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Detectives & Dragons Prelims

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-INFOCRATS

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Elims• 20 questions.• 15-20 * marked questions(Elixir in

cases of a tie).• In cases of dispute, the Dungeon

master’s verdict would be final.

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Q1.

So while playing a certain game, Howard impersonates these three characters.• Nicholas Cage• Christopher Walken• Al pacino

• So which game ?

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Dungeons & Dragons !

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Q2.

• Kristian Nairn, the Northern Irish actor is a house music aficionado and a regular on the Belfast DJ circuit.

• Now, in a nod to the hit fantasy TV series he stars in as X, Nairn is embarking on an Australian tour entitled Rave of Thrones and promising to play “the deepest house in all the seven kingdoms”.

• “When DJing I am definitely trying to keep my mind very much switched on and for X it’s really the opposite,” he said.

• Which character?

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Answer

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Q3. Billy Crystal and X’s appearance wasn't in the original script. They were by coincidence in the same building, or the one across the street from where "Friends" was being filmed, and the writers asked if they wanted to make a guest appearance. This was the day of shooting so it was just quickly thrown in.

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• Robin Williams

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Q4.The webcomic XKCD published a comic titled “Science,” featuring a graph showing the relationship between energy density and frequency using the Planck’s Law equationA tribute to?

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Q5.

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Q6. Who are they?

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Donna Paulsen Joan Holloway

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Q7.These all things inspired something majestic which won an Emmy. What?

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AnswerGoT opening sequence

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Q8.Guillermo Ochoa had become an overnight celebrity after showing some exceptional skills as a goal-keeper in 2014 FIFA World cup.Although he did give rise to a certain meme related to the world of TVdom.Which Meme?

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Ted MosbyDoppelgangertheory

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Q9.

Connect

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• Hell-Hounds

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Q10.

Swinhay House is a contemporary Country House built on the edge of the Cotswolds.It was designed for Sir David, the head of high-tech precision engineering firm Renishaw, by David Austin of David Austin and Associates of Nailsworth.Though we know this house as something else altogether.(Caricature of the house follows)

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Answer

Appledore

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Q11.

Description:Inspired by the seedy Washington D.C underworld portrayed in Netflix's House of Cards, you can now do your best Frank Underwood impression without all the messy implications. Unlike Frank, we do birthday gifts...Product Specification:Approximately 3/4" W X 3/4"HStainless steelBullet back closure

What product?

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FU Cufflinks

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Q12.

Episode list of a YouTube/podcast show.(A mini-series within a series.)Which fictional mini-series/podcast show?• Pilot - Explain vexillology• Bavaria - Speak German, though grammatically

incorrect.• Star Trek - Guest stars Wil Wheaton and LeVar

Burton.• Nebraska

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Q13.

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Q14.

So this song , Far From Any Road by handsome family gained a lot of admirers in 2014.Why?-audio removed

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*Q15.A S.H.I.E.L.D. collectible.• 1962 Chevrolet Corvette with modifications based on designs

and technologies developed by Howard Stark.• Flight capable (VTOL) and equipped with flamethrowers and

the world's first GPS system.• She clearly holds considerable sentimental value for Agent

Coulson. "Don't touch X", directed primarily at lower level functionaries. Shares her name with a famous loonie toon.

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• LOLA

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*Q16.

Urban Dictionary explanation of a certain catchphrase.

“To tire of..., To be weary of..., but yet, keep plodding on, doing what it is that causes the weariness. This catchphrase actually comes from the "Sienfeld" sitcom.

However, it is easily applied to the state of mind of an Urban Dictionary Editor who has tired of, and grown weary of having to constantly push the, "Do Not Publish" button while at his/her station and thereby curtail and do away with someone's dream of being published!___ _____ ___ _____ __ ______; no, actually these dry of humor and non-makable of sense suggestions are driving me crazy!6 word phrase. Hint: Woody Allen

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*Q17.Non-Exhaustive list of what?

• Suicide and a Snowman• My Mother's Ashes• Double-Jointed Boy• Ode To A Pubic Hair• Crusty Old Man• The Ballad of the Uncircumcised Man• Papier-mâché Man• Salt Water Taffy Man• Su-Su-Suicide

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• Phoebe’s Songs!

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*Q18.

• So Ross and Katrina are discussing about two shows in this conversation.

• Id both• Part Points for either.

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Answer

The Sopranos The Wire

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*Q19.• Post Credit Scene After Breaking Bad Season 5

Episode 9:Blood-Money.

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Put funda why they dedicated an episode to him.

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Answer-The No.1 Fan who changed the Felina

• Kevin Cordasco, suffering from cancer had impressed Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan with his devotion to the show.

• Gilligan asked him what he would like to see in the show before it ended.Cordasco said he wanted to know more about secondary characters Gretchen and Elliott and their role in shaping Walter White's life.

• The teenager died in March and never knew what influence on had on the show's ending.

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*Q20.Connect

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Audience

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Connect

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Jimmy Fallon’s Epic parodies• Joking Bad• House of Cue Cards• Game of Desks