crescendo quiz

CRESCENDO ’16

QUIZ

ROUND 1: FILMSPOUNCE AND BOUNCE

1.+10 on normal turn2.+20/-10 on pounce.

1.X took a job with BEST as a bus conductor in Bombay. While thus employed, he continued to nurture his desire to work in films and entertained his passengers with amusing routines, hoping that he would at some point be spotted by someone with connection to the movie industry. Y saw him, perhaps on a bus or perhaps while X was amusing the cast of Hulchul, a film for which he had obtained a bit part, with an extemporized routine as a drunk. Later, Z, gave him the famous name, a reference to the brand of Scotch whisky, when he was inspired by X's display in the role of a drunkard. ID X.

Johnny walkar

2.Man, Woman and Child is a novel by Erich Segal. It details the lives of a couple Robert and Sheila Beckwith and their daughters Jessica and Paula. Erich Segal adapted his novel into a screenplay and the film was released into theatres in 1983. Interestingly, the bollywood adaptation of this novel, X, was also released in the same year. Actually X was a remake of the Malayalam film Olangal which was an adaptation of this Erich Segal novel. X received five Filmfare Awards and was highly acclaimed. Give me X

Masoom

3. During World War 2 a businessman X saves many jews from the jaws of death by enrolling them in his factory. Those jews came to be known as Y and in today’s world population of descendants of Y is more than that of total jews in Poland. The film Z is based on this whole incident. ID Y.

Schindler’s Jews

4.The finale episode of a popular TV series is so named because of the following reasons:1. The name is a direct reference to the episode being the "Finale"2. The title is inspired by a character in a Marty Robbins song, a song which can be heard playing at a crucial moment in the finale3. The 3 components of the title represent blood, ____, and tearsId the TV series and the title of the finale.

Fe+Li+NaBreaking BadFe Iron in blood Lithium in Meth and salt in tears implying Na

1. Knowledge of Literature – nil.2. Knowledge of Philosophy – nil.3. Knowledge of Astronomy – nil.4. Knowledge of Politics – Feeble.5. Knowledge of Botany – Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium and poisons generally.

Knows nothing of practical gardening.6. Knowledge of Geology – Practical, but limited. 7. Knowledge of Chemistry – Profound.8. Knowledge of Anatomy – Accurate, but unsystematic.9. Knowledge of Sensational Literature – Immense.10. Plays the violin well.11. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer and swordsman.12. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.

ID this GREAT!

5.

SHERLOCK HOLMES

6. Bhakta Vidur is a 1921 silent Indian film directed by Kanjibhai Rathod. In this film,the Hindu mythological character Vidura was moulded on the personality of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. • The film was released just after the Rowlatt Act was passed in India and showed many of the contemporary issues happening across the country at that point in time. • What dubious first is attributed to Bhakta Vidur?

First Indian Film to be banned.

Round 2. MELA Picture round. Note down the answers on a sheet of paper. +10/-5.

Identify the movie from their posters.

GREED:+50 to the pools which answers all 9 correctly.

1. MEMENTO2. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS3. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION4. A BEAUTIFUL MIND5. THE IMITATION GAMES6. PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER7. SIXTH SENSE8. PATHER PANCHALI9. THE SHINING

SPORTS QUIZ

POUNCE AND BOUNCE

1..X said in an interview "When you’re young, it is important to have dreams. I always wanted to be either a bullfighter or footballer but my mother was a little scared of me becoming a bullfighter. So I opted for football which was less dangerous." After emerging through Sevilla's youth academy, X has represented Spain at the international level while for Y at the club level.Identify X and Y

SERGIO RAMOS

2.Robert kelly Slater is known for his mastery in a particular sport X. He has been crowned world title champion 11 times which is a record by itself.He as aslo appeared in various movies and a famous TV series alongside Pamela Anderson.Identify X.

