Bollywood Trivia Quiz

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10 points each

1 In the 1966 movie, Pyaar Kiye Ja, the actor X
plays a person who has his own film
production called
“Wah Wah Productions”.
Which other movie would you find X owning
the same production company?

This Kurta is gaining popularity.
Usually with half sleeves and a
buttoned up standing collar
it is the trademark of X’s
clothing style, fashionably
called the ‘X kurta' and is
already a registered label in
India.
What is it called?

2
‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ was aired on TV and
he had a dialogue about family values.
Someone shared a joke on the internet, it
went viral and it started a trend of jokes like
Who?

3
In Jalandar, the sale of hockey sticks suddenly
increased by 25% in the year 2007. Why?

Chak De India
inspired people
all over the
country to play
the game, resulting
in an increase in
demand for hockey
sticks

4 Director Chandra Barot got the idea of making X eat 40 of
something to get red lips .
They didn't realize the choona was not necessary to get
the red lips and X was in pain for days as the choona
burnt his lips.
Which movie?

5) Legend goes that this bollywood singer
owed money to his canteen operator in the
1940’s or 50’s.
He returned it only after he became popular
and then the canteen operator refused to
take it saying that he will always owe him :)
Question is, how much money did the singer
owe him?

Paanch Rupaiiya, Barah Aana
Kishore Kumar

6) A __ is a higher order function of y that
satisfies the equation
y f = f( y f)
A bay area company takes their name from
this, with the reason that
“Because __ runs programs within programs.”
Name them for 5 points. What do they do for 5
more points.

Y Combinator. They fund other companies. ie
start ups

7) Identify the 3rd
Taken from “The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2” the
oldest colleges in India are
1) College of Engineering Guindy (1794)
2) IIT Roorkee (1847)
3) ?

College of Engineering, Pune (COEP)- 1854

8) Can you remember the Name Y?
Real:
David Webb
Fake:
Y
Jean-Pierre
Delta One
John Michael Kane
Nicolas Lemanissier
Charles Briggs
George P. Washburn
Foma Kiniaev
Mr. Cruet
Gilberto de Piento
Paul Kay
Adam Stone

Jason Bourne from the Bourne series

9) In 2003 he opened a restaurant in Pleasanton, California.
Their website says
“Our menu includes jokes (bad ones) written by X, and co-owner
of Stacey’s Cafe. “
It was losing money, so in 2006, he agreed to take over day-to-
day operations, thus becoming what he has consistently
ridiculed.
Who?

Scott Adams
the creator
of Dilbert

10) Reason for what practice in the Fashion
Industry?
'It dates back at least to the '20s. Designers
signaled their finale by sending out a model
in a __. This suggested that the __ was the
ne plus ultra. Nothing in the collection could
top this”

Wedding Gown
Every fashion show ends with a bride.

11
What website would you expect to start off
with the sentence
“Explore the sweet and colourful world of _”
Hint: It’s #1 in something.

12) What would you go to this dating
website for?

The only online dating website for adultery

13) The Resume of one of the
founders of what?
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1991 - 1995
MSE in Telecommunications & Networking - University of
Pennsylvania
Extra-activity: ____ , University of Pennsylvania

Penn Masala’s founders bio
(penn masala is a hindi cappella
group)

14
There is a huge market to sell good quality
fake handbags.
Most big brands are copied, except Coach.
Why coach bags?

Coach bags are at a quality and price point
where they are as expensive to copy as to
create.

15) What recent syndrome is this
person describing
“You are unable to enjoy what’s in front of you because
you feel something better, more exciting, is happening
elsewhere. In the world of Facebook, this equates to
seeing someone post pictures from a party you weren’t
at. It used to be called keeping up with the Joneses.”
What is it called now?
[Hint]

16
In 2012, the fashion house _X_Y_Z was
renamed to _Y_Z by the then newly
appointed creative director Hedi Slimane,
provoking a huge outcry.
The reason was to go back to what it was
originally called “_Y_Z Rive Gauche”.
However, the logo remains the same.
Which brand?

