Diversity Quiz Finals by Quiz Club, IIT Kanpur

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DIVERSITY QUIZ
QM : ADITYA SRIVASTAVA & DHRITI BARNWAL
REFLECT. EMPOWER. UNITE.

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FINALS

• There are a total of 32 questions divided in 5 rounds
• Video should be on at all times otherwise
• QM will provide hints at their own discretion; Blocking of hints is
allowed
• Do not speak unless spoken too

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DIVERSITY QUIZ
AND WE BEGIN!!

• Standard Pounce and Bounce!!
• Clockwise Bounce (+10/0)
• Pounce (+15/-10)
• In case of part wise questions, all the parts should be correct for pounce
to be valid
• Do not shoutout the answers

X Y(surname) claims that she “invented gay pop” as a genre in
itself and brought it to mainstream music, which a lot of fans
thought too obnoxious of her since many before her (Gaga and
Cyrus) had done similar work before.
X is a very interesting name, and is also the title name in a famous
anime, featuring a certain famous pose called the ‘X pose’.
This anime has numerous gay characters as well , one of whom is
Z. Z shares his name with a famous Italian fashion designer known
for his geometric designs. Funnily enough, Z also sounds similar to
the surname of an actor in the most iconic film about fashion,
whose character in the film was also gay and a fashion designer
himself.
ID XY(+5) and Z(+5)

Hailing from the central African cities of Brazzaville and Kinshasa,
X’s have become increasingly recognizable around the world.
Since the 1970s, X’s have been known for donning technicolored
three-piece suits with flamboyant accessories like golden walking
sticks and leopard-print fedoras, and then cat-walking through
their city streets.
In recent years, Solange, Kendrick and SZA have all featured Xs in
their music videos. The iconic British menswear designer Paul
Smith did a whole spring line of X-inspired suits and bowler hats.
X comes from the "Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes
Élégantes", along with a common Latin suffix used to indicate
agent nouns.
ID X

"Baraye" is a 2022 power ballad by singer-songwriter
Shervin Hajipour. It became "the anthem" of the X
protests. "Baraye" received critical acclaim for its vocals
and portrayal of the emotions of his nation's people and
diaspora.
At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2023, the
song won the first-ever special merit award presented by
First Lady Jill Biden herself.
Identify the protests(+5) and the category in which the
song won(+5).

X- Mehsa Amini protests in Iran
Y- Best song for Social Change

“X Y” is a metaphor usually applied to mainly women in the
workplace, used to represent an invisible barrier that prevents an
oppressed demographic from rising up beyond a certain level in a
hierarchy.
This idea has often being extended for different forms of
discrimination.
“Z Y” is a term used for people of East Asian descent, swapping out
X with a material often attributed to people of that descent.
“A Y” is another variant, which highlights the difficulty that refugees
and asylum seekers face in getting jobs, a nod to the material used
for the refugee shelters and tents.
ID X(+2), Y(+2), Z(+3) and A(+3)

X : Glass
Y: Ceiling
Z : Bamboo
A : Canvas

X is a 1996 film written and directed by Y. It is the first
installment of Y's Elements trilogy. According to IMDB, the film
is about “Two women who are abandoned by their husbands
find love and solace in each other.” The film is loosely based
on Ismat Chughtai's 1942 story, Lihaaf.
X was the first mainstream Bollywood movie to feature
lesbian relationship. The film had to face a lot of opposition
from Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena due to a specific detail of the
movie.
Give me X(+3) and the cause of the controversy(+7)?

X : Fire
The lead characters were named Radha
and Sita.

The term XY was first used by Z in a talk at the University of
California in 1993.
The term XY is a characterization of marginalization as a
competition to determine the relative weight of the overall
victimization of individuals or groups, often by comparing
race, gender, socioeconomic status or disabilities, in order to
determine who is the worst off, and the most subjugated.
The term XY has been described as a contest within a group,
to "assert who is more authentic, more subjugated, and thus
more correct".
ID the term XY.

Born in 1985, her parents split in her early childhood. As her
father was an alcoholic, she was raised entirely by her mother
and her female partner. Due to her family's financial
problems, she had to work in a bakery and as a cashier
during her years of study. In an interview in 2015, she spoke
up about the stigma she encountered when her mother was in
a same-sex relationship. She said that she felt "invisible"
because she was unable to talk openly about her family.
Who is being talked of?
Someone who achieved a huge distinction in 2019 and
successfully shut down a certain 2022 controversy about her.

