bitotsav '14 entertainment quiz - prelims
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X’s original name is only pronounceable in a obscure, extinct dialect.
X’s father both fathered and uncle-d X. Because never learned to say his original name, his father died of shame (which is still a terminal disease where he comes from).
He chose the name X because he thought it would be ‘nicely inconspicuous’.
1*.Id X
Ford Prefect
Congress poster making its rounds based on poster for GOW, titled Gangs of Chorpur.
Tagline implies that the people would be exploited till the next election.
2. Id the blanked out faces
Narendra Modi, Common Man
Next slide shows a screenshot of the movie Shatranj Ke Khiladi, directed by Styajit Ray.
Id the man seated, who plays General Outram. He is himself an Academy-Award winning director and frequent actor.
3.
Richard Attenborough
4. Id the movie.
X of the intestinal tract is a fairly rare condition, and the literature on this subject presents a confusing picture in which microscopic details are obscure. The condition may occur in any potion of alimentary tract, the seats of election being the stomach, lower ileum, and rectum.
Id X and give the Bollywood connection.
5.
Lymphosarcoma of the intestine Anand
Vihir Family – Ties of Blood Antarmahal : Views of the Inner Chamber Viruddh… Family Comes First Aks Major Saab Mrityudata Ullaasam Saat Rang Ke Sapne Tere Mere Sapne Bombay
6. Connect
Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd.
ABCL
7*. Id the Speaker
Milkha Singh
X has admitted that she made a mistake by pairing off Y with Z rather than with W in her best-selling books.
The author said she brought Y and Z together for “very personal reasons”, not because they were a “credible” couple.
She told Wonderland magazine in a rare interview: "I wrote the Y/Z relationship as a form of wish fulfilment. That's how it was conceived, really.“For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Y ended up with Z."
8. Id W, X, Y, Z.
W-Harry Potter X- J K Rowling Y- Hermione Granger Z- Ron Weasley
9. This painting featured heavily in a recent work of fiction. Id the book.
Painting showed is Botticelli’s map of Hell.
Inferno
If you walk out in the streets of Ahmedabad on 14th January, you are very likely to hear this phrase being shouted from the rooftops.
Which phrase?
10.
Kai Po Che
11. Absolut Ad for which city ?
Absolut New York
12*. Campaign for:
No TV Day- 29 Jan 2011
Concerned about censors, the film’s producers cosidered changing her name to “Kitty Y”, but decided to keep the original name after ther the British newspapers began to refer to the actress who was preparing for the role, Honor Blackman, as X in the lead-up to production.
The Rolex GMT-Master reference 6542 is nicknamed X Y due to the fact the movie character wears this particular watch.
13 X Y?
Pussy Galore
From Pole to Pole Mountains Fresh Water Caves Deserts Ice World Great Plains Jungles Shallow Seas Seasonal Forests Ocean Deep
14. Connect
BBC’s Planet Earth
This serial was aired in Sri Lanka on Sirasa TV every weekday at 8:00 pm. In this telecast, it is dubbed into Sinhala and the name of the drama is changed to ‘Maha Gedara’ (meaning ‘big home’ in Sinhalese).
15*
Kyunki Saas bhi Kabhi Bahu thi
16. What is the significance of above snap?
It was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. His body was designed out of circles in order to make the character simple to animate, which is most noticeable in his ears. This made him easily recognizable to audience and made his ears an unofficial personal trademark.
In 1978, it became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
17. Who?
Mickey Mouse
18. Id the logo
Al Zazeera
In the DC Multiverse, the Riddler has an antimatter counterpart who makes up for his lack of superpowers with his incredibly high IQ and knowledge of almost all disciplines. What‘s he called?
19
Enigma
20.
A rare interview...
Which magzine?
Playboy
21. Id the series.
Breaking Bad
This place is a neighbourhood in the Andheri east suburb of Mumbai, India. It gets its name from the important road junction on the Andheri-Kurla road connecting the eastern and western suburbs of city. Which slang have its origin from the name of the place?
22*. Which Place?
Teri Maa Ka Saki Naka
X is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson andBjörn Ulvaeus, former members of the band.
23. Id X
Mamma Mia
Earlier versions of this gadget were called Lazy Bones, Flashmatic or Space Command.
What is being talked about ?
24.
Remote Control.
Some of the songs from this recently releasedalbum include:- NEELKANTH She enters his life NATRAJ-God of Dance Har Har Mahadev Bhadra Bam Bhole Shiva Sanware Simply, name this album
25.
Immortals of Meluha