Quiz compilation #2

 X, one of the earliest industrial groups which
made a mark in the engineering industry in
India, traces its origin from a land donation
by Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi, the ruler of
the Aundh Sansthan, one of the many Indian
Princely States under the British rule in India
before independence, to Laxmanrao X to
establish the factory and the town, who often
said, "Economic preparedness is as vital as
military preparedness.” and always looked at
India as a part of the rest of the world and
struggled to make India globally competitive
- that was his spirit of patriotism.

 Sitter!
 The substance was originally imported from
the Netherlands in the 1930s by the trading
company Dada Limited. When Hindustan
Lever Limited wanted to brand it, the trader,
who still retained a commercial connection
with the product, said it had to be named
after his company. Thus they modified its
name and it is currently owned by Bunge Ltd.
 What?

 He set out for Mumbai to make a living with only a
few hundred rupees at a young age of 18 only.
 He worked in Mumbai as a diamond sorter at
Mahindra Bros. After working there for two years, X,
20 at the time, set up his own diamond brokerage
outfit at Zaveri Bazaar and made his first lakh.In
1981, one year later, his elder brother, bought a
plastics unit in Ahmedabad and asked him to run it.
This marked the beginning of his foray into global
trading by beginning to import polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), a key raw material for manufacturing
plastics.
 His company shares its name with a kind of music
that comes from Yemen across to Arabic Gulf
Countries in the early 1970s by some Yemani artists
such as Mohammed Jom'aa.
 WHICH FAMOUS ENTERPREUNER?

 The company X was was founded in 1952 by
Ramanbhai Patel (1925-2001), formerly a lecturer in
the L.M. College of Pharmacy, and his business
partner Shri Indravadan Modi. The company evolved
over the next four decades into one of India's
established pharmaceutical companies
 In 2001 the company acquired another Indian
pharmaceutical company called German Remedies.
On June 25, 2007, the company signed an agreement
to acquire 100 per cent stake in Brazils Quimica e
Farmaceutica Nikkho do Brasil Ltda (Nikkho) for
around 26 million dollars. Id this COMPANY which
produces a very famous DRUG FOR TB

 X: "He said, 'I will give you one crore rupees in advance'."
 Y: "Okay.“
 X: "You get disapproved the last one. Czechoslovakia because they
are so lower that we cannot match their price."
 Y: "Okay.“
 X: "If you can push him out. Delegation is going on to the...
delegation has been ordered to go to Czechoslovakia. Stop this
delegation, and technically reject this company. Here are the
documents."
 Y: "Hmm."
 X: "By which it's proved that this company is closed for the last two
years. They will start only after getting this order."
 Y: "Yeah, yeah.“
 X: "I will give one crore rupees. And I will give you... if they are
technically disapproved, then you are my agent."
 Y: "Yeah.“
 X: "For this particular... perks... and I will give you so much of
commission."
 Y: "Okay.“
 GIMME X AND Y FROM THIS FAMOUS DIALOGUE

 X- RK JAIN
 Y - TEHELKA

 Literally ‘the fragrant one’ in Sanskrit, in September
1997, this Indian product was the subject of a patent
battle between a Texas company owned by Prince
Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein, faced international
outrage over allegations of biopiracy for acquiring the
patent for the product . It had also caused a brief
diplomatic crisis between India and United States with
India threatening to take the matter to WTO as a
violation of TRIPS which could have resulted in a
major embarrassment for the United States.
 Both voluntarily and due to review decisions by
the United States Patent and Trademark Office,the
company finally lost or withdrew most of the claims
of the patent.A more limited varietal patent was
granted in 2001. WHICH INDIAN PRODUCT?

 Shri.M.Ct.M. Chidambaram Chettyar established
X to encourage foreign exchange operations. X
started up simultaneously at three branches, one
each in Karaikudi, Madras (Chennai) and Rangoon
(Yangon). It then quickly opened a branch
in Penang and another in Singapore. X served
the Nattukottai Chettiars, who were a mercantile
class that at the time had spread from
Chettinad in Tamil Nadu state to Ceylon (Sri
Lanka), Burma (Myanmar), Malaya, Singapore, Jav
a, Sumatra, and Saigon. As a result, from the
beginning X specialized in foreign exchange. X?

 The company, which began as a joint venture
agreement between Priya Exhibitors Private
Limited and Village Roadshow Limited, began its
commercial operations in June 1997 with the
launch of their first branch @ Anupam in Saket,
India's first multiplex.
 The current CEO is Ajit Bijli and the company is
now expanding to other parts of the country,
especially in Mumbai with openings of @ Juhu,
where there are many other established
multiplex.
 Which company?

