Prelims of the MELA (Music, Entertainment, Literature and Arts) Quiz conducted by Conquiztadors, the Quiz Society of Sri Venkateswara College in collaboration with the North-east Students Association.

2. ● There are 20 questions in the prelims.
● One point for each correct answer. No negative
marking.
● Q4, 6, 12, 14 and 20 are star marked and will be used to
resolve ties.
● All the blanks are indicative.
● The decision of the QM is final and binding.

3. Q.1 Which book is being talked about?
After his accident as a child Jean Michel Basquiat got a few fractures. During
his stay at the hospital his mother gifted him the book that influenced a lot of
his art. A book which is compared to bible in its field and also shares its name
with a drama series which started airing in 2005.

5. A.1 Grey’s Anatomy

6. Q.2 What accessory?
Idiocracy(2006) is an American science fiction comedy film about a man who
finds himself in a dystopian society run by corporations, where evolution has
made humanity stupid because people no longer had to be intelligent and
physically fit to survive due to the benefits of technology.
Focussing on this plotline and working under a tight budget, the costume
designer made everyone in the movie wear a cheap comfortable accessory
made by the then start up company thinking they were futuristic yet too stupid
looking to ever become popular in real life.
However, after the release of the movie, these accessories gained sudden
popularity and is still in popular use till this day.

8. A.2 Crocs

9. Q.3 ID the film.
This 2010 release by Dibakar Banerjee (sometimes known by its trippy
acronym), featured an anthology of three different yet interconnected stories.
The movie brings about these three stories of scandal, holding a mirror up to
India society's hesitations to talk about topics that make them uncomfortable.
Each story is a different section of the movie and is preceded by the following
artworks.

14. A.3 Love, Sex aur Dhokha

15. *Q.4 What is this art form inspired by?
Al Sadu is a hand-woven embroidery form practiced by Bedouin people. It is a
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage entry from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Al
Sadu is said to be an ancient tribal weaving craft that artistically portrays
nomadic peoples’ rich cultural heritage and instinctive expression of natural
beauty. The name of the embroidery is a loose translation, inspired from
graceful stride of the fauna.

17. A.4 Camel

18. Q.5 ID the movie.
_______ __ ___ ______ ____(7,2,3,6,4) is 2023 American epic Crime Drama
film based on the 2017 nonfiction book of the same name by New Yorker staff
writer David Grann who was also the bestselling author of The Lost city of Z.
This movie is based on the real life _____ (5) murders after ‘oil’ is found on
their land which traces to one of the Darkest moments in America's History.
The concept of the movie can be seen as officially starting with the murder of a
native whose death, in month of May began "The Reign of Terror," as the
newspapers dubbed it, making the title more appropriate.

20. A.5 Killers of the Flower Moon

21. *Q.6 ID the duo and the artwork.
Bayaan(2018), the debut album by this hip-hop duo from Delhi received much
praise and critical acclaim for its refreshing sound and bold lyricism.
Experimentation in music often means clear doom for artists commercially, but this
duo is adamant on marching ahead with their distinct vision. Who is this duo?
In this album, seeking to aptly embody the revolution they wished to bring about
through their music, they drew parallels to this famous artwork in the cover which
references an important historical incident of rebellion. What is this artwork?

24. A.6 Seedhe Maut; Gyarah Moorti

25. Q.7 What is special about this art?
Recently, an Italian artist Salvatore Garau had to say this about his piece titled
“Buddha in Contemplation”.
While explaining his art piece he says, “The vacuum is nothing more than a
space full of energy, and even if we empty it and there is nothing left, according
to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, that ‘nothing’ has a weight.” He goes
on to say that it is this weight’s energy that condenses and transforms into
particles, and ultimately, into us.

27. A.7 The canvas was blank

28. Q.8 ID the movie and the play.
During a roundtable meeting for the discussion of the 1994 movie’s outline,
someone commented on its unintended parallels with the play X, leading the
director to further embrace these parallels and they began looking for more
ways to mirror the tragedy. The movie is rife with betrayals, fratricide and a
vengeful hero.
Although the movie does not end with a tragedy, in the original storyboard,
____ even says a line from the play, which X’s friend says as X is dying in his
arms: "Goodnight, sweet prince."

30. A.8 The Lion King; Hamlet

31. Q.9 ID Y and what project?
While talking about the greatest challenges about working on the recent 2023
project, the lead animator talked about giving unique motion signature to 100s
of different ______(6).
Y, the motion signature for one of the ______(6) was inspired by Kalaripayattu,
a martial arts from Kerala, over 2000 years old.

34. A.9 Y: Pavitra Prabhakar
Project: Spider-man : Across the spider-verse

35. Q.10 What was this movie about?
In order to show a film in the U.K., filmmakers need a certification and rating
from the British Board of Film Classification. To submit their entry to the
board, the filmmakers need to pay hefty amounts. To protest against this, a
2016 British feature film was created. The film focuses entirely on a very boring
yet colourful subject. The objective behind this 10 hour long film was to dry out
the board’s officials by making them watch the entire movie before giving the
film an age rating. To fund his film, the creator launched a campaign named
“Make the Censors Watch this” which allowed him to submit his film to the
board.

