Pyaasa Gunda : The Indian FLAMES Quiz Finals

Pyaasa Gunda :
Indian FLAMES Quiz Finals

1.
• When there was a little controversy about the name of the 2014 movie X, the cast
and crew of the movie said the name came from a line of the poem Jhansi Ki Rani
by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan :
“Chamak uthi san sattavan mein, yeh talwaar puraani thi,
Bundeley Harbolon key munh humney suni kahaani thi,
Khoob ladi X woh toh Jhansi wali Rani thi.”
ID X.

2.
• “The moment which u can only dream of. The only man to beat @usainbolt in 100
meter race.”
• “World’s fastest ;)”
Whose tweets on September 2nd, 2014?

3.
This is a scene from
the film Pirates of the
Caribbean : Dead
Man's Chest.
What is the game
being played originally
called?

4.
Connect :
• The 2006 German drama film that marked the debut of director Florian Henckel von
Donnersmarck and won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
• The Jadavpur University alumnus who won the Vodafone-Crossword Book Award in
2008 for his debut novel.

5.
• This is Shakun Batra. He was an assistant director
in movies like Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Rock On!!
and Don 2.
• In 2012, he debuted as a director with Ek Main
Aur Ekk Tu.
What did he direct in 2014, that has described as a
“brilliant PR stunt” by many online reviewers?

ALIA BHATT : GENIUS OF THE
YEAR.

6.
• At the inauguration of the Indian Super League, guest performer Priyanka Chopra
joked that Sourav Ganguly bought a football team for a particular reason, which she
thought was legal in football, but not in cricket.
• She was in for a surprise, perhaps, when she realised she was wrong as Atletico de
Kolkata’s Arnal Carbó was yellow-carded in the match that followed for the same
reason.
What is the reason being talked about?

7.
• J.B. Bernstein is the CEO of Access Group, an athlete management firm and Chief
Marketing Officer of Seven Figures Management, a sports marketing and athlete
representation firm.
• Bernstein set up an Indian reality TV contest in 2007 called X which was aired
on Zee TV. The winner received a prize of $100,000 with an opportunity to win $1
million US dollars in a bonus round afterward.
ID X.

8.
• 18.11 : A Code of Secrecy is guilty of ripping off posters of popular video games.
• People who have seen the movie and played the game say that the similarities do not end there. Some elements
from the game and even some videos from the game have been copy-pasted in this movie.
ID the video game.

9.
• Which word is defined by Merriam-Webster as :
“Personal confidence or courage that allows someone to do or say things that may
seem shocking to others.”?

10.
• Anandabhadram was a 2005 Malayalam romantic fantasy film based on the novel of
the same name by Sunil Parameswaran. The film was the first Malayalam film to be
directed by Santosh Sivan. The film was inspired by the paintings of X.
• Santosh Sivan went on to play the painter X in the 2011 Malayalam romantic drama
film Makaramanju which was written and directed by Lenin Rajendran.
ID the painter X.

11.
Connect :
• A social gathering attended by members of a group of people who have not seen each other
for some time.
• The two-word warning message that comes up on screen when someone lights a cigarette
in a film.
• A small, usually heart-shaped, flat piece of wood equipped with two wheeled castors and a
pencil-holding aperture, used to facilitate automatic writing.
• The goddess of retributive justice or vengeance in Greek mythology.

CHOTUSHKONE.
(REUNION, SMOKING KILLS, REVERSE PLANCHETTE, NEMESIS.)

12.
• In the new YouTube video by The Viral Fever, called TVF Talk Show - Barely
Speaking with Arnub : SRK, which performance did Shah Rukh Khan rate as his
“best action performance” as he could “abuse and use bad language openly in front
of kids who are very impressionable and scar them for life” ?

BRAWL AT WANKHEDE STADIUM.
(DURING IPL V.)

13.
• On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his novel X, author Y was in Kolkata last
week. On being asked by journalists if he could have set the novel X in the present
political scenario, Y said:
“I do not think we live in epic times anymore. I do not see The Mahabharata fitting into
what we see of contemporary politics. I think Mr. Modi, certainly within the BJP, looks
like Gulliver among the Lilliputians.”
ID X and Y.

THE GREAT INDIAN NOVEL.
SHASHI THAROOR.

