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Quiz Meet on 13th Jan '13.

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  • 1. ENTER-the-TAINMENT QUIZQuiz Meet SQ@D

2. 1. The X is a live theater on Hollywood Boulevard in theHollywood district of Los Angeles. Since its opening onNovember 9, 2001, the theatre has been the home of theannual Academy Awards ceremonies (the Oscars), whichwere first held there in March 2002, and is the firstpermanent home for the awards. Since 2002, the theater wasalso the home for American Idol. In 2012,Y filed for bankruptcy protection and its sponsorshipof the theatre ended. The theatres name was then changed toX under the suggestion of the venues landlord. ID X and Y. 3. X=Dolby; Y=Kodak 4. 2. Speaking about this movie, Omar Sharif later said "If you arethe man with the money and somebody comes to you andsays he wants to make a film thats four hours long, with nostars, and no women, and no love story, and not much actioneither, and he wants to spend a huge amount of money to gofilm it in the desert- what would you say?". Which movie? 5. 3. A Norwegian mercenary founded X and the British latertook it over. During the American Revolutionary War, Xwas the site of a major battle. Rumors held it to be thesite of various occult rites. The person cited as beinginfluential in promoting the unique architecture of Xduring the pre-American Civil War era was JudgeSolomon W. His campaign to reform X came to a headwhen he met a young architect named Cyrus Pinkney. The airport is named the Archie Goodwin InternationalAirport. 6. Gotham City 7. 4. What is this sequence a parody of? 8. 2001: A Space Odyssey 9. 5. Put Funda.(Hint: This is a very famous voyage.) 10. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 11. 6. Who? Klout, tipped as the next big thing in the rapidly evolving worldof social media, is being described by its creators as "the standardfor online and internet influence". Using a complicated series of algorithms, the system adds up apersons tweets, likes, pings, LinkedIn connections, Googlementions, status updates and other social media musings. Theripple effect of that online contribution is used to measure howmuch influence a person has online and, by inference, whetherthey are worth listening to. X tops the list with a score of 100,ahead of Barack Obama with 88, and the Dalai Lama at 90. X? (Hint: 7th most googled female) 12. :-P 13. 007. This actor has starred in the most number of James Bondfilms. He always maintained that he was totally lost in the world oftechnology, quite unlike his onscreen character. 14. Desmond WilkinsonLlewelynQ in 17 films(from 1963 to 1999) 15. 8. He is Hollywoods most reluctant - and increasingly strange star. For the past tenyears, the London-born actor has led a resolutely reclusive existence, locked awayon a remote 50-acre estate in the mountains of County Wicklow (hence the formerpublic schoolboys recently acquired Irish brogue).He has emerged to make justfour films in the past decade. In 2009 spring, he returned to a movie studio - only this time, instead of acting, hejoined the carpentry crew, building the sets on The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee,which was directed by his wife Rebecca Miller, author of the book on which thefilm is based. So obsessed was X with practising his new skills as a carpenter that he admitted, in arare interview this week, that his nine-year-old son Ronan thought, until recently,that his father was not an actor but worked on a building site. Taking method acting to the extreme is very much a X hallmark. He has previouslyasked his crew to wheel him around in his wheelchair between takes and feed himwith a spoon and spent three nights on meagre prison rations in a freezing cold cell. 16. 9. The first quotation referring to X is out of a 1976book called Filmy, Filmy by H R F Keating, whocreated Inspector Ghote.What is X? 17. Bollywood 18. 10.4: This is a poster for Akiro Kurosawas movie The Hidden Fortress, made in 1958. In 1974, it inspired a certain director to write a 13 page rough draft, which was expanded to a full script and launched as a movie in 1977. Name the movie. 19. 11. Statue erected in whose honour? 20. 12The Prince of Mars is the first among the series ofnovel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is set inthe fictitious world land called barsoom which isa romantic vision of dying Mars.While depicting many outlandish inventions, andadvanced technology, it is a savage world of honor& noble sacrifice filled with lost cities, heroicadventures and forgotten ancient secrets.The character ____X____ made his firstappearance in this book in 1912 and his centenarywas celebrated in 2012 in a particular way. 21. 13. X stars in DisneyMobiles IOS gameWheres My Water?. It was created to aim atthe Angry Birds empirein mobile games worldand is now alsofeatured as a web-series (12-episodeseason). Identify X. 22. Swampy 23. 