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Direction reverses mid-way

X, a former West Indian cricketer made his debut against India and played county cricket for Somerset and Glamorgan. He has been voted as one of the cricketers of the 20th Century by Wisden.

Y is a famous Indian television and film actress who has acted in movies like Utsav and Khalnayak and television serials Bharat Ek Khoj and Jassi Jaisi koi Nahin.

X had a brief relationship with Y with whom he has a daughter.Identify X and Y.

1 Cricket Mania

Answer

Viv Richards / Neena Gupta

X, one of eight siblings, was born in Hong Kong, to a Muslim father, raised in Hawaii and later moved to her mother's home country, England. She started modelling at the age of 14, in London.

Her modeling work led her to be discovered by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in a movie released in 2003, in a foreign country, Y. Since then, she's not looked back and currently enjoys the status of a superstar in the country Y.

Who is X and what is Y?

2 Sizzling beauty

Answer

Katrina Kaif / India

X is a singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He is best known for his soulful but strikingly simple ballad-style singing and melodious voice. He's had two marriages and his first wife appeared in a song video from his first Indipop album. He had an uncomfortable relationship with his father, who was a bollywood actor himself.

His wanderlust has taken him many places. He has bred horses, worked in oil rigs, sold carpets, worked in New Zealand and is a farmer with a strong opinion on organic methods in farming.

One of his notable roles came in a movie that was a remake of a famous Quentin Tarantino movie.

3 My name is X and I am not a terrorist

Answer

Lucky Ali

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

Identify the TV show from the above number sequence

4 Numerology

Answer

Lost

1983 – Prudential

1987 – Reliance

1992 – Benson & Hedges

1996 _________________

Fill in the blanks

5 An easy one

Answer

Wills Cup

X was born in a Tamil Iyer family in Palakkad. She was first noticed in the Indian sitcom Hum Paanch, where she portrayed the role of Radhika Mathur for some time. X made her Hindi film debut with the movie Y (2005), where she acted opposite Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt.

This performance earned her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination. She has also acted in the comedy movie Z, which has had a strong cultural impact in India, due to the ideology made popular by it.

6 The Nariyal Award Recipient

Answer

Vidya Balan

This song X was nominated for a Grammy Award for best pop performance by a group. The song shares its name with a famous Indi-Pop song in which the singer was literally “X” while singing the song.The Indian song X was the claim to fame of its singer Y, who is currently part of one of the most successful music composer singer trio in India. What is X and who is Y?

7 Indi-Pop Connection

Answer

Breathless / Shankar Mahadevan

He is of mixed Irish, Dutch, English, and French descent on his father's side, and of Italian ancestry on his mother's; he is almost always cast as Italian. When X auditioned for the role that would shoot him to fame, he only had $11 to his name.

His most notable movie roles have been in the films Ed (1996), Lost in Space (1998), Charlie's Angels (2000) and All the Queen's Men (2001). Who is X?

8

Answer

Robert De Niro

9

Shown here are five movie posters. Connect and name all five movies.

Answer

Martin ScorseseShutter Island, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas,

Casino, Departed

On 30 April 1993, at Hamburg, a 38-year old psychologically abnormal German Gunter Parche did something that shook the sporting world. What did he do?

10 Aces and Deuces

Answer

Stabbed Monica Seles

11

ABC is an Indian film director, actor, writer and producer. He has appeared on TV serials and his most famous role was in the crime thriller CID. He’s also done side roles in the movies Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and Chamatkar, both featuring Shah Rukh Khan.

He made his directorial debut in 1993, but his first two movies went unnoticed in Bollywood. He rose to fame with his third movie, in 2001, which won him numerous awards.

He’s known as the ‘Actor’s Director’ and his movies are typically popular with the critics.

12

Answer

Ashutosh Gowarikar

Manchester United

Preston North End

Real Madrid

Los Angeles Galaxy

________________

FITB

13

Answer

Milan(Clubs of Beckham)

X is a popular singer, songwriter and guitarist and is the best-selling Canadian Male Arist of all time. X is commonly associated with the arena rock genre and is sometimes labelled as a pop-rock musician.

