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Question #1
This game show that aired in 2010 had a teaser
campaign running in the form of Aaram Classes where
individuals could take a quiz of being lazy, sign a lazy
petition earn a certificate for being lazy or the coined
term being aarami.
A very popular game show host appeared as the guest
on the show's first episode. Which game show and
who hosted this immensely forgettable game show?

And the answer is ……..

Answer #1
Abhishek Bachchan and National Bingo Night

Question #2
Apne Paraye, Ittefaq, Bhabhima and Raghukul Reet
Sada Chali Aayi were the only serials where he
appeared.
His other appearance included in a video album on
Tagore song.
Whose almost forgettable appearance on Indian
Television was this?

Question #3
Years later after the show had seen its popularity dwindle, it moved in a
truncated version to Pogo, before landing its last TV outing in the
channel Colors.
It then moved online on YouTube and then on its own app and finally
bowing out.
1972 and 1992 was when the two best avatars of this show had debuted
each time with a separate host.
Counting Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar, Zakir Hussain,
Leander Paes as its guests, which show was this?

Answer #3
Bournvita Quiz Contest

Question #4
UTV (United Television) has been one of the pioneering
production houses in India right from their days producing DD
shows.
They were responsible for some iconic game shows starting
from Mashoor Mahal to the Mathemagic show to a quiz
show called Contact where participants had draw a contact or
connect.
Who was the quizmaster for this show?

Question #5
Yaohan was a Japanese retail
group, founded in 1930 by
Ryohei Wada and his wife
Katsu Wada.
How would television viewers
in the 1980s remember the
fictionalized account of Katsu
Wada's journey in life?

Answer #5
The Japanese serial Oshin

Question #6
Everyone’s favorite TV series, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma
is based on the Gujarati author’s cherished column ‘Duniya Ne
Undha Chasma’ in the weekly magazine Chitralekha Gujarati.
In 2017 when Taarak Mehta - the author passed away, the
magazine where the series enjoyed an uninterrupted run of 46 years
paid its tribute in a much unique way going beyond bringing out
a special issue.
What was so unique about the issue?

Answer #6
As part of the tribute, three pages in Chitralekha’s issue went
blank.

Question #7
When the show's producers went to the chairman of their sponsor to
renew their show's sponsorship, they were faced with a problem.
The chairman went to sleep at 9 every night much before the show was
aired and had never watched a single episode. When the producers
showed him excerpts from the show during the presentation, he saw it,
turned around and told his team: "Gentlemen, please give them what
they want.” The sponsorship lasted for over 9 years.
Which show and who was this chairman?

Answer #7
Dr. Verghese Kurien and Surabhi

Used for the Open Quiz

Trial Question #1
After the hugely successful serial ‘The Sword of Tipu Sultan’,
Sanjay Khan tried his hand at another historical serial titled
‘The Great Maratha’. Shahbaz Khan played the lead role.
Which famous person from Indian history was the show about?

Trial Answer #1
Mahadji Scindia or Mahadji Shinde

Trial Question #2
Where have we seen this trio recently who are seen here in ‘The
Kapil Sharma Show’?

Trial Answer #2
Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan

Trial Question #3
The old story-teller lived in Ghungar village and
collected stories and fables which his mother has
left hidden under rocks.
It is said that he is growing younger day-by-day
and once he finds all the stories he will be once
again become a child.
Who was this famous "Baba” we all loved?

Question #1
This award winning show though produced by NDTV, aired
on a different channel and was fairly successful. Sponsored by
Videocon, in its first season it had two hosts, one of them being
Suresh Oberoi.
Later on, a different sponsor (Nokia) and producer came in
for the second season but could not sustain the popularity of
the first season. Roshan Abbas hosted this season.
Which show was this and who was the first host?

Answer #1
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai and Farooque Shaikh

Question #2
While most remember Tom Alter's interview with
Sachin Tendulkar, another of Sachin Tendulkar's
interview on Doordarshan was also how VVS Laxman
remembers him.
A well known cricketer of yesteryears had
conducted this interview.
Who and which program did this interview feature in?