 He was Chairman of the Royal Western India Turf Club (1931 -
1939) and instigated Mumbai Races. His extensive business
interests included a directorship of the Bank of India Ltd and co-
founding Geoffrey Manners & Co. Ltd., which became a leading
distributor and manufacturer of Consumer Healthcare products
and Pharmaceuticals across India until its amalgamation in April
2003 with the Wyeth Corporation, formerly known as American
Home Products (AHP),one of the largest pharmaceutical
companies in the world.
 Before retiring in 1946 he lived for several years in the fourth
floor apartment on the left below the penthouse in the iconic art
deco Kamal Mahal building , originally called Sethna House,
on Carmichael Road in South Mumbai, which together with the
adjacent Altamont Road was rated the tenth dearest address in
the world in a in 2009 survey.
 WHO?

 X trading in the stock market happens for about an hour on
Diwali day. Usually, this trading session is held in the evening. It
is a symbolic ritual which has been performed for years.
 Stock brokers' offices take on a distinctly ethnic look with neatly
designed rangolis and innumerable diyas lined up to welcome
Goddess Lakshmi. X trading is one of the many links the broking
community retains with its rich past. The practice has been
retained and observed for ages. Usually, the Sensex closes on a
higher note on the X trading day. Most traders buy on this day.
With this, the traders on Dalal Street welcome the New Year on a
positive note. The traditional X trading on the day of Diwali still
retains much significance for many traders. Many start the New
Year with traditional ceremonies and pujas.
 Stock brokers perform 'Chopra puja' at the exchange and the
customary X trading takes place, where the Sensex invariably
notches up a few points even in a bad market. GIMME X

 X, is the founder Chairman and Managing
Director of Y. In the summer of 1958, a 21-year-
old school teacher traded education for
entrepreneurship in the electric wholesale market
in Old Delhi. Driven more than by the economic
necessity of helping his family, he swapped the
security of a classroom in Punjab for the
uncharted waters of a small trading company
selling fixtures and electric cable to businesses in
and around Delhi. With an investment of
Rs.10000, he started “Guptajee”.
 Eventually it lead to the foundation of Y.
 Gimme both

 X - Qimat Rai Gupta
 Y - Havells

 At that time in 1974, while founding X , Y was
Secretary of the Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana
Sangam, a cooperative venture of Malayalam
writers. The society helped writers with the
business and publishing details and instituted a
standard royalty of 30-40%, as well as the system
of an 'advance' payment for their books,
financially enabling them to devote themselves to
writing full-time.
 When he turned his attention to founding X, Y
began promoting and creating markets by
organizing festivals, clubs, and installment
schemes. The company itself was named after Y.
 Gimme both

 DC Books and Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri

 X was incorporated on 14th November 1927 by a
group of enterprising entrepreneurs at Thrissur city,
the "Cultural Capital of Kerala" with a capital of Rs
11,000 and 7 employees. It became a Scheduled
Commercial Bank in the year 1977. It has today
attained national stature .
 It is headed by Amitabh Chaturvedi, Managing
Director and CEO of the bank. The bank is focusing
mostly on Southern states like Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. In 2009, bank
started a brand transformation initiative which will
include changing the logo and related branding
treatment across all its customer touch-points.
 It changed its name spelling which they claim ‘will
have a new corporate identity retaining the core
values of trust and heritage built by the bank’
 ?

 Being India's largest chain of health clubs,it has
76 Health Clubs across 39 major cities in India,
with over 75,000 members
 Established in 1932, by late Mr. Vishnu ____. His
eldest son - Mr. Madhukar _____, Chairman,
further continued the legacy under the name
“_____ Gymnasium” in Bandra, Mumbai in 1962
and the brand has been rapidly growing since
then. Today Talwalkars has 78 years of rich
experience in health and fitness industry
 Divided into four section among which some are
Cardio facility, Aerobics,Strength training,Free
weights,Weight Gain etc . WHICH FAMOUS
COMPANY?

 Awarded the 2007 Chevalier awards, he was born in
a Hassan Iyengar family in the remote village
of Gorur, Karnataka. He was educated in a village
school and at Sainik School, Bijapur. After school he
took a commission in the Indian Army with which he
served for eight years. Thereafter he became a farmer
who converted barren land in to proper plantation.
Next, he started the Malnad Mobikes(Enfield
dealership)and opened a hotel in Hasan.
 After 1995 , in which the Indian government started
the reforms process by encouraging
entrepreneurship, he has been involved in two major
revolutionary ventures.
 WHO?

