdom of the crowds. The
process breaks when the platform interferes with it. Then, the platform
invariably declines. Does X want to become a place where everything is
mediocre? Because nothing can be great if nothing is bad"
This is a part of a statement given by the co-founder of X in response of a
certain change announced by them. ID X and the change
10.

To boost up COVID vaccination in the state, the government of
Maharashtra had implemented a special vaccination drive in
October of 2021.
The drive had been named YZ which was derived from Hindu
mythology. According to the myth the legendary warrior X was
born with YZ naturally thus bringing him invincibility. However a
day before his death, he was approached by a deity, who fearing for
his son's life asks X to donate his YZ which he does without
hesitation. This causes his death the following day but he then
became renowned for his giving nature.
ID X, YZ.
11.

Constructed in the 14th century, the Barwara Fort served as an
outpost for the Chauhans and the Hadas. It was conquered by
the Rajawat Dynasty from the Hadas in 1734.
The fort, located in Ranthambore district, was awarded to Raja
Mansingh by the British. It underwent 10 years of restoration
when his grandson decided to turn a part of the fort to a ____.
Why was this fort in news this year?
12.*

X was an interactive Google Doodle (also available now in
Google Doodle archives) which was made to celebrate Y. In
collaboration with Studio 4°C, the Doodle team helped produce
the many anime styled cut scenes throughout X.
During the early stages of development, the Doodle team did a
lot of research on several Japanese folk stories, legendary
characters and mythical ﬁgures. A calico cat was made the
main character as it depicted luck.
ID X and Y.
13.

After spending __ years on Earth, X got the chance to visit
space again for almost three days, during the ____ mission in
September.
A video on twitter showed a part of X backdropped by a
360-degree cupola viewing window which replaced SpaceX's
traditional docking mechanism and the tweet was captioned as
"This is the first X brought back to space,"
The flight had 4 people in it and there was also something very
peculiar about this quartet crew that made the flight one of
the first of its kind and very special too .
ID X and the speciality of this flight.
14.

Actor X generated headlines when Oscar winner and co-star Y on “The
Late Show” told host Stephen Colbert that X had kissed him and he liked
it. With the movie they were promoting being X’s ﬁnal outing as _____
____ and X and Y portraying opposing roles in the ﬁlm, this admission
came out of nowhere.
Adding further, Y stated “I can’t tell who initiated the next moment, if it
was him or I but a kiss transpired between the two of us. I’m going to
say that X initiated it. And I took a moment and caught my breath and I
looked down and said, ‘So does this make me a ____ girl?’” X elaborated
on the kiss with Y in an interview with “Entertainment Weekly” saying, “I
kiss lots of people. It’s like, I’m a very friendly guy. I used to kiss Y after
the end of every scene. It’s like no big deal.”
ID X & Y
15.

1) Ever Given - Suez Canal
2) Mumbai Cruise Ship Drug bust - Aryan Khan
3) Gen. Bipin Rawat Crash
4) James Webb Telescope Launch
Answer

X: The shoulder wiggle dance
Answer

X-Zack Snyder's Justice League
Answer

X is an annual marketing campaign which started in 2015 and
has been offering the company free advertisement ever since.
The ﬁrst version was very simple and straightforward and
became more developed with successive years by including
more details with better graphics which gave it the distinctive
look we recognise it as now.
In 2019, the company’s head of marketing said that the success
of this campaign was because of the “FOMO effect” and also
because of the involvement of internet celebrities who had a
hand in popularising it just like other users.
ID X
05.

Virgin Galactic (Richard Branson) and Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos)
Virgin Galactic’s ﬂight reached a peak altitude of 53 miles,
below the Kármán line
Answer

The statement was directed to the Brazilian fans who were
supporting Argentina for the ﬁnal.
Answer

John Cena Apologizing to Chinese Fans after acknowledging
Taiwan as a country in a F9 promotion interview.
Answer

X → YouTube
The change was that YouTube removed dislikes on videos
Answer

X: Karna
YZ: Kavach Kundal
Answer

Vicky Kaushal - Katrina Kaif wedding venue
Answer

X - Doodle Champion Island Games (description works)
Y - Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics (any one works)
Answer

X:Meteorite and First all-civilian crew
Answer

X → Daniel Craig
Y → Rami Malek
Blanks → James Bond & Bond
Answer

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RULES
● Each team gets one direct question.
● +10/-5 on pounce and +10/0 on bounce.
● Pounce to your respective panelists on Whatsapp.
● Pounce format: @Your panelist <answer>
Example: @DNSK <2021>
● Pounce will be open for upto 30-45 seconds after the
question is read out.
● Part points applicable only for bounce.
● Googling is not allowed.