Answer #2
Cricket with Mohinder Amarnath

Question #3
Doordarshan launched its second channel DD2 in 1984. It was first
available only in Delhi but services were later extended to 3 – 4 other
major cities.
What was the channel re-branded as which aired some popular
shows like ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’, ‘Superhit Muqabla’, among others?

Question #4
This program was heavily influenced by ‘Charlie’s Angels’.
The show received decent response but was wound up rather
quickly.
Sadly, 2 out of the 3 leading ladies committed suicide within
a few years of this serial being aired.
Name this rather feline show.

Question #5
The creator had to struggle as no TV channel was ready to pick
up the Indian animation content and most Indian contents aired
were mythological in nature. His company produced ‘Vikram
Betal’ and ‘Krishna’ animation shows which convinced Y TV to
give chance. After the five years of conception, X made his
first appearance in 2008 on Y TV.
Spin-offs of X have been seen on Netflix as well as Disney
Channel.
Identify X & Y.

Answer #5
• Chhota Bheem (X)
• Pogo (Y)

Question #6
Spot the brands. (5+5+5)
(E.g. top left hand side is Cadbury’s Dairy Milk

Answer #6
• Dhara
• Fevikwik
• Suzuki Samurai

Question #7
Originally a Hindi-language show, X India first aired in English on
October 6, 2003. It switched back to Hindi on July 18, 2005, before being
relaunched in English on April 28, 2007.
X India featured local Indian sporting news, such as the results of cricket
matches and local football (I-League). It also covered league matches
from European football and also some new from NBA.
Other sports like Auto Racing, Multi-sporting events and all where India
participated were covered in this news.
Much of the content from X Asia was also repeated in X India. The
Indian edition was discontinued later.
Identify X?

Rules:
• 36 questions
• 9 Qs alternately of each QM
• 1st 9 Qs clock – wise, then reverse after every 9 Qs
• 15 points for a correct answer
• Part points will be awarded at QM’s discretion
• Modified infinite bounce
• QM decision final and binding

Set 1 - Clockwise

First Question Coming Up

Question #1
Identify the names blanked out in this tweet from Siddhartha Basu

Answer #1
Kavita Agarwal, Radha Seth and Vandana Mohan
(co-hosts of Quiz Time in 1985, 86 and 88 respectively)

Next Question

Question #2
In 1973, during Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan’s shehnai recital at
Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, it was first brought to life. Indira Gandhi
wanted it to be based on another piece of work.
The task of composing the tune was entrusted to a well known
musician. But this musician soon realized that the tune suggested by Mrs
Gandhi was of a longer duration.
Working with Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan, he finally came up with a
variation of the original tune and the rest is history.
Who is this musician and what was created?

Answer #2
Pandit Ravi Shankar and the Doordarshan signature tune

Question #3
When pop star Ajit Singh first composed it, the show’s producer S S
Oberoi blew a bugle, 'let's get _________ to sing it!’ This singer had not
stepped out of the movie circuit before. In his legendary style, without
batting an eyelid, he rattled off a figure of Rs 18,000, the fees he
charged at that time.”
Oberoi didn't blink either as he could see the song playing on
television every week. Over 52 episodes it would amortize to less than
Rs 400 a week.
Who was this singer and which show are we talking about?

Answer #3
Kishore Kumar singing the title song of the hit comedy
“Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi”

Question #4
Her name is Jayashree Gadkar. The character
she is most remembered for on Indian
Television is also the “lesser known” but
actual name of another popular actress.
This actress played a character in a daily soap
whose name has been one of the most
unconventional ones on Indian Television
and is still remembered. Joseph Stalin’s
youngest daughter also had the same name.
Identify the actress, name of the character
and the daily soap

Answer #4
Jayashree Gadkar played
Kaushalya in Ramanand
Sagar’s Ramayan
Kaushalya is the real name of
actress Kitu Gidwani
Among many of her roles, she
is well known for playing the
character of Svetlana in the
daily soap Swabhimaan

Question #5
Watch this video from the series Nukkad and guess who is
Gopal? (Screen Name would suffice)

Answer #5
Khopdi played by Sameer Khakhar

Question #6
In the late 1980s and early 90s, quite a few folks from the film fraternity
jumped onto the TV bandwagon.
Even Lata Mangeshkar partnered with a very well known producer
/ director to form a TV company called Metavision. They made their
foray into television with a singing contest called Meri Awaaz Suno. The
program, anchored by Annu Kapoor was aired on DD1 and saw Sunidhi
Chauhan crowned one of the winners.
Who was this well known producer / director?

