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Movies,
Music,
TV
&
Literature

What this Quizmaster doesn‘t
consider as entertainment:

However these come under the
domain of this Quiz:

Blue Ivy Carter…but not for
Lady Gaga..but not for Lana Wachowski…not
her Celebrity parents
her Dress/Wigs about HER sex change

Doctor VC.....not for his
audition. Period.

1. What did he start?
 Michel Adam Lisowski was born in April, 1950 in
Warsaw, Poland. He started a textile business in
Thailand - Eden Group – that grew to generate
turnover of around $100 million.
When the East Financial Crisis hit Thailand in
1996, he sold the business and moved to Paris
where he noticed the demand of restaurants and
clubs for glamorous video programming.

2. Sitter
 X composed music for the first time in 1955 for
Marathi movie Ram Ram Pavhane. Later in 1960s, X
composed music for following Marathi movies under
the pseudonym of Anand Ghan.
 1960 - Ram Ram Pavhana
 1963 - Maratha Tituka Melvava
 1963 - Mohityanchi Manjula
 1965 - Sadhi Manase
 1969 - Tambadi Mati
 X won Maharashtra State Government's Best Music
Director Award for the film Sadhi Manase. The song
"Airanichya Deva Tula" from the same film received
best song award.

3.
Name him.
Or
Name the movie which is
inspired by his life.

Hint: M F Husain had joined
the million-dollar club with
his painting on him.
Incidentally, this was the
first painting of an Indian
artist to cross the `10 lakh
mark in 1989.

Safdar Hashmi.
 The character of
‗Sameer Khan‘ from
the movie ‗Halla Bol‘
drew inspiration from
him.
 He died from the
injuries he received
from the attack by
political hoodlums
of Indian National
Congress Party while
he was performing the
street-play titled ‗Halla

4. Who?
 According to his criminal record, Thomas A. Anderson
was born on March 11, 1962 in Lower
Downtown, Capital City, USA to Michelle McGahey
and John Anderson.
 He attended Central West Junior High and Owen
Patterson High. In high school, he excelled at
science, math and computer courses, and displayed
an aptitude for English and History.
 Although he had disciplinary troubles when he was
thirteen to fourteen years old, he went on to become a
respected member of the school community through
his involvement in football and hockey.
 He later joined the respectable software company
‗Metacortex‘ as a programmer.

5. ID (Hint: She started her career
with RGV‘s movie ―Go‖.

6.
 He is called the ’Father of Hindi Travel
literature‘.
 He is referred as the Greatest Scholar
(Mahapandit) for his scholarship. He
was both a polymath as well as
a polyglot.
 One of his most famous books is ‘Volga
Se Ganga’ — a fictional account of
migration of Aryans from the Eurasia to
regions around the Volga river; then
through the Hindukush and
the Himalayas and the sub-Himalayan
regions; and their spread to the Indo-
Gangetic plains of the subcontinent of
India. The book begins in 6000 BC and
ends in 1942, the year when Mahatma
Gandhi, the Indian nationalist leader
called for the quit India movement.
 He was appointed Professor of Indology
in 1937-38 and again in 1947-48 at
University of Leningrad.

7. FITB. (or give funda)
 When the blazing sun is  In the dark blue sky you
gone, keep,
When he nothing shines And often through my
curtains peep,
upon For you never shut your
Then you show your little eye,
light, 'Till the sun is in the sky.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _
_, all the night.  As your bright and tiny
spark,
 Then the traveller in the Lights the traveller in
the dark.
dark,
Though I know not what
Thanks you for your tiny you are,
spark, _ _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _
He could not see which _, __________ _____.
way to go,
If you did not _ _ _ _ _ _ _
so.

8. Name of this piece and who
composed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOXLtlPy4Sg

9.
 This song is claimed to be most recognized as
well as most sung song of English language
(even on any given day!)
 Which one?

