renaissance 2015 - movie quiz
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Renaissance 2015Movie and Entertainment Quiz
Quiz will consist of 25 questions.
Each question carries one point.
Quizmaster’s decision is final.
Try and attempt everything….. your guess might turn out to be right !!
Results on Monday :)
Top 3 classes will get points.
May the force be with you ….
Written Prelims
Q1Identify the movies in which these dialogues/quotes appear.
1. “ I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
2. “I’m the king of the world !”
3. “To infinity….and beyond !”
4. “ Hasta La Vista, Baby.”
5. “You shall not pass !!”
Q2Edward Warren and Lorraine Rita Warren were American paranormal investigators associated with prominent cases of haunting.
In 1952, the Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychic Research, the oldest ghost hunting group in the United States. They are the authors of numerous books about the paranormal and also about their private investigations into various reports of paranormal activity. They claimed to have investigated over 10,000 cases during their career.
In 1973, they were called to investigate a house in Rhode Island. The house was supposedly haunted by a witch who had lived there in the late 19th century.
This 1973 incident is the subject of which successful 2013 film ?
Q3X is a traditional French stewed vegetable dish. It is popular among the entire Mediterranean coast as a summer dish. X is served as a side-dish along with Pasta, rice or bread.
The main ingredients used in X include Zucchini, Eggplant, Onions, Tomatoes and Bell Peppers. X is typically prepared as a stew with each vegetable being fried to enhance its flavours before being layered into a baking dish and baked for several minutes to complete the cooking process.
A more contemporary version of this dish was popularised by a movie released in 2007. What dish are we talking about ?
Q4X was a Tamil film released in 2005. It was a remake of a Kannada film Apthamithra which itself was a remake of a Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu.
X was critically acclaimed and was a box office success. It was the first Tamil film to be dubbed in German. It premiered in Germany as ‘The Ghost Hunters’. It ran for a record 890 days in South Indian theatres.
The film was directed by P Vasu.
ID X.
Q5_______ is a genus of Jellyfish with only one known species. These species are found off the central eastern coast of Australia. Marine biologists Lisa-Ann Gershwin and Peter Davie first described the genus in 2013.
Species of the genus ______ have a thick round translucent and colourless body. With a diameter of less than 2 centimetres, around the size of a grape, these are much smaller than any other Jellyfish.
The name of the genus ______ is a reference to a famous catchphrase said by a more famous character X on Y, a popular TV show.
What is the name of the catchphrase/ genus ?
Q6
Q7Benaam is a 1974 Bollywood thriller film directed by Narendra Bedi. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Moushumi Chatterjee and Prem Chopra.
In the film, the name of Amitabh Bachchan’s character is Amit Srivastava. What is so special about this fact ?
(Movie poster on next slide)
Q8The X effect is a popular camera effect used by directors.
It is named after X, a director who first used it in his 1958 movie, Vertigo.
What is X/ Director ?
(Video on next slide)
Q9Connect
Ironhide
Starscream
Ratchet
Shockwave
Barricade
Jazz
Q10What is being parodied by the Simpsons here ?
Q11______ originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and professional computer programmer Col Needham. Colin had made a list about actresses with beautiful eyes. Needham subsequently started an "Actors List", while his partner Dave Knight began work on a "Directors List". Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, but soon retired and dead people were added too.
By late 1990, lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series along with info about actors and actresses who acted in these. On October 17, 1990, Needham developed and posted a way to search these lists efficiently.
By 1993, it had moved out of Usenet and had become an independent website and was renamed as _____. Users were invited to contribute to the lists. This greatly improved _____.
______ was sold to Amazon in 1998. Identify this extremely popular website.
Q12X was a Pandyan king who reigned over Southern India from 710 AD - 735 AD. He was the son and successor of Arikesari Maravarman.
X asserted his superiority over the Cheras and Cholas in the city of Mangalapuram, the modern day Mangalore. He started hostilities with the Chalukyas of Badami and also defeated the Ay chieftains of South Travancore. X was killed in the Pandya-Cholan War.
Identify X.
Clue: His name has become very popular due to a certain South Indian movie.
Q13X was originally a United States extra-governmental military counter-terrorism and intelligence agency.
