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Trivia Titans 10

Q.1: This video is a SNL parody of a famous coffee company which has the following actors embark on a ridiculous journey to reach the ‘sophisticated’ standard of drinking this coffee.

Identify the original actor who is being parodied (the man with grey hair) and the product mocked which is a portmanteau of company name and the coffee type brewed.


Q.2: Known for breaking the conventional ideas of presenting a collection on the runway this high-end luxury brand embraces their seasonal collections in some innovative settings.

The images are from this brand’s runway for the Fall 2017 collection which focusses on a particular theme with the models in Barbarella inspired makeup and hair and appropriate boots and headbands to keep them warm.

The show ended with a blast, taking the theme of the runway quite literally.

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Q.3: Toxic lead oxide was believed to be the reason for the distinctive colour of X, a traditional chinese delicacy that is usually paired with congee. But, it was later found out that the colour comes from a maillard reaction and the tea that X is made in.

It is prepared in a mixture of ash, salt, alkaline clay, tea and calcium oxide and then individually covered in rice husk, for not less than 20 days. The longer it is kept, the darker its colour becomes.

ID X.

Q.4: English high society came up with an innovation to hide a body feature caused due to Syphilis. Such damage to the body and the following coverup was believed to be greatly embarrassing in high society ,however all this changed when one European king revolutionized this accessory as a fashion trend in 1655.

What kind of damage Syphilis could have caused and name the accessory used to cover it?

Q.5: Like most food origin stories, the popular Japanese breakfast food Natto, also seems to have been discovered by accident.

The most popular origin story dates back to 1080s when Minamoto no Yoshie and his army were travelling towards the Northern mainland Japan. One night, they settled down in a camp for a meal of rice and boiled soybeans. When they heard about the enemies approach, they quickly retreated, packing up their food in rice straws which was brought for the horses.

In just a couple of days later, they reached to safety and found out that the soybeans had turned into natto through fermentation with the help of the bacteria in the straw.

What could have accelerated the fermentation process?

Q.6: Cazulo is an alcohol distillery in Goa whose marketing strategy involves tasting room and distillery tour. One of the main attractions of this tour is underwater aging technique which requires workers diving in a natural pool to get aged bottles of Feni ( a rare cashew apple alcohol). This is similar to Georgian Qvevri technique using earthen clay pots.

Why is the underwater technique used?

Q.7: At the 2019 New York Fashion Week, a men’s fashion brand faced backlash for their Spring 2020 collection. 

The co-founder explained his inspiration for this on twitter saying” We are reminded all the time of life’s fragility, shortness, and unpredictability yet we are also reminded of its infinite potential.

”Twitter called him out saying”Enough of your enlightened bullshit” and “You went about this the wrong way. Sad and distasteful”.

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