Alphabet soup QMs Anagha Wankhede and Bala Sahithi Karavadi

1. Alphabet Soup

2. I
• A was a professor of Anglo Saxon at Oxford
and a prominent expert on B, the oldest
surviving long poem in Old English. The
unnamed “ old night-scather” character in B
was the primary inspiration for C, who is
described as intelligent, fiery and capable of
speech with an overwhelming personality. C
was voiced by D, who is most popular for his
portrayal of E, the character being based on a
Victorian-era private investigator.

3. II
• The same character is also said to have
inspired F to create his own sleuth based in
mid-20th century Bengal. This character first
made an appearance in the story G in 1932. G
is also the name of the Sujoy Ghosh-starrer
Bangla movie by the highly acclaimed director
H. H directed actress I in his adaptation of J’s
short story The Gift of The Magi.

4. III
• J was a 20th century American writer whose short
stories are known for their wit, wordplay and twist
endings. He is hailed as America’s answer to the French
writer K, also known for plot twist endings. K went by
names Guy de Valmont, Joseph Prunier, and
Maufrigneuse. He was friends with another French
author of his time, L, who shared his name with his
more illustrious father. The father is credited with the
more popular high-adventure French novels which
have inspired numerous adaptations. One of them, M
was adapted in a 3D adventure movie by Paul W. S.
Anderson in 2011. N, who played the role of the Duke
of Buckingham in M, also stars in the immensely
popular movie franchise based on A’s writings, as O.

5. • Answers......

6. • A: JRR Tolkien
• B: Beowulf
• C: Smaug
• D: Benedict Cumberbatch
• E: Sherlock

7. • F: Sharadindu Bandopadhyay
• G: Satyanweshi
• H: Rituparno Ghosh
• I: Aishwarya Rai
• J: O. Henry

8. • K: Guy de Maupassant
• L: Alexandre Dumas
• M: The Three Muskeeters
• N: Orlando Bloom
• O: Legolas