It was founded by Peggy Carter in 1945 after the Allied Forces won over the Axis Forces in World War II. Its objective was to protect the United States, and later the entire world, from all possible threats.
In 2014, the headquarters of X was attacked by Y, an international terrorist organisation, and was destroyed. Files belonging to X were leaked on to the internet making Xs presence known to the world. Several agents belonging to X were taken in for questioning. Since then, X has been slowly rebuilding its organisation.
Identify X and the terrorist organisation, Y.
Q14
Disclaimers are added at the end of movie credits to avoid any legal confrontation with the law. In which movie would you find this unique/humorous one ?
Q15“Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.”
This is the general statement of X’s Law. In which 2014 movie was this prominently featured ? Also, ID X.
Q16“High levels of energy generated by a high-output Diatium power
cell are unleashed through a series of focusing lenses and
energisers that convert the energy into plasma. The plasma is
projected through a set of focusing crystals that lend the blade its
properties and allow for the adjustment of blade length and power
output. The ideal number of crystals are three, though only one is
required.
Once focused by the crystals, the plasma is sent through a series of
field energisers and modulation circuitry within the emitter matrix
that further focus it, making it a coherent beam of energy that is
projected from the emitter. The blade typically extends about a
meter before being arced by the blade containment field back to a
negatively charged fissure ringing the emitter, where it channels
back to the power cell by a superconductor, completing the circuit.
“
What is being described here ?
Q17*Bhuvan not out 20Deva S S run out (Smith) 49 1/71Arjan c North b Smith >=12 2/87Lakha hit wicket b Yardley 0 3/87Bagha b Yardley 12 4/99Ismail retired hurt 0 at 99+Ishwar not out 0Extras <=6Total (4 wickets) 99Bowling: O M R W
Yardley ? ? ? 2
Willis ? ? ? 0
Smith ? ? ? 1
This is the scorecard of the second innings of a cricket match. Put Funda.
Q182009 - The Hurt Locker
2010 - The King’s Speech
2011 - The Artist
2012 - Argo
2013 - 12 Years A Slave
2014 - Birdman
What are these a list of ?
Q19X is a 2013 animated film directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck. It was one of the most successful films of the year and went on to win several awards.
According to the original screenplay, Y (One of the main characters) was supposed to be a villain. However, during the course of the movie, a song Z was produced for the film. The song Z portrays Y in a very positive and favourable light. In X, the song Z is sung by the character Y.
The directors liked the song so much that they changed the entire script and made the character Y a good person “ruled by fear” instead.
We might say that the popularity of the song Z overshadows the movie X. The song itself broke several records and was very critically acclaimed.
ID X,Y and Z.
Q20Dysmetropisia is a disorienting neurological condition that affects human perception. Symptoms include patients seeing objects larger or smaller than they should. Sometimes, objects or people might look far away or nearer when, in actuality, they are not. These disturbances affect our sense of distance, size and smell.
It appears that Dysmetropsia is also a common experience at sleep onset, and has been known to commonly arise due to a lack of sleep. It can also be caused by abnormal amounts of electrical activity causing abnormal blood flow in the parts of the brain that process visual perception and texture.
Dysmetropisa is the medical term for this strange syndrome. It is known more commonly as the X syndrome, named after a fictional character X who experiences the above mentioned symptoms when she goes on an unexpected adventure. ID X.
Q21
- For Questions 23 and 24, Minimalist posters shall be shown and participants shall be asked to identify them.
- Hope you all know what a minimalist poster is.
Example on next slide;
Ans: The Lion King
Q22
Q23
Q24The show centers on three female leads with superpowers, as well as their father, the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive politician to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.
The main antagonists of the show are an anthropomorphic monkey and an immortal demonic monster which is confused about its gender.
The show made its official debut in 1995 and aired the last episode in 2005.
Which show are we talking about ?
Q25The Disney X is the era from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation (renamed Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2006) experienced a creative resurgence in producing successful animated films based on well-known stories, which restored public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company as a whole.
During this decade, the studio produced and released 10 animated films: The Little Mermaid (1989), The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), and Tarzan (1999).
These films proved to be blockbuster hits which saved the company.
ID X.
Answers
Q1Identify the movies in which these dialogues/quotes appear.
1. “ I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
2. “I’m the king of the world !”
