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by Roy, Shashwat and Neel

1.19 Questions .2.The team besides you has written the wrong answer. Please dont copy.3.Kindly refrain from Cybernetic investigations.4.No negative marks.5.Top 8 teams qualify for the next round.6.Some questions are star-marked and would be used to resolve tie-breakers. Please note them down in your answer sheets.7.Hints on special request.42.The answer to none of the questions is 42. Answering 42 to any question will result in immediate disqualifications.0.The more you stare at the question, the more the answer stares back at you.Instructions

In case there are less than 8 teams, the scores from the prelims would be carried forward to the finals, each question carrying 10 points.

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Q - 1This is a bar (images on the next slides) situated in the city of White Plains, New York called the X. The X first opened in NYC's East Village in 1997 and had a successful 10-year run before being sold. Original partners Dominic and Todd have taken on a third partner, Alex, to bring a bigger, better, and more beautiful X. Now the bar also has a full restaurant attached to it. X was built by Alan Moorehouse of Moorehouse Construction.X has an extensive drink selection with a separate menu for its three Ms: Y, Margaritas, and Martinis.Id X and Y.

*Q 2* Sonnet written by Vikram Seth as a tribute to whom?

King of the Columnists and prince of hosts,Hero of cats (twenty at least) who feedUnder your aegis, trencherman of toasts Scotch, naturally, not French God knows we needHumour and courage, tolerance and witWhen hope is scarce and murders blessed by prayer,And every bully, oaf and hypocriteNurtures his flock on hatred and hot air.Threats to your life have not made you less bold.Sexcess cant spoil you. May you scatter your wordsInimitably on for decades more No less amused and generous than your oldGrandmother, standing by the courtyard door,Halting her prayers to feed and chide the birds

Q 3 Due to a 96% decrease in sales over the last 10 years, the company X decided to shut down a particular product.

However they found strong support from Hollywood filmmakers such as J. J. Abrams, Martin Scorsese and others who were unhappy with this decision and they recently entered into a deal with X to ensure that the product remains in production.

X and the product?

Q 4This author was an immense fan of cricket. So much that he formed a celebrity cricketing team called the Allahakbarries. HG Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jerome K Jerome, Chesterton, AA Milne, PG Wodehouse, A.E.W. Mason all played for this team at some point of time. However, except for Arthur Conan Doyle, the remaining members of the team were of questionable talent with the bat and the ball.

Who was the enthusiastic author who founded this cricket team?

Q 5____ is a region of Czech Republic; the nomadic Gypsies or Romany are called ____" in French.By the mid-1800s, however, French authors such as George Sand and Honore de Balzac had already started to use this word differently. The 1932 Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise describes this new meaning this way: One who lives a vagabond, unregimented life without assured resources, who does not worry about tomorrow.

The term now carries a connotation of enlightenment but also carries another meaning, one of carelessness about personal hygiene, marital fidelity etc.

Which term, that was loosely used for artist, writers and entertainers at the turn of the 19th century in Paris?

*Q 6*This band released only one studio album in the time when they were together. This album is generally acknowledged for having had a huge impact on rock. It was initially supposed to be titled God Save The ______ _____, but was changed when the lead guitarist heard another phrase being used by the fans, and claimed that it was a working-class expression to "stop talking rubbish".

However, on its release it was subjected to wide censorship, due to the supposed obscene title. However, the bands lawyer produced expert witnesses who were able to successfully demonstrate that the word _______ was not obscene, and was actually a legitimate Old English term originally used to refer to a priest, and which, in the context of the title, meant "nonsense".

Which album ?

Q 7Apart from being a popular novelist, he is also known for his YouTube ventures with his brother Hank. They run the vlogbrothers channel and regularly post two videos a week where they talk about everything and nothing. They also started VidCon, which is the largest online video convention, which brings together thousands of online video viewers, creators, and industry representatives worldwide. They are also the founders of The Foundation to Decrease World Suck which runs the annual Project for Awesome charity movement on YouTube.

Which author am I talking about?

Q 8 There is a very famous fire scene in this movie where haystacks are burnt. During the shooting of the scene, due to an unexpected wind, the fire went out of control, trapping the lead actress. She was saved by her co-star, who quickly grabbed a blanket, plunged inside, and rescued her. The actor was hospitalised for the burns and the actress helped nurse him in which process, she fell in love with him. Both of them wanted to marry as soon as possible but the director asked them to postpone the wedding for fear that it would affect the movie in which they had a mother-son relationship.

Which real life couple?

Q - 9In the early 1960s, X was a journalist doing a story about Dykes Askew Simmons, an American murderer serving time in a prison in Mexico. While visiting the Mexican prison, X learned that Simmons had once been shot while trying to escape. Critically wounded, Simmons was taken to Dr. Salazar who performed a life-saving surgery.

Intrigued by this, X wanted to interview the surgeon, mistakenly assuming that Dr. Salazar was a prison doctor. It was an understandable assumption. Since he had medical training, Dr. Salazar worked with the poor and even had his own office inside the prison.

When X finally met Dr. Salazar, he noticed that he was a small, lithe man with dark red hair. X later described Dr. Salazar as a man who stood very still and had a certain elegance about him. The men began talking, but very quickly, X lost control of the conversation and Dr. Salazar began probing X, asking questions about Simmonss victims and lecturing about the nature of torment. When the interview was over, X asked the warden about Dr. Salazars medical career. The shocked warden replied - Hombre! The doctor is a murderer! As a surgeon, he could package his victim in a surprisingly small box. He will never leave this place. He is insane.

How was Dr. Salazar immortalised by X?

Q 10In the year 2007, in order to supportthe promotion of children's DVDs at its stores, HMV temporarily changed its iconic logo and replaced Nipper the dog with another popular dog X.

Id X.

Q - 11This is a shot (next slide) from an animated short film titled Henry. This movie was made by X and chronicles the story of Henry, a cute little hedgehog who loves to hug despite his prickly spines. Things turn interesting rather quickly when he has a birthday party with a bunch of balloon animals as guests.This short film is narrated by Elijah Wood, and is directed by Ramiro Lopez Dau, an ex-Pixar animator who worked on projects like Brave and Cars 2.In September 2016, this movie won an Emmy award in the category - best outstanding original interactive program.After winning the Emmy, director Ramiro Lopez Dau said - We hope this represents a tipping point for the Y industry. Weve wanted to show that Y is an art form a place that welcomes storytellers and that even at this very, very early stage it can be a powerful tool for storytelling. This Emmy validates that vision.

Id X.

*Q.12*Arth is a 1982 film directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film lay in the cans for two years since no distributors wanted to buy it. Due to this reason, it is often incorrectly assumed that Saath Saath(1982) was the movie for which X and Y (probably the most popular husband-wife pair in the music industry) first paired to compose music for a film.X was also known for composing and recording songs written by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in two albums Nayi Disha (1999) and Samvedna(2002). ID X and Y.

Q.13

Given on the next slide is an image of a lady. Where have all of us seen her?

What is the connection between this image and the one on the next slide?*14.*

15.

15.Identify the Hindi movie that inspired this 2013 Ben Kingsley film.

16.Id the blacked out part in the heading.

Which infamous incident is represented in the minimalistic poster given below.*17.*

In the early 1980s, X and Zs lead singer Y planned a collaboration. They initially recorded three demo songs in Xs home studio, and later met up to record the complete project at a fully equipped studio.The project never came to fruition and, officially, the reason given was time constraints and conflicting schedules: both performers were, after all, quite busy around 1983-84 when the collaboration was taking shape.The actual reasons were pretty astounding. Years after that, Zs manager Jim Miami Beach explained in a London Times interview that X had brought his pet llama, Louie, to the studio and refused to record without it. Y called up his manager and explained Miami, dear, can you get over here? Youve got to get me out of here. Im recording with a llama. Ive had enough and I want to get out. Further X too had a problem with the large amounts of cocaine consumed by Y. The three demo songs were released in 2013.ID X and Y.

18.

A wealthy white man with daddy issues sleeps with other men to solve his internal struggle.A few members of the African-American community suffer a horrendous disaster together, discover their true selves, ultimately decide to accept themselves.Catapulted to TV stardom after she wins a local contest, a poor teenage girl with a hot makeover tries to survive in the spotlight as she balances family, friends and boys.An entrepreneur whose inventions promise to empower the public is ruthlessly hunted by an elite team that wants power to remain in the hands of those who are superior by birth.19: The Movie Within (2.5 each)

Exchange your sheets

Q - 1This is a bar (images on the next slides) situated in the city of White Plains, New York called the X. The X first opened in NYC's East Village in 1997 and had a successful 10-year run before being sold. Original partners Dominic and Todd have taken on a third partner, Alex, to bring a bigger, better, and more beautiful X. Now the bar also has a full restaurant attached to it. X was built by Alan Moorehouse of Moorehouse Construction.X has an extensive drink selection with a separate menu for its three Ms: Y, Margaritas, and Martinis.Id X and Y.

AnswerX= Korova Milk BarY= Moloko

*Q 2* Sonnet written by Vikram Seth as a tribute to whom?

King of the Columnists and prince of hosts,Hero of cats (twenty at least) who feedUnder your aegis, trencherman of toasts Scotch, naturally, not French God knows we needHumour and courage, tolerance and witWhen hope is scarce and murders blessed by prayer,And every bully, oaf and hypocriteNurtures his flock on hatred and hot air.Threats to your life have not made you less bold.Sexcess cant spoil you. May you scatter your wordsInimitably on for decades more No less amused and generous than your oldGrandmother, standing by the courtyard door,Halting her prayers to feed and chide the birds

Khushwant SinghAnswer

Q 3 Due to a 96% decrease in sales over the last 10 years, the company X decided to shut down a particular product.

However they found strong support from Hollywood filmmakers such as J. J. Abrams, Martin Scorsese and others who were unhappy with this decision and they recently entered into a deal with X to ensure that the product remains in production.

X and the product?

X= Kodak, the product is camera roll.Answer

Q 4This author was an immense fan of cricket. So much that he formed a celebrity cricketing team called the Allahakbarries. HG Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jerome K Jerome, Chesterton, AA Milne, PG Wodehouse, A.E.W. Mason all played for this team at some point of time. However, except for Arthur Conan Doyle, the remaining members of the team were of questionable talent with the bat and the ball.

Who was the enthusiastic author who founded this cricket team?

J.M. BarrieAnswer

Q 5 ____ is a region of Czech Republic; the nomadic Gypsies or Romany are called ____" in French.By the mid-1800s, however, French authors such as George Sand and Honore de Balzac had already started to use this word differently. The 1932 Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise describes this new meaning this way: One who lives a vagabond, unregimented life without assured resources, who does not worry about tomorrow.

The term now carries a connotation of enlightenment but also carries another meaning, one of carelessness about personal hygiene, marital fidelity etc.

Which term, that was loosely used for artist, writers and entertainers at the turn of the 19th century in Paris?

BohemiaAnswer

*Q 6*This band released only one studio album in the time when they were together. This album is generally acknowledged as having had a huge impact on rock. It was initially supposed to be titled God Save The ______ _____, but was changed when the lead guitarist heard another phrase being used by the fans, and claimed that it was a working-class expression to "stop talking rubbish".

However, on its release it was subjected to wide censorship, due to the supposed obscene title. However, the bands lawyer produced expert witnesses who were able to successfully demonstrate that the word _______ was not obscene, and was actually a legitimate Old English term originally used to refer to a priest, and which, in the context of the title, meant "nonsense".

Which album ?

Forget the Bollocks, heres the Sex Pistols.Answer

Q 7Apart from being a popular novelist, he is also known for his YouTube ventures with his brother Hank. They run the vlogbrothers channel and regularly post two videos a week where they talk about everything and nothing. They also started VidCon, which is the largest online video convention, which brings together thousands of online video viewers, creators, and industry representatives worldwide. They are also the founders of The Foundation to Decrease World Suck which runs the annual Project for Awesome charity movement on YouTube.

Which author am I talking about?

John GreenAnswer

Q 8 There is a very famous fire scene in this movie where haystacks are burnt. During the shooting of the scene, due to an unexpected wind, the fire went out of control, trapping the lead actress. She was saved by her co-star, who quickly grabbed a blanket, plunged inside, and rescued her. The actor was hospitalised for the burns and the actress helped nurse him in which process, she fell in love with him. Both on them wanted to marry as soon as possible but the director asked them to postpone the wedding for fear that it would affect the movie in which they had a mother-son relationship.

Which real life couple?

Sunil Dutt and NargisAnswer

Q - 9In the early 1960s, X was a journalist doing a story about Dykes Askew Simmons, an American murderer serving time in a prison in Mexico. While visiting the Mexican prison, X learned that Simmons had once been shot while trying to escape. Critically wounded, Simmons was taken to Dr. Salazar who performed a life-saving surgery.

Intrigued by this, X wanted to interview the surgeon, mistakenly assuming that Dr. Salazar was a prison doctor. It was an understandable assumption. Since he had medical training, Dr. Salazar worked with the poor and even had his own office inside the prison.

When X finally met Dr. Salazar, he noticed that he was a small, lithe man with dark red hair. X later described Dr. Salazar as a man who stood very still and had a certain elegance about him. The men began talking, but very quickly, X lost control of the conversation and Dr. Salazar began probing X, asking questions about Simmonss victims and lecturing about the nature of torment. When the interview was over, X asked the warden about Dr. Salazars medical career. The shocked warden replied - Hombre! The doctor is a murderer! As a surgeon, he could package his victim in a surprisingly small box. He will never leave this place. He is insane.

How was Dr. Salazar immortalised by X?

AnswerDr. Salazar was the inspiration for the character of Hannibal Lecter.X= Thomas Harris

Q - 10In the year 2007, in order to supportthe promotion of children's DVDs at its stores, HMV temporarily changed its iconic logo and replaced Nipper the dog with another popular dog X.

Id X.

AnswerX= Gromit

Q - 11This is a shot (next slide) from an animated short film titled Henry. This movie was made by X and chronicles the story of Henry, a cute little hedgehog who loves to hug despite his prickly spines. Things turn interesting rather quickly when he has a birthday party with a bunch of balloon animals as guests.This short film is narrated by Elijah Wood, and is directed by Ramiro Lopez Dau, an ex-Pixar animator who worked on projects like Brave and Cars 2.In September 2016, this movie won an Emmy award in the category - best outstanding original interactive program.After winning the Emmy, director Ramiro Lopez Dau said - We hope this represents a tipping point for the Y industry. Weve wanted to show that Y is an art form a place that welcomes storytellers and that even at this very, very early stage it can be a powerful tool for storytelling. This Emmy validates that vision.

Id X.

AnswerX= Oculus

*Q.12*Arth is a 1982 film directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film lay in the cans for two years since no distributors wanted to buy it. Due to this reason, it is often incorrectly assumed that Saath Saath(1982) was the movie for which X and Y (probably the most popular husband-wife pair in the music industry) first paired to compose music for a film.X was also known for composing and recording songs written by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in two albums Nayi Disha (1999) and Samvedna(2002). ID X and Y.

AnswerX= Jagjit SinghY= Chitra Singh

Q.13

Given on the next slide is an image of a lady. Where have we all seen her?

AnswerShe is the Columbia Pictures lady.

What is the connection between this image and the one on the next slide?*14.*

John R. Dilworth, the creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog was a huge Friends fan and hence named the two main characters after the middle names of two of the main characters in Friends.Answer

15.

15.Identify the Hindi movie that inspired this 2013 Ben Kingsley film.

A WednesdayAnswer

16.Id the blacked out part in the heading.

Vibrating Harry Potter broomstick.

Answer

Which infamous incident is being represented in the minimalist poster given below.*17.*

Ozzy Osbourne bit off a bats head while performing live in Des Moines, Iowa.

Answer

In the early 1980s, X and Zs lead singer Y planned a collaboration. They initially recorded three demo songs in Xs home studio, and later met up to record the complete project at a fully equipped studio.The project never came to fruition and, officially, the reason given was time constraints and conflicting schedules: both performers were, after all, quite busy around 1983-84 when the collaboration was taking shape.The actual reasons were pretty astounding. Years after that, Zs manager Jim Miami Beach explained in a London Times interview that X had brought his pet llama, Louie, to the studio and refused to record without it. Y called up his manager and explained Miami, dear, can you get over here? Youve got to get me out of here. Im recording with a llama. Ive had enough and I want to get out. Further X too had a problem with the large amounts of cocaine consumed by Y. The three demo songs were released in 2013 well after the death of both X and Y.ID X and Y.

18.

X = Michael JacksonY= Freddie MercuryAnswer

A wealthy white man with daddy issues sleeps with other men to solve his internal struggle.A few members of the African-American community suffer a horrendous disaster together, discover their true selves, ultimately decide to accept themselves.Catapulted to TV stardom after she wins a local contest, a poor but plucky teenage girl with a hot makeover tries to survive in the spotlight as she balances family, friends and boys.An entrepreneur whose inventions promise to empower the public is ruthlessly hunted by an elite team that wants power to remain in the hands of those who are superior by birth.19: The Movie Within (2.5 each)

InceptionMadagascarThe Hunger GamesThe IncrediblesAnswer

THE FINALSBy Shashwat and Neel.

Round IPounce: +20/-10Bounce:+10/0

1.

Michael Haneke, one of the stalwarts of French cinema has often criticized Quentin Tarantino for the amount of needless racism and violence in his films. An example is shown in the following audio from the cult classic Pulp Fiction.Point it out. Just funda is enough.

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Martin and Lewis were a pair of white comedians whereas Amos and Andy were a pair of black comedians. So, the waiters question is basically code for whether she wants Chocolate or Vanilla.Answer

X, whom Brian May of Queen once called the father of Heavy Metal has a very interesting story. While working in a factory as a teenager, he lost the tips of the middle and ring finger of his right hand in an accident. He thought briefly of abandoning the guitar, but was movitated by his factory foreman, who played him a record of popular jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, who had also suffered a similar fate and was famous for playing with just two fingers on the fretboard.

X continued to play with his natural hand, fitting thimbles in his injured fingers to extend and protect them. Also, he used the injured fingers predominantly for fretting chords rather than single-note solos. Later, he also began to tune his guitar to lower pitches, sometimes as far as three semitones below standard guitar tuning, which created a bigger, heavier sound- which was characteristic of Xs band Y and also a major step towards the development of heavy metal itself.ID X and Y.2.

X = Tom IommiY= Black SabbathAnswer

X, whose pseudonym is Y, was a 20th century writer, whose work is marked by awareness to social injustice, opposition to ____ and outspoken support of democratic socialism.X famously decided to go to Spain to take part in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side. On his way to Spain, he dined with American novelist Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring), who told him that going to fight in the Civil War out of some sense of obligation or guilt was 'sheer stupidity,' and that his ideas 'about combating Fascism, defending democracy, etc., etc., were all baloney.In the Spanish Civil War, X took a bullet to the throat but survived. However, this resulted in a deterioration of Xs general health, thus preventing him from participation of any kind in the second world war.X also famously described H.G. Wells as too sane to understand the modern world. Wells took offence to this and this resulted in a row between the two legendary writers.ID X or Y.

3.

X = Eric Arthur BlairY= George OrwellAnswer

8 days before her death, in a heavily drugged state, Y added the inscription X to one of her paintings. The phrase X reflected the artists irony of acclaiming life while suffering physically.This inspired the title of a very popular album. When asked about it, the lead singer said She went through a lot of shit, of course, and then she started a big painting in her house that said X. I just love the boldness of it., referring to Ys strength, enduring polio, a broken spine and a decade of chronic pain. Id X and Y*Hint available.4.

X= Viva la VidaY= Frida KahloAnswer

The Bogside Massacre took place on Sunday, 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march against mass arrest and internment (imprisonment without trial) of 342 people suspected of being involved with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which was waging a campaign for a united Ireland against the British state.This inspired X to write the song Y along with his second wife, a Japanese songwriter and peace activist.Even Black Sabbath wrote a song about the incident which is called Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. U2 as well rote a song titled Y commemorating the incident.ID X and Y.5.

X= John LennonY= Sunday Bloody SundayAnswer

Coming through the X is a 2015 film. The film is about a teenage boy obsessed by the protagonist of the book Y, which is the only novel written by Z. In the film, which is based on true events, the boy runs away from his boarding school to find the reclusive author Y, who is played by Academy award winner Chris Cooper.

The title of the film is a reference to a traditional childrens song written by Robert Burns in 1782, which is actually where the title for Y came from.ID X and Y or Z.* Hint available

6.

X= RyeY= Catcher in the RyeZ= J.D. SalingerAnswer

A photograph of Captain Teague, Jack Sparrows Father in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, is given in the next slide. How do we better know the guy in the photograph?7.The truth is, I'm more interested in the roll than I am in the rock.

AnswerKeith Richards from the band The Rolling Stones

X, the frontman of the band Z, died of Bronchopneumonia (a consequence of AIDS) in his mid 40s. Z had a long term relationship with Y- even after he admitted to being homosexual, they maintained a healthy friendship, and post being diagnosed with AIDS, X settled down in a mansion with Y, who was now his secretary.X remained wary of his parents as he wanted to protect them from things they would neither understand or would not accept. Xs funeral took place in a Zoroastrian ceremony. Xs body was cremated, and Y the only person Mercury said he truly trusted, and to whom he left his home placed his ashes in a location she has never disclosed.ID X and Y.8.

X= Freddie MercuryY= Mary Austin.Answer

9.This is the story of the most sought after photograph in the US national archives which is the sole evidence of the following bizarre incident . On 21 December 1970, X, at the height of fame suddenly decided that he wanted a badge from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and dangerous drugs. One of X's friends said in her biography "With the federal narcotics badge, he [believed he] could legally enter any country both wearing guns and carrying any drugs he wished." He hence decided to write to the president of the USA about this and the president Y granted his request to meet him. This incident was recently documented in the movie X & Y where Michael Shannon played X and Kevin Spacey played Y. Id X & Y.

AnswerX= Elvis PresleyY= Richard Nixon

ConnectEach question has individual marking scheme.Round II

1. Connect ( +20/0)

Philip Seymour Hoffmans voice Answer

2.Connect+40/-20

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Ernest HemingwayAnswer

3.Connect+60/-30

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The Lost Booker Prize/ Books that were given the Man Booker prize in 2010 The rules of the Booker changed in 1971; previously, it had been awarded retrospectively to books published prior to the year in which the award was given. In 1971 the year of eligibility was changed to the same as the year of the award; in effect, this meant that books published in 1970 were not considered for the Booker in either year. The Booker Prize Foundation announced in January 2010 the creation of a special award called the "Lost Man Booker Prize.Answer

Learn to speak Czech(1988)Get lifted around, never leave your wheelchair, ensure you are spoonfed(1989)Learn to track, kill and skin animals and only eat food that you kill, carry your gun to the family lunch on Christmas.(1992)Spend nights in solitary confinement in an abandoned prison.(1993)Dont bathe for several months because that is how they rolled in the 17th century.(1996)Catch pneumonia because modern coats are much more toastier than they used to be, learn how to cut up carcasses, continually listen to Eminem to up the anger quotient. (2002).

4.Connect(+20/0)

Some of the things that Daniel Day Lewis has done to prepare for his roles.Answer

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These are some of the people who have worked on movies based on DC comics as well as Marvel comics.Answer

Connect (+20/0)

Hitlers paintingsAnswer

Pounce: +20/-10Bounce: +10/0Round III

1.The Beat Generation was a group of authors whose literature explored and influenced American culture in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s. Central elements of Beat culture are rejection of standard narrative values, the spiritual quest, exploration of American and Eastern religions, rejection of materialism, explicit portrayals of the human condition, experimentation with psychedelic drugs, and sexual liberation and exploration. Now, Fagen and Becker, founders of the band X, were huge fans of Beat Literature and decided to name their band after X III from Yokohoma, a strap-on dildo mentioned in the William Burroughs novel Naked Lunch. Id X

Steely DanAnswer

Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 movie directed by Ang Lee starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall. The secretive and forbidden relationship between two cowboys over the course of their lives forms the plot of the movie. When asked about the movies poster, Lee said [We] didn't research posters of famous Westerns for ideas. [We] looked at the posters of the 50 most romantic movies ever made. The poster of the film is given on the next slide. Which iconic film served as inspiration for the poster design?2.Love is a force of nature

Titanic

3. Id the music composer of the song.

Answer Anu Malik

4. In the TV series "Teen Titans", there is an episode called "The Mad Mod" in which The Mad Mod tries to brainwash Starfire by propping her eyes open and forcing her to watch dizzying images. The producers intentionally chose A for the voice of Mad Mod, since his character in the iconic film B by C suffered precisely the same fate. ID any of A, B or C.

A= Malcolm McDowellB= A Clockwork OrangeC= Stanley KubrickAnswer

5. No smoking is a 2007 film by Anurag Kashyap starring John Abraham, Ayesha Takia and Paresh Rawal among others. IMDB plot summary says that it is a movie about a man fighting against a tyrannical institution for his right to smoke. The writing credits are given to Raj Singh Chaudhury and Anurag Kashyap himself but the movie was actually based on a short story Quitters, Inc. by X, one of the most famous writers in the world. This was the first time that an X story was made into a Bollywood film. ID X.

Stephen KingAnswer

6. X is primarily known for his contribution to music, particularly in the 1970s. He is probably best known for an iconic song he wrote in 1969-however, X also had a successful acting career and appeared in lead and supporting roles in many films such as Labyrinth, Basquiat, The Man Who Fell to Earth etc. For people who don't watch movies made in the previous millennium, he also played Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. Id X

David BowieAnswer

Greek lyric poet Simonides was celebrating with his relatives at a banquet when he received word that two young men were waiting outside to see him. When he got outside, however, he discovered firstly that the two young men were nowhere to be found and, secondly, that the dining hall of the palace was collapsing behind him. A number of his relatives were killed. Apparently the two young men had rewarded the poet due to their admiration of his work by thus saving his life. During the excavation of the rubble of the dining hall of the palace, Simonides was called upon to identify each guest killed. Their bodies had been crushed beyond recognition but he completed the gruesome task by correlating their identities to their positions at the table before his departure.This is the story behind the origin of the name of a mnemonic device, which has become famous these days due to its use by several beloved fictional characters. Name the technique.

7.

Mind Palace or Memory Palace or Method of Loci- used in the shows Doctor Who, Sherlock, The Mentalist, Hannibal.Answer

I Swear I was There: The Gig that Changed the World is a book by David Nolan. It provides a detailed account of Xs concert at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, which is considered to be one of the most important gigs ever. The gig was attended only by 40 odd people, many of which went on to form successful bands almost right after they attended the concert. However, after the concert became famous, thousands of people claimed to have attended the concert. Hence, Nolans book also provides a list of all the people who actually attended the concert.ID X8.

X= The Sex PistolsAnswer

100 Years is an upcoming film written by and starring John Malkovich and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The release date of the film___A____Malkovich and Rodriguez announced in November 2015 that they had teamed up with Louis XIII Cognac to create a film inspired by the ___B___ _____ it takes to make a bottle of Louis XIII. On 18 November 2015, Malkovich and Rodriguez released three teaser trailers showing no footage from the film. Instead, they imagine three different possible futures from a dystopia to a technological paradise.FITB/ Give funda.9.

MEGA CONNECT

X was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician. As an itinerant performer who played mostly on street corners, in juke joints, and at Saturday night dances, X had little commercial success or public recognition in his lifetime. His best recordings display a great variety of musical skills and songwriting talent that have influenced several other musicians of the same genre. Clapton regarded him as the most important blues singer ever. In 2010, X was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". His musical skills and _________ gave rise to the myth that he sold his soul to the devil in order to attain his inhumanly outstanding musicianship. ID X+120/-60,20

X is a documentary film about the life of British musician X, who was ranked 26th on VH1's 100 Greatest Women In Music. X's immediate family were initially willing to work with the film's producers and director having heard about the success of their earlier documentary. They granted the filmmakers access to hours of archive footage of X and her family, as well as giving the filmmakers their blessing to interview X's family and friends. However, they - in particular, Xs father soon began to feel they were being misrepresented in the documentary, that the negative aspects of X's life were receiving much more attention than the positive, and that footage had been edited in order to produce an inaccurate narrative of X's story, especially the last three years of her life. He has said that X's fans should consider seeing the film for the rare, previously unseen, archive footage of his daughter, but should pay no attention to the film's general portrayal of her, which he has labeled "preposterous". Even after the film was nominated for an Academy Award as 'Best Documentary', Xs father tweeted on : "Still hate the film though." +100/-50,20

L.A. woman is a song by American band Y. At around 5 minutes in the song, there is a very strange transition in the song where lead singer X begins to repeat the phrase Mr. Z Rising which is an anagram of Xs name itself. The chant gradually grows faster as if to simulate orgasm.A Z is a Hoodoo charm, usually a bag filled with items like roots, lodestone, rattlesnake rattles, alligator teeth, charms, coins - whatever does the trick. Many white listeners, including X, thought Z meant sexual energy, and that is how it's usually interpreted today, in part due to Austin Powers movies. Id X.+80/-40,20

X is best known as the former drummer of the band Y, led by Z. However, after the band Y dissolved following a tragic incident, X went on to form a band W, which has won 11 Grammies till date.The band W got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II, which were collectively called as W.ID X, Y or Z, and W. (5 points each).+60/-30, 30

X was the founder of the band Y, and his main instruments were the guitar, harmonica and keyboards. Though he was initially the leader of the group, his band members, A and B soon overshadowed him, especially after they became a successful songwriting team. He also developed a serious drug problem( There is a feature film based on his life titled Stoned.) and his presence in the band gradually diminished. He was eventually asked by the other bandmembers to leave the group.ID X and Y. (Xs picture on next slide)+40/-20,20

Almost five decades following its release, Xs 1967 album Axis: Bold as Love was banned in Malaysia. But unlike other X projects, the decision was not due to anything overtly sexual or drug-related in the material.According to theMalay Mail, the Malaysian Home Ministrys Publication Control and Quranic Text unittook offense to the albums cover, claiming that it too closely resembles the various forms of Lord Vishnu and could hurt the sentiments of several people.Picture on the next slide. ID X

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Mega Connect: All these musicians died at the age of 27, alternatively- they belong to the 27 ClubRobert Johnson, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, (), Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix

Before you go, a beautiful quote for you.History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation. Julian Barnes

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