14.
These are the tracks from the album X by Shayan Chowdhury Arnob that released in 2006.
• Bakshey Bakshey.
• Tomar Jonyo.
• X.
• Tui Ki Janishna 1.
• Bhalobasha Tarpor.
• Tor Jonyo.
• Shomoy Kate.
• Chalak Tumi.
• Muhoorto.
• Prokreeto Jol.
• Shwobdo.
• Tui Ki Janishna 2.
ID X.

16.
• In early 2015, Anand Tiwari will join a list that includes
Shailen Mukherjee, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Debdut
Ghosh and Anindya Chatterjee among others.
[ Two of the most popular names have been excluded.]
What list am I talking about?

1.
• On whose novel these two movies are based on ? (not an Indian)

• Mario Puzo
Six Graves to Munich

2.
“In the badlands of Delhi's underbelly, X, the youngest member of a
violent brotherhood, plots a desperate bid to escape the illegal
'family' business and an oppressive brother. His schemes are
thwarted by his unruly brothers, who marry him off against his will.
But X finds an unlikely ally in his new wife, Neelu, who nurtures
her own frustrated dreams. They form a strange, mutually
exploitative pact to break the stranglehold of their family roots.”
Story of which movie by YRF ?
It was shown in Un Certain Regard section of Cannes 2014.

3.
• X was the first writer to coin the term company that has today
become common slang for Mumbai underworld gangs like D-
Company
• The Tandoor scandal in Delhi, in which a man had tried to dispose
of the corpse of his victim in a furnace, was an idea taken from
X's non-serial novel titled Mawali (मवाली).
• During a recent robbery at UTI Bank, Vikaspuri, a man
called Sandeep Bhatnagar looted four million Indian rupees by
pretending to be a human bomb. Investigators learned after
arresting the culprit that the idea was copied from Zameer ka
Qaidi (ज़मीर का क़ै दी),
• Id famous pulp writer X.

4.
Repeated suicide attempts marred her youth. After the sudden
death of her husband, Madhaven Raisom Ayengar, in a car
accident in the Kashmir region of India, after only eighteen
months of marriage, she became addicted to heavy doses
of sleeping tablets.
She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi
Award (1983) the Jnanpith Award (2001).
She claims that she wrote just to live and that otherwise it would
not have been possible for her to go on living . She also mediated
talks between Indian Govt. And ULFA . Who?

INDIRA (MAMONI) RAISOM GOSWAMI

5.
• There are only three Indian cricketers in Ranji Trophy era who
played test before Ranji trophy. One of them is Parthiv Patel.
Name any one of the other 2.

• Budhi Kunderan
• Vivek Rajdan

6.
• X debuted in a Goutam Ghosh dark and disturbing psychodrama
called “Gudia” , which had Mithunda as a ventriloquist and X as
Rosemary Braganza, a college student. In the film X was one of
the targets of a middle-age man's sexual obsession.
We know X for her roles in a 2010 film and an upcoming 2014
movie .
Id X.

7.
• X was engaged to actress Nanda from 1992 until the time of his
death in 1994. He had one son Ketan who is still involved in the
film industry. Ketan is married to Kanchan Kapoor, daughter
of Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali.
• On 1 March 1994, per news X fell from the balcony in Khetwadi
as the rail he was leaning on collapsed and died. Very little is
known about his death except that he was suffering from chronic
back pain. Rumours of him committing suicide have not been
confirmed.
Id X.

8.
• X was offered a lead role in the international project ‘Lawrence of
Arabia’ (1962) by director David Lean. However for reasons
unknown, the actor declined the offer. The role subsequently went
to Egyptian actor Omar Sharif
• ID X.

List It
• Write name of all the films where SRK‘s Screen name was RAJ or
RAHUL .
• +3 for each correct answer.
Extra +3 for full house.

Ans
• RAHUL -
• Yes boss
• Darr
• Kabhu khusi kabhi gham
• Kuch kuch hota hai
• Dil to pagal hai
• Chennai express

Ans
• RAJ
• Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
• Mohabbatein
• Chalte Chalte

9.
• Onir’s “I am” is 1st in Bollywood in what respect?

10.
Moondru Mudichu (English: The Three Knots) is a 1976 Tamil film
The movie stars Kamal Hassan, Rajinikanth and X in major roles.
Now X was just 13 year old during this film but she played a
college student in this movie. This role was her 1st adult
breakthrough in the industry.
ID X.