3. “To infinity….and beyond !”
4. “ Hasta La Vista, Baby.”
5. “You shall not pass !!”
1. The Godfather
2. Titanic
3. Toy Story
4. Terminator 2 : Judgement Day
5. LOTR: Fellowship Of The Ring
Q2Edward Warren and Lorraine Rita Warren were American paranormal investigators associated with prominent cases of haunting.
In 1952, the Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychic Research, the oldest ghost hunting group in the United States. They are the authors of numerous books about the paranormal and also about their private investigations into various reports of paranormal activity. They claimed to have investigated over 10,000 cases during their career.
In 1973, they were called to investigate a house in Rhode Island. The house was supposedly haunted by a witch who had lived there in the late 19th century.
This 1973 incident is the subject of which successful 2013 film ?
The Conjuring
Q3X is a traditional French stewed vegetable dish. It is popular among the entire Mediterranean coast as a summer dish. X is served as a side-dish along with Pasta, rice or bread.
The main ingredients used in X include Zucchini, Eggplant, Onions, Tomatoes and Bell Peppers. X is typically prepared as a stew with each vegetable being fried to enhance its flavours before being layered into a baking dish and baked for several minutes to complete the cooking process.
A more contemporary version of this dish was popularised by a movie released in 2007. What dish are we talking about ?
Ratatouille
Q4X was a Tamil film released in 2005. It was a remake of a Kannada film Apthamithra which itself was a remake of a Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu.
X was critically acclaimed and was a box office success. It was the first Tamil film to be dubbed in German. It premiered in Germany as ‘The Ghost Hunters’. It ran for a record 890 days in South Indian theatres.
The film was directed by P Vasu.
ID X.
Chandramukhi
Q5_______ is a genus of Jellyfish with only one known species. These species are found off the central eastern coast of Australia. Marine biologists Lisa-Ann Gershwin and Peter Davie first described the genus in 2013.
Species of the genus ______ have a thick round translucent and colourless body. With a diameter of less than 2 centimetres, around the size of a grape, these are much smaller than any other Jellyfish.
The name of the genus ______ is a reference to a famous catchphrase said by a more famous character X on Y, a popular TV show.
What is the name of the catchphrase/ genus ?
Bazinga !
Q6
It is the inscription found on the One Ring in LOTR.
Q7Benaam is a 1974 Bollywood thriller film directed by Narendra Bedi. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Moushumi Chatterjee and Prem Chopra.
In the film, the name of Amitabh Bachchan’s character is Amit Srivastava. What is so special about this fact ?
(Movie poster on next slide)
It is Amitabh’s real name !!
Q8The X effect is a popular camera effect used by directors.
It is named after X, a director who first used it in his 1958 movie, Vertigo.
What is X/ Director ?
(Video on next slide)
Hitchcock Effect
Q9Connect
Ironhide
Starscream
Ratchet
Shockwave
Barricade
Jazz
Transformers
Q10What is being parodied by the Simpsons here ?
Oscar Selfie
Q11______ originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and professional computer programmer Col Needham. Colin had made a list about actresses with beautiful eyes. Needham subsequently started an "Actors List", while his partner Dave Knight began work on a "Directors List". Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, but soon retired and dead people were added too.
By late 1990, lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series along with info about actors and actresses who acted in these. On October 17, 1990, Needham developed and posted a way to search these lists efficiently.
By 1993, it had moved out of Usenet and had become an independent website and was renamed as _____. Users were invited to contribute to the lists. This greatly improved _____.
______ was sold to Amazon in 1998. Identify this extremely popular website.
IMDb
Q12X was a Pandyan king who reigned over Southern India from 710 AD - 735 AD. He was the son and successor of Arikesari Maravarman.
X asserted his superiority over the Cheras and Cholas in the city of Mangalapuram, the modern day Mangalore. He started hostilities with the Chalukyas of Badami and also defeated the Ay chieftains of South Travancore. X was killed in the Pandya-Cholan War.
Identify X.
Clue: His name has become very popular due to a certain South Indian movie.
Kochaidaiyaan
Q13X was originally a United States extra-governmental military counter-terrorism and intelligence agency.
It was founded by Peggy Carter in 1945 after the Allied Forces won over the Axis Forces in World War II. Its objective was to protect the United States, and later the entire world, from all possible threats.