01.
After the extraordinary footage went viral , the woman posted
again to conﬁrm that the video was indeed real and she had
been ﬁlming videos there for almost 11 months before the
incident.
She captioned it as "How harmonic with the background
music and background scenery ! " And how the video has
become an unforgettable memory .
Online the video drew comparisons to the dystopian tv show
black mirror or something worthy of contemplation by
idiosyncratic cult philosophers .
Which video are we talking about?

Rewind quiz 2021 (Prelims + Finals)

Aerobic dancer captures
Myanmar military coup
Answer

02.
(cont.)
The long running show X ran its last episode on Jan 8, 2021
with its original host ____ ______. However, viewers knew
what was coming as the longtime host died on November 8,
2020, just 10 days after that episode was taped. Although
that week’s run of episodes were originally scheduled to air
during Christmas week, with the ﬁfth one airing on Friday,
December 25, the producers decided to hold back ______’s
ﬁnal appearances for early January, calculating that more
people would be back to their regular TV-viewing habits
after the holidays.

02.
No moment was more wrenching than when, after
announcing the correct response to the ﬁnal X prompt
“Dr. Margaret Todd gave science this word for different
forms of one basic substance; it’s from the Greek word for
‘equal’ and ‘place’”
______ signed off as he had for most of the past 37 years.
“Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for spending the time
with us,” he said cheerfully, looking directly into the camera.
“We’ll see you again next week.”
ID X

03.
Advertising guru Prahlad Kakkar, who has worked on
____ commercials feels the effects will only be short
term. “It does make a huge difference when someone like
X , considered a God by millions across the globe,
makes a gesture like that. It will affect the value, but only
momentarily. And these prices don’t reﬂect the actual
turnover,” he said. Kakkar, the founder of Genesis Film
Productions, feels “There is no dearth of fools in the
world. If one quits, ﬁve more will take up.”
What is Prahlad Kakkar talking about ?

Ronaldo pushing aside
coke bottles and the
subsequent share price fall
Answer

04.
A certain American executive X's holding company
purchased Y in 2019, and some assets were transferred
to his company as part of the deal. This resulted in a slew
of disagreements over how to use the assets, which his
company now owned.
As a result of the disagreement, an announcement was
made to "re-acquire these assets," with these efforts
beginning in April 2021 and recurring in November 2021.
What occurred after this purchase happened?
What happened in the past year as a consequence?

Taylor Swift could no longer access
her ﬁrst 6 studio album masters.
She re-recorded and re-released her
ﬁrst 2 albums: Fearless and Red.
Answer

05.
“The problem with many ____ is that they are abstract enough
to be open to highly subjective interpretations and sometimes
people, especially those with overactive imaginations and
contaminated perspectives.
But such is the power of suggestion that once a particular
interpretation is pointed out, many people begin to see it, and
once seen, it is impossible to ‘unsee’ it.
Even when the intent is innocent, as I’m sure it was of X , once a
controversy is stoked, even the purest object can get tainted in
people’s eyes,” he said.
Which incident is being talked about here ?

Myntra Logo Controversy
Answer

06.
A consortium of museums in Vienna recently got their account
suspended on a popular social media platform.
Vienna Tourism Board wrote in a press release- "Vienna and its
art institutions are among the casualties of this new wave of
prudishness – with ________ getting blacklisted under social
media guidelines, and repeat offenders even ﬁnding their
accounts temporarily suspended".
Additionally, in response, an initiative was launched by
Vienna's tourism board along with X. The people supporting
the museums through X can receive a complimentary Vienna
City Card, or a ticket for one of the museums featured on X.
Why was the account suspended? Also ID X.

Their TikTok account was suspended for
uploading nude artworks like paintings,
statues, etc.
X → OnlyFans
Answer

07.
Two years ago, Y, a French artist known for his
perception-bending light sculptures, took on a new role as a
climate activist. He began a campaign demanding Autodesk
stop selling its design software to fossil fuel operations. He also
took a closer look at his own energy use, tracked it all down to
the watt and vowed to reduce his energy use by 10 percent each
year, a goal he had successfully met. Then, a few months ago, in
the course of a few minutes, his progress was erased.
The culprit was Y’s ﬁrst “__________ ____”. The event involved
the sale of six so-called Xs, which took the form of short videos
inspired by the concept of platonic solids.
ID X

08.
A certain international entity in a report said, two letters
were skipped, X and Y, due to the following reasons:
1. X because it could easily be confused with another
English word.
2. Y because it did not want to offend any cultural,
regional or social groups.
Identify what X and Y are. Also give funda on what the report
is.

X → nu
Y → Xi
Naming Covid Variants
Answer

RULES
● This is a WRITTEN Round
● There are a total of 5 questions in this round.
● Each question is worth 10 points.
● There is no negative marking.
● Write down all the answers and send them to your panelist
at the end of the round.