10.
These fonts are named as ―Ray Roman‖ and ―Ray Bizzare‖.
Who created these fonts?

11. CONNECT (Larger pics in next slides)

12.
 If
Benson, Flynn, Wesson, North, Yardley, Russell, Harr
ison, Brooks, Willis, Burton, and Smith made up the
XI,
 Who led the opponent side?

William, the boy in Dreamworks SKG
logo.

14.DIALOGUES:
List the characters who immortalized these dialogues.

 1. I'm going to show these QUIZZERS what you
don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a
world without you. A QUIZ without rules and
controls, without borders or boundaries. A QUIZ
where anything is possible.
2. QUIZ is like a box of chocolates - you never know
what you're gonna get.
3. Toto, I've got a feeling we're not QUIZZING
anymore.
4. A QUIZZER once tried to test me. I ate his liver
with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
5. Elementary, my dear QUIZZER.

14.DIALOGUES:

 1. I'm going to show these people what you don't
want them to see. I'm going to show them a world
without you. A world without rules and
controls, without borders or boundaries. A world
where anything is possible.
NEO
2. Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what
you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump
3. Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
Dorothy
4. A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver
with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
 Dr. Hannibal Lectar

15. Lego Tribute to which character?

16. (pic on next slide)
 The famous musician Ustad Allauddin Khan created the
“Maihar Band” by teaching music to a group of orphans.

 Among the many instruments played by the band was the
band also played the “nal tarang”, invented by the Ustad
himself.

 What was this instrument reportedly created from?

17. Connect (larger pics in next slides)

18.X? (continued on next slide)
Contrary to popular portrayal where X use magic
and spells , originally they are described as a
secret agent cum spy cum fighter. He (or she) is
expert in many arts like:
Disguise
Fighting skills
Spying
Science
Fine arts
Medical
Chemistry
 In a nutshell an X is a Jack of all trades.

The items must for an X:
 Kamand (a very long strong cord used to climb over
building secretly, or for tying opposite X or captured
person/s)
 Batua or purse (used to keep necessary
medicines, makeup items, money and dry fruits)
 Lakhlakh must also be in the 'Batua' (lakhlakha is a
medicine, used to revive any unconscious person)
 Khanjar or dagger (for safety and for attack)
 Ethics of X:
Never kill or torture any other X (but can arrest
him/her)
Never cheat your master
Never attack too many X over a single person

20. Which film?
 End-credits begin as follows:
‘For our parents who gave us everything’

For Ritwik Ghatak and Satyajit Ray, the gurus of
cinema, with love and salaams.

 The names of the cast and crew are preceded by
their parents’ names.

 The lead actor is credited twice - once in his
original name, once in his screen name.

21. This strangely named instrument is a fret-less veena.
One end is shaped like a peacock’s head
The musician doesn’t hold it – placed in front of him
Some speculation that it inspired the Hawaiian guitar

22. The man on the left suggested
the name ―Inquilab‖ for the baby.
This man had earlier added a
childhood nickname to his own
name.

The man on the right was visiting the
man on the left when the baby was born.
He suggested the name that was chosen
His original name: Gosain Dutt
Changed his own name after his
matriculation

Question: what name was chosen? (and
who are these people?)

Harivansh Rai ―Bachchan‖

Sumitranandan Pant

23. What?
 R. K. Nayyar was the debutant director of ―Love
in Simla‖ (who married the lead actress later).
 Something he suggested was in response to an
excessively broad forehead and inspired by
Audrey Hepburn.

24. Which two characters?
 Although this is never actually explicitly shown in
the film, the last names of which these iconic
Hindi film characters are Manohar and Bhopali
respectively and they are listed on IMDB as such.

25. (pic on next slide)
 The closing scene of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. The
scene is a homage to a very famous work of
literature.
 Name the work and the author.

26. Who is he?
 Scholars treat his famous work Panduranga
Mahatyamu as one among the Pancha Kavyas.

 He has also composed Udbhataradhya Charitram
on the story of Udbhata, a monk, as well as
Ghatikachala Mahatyam about Ghatikachalam, a
place of worship for God Narasimha near Vellore.

