Here are the prelims of the Movies, Entertainment, Literature, Arts and Sports Quiz held at Edge 2015 at Techno India, Kolkata by The Disco Fighters.

1. THE EDGE QUIZ
2015
THE MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, LITERATURE, ARTS AND SPORTS QUIZ
PRELIMS ANSWERS
BY THE DISCO FIGHTERS

2. *A.
• A Syndrome, also known as Todd's syndrome or Lilliputian
hallucinations, is a disorienting neurological condition that
affects human perception.
• A prominent and often disturbing symptom is that of
altered body image: the sufferer may find that he or she is
confused as to the size and shape of parts of (or all of)
his/her body. If you have A syndrome, you might perceive
your body parts and objects around you as being larger or
smaller than they actually are. A Syndrome involves
perceptual distortions of the size or shape of objects.
What is A Syndrome?

3. ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

4. B.
• The Maharashtrian town B was named for being a
remount depot on a travel route through the
rugged Konkan region to Gujarat via Surat. The
town was famous for its splendid horses. The town
gets its name from the fact that warriors used to
change their horses at the town in anticipation of
the difficult climb through the Konkan.
• B shares its name with another town in Uttar
Pradesh.
ID B.

5. BADLAPUR.

6. C.
• Archaeologists have found the remains of a man and a woman in a crypt in
the church of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in Madrid with the
initials “MC.” Researchers believe it is possible that these are the remains
of “MC” (known popularly by his surname C) and his wife, Catalina de
Salazar. C had died in 1616.
Who is C?

7. CERVANTES.
(MC = MIGUEL DE CERVANTES.)

8. D.
• Living Language, an imprint of Random House, is a foreign
language self-study publisher. Living Language publishes a
number of courses in languages ranging from French to American
Sign Language.
• One of its latest offerings is a 128-page guidebook, written by
David J. Peterson, to learn the D language.
• Its amazon.in description says :
“Living Language : D will arm you with enough vocabulary and
grammar to have a complete conversation in D. Me nem nesa!”
ID D.

9. DOTHRAKI.
(ME NEM NESA = IT IS KNOWN).

10. *E.
Identify the lady.

11. EDDIE REDMAYNE.

12. F.
• This is the first page of
the first issue of a ten-
issue comic book mini-
series, which is a sequel
to an extremely famous
body of work, that is
expected to hit the
stands on May 27th this
year.
Name the comic series.

13. FIGHT CLUB 2.

14. G.
• Recently, World Endurance Championship has banned something
which has been integral to motor-racing for a very long time.
• According to chief executive Gerard Neveu, “We believe cars are
the beauties.”
What has been banned by WEC from the next race at Silverstone?

15. GRID GIRLS.

16. H.
These are some of the
artworks that Nintendo
pitched to try and acquire
rights to make a series of
video games way back in
1998. They were eventually
unsuccessful and the games
never saw the light of day.
What were Nintendo trying to
acquire the rights to?

17. HARRY POTTER.

18. *I.
• In Indian mythology, I is considered to be the son of
Manu. In Vedic history, I is regarded as one of the
earliest monarchs of India and he had played a pivotal
role in the propagation of the ancient Vedic religion. I is
the founder of the Suryavansh Dynasty.
Identify I.

19. IKSHVAKU.

20. J.
With what three words did George Clooney end his speech at the
Golden Globes 2015 after receiving the Cecil B. Demille Award for
Lifetime Achievement?

21. JE SUIS CHARLIE.

22. K.
• When one of Anthony Johnson's friends sent him a
picture message on a Friday morning showing “a statue
of K” on the University of Iowa Pentacrest, the UI junior
from Chicago decided to go see for himself.
• When Johnson arrived on the scene, he saw a 7-foot-tall
sculpture of a robed figure with a characteristic hat that
did look like K, but the robe displayed photos and texts
from a century's worth of newspapers describing and
critiquing some of the most horrific scenes of racial
violence in U.S. history.
What is K?

23. KU KLUX KLAN.

24. L.
What is the significance of this
tweet?

25. LEONARD NIMOY’S LAST TWEET.
(LLAP = LIVE LONG AND PROSPER)

26. M.
The following clip is part of a 1967 Golden Bear
winning short film. The short film was the directorial
debut of a person who has created a lot of
controversies with his/her works.

