AISA QUIZ HAI MELA - MELA QUIZ FINALS

MELA QUIZ Finals at UTkarsh 2014, NIT Jamshedpur

1. QM - Devesh Pandey Official Selection AISA QUIZ HAI MELA

2. Quick Reminder They don’t feature in any Question! QM - Devesh Pandey Also, Muhammad Lee is not the answer to any question. AISA QUIZ HAI MELA

3. In case, you forgot the obvious…. QM - Devesh Pandey

4. QM - Devesh Pandey Play (including audience) like “ Aaya hoon , Kuch to le k jaaunga …”

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6. Act 1, scene I: The One With shut up and infinite bounce +10 for each correct No Negatives Go Clockwise QM - Devesh Pandey

7. 1. FITB. A leading Bollywood star while on a Coffee Chat Show admitted this about his marriage: “She was very confident about ____. She had said if the film didn’t work, she would get married. Fortunately for me, ____ flopped and we got married” QM - Devesh Pandey

8. Akshay Kumar on Koffee With Karan QM - Devesh Pandey

9. 2. FITB. In case you’re wondering, this is Howard’s song to Bernadette (TBBT S07E06) If I didn't have you Life would be blue I'd be __ ___ without the TARDIS. A candle without a wick A Watson without a Crick I'd be one of my outfits without a Dick- ie I'd be cheese without the mac Jobs without the Wozniak I'd be solving exponential equations that use bases not found on your calculator making it much harder to crack I'd be an atom without a bomb A dot without the com And I'd probably still live with my mom QM - Devesh Pandey

10. Dr Who QM - Devesh Pandey

11. 3. Who is talking about whom? “...he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right. Again and again I have taken a problem to him, and have received an explanation which has afterwards proved to be the correct one. And yet he was absolutely incapable of working out the practical points...” QM - Devesh Pandey

12. Sherlock Holmes about Mycroft Holmes “Don't you know that every detective has a brother who is smarter but less practical than himself?” – Hercule Poirot QM - Devesh Pandey

13. 4. Writer of this letter?? QM - Devesh Pandey

14. Lorde on winning Grammy QM - Devesh Pandey

15. 5. Circles of what? First Circle (Limbo) Second Circle (Lust) Third Circle (Gluttony) Fourth Circle (Greed) Fifth Circle (Anger) Sixth Circle (Heresy) Seventh Circle (Violence) Eighth Circle (Fraud) Ninth Circle (Treachery) QM - Devesh Pandey

16. Inferno (Hell) QM - Devesh Pandey

17. 6. What is _____-__? "You mean there's a _____?" "Sure there's a _____", Doc Daneeka replied. "_____-__. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy." There was only one _____and that was _____-__, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to, he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of _____-__ and let out a respectful whistle. QM - Devesh Pandey

18. Catch-22 QM - Devesh Pandey

19. ACT I, SCENE 2: The One With ‘TERI KAH KE LUNGA’ +10 for each correct No Negatives Go Anti-clockwise QM - Devesh Pandey

20. 7. Different orders (types) of what? (continued in next slide) The character _____  adopts an eccentric character of some type, such as a butcher, a baker, a policeman, a housewife. Makeup starts with a flesh tone base and may make use of anything from glasses, mustaches and beards to freckles, warts, big ears or strange haircuts. An  auguste  or Red _____ are the recipients of the comic doings. The base color for makeup is red or flesh tone. The eyes and the mouth are encircled in white and the features are highlighted, again, traditionally in red and black. Usually costumed in baggy plaids accented with colorful polka dots or loud stripes. QM - Devesh Pandey

21. The  whiteface  (or white ____) holds the highest status in the hierarchy. Makeup covers entire face and neck, with none of the underlying flesh color showing. Features are then usually painted on in either red or black. QM - Devesh Pandey

22. Clown/Joker QM - Devesh Pandey

23. 8. Where have we seen her? ( Pic in next slide) Oliwia Dabrowska , 25, was a part of something iconic when she was a kid. All her teenage years , she believed that the part ruined her life. 'I was ashamed of being in the movie and angry with my mother and father when they told anyone about the part,' the university student told The Times . Although now she believes that 'I realised I had been part of something I could be proud of.’ She added that starring in the film led to much unwanted attention and harassment from well-meaning adults and school friends.  QM - Devesh Pandey