The movie “The Peanut Butter Falcon” is an amazing portrayal of
disability in film. Zack Gottstagen (pictured) was cast as the lead
character who aspires to be a wrestler. Starring Dakota Johnson
and Shia Labeouf, the film also stars two professional American
wrestlers, one of whom was X, initially a lovely dude but became
quite thorny later.
The other wrestler Y is known for his slithering moves and
innovative use of the Z finishing move (which was later named the
"coolest" maneuver of all time by WWE).
Z is also the abbreviation of the most commonly used pesticide.
ID X(+4), Y(+4) and Z(+2).

X : Cactus Jack (Mick Foley)
Y: Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts
Z : DDT

• Written round!!
• +10/0
• In case all answers are correct, additional +10 will be awarded

There are many parallels between the Lepcha and other religions.
The Lepcha people have a story where a group of them once
wanted to reach heaven and hence began stacking up pots as
high as they could. The person on top shouted for a “hook” but it
was misheard by the people on the ground as “knock it down”
This is very similar to the Christian story of X.
The Lepcha also talk about PhadongThing and Najyonguyu, who
created as brother and sister, sin in the eyes of god and are
cursed to live on earth. This is strikingly similar to the Christian
story of Y.

But that’s not all, because when PhadongThing and
Najyonguyu have their first child PhadongThing says it’s an
unholy child and throws him into the jungle. This continues
for six more children and by the eighth, Najyonguyu is so
overcome with motherly emotion she begs him to stop.
This is similar to the Indian story of Z(need both names),
albeit with the genders reversed.
ID X(+4), Y(+3) and Z(+3)

Traditionally depicted as a she-demon who is banished
for refusing to submit to and obey her husband, she has
been reinterpreted by modern feminists as a symbol of
female independence and resistance to patriarchal
authority. A 1976 non profit feminist magazine also
derives its name from this mythological figure.
Who are we talking about?

After the great flood, it is said that Noah became known for his
drunkenness.
During one of these times, a certain inappropriate action by
one of his sons led to him being cursed by Noah.
Although this story may not seem odd at first sight, most
modern Abrahamic religions try to distance themselves from
certain old interpretations of the story.
What was the old interpretation of the story?

In the Tanakh, a story goes that on the seventh day of his
banquet, the King of Persia, to show off his wife’s beauty to
the guests, orders her to come in naked at the feast wearing
only her crown. She refuses and is executed for not obeying
her husband, with old scholars describing her as wicked and
vain.
However, her refusal has been admired as heroic in feminist
theological interpretations calling her an independent minded
heroine.
Who is she?

But that’s not all, because when PhadongThing and
Najyonguyu have their first child PhadongThing says it’s an
unholy child and throws him into the jungle. This continues
for six more children and by the eighth, Najyonguyu is so
overcome with motherly emotion she begs him to stop.
This is similar to the Indian story of Z(need both names),
albeit with the genders reversed.
ID X(+4), Y(+3) and Z(+3).

X : Tower of Babel
Y : Adam and Eve
Z : Shantanu and Ganga

The story was interpreted to justify enslavement
of Africans who were considered descendants of
Noah's son Ham.

• Differential round!!
• Pounces Only.
• Each correct pounce will be awarded according to the number of teams
answering the question if 1 team answers it will be awarded 24 points
then - 2/21 , 3/18, 4/15, 5/12, 6/9, 7/6, 8/3.

Benjamin Haggerty, popularly known by his stage name "X" is an
American rapper. X is also an advocate of LGBT rights and tries to
tackle homophobia in mainstream hip-hop. He has criticized the
industry's supposed prioritization of "petty issues" such as the
Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud rather than more important ones. In
the last month, he released a protest song in support of the recent
student protests, with all proceeds earned from it getting donated
towards UNRWA.
ID X and which event does this song refer to?

Answer
X - Macklemore
Renaming of Hamilton Hall to Hind’s Hall during
Columbia University protests

Married Eight Times to Seven men, Converted to Judaism, endured
several illnesses and led a jet set lifestyle, this actress was the subject
of constant media attention. Beginning her career as a child actress,
she became one of the world’s highest paid movie stars in the 60s.
Called an accidental feminist and considered a gay icon, she was one
of the first celebrities to take part in HIV/AIDS activism, even starting
an AIDS foundation in her own name in 1991. She also persuaded
President Ronald Reagan to acknowledge the disease for the first time
in a speech in 1987.
Recently it was announced that Kim Kardashian would produce and
feature in a docuseries about this icon, commissioned by the BBC.
Who is she?

