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Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims

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The document describes a quiz competition with questions about various fandoms including Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and Star Wars. It provides 20 multiple choice or fill in the blank questions on details from the plots, characters, and worlds within these fandoms. Participants are not allowed to search online for answers during the quiz.

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Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
Instincts ‘18 Fandom Quiz prelims Brought to you by: Q Factorial – The SSN Quiz Club
Rules • 20 Questions • Part points wherever applicable • No googling, etc. etc. • 6 teams in the finals • Fandoms – Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, DC, Marvel, and Star Wars
(1)Find X • Pink Kryptonite is a type of Kryptonite that seemingly turns Kryptonians X. It is unknown what it would do to an already X Kryptonian. This type of Kryptonite only made one appearance in comics and was used as a satire of the plots of Silver Age comic stories featuring some strange new form of Kryptonite. • (image on the next slide)
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
(2) • Seen in the still on the next slide from "Harley and the Davidsons" are Robert Aramayo and Michiel Huisman, who plays Daario in Game of Thrones. Interestingly, Aramayo himself made a couple of "minor" cameo appearances in season 6, playing a much-loved, much-missed character. So the question is, who did Aramayo play?
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
(3)Id X and Explain • An existing quantity of X can be multiplied or enlarged. • X can be transformed into a different form. • X can be Summoned from elsewhere if the caster of the spell knows the approximate location of X. • X, however, cannot be outright conjured from nothing. What is X, and what fundamental rule of magic has been partly explained above?
(4)Id 1 and 2 • In LotR film trilogy, the producers had to make sure that this scene didn’t resemble ____(1)_____. • They felt that, “After ___(2)____, LotR lifted the hearts like no other movie could. Its release was ironic and necessary in this time in her history. As X’s war continues, she will no doubt continue to turn to Jackson’s adaption of Tolkien’s beautiful story of good vs evil. “
*(5) • Born in 1965, Shirley Henderson is a singer and award-winning stage and movie actress. Owing to her short stature and child-like voice, she was cast as X in the film adaptations of Chamber of Secrets and Goblet of Fire, gaining in the process a certain unique distinction with respect to other actors who've appeared in the Harry Potter films. • Identify X, and what distinction does Henderson hold? • (image on next slide)
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
(6)ID • ID the artist of these scenes from the Hobbit.
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
(7) • It was revealed in an interview with concept designer Jake Lunt Davies that Xs were only present in the film because the location where they were filming had hundreds of puffins that they couldn't move during shoots. "From what I gathered, ____ (the director), in a positive spin on this, was looking at how can he work with this," explains Davies. "You can’t remove them. You physically can’t get rid of them. And digitally removing them is an issue and a lot of work, so let’s just roll with it, play with it. And so I think he thought, 'Well, that’s great, let’s have our own indigenous species.'" • ID X and the film.
(8)ID the blank.
(9)ID the blank "Grey as a mouse, Big as a house, Nose like a snake, I make the earth shake, As I tramp through the grass; Trees crack as I pass. With horns in my mouth I walk in the South, Flapping big ears. Beyond count of years I stump round and round, Never lie on the ground, Not even to die. _________ am I, Biggest of all, Huge, old, and tall. If ever you'd met me You wouldn't forget me. If you never do, You won't think I'm true; But old _________ am I, And I never lie." FITB in this poem quoted by Samwise Gamgee in the Two Towers.
*(10)What is X? • A direct consequence of summers lasting for years at a time in the GoT universe is the production of super-storms (like the one Daenerys was born in) in the warm waters of the Southern Seas. These storms typically sweep north over the Stepstones, but instead of sweeping west to make landfall in X, they proceed further north and slam into the Stormlands and Shipbreaker's Bay. (Cont.)
• Septons surmise that an ancient curse received by Durran Godsgrief, the first of the Storm kings who had offended the sea god by wooing the latter's daughter Elenei, is the cause of this odd weather pattern. • More importantly, this weather phenomenon is almost solely responsible for the physical geography of X. What is X?
(11) • Gilderoy Lockhart, who never actually did any of the heroic acts he claimed he had done, but instead used his considerable talent in Memory charms to force the actual people who had done them into forgetting what they did, won the Witch Weekly's accolade 5 times. This is the only award that Lockhart has won fairly and honestly, as the others he merely stole credits and forged data to achieve. What award are we talking about?
(12)ID X and Y • X was created by its founder when he considered the nature of a white dwarf star and its intense molecular density. He then created a technology that would let him reduce his molecular density while controlling his weight so that he would have the ability to deliver a full strength, full mass punch while being at what would be his nominal size of about six inches tall. (Cont.)
• Y involves the principle cross interaction between Boson and ___ magnetic field gives rise to subatomic particles of an extra dimensional nature that are capable of shunting or adding mass and reducing or increasing scale of any form of matter, compressing physical forces around such objects or organisms that they are applied to, as well as increasing density and strength of the subject.