Question #7
Nim Sood got into television when her sister
needed a full time designer for her production
house.
During the conceptualization of one of the most
popular shows from this production house, the
show was titled Amma. It was later re-titled on
her suggestion . Due to the superstition with a
particular alphabet, another word was added to
the title.
Who is Nim Sood's famous sister and which
show are we talking about?

Answer #7
Shobha Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms
Serial being Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi

Question #8
Thirumathi Selvam is a Tamil
Soap opera written and directed by
S Kumaran and produced by
Vikatan Televistas and aired on
Sun TV.
The serial had the highest TRP
ratings for Tamil serials. How
do followers of the Hindi
serials remember its adaptation?

Question #9
While the popular show Surabhi was in Hindi, the scripts
were still written in English. Feroz Ashraf, a teacher who also
ran an NGO that fought for the education of Muslim women in
the slums of Mumbai and a part of the team would work on the
translations. He would do adaptations of the English script
and not just translations. He wanted to get the perfect flavor
of the language out there.
But that was not why Feroz Ashraf was hired by the
production team. What was he originally brought on board
for?

Answer #9
Ashraf was initially hired to count the postcards but ended
up doing script translations

SCORES

Set 2 – Anti Clockwise

Question #10
• The protagonist of this serial went on to win a season of the
Bigg Boss and so did the antagonist.
• The program saw the vamp’s popularity soar over that of the
heroine. The hair twirling of the antagonist and the famous
background soundtrack that may remind one of marriage is still
afresh in the minds of many viewers.
• Id the 2 characters played by these 2 ladies.
• (The trials of life have seen a re-make of the program but it
is yet to achieve the TRPs of the original.)

Answer #10
• Kasauti Zindagi Kay
• Shweta Tiwari as Prerna
• Urvashi Dholakia as Komolika (background music ‘nika’)

Question #11
• He played the role of Ravan in the NDTV Imagine
‘Ramayana’.
• He has been a part of superhit films like ‘Lagaan’, ‘Sarfarosh’
and ‘Ready’.
• However, a character played by him became a household
name in the mid – 90s because of his unique hairstyle.
• His one –word catchphrase became iconic.
• Name the character, a rare case where the villain is more
remembered than the hero.
• What was the catchphrase?
• If you can’t recall either, a certain Miss India may help you.

Answer #11
• Kroor Singh (Akhilendra Mishra)
• Yakku
• Chandrakanta (title role played by Shikha Swaroop)

Question #12
• Some reasons cited for this are:
• Distinct nature of the Indian television viewing world where 93% live in a one-tv
household reality
• Television viewing is essentially community viewing. Often certain things don't
work on tv because people watch tv with their immediate and extended families
• Television is a representation of the average Indian, the mass consumer who
enjoys stereotypical scenes, situations and songs and comes back to them
whenever he can. A family entertainer will always work on television because it not
just allows for emotional peaks and curves every couple of minutes but can be
watched in segments or its entirety with at least one other member of the family
multiple times without discomfort.
• Above reasons are cited for what 'repetitive' phenomenon?

Answer #12
Why ‘Sooryavansham’ is shown so many times on Set Max

Question #13
• Connect.
• (Something totally waste, useless)

Question #14
• In this TV show, most characters were known only by their
first names while 2 important characters were known only
by their surname.
• If the show believed in product placements, it could have
perhaps made a lucrative deal with Toyota for Toyota Qualis.
• Quite often one prominent character feels that something is
wrong.
• Among several other firsts, this show was also the first to
come out with its own awards.
• Your fate may be left hanging if you fail to identify the show
and its awards.

