IITG Quiz Week Entertainment Quiz

1. QUIZ MASTER- SHUBHANG SHUKLA

3.  20 Questions
 Marks have been written besides every
quuestion.
 TOTAL 21 Marks.

6.  Meryl Streep

7.  2. What is being described below?
 - Is a sentient computer in charge of maintaining
all systems on Discovery 1.
- Is capable of many functions, such as speech,
speech recognition, facial recognition, lip reading,
interpreting emotions, expressing emotions, and
chess.

8.  HAL 9000

9.  Elizabeth Magnotta and Alexandra Strohl analyze the
success of X with recourse to the incongruity theory of
humor: "The Incongruity Theory claims that humor is
created out of a violation of an expectation. For humor
to result from this unexpected result, the event must
have an appropriate emotional climate, comprised of the
setting, characters, prior discourse, relationships of the
characters, and the topic."[95] Specifically, Magnotta and
Strohl focus on "The Marine Biologist", where ______ is
embroiled in yet another lie, and on "The Red Dot",
where ______ tries to save a few dollars at _____'s expense
by giving her a marked-down cashmere sweater.

10.  Seinfeld

11.  X is a bait-and-switch practice that involves
providing a web link supposedly relevant to the
topic at hand, but actually re-directs the viewer to
_____ Astley’s 1987 hit single “Never Gonna Give You
Up.” The URL is often masked or obfuscated as a
randomly-generated shortlink to conceal its true
source from the experienced users. Whenever
someone clicks the link and unintentionally
summons ____ Astley’s song, he or she is said to
have been X(ed).

12.  Rickroll

14.  Pornhub

16.  Dharma Initiative (Lost)

17.  Though a legendary actor, he is also known for his
obsession with sunglasses, frequently wearing
them to public events, award shows and even the
Oscars( which he has won quite a few).
 He famously said,
 ”With my sunglasses on, I’m________.
Without them, I'm fat and 60.”

18.  Jack Nicholson

19.  NSYNC was an american boy band with
members Y, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey
Fatone, and Lance Bass. Despite the band being a
huge success, Y left the band at the height of its
popularity to pursue a solo career.
 “In 1999, if you had told me that the curly-headed
kid in my favorite boy band would be one of the
music world's biggest superstars a decade and a
half later, I probably would've ignored you and
turned Carson Daly and Total Request Live up.”

20.  Justin Timberlake

22.  Mannequin challenge

23.  The Don’t Drink That.
 The SNASA.
 The Mrs. Stinsfire.
 The Cheaptrick.
 The He’s not coming.
 The Lorenzo van Matterhorn.
 The __ ___.

24.  Acts from Barney's playbook (HIMYM)

26.  Thug Life

27.  X is an American actor, author, filmmaker, comedian,
playwright, and musician whose career spans more than
six decades. X initially started out as a comic writer, then
he entered into acting and directing. X has been
nominated for Oscars for a record 24 times ( 1 acting, 7
directing , 16 screenplay).

28.  Woody Allen

29.  He is a warrior, a smuggler and a resistance
fighter.
 His name is derived from the Russian name
for dogs .
 His voice was created from recordings
of walruses, lions, camels, bears, rabbits,
tigers, and badgers.
 Who am I talking about? [1]

30.  Сhewbacca

31.  Magnificent
 Tremendous
 Unassessably Wealthy
 Mighty
 Terrible
 Stupendous
 Tyrannical
 Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities
 Your Magnificence

32.  Smaug

33.  X is an action adventure video game released on 3rd
March,2017. It is the 17th installment of the insanely
popular and critically acclaimed series Y.
 The gameplay and mechanics constitute a departure from
the series' conventions, featuring an open-
world environment, a detailed physics engine, high-
definition visuals, voice acting, and the ability to play
through the game's dungeons in any order or not at all.
 Upon release the game received universal acclaim from
critics, who deemed it to be one of the greatest video
games ever released.

34.  X = Breath of the Wild
 Y = The Legend of Zelda

36.  Duh.

37.  Buzz Lightyear

38.  In this upper class family the middle class bahu is
a misfit according to the saas. The saas is a typical
socialite and likes to keep her husband under the
thumb. The older son is seen sandwiched most of
the time between his mother and wife. While the
younger one is a momma’s boy. The father in the
family has a tilt towards the bahu and he mocks
the younger son. One of the highest TRP obtainers
of Indian TV of it’s genre, plans have been
announced to remake it. Name it.[1]

39.  Sarabhai Vs. Sarabhai

41.  Gotham

42.  Whitehouse.com is an information site about
the white house. But before 2004 , genre of
the site used to be different and attracted a
lot of criticism. What was the genre of
whitehouse.com before 2004?[1]