Quentin Crisp was a famous and controversial English gay icon
and raconteur(humorist) known for his famous autobiographical
movie , the _____ _____-_______ (5 5-7), the title being a quip
about art models being ultimately paid by Department of
Education, making them “government employees who were
supposed to be nude on duty”; since his initial job had been as an
art model.
He was hugely popular, a hero to many; and a famous English
musician based the song X on him, a song about someone feeling
out of place due to cultural differences.
FITB and ID X

FITB :The Naked Civil-Servant
Y : Englishman in New York

There’s a famous British tv quiz show called X (5,11), which is a phrase
one might say after finding out a cool piece of trivia (“That’s X!”).
The most notable hosts of X is Y, a British Polymath and
Philanthropist, Podcaster, Comedian and Actor who is also gay.
Y has also played Z, his idol, a late 19th Century Irish author, poet
and playwright.
Z was the most outspoken member of the queer community at the
time and was gay himself. He wore a flower on his lapel, as a symbol
of his pride, leading many queer actors to do the same in their
current public.
ID X, Y and Z.

X : Quite Interesting
Y : Stephen Fry
Z : Oscar Wilde

• Long Connect Round!!
• 2 Sets of 4 questions, only open on pounce ( +15, -10), with an underlying
theme connecting them.
• Points for guessing the Connect are written on each upcoming question.

A certain literary masterpiece borrows its name from Walt
Whitman's poem of the same name and was written by X.
Equally important, the major plot of the story takes place in a
certain geological system where an “alleged incident” leads to
accusations, withdrawals of statements and strain on friendships ,
all depicted in a tense trial scene ,all the while highlighting racial
tensions.
It’s based on X’s time as a private secretary to the Maharaja of a
Maratha state, in 1921-1922 and from his experiences there.
ID X and the literary work (Bonus(+5) for IDing the location)

X: Passage to India by EM Forster
The Cave system in question is Bihar’s Barabar
(Equal) caves -> Marabar

Prominent feminist writer X is known for her most famous
1928 biography Y, which is considered a classic piece of
feminist literature and follows the fictional story of an
Elizabethan gender-fluid nobleman, who goes on to hold
court with famous classical British poets , such as Alexander
Pope.
It was written in part as a portrait of her lover, Victoria
Mary/Vita Sackville-West.
ID X and Y

Virginia Woolf
Orlando is the book
Showbiz hint : Orlando _____

At Eton (he later studied at Cambridge too) , X found the first
"love of his life" in Dan Macmillan, older brother of the future
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
He was one of the most influential men of the 20th Century and
was also openly gay.
A city Y in London is often wrongly thought to be named after a
combination of X’s name as well as a famous poet, though he
might have called this city a lost paradise, although ironically
ID X and Y

Keynes
Milton-Keynes (regarded as a design failure of
London city planning)

The X is an intellectual society at the Y founded in 1820 by
George Tomlinson, a Y student who became the first Bishop of
Gibraltar.
List of some of X’s members is given below:
Bertrand Russel
Amartya Sen
And Alfred Tennyson (a 12th son btw)
ID X

Bloomsbury group
A radical group of thinkers which had formed that
held extensive debate about spirituality , sexuality etc.
they were known for having open polygamous and
homosexual relations as well and were queer icons.

Here is an old logo of X. The arrow symbolized the circle of
communication and the platform’s focus on the interests of
people and personalisability
The developers repainted it black and changed the icon.
Three appeared in place of one and they appeared one after
the other in a kind of queue, the arrows being dropped.
The most notorious logo change was when they added a
long horizontal line with two short vertical dashes on the
sides, the traditional symbol for a word in the name of the
platform.
ID X

The cause of D&O liability insurance to sharply
spike in October 2017 and the years since might
be X.
X is rather badly named , attaching the name of
a perpetrator to a positive outcome which came
as a result of his actions.
ID this effect X

It is believed that X was derived from an abbreviation (in
cursive) of libra pondo (Latin for pound), where a horizontal
line used to indicate that it was an abbreviation, added a
familiar stylistic element.
Another name for the same was invented at Bell Telephone
labs, when Don MacPherson combined a number prefix with the
last name of the first Native American athlete to win an
Olympic gold, to use as another name for X.
All of us have dealt with X in different forms, sometimes online,
sometimes when bored in school or even in music.
ID X

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• Anti-Clockwise Bounce (10/0)
• Pounce (15/-10)
• In case of part wise questions, all the parts should be correct for pounce
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XA rose to prominence during the Iranian Hostage Crisis as a symbol
of support for the American captives, leading to a wider
understanding of their potency as great visual representation.
YA was chosen to symbolize the connection to blood and the idea of
passion, not just anger, but also love, like a valentine. A sign of
Awareness, it took inspiration from XA.
ZA’s use can be traced to an instance of misogyny which resulted in
the massacre of 14 women by a man because of his hatred towards
women.
Give X(+3), Y(+3), Z(+3) and A(+1).

