Grand Quizzing Week 2021 | Bollywood Quiz | Finals
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2. In the Loving Memory of
R.I.P
Irrfan Khan Rishi Kapoor Sushant Singh Rajput
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7. Rules of The Round
Clockwise Pounce - Bounce
• The round will start with first question as direct to Team 1 and proceed like that.
• On direct, teams don't have to take pounce. Points for a direct question are
+20/0
• If not a direct question for a team, they could go for a pounce with a scoring
pattern of +20/-10
• If the team on direct answers the question wrong, the question will go on a
bounce in clockwise manner. The scores for bounce are +10/0
• You have to take pounce before the time given for pounce closes.
8. Question 1
The person in the picture is Zeeshaan.
He has been featured quite a few times
on the Boost Ad. However this gave him
a chance to act in a movie related to his
Boost Buddy. Which movie and what
character did he essay?
9.
10. M.S Dhoni :
The Untold Story
He plays the Childhood part
of Dhoni
11. Question 2
Traditional glove puppet theatre has its root in Uttar Pradesh. These
puppets made of papier-mâché, dressed in colourful, shiny clothes and
trinkets, are named after the two heroines who are represented in the
show: X, the worn out, overworked spouse; and Y, the scintillating
mistress of the same man. The a capella narration, rendered in the
spoken-sung style by the puppeteer seated on the floor, constructs a
semi-improvised plot which is a mixture of salacious jokes, caustic
reflections, laced with local humour, and songs relating to shared
incidents and the vicissitudes of daily life. The puppeteer is accompanied
by a dholak (drum) and manjira (cymbals).
14. Question 3
In 2008 when Sanjay Bhansali performed the opera version of X in Paris
he vowed to make the film the biggest of his career. He rang up
Aishwarya from Paris to declare, “You will be my X.” He would stage the
epic spectacle every night at the prestigious Theatre Chatlet and write
the screenplay for the film version in the morning as he strolled by the
Seine listening to Lata Mangeshkar’s songs. Unfortunately Aishwarya
didn’t act in this movie because it took quite a few years to write the
script.
Give me X.
17. Question 4
Mumbai-based company Murphy
Enterprises has sent a legal notice to the
producers of ‘X’ for using 'Murphy', 'Murphy
Radio' and 'Murphy Munna' in the title song
as well as in the film without any written
permission from the company.
20. Question 5
This is a scene from a spanish movie Mar
Adrento which means The Sea Inside. A
Bollywood X is completely inspired from this
movie.
This is the life story of Spaniard Ramón
Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign to
win the right to end his own life with assisted
suicide or Euthanasia.
Give me the name of its Bollywood adaptation.
23. Question 6
This was the first tattoo trial for the movie X. The
idea of the tattoo was to resonate with the
situation of the character that Tapsee was
playing in the movie.
A bird who wants to open her wings and fly. A
bird who comes to her own elements by the end
of it all.
Later many girls saw the movie and approached
tattoo artists for getting a similar tattoo.
Give me the name of the Movie.
26. Question 7
In 1996, when A.R Rahman had gone to Bombay (now Mumbai) to attend the Screen Awards ceremony
he met one of his childhood friends. During this meeting both had discussed a proposal for an album
commemorate something special.
In 1997 a very large music company had just forayed into the Indian Market and they were looking to
promote Indian artistes Internationally. The first person to be signed up by that company was A.R
Rahman. Rahman proposed the idea that he had discussed with his friend and the company accepted it.
This went on to become one of the most successful music albums of A R Rahman. Give me the name of
the album and what was it signifying.
29. Question 8
Punjab’s former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also president of
the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) issued statements against the movie X.
His statements read: “Out of the total 2.77 crore population in the state, only 0.06%
were found _______” He claimed to have based his assertion on a study conducted
by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. In essence, that
means only about 16,000 people in Punjab are ________. However it was later
proven that he was wrong. The AIIMS report puts the figures much higher.
The blanks about talk about the activities that are extensively shown in the Movie X.
Give me X and fill the blanks too.
33. Rules of The Round
Differential Scoring
• This is a pounce only round.
• You need to pounce before the pounce closes.
• For a wrong answer, you will get a negative 10.
• For a correct answer, you will be awarded (8-n)*10, where n is the number of
team giving the correct answer.
62. Rules of The Round
Anti -Clockwise Pounce - Bounce
• The round will start with first question as direct to Team 8 and proceed like that.
• On direct, teams don't have to take pounce. Points for a direct question are
+20/0
• If not a direct question for a team, they could go for a pounce with a scoring
pattern of +20/-10
• If the team on direct answers the question wrong, the question will go on a
bounce in clockwise manner. The scores for bounce are +10/0
• You have to take pounce before the time given for pounce closes.
63. Question 1
The Anti-Climax scene of the Movie X was one of the best moments in that
movie. In this scene a few people who are good at Maths do something
very unconventional by adopting the duties of people who are good at
Biology.
This scene was actually not written by the director for the movie X but
indeed was written for a movie Y which happens to be his directorial debut
and the movie surrounds around people who are good with biology.
Give me X and Y.
66. Question 2
Clay animation or Claymation is one of the many forms of motion animation.
Each animated piece, either character or background, is “deformable” - made of
a malleable substance usually plasticine clay. This technique was first used in
Bollywood in the movie X.