43.  Pornography

45.  The Elder Scrolls : Skyrim

48.  CLOCKWISE
 +20/-10 on pounce
 +10 on bounce

51.  Firefly
 Because the show got cancelled during its 1st
season.

52.  His trademarks include his upright hairstyle and
vintage wardrobe, whose combination led ____ to
characterize him as a "hipsterdoofus"; his taste in
fresh fruit; love of occasional smoking, Cuban
cigars in particular; bursts through ____'s
apartment door; frequent pratfalls and penchant
for nonsensical, percussive outbursts of noise to
indicate skepticism, agreement, irritation and a
variety of other feelings. He's been described as
"an extraordinary cross
between Eraserhead and Herman Munster"

55.  Cosmo Kramer

56.  Quenya
 Telerin
 Sindarin
 Adunaic
 Westron
 Rohirric
 Khuzdul
 Entish
 Valarian
 Black Speech

58.  Middle Earth Languages
 JRR Tolkiens

59.  The Iconic Bikini girl in GTA 5(image in next
slide) was created from of photoshoot of the
model Shelby Wilinder. However , a certain
actress X thought it was her image and syed
Rockstar for copyright infringement. Media
outlets claimed the lawsuit was just a way for
her to get in the limelight. The lawsuit was
rejected in just a day by a panel of five
judges.
 Which Actress?

62.  Lindsay Lohan

63.  Jon Brion is an American composer and song
writer. He composed the Movie track for the
Jim Carrey starrer Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind.
 However, unexpectedly, he was approached
by a certain rapper(pretty famous) for co-
writing a song. The rapper was inspired to do
so after listening to ESOTSM’s soundtrack.
Jon agreed and the song X came to birth.
 The song became insanely popular and was
no. 1 at Billboard hot 100 for 10 weeks.

65.  Kanye west
 Gold digger

68.  Black Family Tree
 Cumberbatch

69.  Diamonds
 Elvis’s gold suit
 A small nuke
 A human soul
 Holy Grail
 An oscar

71.  Pulp Fiction’s Briefcase

72.  According to cracked , he practically defines
method acting.
 A 3 time oscar best actor winner, he is known
to do extensive research and training for his
roles and remains in character all throughout
the movie.
 Who?

74.  Daniel Day Lewis

75.  X is an American TV variety show that ran on CBS from
Sunday June 20, 1948, to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was
hosted by New York entertainment columnist _____.
 In 2002, X was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV
Shows of All Time. In 2013, the series finished No. 31 in
TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time.
 Famous guests on the show include Bob Dylan , Elavis
Presley , The Beatles, The rolling stones .
 Id x

77.  The Ed Sullivan Show

78.  ANTICLOCKWISE

81.  Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind.

82.  Catwoman- Blackcat
 Greenarrow-Hawkeye
 X- Deadpool
 Aquaman-Y

84.  X= Deathstroke
 Y=Namor

85.  Self-styled as "Internetainers" (a portmanteau of
the words "Internet" and "entertainers"), they are
known for their online viral videos, comedy songs,
ten-episode TV series ______: Commercial Kings for
the Independent Film Channel,[1] their daily
morning talk-show, Good Mythical Morning, and
more recently, their YouTube Red series "Buddy
System". In their 2008 documentary, Looking for
Ms. Locklear, they chronicled their search for the
first grade teacher in whose class they met for the
first time.

87.  Rhett and Link

88.  Emilio Fernández was an actor, screenwriter and
director from Mexico. His film Maria Candelaria
won the Grand Prix at the 1946 Cannes Film
Festival. It is said that once he was convinced by a
gentleman to pose nude with a sword.
What did Emilio pose for?

90.  The Oscar’s Trophy

91.  It wasn’t the original location for the series. Only
due to tax rebate offered by the state of New
Mexico the setting was shifted from Los Angeles.
As the series has ended, several tours have popped
up to visit the site of shooting.
Which city made famous by a TV series?

93.  Albuquerque

94.  Mike Smith of Decca Records agreed to let them
record, telling them he could not see any problems
and he would let the group know of his decisions
in
a few weeks. Eventually, Decca Records rejected X,
saying "guitar groups are on the way out" and “X
have no future in show business”. The decision to
reject X has subsequently been considered as one
of the biggest mistakes in music history.
Which music band was rejected ?

96.  The Beatles

99.  Steven Speilberg and ET

100.  She is Prabhadevi, the long lost sister of Sridevi
who came out of the closet for a photo-shoot with
CineBlitz in April 1992.
Actually there is no Prabhadevi and
this was a prank played by the
magazine.
So what was this and who is this?

102.  ANUPAM KHER IN A FOOLS DAY
PRANK

103.  X is an action adventure, survival game by
Naughty Dog.
 Maisie Williams is a big fan if the game and
said that she wanted to play the female
protagonist ellie in the movie adaptation.
 However , the movie adaptation didn’t come
through, th game is still very popular and is
regarded as one of the greatest games of all
time.

105.  The Last of Us.

106.  CineBlitz magazine used a sensational idea when it
was launched in 1975. They roped in famous
Odissi dancer Protima Bedi for a shoot. It was to be
done in the early hours in Bombay.
What was so sensational about the shoot ?

108.  A naked shoot.