In 2014, the headquarters of X was attacked by Y, an international terrorist organisation, and was destroyed. Files belonging to X were leaked on to the internet making Xs presence known to the world. Several agents belonging to X were taken in for questioning. Since then, X has been slowly rebuilding its organisation.
Identify X and the terrorist organisation, Y.
X- SHIELD; Y- Hydra
Q14
Disclaimers are added at the end of movie credits to avoid any legal confrontation with the law. In which movie would you find this unique/humorous one ?
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Q15“Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.”
This is the general statement of X’s Law. In which 2014 movie was this prominently featured ? Also, ID X.
Interstellar; X- Murphy’s Law
Q16“High levels of energy generated by a high-output Diatium power
cell are unleashed through a series of focusing lenses and
energisers that convert the energy into plasma. The plasma is
projected through a set of focusing crystals that lend the blade its
properties and allow for the adjustment of blade length and power
output. The ideal number of crystals are three, though only one is
required.
Once focused by the crystals, the plasma is sent through a series of
field energisers and modulation circuitry within the emitter matrix
that further focus it, making it a coherent beam of energy that is
projected from the emitter. The blade typically extends about a
meter before being arced by the blade containment field back to a
negatively charged fissure ringing the emitter, where it channels
back to the power cell by a superconductor, completing the circuit.
“
What is being described here ?
The workings of a Lightsaber !
Q17*Bhuvan not out 20Deva S S run out (Smith) 49 1/71Arjan c North b Smith >=12 2/87Lakha hit wicket b Yardley 0 3/87Bagha b Yardley 12 4/99Ismail retired hurt 0 at 99+Ishwar not out 0Extras <=6Total (4 wickets) 99Bowling: O M R W
Yardley ? ? ? 2
Willis ? ? ? 0
Smith ? ? ? 1
This is the scorecard of the second innings of a cricket match. Put Funda.
Lagaan
Q182009 - The Hurt Locker
2010 - The King’s Speech
2011 - The Artist
2012 - Argo
2013 - 12 Years A Slave
2014 - Birdman
What are these a list of ?
Academy Award for Best Picture
Q19X is a 2013 animated film directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck. It was one of the most successful films of the year and went on to win several awards.
According to the original screenplay, Y (One of the main characters) was supposed to be a villain. However, during the course of the movie, a song Z was produced for the film. The song Z portrays Y in a very positive and favourable light. In X, the song Z is sung by the character Y.
The directors liked the song so much that they changed the entire script and made the character Y a good person “ruled by fear” instead.
We might say that the popularity of the song Z overshadows the movie X. The song itself broke several records and was very critically acclaimed.
ID X,Y and Z.
X- Frozen; Y- Elsa; Z- Let It Go
Q20Dysmetropisia is a disorienting neurological condition that affects human perception. Symptoms include patients seeing objects larger or smaller than they should. Sometimes, objects or people might look far away or nearer when, in actuality, they are not. These disturbances affect our sense of distance, size and smell.
It appears that Dysmetropsia is also a common experience at sleep onset, and has been known to commonly arise due to a lack of sleep. It can also be caused by abnormal amounts of electrical activity causing abnormal blood flow in the parts of the brain that process visual perception and texture.
Dysmetropisa is the medical term for this strange syndrome. It is known more commonly as the X syndrome, named after a fictional character X who experiences the above mentioned symptoms when she goes on an unexpected adventure. ID X.
X - Alice In Wonderland
Q21
Kishore Kumar
Q22
Avatar
Q23
Breaking Bad
Q24The show centers on three female leads with superpowers, as well as their father, the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive politician to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.
The main antagonists of the show are an anthropomorphic monkey and an immortal demonic monster which is confused about its gender.
The show made its official debut in 1995 and aired the last episode in 2005.
Which show are we talking about ?
The Powerpuff Girls
Q25The Disney X is the era from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation (renamed Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2006) experienced a creative resurgence in producing successful animated films based on well-known stories, which restored public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company as a whole.
During this decade, the studio produced and released 10 animated films: The Little Mermaid (1989), The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), and Tarzan (1999).
These films proved to be blockbuster hits which saved the company.
ID X.
X- Renaissance
That’s all folks !!