He performs rock songs, ballads and mid-tempo tracks. He is a well-known photographer and his photos have been published in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Esquire etc. He’s got a fan base comprising people from all ages and both genders and has toured India thrice, the most recent being in 2006.

14

Answer

Bryan Adams

‘The Theory of Everything’ is a song by the band Barenaked Ladies.

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...The Earth began to cool,The autotrophs began to drool,Neanderthals developed tools,We built a wall (we built the pyramids),Math, science, history, unravelling the mysteries,_______________________________________

FITB

15

Answer

Big Bang Theory

16 Connect

HUNTER

HEARST

HELMSLEY

Answer

WWE (The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin)

His stint with advertising began in 1987, with Allwyn’s Trendy Watch campaign. He went on to compose more than 300 ad films – Boost with Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar, MRF Tyres, Premier Pressure cooker, Asian Paints, Hero Puch, etc.

He also owns Panchathan Record Inn, one of India’s most advanced studios. Who? 

17

Answer

AR Rahman

This is one of the most popular TV Show themes you might have heard during childhood.

Where?

18 Don’t fear this question!

Answer

Aahat Tune

X is a popular song composed and sung by Roy Orbison, in 1964. The song acted as an inspiration for the song Y, which featured in a movie starring Shah Rukh Khan, directed by Nikhil Advani.

It was one of the few instances when Bollywood film makers complied with international copyright laws and obtained the license to use X.

19

Answer

Pretty Woman

X shot to fame playing the role of Doogie Howser, M.D, a child prodigy, who becomes a doctor at the age of 16. He returned to TV in 2005, playing the role of Y, in the sitcom Z.

The character Y is shown to be a opportunist, serial womanizer, manipulative, and is known to get into weird challenges. He lives by his own rules, which he has also penned down in a book.

He has featured as himself in the two Harold and Kumar movies.

20

His paternal grandparents emigrated to the United Kingdom from Grenada in the 1950s. His parents named him after a US multiple-gold medal winning athlete.

He began karting at the age of eight, and quickly began winning races and championships. At age ten, he approached McLaren F1 team boss Ron Dennis and told him, "I'm going to race for you one day... I'm going to race for McLaren". He’s also the youngest F-1 driver’s champion.

21

Answer

Lewis Hamilton

X made her bollywood singing debut at the age of 10, singing for the movie Chachi 420. Her second song came in Hey Ram, where she sang the bilingual versions of the title theme, Rama Rama, in Hindi and in Tamil. She also made her cinematic debut in the movie.

She's had a cameo appearance as the daughter of Vallabhbhai Patel in the biopic of Mahatma Gandhi. Apart from this, she's also the vocalist of an alternative rock band The Extramentals.

22

Answer

Shruti Hassan

23 What is this group of men more popularly known as?

Answer

Fox River Eight (From the TV series Prison Break)

This sport features two major ‘Grips’, the Penholder, more popular with the Asians and the Shakehand, which is generally preferred by the players from the West. Which sport am I talking about?

24

Answer

Table Tennis

We reverse the order now

THE MOVIE GRIDCharacters Taglines Oscars

Filmfare Bollywood Hollywood Movie Quotes

Comedy Drama True Stories

Sci-Fi Romantic Sports

Animation Movie Posters

Theme Songs

Characters

Danny Denzogpa was offered to play the role of this character, but he was too busy doing Feroz Khan’s Dharmatma that he declined the role. Though he doesn’t regret doing so, but the character went on to become one of the greatest characters of all times in Indian Cinema. Identify the character.

Answer

Gabbar

Taglines

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.“Name the movie.

Answer

Shawshank redemption

Oscars

All About Eve is an American drama film, nominated for 14 Academy Awards - a feat that was unparalleled for almost half a century (47 years to be exact). Which Hollywood blockbuster was the second movie to garner 14 Oscar nominations?

Answer

Titanic

Filmfare awards

Selected by Time Magazine as one of the 10 best movies of the year from across the Globe, this Sanjay Leela Bhansali Film made an all-time record at the Filmfare awards by winning eleven records.