01.
Tweets on what ? Timeline given

03.
Brands talking about what?

05.
Described as “The saga of a
ludicrous _____ mania born of
pandemic boredom and
FOMO, piggybacking off of a
clever social media revenge
plot, which targeted big
institutions, who made a
reckless bet on a struggling
retailer”, which event does
this image portray?

‘Indiranagar ka gunda’ - Rahul
Dravid CRED advertisement
Answer

r/wallstreetbets buying GameStop (GME) stock
leading to its meteoric rise
Answer

RULES
● There are 8 slides in this round. Each slide has 2 Panels : Left and Right . Each Team has to
choose a panel direction which leads them to a Question.
● There are two types of questions with marking scheme as +10/0 for a relatively easy one and
+10/-5 for a relatively harder one and it’s compulsory for all the teams to answer all 8
questions .
● The question chosen by the team will be sent to them in the DMs by their respective
coordinators and the other question will be displayed for the other 7 teams to attempt.
● For example if team 6 is choosing and they choose left which leads them to the +10/0
question then all other teams answer the +10/-5 question which was in the right panel.
● So it's based on your choices and a little luck :) Hope you have fun ﬁghting for survival XD
● And of course, QM is God and does not condone googling

01.
(+10/0)
In December this year, the value of a certain asset (X)
plummeted by about 20%. Taking advantage of this
opportunity, Y (a Latin-American country) spent another
$7.5M to buy more of X.
This move was the result of a related development earlier
this year, when Y became the first nation to ____. The
decision was heavily criticized by both Y's citizens as well as
financial experts from around the world. IMF had also
warned Y against the financial and consumer risks
associated with X.
ID X and Y.

X → Bitcoin
Y → El Salvador
El Salvador had announced to adopt Bitcoin as legal
tender.
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01.
(+10/-5)
Given below are few of the 5000 pieces that make up X, which
made headlines earlier this year and holds a distinction in its
category. ID X (description works too) and the distinction it holds.

Everydays: the First 5000 Days by Beeple
The most expensive NFT sold ($69.3 million)
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02.
(+10/0)
X famously pranked the art world in 2018, with his work "Girl With
Balloon". The piece was sold at a Sotheby auction for $1.4 million
dollars, the moment the deal was done. The piece unexpectedly
lowered itself through a shredder that had been built into the
bottom of the frame unbeknownst to anyone involved in the sale,
according to Sotheby's. The bottom half of the painting was cut into
strips in what Sotheby's has referred to as a moment of "instant art
world history."
The partly-shredded work — which has since been renamed "Love is
in the Bin" however was sold in October, 2021 to an anonymous
Asian collector for $25.4 million at Sotheby’s in London, setting a
new record for the artist at auction.
ID X.

02.
(+10/-5)
The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, also known
as Europe’s last dictator, is often criticised for his
authoritarian rule, suppression of the media and for rigging
the Presidential elections. This led to the EU imposing
several sanctions on Belarus worsening their relations. To
counter this, Belarus came up with a strategy to threaten
the EU which involved - better promotion of tourism in
Belarus, increase in the number of visas issued and
improved connectivity with a certain region of the world.
What strategy did Belarus employ to get back at the EU?

Lukashenko threatened to “ﬂood” the EU with
illegal immigrants by bringing them from parts of
the Middle East to Belarus and helping them cross
the border to EU members - Poland, Lithuania and
Latvia
Answer
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03.
(+10/0)
The narrow entrance to the place was beautified with
sculptures. A transparent barrier covered the ____. A
sound and light show to explain the events was started on
a daily basis.
A former professor and historian described the new
development as a distortion of history, since it mystified
and glamorized the past. He said, “Visiting the place
should fill you with pain and anguish, but now it is a
space for enjoying, with a pretty garden. It was never a
garden.”
What are we talking about?

Jallianwala Bagh being
renovated
Answer
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03.
(+10/-5)
While there is one glaring similarity between the two,
there are several differences:
● One chose a US$13 million mansion, while the other
a one bedroom New York ﬂat
● One will remain in the spotlight, while the other will
likely disappear from public eye
● One was refused ﬁnancial support from their family,
while the other refused the offered support
Who are being compared?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Princess Mako and Kei Komuro
Answer
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04.
(+10/-5)
A certain 'club', which had been dormant since more than two
decades, recently saw a new addition. The new entrant put on a
spectacular display of performance across two days and became
the third person to join this illustrious club. Even though the
efforts did not produce the desired result, the rare feat became
this person's biggest claim to fame.
Which club? Who is the latest entrant? (Hint: Twitter handle)

Club → 10 wickets in an inning
Entrant → Ajaz Patel
@anilkumble1074 tweeted this. 1074 represents 10-74
(Anil Kumble's bowling ﬁgures when he achieved the
same feat)
Answer Back Next

04.
(+10/0)
This particular situation occurred so quickly that it shocked
everyone. Understanding how it happened requires an
understanding of X’s strategy to use propaganda and
information operations to lower morale. While they had
several strategies at play, one of them particularly stood out
as an improvement to one of their earlier moves, which was
the ‘night letter’ - a note warning people that they’ll be
targeted for death unless they change their inﬁdel-loving
ways.
How did X modify their ‘night letter’ to suit today?
What was the situation that occurred?

