IIT Kanpur Quiz | MELA 2015

IIT Kanpur, Antaragni | MELA Quiz | Sreshth Shah
Music
Entertainment
Literature
Art(s)
Quiz
Antaragni ‘15
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur
Researched and Conducted by:
Sreshth Shah

Many thanks to

1
Anupama Chopra called this work “a sad love letter to
Kanpur”, and it won the 61st National Award for Best
Investigative Documentary.
The documentary follows the world of ‘Loha Singh’ and
it’s title is inspired from the profession of this man.
a) Identify this award – winning documentary. (0.5 pts)
b) What is the theme of the documentary, which is a very
serious problem this city is facing. (0.5 pts)

Answer
Katiyabaaz (0.5)
Electricity theft (0.5)

2
Author (and stud quizzer) Samanth Subramaniam was
recently shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel
Johnson Prize for Non Fiction 2015.
a) Who is the only other Indian to be nominated for this
category, ever? (This book was a story about the city where
the author spent most of his life and the title of this book was
a metaphor for the city) (0.5 pts)
The same book was also shortlisted for the 2005
Pulitzer Prize. b) Identify the book. (0.5 points)
*Image next slide

Answer
Suketu Mehta (0.5)
Maximum City (0.5)

3
In a recent announcement, he reasoned “after
passing the alphabetical halfway mark I
thought it time to move on, but I will never
cease to be grateful to John Lloyd for devising
<blanked out> and for everyone else for
making it such fun”
Who called it quits, recently, much to the
dismay of many people who have interests
similar to us?

Answer
Stephen Fry on quitting QI

4
Produced by HBO, this mini-series won many
accolades at the 2015 Emmy Awards.
It follows the life of the titular character and
her relationship with her husband and son
and spans close to 25 years.
Identify this show.

Answer
Olive Kitteredge

5
An acclaimed American composer and
conductor of the Modern era, his use of a
particular musical instument in his band was
‘instrumental’ in the instrument being named
after him.
Identify the instrument.
*Image next slide

Answer
Sousaphone

6
The title of this Bond movie referred to the
satellite dish, critical to it’s story line. It was
also the first Bond film featuring Pierce
Brosnan as the title character.
What is the name of this movie? (0.5 pts)
Which other recurring person appeared for the
first time in this movie? (0.5 point)

Answer
Goldeneye (0.5)
Judi Dench as M (0.5)

7
As on March 2015, what is this a list of? And
ID X.
1. X (11,303)
2. Chicago (7,629)
3. Cats (7,493)
4. The Lion King (7,224)
5. Les Miserables (6,680)

Answer
Longest running continuous broad way shows
(0.5)
Phantom of the Opera (0.5)

8
Meaning “office” if translated, this was built in
1560 by Giorio Vasari on the request of the
Medici family, to accommodate the workspace
of the Florentine magistrates. Identify this
location, any art fan’s paradise.
*Image next slide

Answer
uffizi

9
With 49 nominations, this man, is second on
the list of maximum nominations at the
Academy Awards.
a) Identify this earworm creator who has received the
Academy Award 5 times, already. (0.5 pts)
b) Who is #1 on the list for maximum nominations at
the Academy awards? (0.5 pts)
*Image next slide for (a)

Answer
John Williams (0.5)
Walt Disney (0.5)

10
The opening lines of which book, released in
1967 starts like this…“Many years later, as he
faced the firing squad, Col. Aureliano Buendía
was to remember that distant afternoon when
his father took him to discover ice”?

Answer
One Hundred Years of Solitude

11
One of Beethoven’s famous pieces, Symphony No. 3, was
composed by him and dedicated to Napoleon’s bravery in
the army as a common man rising to be a brave general,
in early 1804, and even called the piece ‘Bonaparte’
originally. Yet, something happened in late 1804, which
made Beethoven remove the dedication to Napoleon and
instead called it something else.
a) What did he rename the piece to? (spellings matter)
(0.5 pts)
b) What caused Beethoven to rename it? (few words) (1
pt)

Answer
Eroica (0.5)
Napoleon declared himself emperor, which
annoyed LVB (1 pt)

12
Arnold George Dorsey was born in 1936 to a British
officer and a woman from South India. When he
became a musical sensation, he decided that he would
take the name of a German composer of 19th century
operas (who famously composed the Hansel and Gretel
opera), as his artist name.
a) Identify the composer/What did Dorsey change his
name to? (1 pt)
b) Who wrote the fairy tales – Hansel and Gretel? (0.5
pt)

Answer
Engelbert Humperdinck (1 point)
Grimm Brothers (0.5 pts)

13
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a
Small Town is the first non-fiction book
written by a famous author. The book details
the story of former minor league baseball
aspirant 'Ron' Williamson of Oklahoma, where
he was raised in the strict Pentecostal
household of his parents.
Identify the author.