37. A.10 The movie showed the drying out of the paint.

38. Q.11 Give the name of the genre.
This particular genre of music is a blend of Indian folk music, specifically
Bhojpuri folk music, with Caribbean calypso and soca music, and later with
Bollywood music. It emerged in mid-20th century and reached a peak of
popularity during the 1980s in countries like Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname
and other countries of the Caribbean. Modern artists of this lip smacking
genre write lyrics in either Caribbean Hindustani or English, then lay them
over beats derived from Indian dholak beats mixed with the soca beat.

40. A.11 Chutney music

41. *Q.12 What location?
Following is a song from the 1963 film “Tere Ghar ke samne”. The song is
considered unique owing to the fact that it provides a different perspective of a
certain location which after a tragic event in December 1981 hasn’t been
possible to feature in a song.

44. A.12 Qutub Minar

45. Q.13 ID movement and genre of show.
During this 2023 movement, entertainment of one genre remained unaffected,
while others' production had to be halted, postponed or cancelled.
During the 2007-08 movement of the same kind, this genre saw a meteoric rise
which was difficult for other type of shows to keep up with since they didn’t
require the involvement of the proponents of this event.

47. A.13 The Writers’ strike; Reality show

48. Q.14 Who is the target demographic? What did they do to aid them?
In 2015, Prado Museum, Madrid initiated a novel approach aiming inclusivity
towards a certain community. They made a certain changes to the paintings
asking them to defy the first rule of museum to appreciate the works on
display which they otherwise can not. Additionally, they made eyes in the
paintings concave intentionally to give them a good starting point from which
they can work outwards. They incorporated these details into a new image
printed with special ink which Velasco explained as, “just like you add yeast to
bread to make it rise.”

50. A.14 Visually impaired people; 3D paintings

51. Q.15 ID X.
X is a movie about a man torn between a marriage of obligation and a
passionate extramarital relationship. This 1981 movie attracted controversy
even before its release due to its starcast who share a deeper connection to the
movie.

53. A.15 Silsila

54. Q.16 ID the artist.
When you really get into it, this singer
has many talents that might be unknown
to the public. Though her devilish antics
recently have landed her public
attention fuelling her rebellion against
the music industry, a fact that's gone
under the radar that many need to know
is that she's also a painter. Following are
some of her paintings that she replicated
as visuals for her recent music video. ID
the musician.

56. A.16 Doja Cat

57. Q.17 ID X and the dance form.
X is an actor, singer, dancer and model got his stage name due to his habit to speak too much
as a child, which was analogous to a crop _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7)which doesn't need any water or
fertilizer, and grows properly anywhere not be not to be confused with the labour intensive
and expensive _ _ _ _ _ _(6)
He made his acting debut in 2012 in the film Sajan Chale Sasural, in which he played the lead
role as Sajan, which became a hit and established him as an actor.
One of the reasons of his popularity and stardom is due to his _________ __________
performances. He recently achieved widespread internet fame due to another dance
performance.
This dance involves men dressing up as women and dancing to Bhojpuri song. Each
performance is centered on a different socioeconomic reality found in rural areas, such as
caste, gender, migration, or the hardship of the peasants.

59. A.17 Khesari Lal, Launda Naach
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AFwsMZfajyA

60. *Q.18 What is the #tag?
Starbuck used their staple fall drink at Starbucks in order to promote it's
release in India, Starbucks introduced a hashtag that people could use for
sharing their affection for the beverage. What was this hashtag, which
references the main ingredient of the drink and shares its name with a novel
later adapted into a 2007 movie?

62. A.18 PSILY

63. Q.19 ID the song and the speaker.
The sample for this song, titled _____ was taken from a 2016 speech
demanding liberation from casteism, feudalism and the many systematic
injustices prevalent in india.
Later in 2019, the song was adapted to take on economic and class disparity to
better suit an aspiring artist from a place which epitomises economic disparity,
who has now achieved god-level status in his field.

65. A.19 Azadi; Kanhaiya Kumar

66. *Q.20 ID X.
This composition 'X' originally heard in 1985 is arguably one of the most
recognizable _____ ____(5,4) themes of all time. With its jaunty rhythm and
catchy melody ‘X’ is the perfect complement to side-scrolling adventures of
the characters on the journey to obtain the fruits of their labour. Its composer, a
legend of his industry in a 2001 interview cited jazz musician Sadao Watanabe
and Japanese fusion band T-SQUARE as potential influences on 'X'. In 2023 'X'
was chosen by the U.S. Library of Congress as the first of its kind for inclusion
in the National Recording Registry.

68. A.20 Super Mario theme