(13)ID X • Skroth is the language used by X in GoT. Peter Brown, the sound designer for the show, developed the sound of the language, which resembles the “cracking of ice on a frozen lake“. Skroth featured briefly in the prologue of s1e1, but it hasn't been seen since. David Peterson even created a spoken version of Skroth (like he did for Dothraki and Valyrian), but it remains unused as of now, although this might change soon.
(14) • Dan Bell is a British artist and cartographer who is currently working on hand-drawn charts of various nature reserves in England and the USA. A few samples of his work can be seen in the next slide.
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
*(15)ID the blanks • Seeking to clear the air on a long-contested fan theory, Sam Coleman (who had earlier played young Hodor in season 6's Hold the Door) posted this tweet in July 2017, making a clever comparison to another TV show that was in the news at the time for a similar reason. (Image in next slide)
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
(16) • What has been blanked out?
(17) • Hengist of Woodcroft was a 9th century wizard who was a well-documented victim of persecution from Muggles in the Middle Ages. Driven out of his native Gloucestershire by angry Muggles who feared his prodigious magical ability, Hengis fled to Scotland and subsequently established X, something that gladdens the heart of all Hogwarts students (who are old enough) on a periodic basis. Identify X.
(18) • Based on the cover, guess what Access’ primary superhero power/ability is.
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
*(19)ID X • In the 1940s there was a hugely popular weekly X radio show in the US. About this same time (just after WWII), the KKK was seeing a pretty big resurgence across the country. Their membership was growing, and they were gaining sway with politicians, as well. A writer/activist named Stetson Kennedy went undercover within the KKK. He attended meetings where he got tons of information on them. He learned the names of key KKK leaders, their secret code words/phrases, how they operated, etc. When Kennedy took this information to the police, they were too intimidated by the KKK's political power to build a case against them. So X saved the day. (Cont.)
• Kennedy took his information about the KKK to the writers of the X radio show. During WWII, X's biggest enemy was the Nazis. The war had just ended, though, so he needed a new villain. In a series of shows titled "Clan of the Fiery Cross", X fought and defeated the KKK. Kennedy used this show to expose many of the KKK's secrets, including secret phrases, rituals, membership, etc. • Within 2 weeks of the show airing, the KKK membership was plummeting. They became a national joke, and never recovered from the damage. Without X, the KKK would likely have become a significant (although probably not dominant) political force the US.
(20) What is seen on the following slides? Also, what distinction does it hold?
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
Instincts '18 - Fandom Quiz prelims
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  • 2. Instincts ‘18 Fandom Quiz prelims Brought to you by: Q Factorial – The SSN Quiz Club
  • 3. Rules • 20 Questions • Part points wherever applicable • No googling, etc. etc. • 6 teams in the finals • Fandoms – Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, DC, Marvel, and Star Wars
  • 4. (1)Find X • Pink Kryptonite is a type of Kryptonite that seemingly turns Kryptonians X. It is unknown what it would do to an already X Kryptonian. This type of Kryptonite only made one appearance in comics and was used as a satire of the plots of Silver Age comic stories featuring some strange new form of Kryptonite. • (image on the next slide)
  • 6. (2) • Seen in the still on the next slide from "Harley and the Davidsons" are Robert Aramayo and Michiel Huisman, who plays Daario in Game of Thrones. Interestingly, Aramayo himself made a couple of "minor" cameo appearances in season 6, playing a much-loved, much-missed character. So the question is, who did Aramayo play?
  • 8. (3)Id X and Explain • An existing quantity of X can be multiplied or enlarged. • X can be transformed into a different form. • X can be Summoned from elsewhere if the caster of the spell knows the approximate location of X. • X, however, cannot be outright conjured from nothing. What is X, and what fundamental rule of magic has been partly explained above?
  • 9. (4)Id 1 and 2 • In LotR film trilogy, the producers had to make sure that this scene didn’t resemble ____(1)_____. • They felt that, “After ___(2)____, LotR lifted the hearts like no other movie could. Its release was ironic and necessary in this time in her history. As X’s war continues, she will no doubt continue to turn to Jackson’s adaption of Tolkien’s beautiful story of good vs evil. “
  • 10. *(5) • Born in 1965, Shirley Henderson is a singer and award-winning stage and movie actress. Owing to her short stature and child-like voice, she was cast as X in the film adaptations of Chamber of Secrets and Goblet of Fire, gaining in the process a certain unique distinction with respect to other actors who've appeared in the Harry Potter films. • Identify X, and what distinction does Henderson hold? • (image on next slide)
  • 12. (6)ID • ID the artist of these scenes from the Hobbit.
  • 14. (7) • It was revealed in an interview with concept designer Jake Lunt Davies that Xs were only present in the film because the location where they were filming had hundreds of puffins that they couldn't move during shoots. "From what I gathered, ____ (the director), in a positive spin on this, was looking at how can he work with this," explains Davies. "You can’t remove them. You physically can’t get rid of them. And digitally removing them is an issue and a lot of work, so let’s just roll with it, play with it. And so I think he thought, 'Well, that’s great, let’s have our own indigenous species.'" • ID X and the film.