Answer
John Grisham

14
The band was started by childhood friends David
St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel, and start off as a
skiffle band called the “Originals” but later
change their name to the “New Originals”, then
the “Thamesmen”, before eventually settling
down to their famous name. It is spelled with a
tittle and instead has an umlaut.
Identify this band.

Answer
SPINAL TAP

15
What is the first film adaptation of a graphic
novel to win the Palme D’or? This millennial
film, was also the first to receive another
distinction – that two actors jointly received
the Palm D’or, the honour of which is usually
kept for the director.

Answer
Blue is the Warmest Color

16
This song, first featuring in an episode on The
Dewarists, uses lyrics based on a certain work
of a poet. Identify the poet. (0.5 pts)
The song features two musicians both with
very unique and distinctive musical styles –
one is Shruti Pathak of “Marjawaan” fame
from Fashion. Identify the other musician,
doing most of the electronic work in the
background. (0.5 pts)

Answer
Waris Shah (0.5)
Nucleya (0.5)

17
What did composer Akira Ifukube create by
rubbing a resin covered leather glove along
the loosened strings of a double bass guitar
and then slowing it down?

Answer
Godzilla’s roar

18
What connects this much coveted exhaustive list?
Richard Rogers
Helen Hayes
John Geilgud
Jonathan Tunick
Scott Rudin
Mike Nichols
Marvin Hamlisch
Rita Moreno
Robert Lopez
Mel Brooks
Whoopi Goldberg
Audrey Hepburn

Answer
EGOT winners

19
These are the Serenjimalai and Vattamalai
temples in Tamil Nadu. For what reason has
this place gotten a massive increase in footfall
over the past few years after it appeared in a
movie. Which movie bought these temples
into popular consciousness?

Answer
Featured in Chennai Express

20
Currently the most expensive
painting to have been
purchased, it is called “Nafea
faa ipoipo” in a certain
language. Three parts:
Identify the painting. (1 point)
Identify the painter and
language of the title/country
of origin of the title (0.5 + 0.5
pts)

Answer
When will you marry? (1 pt)
Paul Gauguin (0.5)
Tahiti/Tahitian (0.5)

21
A fan’s recreation of the room from which
blockbuster movie?

Answer
TOY STORY (1,2,3)

22
Identify the 2015 popular song title, which I have
blanked out.

Answer
Nae Nae

23
The director of this movie said he named this
character from the mythical character shown in
the artwork. Another plot story connecting the
character from this worldwide blockbuster to the
mythical character could be that Sophocles’
tragedy based on the same person in the artwork
involves him mistakenly sleeping with his mother
(whoops!)
Identify the character/movie (1 point)
Identify the mythical character. (0.5 points)

Answer
Oh Dae su / Oldboy (1pt)
Oedipus (0.5)

24
Every even numbered season of this TV show
dealt with a nuclear crisis. The protagonist
deals studied Law and Criminology at UC
Berkeley. Identify the show.

Answer
24

25
When this happened in 1911, a big chunk of
people thought (1) did it. Lucky for him, after
a little while (2) confessed.
a) Identify (1) *Image next slide (0.5 pts)
b) What am I talking about? (1 pt)

1 2

Answer
Pablo Picasso
Suspects for Mona List theft from Louvre in
1911

26
In this Michelangelo painting, you can see this
person holding a copy of his work.
a) Identify the person (0.5 points)
b) Identify what the circled portion in the
artwork represents (1 points)
c) In which other piece of work, completed in
1902, can you see a representation of the
same person, pondering? (0.5 points)

Answer
Dante Alighieri (0.5)
7 terraces of Mt. Purgatory (1)
The Thinker (0.5)

Please wait for results

Finals
15 Clockwise
9 Written
15 Anti - Clockwise
1 CHAMPION

Divide and Rule - FINALS
Distribution
Movies
Ent
Lit
Art

INDIA shit vs Non INDIA shit
distribution
INDIA
NON INDIA

Rules for Round 1 & 3
Infinite bounce score +10
Differential pounce Points
Correct answer: 18 – (number of teams
getting it right on pounce)
Incorrect answer: flat -10

F1
a) Who’s list of classical music works include?
• Mars, the Bringer of War
• Venus, the Bringer of Peace
• Mercury, the Winged Messenger
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
• Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
• Uranus, the Magician
• Neptune, the Mystic
b) Why is Earth not in the list?
c) Why Is Pluto not In the list?

