The MMS Quiz

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What did this poster of ‘The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) ‘ inspire in Bollywood

2What is the next team in the list?

• Manchester United

• Preston North End

• Real Madrid

• Los Angeles Galaxy

• ________________

• Jerry Pinto’s the Life and Times on an H-Bomb is based on which person, who has also been awarded a Padma Shri ?

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4.>ID Him ?

ID The Gal With The blackened face?

• 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?

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• This song created a furore due to perceived hidden connotations in it's lyrics,causing its producer(a legendary film actor) to issue a media statement that he doesn't understand why there's uproar about the song, specifically the word '________', is just a name. He says that the people who label the word to be something else, are saying what's on their mind. Fill in the Blank.

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8*Where will you find this signboard

9ID Movie

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.

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• X 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

11ID X , Y and Z

• Tailors were brought from Delhi to stitch the costumes, specialists from Surat-Khambayat were employed for the embroidery, Hyderabadi goldsmiths made the jewellery, Rajasthani ironsmiths crafted the weapons, and the footwear was ordered from Agra.For the climax, 2000 camels, 4000 horses and 8000 troops were used,many of them soldiers on loan from the Indian Army.It was the costliest film of its time and had a song shot at Sheesh Mahal.Name the movie.

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13*. Funda Please

• Ex test cricketer Madhav Mantri spotted a birth mark on his nephew, otherwise he would have got exchanged with a fisherman’s baby.And when this nephew,as a teenager,wanted to wear Mantri’s Team India blazer,he was refused and was told he would have to earn one himself to wear it.

• Who is the nephew?

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15. What Does This Map Depict?

X once said in a Reader’s Digest interview, "I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, Y was much better than something more interesting, like 'Peregrine Carruthers'. Exotic things would happen to and around him, but he would be a neutral figure - an anonymous, blunt instrument wielded by a government department."

Identify X and Y.

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17*ID the band

18The song is “I’ll Be There for You” .Name the band and

the TV show which has it as the soundtrack

ID the painter (a Bollywood Superstar)

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20*Put Funda

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22ID them and Why will they be in news this year?

23ID her

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25ID Movie

The following is a list of films by a particular director.Name him?• Sheela Ki Jawani (2010 Released)• Lage Raho Partner (2009) (Under Production)• Gabbar Singh (6 April 2007) (Released)• Free Entry (21 April 2006) (Released)• Marna Zaroori Hai (2006) (Post-Production)• Angoor (4 November 2005) (Released)• Garam (11 February 2005) (Released)• Darwaza (26 September 2003) (Released)• Shaadi Basanti ki Honeymoon Gabbar ka(20

September 2002) (Released)• Duplicate Sholay (26 April 2002) (Released)

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• Born : February 16, 1978, • Major teams :  India, India A, Royal

Challengers Bangalore• Batting style : Right-hand bat• Test debut : India v South Africa at

Mumbai, Feb 24-26, 2000 • Last Test : India v South Africa at

Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008• Who is he and why has he been in

the news recently?

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• The United Civil Front is a Russian opposition party started in 2005 aimed at "dismantling the currently existing system to to preserve the Russians’ right to elect a responsible government, both in presidential and parliamentary elections."Who is the founder of this organization?

• HINT : He is a legendary name in the field of sports.

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• PETA India’s Hottest Male and Female Vegetarians of 2011

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