YSL
Yves Saint Laurent dropped the Yves to make
it Saint Laurent

17) Fill in the blanks
The finale of Alexander McQueen's
1999 show has gone down in Fashion
history as one of the most beautiful,
innovative and high concept
fashion moments of all time. It spoke
about the relationship between
fashion and mass production.
The white dress worn by model Shalom
Harlow was spray painted by _____
as she stood on a rotating platform.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh8NI8TlVkQ
She was spray
painted by robots.
They took a
week to programme

19) Examples of what?
Motor Oil
Maple Syrup
Shaving Cream
Whipped Cream
Boot polish
Char Grilled
Mashed Potatoes
Ice Cream
Glue
Milk
1 Motor Oil Maple Syrup Glisten
2 Shaving Cream Whipped Cream Shaping
3 Boot polish Char Grilled Shine
4 Mashed Potatoes Ice Cream Melt
5 Glue Milk Handling
6 Lipstick Strawberry Colour

Food replacements in food
photography
● Colored mash potatoes can be used in place of ice cream because they
are easier to work with since they don't melt.
● Strawberries are sometimes colored with lipstick
● Glue can be used in place of milk in cereal shots
● Shaving cream is sometimes used in place of whipped cream because it's
easier to give shape to shaving cream
● Boot polish can be used when things are char grilled to increase shine.

WhatsApp’s founders tweet from 2009
WhatsApp was bought by Facebook in 2014
for $19 billion

21
In 2009, Ukraine banned X, and made it
illegal, except for medical use.
What?

In Oct 2013, the stock of a bankrupt consumer
electronics store suddenly jumped up 1000%.
Reason was
its confusing
symbol, which was
later changed to
THEGQ.
Funda?
222

Twitter
announced its
IPO and the
sticker
TWTRQ was
confused for
TWTR

24) This bollywood songs begins with showing
letters that start with
प्रीय miss mehta
प्रीय asha ji
प्रीय asha
asha
meri asha
Which song?

Pal pal dil ke paas, tum reheti ho, from the
movie Blackmail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuRRXCuy-4

Train to Zurich that Simran needs to take in DDLJ

26)
This is
sweden.
What
happened
this
day?

When sweden changed from left to
right hand drive

27
What is
the
significance
of this
Onion
newspaper

The Onion’s last publish before it went out of
print.
(Onion is
a newspaper
that
prints
sarcastic
news)

28) A _ Equivalent Dose
is a measurement for the
radiation received by the
body from eating one of
this item, since it
contains Potassium.
What?
(picture of original
research on the right)

29) This question was asked to iphones Siri.
One answer was
“About 25 for a european X. You have to know these
things when you’re a virtual assistant, you know”
Another answer was
“ The last person that asked me that ended up in a
crevasse.”
Pray tell me, what is the question?

The question asked to cross
the bridge in Monty
Python and the Holy Grailhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R3FvS4xr4

30
This bollywood actor was asked by a journalist
if he has ever chewed gum.
Who?

Imran Khan
(chingum chbake song)

31
This is the
structure with
which a company’s
logo was
designed.
Which?

32
According to their website www.californiaX.com
“California X provides holistic land management and
brush & weed control through X.”
They claim to have 800+ environmentally friendly, self
propelled staff.
What should you expect if you were to hire them?

X = Grazing
They rent out goats to clear weed. Google has
hired them in the past.

33 The entrance to
the Pont de l’Alma
tunnel in Paris
is shown in the
picture. In 2013
a movie poster
was placed in front
of it causing a huge uproar. Which movie
poster?

Diana. This is where she died
S

34
The company X was facing a crisis on its
home turf (UK). ‘Chav’s’ (loud, lower class
unsophisticates) in the UK latched onto X as
their favourite brand.
So now, The iconic design of X, made X
become associated with a downmarket
image and the cheapest form of disposable
rip off fashion. Which brand?

35) A laboratory assistant, mistaking a full
strength mixture for a ten percent dilution,
had jolted the compound with a dose of
aldehyde in quantity never before used. So
Beaux then prepared ten glass vials for her
(X) inspection.
The fifth vial was chosen and launched on
5/5/1921.
What are we talking about?

