The preliminary round of the Entertainment quiz hosted by the Grey Matter Quiz club, NMAMIT nitte. The quiz consists of 15 questions from various parts of the entertainment world.
2. 15 questions will be given each of 1 mark, of
which 5 questions are tie breakers.
No negative marks for wrong answer/ no
attempt.
All answers must be given in numeric order,
even if not attempted.
In case of a valid objection, no hint will be
given.
The Quiz Master’s decision is final.
Questions with ‘*’ are tie breaker questions
3. 1. In which iconic film was the line, “ Some men
just want to watch the world burn.” Said?
4. 2.* X, is an American actress, model, musician, born and raised
in North Highlands, California, to a working-class family. Her
parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was
subsequently raised by her mother. She first made her name in
mainstream media after appearing on several popular television
programs and in pop culture magazines. X appeared
in Playboy twice. In January 2010 X appeared nude in an ad
campaign for PETA advocating animal birth control. In November
2011, X participated in the Guest Reading Program at Emerson
Elementary School in Compton, California. Her involvement in
such activity attracted controversy. Parents were upset that a
retired Y would read to their children as part of an education
program. She responded to the controversy by stating, "I believe
education is a universal right. I committed to this program with
the understanding that people would have their own opinions
about what I have done, who I am, and what I represent.”
Identify X & Y
5. 3.* In the strategy game X, each leader in the game had an “aggression”
rating, and Gandhi - to best reflect his real-world persona - was given the
lowest score possible, a 1, so low that he’d rarely declare war on
someone. Only, there was a problem. When a player adopted democracy
in X, their aggression would be automatically reduced by 2. Code being
code, if Gandhi went democratic his aggression wouldn’t go to -1, it
looped back around to the ludicrously high figure of 255, making him as
aggressive as a leader could possibly be, causing him to resort to using
nuclear bombs against the player. Identify X.
6. 4.The research team for this motion picture first went to Animal Kingdom in
Orlando, where they talked to animal experts. The team then went to
Kenya, to study animals in the Savannah. They went even further by
studying the individual strands of fur on animals on a microscopic level.
They also visited the natural history museum in LA where they were able
to better understand each species of fur. What motion picture was this
research team preparing for ?
8. 6.Identify the one thing that these celebrities share
in common
• Robin Williams
• Danny Devito
• Hugh Laurie
• Jeff Goldblum
• Julia Roberts
• Paul Rudd
• Reese Witherspoon
• Winona Ryder
• Ben Stiller
• Bruce Willis
• Charlie Sheen
9. 7.* If your closest friends were Popeye, Jesus,
Lehder, Roberto, Gustavo, Valeria, and the
Ochoa brothers to name a few; and you were
happily married to Maria and blessed with a
son and daughter with her, Who are you?
10. 8.In ‘2001, A Space Odyssey’ , Frank defies gravity while taking a
jog around the Discovery 1.The very clever illusion in this
scene was accomplished through a massive centrifuge set
which rotated while the camera remained fixed on a mount.
This technique with slight modifications found it’s way into
prominence in 2009 with a unique sequence in a major
thriller blockbuster. Which movie was it?
11. 9.* Identify the famous personality having the following
accomplishments to his credit. Despite his early child
hood disabilities and an IQ of 75:
• Taught Elvis Presley his signature dance style.
• Played on the National American Rugby team.
• Served in the Vietnam war, where he was injured while
rescuing his fallen squad mates and received the Medal
Of Honor for his actions.
• Started a successful shrimp fishing company.
• Played on the national Ping-pong team against China
which opened up diplomatic relations between the two
countries.
• Successfully ran cross country non stop around the US
for 3 long years.
13. 11.What series are you watching if the
characters in it have the following meanings to
their names?
• Fish cake/ bamboo cake
• Cherry blossom
• Screw
• Scare crow
• Salad
• Helmet
14. 12. X is a film in which a serial killer brutally murders a mother
and almost all of her children while her husband watches,
leaving only one child alive. The father raises his only
remaining son, who as a result of the killer’s attack is born
with a physical impairment. One day, the son is taken from his
father and kept as a prisoner in a foreign land. The father
must travel far from home to find him and can only rely on
the aid of a mentally-handicapped woman for help. What is
X?