They sent text/SMS messages
Taliban taking over Afghanistan
Answer
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05.
(+10/0)
“X Says ___ , And So Do I since 1972 “
My story: Carrying a freshly minted driver’s license, I was picking up
my parents at our local church. I parked my car in a driveway at the
side of the building, the car slightly angled up..
As I was gazing absently out the window, I didn’t freak out, oddly.
Instead, I sort of said, “huh,” before thinking it’d be logical to count
the number of seconds. I got to 10 . And that was it.
It did not profoundly change my life, but it certainly kicked open the
doors of curiosity and a lifetime of off-and-on rumination, balancing
my inherent skepticism about _____ with what I know.
What revelation is being talked about here ?

US government’s revelation on UFOs
X → US Govt
Answer
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05.
(+10/-5)
This platform was built by the company X as "a place where people
can ask questions on any topic, and share facts, opinions and
personal experiences".
Even though it was created to help bolster X's main platforms, the
unique concept made this website quite popular during the initial
years. In due course of time, the original essence of platform
disappeared and people started using it for posting non-serious
and troll content. Better platforms also popped up with time and
made it even less relevant. Citing the failure and decrease in
popularity, X decided to shut down the platform 16 years after its
launch.
ID X and the platform.

Yahoo! Answers
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06.
(+10/-5)
There was widespread criticism when a coveted news magazine
announced X as the ____ of the year.
People voiced their opinion on Twitter that while what X did was
commendable and should be praised, there were much more
deserving candidates for the award. The fact that the
performance in the concerned ﬁeld was not the sole criteria for
the decision was another point of criticism.
X had earlier this year stirred a debate on a prevalent issue by
bowing out of an event prematurely.
ID X and the title.

X - Simone Biles
TIME Athlete of the Year
Answer
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06.
(+10/0)
“A new meme inspired by a brief moment in _______ took over social
media and meme creators were churning out variations even until
weeks later.
A four-second clip of X stumbling through one of the show’s many
set pieces serves as the template for the new meme, and each
punchline is similar in tone.
With a caption, internet users are comparing the clip to other
disorienting aspects of life. For example, Conor Ryan likened the
clip to “trying to follow the hostess to my table at the Cheesecake
Factory.” and others like “ Me trying to ﬁnd my mom after losing her
in the grocery store “
Which clip are we talking about?

Weeknd superbowl
Answer
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07.
(+10/0)
Season 25 of the show “The Bachelor” was meant to be a
historic season meant to represent change with Matt
James at its helm.
However during its airing a tiktok went viral where
contestant and eventual winner Rachael Kirkconnell was
accused of bullying people in high school for liking _____ ___
which was pretty ironic. The situation became worse when
multiple images of Rachael at an antebellum-plantation
themed fraternity formal surfaced online in Feb.
What was special about Season 25 of “The Bachelor”?

First Black Bachelor
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07.
(+10/-5)
What does this map depict, surprising
because one would think that the
demographic associated with this context
would be largely uneducated and from
certain states?
(image follows)

Places from where Capitol
Hill Rioters came from
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08.
(+10/-5)
_______, lying on the boundary of an Indian state, is a village
which has become a popular name in India.
Months after the covid pandemic began, the owner of a local
restaurant in this village thought that he had survived the
worst economic fallout of the pandemic. However, much to
his disappointment, the restaurant still remained empty
even when the roads outside were brimming with people
due to a certain event (X).
"Why would people come to have food here when they can
get it at _______ outside?", said the frustrated owner to a
journalist.
ID the event X. Also tell what was affecting the restaurant's
business?

X → Farmer’s protest
People were eating at Langars which were
providing free food.
Answer
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08.
(+10/0)
As Italy beat England in the ﬁnals of Euro 2020, Italian fans and also
many other Netizens started trolling the English fans with a phrase that
is similar to the one that the English use to support their country in
international tournaments. This phrase used by the English people was
a part of the 1996 song Three Lions which was released to mark
England's participation in the UEFA European Championship that year.
ID how Italians trolled the English fans.

England fans’ chant “Its Coming Home!”
changed to “Its Coming Rome!”
Answer
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