27. Give me the name of the
movie.
 These are a series  http://www.youtube.co
of viral m/watch?v=cOvoJwP
videos featuring a Azn8
scene
of Hitler ranting in
German, from a 2004
movie. The original
English subtitles have
been removed and
mock subtitles added
to give the
appearance that Hitler
is ranting about a

The Downfall
 ―Der Ungertang‖ also accepted.

28. Who?
 Although famous for totally different profession, she
enjoys enviable academic records.
 Studied French, Japanese, German and Arabic.
 Her high school paper, "A Simple Method to
Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen
from Sugar", co-authored with scientists Ian Hurley and
Jonathan Woodward, was entered in the Intel Science
Talent Search.
 In 2002, she contributed to a study on memory called
"Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence:
Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy" during her
psychology studies at Harvard. (This got her a
defined Erdős–Bacon number)
 Also a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in
terrorism and counterterrorism.

“I'd rather be smart than a movie
star.”

29.
 Deepa Mehta and author X recently announced
that her adaptation of this cult novel would
release late next year. Darsheel Safary plays the
younger version of the protagonist whereas Satya
Bhabha will play the older version.
 After numerous failed attempts to procure
permission from Indian authorities, the film has
been shot in SriLanka. Which novel??

30. Distinction?
 Pic shows a
gentleman called M S
Shinde. In what is
symptomatic of the
Hindi film industry he
now lives
unrecognised in a one
room kholi in
Dharavi, sadly unable
to even pay for his
medical treatments.
What unique
distinction in the world

Sholay‘s only Filmfare for Best
Editing

31. Who?
Knowledge of Literature – nil.
Knowledge of Philosophy – nil.
Knowledge of Astronomy – nil.
Knowledge of Politics – Feeble.
Knowledge of Botany – Variable. Well up
in belladonna, opium and poisons generally. Knows nothing
of practical gardening.
Knowledge of Geology – Practical, but limited.
Knowledge of Chemistry – Profound.
Knowledge of Anatomy – Accurate, but unsystematic.
Knowledge of Sensational Literature – Immense. Plays the
violin well.
Is an expert singlestick player, boxer and swordsman.
Has a good practical knowledge of British law.

33.
―In an ever changing world, it is a single point of
consistency. If my life were expressed as a
function on a four-dimensional Cartesian
coordinate system, that spot, at the moment I first
sat on it, would be (0,0,0,0).‖
Who on what?

34. X.
 X desired to become a scientist. So, he went to Delhi
for his higher studies and enrolled himself into a
zoology course at the Hansraj College (University of
Delhi); he graduated in 1993.
 This is what he has to say about the switch in his
career decision after his friends urged [him] to catch
a de Sica retrospective at the International Film
Festival of India. In ten days, he saw 55 films at the
festival and de Sica's Bicycle Thieves was the film
that influenced him the most; watching it "was an
epiphany."
"from all different perspectives and in a way you
can say that these films changed my life and it’s
meaning completely for me. Just that one film festival

35.
 The tram shown in the
photograph is a
sample of what
originally used to run
from 1920-48 in New
Orleans and which
was immortalized by
Pulitzer winning play
in 1947
 Just identify

36. Something which is permissible with the first
bird is not so with the second.
What title does this result in?

To Kill A Mockingbird
―Shoot all the blue jays you want,
if you can hit 'em,
but remember it's a sin
to kill a mockingbird‖

37. What has been blanked out?

38. From which famous animated TV
series is this warning?

39. Where did we see them first?
SINBAD PHGURA
AMMO “TOO SWEET”
JIMI “THE QUIFF”

 Slick, Sharp and Dynamic! The trio perform in their own
formidable style, with a heavy dose of showmanship to a
hip soundtrack of Latin Jazz, Ska, Indian and Electro Funk.
 With their unique look inspired by everything from classic
Havana of the Fifties, Bollywood glitz of the Sixties, right
through to the Americana Soul Movement of the
Seventies. 'The Twilight Players' are a slice of British
cool, forever bringing classic retro-vibes into the 21st
Century.
 Their global appeal has taken them everywhere from
Glastonbury to Mumbai, Los Angeles to Casablanca and a
few ports in between. On a amazing fun-filled adventure
with a host of colourful characters along the way.