Answer #14
• CID
• CID Veerta Awards

Question #15
• His more artistic surname got lost among the more popular
and famous surname. His first name would remind you of an
ancient king.
• Ranging from an episodic appearance as Chintu in a Mr. –
Mrs. Serial to Ghansu in an Alexandrian film, I will (not be
able to) explain all his roles as an actor in 1 question.
• Name the character & the actor.
• Name the show as well.
• (5+5+5)

Answer #15
• Dushyant Painter
• Deven Bhojani
• Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

Question #16
• She had acted in serials like ‘Mahabharat’ (BR Chopra), ‘Yug’,
‘Chandrakanta’, among others.
• She was also once the co-host of a popular music show X
where the male host Y remained constant but the female hosts
changed. In the pic below, she (face hidden) is seen with some
of the other ladies who had co-hosted X.
• Id the lady. (5)
• Who is her famous father? (5)
• Name X & Y. (5)

Answer #16
• Durga Jasraj
• Pandit Jasraj
• Amtakshari (X)
• Annu Kapoor (Y)

Question #18
• As per the producer, “We have immense diversity in our
country and coming from outside, people often wonder how
we live together as a nation. We have our fault lines even
today of caste and religion but that does not prevent us from
being Indian. With the show, we were looking to discover the
adhesive factor that holds us together.”
• The scripting of the show involved consultations with 35
historians.
• Quite fittingly, the first episode was aired on 14th November.
• Which show?
• Who was the producer & director?

Answer #18
• Bharat Ek Khoj
• Shyam Benegal

Set 3 - Clockwise

Question #19
This series, whose title music you would hear was produced by a
pioneering lady who broke a lot of social taboos, and to her credit
started one of the first advertising agency in India headed by a
woman.
For this series, she collaborated with another pioneer who married twice
and both his wives had the first name Kamala.
Identify the two persons mentioned above and also the series.

Answer #19
Durga Khote and RK Laxman. The series being Wagle Ki Duniya

Question #20
In many ways, he was the first muffler man.
Inspired by James Thurber’s short story “The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty”, it was about an aam aadmi ,a lowly clerk who
migrated from North Bihar to Delhi and is the butt of ridicule
in his office and his boss’s favourite punching bag.
Which series, directed by Prakash Jha and written by the
Father of Indian TV Soaps - Manohar Shyam Joshi was this?

Answer #20
Mungeri Lal ke Haseen Sapne

Question #21
In the early 90s, Saraswati Audio Visuals brought out
the famous comedy series Dekh Bhai Dekh.
Many years later, their last TV production was a series
on a business magnate and owner of the fictional
Shanti Constructions suffering from a neurological
disorder.
Which TV Series was this?

Answer #21
Yudh (Amitabh Bachchan's only fictional TV show)

Question #22
His name is L Srirama Narayanan. Not
many would know him probably outside
a certain region.
However, it was his predecessor who is
credited to be the ideator and presenter
of one of India's longest running
program of its kind which started in
2002 and is still going strong.
Which show is this and who did L
Srirama Narayanan succeed?

Answer #22
DD Podhigai (Tamil) Sports Quiz / Dr Sumanth Raman

Question #23
Much like Lal Krishna Advani,
Ramanand Sagar decided to go
on a Rath Yatra when
Doordarshan had initially not
given him the permission for the
transmission of the series.
Doordarshan later relented and
the series was telecast.
Which popular series?

Question #24
The musical score most commonly associated with this franchise popular
the world over was composed by father-and-son duo Keith and
Matthew Strachan. The Strachans' main theme takes inspiration from the
"Mars" movement of Gustav Holst’s “The Planets”.
In India - Sawan Dutta who runs the song blog "The Metronome"
Indianized it by flavouring it with the contemporary EDM-meets-tribal
duffs-meet-dubstep-meets-swirling trance synth textures-meet-indian
classical flute-meets screaming traditional tutari.
Which popular music score are we talking about?

Answer #24
Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Question #25
Ashok Kumar appeared at the
end of every episode of Hum
Log wearing sunglasses.
Though he mentioned that it was
due to the lights, there was
another important reason
behind wearing them.
What?

Answer #25
Ashok Kumar would wear sunglasses before shooting for the
epilogue, because he didn't want the audience to know that he was
reading on the teleprompter.