Answer
Gustav Holst
Earth – according to Holst, the list of
composition are based on his astrological
beliefs and not his astronomical beliefs
Pluto – Pluto was not discovered yet

F2
This man was invited by Lala Hardayal to
Government College, Lahore to meet with the
students. But, when Hardayal asked him to
give a speech, he instead did something else.
Who is this man and what did he do?

Answer
Md Iqbal went to the stage and sang “Saare
Jahaan se Acha…”

F3
Built in Leeds this machine was bought to
Calcutta in 1855 and given its name 40 years
later. It got a rebirth in 1997 and has since
entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
What am I talking about, also the name of an
Edward Spenser poem, and which has
featured in numerous paintings

Answer
Fairie Queen

F4
Identify this film and tell me what gap does
this film fill in the literary world?

Answer
Finding Forrester
The protagonist in the movie receives the
1954 Pulitzer, which in real life has never
been awarded

F5
The US entertainment industry uses the
concept of the “Studio Zone”, or a zone of
thirty miles radius from the intersection of
West Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega
Boulevard in Los Angeles to determine work
rates for union workers. This area has given
its name to a tabloid style website and TV
show owned by Time Warner. What is the
name of the tabloid?

Answer
TMZ

F6
While revealing which of the list of 38 enthu
candidates actually was “it”, he said, “When I
was a kid, ‘Father knows best’ took place here
and it was close to my home town of Portland,
and so it’s Oregon.”
Who talking about what?

Answer
Matt Groening revealing Springfield in the
show is actually Springfield, Oregon

F7
This bollywood personality’s first name (in the news
for a successful film), named after a geographical
feature from a neighbouring country, comes from the
fact that her famous mother was born in that country.
Also, her well known nickname also comes from a type
of soft silky cloth which was in use in earlier times
since her famous father thought her cheeks were very
soft.
Identify the person and her nickname.

Answer
Meghna Gulzar (dir of Talvar)
Bosky

F8
This is part of a
painting by Baudry.
Identify the person in
the image and what
was she sent to the
gallows for?

Answer
Charlotte Corday, killed Marat Sade

F9
After an inspiring trip to Italy in 1875, Rodin
created “the Vanquished” later named as the
“Age of Bronze” – but when it was showed in
Brussels, he was heavily criticized for his
techniques.
To exonerate himself of his previous criticisms,
when he created St. John the Baptist in 1877,
he made it larger than life size to put to doubt
of any criticism and show his class.
What was he criticized heavily about?

Answer
His sculpting was so well done, he was
accused of using a live model for his work

F10
How did an uncomfortable bus seat,and a coin
toss deny pop culture immortality to Waylon
Jennings and Tommy Allsup respectively?

Answer
Waylon Jennings gave his uncomfortable seat
up for Big Bopper while Allsup lost a coin toss
with Ritchie Valens for the last spot on the
fateful day the music died…

F11
The name given to the 1st demolition squad of
the Regimental Headquarters Co. of the 506th
parachute Infantry division of the US army
which fought in the European Campaign in
World War inspired the theme and name of
which 1960s movie?
*Image next slide

Answer
They were the filthy thirteen, who inspired
the movie Dirty Dozen

F12
In his essay "The Philosophy of Composition,"
he describes his procedure for writing this
work. Every component of the work, he said,
was logically chosen for effect. For example,
he selected this term because “the long o is
the most sonorous vowel in connection
with r as the most producible consonant.”
Identify the work of literature and the term in
question.

Answer
The Raven by Poe, term being nevermore

F13
Ronnie Rondell, 59, a veteran of TV shows
such as Baretta and Charlie's Angels says, "I
jumped on the big payday. I got $500 and only
worked an hour." Fellow stuntman Danny
Rogers, 53, was paid only $250. Unusually
high winds caused Rondell to lose his
eyebrows and eyelashes in the process,
though. What were these two doing one
morning in 1974 on the Warner Bros. studio
lot?