 This company was started in 1937 as a
distributor for a Japanese company Shionogi,
derives its name from a portmanteau of its
founders
 Bhai Mohan Singh bought the company in 1952
from his cousins who were the founderrs. After
Bhai Mohan Singh's son Parvinder Singh joined
the company in 1967, the company saw a
significant transformation in its business and
scale. His sons Malvinder Mohan
Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh sold the
company to the Japanese company Daiichi
Sankyo in June 2008
 Which company?

 Ranbaxy
 The name Ranbaxy is a portmanteau word
from the names of its first owners Ranbir and
Gurbax (Singh)

 X was created by Shubham Choudhury and
Hemantkumar Jain in 2004, then students
at NITIE,Mumbai. It was initially created to
serve as a mascot to MastishK' 04, an online
contest - a part of Prerana, the inter-
collegiate youth festival of the institute. In the
subsequent years, competitions were held
among the students of various B-schools, to
identify good ideas for X, in addition to the
ideas generated by the creators themselves.
 X?

 The company’s naming convention was a
trendsetter. The company name was coined
from two words when it was necessary to use
a small word in Telegrams referring to the
company. Later, the same naming convention
was adopted to name two other state owned
electronic companies - Maharashtra
Electronics and UP Electronics.
 Which company?

 KELTRON for KERALA ELECTRONICS

 Formulated by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed and
manufactured by the companies founded by him
and his sons, Hamdard (Wakf)
Laboratories, India since 1906 and Hamdard
(Waqf) Laboratories, Pakistan, since 1948. It is
also made in Bangladesh by Hamdard
Laboratories (WAQF) Bangladesh
 Traditionally made in preparation for breaking
the fast during Ramadan the holy month of
fasting for Muslims. It's most commonly used to
make a refreshing drink (cheeni) And alternate
preparation - Add to lemonade for a refreshing
treat.
 WHAT?

 The Spirit of Visioneering is the motto and a way
of life at X. X's vision statement is Creating
Landmarks. Building Values.
 Established in 1994, X is promoted by G R K
Reddy, a first generation entrepreneur. The
company is a listed public limited company at
the Bombay Stock Exchange and the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange (FCCB / GDR). X group employs
over 1000 people at various locations across
India. X is currently developing the Karaikal
port near Puducherry
 X?

 XY a brand of paper manufactured
in Rajasthan, India, out of elephant dung. The
name comes from ‘X', meaning 'Elephant' and
‘Y' which means 'press' or 'imprint'.
 This brand is the most famous of the few
such companies
 The water of the dung is used as fertilizers in
the field, and the dung is dried up and used
to manufacture paper. WHICH COMPANY?

 A part of Tata Group, a new brand under a
category called Smart Basics Hotels. The first
hotel was opened in Whitefield,Bangalore in
June,2004.
 The guiding principle behind X’s concept is the
focus on key facilities that meet the key needs of
the traveler.
 Ginger currently has hotels in Agartala,
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai,
New Delhi, Durg, Goa, Guwahati, Haridwar,
Jamshedpur, Ludhiana, Manesar, Mangalore,
Mysore, Nashik, Pantnagar, Pune Pimpri & Wakad,
Pondicherry, Surat, Trivandrum, Vadodara,
 Which brand?

 Founded in 1981 by brothers Vaman and
Sharad Parekh. The company went public in
1991 and listed on BSE.
 The Parekh family remains in the
managemental control, with Vaman’s sons
Hiten as its executive director and Manish the
head of the furniture division, and Sharad’s
son Nayan is in charge of material handling
division
 THE WORLD’S LARGEST IN THEIR FIELD , its is
based in Mumbai. Which brand?

 Y gave up his Indian citizenship in 2007 to adopt
Irish citizenship, making him the second richest
Irish national in the world, behind Sean Quinn
 Nicknamed by his colleagues in Tata Group as
the Phantom of Bombay House, Y, despite being
one of the most successful businessmen in India,
is known for his media-shyness and rarely
appears in public. A short biography of Y was
written in a 2008 book by Manoj Namburu
titled The Moguls of Real Estate
 WHO is this very famous personality who
currently owns EUREKA FORBES?

 Owned by brand X, The current editor is
Vijaya Ghose. It's year 2006 edition was
launched in New Delhi by Atul Singh, CEO of
Coca-Cola India. On September 25th 2007, a
Special edition of It was released by Coca-
Cola to commemorate 60 years of India's
independence. On May 30th 2008, the 19th
Edition was launched in New Delhi, India.
 WHAT? (BRAND?)

