Infinite Bounce

Q1. The image shows the front page of a book on the rules of a card game X (blanked out). The German/Alsatian pronunciation of X gave rise to the word Y which is also said to have its counterparts in the Tarot deck. ID X.

Eucher

Q2:According to the original plan, which cartoon series was to have 5 characters:

Geoff, Kelly, Linda, W.W and their dog Too Much

Scooby DooGeoff is now Fred

Linda is Velma

Daphne was formerly Kelly

And W.W. is the much cooler Shaggy

Answer

Q3:Leo the lion, though not a cartoon/comic character is someone most, if not all of us have seen. Who is Leo the lion?

The MGM mascot

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Q4

• X is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae (weasels).It is referred by many names such as glutton(GuloGulo), carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch.The state of Michigan is, by tradition, known as "The XState", and the University of Michigan takes the X as its mascot. Why in a comics quiz ?

Wolverine

Q5

• The site has become a face of freedom and a face of India's liberals. The site is censored by the Indian government. Initially the creator of the site have chosen to remain anonymous, going under the assumed collective name _____________. However in July 2009, Puneet Agarwal , the creator of the site revealed his identity.

It was criticized for portraying a charcter very similar to that of Amitabh Bachchan in one of its issues. On 3 June 2009 the government of India banned the site. Blogger's across the country criticized the move of the Indian government. There were efforts on the internet to reverse the ban.

The site continues to be popular in India. According to Alexa, it's currently among the 100 most popular sites in India, and over 80% of the traffic to the site comes from there. It is printed in 10 different Indian languages, not counting English. Pluggd.in, a startup blog from India even did a case study on their growth and strategy.

What is being talked about here?

Q6: X and Y, two giant figures in the world of comics,were high school friends. In 1936, it was Y whoencouraged X to sell cartoons to the new comic bookWow, What A Magazine! X went on to write one ofthe first graphic novels, help establish the graphicnovel as a form of literature, and have the mostprestigious award in the industry named after him. Ywent on to create one of the most enduring andpopular characters ever. ID X and Y.

X- Will EisnerY- Bob Kane

Reverse!

Q7.Id X

• X is a series of graphic stories by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010. The series is about Canadian X, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto and plays bass guitar in the band Sex Bob-Omb. He falls in love with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, but must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her

Scott Pilgrim

Q8.The name of this character was changed from X to Y due to poor research done by its makers who thought that the name X was owned by Paramount Pictures.

Apart from this, there are subtle differences between X and Y. X is usually shown as a fellow sailor of ______ and muscular in built whereas Y is portrayed as a generic obese villain, a bank robber who shows no love interest in ________.

ID X and Y.

Bluto and Brutus

Q9:From which famous animated TV series is this warning?

South Park

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Q10. What did this Inspire?

Or Shurayuki-hime

•Q11)This is the “first” Amar Chitra Kathathat came out. However there is something strange about its numbering.• What and why?

• #1 – 10 were

reproductions of

popular Western

fairy tales in Indian

languages.

Q12:Identify this 70’s comic book hero based on Amitabh Bachchan.

Supremo

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