Answer

F14
This is Kate Bush’s song Lily. What is the
source of the words recited by the woman
playing the role of a moral judge on the chair.

Answer
Translation of the GAYATRI MANTRA

F15
Named after one of the last second-rate ships
of the line to be used in the Battle of Trafalgar,
this ship, The Fighting Tremaire, has parallels
to a certain protagonist’s age and position in
the organization when referenced. Identify the
painter and where have we seen this painting
in the big screen?

Answer
JMW Turner

Scores

Written Differential Theme Round
Same differential scoring as followed earlier
Answers to be checked at the end
You can attempt the theme only once.
Theme points on the screen.

T1
Identify the female artist.

T2 (+24)
Apart from his most famous appearance in art,
The Holstein painter Jurriaen Ovens painted
him twice, as his son and daughter. Also Artus
Quellijn made a portrait of him. He minutely
described what we today know as Migraine
and spoke of the devastating effects of tobacco
smoking.

T3 (+21)
This term is the ability to remember images,
sounds, or objects in memory after only a few
instances of exposure. It is not to be confused
with Eidetic memory, of course.
It is also the title of a star’s autobiography,
which comes from a 1990 film, featuring him.
What is this term?

T4 (+18)
Identify this artist,
born in West Bengal
and a Padma Shri
winner from 2000.

T5 (+15)
This graphic novel, was
later made into a highly
successful movie in
2002. Oscar trivia fans
may know it for being
nominated for 6, but
winning only 1 – a
posthumous award for
best cinematography to
Conrad Hall.

T6(+12)
This personality’s night club in Delhi, LAP, got
into a lot of trouble when police found large
quantities of marijuana, meth and cocaine
during a raid. When he’s not dealing with
cops, he has started producing films with his
production house, Chasing Ganesha films, but
hasn’t gotten much success yet. Who?

T7 (+9)
A 1940s skit
doing an
adaptation of
which piece of
work?

T8 (+6)
Which patriotic song, often sung by children
in school, first made its appearance in the
hindi movie “Son of India” (1962), who’s
chorus includes cheers of “Jay hind” repeated
many times.
#kolstylz

T9 (+3)
The author’s work, “The quilt” got into a lot of
trouble when published in 1942 in the literary
journal “Adab-i-latif”, and was charged with
obscenity thereafter and even summoned to
Lahore court. Identify this author, who also
wrote the story for Garam Hawa.

Exchange

A1
Astha Gill

A2
Astha Gill
Nicolas Tulp

A2
Astha Gill
Nicolas Tulp
Total Recall

A2
Astha Gill
Nicolas Tulp
Total Recall
Anjolie Ela Menon

A2
Astha Gill
Nicolas Tulp
Total Recall
Anjolie Ela Menon
Road to Perdition

Astha Gill
Nicolas Tulp
Total Recall
Anjolie Ela Menon
Road to Perdition
Arjun Rampal

Astha Gill
Nicolas Tulp
Total Recall
Anjolie Ela Menon
Road to Perdition
Arjun Rampal
Gone with the wind

T8 (+6)
Which patriotic song, often sung by children
in school, first made its appearance in the
hindi movie “Son of India” (1962)?
#kolstylz

Astha Gill
Nicolas Tulp
Total Recall
Anjolie Ela Menon
Road to Perdition
Arjun Rampal
Gone with the wind
Nanha Munna Rahi hoon

Astha Gill
Nicolas Tulp
Total Recall
Anjolie Ela Menon
Road to Perdition
Arjun Rampal
Gone with the wind
Nanha Munna Rahi hoon
Ishmat Chughtai

THEME
Acrostic – Antaragni 

Anticlockwise

F16
“___ ____ ___ ___ you find ten years have got
behind you, no one told you when to run, you
missed the starting gun.”
This is the first line of this book, with the
blanked out portion being the title of the
book. Identify the author and title and then
tell me the source of the title of the book.

Answer
And then one day
Naseeruddin Shah
Pink Floyd’s TIME

F19
A certain director mentions the following
sequence as the inspiration behind a certain
sequence in his work. Identify this movie. And
that sequence.