 In 1958, the first -------------------- in North America
opened in Chicago, Illinois, on the corner of Rush Street and
Chestnut Street.It has been called the first real American
discothèque. A franchise was opened in 1966 on M Street in the
Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., by restaurateur Jacques
Vivien. A relatively new ------------------------- has been
opened at the Old Port of Tel Aviv. Though the club was billed as
a discothèque, suggesting that it offered only recorded music,
the ------------------- opened with a live band led by
Johnny Rivers and a short-skirted female DJ Rhonda Lane,
spinning records between sets from a suspended cage at the
right of the stage. When, in July 1965, the DJ danced during
Rivers' set, the audience thought it was part of the act and the
concept of --------- dancers dancing in cages was born.
 What ?

 The word “X" is usually stated to be nonsense syllables
which were made in scat singing, and is supposed to have
been first attested in 1928. Some researchers speculate
that it was a term used by Charlie Christian, because it
sounded like something he hummed along with his
playing.Dizzy Gillespie tells that the audiences coined the
name after hearing him scat the then-nameless tunes to
his players and the press ultimately picked it up, using it
as an official term: "People, when they'd wanna ask for
those numbers and didn't know the name, would ask for
X."However, possibly the most plausible theory is that it
derives from the cry of "Arriba! Arriba!" used by Latin
American bandleaders of the period to encourage their
bands.
 Word ?

 It is a rhythm and blues song that was first recorded
at Sam Phillips' recording studio in Memphis,
Tennessee, on 3 March or 5 March 1951 .It is claimed
by some, including Phillips—later to become owner of
Sun Records, and pioneer rock and roll record
producer—to be the "first rock and roll song". The
original version of the 12-bar blues song was
credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, who
took the song to number one on the R&B charts. The
band did not actually exist and the song was put
together by Ike Turner and his band in rehearsals at
the Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and
recorded by Turner's Kings of Rhythm.
 Which iconic song ?

 Their still-unnamed band spent several
months rehearsing and played its first show
on April 5, 1980 at a friend's birthday party
held in a converted Episcopal church. After
considering names like "Twisted Kites", "Cans
of Piss", and "Negro Wives“.
 What was the final name they adopt ?

 He was was born Declan Patrick MacManus. To
support himself, he worked at a number of office
jobs, most famously at Elizabeth Arden —
immortalised in the lyrics of "I'm Not Angry" as the
"vanity factory" — where he worked as a data entry
clerk.He continued to write songs, and began actively
looking for a solo recording contract. On the basis of
a demo tape, he was signed to independent label Stiff
Records. His manager at Stiff, Jake Riviera, suggested
a name change, combining X’s first name and Y, his
paternal grandmother's maiden name.
 How do we better know him ?

 It carries Calvert Street over Rock Creek in Washington,
D.C., United States. It connects 18th Street in Adams
Morgan with Connecticut Avenue in Woodley Park, just
north of the Taft Bridge.Originally called the "Calvert Street
Bridge", it was designed by Paul Philippe Cret in a
neoclassical style and built in 1935. It was rededicated as
the ----------------- Bridge following the death of the
Washington native and famous band leader in 1974.It is a
limestone structure with three graceful 146-foot (45 m)
arches. There are four sculptural reliefs on the abutments
measuring three feet high by four feet wide. The classical
reliefs by Leon Hermant represent the four modes of
travel: automobile, train, ship, and plane.
 After which musician is the bridge named ?

 He was an American rockabilly singer and songwriter
known best for his 1964 novelty single "Haunted
House."His first and only Top 40 hit was "Haunted House,"
a cover of a 1958 recording by Johnny Fuller which peaked
at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964; the song
represented one of Hi Records' early successes. The track
was later covered by the Compton Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis
and Hasil Adkins. His last work was "Indian Outlaw," which
he co-wrote, and was a hit for Country music artist Tim
McGraw in 1994.He died at age 73 in his hometown on
August 29, 2006 after a long illness.
 However his name is still alive due to the connection with
lead singer of a famous band .Who ?

 Jumpin' Gene Simmons after whom Kiss
member Gene Simmons chose his stage name

 A first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and
1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put
Your Head on My Shoulder". A wrote the English lyrics for
B's signature song, "My Way".A also wrote "It Doesn't
Matter Anymore" a song written for C which C recorded
just before he died in 1959.In 1983, he co-wrote with D
for the song "I Never Heard", which was retitled and
released in 2009 under the name “E".”B” won the Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in “F”
based on a novel of the same name by “G” , G also
authored H which is named after the appearance of the
red-coated 93rd (Highland) Regiment as they stood before
(and repelled) a vastly superior force of Russian cavalry at
the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.
 Solve A-G .

