Finals of the MELA(Music Entertainment Literature Arts) Conducted by me at Nirma University, Ahmedabad as a part of Horizon 2017

1. MELA
QUIZ MASTERS
PRIYANK TRIVEDI
SOURABH SANDANSHI

2. Round 1 Clockwise Pounce and
Pounce
Rules
 6 Questions clockwise
 20 points on correct answer on pounce.
 -15 points upon the wrong answer on pounce.
 10 points on correct answer on direct.
 No negative points upon wrong answer on direct.
 No pounces allowed after the pounce timer closes.
Hints available only if objecting teams are 2 or less than 2.

3. Choose your path
1 2 3
4 5 6

4. 1
Connect (Non-Exhaustive)
 Rita Moreno
 Audrey Hepburn
 Mel Brooks
 Whoopi Goldberg
 Scott Rudin
 Robert Lopez

6. 1
The Winners of EGOT(Emmy, Grammy, Oscars and Tony )

7. 2
“X” is a legal suspense thriller by “Y” which also has a movie
adaptation in 1996 featuring Mathew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock
,Samuel Jackson and Kevin Spacey as there top cast. The inspiration
for “X” came from the case of the rape and assault of 12 year old
Marcie Scott and her 16 year old sister Julie Scott.
 ID X and Y

9. 2
A time to Kill
John Grisham

10. 3
 Men who live with their mothers….men who ‘do’ lunch ….men who
have past lives… men with real Rolex watch… are some of the types
of ‘men’ discussed in this humourous book written by a couple.
Who is the male-half of this author couple?

12. 3
Dan Brown

13. 4
 X temporarily took over as lead singer for Y as longtime member
______ was suddenly sidelined by a hearing issue in 2016, ultimately
playing 23 concerts on the troubled Rock or Bust tour.
 X was frank about the expectations when he joined Y. “I know how
hard it is,” he said. “Lots of bands do not want to open for Z; they
just don’t want to. They don’t want to deal with our fans. It’s kind of
the same with Y fans. They’re very serious about their band.
 ID X, Y and Z (Brownie Points for the Blank)

15. 4
X – Axl Rose
Y – AC/DC
Z – Guns N’ Roses

16. 5
 On Halloween 2014, the author J.K.Rowling published an essay on
the origins of a character from the Harry Potter series, also one of
the least liked. (The author Stephen King even called this character
"the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal
Lecter").
 Which Character?

18. 5
 Dolores Umbridge

19. 6
An English Art scholar had these to say about this painting ‘…Families
are important and even though the painter was perfectly aware that
his mother was a hideous old bat who looked like she had a cactus
lodged up her backside he stuck with her and even took the time to
paint this amazing picture of her. It's not just a painting, It's a picture
of a mad old cow who he thought the world of and that's
marvellous….’
Which Painting is being described

21. 6
Whistler’s mother

22. Round 2 Write Bros
Rules
 10 Questions will be there each carrying +5 points. No Negatives
 Each image will contain an minimalistic poster depicting a movie.
ID Movie
 Additional +10 points if you get all correct

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33. Answers

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54. Round 3 Anti-Clockwise Pounce and
Pounce
Rules
 6 Questions anti-clockwise
 20 points on correct answer on pounce.
 -15 points upon the wrong answer on pounce.
 10 points on correct answer on direct.
 No negative points upon wrong answer on direct.
 No pounces allowed after the pounce timer closes.
Hints available only if objecting teams are 2 or less than 2.

55. Choose your path
1 2 3
4 5 6

56. 1
Identify what has been blacked out?

58. 1
Sunny(Sunil Gavaskar)

59. 2
X is a hip hop-based side project of Y, who is better known as the
vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist and producer of the American
rock band Z. Y’s debut album as X, The Rising Tied, was released on
November 22, 2005.
 After releasing ‘The Rising Tied’ X went on a hiatus and Y
continued projects with Z . A Song from this album was also used in
soundtrack of The Karate Kid
 In 2015 X released a new, non-album single titled "Welcome".
 X has collaborated with various artists and bands like Eric Bobo,
Holly Brook Ghostface Killah etc.
 ID X, Y and Z

61. 2
X – Fort Minor
Y – Mike Shinoda
Z – Linkin Park

62. 3
After a vicious altercation with Y, X claimed that he came back a
changed and damaged man, or in his own words "Broken". He
started to torture Y and after series of bouts, at "the final deletion" X
inevitably "Broke" Y as well.
Together, they set on a journey which included magical powers, a
dilapidated boat, a drone, weird accents, a streak in the hair, and
just general zaniness.
They went through many expeditions like "Delete or Decay", "The
Great War", "Total Nonstop Deletion" and finally "Expedition of
Gold". This led them to come back to their home.
 ID X and Y

64. 3
X – Matt hardy
Y – Jeff Hardy

65. 4
X is the first part of Y’s epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by
Purgatorio and Paradiso. It tells the journey of Y through Hell ,
guided by ancient Roman Poet Virgil.
In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of suffering
located within the Earth; it is the "realm ... of those who have
rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence,
or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against
their fellowmen.“
 An action-adventure video game by the same name was published
by Electronic Arts and shares many similarities with the poem.
 ID X and Y

67. 4
X – The Inferno
Y - Dante

68. 5
Id from Minimalist Poster

70. 5
Life on Mars – David Bowie

71. 6
In Indian mythology, X is considered to be the son of Manu. In Vedic
history, X 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. X is the founder of the Suryavansh Dynasty. Identify X.

