Entertainment Quiz that I hosted in EXL, Gurgaon on December 7, 2017.

1. By Rakshit Sood and Kushal Debnath

2. Prelims
12 Questions
Every 3rd question is * marked (to be considered in case of a tie)

4. 1. Id.

6. 2.
• "I don't write cheques anymore because I end up signing them "With Love,
X”.
• Id X.

8. *3. This is the cover for which famous music
album.

9. Nevermind by Nirvana

10. 4.
YouTube's counter previously used a 32-bit integer, which is a unit used to
represent data in computer architecture. This means the maximum possible
views it could count was 2,147,483,647. On 1 December, it posted a statement
saying: "We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a
32-bit integer... but that was before ...
Which video led YouTube to increase the view counter?

12. 5.
• Name the first and still only horror movie to win an Oscar (academy awards)
for the best picture?

13. The Silence of the Lambs

14. *6. Minimalist poster of?

15. Thapar University,Patiala

16. 7. Dialogue from which movie?

17. Anand

18. 8.
• A hot-dog vendor in "X-Men" (2000)
• He showed up as a helpless bystander in "Spider-Man" (2002)
• He saves a woman from rubble while Spider-Man clashes with Doctor Octopus in "Spider-
Man 2" (2004).
• He is a librarian at Midtown Science High School, comically oblivious to the fight between
Spider-Man and the Lizard happening behind him in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012).
• Appears as an annoyed neighbor named Gary who, after witnessing Spider-Man mistakenly
accosting an innocent civilian says to him in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017).
Some of the cameos done by a famous person. Who?

19. Stan Lee

20. *9.This is a Lego adaption of which famous
TV series?

21. The Big Bang Theory

22. 10.
• Name the actor who has won the maximum number of national film awards
(4 no.s) in the Best Actor category.

23. Amitabh Bachchan

24. 11.
• Who created ‘Powerpuff Girls’ using a mixture of salt, sugar and everything
nice?
(Bachpan ki yaadein :p)

25. Professor Utonium

26. *12. CONNECT

27. Big Boss Season1

28. Mains
4 Rounds

30. Round 1: Dialogue Baazi
6 Questions
Id the character and its Movie/TV series
+5 for each

31. 1.

32. Auric Goldfinger, Goldfinger

33. 2.

34. Govind, Damini

35. 3.
****

36. Ramadheer Singh, Gangs of Wasseypur

37. 4.

38. Sheldon cooper, tbbt

39. 5.

40. Pratap Narayan Tilak, Krantiveer

41. 6.

42. Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter & the prisoner
of Azkaban

43. Round 2 :
6 questions
+10 for direct. +5 for pass

44. 1.
• David Crane and Marta Kauffman, began developing X under the title Insomnia
Café in November 1993.
• Filming took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California in front of a live
audience.
• The finale, first aired on May 6, 2004, was watched by 52.5 million American
viewers, making it the fourth most-watched series finale in television history.
• The series won many awards and was nominated for 63 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Id X.

45. F.R.I.E.N.D.S

46. 2.
• In 2017, Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was revealed as having
harassing and abusing several women over the years. In an attempt at a
measure of his power in the film industry, Quartz magazine wrote that he
was #3 on the list of most entities thanked by Oscar winners in the last 50
years.
• If God was 2nd, who was 1st on this list?

47. Steven Spielberg

48. 3.

50. 4.
• Academy Awards: 16 nominations; 2 wins
• Golden Globe Awards: 25 nominations; 7 wins
• Record for highest Academy nominations by any actor till date
• Record for highest Golden Globe nominations and wins by any actor till date
• Id the person.

51. Meryl Streep

52. 5.
Identify the missing one.
• Mother India
• Lagaan
• ???

53. Salaam Bombay
All made it to the final nominations of Oscars

54. 6.
The working title of this film before it went on the floors was actually ‘The Outsider’,
for almost two years. The script was in English and every time there was any untoward
incident on the sets, the lead actor would say ‘just trust me’. When Abbas started
translating the dialogues, there was a line that kept coming up in place of ‘just trust
me’. When the title was finalised to be _____________, Karan Johar said that
_____________was a horrible title while the lead actor said bahut kharab title hai.
However the gamble paid off and every one agreed that _______________was the
apt title after the title song was recorded.
Fill in the blank.

56. Round 3 : Minimalist Posters
4 questions.
+5 for each correct. No negative.
Write answers on paper only.

57. 1. 2.

58. 3. 4.

59. Answers ahead

62. Round 4 : Connect
5 Questions
+10/-5

63. 1.

64. Christopher Nolan
Movies: Insomnia, The Dark Knight, Dunkirk,
The Prestige

65. 2.

66. Academy Award submissions from India for
Best Foreign Language Film

67. 3.

68. Tomorrowland
ID&T is the organizer of the festival.
• Boom, Belgium : Tomorrowland
• Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, U.S. : TomorrowWorld (American spin-off of
Tomorrowland)
• Itu, São Paulo, Brazil : Tomorrowland Brasil

69. 4.

70. TV series adaptations by the same name

71. 5.

72. Posters used by Andy Dufresne to cover up the
tunnel in Shawshank Redemption

73. Extras

74. Lord Varys, GOT
Shakaal, Yadon Ki Baarat

75. Thank You !