 A – Paul Anka
 B – Frank Sinatra
 C – Buddy Holly
 D – Michael Jackson
 E – This Is It
 F – From Here to Eternity
 G – James Jones
 H - The Thin Red Line

 In 1959 she was invited to the set of Federico Fellini's La Dolce
Vita, where she attracted the attention of the acclaimed director,
who gave her a minor role in the film as herself. By this time, she
had moved to New York to take acting classes with Lee
Strasberg. On 13 December 1974, She opened for Tangerine
Dream's infamous concert at Reims Cathedral in Reims, France.
The promoter had so greatly oversold tickets for the show that
members of the audience couldn't move or reach the outside,
eventually resulting in some fans urinating inside the cathedral
hall. On 18 July 1988, while on holiday with her son in Ibiza,
Spain, She had a minor heart attack while riding a bicycle and hit
her head as she fell. A passing taxi driver found her unconscious
and had difficulty getting her admitted to local hospitals. She
was incorrectly diagnosed as suffering from heat-exposure and
died at eight o'clock that evening. X-rays later revealed a severe
cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of death.
 Who ?

 Nico,lead singer of The Velvet Underground

 The device has been invented by X,. Instead of being called an Y,
X refers to it as the Excessive Machine. It resembles a clamshell
that once grasping the passenger's entire body below the neck,
gently (at first) and pleasurably massages the passenger by
flexing its upper half with a wave-like motion from right to left.
The lid is made of long, rigid rod-like paddles that lie in a row,
side by side. The paddles themselves each have one end at the
bottom of the lid, near the joint of the Excessive Machine's
"clamshell", and the other end moves freely. Because the paddles
are not glued or welded together but instead move together, and
because the paddles pivot around the "clamshell" joint and move
parallel to the sagittal plane, they can have this wave-like
motion. It is operated from a keyboard resembling that used to
control a large organ. By properly manipulating the keys the
operator may induce great sexual pleasure in the victim,
sufficient to cause death by orgasm.
 I just need the name of X after whom a popular band is named .

 Orgasmatron
 Dr Duran Durand and the band Duran Duran
was named after him .

 Daybreak is a painting by Maxfield Parrish made in 1922.
Daybreak is regarded as the most popular art print of the
20th century, based on number of prints made: one for
every four American homes. According to the The National
Museum of American Illustration, it has outsold Andy
Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans and Da Vinci's Last
Supper.It is still in print.
 Parrish referred to Daybreak as his "great painting",
Painted using preparatory photographs, the models were
his regular models, Kitty Owen (granddaughter of William
Jennings Bryan), Parrish's daughter Jean, and Susan Lewin.
Only two figures appear in the completed painting, though
pencil studies indicate that the artist originally intended a
third near the righthand column.
 Why this painting in the Music quiz ?

 The film X also had an influence on the fashion world
during the late-70s, with many women adopting the
distinctive look, layering oversized, mannish blazers
over vests, billowy trousers or long skirts, and boots.
_____'s wardrobe also included a tie by Ralph Lauren.
The look was often referred to as the “X look". An
example of the influence this look has had on the
culture can be found in a 1970s Doonesbury comic
strip, where Garry Trudeau depicts radio
interviewer Mark Slackmeyer asking the fictional
Iranian revolutionary leader Dr. Ali Mahdavi if
the Ayatollah Khomeini would approve of “X look" for
Iranian women. Mahdavi's response: "If worn with a
veil, fine.“
X?

 The film's plot was inspired by two real-life events. The first
involved W. Floyd Collins, who in 1925 was trapped inside
in Sand Cave, Kentucky following a landslide.
A Louisville newspaper, the Courier-Journal, jumped on the story
by dispatching reporter William Burke Miller to the scene. Miller's
enterprising coverage turned the tragic episode into a national
event and earned the writer a Pulitzer Prize. Collins's name is
cited in the film as an example of a cave-in victim who becomes
a media sensation.
 The second event took place in April 1949. Three-year-old Kathy
Fiscus of San Marino, California fell into an abandoned well and,
during a rescue operation that lasted several days, thousands of
people arrived to watch the action unfold. In both cases, the
victims died before they were rescued
 WHICH FILM?