14.Identify the Band. 24. 15. N.R.P: eyes have Navigational & Radiation Projector. HART: (Hertz Advanced Resonance Transmitter) is heart. R.O.A.D.M: Accessorising is his power belt in the form of theReconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer I.R.C.G: in the abs region is the Impact Resistance Circuit Grid . P.T.C.S: Photon Torepedo Charge Station is near shoulder so that the poweris generated S.P.S: Power shoes are equipped with Suction and Propulsion System. T.S.R: right shoulder features the Transgalactic Signal Responder A.M.P.F: his right arm comes equipped with the Active-Matrix Power Force. I.C.N.M: The Intensity Control Nova Module enables power pulse. A.N.D.C: In the back, suit comes fitted with Amoled Nano Droid Convertor. D.E.C: the Digital Electrolytic Capacitor also exist in the back of his suit. S.W.C: Selenion Wave Control. 25. Powers of G.1 26. 16. Whats blanked? 27. 17. Beautiful she is, sir! Lovely! Sometimes like a greattree in flower, sometimes like a white daffadowndilly,small and slender like. Hard as dimonds, soft asmoonlight. Warm as sunlight, cold as frost in the stars.Proud and far-off as a snow-mountain, and as merryas any lass I ever saw with daisies in her hair inspringtimeWho is being described? 28. 18. This mannicknamed King ofthe Gypsies wassuddenly in thenews in 2012 adecade after hisdeath. Why? 29. Tom Hardycopied BartleyGormans styleand tone ofspeaking whenplaying Bane inDark KnightRises 30. 19. Who wrote the lyrics for the song Rang Barse, BheegeChunarWali from Silsila (1981). This song marks the end ofhis bollywood career. 31. H. R. BachchanLyrics by Harivansh Rai Bachchan: Rang Barse Bhige ChunarWali -Silsila (1981) Koi Gaataa Main So Jaataa - Alaap (1977) Saanjh Khile Bhor Jharey - Phir Bhi (1972) 32. 20. Song From Umraao Jaan(1981):Kaahe ko Biyaahi BideshWho penned the lyrics? 33. Amir Khusro 34. 21.2000,2003,2006 20062011 35. 22. He is the highest-grossing actor in history, based on lead and supportingroles. He was dubbed by Empire magazine as Hollywoods "psycho deluxe atthe peak of his popularity. He is noted for his avoidance of the Hollywood celebrity scene, oftenbeing referred to as an "actors actor".Tom Hardy has described him as"hands down, the greatest actor thats ever lived. Brad Pitt, Daniel Radcliffe and Ryan Gosling have also cited him as theirfavourite actor. Other actors like Shia LaBeouf, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine, Jason Isaacs and MichaelFassbender have cited him as an influence. Peers including AnthonyHopkins, Ralph Fiennes, John Hurt and Colin Firth have expressed theiradmiration of his acting talents, with Firth hailing him as "very strongcandidate for the worlds best living actor." 36. 23. Who as whom? 37. 24. X, Y and Z? 1. X 2. Bernie Mac 3.Y 4. Elliott Gould 5. Casey Affleck 6. Scott Caan 7. Eddie Jemison 8. Don Cheadle 9. Shaobo Qin 10. Carl Reiner 11. Z 38. Clooney, Pitt and Damon 39. 25. Who? 40. Stanley Kubrick 41. 26. Hiten Tejwani replaced Sushant Singh Rajput in the famousIndian serial Pavithra Rishta. Why? 42. Hes now in the movie Kai Po Che fromChethan Bhagats book- The 3 mistakesof my life. 43. 27. His only failing grade in school at the age of 14, was an F inmusic class. In 1961, he joined the US Army and was a traineeparatrooper. His military records show that he wasconsidered an incompetent soldier, repeatedly caughtsleeping while on duty and missing at midnight bed-check. It is believed that his constant use of LSD was an integralpart of his creative process. He was found dead in a basement flat in London. He diedamid circumstances which have never been satisfactorilyexplained. He had spent the night with his German girlfriend,and likely died in bed after drinking wine and taking 9Vesperax sleeping pills, then drowning in his own vomit. 44. Jimmi Hendrix 45. 28. On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa,killed three American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly,Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well asthe pilot, Roger Peterson. The day was later called _______byDon McLean, in his song American Pie. 46. The Day the Music Died 47. 29.Simpsons Parodying whichfranchise? 48. Indiana Jones 49. 30.2D : square3D : Cube4D : ? 50. Tesseract 51. 31. 52. Obi-wan-Kenobi 53. 32.His notable aliases are Onslaught, consort-royal, Founder,warlord and entity.He has been portrayed by Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy inthe movies.What is his name? 54. Charles Xavier 55. 33. Dick Grayson was Batmans sidekick Robin when he was ateenager. But, as he grows up he craves independence andwants to move out of the dark knights shadow so he takes upthe persona of __________. 56. Nightwing 57. 