1.

■ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is a series on Netflix which takes it name and
inspiration from the novel series by Douglas Adams.
■ In season 1, at a very crisis moment in one of the final episodes, Dirk, having
completely lost his cool with how fast events have been moving, ironically says ____
_____. This, not only being excellent advice to give to anyone, is also a tribute to the
other very famous creation of Douglas Adams.
■ The QM, in addition to the above clues, would like to say ____ _____ to all the first
timers in the crowd as they get started with this 
Don’t Panic
2.

X was originally known as Mr Video, and then Jumpman. However, the creators arrived at
X’s current name when they were trying to think of a better name and were interrupted by
their landlord X Segale, after whom they named X.
ID X.
Ans: Mario
3.

The Reliant Regal Supervan III (right) has

a history of being unstable and easily
tipped due to it having only three
wheels. It is then not surprising that the
model was chosen as the “accident car”,
which X often encounters and causes to
go into accidents in some episodes.
ID X
Ans: Mr Bean
4.

Theme naming is a very frequent occurrence in Japanese media, with perhaps the most
recognizable being the professors being named after trees in Pokemon.
Another recognizable instance is a Japanese series’ obsession with vegetables which
shows in the origins of its characters’ names ranging from a carrot to a spring onion.
Which show?
Ans: Dragon Ball Z
5.

Artist John Byrne sketched a face for

what he thought X would look like under
his mask, not knowing artist Dave
Cockrum already revealed X's face in an
earlier issue. When Byrne discovered
this, he used what would've been X's
face as X’s future arch-nemesis’.
Whose face was it intended to be?
Ans: Wolverine
6.

We’re familiar with Bart’s long list of chalkboard gags, full of classics such as “I am not
Charlie Brown on acid” and “We DO need no education”.
However, on one poignant occasion, Bart writes, “We’ll really miss you, ___ _”
What is this in reference to?
Ans: Death of Marcia Wallace, the
woman who played Mrs Krabappel
7.

The tortoise-like character appearing in

Ben 10 is an ancient sorcerer that is
thousands of years old. Fittingly, he is
named X.
What is his name, and why is it fitting,
bearing a Kolkata connect.
Ans: Adwaita, named after the 200+ year old
tortoise that lived and died in Alipore zoo.
8.

■ Identify the
movie, where
this warning was
put in a single
frame right at the
beginning of it:
Fight Club
9.

ID the popular song from refined the English rendition of its lyrics
Ans: Gucci Gang
10.*

We hear this phrase in the Dexter’s laboratory episode, “The Big Cheese”, when after
listening to a French recording overnight to learn the said language, he is stuck with this
phrase, which helps him through all his endeavors the next day.
The phrase, however, literally means an egg preparation with cheese, and even so, with a
grammatical error.
What is the phrase?
Ans: Omelette du fromage
11.*

The first time the word came to closely resembling the manner in which it is used now is
perhaps in an episode of the famous show X.
In the episode, the food item Y was still a food item, however it was incorporated into
every item of a restaurant menu, and the characters were spewing it to the point of it
drowning all other conversation, much like the modern day equivalent usage in reference
to unwanted and unsolicited junk.
ID the show.
Ans: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
(Spam sketch)
12.

Whose Twitter account?

Ans: Ted Cruz
13.
Whose acting credits (not exhaustive)?
1989 – Jury foreman
2000 – Hot dog vendor
2002 – Man in fair
2003 – Old man at crossing
2003 – Security guard
2004 – Man dodging debris
2005 – Willie Lumpkin
2006 – Waterhose man
2007 – Man in times square
2007 – Rejected wedding guest
2008 – Man drinking from bottle
2011 - General
2013 – Pageant judge
2014 – Smithsonian guard
2014 – Graduation guest
2015 – Bartender
Ans: Stan Lee
14.

Excerpt of who interviewing whom?

X: You’ve stated that you believe there could be an infinite number of parallel universes.
Does that mean there’s a universe where I am smarter than you?
Y: Yes. And also a universe where you’re funny.
X: If you’re so smart, what number am I thinking of right now?
Y: 13.
X: Okay, what am I thinking about right now?
Y: That you’ve been a huge disappointment to your family.
Ans: John Oliver interviewing Stephen
Hawking
15.*

In this episode of Whose Line is it

anyway, for the game Themed
Restaurants, the theme being horror,
Wayne and Drew sit down and order
drinks. How does Collin’s reply tie down
to the theme of the restaurant?
Ans: Redrum reference from Shining
 16.*
ID the popular song, rendered here
as a Shakespearean sonnet.
Ans: Lose Yourself
17.

■ As a young boy, X was very fond of collecting and studying insects and when he got
older, this gave him the imagination and depth of skill needed to build multiple new
creatures for a project that has since then become the biggest media franchise in
existence.
■ What is this, that people all over the world have been following for the past 22 years
and has had multiple expansions and additions to the world of the creation?
Pokemon
18.*

■ So, this is the xkcd comic’s edition on

Sorting.
■ In addition to this, they put a
hovertext which talked about
StackSort.
■ Looking at this image, tell me what
StackSort could be?
Searches sort on stackoverflow and runs the
found code snippet and returns the output
19.

■ This game was released by Hasbro in

the 60s and over the years received a lot
of makeovers such as getting a very sci-
fi futuristic makeover when Star Wars
came. However, the biggest change that
happened in terms of a makeover that
changed their popculture connect
completely happened in the 90s and the
2000s.
■ By what name are today’s versions of
this sold today?
Beyblade
20.

■ In 2012, X was listening to a song by David Whistle (formerly known as DJ Ness), and
reached out to the Italian DJ to find out how he produced his music. He was inspired by
EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, and is also influenced by film composers like Hans
Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky. He started all his music on his laptop with FL Studio. In
July 2012, with the help and feedback from his fans online, he began pursuing his
music production career and slowly began posting his music to YouTube and
SoundCloud.
■ X released the track “____" on 17 August 2014. The track gained attention after its re-
release via the record label NoCopyrightSounds on 19 November. X stated that the
creation of the track was inspired by K-391 and Ahrix, whose tracks were also picked
up by the record label. The track has over 300 million views on YouTube, 70 million
plays on Spotify, and 20 million streams on SoundCloud. It has become the most
popular track on the channel, and is widely used by YouTubers in their videos.
Alan Walker