Answer
Om Dar Ba Dar
Anurag Kashyap in Dev D – Emotional
Attyachar sequence

F20
1- ?
2-Sentenza
3-Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez
These are three titular characters in a movie.
Fill in the name of the first title character

Answer
The Man with no name in “The Good, The Bad
and the Ugly”

F21
How can you connect this Oscar winning film
to a 1994 Oscar nominated film which lost out
due to the massive releases that year, close to
the heart of all those present here?

Answer
The final question in “Quiz Show” (1994) was
“Which movie won the Academy Award for
Best Picture for 1955?” to which Herb Stempel
answered On the Waterfront while the correct
answer was MARTY (the movie in the clip) –
the scandal which ensued is famous

F22
Freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak met him
after one of his awe – inspiring performances,
patted his back and gave him his name with
which most of us know him by. One of the
most poignant moment in his career, was
when he did not stop performing, even while
he could see his infant child suffering and
eventually passing away from the audience.
What did Lokmanya Tilak call this fellow? You
can give me his real name as well.

Answer
Bal Gandharva (Young Gandharva)
Narayan Rajhans

F23
He is India’s first Jnanpith
winner. Born in Kerala, he lived
from 1901 -1978. His
contribution to Lit is extensive,
having translated Gitanjali,
Rubaiyat and Meghadoot to
Malayalam. He also penned the
lyrics for PJ Cherian’s Nirmala
(1948), the first Malayalam
film to incorporate music and
songs.
Identify this man.

Answer
G. Sankara Karup/Mahakavi G

F24
Identify both artist and the music arranger.

Answer
Anmoll Malik and Anu Malik

F25
Identify the man, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
for 1973.

Answer
Nick Ut, photographer, and the woman is
Napalm Girl, Kim Phuc

F26
While ___X___ School used white lime powder and powdered tamarind
seeds with gum arabic on cloth stretched on wooden panels, __Y___ artists
used white lead powder or Makhi Gamboge (yellow) drawn from the juice
of the indigenous tree (Revana Chinni halu) on paper. The paper
sometimes was pasted to a wooden board, but mostly was framed as it
was. As against the high relief of the ___X___ 'Gesso' work used prominently
across large areas of the painting, the __Y___ school preferred low relief, in
selected areas such as jewellery, clothing, and borders. The __Y___ school
used pure gold leaf in lesser quantity as against gold-coated silver leaf
handled across larger areas in the painting by ___X___ artists. The use of
glass beads, precious and semi precious stones is also very rare in __Y___
paintings. More elaborate and detailed interior and exterior landscapes
are featured in __Y___ paintings, whereas ___X___ paintings tend to be more
iconic and static. Identify X and Y in order, both schools originating from
the same source, but later settling at two different locations.

Answer
X – Tanjore/Thanjavur
Y - Mysore

F27
In his typically ironic manner, he mocks the “legal
and copyright” systems, as he meticulously notes
that the title is a registered trademark of General
Mills for a certain set of it’s products, and that his
use of the term “is not intended to disparage
their fine products”. If you know what is the first
ever singing radio commercial on US radio, then
you’re halfway there. The work also came into
public consciousness on social media and so on
in an obtuse manner in the recent past due to
association with someone, but don’t read into
that too much. Who talking about what?

Answer
Kurt Vonnegut
And

F28
This tune became highly popular during wartime
Britain due to a certain motivation policy used by
Churchill. When calls were transferred using the
trunk call service during this period in England,
this tune was played since the opening four notes
(which some critics have said sounds like “fate
knocking at the door”) actually spelled out
something integral in morse code, integral to
Churchill’s policy that I talk about above. Which
tune?

Answer
the first four notes spelled out “V” in Morse
(three dots and a dash), which was used by
Churchill extensively in his V for Victory
campaign during the war – BEETHOVEN’s
fifth symphony (also five stands for V)

29
Enjoy the video first  and then identify this
movie and the 2010 Bollywood movie which
was inspired from this film.

Answer
After the Fox
TEES MAAR KHAN

Many Thanks To…
Student organizers at Antaragni
Participating teams
Bouquets and Brickbats +918285219568
sreshth.shah@gmail.com

F30
These cars, known as _____ _____, is now an
obsolete term, but originally either meant a
police van for transporting prisoners OR a
funeral hearse. The term, came into
prominence since a certain first of a kind was
named these.
What am I talking about?
*image next slide

Answer
Black Maria – Edison’s production studio,
arguably FIRST FILM STUDIO in the cinematic
world

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