Movies and TV Quiz Answers

The Quizzing Society, Ashoka University

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Which cinema-related institution of utmost importance-controversial in recent times-is located at Bharat Bhawan on Walkeshwar Road in Mumbai?

1: This is what the institution issues

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A depiction of a knight gripping a crusader’s sword made librarian Margaret Herrick casually comment that it reminded her of her uncle X. What was named after her uncle eventually?

3: The Oscar™ Statuette

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• Miami Heat's Dwayne Wade & Li Ning have released this shoe a while back, the third in its series - the Way of Wade.

• What is it themed on?

• Dwayne Wade’s fellow Miami resident Dexter

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Google doodle commemorating which legendary director?

5: Satyajit Ray

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• While Ellen DeGeneres is now a pro host with her own TV show and the Oscars under her hosting honors, she wasn't always this good at it.

• She had to undergo a lot of training to appear more graceful and likeable so as to be able to co-host the 46th Emmy Awards in 1994.

• This story, as per her own account inspired what?

• Miss Congeniality

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Put funda.

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Which film was screened at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir for a record breaking 1009 weeks until February 20, 2015 but brought back owing to a massive uproar among its fans who flooded the theatre with complaints?

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You will now see the opening credits of the TV show The Sopranos. However, from season 4 onwards, the opening credits screened was heavily edited. Why?

Twin Towers

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Symbol of which institution?

IRON BANK OF BRAAVOS

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November 10, 2006 was an iconic day for Indian cinema as the United Nations witnessed its first ever Hindi film screening. Which film was screened and so highly applauded by the United Nations that it formally adopted an “International Day of Non-Violence”?

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Why is this 1964 film included in theGuinness Book of World Records?

This movie has entered in the Guinness Book of World Records in the category Fewest actors in a narrative film.

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The name of which TV network literally translates to ‘The Peninsula’? Also, what is the peninsula in question here?

• Al Jazeera• The Arabian Peninsula/Qatar Peninsula

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The first version of this was made with flame-resistant Nomex and DuPont Kevlar, and its successor used hardened Kevlar plates with fiber dipped in titanium. What?

18: The (Nolan) Batsuit

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20. How do we know the village of Ramanagere in Karnataka ?

Sholay rocks , where the fight scene b/w Gabbar and Jai-Veeru was shot.

Brace yourselves , Finals are coming.