Answer

Black

The Bollywood Hollywood Connection

Two of Robin Williams greatest comedies have been made into smashing Bollywood hits. While one deals with the true life story of Hunter Adams, a medical doctor who became famous for his unconventional approach to medicine; the other deals with an actor disguising himself as a female housekeeper. Name the four movies.

Answer

Patch Adams = Munnabhai MBBSMrs. Doubtfire = Chachi 420

Movie QuotesA: You are Omaticaya now. You may make your bow from the wood of Hometree. And you may choose a woman. We have many fine women. Ninat is the best singer.B: I don't want Ninat.A: Peyral is a good hunter.B: Yes, she is a good hunter. But I've already chosen. But this woman must also choose me.A: (smiles) She already has.[They kiss]

Identify A,B and the movie.

Answer

Nyetri = Joe SaldanaJake Sully = Sam Worthington

Comedy

From these screenshots, identify the movie

Answer

The Devil Wears Prada

Nadiya Ke Paar is a 1982 Hindi film that ran houseful for years in a movie theatre in Allahabad. This movie was later remade into another Hindi superhit by the same production company that ran houseful for years throughout India. Name the remake and the production company.

Drama

Answer

Hum Aapke Hain Kaun / Rajshree

True StoriesThis historical drama film describes a story that takes place in a country in the midst of a civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes. It is the story of a hotelier Paul Rusesabagina trying to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees, by granting them shelter in the besieged Hôtel des Mille Collines.

Answer

Hotel Rwanda

Sci-FiX is a 2003 sci-fi movie featuring Ben Affleck Uma Thurman and Paul Giamatti in which he designs a machine that can predict the future.

Y is an Indian sci-fi movie inspired by the plot of X in which a similar machine is developed by Z when he gets to see his son (which is also played by Z).

Answer

Paycheck / Krrish / Hrithik Roshan

Romantic

Identify this love triangleViren

Oberoi

Aditi Malhotra

Karen Fernande

s

Answer

Socha Na Tha

Sports

Featuring Kurt Russel, this American sports biopic is based on the 1980 Winter Olympics Victory by Men’s hockey team led by coach Herb Brooks.

Unluckily Herb expired before the movie released and the final scenes show the actual pictures from the event as a dedication to Herb Brooks.

Answer

Miracle

Animation

An interpunct is a small dot used for interword separation in ancient Latin script. One of the most successful Pixar movies used an interpunct in its name for promotional purposes. Name the movie.

Answer

Wall E

Movie Posters

Answer

The Prestige

Theme Songs

The song “Eye of the Tiger” was written and performed by the rock band Survivor at the request of the lead actor of this movie after he was unable to obtain permission for Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust”.

Identify this sports based movie.

Answer

Rocky

In sporting parlance, what does the term WAGs refer to?

40 Groupies

Answer

Wives and Girlfriends

X is an Indian singer who started his career, and rose to fame with the band Silk Route. He released two albums, Boondein and Pehchan with Silk Route. He had success before acting with the song "Dooba Dooba" from the album Boondein. The album debuted at number one on the album chart and won several awards at the Channel V awards in 1998.

The band dissolved and in 2008, he released the solo album Kalam, for which he composed and sung. He has also took part in the television reality series Mission Ustaad on the entertainment channel 9X. He regularly sings for Bollywood movies these days.

41

Answer

Mohit Chauhan

The title graphic of which popular TV show shows the Earth turning into a Solar Eclipse, featuring an instance of Baily’s beads with the show logo and a musical interlude written by the show creator Tim Kring.

42

Answer

Heroes

Dalip Singh Rana, famously known as X was born on 27 August 1972 to Jwala Ram and Tandi Devi. He was an officer in the Punjab state police and won Mr. India in 1995 and 1996. X is named after Indian Goddess whose name means the “The Black One”.

He married Harminder Kaur on February 27, 2002 and says he is a vegetarian, abhorring tobacco and alcohol. He has appeared in 2 Hollywood movies thus far.

43

Answer

Khali

X is a "famous’ personality in Bollywood. He started his career with his production house, which produced television serials for such as Andaz & Amar Prem.

