This document contains 20 multiple choice questions from a quiz about current events, films, music, and other pop culture topics from 2014-2015. It tests knowledge about topics like films like American Sniper, Nightcrawler, and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy; the band Joint Family; Accor hotels; Facebook features; and standardized road signs in the United States.

2. Round/Set 1 [Milieu Quiz 2015 (Finals)]:
-20 Questions
-Infinite Pounce (+10/-10)

3. Q1: FITB
_________ therapy is a form of psychotherapy
that involves the use of therapeutic communities.
Patients join a group of around 30, for 9 to 18
months. During their stay, patients are
encouraged to take responsibility for themselves
and the others within the unit, based upon a
hierarchy of collective punishments.

5. Answer: Milieu

7. Q2: Identify ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’.
According to DNA-
(Date: October 31, 2014)
“ ‘X’, is a pure desi talent from Delhi that's been putting
the Indie nu metal scene on fire since 2007/8. Their
kickass track ‘Y’ (audio clip) features in the ‘Z’ teaser
and will feature in the film as an important track”.

9. Answer: ‘X’- Joint Family, ‘Y’- Life’s a Bitch,
‘Z’- Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

10. Q3: Explain/Whatis being hintedat?

12. Answer: Frankfurt Book Fair (Focus of
Interests)

13. Q4: X?
According to X’s official website-
In late August, ___X___ signed an agreement with the Birla Institute of
Fundamental Research to upgrade and refurbish the Birla Planetarium
in Kolkata…… The new equipment will replace the ___X___ universal
projection planetarium which has reliably served the millions of
inhabitants of this metropolis ever since it was inaugurated in 1962. As
well as a ___X___ STARMASTER optical-mechanical projector, the
refurbished planetarium will also include a digital projection system
consisting of nine VELVET projectors developed and produced by
____X____ for fulldome projection. The company will also be supplying
a new sound system and a number of different shows based on
astronomical topics. The old projection dome, 23 meters in diameter,
will also be replaced. The renovations will be carried out over the
summer of 2015 and the long-established educational institute is due to
open its doors again in September 2015.

15. Answer: ‘X’- Carl Zeiss AG

16. Q5: X and Y?
Name the French parent company (X) of this midscale hotel
brand (Y) that opened its first 5-star facility in Kolkata on
September 1, 2014.

18. Answer: ‘X’- Accor, ‘Y’- Novotel

19. Q6: Why is this man in the news?
Hint. 1) A 2014 Village Roadshow- Warner Bros. production
2) A 2012 Best seller

21. Answer: Chris Kyle a.k.a American Sniper

23. Q7: The following track featured in the trailer of the
2014 Jake Gyllenhaal starrer- Nightcrawler.
Identify the singer/band of-
a) the 2014 version (audio clip) b) the 1971 original.

25. Answer: a) Jetta b) Ten Years After

26. Q8: Bicentenary of?

28. Answer: The Battleof Waterloo

30. Q9: Explain the significance of the following
scene (screenshots from Jesse James; 1939).

32. Answer: After a horse died (when it was driven
off a cliff) on the sets of Jesse James (1939), the
American Humane Association began to oversee
filmmaking.

33. Q10: Why was this 2012 track (Get it Started- featuring
Shakira and Pitbull) in the news in mid- 2014?

35. Answer: According to The Independent and
The Huffington Post, the song apparently
displayed prior knowledge of Flight 370’s
disappearance.

36. Q11: ‘X’?
Named ‘X’, because of the direction, the wind comes
from (near the suburbs of Perth) and the relief it brings
on hot summer days, it is also responsible for making
WACA- a pace/swing bowler’s favourite haunt.

38. Answer: Fremantle Doctor/Freo Doctor

39. Q12: Initially imported from Germany in 2000 (for the Shatabdi
Express), these coaches have since been produced by the Rail Coach
Factory at Kapurthala. Though presently seen in premium air-
conditioned trains like Rajdhani Express, Duronto Express and Poorva
Express, they are expected to replace all the Integral Coach Factory made
bogies by 2016.
What are these coaches called? (The name of the parent company)

41. Answer: Linke-Hofmann Busch (LHB)/ Alstom
LHB GmbH Coaches

43. Q13: Connect.

45. Answer: Screenplays by Patrick Modiano
-Bon Voyage (with Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
-Lacombe Lucien (with Louis Malle)

46. Q14: Id. the man (seen here with- Leonid Brezhnev,
Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Nikolai Podgorny)
and the Peace Declaration moderated by him, nearly 50
years ago.

48. Answer: Alexei Kosygin; Tashkent
Declaration

49. Q15: Connect and complete the list.

50. Continued

52. Answer: Celebrities managed by Rhiti Sports
Management (note. Arun Pandey)- a company,
most closely associated with India’s former test
skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni.

53. Q16: What are we talking about? FITB.
According to CNET.com-
The _____________ is meant to be a sentimental
experience. It lets members on the Web or mobile either
watch a personalized movie, view a collection of their
top photos, or read a "thank you" card from the
company, depending on how much content they have
posted to the service.

55. Answer: Facebook LookbackVideo

56. Q17: ‘X’ and ‘Y’?
While its imprints include Mulholland books, Sceptre,
Coronet Books and John Murray, ‘X’ itself, is a
subsidiary of Hachette UK. Some of its notable
publications include- Peter Pan, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The
IPCRESS File, Love Story, Asterix the Gaul, Tinker, Tailor,
Soldier, Spy; Schindler’s Ark, Managing My Life and
Under the Dome. Interestingly, in 2014, it was in the
news for being the worldwide publisher of ‘Y’.

58. Answer: ‘X’- Hodder and Stoughton, ‘Y’-
Playing it My Way

59. Q18: Why was this man
(Stefan Zweig- an
Austrian novelist,
playwright, journalist
and biographer) in the
news in early- 2014?

61. Answer: Wes Anderson's 2014 film The Grand
Budapest Hotel was inspired by Zweig’s novels-
Beware of Pity and The Post-Office Girl.

62. Q19: With which religious movement would you
associate these sketches?
Context: Love Jihad

64. Answer: Family International/Children of
God (Flirty Fishing)

65. Q20: What is being hinted at? FITB.
Excerpt from Collaborative Services-
Date- 11th April, 2014
“The design of these forms of visual communications are
thoughtfully planned. The ________ originated in Michigan, the
state home to the motor city Detroit, where else? It turns 100 next
year. The first _________ looked much different than those we have
today. They were originally 24 x 24 inches with black lettering on a
white background.
In the 1920s, not all ________ looked alike which could cause driver
confusion. So, in 1922 the American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) decided that _________
should be standardized. The octagonal shape was selected as it
allowed drivers facing the back of the sign to identify it ……. Another
reason for the octagonal design was so it could be more easily
identified at night….”

67. Answer: STOP Sign

68. Audience Q1: Complete the titles.

70. Answer

71. Pic. Steatopygous
female figure, ca.
4500–4000 B.C.;
Final Neolithic
Courtesy. Artnet.com,
Twitter
Audience Q2: Claim to Fame, and the entity
(person/organization) that discovered the
resemblance.

73. Answer: Break the Internet Kim Kardashian;
Metropolitan Museumof Art, NewYork.

75. Audience Q3: What are we talking about?
Designer: Marek Reichman
Class: Grand Tourer
Body Style: 2 door coupe
Platform: VH (Vertical/horizontal) Platform
Engine: 4.7 L AJ37 V8

77. Answer: Aston-Martin DB10 a.k.a The new
‘Bond Car’.