 At a news conference at the 2007 Venice Film
Festival, X spoke of his desire to make a
documentary film about the British singer-
songwriter Nick Drake, who died in 1974, at the
age of 26, from an overdose of
an antidepressant.He created and acted in a
music video set to Drake's recording of the
singer's 1974 song about depression "Black Eyed
Dog"—a title "inspired by Winston Churchill’s
descriptive term for depression" (black dog)
 Whose directorial attempt?

 This song, because of its exaltation of ___’s great
qualities, marked the creation of a new genre within
samba, known as samba-exaltação
(English: exaltation samba). This musical movement,
with its extremely patriotic nature, was seen by many
as being favorable to the dictatorship of Getúlio
Vargas, which generated criticism towards Barroso
and his work, as if he were kowtowing to the regime.
The Barroso family, however, strongly denies this,
pointing out that he also wrote an anti-fascist song,
"Salada Mista" (English: Mixed salad), recorded
by Carmen Miranda in October 1938. Vargas,
although not a fascist himself, was sympathetic to
such regimes
 ID this single lending its name to a hit film of the
1985 , its recurrent theme

 Aquarela do Brasil – the theme song of…

 Stephen McDannell Hillenburg - After graduating
from Savanna High School in Anaheim, California,
Hillenburg enrolled in Humboldt State University and
graduated in 1984 with a degree in natural-resource
planning and interpretation, with an emphasis in
marine resources.
 He was a marine biology teacher at what is now
the Orange County Ocean Institute. He worked as
a marine biologist from 1984–1987. In 1987
Hillenburg decided to pursue a career in animation,
his second lifelong passion. He made several short
films, two of which were awarded and played in
animation film festivals internationally. His two short
films The Green Beret (1991) and Wormholes (1992)
became popular shorts in several film festivals - and
received various awards.
 His most famous creation is believed to be evolved
because of his profession. What?

 She signed with City Models at age 19. Paul Marciano,
president and creative director of Guess? Inc., came across
her picture among composite cards of aspiring models and
chose her to model with Estelle Lefébure in campaigns for
Guess? Jeans.X subsequently worked for designers and
fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Givenchy, Paco
Rabanne, etc. By the 1990s, X was among the 20 highest-
paid fashion models, earning $7.5 million a year. While
modeling, X dated Eric Clapton, then Mick Jagger. She was
a modeling subject of a 1999 trompe-l'œil wool-knit
dress body painting by Joanne Gair that is included in
Gair's second book, Body Painting: Masterpieces by Joanne
Gair
 WHO?

 CARLA BRUNI – The first lady of FRANCE

 He was born at the end of the Second World War, shortly before
his father was killed when his bunker was bombed by a
German Stuka dive bomber (during the battle of Anzio). He had
great difficulty in growing up without a father
 Years later, he had become a successful rock star but the
traumas from his childhood were still actively undermining his
mental health. Furthermore, his relationship with his wife had
also gotten out of hand; He acted in an almost unemotional and
asexual manner towards her and seemed to associate her with
his mother while she wouldn't pick up the phone whenever he
called and was apparently cheating on him.
 At the same time, He acted aggressively towards a groupie,
trashed his hotel room before locking himself inside of it. He
retreated into neurotic behaviour and shaved off his body hair.
He was eventually found by his manager and a team of medical
personnel in a near catatonic state. WHO?

 PINK – The fictional character from
Pinkfloyd’s rock opera THE WALL

 SITTER!
 Due to X’s desire to become a scientist, he went to Delhi
for his higher studies and enrolled himself into a zoology
course at the Hansraj College he graduated in
1993. During his college days, he started watching films
again, and also got involved with drugs and alcohol. He
was confused and depressed, and had joined a street
theater group, Jana Natya Manch; he ended up doing a lot
of street plays.The same year, a couple of friends
introduced him to world cinema; they "urged [him] to catch
a de Sica retrospective" at theInternational Film Festival of
India.In ten days, he ended up seeing a total of 55 films at
the festival,and de Sica's Bicycle Thieves was the film that
influenced him the most; watching it "was an epiphany.“
 WHO?