The debut album and debut movie of X share the same title.

He entered into music direction through the movie 'Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya' in 1998. His playback singing signalled his rise to fame, and he is also the first singer and composer to perform at Wembley Stadium & Heineken Music Hall. He was actively involved in mentoring and judging Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge. His group was called "Rock" Gharana.

Needless to say, he has a ‘cult’ following in India. Who is this distinguised personality?

44

Answer

Himesh Reshamiya

Archie Bunker is a fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television sitcom All in the Family.

He is a reactionary, bigoted, conservative blue-collar worker and family man, played to acclaim by Carroll O'Connor. TV Guide named Archie the greatest television character of all time. He’s shown to be a Xenophobic, particularly evident in his dislike for the Brits, Germans and colored people.

He’s been the inspiration for the character X on the show Y. The creators of the show Y have mentioned that when they were discussing the idea for the show, it occurred to them that “if we could have a little Archie Bunker on their show as well, that’d be great.”

45

• 4 Sets of Clues• Each slide represents one clue• Scoring schemes for set 1-4 : +30/-15, +20/-10, +10/-5, +5/0

46 MEGA CONNECT

SET 1

Edward Cole: Kopi Luwak is the world's most expensive coffee. Though for some, it falls under the category of "too good to be true." In the Sumatran village, where the beans are grown, lives a breed of wild tree cat. These cats eat the beans, digest them and then... defecate.

Edward Cole: The villagers then collect and process the stools. It is the combination of the beans and the gastric juices of the tree cat that give Kopi Luwac...[Carter starts laughing]

Edward Cole: ...its unique flavor... and aroma. You're shitting me!

SET 2

Stanley Kubrick's epic nightmare of horror

He Came As The Caretaker, But This Hotel Had Its Own Guardians - Who'd Been There A Long Time

SET 3

SET 4

1.

2. 3.

Answer

Jack Nicholson

Which ballgame is known as futebol totó in Brazil, piłkarzyki in Poland(meaning small football players), and taca –taca in Chile (to describe the sound made when playing)?

47 Think beyond Ludo and Carrom

Answer

Foosball

X is an Indian television show that first aired on Doordarshan in 1989. The show was a satire on the socio-cultural problems faced by the common man in India at the time. Although only 10 episodes of the show were ever produced, the show has had a long and powerful legacy.

The show was shot completely in Chandigarh. The cast remained the same in every episode, although they played different characters as each episode essayed a different story.

48

Answer

Flop Show

Indian cricket owes a lot to Madhav Mantri for having spotted a birth mark on his nephew, otherwise we would have missed a great cricketing talent as an unknown fisherman.Who is his nephew?

49

Answer

Sunil Gavaskar

ABC is a style of piano-based blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Whilst the blues traditionally depicts a variety of emotions, ABC is mainly associated with dancing.

ABC is also the name of a very popular show on Indian Television. It’s been one of the longest running shows, starting in 1998 and continuing till date. A few celebrities have also taken part in the show, including Juhi Chawla, Esha Deol, Dia Mirza, Govinda, Vivek Oberoi and Ritesh Deshmukh. It was one of the earliest shows in its genre and now has triggered launch of numerous other shows based on the theme.

50

Answer

Boogie Woogie

Which town was founded by the grandfather of ex-IPL commissioner in Ghaziabad district in UP?

51

Answer

Modinagar

STAR PARIVAR

• 7 answers – all connected

• Relative scoring: For every answer, Number of points = 5 * Number of teams that didn’t give the answer

• Write all answers on your paper

A

B D

C F

G

E

A is one of the most prominent scriptwriter and lyricist in India

B is the wife of A and herself a prominent scriptwriter C made his acting debut in a film written by B and also

starred as an Indian superhero in a film, again written by B

D is the wife of A and has won a record 5 time national award for best actress

E is the niece of D and a talented Bollywood actress who now does films mostly in parallel cinema

F if the niece of B and one of the most prominent Indian choreographers

G is the brother of F

Answer

Javed AkhtarHoney IraniHrithik RoshanShabana AzmiTabuFarah KhanSazid Khan