Question #26
Connect these 3 audio pieces. You can identify the series also
Audio 1 Audio 2 Audio 3

Answer #26
Shankar Ehsaan Loy
1. Shanti Opening Theme Music composed by Ehsaan Noorani
2. The World This Week Theme Music composed by Loy
Mendonca
3. Jhansi Ki Rani Title song sung by Shankar Mahadevan

Question #27
Identify the series and the music director who came from a family of
music and dance.
His centenarian mother passed away recently

Answer #27
Ananda Shankar, Uday Shankar’s son and Ravi Shankar’s nephew
The series being Byomkesh Bakshi

Set 4 – Anti Clockwise

Question #28
• The creator had to struggle as no TV channel was ready to
pick up the Indian animation content and most Indian
contents aired were mythological in nature. His company
produced ‘Vikram Betal’ and ‘Krishna’ animation shows
which convinced Y TV to give chance. After the five years
of conception, X made his first appearance in 2008 on Y
TV.
• Spin-offs of X have been seen on Netflix as well as Disney
Channel.
• X & Y please.

Answer #28
• Chhota Bheem (X)
• Pogo (Y)

Question #29
• The actor had been congratulated by a country’s PM for
choosing this role. His character even featured on the front
page of a famous American daily.
• While a no. of tv programs have been adapted from books,
this was a reverse case when the tv character started featuring
in books.
• A subject of lot of memes, you may be sorry if you can’t
identify this strong character.
• Also, darkness may prevail all around you if you fail to identify
the 3 – word catchphrase of his nemesis.

Answer #29
• Shaktimaan
• Andhera Kayam Rahe

Question #30
• This was a cricket quiz hosted by Harsha Bhogle.
• Some of the episodes saw former Indian cricketers take on
former Aussie cricketers.
• Then some episodes involved former Indian batsmen taking on
former Indian bowlers with Sunil Gavaskar and
S.Venkataraghvan leading the 2 teams respectively.
• Some episodes also pitted former players of India & Pakistan.
• Which quiz was this?

Answer #31
Tarak Mehta ka Oolta Chasma

Question #32
• When the Star Parivaar Awards happened for the first time,
it was the first time a private tv group in India was
organizing an award show for its group channels.
• The Awards were also promoted as something happening
for the first time which has now become a norm in such
awards.
• What first happened?

Answer #32
For the first time, characters were given
awards and not actors

Question #33
• The title of this tv show X would remind you of a famous filmy
collaboration between 2 star sons in 1976.
• X was a song in film Y.
• Y has the same name as the tv show Z.
• Z was aired on another GEC where it proved to be both popular
and controversial because its plot involved under-age marriage.
• The tv show X was quite popular but lost some of its viewership
when it showed a long, steamy sequence involving its lead actors.
• Introduction of a child artiste helped X again become very
popular.
• Id X, Z, and the 2 star sons. (5+5+5)

Answer #33
• Bade Acche Lagte Hai (X)
• Amit Kumar & RD Burman
• Balika Vadhu (Z)

Question #34
Why has this station named ‘Arasalu’ been in the news in
recent times?

Answer #34
Indian Railways setting up a ‘Malgudi Museum’ as
a tribute to ‘Malgudi Days’

Penultimate Question

Question #35
• CNBC TV 18 had launched this show in 2006 with the aim of attracting women
who wanted to invest in stock markets.
• The show was titled ‘X, Y and Sensex’ where X & Y are two relations that one
would associate more with the GECs than a business channel. Smriti Irani had
once been a guest in this show. A Bollywood movie with the same name also got
made
• Two Hindi News Channels have shows with a variation of the above name . One
conspiratorially replaced Sensex whereas the other added a third female
relationship in place of Sensex.
• Name all the shows. (5+5+5)

Answer #35
Saas, Bahu aur Sensex
Saas Bahu aur Saazish (ABP News)
Saas Bahu aur Betiyan (Aaj Tak)

Last Question

Question #36
• Although a film technically, it was often aired on
Doordarshan.
• The film is in the form of a query by a young boy to his elder
sister who explains the answer beautifully using a nice avian
metaphor.
• The film received many awards & accolades and proved to be
very popular among children.
• What are we describing?
• If you remember your high school mathematics function chapter, it may
help in arriving at the answer.

Answer #36
Ek Chidiya Anek Chidiya

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