Walt Disney Company Home Entertainment bought the DVD rights of X for
distribution in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia for a whopping
7 Crore. This marked the first instance of an international studio buying the
video rights of an Indian film.
In the next slide there is a video of claymation. Give me the movie
70. Question 3
X is a 2000 Hindi film based on the lifestyle of a famous historical
personality of the same name. This film was funded jointly by the
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and Government of
Maharashtra.
Amongst the ensemble cast of the film, there was also a currently
famous actor, Y in the background of a scene where some ancient
writings were burnt.
Id X and Y.
73. Question 4
This song was written by Javed Akhtar and composed by the Shehenshah of a 700
Years old music genre popular in this part of the world. The song was released in the mid
1990’s when the Indian music lovers were being introduced to MTV and the era of Indie
Pop was emerging. The writer through this song is trying to appreciate Almighty Allah for
his notable work in creating Human Beings. The title of this song translates to English as
“Praise to her creator! Praise to her creator!”
The song has made a major comeback through a recent revamp which now pleases the
eye as it pleases the soul.
Give me the song.
76. Question 5
The production designers took 10
days to restore the dilapidated exterior
of a Haveli located in Varanasi. While
doing so, care was taken to preserve
the original murals painted on the
walls of the Haveli. Where have we
seen this Haveli?
79. Question 6
The picture in here is a sketch by a very
famous director. Now the catch is that the
entire cast did not have a screenplay to
follow for this classic movie. They took cues
from various sketches of the director in order
to complete the movie. Give me the name of
the movie.
This director also has an Oscar to his name.
Give me the name of the movie.
82. Question 7
This particular scene in the Movie PK is one of the
greatest climax scenes. The Tapasvi challenges
PK to prove that his prediction about Sarfaraz was
wrong. Interestingly PK replied with the dialogue,
“Sarat Manzoor Hai.”
This dialogue was an reference to another
Bollywood movie by Aamir Khan.
Tell me where have you heard this dialogue before.
85. Question 8
The Sheesh Mahal is located within the Shah
Burj block in Lahore, Pakistan. It has inspired
the sets of many Bollywood movies. An
example would be the set of the song "Pyar
Kiya toh Darna Kya", a song from Mughl-E-
Azam.
After five decades filmmaker Sanjay Leela
Bhansali tried to recreate the same brilliance in
a movie, this time referred aa Aaina Mahal.
Give the name of the movie.
89. Rules of The Round
Only Pounce
• This is a pounce only round.
• You need to take a pounce before the pounce is closed.
• The scoring pattern is +20/-10
90. Question 1
X was a sex worker and madam of a brothel in Kamthipura,
Maharashtra. She was sold into prostitution at an early age by
her male suitor, Ramnik Lal, after running away from home to
Mumbai. She came to be known as the Madam of
Kamathipura for being an influential pimp in the city with
underworld connections, peddling drugs, and ordering
murders. In the 60's, she was the only brothel owner to own a
Bently. She later went on meet Jawahar Lal Nehru for
discussing the plight of Sex Workers in India.
He life was documented in a book by Hussain Zaidi and now a
biographical film is on cards with Alia Bhatt playing the lead
role
Give me the name of the movie.
96. Question 3
Homosexuality was decriminalised in India in 2018. Before that, it was looked at as a
perversion, a condition, an anomaly, and something that needs to be cured. A book
based on Homosexuality created a lot of stir in this over-achieving personality’s life.
The book revolves around the life of homosexuals and author states in the book that
the reason for her divorce was the fact that her husband was gay.
A biopic was made on the her recently, in which it is shown that she had falsely
accused her husband of being a gay so that she could go around world and exhibit
her talent.
Give me the name of the movie which also the name of the person.
99. Question 4
The person in the picture is a pioneer of the Indian Football
scene after independence. We might have bleak memories
of Indian Football history but under his leadership as the
Coach of the Indian National Football team, the team
successfully went on to play the Semi-Finals of the 1956
Melbourne Olympics.
A Biopic on his is on the cards with Ajay Devgn being the
showman.
Give me the name of the Biopic.
102. Question 5
The lady in the picture is Anita. She is a
resident of some remote village in the
state of Madhya Pradesh. She filed a
divorce case on her husband because his
house lacked something very common.
She eventually became a revolution and a
movie was again in news in 2017.
Why?
105. Question 6
A person X, who was born in Kerala in 1936
was nickmamed as Toyata Sunny because he
worked for Toyota agency owned by Al-Sayer
group, a company in the middle east.
He made his homeland proud in the year
1990 and eventually a biopic was made on his
struggle during those hard times. Give me the
name of the movie
108. Question 7
The person in this picture was a small-scale
farmer in a village near Punjab along the
border. According to his Sister he was very
fond of Wrestling and Kabaddi.
Once he was drunk while farming and he did
something that changed the due course of his
life ahead.
Give me the name of the Biopic that was
pictured on him.
111. Question 8
According to newspaper reports it was reported that this
person was shot when he was alive and was asking for
water: "Any rajput here who could please give me some
water"; Hawaldar Tribhuwan Singh started walking
towards him with some water but the Circle inspector
shouted at him: "Tribhuwan, dacoit has no caste”.
He had a very tragic yet was a life that made a
difference.
Give me the name of the Biopic based on him.