40. Connect.
 http://www.youtube.co
 Shaa'ir +
m/watch?v=VJaCiOR-
Func - New 3vQ
Day
 http://www.youtube.co
with m/watch?v=ZQV9c3f7
rbw
 Radio –
Musaafir

41. A 1927 silent movie about fighter pilots in WW I – what‘s this movie‘s claim to fame ?

42. Madan Mohan wrote the music for this film but there was something quite
unique about it. What ?

Madan Mohan had died years ago.
The compositions were picked from
his archive.

43.
 Who was credited to have written additional
dialogues for the first season episodes of the TV
series, Blackadder??

(Hint: It's set in the 15th century)

44. ID.
 This fictional character was created by the
cartoonist while waiting in the lobby. The name is
an anagram of word meaning spoiled child. It is
voiced by actress Nancy Catwright. Time named
_____ one of the ―100 most important people of
the 20th century‖ . Michael Jackson wrote a song
about ____ which was no. 1 song in the UK for
three weeks. ____ appeared in commercials for
Burger King, Domino‘s Pizza, KFC ….. In 2009
the US Postal Service unveiled stamps in
recognition of __________
 Name this famous character.

Bart Simpson
 Bart is an anagram of
Brat.

45.
 Before its start, which classic quotes the
following quote by Balzac:
“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.”

46. X?
 X is depicted as an athletic woman; she has
brown eyes and hair, frequently kept in a plait or
ponytail. The character's classic costume is a
turquoise sleeveless tank top, light brown shorts,
calf-high boots, and long white socks.
Accessories include fingerless gloves, a
backpack, a utility belt with holsters on either
side, and two pistols. In the later versions, wears
a crop top, camouflage pants and black or light
brown shirts. When exploring, she often carries
two pistols, but has used other weaponry
throughout the series
 ID X

49. FITB.
ROOTS, a Chennai band, was a quartet
comprising John Antony, Jojo,
_________ & ________.

Just fill in the blanks.

50.
Movie based on an
acclaimed novel by a
writer who has
following awards to her
credit-
 First woman to win the
Sahitya Akademi
Award.
 Jnanpith Award.
 Padma Shri.
 Padma Vibhushan.
 Sahitya Akademi
Fellowship.

Identify movie & writer.

51. FITB
The 5 books in a series by Wang Dulu:

• Crane Frightens Kunlun
• Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin
• Sword's Force, Pearl's Shine
• ________________
• Iron Knight, Silver Vase.

Name the 4th book

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

52. How are these laws better known to us?

The Hynek Classification System states that there
can be 5 types of ‗contact‘ between a human and an
alien:

• When you see a UFO within about 150 yards
• When you see a UFO in the sky or on the ground
and it leaves evidence behind
• When a person sees a UFO with visible occupants
inside
• When the person is unwillingly taken and
experimented on inside the alien craft
• When there is direct communication between aliens

Close Encounter of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th &
5th kind

53. FITB.
■ _____ ______is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of
interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the
string of letters that follows his name: "M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt.,
etc."

■ Even though his name is visibly Dutch, he uses German
words instead of Dutch, such as "mein Gott" and "toll",
which translate in English to "my God" and "great"
respectively.