11.
• Katrina Kaif’s introductory scene in this film had put the makers
of the film in a tight spot. They recced the place before shooting
but when they returned few months later to shoot, they found out
it was nude beach. They had to be careful the entire time to not
have a naked person walk through the frame.
Which film am I talking about ?

12.
• X confessed that he never had any training in music even for one
day, let alone classical music. And nobody in his family had any
music background. In late 1950s, X composed music for the
film Phagun. Ustad Amir Khan listened to all the tunes on the
radio and was so happy that he immediately telephoned X and
congratulated him for composing all songs of this film using
one raga Pilu. He was stunned to hear this. He told Khan saab
that he was not even aware of it when he composed these songs
that he had based them on raga Pilu.
ID X

13.
Clockwise :-
Chennai 600028
Bunny
Devadasu
Dhee
Gamyam

• MAHANAYAK DEV
FILMS(RIP OFFS)

14
X is an Indian TV Show adaptation of a popular American pre-school
children's television series. Co-produced by Sesame Workshop and
Turner Entertainment, the show was telecast on Indian children's TV
channels, Turner's Cartoon Network, POGO and Doordarshan from
15th August 2006.
ID X.

Minimals
• 5 Questions
• +5 point each
• Extra +5 for full house

1.
The National Film Award for the Best Animated Film was started in
2006 with Telugu film Kittu winning the award that year. Till now only
4 animated movies have won the award, 2 of them being Hindi.
The first Hindi movie, which won the award in 2008, was X’s debut
venture as a director, after having failed as an actor.
The Second Hindi movie which won the award in 2012 was Y’s 5th
film as a director. Y’s directorial venture won the Best Movie at the
IIFA awards.
Give me either :
1.X and Y.
or
2. The two Hindi Movies.

X= Jugal Hansraj
Y= Nikhil Advani
Or
Roadside Romeo and Delhi Safari.

2.
Starring Ved Thapar, this 1990s detective show had become
popular mostly due to the sidekick to Ved Thapar’s character. The
star sidekick was mainly responsible for the huge TV ratings the
show enjoyed. The sidekick also appeared in movies like Katilon
Ke Katil, Zahreelay, Mera Shikar and Ahankaar.
Give me the name of the show.

3.
The author was shifted to a rented house in North Kolkata, where
his Landlord was Probhat Mukherjee. The author never had a good
relation with his landlord. When approached him for stories for
'Mouchak’, X was created initially to mock his landlord in two
stories.
ID The author and X.

4.
This sports complex was built in 1994 for the National Games 1994.
The 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games were hosted here. In 2008
the World Junior Table Tennis Circuit was successfully held here.
The 2009 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship was held here.
The city is also the host of FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for
Women 2009.
The football stadium in the complex is the home to an ISL team and
also the first club in I-league to pass the I-league Pro-licensing.
ID the football stadium.

5.
“Cracking India”(1992, India)
formerly known as “Ice Candy
Man” is a novel by Bapsi
Sidhwa, an American author of
Pakistani origin. The novel
served as the basis for one of
India’s Official Entry to the
Oscars. Which movie?

6.
With career-best ranking of 201 in the ATP Singles Ranking, he is
known also known as a producer of movies like Walking Tall,
Ghost Rider:Spirit of Vengeance and the Tamil movie Jeans.
He has also produced a talent hunt programme for newcomers in
the field of direction by the name of Gateway. The programme aired
on Sony PIX channel.
ID the person, who is remembered in India more for his sporting
career even though he wasn’t quite the success as a sportsperson.

7.
As early as 1997, there were plans to host X at Calcutta.
Hyderabad was signed to host X in 2003. However Mumbai also
decided to fight for the rights. In the end these projects were never
realised, possibly owing to anti-tobacco legislation, and a change in
government policy. X was finally held in 2011 for the first time.
What am I talking about?

8.
Anniyan (Aparichit in Hindi) is a 2005 Indian Tamil psychological thriller film written
and directed by Shankar. Ramanujam, an idealistic, law-abiding lawyer who suffers
from multiple personality disorder and develops two other identities: a fashion
model Remo and a grim reaper-themed vigilante serial killer Anniyan who refers to
an ancient text X in order to handing out brutal and fatal punishments, according to
the X to Corrupt people.
X is one of the Vaishanva Puranas and is the epic is in form of conversation
between Lord Vishnu and ______ (______is a part of the answer X). According to
X, Punishment like Krimibhojanam (Insects are left intruding the body) and
Kumbhipaka (Roasting in hot oil tank by yama kinkaras) are meted out to sinners
after death
Give Me X.