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26. 9. Parodying which character from which franchise? (No part points) A character from 1987 American science fiction parody film Spaceballs .  QM - Devesh Pandey (Larger picture in next slide)

27. Guess the name of this character for Brownie Points. QM - Devesh Pandey

28. Jabba the Hutt Obligatory ‘Star Wars’ Question QM - Devesh Pandey

29. 10. Name please. (Exact Answer needed) The guy in the pic is a Geology professor at Columbus State Universite . Research interest areas are Paleontology, Geology, Anthropology. Ironically, he shares his name with an actor whose most famous role is playing a paleontologist and (later) a Professor. QM - Devesh Pandey (Larger picture in next slide)

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31. David Schwimmer QM - Devesh Pandey

32. 11. Who on what? (No Hints) Someone had to clarify this on repeatedly as to who or what is X: “….if by X I had meant God I would [have] said God, and not X. “It would be fatuous of me to pretend that I am not aware of the meanings attached to the word ‘X’, and the opinion of many that it means 'God'. But you must remember – I wrote the play in French, and if I did have that meaning in my mind, it was somewhere in my unconscious and I was not overtly aware of it.” QM - Devesh Pandey

33. Samuel Beckett on Godot QM - Devesh Pandey

34. 12. Give me the author whose most famous work is missing here. QM - Devesh Pandey

35. ‘Catcher in the Rye’ missing QM - Devesh Pandey

36. ACT 2, SCENE 1: The One With ‘the sound of music’ Write Bro. +10 for each correct, No Negatives Bonus +5 if 4 correct, +10 if 5/6 correct Please do not request to play again. QM - Devesh Pandey

37. AV1. Name the crossdressed dude. An iconic song ‘ Kajra Mohabbat Wala ’ from movie ‘ Kismat ’ sung by Asha Bhosle & Shamshad Begum (passed last year, RIP), the song features one of the first heroes in  Bollywood  to be dressed as a woman on screen. Name him . http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-Hx_DKReU QM - Devesh Pandey

38. Biswajeet , first Bollywood hero to crossdress on screen QM - Devesh Pandey

39. AV2. Give me the composer. (Bonus +10 for naming the track) QM - Devesh Pandey http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqKQc7vyhgs

40. Beethoven, Symphony No 9 QM - Devesh Pandey

41. AV3. Actress & character (No sound in this clip) QM - Devesh Pandey http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKTWI_A1rlM

42. Persis Khambatta  for her role as Lieutenant Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHgdGTQiVbc QM - Devesh Pandey

43. AV4. Artist? QM - Devesh Pandey https:// soundcloud.com/devesh-kumar-pandey-1/mela-14-av4

44. Ed Sheeran ‘I See Fire’ (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ) QM - Devesh Pandey

45. AV5. Opening credits of? ( Megasitter of this round) QM - Devesh Pandey https:// soundcloud.com/devesh-kumar-pandey-1/mela-14-av5

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47. AV6. Google Chrome Ad on top of which Indian Art form? QM - Devesh Pandey http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lLiruUi0Nc

48. Tanjore paintings http://www.studioeeksaurus.com/google-chrome-tanjore-oviyam/ QM - Devesh Pandey

49. ACT 3, Scene 1: the one with ‘ MERe desh ki dharti ’ Return of the IB +10 for each correct No Negatives Go Clockwise QM - Devesh Pandey

50. 1. Google Doodle on whom? QM - Devesh Pandey

51. M S Subbulakshami QM - Devesh Pandey

52. 2. Name this instrument very popular in Rajasthani folk music. Hint: It has its origins in Sri Lanka. QM - Devesh Pandey

53. Ravanhattha QM - Devesh Pandey

54. 3. This dance form takes its name from  Rishi Tandu , who instructed  Bharata  (author of the  Natya Shastra ) in the use of Angaharas  and  Karanas , modes of this dance. The 32 Angaharas and 108 Karanas are discussed by Bharata in the 4th chapter of the Natya Shastra . QM - Devesh Pandey

55. Tandava Though the feamle artists also use ‘ Tandava ’ for their dance owing to more popularity, the female dance is ‘ Lasya ’ and not ‘ Tandava ’. QM - Devesh Pandey