■ _____ _____is called in by his former student, Dr. John
Seward, to assist with the mysterious illness of Lucy
Westenra.
■

54. X (again :P)
X has red hair, which she dyes black. She is described as "a
pale, skinny young woman who had hair as short as a
fuse, and a pierced nose and eyebrows.
X is a world class computer hacker. Under the name
―_____", she becomes a prominent figure in the international
hacker community, known as the "Hacker Republic". She
uses her computer skills as a means to earn a living, doing
investigative work for Milton Security. She has an eidetic
memory, and is skilful at concealing her identity, possessing
passports in different names and physical disguises that she
uses to travel undetected around Sweden and worldwide.
The survivor of a traumatic childhood, X is highly
introverted, asocial and has difficulty connecting to people
and making friends. She is particularly hostile to men who
abuse women, and takes special pleasure in exposing and

55. shuttle Discovery on a
When NASA launched the space
Who? the voice of the
14-day mission to the International Space
Station, viewers may have just heard
STS-124 crew's special guest eighth astronaut.
Standing 12-inches tall, X, who initially thought he was a
real space ranger, finally achieved his dream of flying
in space.
Jointly developed by Disney's Youth Educational Series
and NASA, this program includes educational games
for students and materials for educators to download
and integrate into their classroom curriculum. The
games, which debut for play starting on Saturday
through NASA's website, feature X and are themed
around the events to take place during STS-
124.Children can choose trying to dock the Japanese
science lab to the station, match international partners

56. What was inspired after him?
(pic in next slide)

 Perhaps most well know under the name ‗The French
Angel‘, Maurice Tillet was born in France in 1903 .He
aspired to become an actor and was highly
intelligent, allegedly speaking 14 languages and being
quite gifted in prose.
 However, in his twenties, Maurice developed acromegaly
- a rather rare hormonal disorder that occurs when the
pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone.
 Tillet moved to the United States where he made a living
on his appearance by becoming a professional
wrestler, and was dubbed as the ―freak ___ of the ring‖.

57. Who?
• Born to wealthy parents in Lithuania in 1938. His
father was a count, his mother a descendant of
the Visconti family in Milan. His family was killed
by the Nazis, and he was the lone survivor. In
1970‘s he started his psychiatric practice in
Baltimore, Maryland. He is described as being
short with red eyes and 6 fingers on his left
hand. He has the habit of tilting his head to one
side while listening, and his former caretaker
Barney Jackson spotted him last in Buenos Aires
in 1993.

58. Where do we see them?
(Continued to next slide)

Aleister Crowley (occultist) Oliver Hardy (actor/comedian)
Mae West (actress) Karl Marx (political philosopher)
Lenny Bruce (comedian) H.G. Wells (writer)
Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer) Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist)
W. C. Fields (comedian/actor) Max Miller (comedian)
Carl Gustav Jung (psychologist) The Petty Girl (by Artist George Petty)
Edgar Allan Poe (writer) Marlon Brando (actor)
Fred Astaire (actor/dancer) Tom Mix (actor)
Richard Merkin (artist) Oscar Wilde (writer)
The Vargas Girl (by artist Alberto Dion (singer)
Vargas) Tony Curtis (actor)
Huntz Hall (actor) Wallace Berman (artist)
Simon Rodia (designer and builder of Tommy Handley (comic)
the Watts Towers)
Marilyn Monroe (actress)
Bob Dylan (singer/songwriter)
William S. Burroughs (writer)
Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator)
Stan Laurel (actor/comedian)
Sir Robert Peel (19th century British
Prime Minister) Richard Lindner (artist)

Aldous Huxley (writer) Terry Southern (writer)

Tyrone Power (actor)
Larry Bell (artist)
Dr. David Livingstone (missionary/explorer)
Johnny Weissmuller (Olympic swimmer/actor)
James Dean (actor)
Issy Bonn (comedian)
George Bernard Shaw (playwright)
H.C. Westermann (sculptor)
Albert Stubbins (soccer Player)
Lewis Carroll (writer)
T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")
Shirley Temple (actress/humanitarian)
Albert Einstein (physicist)
Bobby Breen (singer)
Marlene Dietrich (actress/singer)
Diana Dors (actress)
 Some more on the list:
 Sri Yukteswar Giri (guru)
 Sri Mahavatar Babaji (guru)
 Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (guru)
 Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (guru)

59. Plan-Hoax-tard

• This was a creation in 1956 by a person named
Jacques Plantard, a pretender to the French
throne. The idea was to place him as the last
surviving member of an ancient monastic order,
thus establishing his pedigree and his claim to the
throne of France.
• The hoax was finally exposed in 1984, yet several
conspiracy theorists still believe it is real.