SURFING

3.There were calls to boycott X products given their association with Thierry Henry, after a handball by Henry went undetected by referees and allowed France to knock Ireland out of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Marketing experts have highlighted "the curse of X", given the mishaps that happen to sports stars associated with the brand. And name an Indian sportsperson belonging to X.

GILLETE RAHUL DRAVID

4.The first ever official test match commenced on 15 March 1877, between AUS and ENG at the MCG, Melbourne. X had the honour of facing the first ball ever bowled in Test cricket and scoring the first ever run in Test cricket. In the same Match, he also went on to score the First Hundred in Test Cricket scoring 165 runs. Australia was bowled out for a meagre total of 245. X scored 67.34% of total runs and still after 138 years of cricket holds the world record for that. Y, recently came close to break X’s record but got out after scoring 94 and West Indies were bowled out for 148. Y’s Brother Z is currently part of the team in T20 World Cup 2016. In IPL Auction 2016, Z was sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4.2 crore. A4 Id X & Z.

X: Charles Bannerman Y: Kraigg Brathwaite Z: Carlos Brathwaite

5.X was a keen cricketer, he played 10 first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He also played for the amateur cricket team the Allahakbarries alongside authors J. M. Barrie and A. A. Milne. He was an occasional bowler and took just one first-class wicket and that too of the greatest English batsman of the era . X was knighted in the year 1902. William Y was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire and MCC between 1873 and 1886. Y is also said to have umpired in the first non- first class game featuring X. X had a respect for Y and considered him as a brotherly figure. And hence, in some sense later made ‘popular’ association with Y. Id X & Y.

X: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Y: Mycroft

6.X had lost 3 of his toes in an accident when he was just 14-year-old, when forklift truck had drove over him. He had said that it was the worst pain he's ever felt in his life. When X was in the hospital, his father had asked Jeff Crowe if a New Zealand player could visit him (to make his soon feel better). Stephen Fleming, the then New Zealand captain, visited him at the hospital the next day. X was seen pointing two fingers to Mcmillan in the match against West Indies in WC’15 as he became only the second batsman after Craig Mcmillan to hit the top of the roof at the Westpac Stadium, Wellington. Who?

Martin Guptill

PICTURE ROUND+10/-5++50 for all correct.

1. W G GRACE2. KIM RAIKOKEN3. ANTOINE GRIEZMANN4. MOIN ALI5. MICHAEL PHELPS6. MAHARAJA RANJIT SINHJI7. ISCO8. MUHAMMAD ALI9. STEPH CURRY

INDIA

POUNCE AND BOUNCE

1. What traditional folk-dance of the Bhils, associated with the state of Rajasthan, consists of women twirling in circles?

GHOOMAR

2. "Double ka meetha" is an iconic Hyderabadi sweet dish. What is the main ingredient of this, referenced by the word "Double"?

Bread ("double roti")

3. As per the Treaty of Amritsar of 1846, Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu had to acknowledge the supremacy of the British Government by annually presenting to it: one horse, twelve goats of approved breed, and three pairs of what item of clothing?

Cashmere shawls/Pashmina shawls

4.Connect the following dates- 1. 26th October 1962-10th January 1968 2. 3rd December 1971-21st March 1977(extended along with the third time frame) 3. 25th June 1975- 21st March 1977

Emergency years in India

5. X was born as Mahesh Das in 1528, in a village near Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was given the name X which is derived from Vir Var which means courageous and great, quite contrary for him since he was not known for his bravery or for his military skill.

Birbal

6. In 1306–07, ____________ completed two campaigns.With the help of his slave general Malik Kafur,Large parts of South India were brought under his control.He Also possessed the Koh-i-noor.FITB

Alauddin Khilji

Picture roundNot going to repeat the rules :P

1. Gautam Adani2. P K Kelkar3. M F Hussain4. Anish Kapoor5. Shah Jahan6. Rajeev Motwani7. Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya8. Cyrus Mistry9. Faneshwarnath Renu

RESULTS

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