56. 4. Name the sculpture & designer. QM - Devesh Pandey

57. Open Hand Monument, Le Corbusier QM - Devesh Pandey

58. 5. Name this form of painting. QM - Devesh Pandey

59. Warli Paintings QM - Devesh Pandey

60. 6. Name this cult play. Brownie points for lead cast. Directed by  Feroz Abbas Khan, it is an Indian context adaptation of A. R. Gurney's American play, Love Letters  (1988). The story is read out through reams of love letters between lead cast, exchanged over 35 years, starting with eighth birthday party of the actress, when she first wrote to the actor (who was ten-year-old then). The direction was too experimental considering there was no movement at all. The actors sat for whole 1 hour and 30 minutes of the play, reading out the letters on their writing desks throughout the performance. QM - Devesh Pandey

61. Tumhari Amrita, Farooque Sheikh (RIP) & Shabana Azmi QM - Devesh Pandey

62. ACT 3, Scene 2: The One with ‘India Sir ye chiz dhurandhar ’ Return of the IB +10 for each correct No Negatives Go Counter-clockwise QM - Devesh Pandey

63. 1. Book & Author (Part Points) “At last – a new and brilliantly original novel from India” – V S Naipaul “Puts ______ in the front rank of Indian novelists. I agree with Naipaul: this is a masterpiece” – Khushwant Singh QM - Devesh Pandey

64. Tarun Tejpal , The Alchemy of Desire (Lift Jokes aside, QM recommends this book) QM - Devesh Pandey

65. 2. Having appeared in over 1000 films, he currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor.  Considered one of the most versatile Indian comic actors, noted particularly for his comic expressions, he was honoured with the  Padma Sri in 2009 for his contribution to Indian cinema. QM - Devesh Pandey

66. Bramhanandam QM - Devesh Pandey

67. 3. Plot of a National award winning movie X that was someone’s last full length film as an actor Rudra Chatterjee has spent his life going against social convention. As a young man he defied his father's wishes, and became a choreographer instead of an engineer. As he prepares with his team to stage Tagore's  X , he meets Partho , who is a drug-addict percussionist introduced to the team by the main dancer Kasturi . Soon, Rudra develops a chemistry with Partho and they are deep into a passionate love affair. During the course of their relationship, they decide to adopt a child. But there is one problem: same-sex couples are not permitted to adopt children. So Rudra decides to go through a gender change treatment to embrace the womanhood he longs for. QM - Devesh Pandey

68. Rituparno Ghosh , Chitrangada QM - Devesh Pandey

69. 4. First look of which movie? QM - Devesh Pandey

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71. 5. Give X & Y. QM - Devesh Pandey This is what Y wrote in 1980 when she heard about X’s death: “My friendship with X had never had to employ words. It was a wonderful relationship of silences. When I was awarded the Akadami award for the verses I had written for X, the press-reporter had wished that I pose as if I were writing something on paper. When the press people went away after clicking the photographs, I saw that I had only written one word again and again: X, X, X... …….Forty years back, when X used to visit me in Lahore, he would come and quietly smoke cigarettes. When the ashtray was filled to the brim with cigarette-stubs, he would go away. After he had gone, I would light and smoke those cigarettes alone. The smoke from me and his cigarettes would mingle in the air, the breaths too mingled in the air, and words from poems as well, in the air...”

72. X = Sahir Ludhianvi Y = Amrita Pritam QM - Devesh Pandey

73. 6. How do we know this poem in English? “ Chitto Jetha Bhayshunyo ” is a Bangla poem that was most likely composed in 1900; appearing in the volume  Naivedya  (July 1901). The English translation was composed around 1911, after a request from William Rothenstein . It was read out at Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress in 1917. Last year, AR Rahman composed a tribute song on the eve of Independence Day featuring this poem. John Abraham recited the English version in the movie ‘Madras Café’. QM - Devesh Pandey

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75. ACT 4, Scene 1: The One with ‘Frankly, my Quizzer, I dont give a damn.’ 5 iconic Hollywood movie dialogues. Name the movie & the word that comes in place of Quiz/Quizzer. Write Bro. +2 for each correct, -2 for incorrect. QM - Devesh Pandey