60. FITB.
• The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules
Verne, published in 1874.
• The novel is a sequel to Verne's famous Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
• Captain Nemo dies at the end of the tale, before
his death he reveals to one of his confidants his
true identity as an Indian Prince Dakkar, a son of
a rajah of the then independent territory of
Bundelkund and a nephew of the Indian
hero__________ ?
• Whose nephew is Captain Nemo ?

61. Which Book? A sitter really.

62. Connect. (continued)
Slide: 1/3

63. Identify X.
 Pierre Boulle was a French engineer who
worked as a technician on British rubber
plantations in Malaya. After the war he started
writing novels to support himself. Although he
has written several books he is primarily famous
for X and Planet of the Apes which were also
made into successful Oscar winning movies.

64. Which Character ?
 Even though the
writer says none of
the character in the
book is inspired
from real people,
Still historians
believe that the
central character
was inspired by this
lady .

Scarlett O'Hara
 Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, the mother of US
president Theodore Roosevelt was supposed to
have inspired her .

66. What?
 Traditional Indian stories, told and retold in local
dialects, were first compiled by Gunadhya in a local
dialect titled Brihat Katha in the first century B C. The
book did not survive the times. But later attempts were
made in the 11th century to revive the treasure. Kashmiri
Pundit Somdeva produced a large compilation in
1070 AD.
 It consists of 18 books of 124 chapters and more than
21,000 verses in addition to prose sections. The principle
tale is the narrative of the adventures of
Naravahanadatta, son of the legendary king Udayana. A
large number of tales are built into this central story to
make it the largest collection of Indian tales.
 C H Tawney translated this Sanskrit text into English
during 1880-84. Later, in 1927, these tales inspired

67. Which phrase?
 This started off as a journalistic catchphrase
applied to a group of middle class British
playwrights and novelists who became prominent
in the 1950s. The group's leaders included John
Osborne and Kingsley Amis. The label was later
applied to describe young British writers who
were characterized by a disillusionment with
traditional English society.
 This was also the name of a British film genre of
the 1960s, featuring working class heroes and
left-wing themes.

68. Controversially, the inspiration for what?
9

69. Who says this? And in what
context?
 ―I think it is timeless because it's about
making love in the summer time. There
is a slight misconception it's about a
year, but it's not. It has nothing to do
about a year , it has to do with a sexual
position.‖

70. Whose freedom is blurred by
Censor Board?

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4wX5Udymrw

71. This is called Mobile _______.
(FITB)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIcbP-c1M14

72.
 The slogan was popularized and brought into
the national lexicon by Pandit Madan Mohan
Malaviya in 1918 when serving his second of
four terms as President of the Indian National
Congress.
 It has almost the same meaning as "Pravda
vítězí‖ (Czech) and ―Vaimaye Vellum‖ (Tamil).
 The slogan saw a sudden upshot this year and
was a point of speculation & discussion.

73.
Biswajeet was probably the first
Bollywood hero to do it—in a film titled
Biwi Aur Makan. It proved so popular
that he had to repeat it in a film titled
Kismat.
Others to attempt it include:
•Kishore Kumar in Half Ticket
•Amitabh briefly in Laawaris
•Javed Jaffrey, Naseeruddin Shah and
Aditya Pancholi in Tehelka.
What?

74.
 He died on 25th Dec, 1977 in Vevey, Switzerland.
 On March 1,1978 his corpse was stolen by some
Swiss mechanics, who wanted to extort money
from his family.
 The robbers were arrested later, and his retrieved
corpse was reburried under 2 m of concrete to
prevent further attempts.
 Who?

75. The Last Question
Who wants to be a SlumDog? :P
 In Alexander Dumas‘s book, ―The Three
Musketeers‖, two of the musketeers are called
Athos and Porthos. What was the name of the
third musketeer?

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