73. 6
Ikshvaku

74. Round 4 Mega Connect
Rules
 7 Questions are there each with decreasing points
 Points for each individual slide is +5 and no negatives.

75. 1 (+70, -
35)
ID

76. 2 (+60, -
30)
X is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine
Johnson, based on the songs of ___, composed by Benny Andersson
and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band.
 The title of the musical is taken from the group’s 1975 Chart-
Topper.
 It is also the name of a 2008 British-American-Swedish musical
romantic comedy film adapted from the musical. It stars Meryl
Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard.
ID X

77. 3 (+50, -
25)
 X is an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts composed in 1786 by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by
Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1
May 1786.
 The opera's libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre
Beaumarchais, which was first performed in 1784. It tells how two
servants succeed in getting married, foiling the efforts of their
philandering employer Count Almaviva to seduce Susanna(one of
the servant) and teaching him a lesson in fidelity.
 The opera is a cornerstone of the repertoire and appears
consistently among the top ten in the Operabase list of most
frequently performed operas.
 ID X

78. 4 (+40, -20)
X is a name of a demon. In Christian and Biblical sources, X is
another name for the devil, similar to Satan. In Christian
demonology, he is one of the seven princes of Hell according to
Catholic views on Hell.
 The Dictionnaire Infernal describes X as a demonic fly who is also
known as the "Lord of the Flies". The god of the Philistine city of
Ekron, a Canaanite god. The name X is linked with the Canaanite
god Baal.
X was a prince of the Seraphim, just below Lucifer. X, along with
Lucifer and Leviathan, were the first three angels to fall. He tempts
men with pride and is opposed by St. Francis of Assisi.
 ID X

79. 5 (+30, -
15)
 Whose Urban Dictionary Entry?

80. 6 (+20, -
10)
His Contributions include:
 Thermoscope
 Telescope
 SunSpots
Venus’s Phases
Moon’s Craters
Jupiter’s Moon
Which Astronomer is being talked about

81. 7 (+10, -
0)
He was born as Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town, Tanzania. He was
born of a parsi descent and grew up there and in India until his
mid-teens, before moving with his family to Middlesex, England.
There he formed a band in 1970.
 He died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS, having
confirmed the day before his death that he had contracted the
disease.
 Consistently voted one of the greatest singers in the history of
popular music, X was voted best male singer of all time in a 2005
poll organised by Blender and MTV2;was elected in 2009 as the best
rock singer of all time by Classic Rock readers; was ranked at 18 on
the 2008 Rolling Stone list of the 100 greatest singers ever.
 ID the singer

83. 1 (+70, -
35)
ID

84. 1
Ustad Bismillah Khan

85. 2 (+60, -
30)
X is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine
Johnson, based on the songs of ___, composed by Benny Andersson
and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band.
 The title of the musical is taken from the group’s 1975 Chart-
Topper.
 It is also the name of a 2008 British-American-Swedish musical
romantic comedy film adapted from the musical. It stars Meryl
Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard.
ID X

86. 2
Mamma Mia!

87. 3 (+50, -
25)
 X is an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts composed in 1786 by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by
Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1
May 1786.
 The opera's libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre
Beaumarchais, which was first performed in 1784. It tells how two
servants succeed in getting married, foiling the efforts of their
philandering employer Count Almaviva to seduce Susanna(one of
the servant) and teaching him a lesson in fidelity.
 The opera is a cornerstone of the repertoire and appears
consistently among the top ten in the Operabase list of most
frequently performed operas.
 ID X

88. 3
The Marriage of Figaro

89. 4 (+40, -20)
X is a name of a demon. In Christian and Biblical sources, X is
another name for the devil, similar to Satan. In Christian
demonology, he is one of the seven princes of Hell according to
Catholic views on Hell.
 The Dictionnaire Infernal describes X as a demonic fly who is also
known as the "Lord of the Flies". The god of the Philistine city of
Ekron, a Canaanite god. The name X is linked with the Canaanite
god Baal.
X was a prince of the Seraphim, just below Lucifer. X, along with
Lucifer and Leviathan, were the first three angels to fall. He tempts
men with pride and is opposed by St. Francis of Assisi.
 ID X

90. 4
Beelzebub

91. 5 (+30, -
15)
 Whose Urban Dictionary Entry?

92. 5
Scaramouche

93. 6 (+20, -
10)
His Contributions include:
 Thermoscope
 Telescope
 SunSpots
Venus’s Phases
Moon’s Craters
Jupiter’s Moon
Which Astronomer is being talked about

94. 6
Galileo galilei

95. 7 (+10, -
0)
He was born as Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town, Tanzania. He was
born of a parsi descent and grew up there and in India until his
mid-teens, before moving with his family to Middlesex, England.
There he formed a band in 1970.
 He died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS, having
confirmed the day before his death that he had contracted the
disease.
 Consistently voted one of the greatest singers in the history of
popular music, X was voted best male singer of all time in a 2005
poll organised by Blender and MTV2;was elected in 2009 as the best
rock singer of all time by Classic Rock readers; was ranked at 18 on
the 2008 Rolling Stone list of the 100 greatest singers ever.
 ID the singer

96. 7
Freddy Mercury

97. Mega Connect
Bohemian Rhapsody