76. “The greatest trick the Quizzer ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist.” “Quiz is a good thing.. probably the best of things.. and no good thing ever dies.” “We accept the Quiz we think we deserve.” “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful Quiz.” I feel the need - the need for Quiz! QM - Devesh Pandey

77. “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist.” – The Usual Suspects “Hope is a good thing.. probably the best of things.. and no good thing ever dies.” – The Shawshank Redemption “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – The Perks of Being a Wallflower “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” - Casablanca “I feel the need - the need for speed!” – Top Gun QM - Devesh Pandey

78. ACT 4, Scene 1: The One with ‘It all started with a big bang’ 5 opening lines from literary classics. Name the book & the writer. Write Bro. +2 for each correct, -2 for incorrect. QM - Devesh Pandey

79. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….. “To be born again,” sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, “first you have to die.” QM - Devesh Pandey

80. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single…. – Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. -1984, George Orwell Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. -Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….. -A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens “To be born again,” sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, “first you have to die.” -Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie QM - Devesh Pandey

81. ACT 5, Scene 1: The One with ‘The schindlers list’ List it. Scoring: 3 *items on list QM - Devesh Pandey

82. 1 . List all the books by J. K. Rowling QM - Devesh Pandey

83. 1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quidditch Through the Ages The Tales of Beedle the Bard The Casual Vacancy The Cuckoo's Calling QM - Devesh Pandey

84. 2 . National film Awards won by Amitabh Bachhan QM - Devesh Pandey

85. 2. Agneepath Black Paa QM - Devesh Pandey

86. 3 . Academy Awards nomination for Martin Scorcese (as a Director) QM - Devesh Pandey

87. Raging Bull The Last Temptation of Christ Goodfellas Gangs of New York The Aviator The Departed Hugo The Wolf of Wall Street QM - Devesh Pandey

88. ACT 6, Scene 1: The One with ‘Puddle of pantone’ 5 iconic album covers recreated with pantone swatches. Name the album & the artist. Write Bro. +6 for each correct, -6 for incorrect. QM - Devesh Pandey

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99. ACT 6, Scene 1i: The One with ‘Paint my love’ 5 iconic paintings. Name the painting & the artist. Differential Scoring, Formula: 5*(6-n), Flat -5 for incorrect. No negative and half of points for partial correct. QM - Devesh Pandey

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106. Golconda – René Magritte The Starry Night – van Gogh The Creation of Adam – Michelangelo The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory – Salvador Dali Draupadi – M F Hussain QM - Devesh Pandey

107. The One With ‘stairway to heaven/ Highway to hell’ QM - Devesh Pandey The Final Round, 6 Questions. On Pounce. An incorrect answer will keep the question alive. Scoring: +10/-10

108. 1. Artist? QM - Devesh Pandey

109. Banksy

110. 2. ID both. QM - Devesh Pandey

111. Salvador Dali & Walt Disney

112. 3. FITB. Ten little Soldier Boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little Soldier Boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little Soldier Boys travelling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven. Seven little Soldier Boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. Six little Soldier Boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little Soldier Boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little Soldier Boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little Soldier Boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little Soldier Boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. [7] One little Soldier Boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and ____ _____ ____ ____ QM - Devesh Pandey

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114. The Big 5 Winners at Oscars

115. 5. Give X Richard Burton said this of X: "He looked like a beautiful, emaciated secretary bird… his voice had a crack like a whip… most important of all you couldn't take your eyes off him… acting is usually regarded as a craft and I claim it to be nothing more except in the hands of the odd few men and women who, once or twice in a lifetime, elevate it into something odd and mystical and deeply disturbing. I believe X to have this strange quality." Name this actor who has received most Oscar acting nominations without any win. QM - Devesh Pandey

116. 6. X, Y and Z. X is an upcoming novel by Y, which is a sequel to the 1993 book Z, due for publication in 2013. Y calls X a "jump sequel“ as it will be set in the present, rather than in 1952 where Z finished. Z , at 1349 pages and 5,91,552 words, begins in fictional town of Brahmpur where Mrs. Rupa Mehra , mother of Lata , is searching for suitors for her daughter. QM - Devesh Pandey

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