X - Yellow
Y - Red
Z - White
A - Ribbon

Founded by two college students in 1966, X was a far-left political
organization. At first, their main goal was what they called "cop
watching", which was the act of observing police's action by an open
arm carrying member of X. This was done to counter police brutality
prevalent at the time. The organization peaked its membership in the
70s during which they introduced several social programs to uplift
their communities.
Surprisingly enough a fictional character "Y" came out in the same
year, which at first seems to inspire X. There is no evidence and/or
formal statement(s) to support this, hence it may just be a
coincidence.
Identify X.

Situated around 200 km from Ahmedabad, in a former princely state
of Rajpipla stands a unique sanctuary for the people of LGBTQIA+
community. Also called "XY'', it was initially planned to be a
retirement home for trans people and started off as a 10-bed
dormitory.
Z's husband came up with this idea taking inspiration from an
American LGBT community center, hence Z later used the land he
inherited from his grandfather for the cause.
What is "XY"(+5) and who is Z(+5)?

XY - Queer Bagh
Z - Manvendra Singh Gohil

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of X, people
from the Mahar community gathered at the memorial site to
celebrate the anniversary of their victory against their
oppressors. Due to a long standing conflict between the Mahars
and Marathas and instigating incidents prior to the event, riots
took place on January 1st, 2018; which led to deaths of multiple
individuals and was deemed as an act of terrorism by certain
groups.
As a result of an investigation, multiple people were arrested,
one of them being the activist Y, who was an Indian Catholic
priest and a tribal rights activist for several decades.

Y was the oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India. Y
suffered from Parkinson's and died in jail as bail wasn't
granted to him. This led to much outcry and protest in the
nation as many believe that Y was unfairly arrested.
ID X(+5) and Y(+5).

X - Bhima Koregaon
Y - Stan Swamy

X is an American non-governmental organization created to bring
awareness to the issue of violence against women.
Artist Y came up with the idea of hanging color-coded t-shirts in a
public place to gain recognition of the issue after hearing that while
58,000 soldiers died in the Vietnam War, there were 51,000 women
killed around the same time by men who claimed to love them. She
brought the concept to a group of women, starting the project in
1990.
Many of the women had personally experienced violence, and Y
wanted to find an unprecedented, creative way of educating others
on this matter. The group thought it was naturally the thing to do,
since women were known for doing laundry and exchanging
information while their clothes were hanging out to dry.
ID X.

Gilbert Baker initially had designed the pride flag as seen on the left.
He chose to put it on flags because they were the most clear symbol
of being proud or having a passion.
Due to the gaining popularity of the movement and to show that
there was nothing unusual about being queer, it became the current
rainbow symbol. He changed something for a very practical reason
and the fact that it became the rainbow symbol also became an
answer to a common argument people (especially conservatives)
made against anything LGBTQIA+.
Give the practical(+5) and the symbolic reason(+5) for the change.

He needed to start manufacturing them in mass and turquoise and
hot pink is inefficient.
He also wanted to use a symbol from nature (Rainbow), showing
that there was nothing un-biological about it, which was a common
argument people used to make.

The X were first created by William Moulton Marston as allegories of
his love leaders.
In the days of Ancient Greece, many centuries ago, the X were part
of the foremost nation in the world.
The X's leader met Hercules in personal combat. Falling to trickery of
Hercules, X's leader lost and they all were captured as slaves.
Finally unable to bear the wiles of man ,they prayed to goddess
Aphrodite who helped them regain independence.
As a psychologist, Marston used bondage as a symbol. This is the
reason for the X's to still wear (9) (2) (10) it is to remind them that
never to give up their independence and to show any man who tries
to impose power over them will be slapped back by their own power.
ID X and FITB

X: Amazonians (Wonder Woman’s tribe)
FITB: Bracelets of Submission

Author Christine Michel Carter coined the term
"___-________ diversity" for TIME in 2017.
Influenced by the phrase "___-________ politics", it is defined as
the hiring of groups who have historically been underrepresented or
subject to discrimination by organizations for the social aspect of
environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). To investors
and stakeholders, hiring these groups sends a coded message that
the organization is more open to a diverse workforce, but to the
groups hired it suggests the organization lacks effective diversity
management or inclusion.
FITB

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