 A paperback by a journalist that reports on sexual paraphilia in
the USA, published in September, 1963, the cover title reads:
Here is an incredible book. It will shock and amaze you. But as a
documentary on the sexual corruption of our age, it is a must for
every thinking adult
 The author's general aim is to establish that a shift in attitude
toward sexuality is taking place in society that not only allows a
large cross-section of the American population to partake in
such non-standard sexual practices, but also allows them to
believe that what they are doing is perfectly healthy and normal.
A central passage in the book is a quote/paraphrase from a 1961
article in the French Esprit magazine, which calls this liberal
attitude toward sex the sexual revolution, and attributes it to the
general availability of contraceptives.
 Name this book which achieved international attention in 1960s

 The site X was launched on August 19, 1999 as a spare
time project by Senh Duong. His inspiration came when,
as a fan of Jackie Chan, Duong started collecting all the
reviews of Chan's movies as they were coming out in the
United States. The first featuring on X was Your Friends &
Neighbors. The website was an immediate success,
receiving mentions by Yahoo!, Netscape, and USA
Today within the first week of its launch; it attracted "600
- 1000 daily unique visitors" as a result.
 Duong teamed up with University of California,
Berkeley classmates Patrick Lee and Stephen Wang, his
former partners at the Berkeley, California-based web
design firm Design Reactor to pursue Xon a full-time
basis, officially launching on April 1, 2000. WHAT?

 X departed from Hong
Kong to Shanghai, China;Yokohama, Japan; and
then to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in
1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab,
India, was forced to return to India. The
passengers consisted of 340 Sikhs, 24Muslims,
and 12 Hindus, all British subjects. This was one
of several incidents in the history of early 20th
century involving exclusion laws in Canada and
the United States designed to keep out
immigrants of Asian origin. WHAT AM I TALKING
ABOUT?

 He lived from 1905 to 1990. His father was
a Tamil Brahmin and mother was a Nair. He
was born and did his schooling
in Trivandrum,Kerala. During school days he
and his friends fought against the British rule
in India. So he was forced to leave India to
Japan and continued the fight against British
rule there. For his service to the Japanese
people he later obtained a civilian merit from
Japan, The Order of the Sacred Treasure
 WHO?

 Aravinda Pillalamarri and Ravi Kuchimanchi,were a
NRI couple who returned to India and developed the
pedal power generator to light remote, off-the-grid
village schools. X spent considerable time with
Aravinda and Ravi, both dedicated Association for
India's Development (AID) volunteers from which he
got inspiration for Y
 X supposedly visited Bilgaon, an Adivasi village in the
Narmada valley, which is the backdrop of
the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) movement. The
people of Bilgaon are credited with doing 2000
person-days of shramdaan(community service) to
make their village energy self-sufficient. This location
also inspired parts of Y
 Y?

THE WHITE TEETH, a 2000 novel by
the British author Zadie Smith. It
focuses on the later lives of two
wartime friends—
the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and
the Englishman Archie Jones, and
their families in London. The book
won multiple honours, including
the 2000 James Tait Black
Memorial Prize for fiction, the
2000 Whitbread Book Award in
category best first novel,
the Guardian First Book Award,
the Commonwealth Writers First
Book Prize, and the Betty Trask
Award. Time Magazine included
the novel in its TIME 100 Best
English-language Novels from
1923 to 2005
Samad Iqbal, is a fictional
descendant of X, X is an important
influence on Samad's life and is

 X was passed uncut by India's censor board (the Central
Board of Film Certification) with a rating of Adult, the only
condition being that the character Sita's name be changed
to Nita.The film was first screened on 13 November 1998
and ran to full houses in most metropolitan cities
throughout India for almost 3 weeks.
 The next month was filled with protests across India. Thus
the film was referred back to the Censor Board for a re-
examination. The Indian government was criticized for
siding with the vandalizers.On 5 December a group of film
personalities and free speech activists, including Indian
movie star Dilip Kumar, and director Mahesh Bhatt,
submitted a 17-page petition to the Supreme Court asking
that a "sense of security" be provided, in addition to basic
protection, so that the film could be screened smoothly
 ID FILM X

 A 1991 comedy film directed
by Frank Oz, and starring Bill
Murray and Richard Dreyfuss.
Originally director Frank Oz
had Woody Allen in mind for the role
of Dr. Leo Marvin, given Allen's
reputation for quirkiness in his films.
Allen declined the role, and Richard
Dreyfuss ultimately was cast.
 This film is number 43
on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies“
 Look close @ the poster , and
answer which Indian blockbuster of
the 2000s was inspired by this
movie?

 Mariam uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba, née Rajkumari
Hira Kunwari was the daughter of Raja Bharmal
 Her name was recorded as Mariam-uz-Zamani.
This is why the mosque of Mariyam
Zamani Begum was constructed
in Lahore,Pakistan, in her honour
 Famous by another name, according to the
historian Imtiaz Ahmad, the director of the
Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library in Patna, it
was used for the first time by Lieutenant-
Colonel James Tod, in his book Annals and
Antiquities of Rajasthan
 WHO, SHE HOGGED THE LIMELIGHT TWO YEARS
BACK.