27. M. F. HUSSAIN.

28. N.
Identify the character.

29. NANCY DREW.

30. *O.
• The O particle was an ultra-high-energy cosmic
ray (most likely a proton) detected on the evening
of 15 October 1991 over Dugway Proving Ground,
Utah. Its observation was a shock to astrophysicists
(hence the name); a subatomic particle with kinetic
energy equal to that of 50 Joules, or a 5-ounce
(142 g) baseball traveling at about 100 kilometers
per hour (60 mph).
Connect this with a Telegu movie Gopala Gopala
starring Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan.

31. OH MY GOD.

32. P.
These two women are members of a larger group. Identify
the group.

33. PUSSY RIOT.

34. Q.
• Shashank Ghosh of Channel [V] created the
character Q in 1994 for the promotional
advertisements of the channel.
• In 2009, Shashank directed a movie with the
character Q as the main protagonist. The movie
has been exhibited at many prestigious locations
including the London Film Festival, the Indian Film
Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film
Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New
York.
Identify the character Q.

35. QUICK GUN MURUGUN.

36. R.
• The Friars Club is a private club in New York City which was
founded in 1904 and is located at 57 East 55th Street
between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue.
• Frequented by celebrities in its early days, the club is
credited with hosting the first unofficial R at a banquet
back in 1910. It continued the tradition over the years and
hosted the first official R in 1949 with singer Maurice
Chevalier as the “chief guest”.
• The club has the motto “We only R the ones we love.”
What is R?

37. ROAST.

38. S.
Jordan Grand Prix
Midlands F1
S
Force India
Sahara Force India

39. SPYKER F1.

40. T.
• The author who was editing a magazine on decorating
shop windows when he wrote the book, was reportedly
inspired to invent the T by a figure he had built out of
metal parts for a shop display.
• However according to Economics and History
professors, the notion of a T has deep roots in European
and American history, and often appeared in cartoons of
the 1880s and 1890s.
[Pic next slide]
What is T?

42. TINMAN.

43. *U.
• 1988-Geoff Parker
• 1998-Owais Shah
• 2002-Cameron White
• 2004-Khalid Latif
• 2006- Sarfraz Ahmed
• 2010-Mitchell Marsh
• 2014- Aiden Markram
The above is an Inexhaustive list of persons with the same feat at an
event.
Which event? And what is the feat?

44. U-19 CRICKET WORLD CUP
WINNING CAPTAINS.

45. V.
• V is a medication which probably came to India from UK.
Taking the pills has effects like fiery Holi inside a
person, a typhoon inside one’s body, etc. The
medication is so strong that it can make a feminine man
horny enough to have forceful sexual intercourse with a
girl with so much vigour that it might kill the girl.
What is V?

46. VITAMIN SEX.

47. W.
• Though the movie W was appreciated by the critics and the
audience alike, it came under heavy criticism from jazz players
and jazz lovers.
• New Yorker’s Richard Brody said, “The movie’s very idea of jazz is
a grotesque and ludicrous caricature. It has no music in its soul”.
Jon Newey, editor of the magazine Jazzwise, said: “There are
factual misrepresentations in the film. It is a warped, retrogressive
portrayal of jazz and big band cutting sessions. I hope it doesn’t
put people off because jazz has a tough enough fight as it is.
We’re always trying to get young people in.”
Which two-word term has been created by the media to describe
such attacks on the movie?

48. WHIPLASH BACKLASH.

49. X.
X is an upcoming Indian experimental film directed by a team
of eleven filmmakers: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon,
Nalan Kumarasamy, Hemant Gaba, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja
Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and
Suparn Verma.
The film's basic plotline states that the film “is a filmmaker’s
journey through his past encounters with his ten ex-
girlfriends as he spends one surreal unforgettable night at
a film festival after he meets a mysterious girl who
intriguingly seems to have something to do with every
woman in his life.”
What is X?

50. X.

51. Y.
• Cdr. Homi D. Motivala and Lt. Cdr. P.K. Garg
won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in
1994-95. They were the only sportsperson
from the sport Y to have won the award.
What is Y?

52. YACHTING.

53. Z.
• The picture on the next slide is of a burger founded by
Doddy’s Café in Paris, France and costs $41 named Le Z.
The stomach-busting meal is the brainchild of Jean-
Philippe Grandin, manager of Doddy's Cafe . “We have a
lot of homemade burgers on the menu, but I wanted to
invent an extraordinary burger.”, Grandin told CNN.

55. ZLATAN.