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Trivia Titans 2

 Q.1: In 2019, Facebook had 328 million users, who would on average scroll through the equivalent of 174 newspapers a day!

They launched the X Challenge to capture users’ attentions by making them pause their scrolling and evoke emotions through 10-second films.

They were able to garner 3,500+ creative scripts, and even sent the top 4 to Cannes.

What did they creatively name their program??


Q.2: Japanese child actress Mana Ashida (little Mako) was embarrassed that she couldn’t pronounce Guillermo Del Toro’s name, so he gave her special permission to call him “______-san” instead. 

Which friendly neighborhood character was this??

Q.3: Fill in the blanks


Q.4: When asked about X’s pocket-sized drone, the CEO said,“Our mission is to empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. And this product does exactly that.”

Which company manufactures this?( pic attached)



Q.5

Q.6: The Droste Effect known in art as an example of mise en abyme ( literally "placed into abyss"). The effect is named after a Dutch brand of cocoa, with an image designed by Jan Musset in 1904. It has since been used in the packaging of a variety of products.

What is Droste Effect??

Q.7: Circa 1985, Neil Gaiman was living in a narrow house with his 18-month-old son. With no space in the house for a garden,Gaiman used to let his son cycle around the country graveyard across the lane. Once, while watching his son, he drew a parallel with X:“I could have a boy abandoned in a graveyard who is taught the things that whoever lives in the graveyard knows!”And thus The Graveyard Book was born.

Identify X/ What was the source of inspiration for the book??

_____________________________________

Answers

1. Thumbstoppers

2. Totoro-San

3. The Exorcist

4. Snapchat

5. Bugs Bunny

6. Self Referential or Recursive Image (Image inside a image)

7. The Jungle Book

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