What is it about?
The Walk of the Stars is a section of the Bandstand Promenade in Bandra, Mumbai
honouring Bollywood film stars. The path features about six statues of
famous Bollywood personalities as well as about 100 brass plates embossed with the
handprints and signatures of other stars. The walk was inspired by the Hollywood
Walk of Fame. It is funded and privately managed by UTV and promoted through
their UTV Stars television channel.

Rules
1. Written Round
2. Five Statues
3. Each carries 5 points
4. Bonus of 5 points extra if all correct

9.
Laxman Singh “Bunny”, was the grandson of
Hanut Singh of Jodhpur, who was an
outstanding Polo player.
Laxman Singh’s achievement in Asian
Games 1982 in a certain discipline(Played in
the Asian Games for the first time in 1982
only) is considered one of the most defining
moment of that sport in India.
What particular achievement am I talking
about which is still to be emulated?

The Only Indian to win a Gold Medal in Golf Individual at The Asian
Games.

10.
Given on the next slide is the painting by Tyeb Mehta which is the
2nd most expensive painting from India. The painting was sold in a
Christie’s auction in 2014.
Name the painting.

11.
In the US in 2007, a lot of foreigners were legally in the U.S. but caught in
a green card backlog due to the US authorities’ decision to limit permanent
residency to high-skilled foreign workers.
A lot of them protested in July 2007, their target of protest being US Citizenship
and Immigration Services Director Emilio Gonzalez.
A 15 July 2007 editorial in The Baltimore Sun argued, "Americans are fortunate
to have living among them people who are this ingenious, and this thoughtful of
others, and this capable of channeling anger into beauty.“
The US authorities, as a result, reversed their decision and started accepting
applications from foreign professionals seeking permanent residency through
an expedited process.
Why was the this issue in news in India?

They sent flowers to US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Director Emilio Gonzalez.
Inspired by Lage Raho Munnabhai.

12.
In 2012, Times Magazine came up with The 10 Greatest Movies of the
Millennium (Thus Far) , which included The Artist at no.10 and WALL-E at
no.1.
They described the no.8 movie X in the list as,
“another visually intoxicating musical opened at the festival, introducing sang-
and-danced Bollywood dramas to the international culturati.”
“The piece is played with such commitment that the tritest plot twists seem
worth believing — and dancing to, in nine nifty production numbers. But the
fervid emotion is what makes the thing sing. Beyond that, X is a visual
ravishment, with sumptuous sets, fabulous frocks and beautiful people to fill
them; it has a grandeur the old Hollywood moguls would have loved.”
Which movie are they talking about?

13.
The pic on the next slide is of Randeep Hooda in the movie “Main
Aur X” directed by Prawaal Raman which is in its Post production
stage.
Who is he playing?

14.
Yelan was born in Tianjin, and is a granddaughter of a Gandhian
named Tseng. Yelan first came to India in 1977 with her grandfather to
visit the Sevagram ashram, where she translated Gandhi's
autobiography and other works into Chinese language. She married
Kranti, who hailed from a family of freedom fighters and Leftists from
present day Andhra Pradesh.
Their child is a sportsperson and is a World Championship Bronze
medallist and a Commonwealth Gold Medallist in her sport.
Who is this sportsperson?

15.
A prolific Left handed Batter, X has played 6 World Cups. She
was an important part of the team in 2005 World Cup as she top
scored for India. In 2002,X in the first series as skipper, led India
with 7 debutants to a whitewash win over visiting England side. She
was also the first captain to win a Test Series abroad. She was the
first Indian player to score a ODI century for India.
She has been a commentator for Doordarshan and other sports
channels. X was a participant on the reality show Fear Factor -
Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4.
ID X.

16.
“Far away from our multiplex lives, X is a legend, big enough to be the
headliners in his own movie posters.”
“X has directed more films than Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Aditya Chopra and
Madhur Bhandarkar combined, and each of his films has more to offer than all
their films combined.”
“X’s films are pure, unadulterated Masala. They are all like artistic rendition of
Masala pictures, with all extraneous elements removed. X’s films are minimalist
Bollywood, giving the audience what they want, nothing more, nothing less.”
The above are the excerpts of the Tribute given to X at an award ceremony
in 2012 where he received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Give me X and the Awards.

Kanti Shah and Golden Kela Awards

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