34. "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc" translated as"We gladly feast on those who would subdue us, isthe motto of which famous family? 58. The Addams family 59. 35. ID this singer, songwriter, guitarist and actress (amongseveral other jobs) She has been approached by Ultra records for a record dealwhich later fell through after the production of one single. She lives in New York and one of her best known songs wasused as a commercial by Cat Fresh against her wishes. 60. Ever heard Smelly Cats, eh? 61. 36. The robot was a Voice Input ChildIdenticant. Has real hair and realisticskin. Possesses super human strengthand speed and runs on atomic power.Has an access panel in its back, anelectric socket in right armpit, and an RS-232 serial port under the left armpit.How do we know it Better ? 62. 37. In 1982, the Motion Picture Academy refused to nominate_______ for special effects because "they said we cheatedwhen we used computers which in the light of whathappened, is just mind-boggling". Id the film. 63. 38. X is an anagram of Rocket Boys, thetitle of the book upon which the movie isbased.It stars Jake Gyllenhall and is based onthe true story of Homer Hickam, a coalminers son who was inspired by thelaunch of Sputnik 1 to take up rocketryagainst his fathers wishes, and whoeventually became a NASA engineer.ID X. 64. OCTOBER SKY 65. 39. If K. J. Yesudas has won the most National Awards for Playback Singing (Male), which playback singer has won the most awards in the Female Playback Singer category? 66. K S Chithra 67. 40. It is a 1975 American drama film directed by Milo Formanand based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. The title is derived from an American childrens folk rhyme. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield playedmajor roles. 68. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,Apple seed and apple thorn,Wire, briar, limber lockThree geese in a flockOne flew EastOne flew WestAnd One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. 69. 41. Kulbhushan Pandit was born in Balochistan of Pakistan. He joined the Mumbai Police as a sub-inspector at Mahim police station in the 1940s.However, he later went on to do films to become a bollywood actor. How do we better know him as? 70. 42. X, in the movie, has reality warping powers which havecartoon physics-style abilities, such as superpowersmimetism, shapeshifting powers including elasticity, selftransmutation, duplication, biological manipulation and size-shifting In the animated series, X is portrayed as invincible. Beingalmost completely impervious to attacks from his foes. Theonly exception to this is when he gets sick with a cold. X? 71. 43. Fritz Leibers Gather Darkness (1943): the priests "rods ofwrath" only end where they cut into solid matter, so that asingle duel led to numerous casualties of bystanders andcharred scores across all nearby walls. Isaac Asimovs Lucky Starr series (1952): The force-blade is "ashort shaft of stainless steel" which can project a force fieldthat can cut through anything, making it "the most viciousweapon in the galaxy." M. John Harrisons The Pastel City (1971): theenergy baan are used by the Methven, an order of knightssworn to protect their empire. Origin of what? 72. 44. The appearance of four symbols on the jacket of band Xs fourthalbum has been linked to Ys interest in the occult. X and Y? 73. Led Zepplin, Jimmy Page 74. 45. Name the band. 75. The Band. ;-) 76. 46. Screen shot from a bands website.Who is the lead singer? 77. 47. X, a fantasy author, once wrote about Y "I picture a fairly human figure, not a kind of fairy rabbit as some of my British reviewers seem to fancy. The feet from the ankles down, covered with brown hairy fur. Clothing: green velvet breeches; red or yellow waistcoat; brown or green jacket; gold (or brass) buttons; a dark green hood and cloak. Id X and Y. 78. Tolkien, Hobbits 79. 48.This film is set in 1942, when the British ruled India. It was atime when Indians were either working for the British orrallying in underground meetings and protests against them.In this atmosphere, Naren Singh falls in love with Rajeshwari"Rajjo" Pathak . But their romance is not an easy one.The film was the first ever to be given a U/A rating whilefeaturing a scene, previously considered inappropriate foryoung children, showing the actors kissing.Name the film. 80. 49.What first was established by a movie made by MGM in 1932 Rasputin and The Empresswhich is now a common feature with almost all the movies ? 81. Disclaimer All the characters in blah-blah-blah 82. 50.What comes in place of the question mark?(Answer in next slide) 83. RJ role played by Vidya Balan in Lage Raho Munnabhai wasinspired by RJ Malishka. Her Good Morning Mumbai wasinspired by Robin Williams Good Morning Vietnam. 84. 51. Pink Floyds Keep Talking.Who gave the intro to this song?