36) Karl Lagerfeld is the head designer for
Chanel. In his 2010 Collection he took a bold step
and made a change in the RTW collection. He
said “You cannot fake chic , but can be chic and
fake X”. He was applauded. (The real reason
was he continued to specialize in X with
the other fashion house Fendi)
What did he do?

He used
fake fur in his
collection that
pleased PETA

37
Pin code 110006
Which movie name was inspired by what
the locals call this place?

38
Poka Yoke is a japanese term used in
manufacturing. It means _ _
and is used to help reduce error. You
encounter it in various devices. What is its
funda?

Mistake Proofing.
Design the product in such a way that there is
only one way to use it. eg sim card insertion.

40) Funda
There is only one set of stairs leading up to x,
y and z’s, apartments. The scenes where the
actors walk up or down the three flights of
stairs have to be shot in separate takes
because the actors and the scenery needs to
be reset after each flight.

41
Picture
from the
Muni train.
Function?

Called a sandbox
The sand is "dropped" onto the tracks ahead
of the wheel to give it extra traction (for
example when going uphill).

42)What does this graph indicate

Comeback by Facebook Inc on the article
published by Princeton predicting the
imminent demise of Facebook.

43) Patent by a hollywood personality. Who?

44) These are top ten of what?
1. “Insurance”
2. “Loans”
3. “Mortgage”
4. “Attorney”
5. “Credit”
6. “Lawyer”
7. “Donate”
8. “Degree”
9. “Hosting”
10.“Claim”

Top 10 most expensive Google Keywords

46)
Who (not looking for a name) on 14th oct
2012 said this into his radio before he did
something
“I wish you could see what i can see.
Sometimes you have to be really high to know
how small you are. I’m going home now. “

Felix Baumgartne
before he jumped
from
space.
http://youtu.be/dYw4meRWGd4?t=3m28s
Felix Baumgartne who jumped form space.

47) Name X
Fashion Journalist:
“How did you come up with the name?”
Lisa Rudes Sandel (who was frustrated with jeans that did
not fit ladies):
“Actually, my dad did. We were in my backyard, and he
said, “____. That’s what we’ll call them.” I thought he
was crazy. And he said, “Watch, my darling daughter. I
know what I’m talking about.””

49
X is a port city in
Yemen that was a
marketplace for the
trade of Coffee in the
15th century. It lends
its name to your
favourite drink. name

50) Benjamin Disraeli (1881) was a british politician.
Significance of his speech in indian cinema?
Which do you believe most likely to enter an insane convention, a body of English gentlemen
honoured by the favour of their Sovereign and the confidence of their fellow-subjects, managing
your affairs for five years, I hope with prudence, and not altogether without success, or a
sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with
an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent
series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself?

Amitabhs
speech in
Amar Akbar
Anthony takes
part of this
speech
”sophistical rhetorician,
inebriated with the exuberance
of his own verbosity,”

51
The film was to be made in english as well
and would be named “Paint it Yellow”. The
plans were dropped though.
Which movie?

52)
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep - while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
This poem by edgar allan poe, inspired a dialogue in a
bollywood movie. Which dialogue?
Hint: 2 people on the shore.

Dil
Chahta
Hai. Where
Akshay khanna
takes sand in
his hand to illustrate why Aakash is slipping
away from her

53 Hermes’ wanted to integrate its supply chain
to guarantee supply of material for its birkin
bags.
Hermes opened its own farms to breed X in
austrailia.
What do they breed?

Crocodiles.
It takes 2-3 crocs to make
1 bag.

ID Y
(Allegedly) Stefano Eugene Maino was Y’s (social, not
biological) father. He was captured and imprisoned in
Russia. He became a member of KGB and gave russian
names to his daughters.
Y has dual citizen ship and has 2 children, whose other
names are (Allegedly)
Raul Vinci
Bianca Vinci.

If you laid out
the list of
ingredients
for a natural
food item
it would look
like this.
What item?

Types of what? (non exhaustive)
MANDARIN
BAND STAND
TUXEDO
PILGRIM
CHELSEA
PETER PAN
SHAWL
BERTHA
SAILOR
FICHU

45
This is a small container containing flint, firesteel, and X
used to keep together a fire.
From it originated a word that
refers to something that is so dry
that it could catch on fire with the
slightest provocation.

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