A short MELA Quiz for college Music Entertainment Literature Arts

1. MELA QUIZ
Music Entertainment Literature Arts
Hosted by:
Shadan
Darshan

2. Prelims

3. Rules
1. 20 questions
2. No negatives
3. Top 6 teams qualify
4. 5 questions star marked in case of a tie breaker
5. QM decision is final

4. This is a small station somewhere in
the Shivmogga district about to be
renamed after a certain fictional town
first mentioned in the book Swami and
friends fictionally located on the banks
of Saryu. Very popular town in indian
literature?
Q1

5. “Founded by Hussain Dehgamwala X is a residential society in Powder Galli,
Goregaon East, Mumbai with four wings: A Wing, B Wing, C Wing and D
Wing. Although the society has 17 flats, the show Y revolves around the lives
of eight families.”
Picked straight from wikipedia this is the literal description of which famous
fictional place in Indian TV serial. ID X the place and Y show?
Q2*

6. Which billionaire and eccentric innovator
known for his world saving companies
showing his love for Bajirao Mastani on
twitter?
Q3

7. The word ‘fuck’ count is 265 times has a beautiful feet pics
of Uma Thurman because of directors foot fetish and
Samuel L Jackson reading a bible passage thrice in the
same movie?
Q4*

8. Alice Newton, the eight year old daughter of a publishing
house’s chairman, read the first chapter and insisted her
father get hold of the rest of the story as soon as possible.
This was when the publisher realised how popular the story
would be with kids immediately greenlit its publication. Id
the book and publication house?
Q5

9. Identify this absolutely world famous Indo-Hungarian painter from her
paintings?
Q6

11. Id the character missing from this
family portrait?
Q7*

12. These complex looking green
digits scrolling down the screen
were symbols picked from a
‘Sushi Cookbook’ identify this cult
classic movie and the lead actor?
Q8

13. This song was independently recorded for soundcloud and became famous on
tiktok. Debuted on billboard country chart on 19th but was removed for not fitting
the ‘country’ genre thus sparking a debate. Then the lead singer collaborated
with Billy Ray Cyrus and the remix topped Billboard Hot 100 for 19 consecutive
week a world record. The other remix includes collab with Diplo and BTS.
Id this song whose singer has weird obsession with horse?
Q9

14. ID this actor with Gandhi
Q10

15. This movie was adapted from Stephen Kings novel.
Stephen King never cashed his $1,000 cheque for rights to
the film. