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MOVIE AND TV QUIZ

Quiz Master:

Shivendra Singh

THE FINALS !

Round 1

Rules :

Infinite Pounce

Clockwise

+15/-10 on pounce

+10/0 on direct

Question 1.

The Church of All Worlds was established by the main character in Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. In 1968 a group of believers created an organization by the same name which reflected similar ideas. According to their official website : "While CAW [Church of All Worlds] members express a broad spectrum of personal magic's and beliefs, what brings us together is a shared set of values: immanent divinity (expressed as "Thou art God/dess"); self-knowledge and personal responsibility; deep friendship and tribal intimacy; positive sexuality; living in harmony with the natural world; and appreciation of the diverse nature of human beings.“

Similarly IDIC ( Short for Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination ) reflects the philosophical outlook of the ________ . In short, it means “to each his own.” In includes the understanding that variety is good, and that we progress to new and better understandings by encountering new ideas.

If The church of all Worlds is based on the main character in Stranger in a Strange Land , give me what this religion (IDIC )is based on and the movie connect . ( 3 keywords will do ).

SAFETY FIRST !!

The Vulcans from Star Strek

Question 2.

Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created

by Terence Winter. Airing on premium cable channel HBO, the series is set

in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era and stars Steve

Buscemi as Nucky Thompson . The TV's pilot episode was one of the most

expensive in history ("the most" according to some reports) and was produced

at a cost of $18 million.

The pilot of the series was directed by one of the greatest directors of all time .

He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival

Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden

Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards and has been active in the industry for more

than 50 years ( he started his career in 1963) .

Who directed the pilot ?

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Martin Scorsese

Question 3.

X described his childhood as lonely and sheltered, partly due to his physical

appearance . He remarked that his mother would force him to stand at the

foot of her bed for several hours as punishment (a scene alluded in one of his

iconic film ). This idea of being harshly treated or wrongfully accused would

later be reflected in X's films.

He once said that his father wanted to punish him for a wrongdoing . So he

sent him to the local police station with a note asking the officer to lock him

away for 10 minutes as punishment for behaving badly . X was traumatized by

the 10 minute period when he was locked up , so the characters in his movies

were generally paranoid and fearful of authority (especially police ).

Identify X.

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Question 4.

In 1926, the brothers Bob, Bill and Barnaby Ollerton formed the X . Their

first entity was produced in large quantities and was an instant hit.

Three years later, in 1929, Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton formed

the Y and released their entities with a new braking system . For several years, the X-Y rivalry dominated the field , until the creation of

the Z in 1967 by Devlin White . Z combined reliability and easy

handling, and became a favorite for users all over the world. Z is the

Latin word for cloud.

Identify X , Y and Z .

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X = Cleansweep Broom Company

Y = Comet Trading Company

Z = Nimbus Racing Broom Company

Question 5.

After receiving his honorary doctorate in fine arts, TV satirist Stephen Colbert placed several pictures of other famous TV doctors who inspired him on the mantle-piece of his show's set ( The Colbert Report ). One of these is of Y as X . The others are Bill Cosby as Dr. Cliff Huxtable and Noah Drake from General Hospital. As a response, the creators of X placed a picture of Colbert on the desk of X in the show's 5th season, that can be seen from time to time. Due to both Y's show winning an Emmy over Colbert's, and because Y received an OBE (Order of the British Empire ) while Colbert did not, Colbert named X to his enemies list.

X’s most famous line _________ was in fact used by another doctor about a year and a half before the pilot episode, in another medical show, the sitcom Scrubs (2001).

Give X and fill in the blank .

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X= Dr. Gregory House , Y = Hugh Laurie

Question 6.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was a talk show hosted by Johnny

Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from October 1, 1962 through May

22, 1992 . However something very famous in pop culture has been inspired

from the opening sequence of this show (a movie quote ) .

In 2005, the quote was ranked 68 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes list.

Surprisingly , the director of the movie won a worst director Razzie Award

nomination for the movie even though a lot of critics debate today that the

movie is one of the best in its genre .

Identify the movie and give funda .

(video on next slide )

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Question 7.

In 2004, Juan Catalan was a man quite an unlucky gentleman. His brother was

in jail for a drive-by shooting, and the 16-year-old girl who had testified against

him had been murdered. That was when Catalan found himself in jail as

Suspect Number 1 in a homicide investigation of the 16 year old witness.

Fortunately, he had an airtight alibi: He and his 6-year-old daughter had been

at a Dodgers game at the time of the murder. He even had the ticket stubs to

prove it .However ,unfortunately , It turned out the ticket stubs weren't

compelling-enough evidence, no footage of him and his daughter could be

found, and the police refused to allow him to take that lie detector test .

However in the luckiest turn of events a video evidence of his alibi turned up

and he was released .

So what was this new piece of evidence ?

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On the day of the murder, HBO was also at the Dodgers game filming scenes

for the show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The episode in question revolved around

Larry David hiring a prostitute so he could drive in the carpool lane on the way

to the game.

After hours of scouring the HBO footage, Catalan's lawyers found a shot of him

and his daughter eating hot dogs and presumably not murdering anyone in

the stands behind Larry David.

Question 8.

The ingredients of the drink X are - 1 teaspoon orange marmalade , 1 teaspoon orange bitters and 2 shots Ciroc vodka . To make the drink the bartender mixes all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and double strains into a martini glass. Then he adds a twist of orange for garnish . It shares its name with a particular movie which makes it an perfect excuse to have this drink early in the day.

Just name the drink .

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Round 2

Rules :

Anticlockwise

+15/-10 on pounce

+10/0 on direct

Question 9.

José Andrés is a Spanish American chef often credited for bringing the small

plates dining concept to America . He owns restaurants in Washington

DC, Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, South Beach and Dorado.

On 29 October 2012, he announced he was heading back to the classroom,

and would teach his first course on how food shapes civilization at George

Washington University next year, which awarded him an honorary doctorate

degree in public service on 18 May 2014, when he served as university's

commencement speaker at the National Mall.

However from 2013 he has been involved in a certain project involving his

“skills” . What exactly is the project ? Give gunda.

(picture on next page )

Another image on next slide (clue)

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Question 10.

X is a extremely graphic, cult classic film . It is the inspirational precursor of the

faux-documentary "found-footage" smash hit The Blair Witch Project

(1999) and indeed the first found footage movie to be ever made. It was filled

with violent, grisly, and disturbing images with unbelievable scenes of graphic

violence (including castration and breast impalement). It was also banned

and controversial for its extreme violence. The film's most notorious scene

included the discovery of the impalement of the young woman on a pole.

The movie was so convincing that for their work on the film, the director and

the producer were arrested by authorities on suspicion of murder charges and

faced life in prison, following its 1980 Milan premiere. They endured a trial when

Italian authorities were unconvinced that the footage was indeed staged. The

director lost the original trial, and all prints were to be destroyed, but he

managed to have the ruling overturned in the early '80s when the actors finally

appeared on TV to prove otherwise. Some five years passed before the film

saw release in director's home country. This movie was banned for twenty

years in certain countries, including the UK.

Just name the movie

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Question 11.

Excerpt from MTV news’s review of Sherlock : The Sign Of Three :

“Though Sherlock has been ever so helpful to the wedding planning process

thanks to his unique skill set — which includes but is not limited to reading

between the lines on the RSVPs, discerning which of Mary’s male friends have

designs on her, and folding napkins to resemble _______ - there’s one

responsibility that has him stumped.”

Give me the blank or name this type of the napkin fold .

(image follows)

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Sydney Opera House Napkin Fold

Question 12.

The Los Angeles Times, commonly referred to as the Times, is a

daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the

largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and

the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country.

On February 29, 1940 , 8:45 edition an article featured in the newspaper

regarding a particular institute. The article led to widespread embarrassment

on the institute’s front . To prevent such an embarrassment in the future , the

institute changed the particular practice from next year . Thus _________ (an

objet) came to existence , and are still used today by the institute.

What did the article contain and what came into existence ? Give funda.

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The Sealed Oscar EnvelopeThe Oscar results were given in advance to newspapers for publication at 11

p.m. on the night of the Awards for the past decade . But on that particular

evening , the Los Angeles Times broke the embargo and announced the

winners in its evening edition.

As a result, the Academy adopted the sealed-envelope system the next year,

and the system remains in use today.

Question 13.

X was an American garage rock band that formed in Washington, D.C. in

1985. They had a constantly fluid line-up until their demise in 1990 including

members such as Cristina Martinez , Julia Cafritz , Neil Michael Hagerty , John

Hammill , Bob Bert and Kurt Wolf. Their sound was inspired by The Velvet

Underground and the New York Dolls. They took their name from an iconic

female character in a popular 1964 film .

Name the band or the character.

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Question 14.

X is a brand of sunglasses and eyeglasses founded in 1937 . The actor Y , for

the past few decades has been closely associated with X . His movies have

often been cited as examples of extensive product placement for this

particular brand. Y’s movies have boosted sales many times for X , including in

1983 , when X’s Wayfare’s sales were boosted by 50 precent after the release

of X’s hit movie .

Three years later, he swapped the Wayfarers for _______, and casually gave X

a 40 percent sales increase by taking it back to roots in his 1986 blockbuster .

He boosted sales another 15 percent two years later with his 1988 drama film

which made over 350 million dollars .

Give me both X and Y .

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X = Ray Ban , Y = Tom Cruise1983 - Risky Business , 1986 -Top Gun , 1988 - Rain Man

Question 15.

Officials at NBC thought that a character may trouble audiences at home . In

a "Sunday Morning" interview (2005) , X reveled what network executives had

to say about those viewers' concerns. According to them the viewers will not

accept in their homes a character who looks devilish with such a trait . So

either they should get rid of the trait, or get rid of the character.

Fortunately for X , fan mail in favor of him turned the tide ("Then the dictum

came down from NBC, 'Oh, give us more of that guy, they love that guy!'"),

assuring him a secure role on the show for its three-season run , as well as three

Emmy nominations.

Who is X ?

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Leonard NimoyRest in Peace

Question 16.

On December 18, 2014 , Comedy Central aired an episode of Y , portions of

the whose sets were auctioned off for charity. It included accidental killing of

a "lifelong friend and colleague" Grimmy in a final segment of "Cheating

Death", after which the host became immortal and used his powers to fuel a

star-studded celebrity sing along of "We'll Meet Again", including Jon Stewart,

Randy Newman, Bryan Cranston, Willie Nelson, Yo Yo Ma, Mandy Patinkin, Neil

DeGrasse Tyson, Tom Brokaw, David Gregory, J.J. Abrams, Big Bird, Gloria

Steinem, Ken Burns, James Franco, Barry Manilow, Bob Costas, Jeff Daniels,

Sam Waterston, Bill de Blasio, Katie Couric, Patrick Stewart, George Lucas,

Henry Kissinger, Cookie Monster, Alan Alda, Eliot Spitzer, Vince Gilligan, Jimmy

Wales, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Keith Olbermann, Mark Cuban, Paul Krugman,

Mike Huckabee, Grover Norquist, and a tweet from Bill Clinton before

boarding a sleigh driven by Santa Claus, Abraham Lincoln, and "the man with

all the answers".

Apart from this , what was so special about the episode ?

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Series Finale Of The Colbert Report

Round 3 : Guest Quizmaster Round 1

Rules :

Written Round

About Me

Saswata Dutta

Graduation - St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

Post Grad. – IIT Guwahati (2013 batch)

Yeah I “work” at Adobe

1.Finallyunmasked ?

Which iconic character ?

2. Spin a grand Tale ...

What does this mean ? Why do famous people have

this tattooed ?

(More images on next slide)

3.Who ?

The memorable roles are : (non exhaustive)1. Planet Terror : Rapist #1 / Zombie Eating Road Kill

Grindhouse : Warren (segment "Death Proof") / Rapist #1 (segment

"Planet Terror")

2. From Dusk Till Dawn : Richard Gecko

3. Four Rooms : Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood")

4. Desperado : Pick-up Guy

5. Sleep with Me : Sid

6.Inglourious Basterds : First Scalped Nazi

4. An impressive track record !

What exclusive record does John Ratzenberger hold ?

Seen here in his small role in Star Wars : Episode V.

5. Sweet !!

The filmmakers had requested that M&M's be used to lure X,

instead of Reese's Pieces. The Mars company had denied

their request and so Reese's Pieces were used instead. As a

direct result, Reese's Pieces sales skyrocketed. Because of

this, more and more companies began requesting that their

products be used in movies - a common practice which

was done previously with the James Bond film franchise (the

end credits of a Bond film prior to 1982 have had their end

credits when contributing companies had their product

used in a feature film). Thus, product placement was born.Identify X.

6. Say what now ?

The arabic adaptation of the popular show was termed "AL

HAMSHOON".

It portrays the adventures of Omar Shamshoon, his wife Mona, and

children Badr and Bessa. References to alcohol, pork, and numerous

other themes have been deleted or significantly modified.

All mentions of pork rinds was replaced by Egyptian beef sausages.

Omar was drinking soda instead of beer and munching on "kahk"

cookies instead of doughnuts.

Which show ?

7. Yumm ...

The show had to place huge bulk orders of ham for the extras.

Originally the hams were soaked in food coloring and

barbeque sauce to make them more ‘agreeable’ for the

actors. But the vinegar in the sauce kept melting the

makeup so they had to forgo that.

Which show ?

8. Connect … (Non exhaustive)

Answers ...

Finally unmasked ?

Which iconic char ?

Bobba Fett …

Jabba won't be pleased

Spin a grand Tale ...

What does this mean ? Why do famous people have

this tattooed ?

“Nine” in Elven tongue.

All the members of the fellowship, had it. Except John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), his stunt double

stepped in.

Also Peter Jackson as well.

3.Who ?

The memorable roles are : (non exhaustive)1. Planet Terror : Rapist #1 / Zombie Eating Road Kill

Grindhouse : Warren (segment "Death Proof") / Rapist #1 (segment

"Planet Terror")

2. From Dusk Till Dawn : Richard Gecko

3. Four Rooms : Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood")

4. Desperado : Pick-up Guy

5. Sleep with Me : Sid

6.Inglourious Basterds : First Scalped Nazi

Quentin Tarantino Cameos

4. An impressive track record !

What exclusive record does John Ratzenberger hold ?

Seen here in his small role in Star Wars Episode 5 .

Ratzenberger has had a voice part in all of Pixar's feature films made to date.

5. Sweet !!

The filmmakers had requested that M&M's be used to lure X,

instead of Reese's Pieces. The Mars company had denied

their request and so Reese's Pieces were used instead. As a

direct result, Reese's Pieces sales skyrocketed. Because of

this, more and more companies began requesting that their

products be used in movies - a common practice which

was done previously with the James Bond film franchise (the

end credits of a Bond film prior to 1982 have had their end

credits when contributing companies had their product

used in a feature film). Thus, product placement was born.Identify X.

E.T.

6. Say what now ?

The arabic adaptation of the popular show was termed "AL

HAMSHOON".

It portrays the adventures of Omar Shamshoon, his wife Mona, and

children Badr and Bessa. References to alcohol, pork, and numerous

other themes have been deleted or significantly modified.

All mentions of pork rinds was replaced by Egyptian beef sausages.

Omar was drinking soda instead of beer and munching on "kahk"

cookies instead of doughnuts.

Which show ?

7. Yumm ...

The show had to place huge bulk orders of ham for the extras.

Originally the hams were soaked in food coloring and

barbeque sauce to make them more ‘agreeable’ for the

actors. But the vinegar in the sauce kept melting the

makeup so they had to forgo that.

Which show ?

Walking Dead zombie food

8. Connect … (Non exhaustive)

Shows inside shows.

Round 3

Rules :

Infinite Pounce

Clockwise

+15/-10 on pounce

+10/0 on direct

Question 17.

X’s death in 2009 brought untouched topics of extreme sexual practices into a grisly spotlight. While in Bangkok shooting a film, the 72-year-old star was found dead, hanging from a rope in the closet of his hotel room.

Footage from hotel security cameras showed that X was alone in his room, but despite his wife's assertions to the contrary, media and law enforcement originally speculated that X had committed suicide. However, further information revealed that the rope around X's neck was also connected to his genitals, suggesting that his death was the result of autoerotic asphyxiation, or the practice of constricting air supply in order to enhance a sexual experience.

X's ex-wife Marina Anderson confirmed publicly that he had indeed engaged in "deviant" and "potentially deadly" sexual behavior, supporting the autoerotic asphyxiation hypothesis .

X has appeared in more than 100 feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. The last nomination was for his title role in 2004 thriller ,for playing his most popular role (whose name has become synonymous with him) .

Identify X or identify the role he played .

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David Caradine

Question 18.

X has played a self-deprecating neurotic many times in his award-winning films. However, X's real life erupted into a controversy more dramatic than any movie script , when it was discovered that X was having an affair with his then-girlfriend's adopted daughter , who was 35 years his junior.

X was romantically linked to actress _____ in the early 1980s. She had a number of adopted children, among them a young daughter named Soon-Yi Previn . Although they were not legally married , X was a stepfather figure to such an extent that he fought legally for the custody of kids when the couple separated in 1992 .

In 1991, she discovered nude photos of the then-21-year-old Previn in X's home. Predictably, scandal erupted upon this revelation and X’s reputation was seriously damaged. However their relationship has been remarkably successful. X and Previn married in 1997 at age 62 and 27, respectively and as of today, the couple is still together.

Identify X.

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Question 19.

X is the common name of AL 288-1, several hundred pieces of bone

representing about 40% of the skeleton of a Australopithecus afarensis . It was

discovered in 1974 at Hadar in the Awash Valley of the Afar Triangle in

Ethiopia. In paleoanthropology, usually only fossil fragments are found and

only rarely are skulls or ribs uncovered intact; thus this discovery was

extraordinary and provided an enormous amount of scientific evidence. X is

estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago, and is classified as a hominin.

X is also name of the protagonist in a Sci-fi movie with met with much negative

review from critics but was eventually a success at the box office making more

than 11 times the budget of the movie .

Give X.

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LUCY

Question 20.

Given below is a mathematical series . Connect it to a Hollywood blockbuster

science fiction which made over $250 million in the box office.

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Question 21.

Catoptrophobia can be defined as fear of X .The fear may be the product of a traumatic event or experience involving Xs in the past, often during early childhood. Or it can possibly be a result of a person’s superstition of being watched by someone else .

X are a constant presence in horror movies, with the X scare as one of the most commonly abused clichés , but few films are actually about evil Xs . One such film is this 2013 American psychological-supernatural horror film directed by Mike Flanagan , whose poster is also depicted .

Just FITB.

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Fear Of Mirrors

Question 22.

American Graffiti is a 1973 coming of age drama that was nominated for an

Academy Award for best motion picture. Made on a meager budget of $1.27

million, the movie was a commercial and critical . However during the sound

editing , when sound editor Walter Murch asked for dialog track two in a

particular reel . ________ , who was in the room and had dozed off while

working on the script another movie , momentarily woke when he heard the

request and, after asking for clarification, stated that it was a "great name"

before falling immediately back to sleep.

What did this lead to ? Give funda.

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R2-D2

( Murch asked for Reel 2, Dialog Track 2, in

the abbreviated form "R-2-D-2“ )

Question 23.The making of X had consequences which overshadowed the film itself. During

the filming of a segment directed by John Landis on July 23, 1982, actor Vic

Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age

6) died in an accident involving a helicopter being used on the set. The

helicopter was flying at an altitude of only 25 feet (8 meters), too low to avoid

the explosions of the pyrotechnics used on set. When the blasts severed the

tail rotor, it spun out of control and crashed, decapitating Morrow and Le with

its blades. Chen was crushed to death as the helicopter crashed. Everyone

inside the helicopter survived sustaining minor injuries.

The accident led to legal action against the filmmakers which lasted nearly a

decade, and changed the regulations involving children working on movie

sets at night and during special effects-heavy scenes. Hollywood also avoided

helicopter-related stunts for many years .The incident ended the friendship

between director Landis and producer Spielberg, who was already angered

before the accident that Landis had violated many codes, including using live

ammunition on the set.

X was a movie version of a cult classic TV show . Just give X .

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Question 24.Sydney's Hellfire Club, run by Master Tom and his partner Ultra, prides itself on being the public face of fetish in Australia. Referred to as the "McDonald's of kink" – a moniker the club has embraced – Hellfire hosts monthly events at Q-Bar on Oxford Street that are open to anyone from beginners to connoisseurs, where participants can have hands-on time with different bondage and BDSM toys.

“Hellfire has helped grow the scene locally over the last 19 years more than any other event,” says Tom, who's noted a recent rise in newcomers. "Most people in the Sydney fetish scene started at Hellfire. Many patrons met their partners here, and some bring their kids to the club after they turn 18.“

This particular club was used for the shooting of a1990’s movie . Since the movie was already running over the budget , a real club was used in a scene where the male protagonists meets the female protagonist . All of the extras in the scene were real hellfire club members .Their weird costume and attires blended perfectly with the scene ,thus saving the producers a lot of costume and set design money .

Just name the movie .

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The Matrix (1999)

Round 5 :Long Visual Connect

1 Single theme to connect all posters.

Teams can go for the theme multiple times .

Marking scheme is shown on the top right corner for

answer at any particular poster .

+40/-30

+35/-25

+30/-20

+25/-20

+20/-15

+15/-10

+10/-5

+5/-5

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Lead cast members feature/lead in these movie

HP : Deathly hallows part1(Michelle Fairley)

300(Lena Headey)

Kit Harington

Natalie Dormer

Emilia Clarke

Sophie TurnerRose Leslie

Round 6

Rules :

Infinite Pounce

Antilockwise

+15/-10 on pounce

+10/0 on direct

Question 25.

Disney’s X ,which cost an estimated $250 million to make and a further $100

million to promote, grossed a total of $184 million following its worldwide

release in 2012.

The studio admitted to having lost $200 million on the project by the end of

March, making the film a big flop . Disney attributed the $160 million swing

from profit to loss in its Studio Entertainment division in the second 2012 fiscal

quarter "primarily" to the performance of X . In fact X holds the Guiness world

record for biggest flop of all time.

Identify X .

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Question 26.

FITB.

Sony – Sony Pictures

Time Warner – WB

The Walt Disney Company – Walt Disney Pictures

Viacom – Paramount

News Corp – 20th Century Fox

General Electric – __________

( Hint : The studios has produced movies like Jurrassic Park , Jaws , E.T. the

Extra-Terrestrial , The Mummy , etc.)

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Question 27.

"Lisa the Vegetarian" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season. It originally

aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 15, 1995. In the episode, Lisa

decides to stop eating meat after bonding with a lamb at a petting zoo. Her

schoolmates and family members ridicule her for her beliefs, but with the help of Apu, X,

and X’s wife, she commits to vegetarianism.

Former _______ member X and his then wife guest starred in the episode. However X's

condition for appearing was that Lisa would remain a vegetarian for the rest of the

series. The condition was accepted and thus Lisa still remains a vegetarian today.

Identify X.

SAFETY FIRST !!

Paul McCartney

Question 28.

Despite its box office failure, Warner Brothers shipped 320,000 rental copies of X

to US video stores, a figure a spokesman freely admitted was “out of whack”

with the film’s performance in the theaters. A Warner Exec who loved the film

ignored the math and gave the order . His gamble paid off,as the movie X

would prove to be the most rented film of the year.

After the film gained popularity, Ted Turner sold the television rights to TNT, his

own network, for much lower than normal for such a big film. Because it is so

inexpensive to show, the film is broadcast on TNT all the time.

These are probably the two reason behind the popularity of X.

ID the movie .

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Question 29.

Antonio de Oliveira was an economist who served as Prime Minister of a particular country for 36 years from 1932-1968.

A professor of economics in Coimbra, he helped form the Catholic Centre Party in 1921 and was elected to parliament straightaway, but resigned after one session.

As the Army overthrew the incumbent government, they offered him the cabinet post of Finance Minister, which he refused as he wouldn’t get his own conditions. 2 years later, offered the post again with full control over income and expenditures, _______ accepted and reversed the century-old tradition of deficits – his legacy was hallmarked by budgetary surpluses.

Gaining in power, in 1932, he was named Prime Minister. He drafted a new constitution that reorganised the political system along authoritarian lines. Influenced by Catholic, papal and nationalist thought, he curtailed political freedoms, chose sycophantic ministers he closely worked with and had military police repressing dissent.

All in all, despite great economic and institutional progress, his dictatorial ways and insistence on keeping African colonies at a time when European imperialism was being dismantled, saw him become extremely unpopular.

This unpopularity led to him being immortalised in a movie realm (a particularly famous one) . How?

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Question 30.

This is X , an american sketch comedy television show featuring on comedy

central , parodying the opening credits of a famous Drama show .

ID both shows .

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Question 31.

X is a large restaurant chain . As of September 2014, forty-three

Xs are operational worldwide. Twenty-nine of these locations are

in the United States, four are in Mexico, three are in Malaysia,

and one each in London, Hong Kong , Indonesia and

the Philippines. The company is based in Houston, Texas, and

has been a division of Landry's Restaurants since 2010.

The first X restaurant opened in 1996 in Monterey, California by

Viacom Consumer Products. That firm's parent

company, Viacom, is owner of _________ ( famous production

company ), and also owns the Rusty Pelican restaurant chain .

Just give me the name of the restaurant chain .

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Question 32.

X is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stollerthat first became a hit for Y.

The song was released as 45rpm single to coincide with the release of Y's

motion picture, with the same name distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

(MGM). X (the movie) earned mixed reviews . The film was a meager hit even

though it made 4 times its budget .

X was performed regularly in a medley along with many old rock and roll

hits by the famous rock band Z . The lead singer of the band was Farrokh

Bulsara , whose parents were Bomi and Jer Bulsara (Parsis from Gujrat) and a

younger sister named Kashmira.

ID X,Y and Z. .

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X=Jailhouse Rock , Y= Elvis Presley , Z= Queen

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Round 7 :GUEST QUIZMASTER ROUND 2

About

Tushar Krishnan

The Guest QM is a 2013 alum of the

institute.

Presently a few ponds away, pursuing a

MS in Biomedical Engineering at Duke

University.

Was the Secretary of the Quiz Club for the

2011-12 session.

Received a fair bit of quizzing success

during his time at the institute.

Q1.

She played ‘Sheena’

in DDLJ and is the

present fashion

director of Vogue

India. Her husband is

also affiliated with

Bollywood. Name him

or the critically

acclaimed movie of

2006 originally titled

Akoori that he is

associated with?

Q2.

Frankenstein is a stage adaptation by Nick Dear of the novel of the same

name. Its world premiere was at the Royal National Theatre on 5 February

2011, where it officially opened on 22 February. This production is directed

by Danny Boyle with the two lead actors alternating the roles of Victor

Frankenstein and the Creature. If Benedict Cumberbatch (of Sherlock

fame) was one, who was the other?

Q3.

These awards are are recognised internationally as

the highest honour in British theatre presented

annually by the Society of London Theatre Originally

known as the Society of West End Theatre Awards,

they were renamed in honour of a British actor who

won the Best Actor Oscar for his titular role in Hamlet.

Who?

Q4.

She fell in love with him during the shooting of the song ‘Kinare kinare chale

jayen ge’ from the film Vidya—while shooting the scene, the boat they

were in capsized, and Anand saved her from drowning. Their entire affair

was conducted in a clandestine manner, with friends like Durga Khote and

Kamini Kaushal going out of their way to engineer secret rendezvous. On

the sets of the film Jeet, Anand finally proposed to her and gave her a

diamond ring worth Rs 3,000. Her maternal grandmother opposed the

relationship as they were Muslim and Anand was Hindu, and so, she

remained unmarried. They stopped acting together after her grandmother

opposed their partnership, and Do Sitare was the last film in which they

appeared. Who is this actress?

Q5.

Who is receiving an Honorary Oscar in 1972 with a 12 minute standing

ovation, the longest in the history of the awards? (on the right in pic)

Q6.

Person of Interest is an American science fiction crime drama

television series revolving around John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former

CIA officer, who is recruited by mysterious billionaire Harold Finch

(Michael Emerson) to prevent violent crimes in New York City. Who is

the creator of this show, often overshadowed by his more famous

brother?

Q7.

Koel debuted with Rahul Bose's

directorial venture Everybody Says I'm

Fine! in 2001 and later featured in

Road to Ladakh starring alongside

Irrfan Khan. She also played the role

of Devika in Rock On. She hosts a talk

show On The Couch With Koel on the

Indian news channel Headlines

Today. Who is her rather famous

father?

Q8.

Connect (exhaustive):

Going My Way

The Best Years of Our Lives

Ben-Hur

Mystic River

Dallas Buyers Club

ASNWERS !!!!

Q1.

She played ‘Sheena’

in DDLJ and is the

present fashion

director of Vogue

India. Her husband is

also affiliated with

Bollywood. Name him

or the critically

acclaimed movie of

2006 originally titled

Akoori that he is

associated with?

A1.

Homi Adajania whose directorial debut in 2006 was ‘Being Cyrus’. He

subsequently also directed ‘Cocktail’.

Q2.

Frankenstein is a stage adaptation by Nick Dear of the novel of the same

name. Its world premiere was at the Royal National Theatre on 5 February

2011, where it officially opened on 22 February. This production is directed

by Danny Boyle with the two lead actors alternating the roles of Victor

Frankenstein and the Creature. If Benedict Cumberbatch (of Sherlock

fame) was one, who was the other?

A2.

Jonny Lee Miller, who plays Sherlock Holmes in Elementary.

Q3.

These awards are are recognised internationally as

the highest honour in British theatre presented

annually by the Society of London Theatre Originally

known as the Society of West End Theatre Awards,

they were renamed in honour of a British actor who

won the Best Actor Oscar for his titular role in Hamlet.

Who?

A3.

Laurence Olivier

Q4.

She fell in love with him during the shooting of the song ‘Kinare kinare chale

jayen ge’ from the film Vidya—while shooting the scene, the boat they

were in capsized, and Anand saved her from drowning. Their entire affair

was conducted in a clandestine manner, with friends like Durga Khote and

Kamini Kaushal going out of their way to engineer secret rendezvous. On

the sets of the film Jeet, Anand finally proposed to her and gave her a

diamond ring worth Rs 3,000. Her maternal grandmother opposed the

relationship as they were Muslim and Anand was Hindu, and so, she

remained unmarried. They stopped acting together after her grandmother

opposed their partnership, and Do Sitare was the last film in which they

appeared. Who is this actress?

A4.

Suraiya

Q5.

Who is receiving an Honorary Oscar in 1972 with a 12 minute standing

ovation, the longest in the history of the awards? (on the right in pic)

A5.

Charlie Chaplin

Q6.

Person of Interest is an American science fiction crime drama

television series revolving around John Reese (Jim Caviezel), a former

CIA officer, who is recruited by mysterious billionaire Harold Finch

(Michael Emerson) to prevent violent crimes in New York City. Who is

the creator of this show, often overshadowed by his more famous

brother?

A6.

Jonathan Nolan

Q7.

Koel debuted with Rahul Bose's

directorial venture Everybody Says I'm

Fine! in 2001 and later featured in

Road to Ladakh starring alongside

Irrfan Khan. She also played the role

of Devika in Rock On. She hosts a talk

show On The Couch With Koel on the

Indian news channel Headlines

Today. Who is her rather famous

father?

A7.

Arun Poorie, chairman and editor-in-chief of the India Today group.

Headlines Today is a subsidiary.

Q8.

Connect (exhaustive):

Going My Way

The Best Years of Our Lives

Ben-Hur

Mystic River

Dallas Buyers Club

A8.

Only movies to win both the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor Oscar

awards.

Round 8

Rules :

Infinite Pounce

AntiClockwise

+15/-10 on pounce

+10/0 on direct

Question 33.

While considering ideas for an appropriate archenemy for the protagonist of

the comic , the writer (who was also the artist) saw a hot fudge

sundae melting and noticed it resembled a human figure. Inspired, he at first

considered calling his new villain "Hot Fudge". However, as the cherry on top of

the sundae seemed like an exposed ______ , he finally decided on X as a more

appropriate moniker.

Give X.

Safety First !!

Red Skull

Question 34.

X is one of the few fictional character who have actually made impact on the market .Y is a closely associated product with X . X was so popular Y sales went up 33% in the great depression era .

In Crystal City, Texas , where Y was produced for commercial purposes , people were very appreciative of the impact he had on their industry that they erected a statue of X in recognition of the his positive effects on the industry.

In Alma, Arkansas (which claims to be “The Y Capital of the World,”) there is another statue of X.

The Allen ______ company bought the rights for Xs commercial endorsement and sells a X -branded Y even today.

Give X and Y

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Question 35.

Schindler's List is a 1993 American period drama, directed by Steven Spielberg

. The shooting of the film was very emotional for Spielberg due to his roots and

the antisemitism he faced as a child. There were some scenes in the film that,

heavily based in reality, were so dark that he couldn’t watch while they were

filmed. So dreary were things that X took to calling Spielberg every two weeks

to lift his spirits with various jokes, mainly because there wasn’t much humor on

the set. Spielberg also would watch episodes of Y -- probably not imagining

that there would be an episode of Y where the protagonist causes outrage by

making out with his new girlfriend in a theatre throughout a screening of

"Schindler's List.“

Give X and Y.

Safety First !!

X = Robin Williams , Y = Seinfeld

Question 36.

In film industry , to "overcrank" means that the frame rate at which the film is

being shot is higher than normal, so that when played back at a normal speed

the action is in slow motion. Normal frame rate is 24 frames per second, so if

you over cranked to 120 frames per second the action would be shown at 1/5

its actual speed. Its called that because early cameras were cranked by hand

instead of turned by motor. However not all cameras can accomplish this, and

director ________ did not have the money to buy such cameras . So to

accomplish the effect he just shot the scene with a normal camera and

repeated all the frames twice thus getting the slo-mo . The scene did not have

a silky smooth gliding feel of other slow motion shots but the result was

something “scrappy and cool” . The scene being talked about is one of the

most iconic sslow motion sequences of all time .

Identify .

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Question 37.

In 2014 , the manga X took the no.1 spot from the extremely popular manga

series One Piece . It sold over 8.3 million copies while One Piece sold 4.9 million

. It’s the first manga in 5 years to claim the top spot from one piece showing

how insanely popular the series has become . It is largely due the popularity of

the anime based on the manga and some other factors . Two new live action

films based on the series have been announced . One of them is set to be

released in 2015 .Two of the protagonists of the manga are based on the

Watchmen characters Rorschach and Ozymandias .

Name X.

Safety First !!

Question 38.

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet

and writer . Although Thomas was appreciated as a popular poet in his

lifetime, he found earning a living as a writer difficult, which resulted in his

augmenting his income with reading tours and broadcasts. His radio

recordings for the BBC during the late 1940s brought him to the public's

attention and he was used by the Corporation as a populist voice of the

literary scene.

However Dylan came into the spotlight through one of his poems .Some parts

of the poems (which was written in 1951) are given here .

Just tell me why ?.

( poem on next page )

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

__________________________________

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

____________________________________

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay

_____________________________________

( incomplete and edited )

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Question 39.

X is a device used in fiction, particularly in comics and animation, to explain

why characters age little or not at all over a period of time — despite real-

world markers like notable events, people and technology appearing in the

works and correlating with the real world. This is seen most clearly in the case

of comic book characters who debuted as teens in the 1940s or the 1960s but

who are still relatively young in current comics . Events from the characters'

pasts are alluded to, but they are changed from having taken place years

ago to having taken place more recently. Popular examples in TV shows

include Family Guy , The Simpsons , etc.

Just give X.

(Hint : Time only flows in one direction )

Safety First !!

Floating Timeline

Question 40.

X is a 2010 romantic horror film written

and directed by Matt Reeves and

starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë

Grace Moretz . It is a remake of the

2008 Swedish film Y (Låt den Rätte

Komma In), directed by Tomas

Alfredson, and the novel of the same

name by John Ajvide Lindqvist . It tells

the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy

who develops a friendship with a

vampire child in Los Alamos , New

Mexico in the early 1980s.Y contained

what critics called one of the most

artistic death scene ever .

Identify either X or Y .

( scene from Y is next slide )

Poster for X

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(X) (Y)

Question 37.

The idea for the series began in 2003 when Lloyd Braun, then the Chairman of ____, during a meeting of the network's executives pitched the show as a cross between the 2000 drama movie starring Tom Hanks and a popular reality TV Show Y which the first highly rated and profitable reality show on broadcast television in the U.S and was renewed for its 30th season in 2015. X was one of dozens of ideas to emerge from the meeting that got circulated to Hollywood agencies and producers to see if any attracted any interest. A few weeks later, veteran producer Aaron Spelling said he wanted to do X and ABC ordered a pilot script. When the script arrived in December, Braun hated it. A rewrite in January was even worse. Braun then contacted J.J. Abrams (co-creator, executive producer, writer, theme music composer, director for the series) . Although initially hesitant, Abrams gave it a go. Their script was greenlit, but because it had been commissioned so late , X was under very tight deadlines. Ironically, before the pilot aired Lloyd Braun was sacked by ____’s parent company, Disney - for greenlighting such an expensive and risky project . The pilot for X cost more than $10 million making it one of the most expensive pilot episode of all time . However the gamble paid off when approximately 20 million people watched the pilot . TV Guide ranked the episode fifth on a list of the top 100 television episodes of all time .

Give X . (Bonus points for Y)

Question 38.

New York restaurateur and chef Al Yeganeh, reopened his New York location

according to MSNBC reports in 2011. Yeganeh takes pride in calling his

restaurant a disciplined place where people can eat delicious food in peace .

He had closed the Manhattan location in 2004 after selling the rights to The

__________ , which currently operates 22 franchise locations in the U.S. and

Canada. According to MSNBC, more than 100 people showed up for the

reopening of the original 55th street soup shop yesterday. Quite a few

referenced X as their motivation for checking out the place and even called

him X .

_________ took interest in Yeganeh’s place after it became popular due to

something that happened in 1995 .

Give X .

The Soup Nazi Al Yeganeh is the real life Soup Nazi (Seinfeld)

Round 9 : Final Voyage !

Rules :

Infinite Pounce

Clockwise

+15/-10 on pounce

+10/0 on direct

Question 41.

During a meeting with tech giant CEOs in December, X asked CEO Reed

Hastings if he could have advanced copies of new Y episodes in advance of

the release date. Hastings replied by asking X if he would like to cameo on the

series. X politely declined by not responding .

This is supposedly to have led to X writing the famous tweet about the show Y

Id both X and Y.

(Hint for Y : The famous police procedure drama series , 2002-2008)

SAFETY FIRST !!

Question 42.

This particular scene being talked about was shot on the last day on shooting .

X had a very busy schedule and thus did not have time to rehearse his lines .

Other than scouting for the location of the scene together with the director ,

they did not have time for any retakes . On the last day of the shoot X showed

up for the shot completely prepared and nailed his monologue . However X

actually drank Tobasco Sauce between shots for this particular monologue .

The producer _____ thought that this was some kind of method acting which X

used to get into the pain of the character. However X later revealed that he

did so because the sauce helped him to produce saliva which kept his mouth

from drying during the long speech .

Identify X and the movie .

SAFETY FIRST !!

Christopher Walken , Pulp Fiction

Question 43.

Louis Jude "Lou" Ferrigno is an American actor, fitness

trainer/consultant, and retired professional

bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won a Mr.

America title and two consecutive Mr. Universe titles.

He has either played or voiced a particular character

in every live action version of the character since 1978

. He will resume this role in the upcoming movie later

this year containing this character.

Which character ?

(Ferrigno's handprints at

Disney's Hollywood Studios

theme park)

SAFETY FIRST !!

The Hulk

The Incredible Hulk (1977)

The Incredible Hulk (1978–82) – TV series

The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)

The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989)

The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990)

The Incredible Hulk (1996)

Hulk (2003)

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

The Avengers (2012)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Question 44 .

All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on

the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. The

show ranked number-one in the yearly Nielsen ratings from 1971 to

1976. It became the first television series to reach the milestone of

having topped the Nielsen ratings for five consecutive years, a mark

later matched by The Cosby Show and surpassed by American Idol .

However he series' opening theme song/sequence "Those Were The Days“ has

been immortalized in some other way .

Give funda.

( Video on next slide )

SAFETY FIRST !!

Family Guy Opening Sequence is inspired from this show

Question 45.

The origin story of X is linked with Y . In Y’s origin story , the superhero gets his

superpower in the course of saving a blind man from the path of an oncoming

truck . Y is blinded by a radioactive canister that falls from the vehicle when it

hits him on the head. The radioactive exposure heightens his remaining senses

beyond normal human thresholds, enabling him to detect the shape and

location of objects around him. The same canister rolls along the road and falls

into the sewer drain , and dowses the small _______ there , thus mutating them

into X . Movie starring X released in 2014 and a TV series starring Y is scheduled

to release on April 10 , 2015 .

Give both X and Y

SAFETY FIRST !!

X= TMNT , Y = Daredevil

Question 46.

X is a former coffee shop and well known example of Googie architecture

located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles,

California. Architects Louis Armét and Eldon Davis of Armét & Davis designed

the building, contributing to their reputation as the premier designers of Space

Age or Googie coffee. X is spelled in massive neon lights and flashing

incandescent lightbulbs on the building's striped roof. The restaurant was

purchased in 1994 by the Gold family, founders of the 99 Cents Only Stores,

and closed in 2000. The family leases the X parking lot to the Wilshire Boulevard

99 Cents Only outlet two doors away. The restaurant is seen in several movies,

including Volcano (the on starring Tommy Lee Jones ) , The Big Lebowski ,

Reservoir Dogs , American History X Gone in 60 Seconds (with Nicolas Cage)

and many other movies . Nowadays the coffee shop is only shooting purposes

.

Just name it .

Hint : The name is the name of a person (a pretty common one )

SAFETY FIRST !!

Question 47.

Between 1967 and 1972 there were 147 attempted skyjacks in the U.S. One of

those skyjacks was “pulled off” by X . X paid $20 for a one-way flight from

Portland to Seattle aboard Northwest Orient Flight 305 on Thanksgiving Eve in

1971. Once in flight, he handed the flight attendant a note that read, "I have a

bomb in my briefcase. I will use it if necessary. I want you to sit next to me. You

are being hijacked." When the plane landed his demands for $200,000 and

four parachutes were met, the passengers were released and the plane took

off again.

It’s believed that at around 8:11 pm , X jumped into a storm from the plane .

Despite an extensive manhunt and an ongoing FBI investigation, the

perpetrator has never been located or positively identified.

While X endangered the lives of 42 people and caused

immeasurable inconvenience for many others, his bold,

adventurous, unprecedented crime inspired a cult following,

expressed through song, film and literature . He is remembered in

Ariel, Washington, with a "Cooper Day" event held annually on

the weekend after Thanksgiving weekend, and elsewhere with

Cooper-themed promotions held by restaurants and bowling

alleys. Cooper has also been used in the storylines of such

popular TV series as White Collar, NewsRadio, and Numb3rs, as

well as a book titled The Vesuvius Prophecy, based on The 4400

TV series.

In Prison Break X is portrayed by Muse Watson . The backstories

regarding X have been kept nearly the same (He stole 5 million

rather than 200 K ) and the money stolen by him becomes an

important plot device for some seasons .

Just name the character .

Character X in ( Prison Break )

SAFETY FIRST !!

Dan B. Cooper

Question 48.

Shown in the following video are the last scene of The Great Train Robbery

(1903) . In what way has this scene been popularized in the pop culture ?

( Hint : Something iconic in pop culture has been inspired from these scenes )

(Video on next slide)

SAFETY FIRST !!

Goodfellas End Scenes