  • 16. (9)ID the blank "Grey as a mouse, Big as a house, Nose like a snake, I make the earth shake, As I tramp through the grass; Trees crack as I pass. With horns in my mouth I walk in the South, Flapping big ears. Beyond count of years I stump round and round, Never lie on the ground, Not even to die. _________ am I, Biggest of all, Huge, old, and tall. If ever you'd met me You wouldn't forget me. If you never do, You won't think I'm true; But old _________ am I, And I never lie." FITB in this poem quoted by Samwise Gamgee in the Two Towers.
  • 17. *(10)What is X? • A direct consequence of summers lasting for years at a time in the GoT universe is the production of super-storms (like the one Daenerys was born in) in the warm waters of the Southern Seas. These storms typically sweep north over the Stepstones, but instead of sweeping west to make landfall in X, they proceed further north and slam into the Stormlands and Shipbreaker's Bay. (Cont.)
  • 18. • Septons surmise that an ancient curse received by Durran Godsgrief, the first of the Storm kings who had offended the sea god by wooing the latter's daughter Elenei, is the cause of this odd weather pattern. • More importantly, this weather phenomenon is almost solely responsible for the physical geography of X. What is X?
  • 19. (11) • Gilderoy Lockhart, who never actually did any of the heroic acts he claimed he had done, but instead used his considerable talent in Memory charms to force the actual people who had done them into forgetting what they did, won the Witch Weekly's accolade 5 times. This is the only award that Lockhart has won fairly and honestly, as the others he merely stole credits and forged data to achieve. What award are we talking about?
  • 20. (12)ID X and Y • X was created by its founder when he considered the nature of a white dwarf star and its intense molecular density. He then created a technology that would let him reduce his molecular density while controlling his weight so that he would have the ability to deliver a full strength, full mass punch while being at what would be his nominal size of about six inches tall. (Cont.)
  • 21. • Y involves the principle cross interaction between Boson and ___ magnetic field gives rise to subatomic particles of an extra dimensional nature that are capable of shunting or adding mass and reducing or increasing scale of any form of matter, compressing physical forces around such objects or organisms that they are applied to, as well as increasing density and strength of the subject.
  • 22. (13)ID X • Skroth is the language used by X in GoT. Peter Brown, the sound designer for the show, developed the sound of the language, which resembles the “cracking of ice on a frozen lake“. Skroth featured briefly in the prologue of s1e1, but it hasn't been seen since. David Peterson even created a spoken version of Skroth (like he did for Dothraki and Valyrian), but it remains unused as of now, although this might change soon.
  • 23. (14) • Dan Bell is a British artist and cartographer who is currently working on hand-drawn charts of various nature reserves in England and the USA. A few samples of his work can be seen in the next slide.
  • 26. *(15)ID the blanks • Seeking to clear the air on a long-contested fan theory, Sam Coleman (who had earlier played young Hodor in season 6's Hold the Door) posted this tweet in July 2017, making a clever comparison to another TV show that was in the news at the time for a similar reason. (Image in next slide)
  • 28. (16) • What has been blanked out?
  • 29. (17) • Hengist of Woodcroft was a 9th century wizard who was a well-documented victim of persecution from Muggles in the Middle Ages. Driven out of his native Gloucestershire by angry Muggles who feared his prodigious magical ability, Hengis fled to Scotland and subsequently established X, something that gladdens the heart of all Hogwarts students (who are old enough) on a periodic basis. Identify X.
  • 30. (18) • Based on the cover, guess what Access’ primary superhero power/ability is.
  • 32. *(19)ID X • In the 1940s there was a hugely popular weekly X radio show in the US. About this same time (just after WWII), the KKK was seeing a pretty big resurgence across the country. Their membership was growing, and they were gaining sway with politicians, as well. A writer/activist named Stetson Kennedy went undercover within the KKK. He attended meetings where he got tons of information on them. He learned the names of key KKK leaders, their secret code words/phrases, how they operated, etc. When Kennedy took this information to the police, they were too intimidated by the KKK's political power to build a case against them. So X saved the day. (Cont.)
  • 33. • Kennedy took his information about the KKK to the writers of the X radio show. During WWII, X's biggest enemy was the Nazis. The war had just ended, though, so he needed a new villain. In a series of shows titled "Clan of the Fiery Cross", X fought and defeated the KKK. Kennedy used this show to expose many of the KKK's secrets, including secret phrases, rituals, membership, etc. • Within 2 weeks of the show airing, the KKK membership was plummeting. They became a national joke, and never recovered from the damage. Without X, the KKK would likely have become a significant (although probably not dominant) political force the US.
  • 34. (20) What is seen on the following slides? Also, what distinction does it hold?