 In preparation for his role in this film, X spent a
couple of months with local street gangs in Mumbai
to learn the way they acted. He also picked up certain
slang words which are quite authentic to street gangs
in Mumbai, which later transposed into the film.
 Rumor has it that the reason X does not attend any
Bollywood award function was because he did not win
the Filmfare Best Actor award for his role, which went
to Shah Rukh Khan that year, despite many critics
predicting X to be the winner for his acclaimed acting
in the movie. X has said that he no longer believes in
the authenticity of the award selection process.
 WHICH FILM OF THE 1990s AM I TALKING ABOUT?

 Faizon Love and Kali Hawk as Shane and Trudy,
starred in this film as a completely polar opposite
couple
 Universal changed the marketing material for the
film's UK release, and removed these black actors
from both the poster's photo and the list of stars
typed out
 The studio said it regretted causing offence and has
abandoned plans to use the revised poster in other
countries... A Universal spokesman said the revised
advert aimed 'to simplify the poster to actors who are
most recognisable in international markets'.
 THIS EVENTUALLY BECAME CONTROVERSIAL. WHICH
FILM?

 Aravinda Pillalamarri and Ravi Kuchimanchi,were
a NRI couple who returned to India and
developed the pedal power generator to light
remote, off-the-grid village schools. X spent
considerable time with Aravinda and Ravi, both
dedicated Association for India's
Development (AID) volunteers from which he got
inspiration for Y
 X supposedly visited Bilgaon, an Adivasi village
in the Narmada valley, which is the backdrop of
the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) movement.
The people of Bilgaon are credited with doing
2000 person-days of shramdaan(community
service) to make their village energy self-
sufficient. This location also inspired parts of Y

 ‘GRRRR…’ An upcoming film by Priyadarshan
on the life of JIM CORBETT

 X was passed uncut by India's censor board
(the Central Board of Film Certification) with a rating
of Adult, the only condition being that the character
Sita's name be changed to Nita.The film was first
screened on 13 November 1998 and ran to full
houses in most metropolitan cities throughout India
for almost 3 weeks.
 The next month was filled with protests across India.
Thus the film was referred back to the Censor Board
for a re-examination. The Indian government was
criticized for siding with the vandalizers.On 5
December a group of film personalities and free
speech activists, including Indian movie star Dilip
Kumar, and director Mahesh Bhatt, submitted a 17-
page petition to the Supreme Court asking that a
"sense of security" be provided, in addition to basic
protection, so that the film could be screened
smoothly

 A 1991 comedy film directed
by Frank Oz, and starring Bill
Murray and Richard Dreyfuss.
Originally director Frank Oz
had Woody Allen in mind for the
role of Dr. Leo Marvin, given
Allen's reputation for quirkiness
in his films. Allen declined the
role, and Richard Dreyfuss
ultimately was cast.
 This film is number 43
on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies“
 Look close @ the poster , and
answer which Indian blockbuster
of the 2000s was inspired by this

 In preparation for his role in this film, X spent a
couple of months with local street gangs in
Mumbai to learn the way they acted. He also
picked up certain slang words which are quite
authentic to street gangs in Mumbai, which later
transposed into the film.
 Rumor has it that the reason X does not attend
any Bollywood award function was because he
did not win the Filmfare Best Actor award for his
role, which went to Shah Rukh Khan that year,
despite many critics predicting X to be the winner
for his acclaimed acting in the movie. X has said
that he no longer believes in the authenticity of
the award selection process.
 X? WHICH FILM OF THE 1990s AM I TALKING

 Faizon Love and Kali Hawk as Shane and Trudy,
starred in this film as a completely polar opposite
couple
 Universal changed the marketing material for the
film's UK release, and removed these black actors
from both the poster's photo and the list of stars
typed out
 The studio said it regretted causing offence and
has abandoned plans to use the revised poster in
other countries... A Universal spokesman said the
revised advert aimed 'to simplify the poster to
actors who are most recognisable in international
markets'.
 THIS EVENTUALLY BECAME CONTROVERSIAL.
WHICH FILM?

1. KOMAGATA MARU
2. NAIR SAN
3. SWADES
4. GRRRR…
5. MANGAL PANDEY
6. FIRE
7. THENALI
8. JODHAA AKBAR
9. RANGEELA
10.COUPLE’s
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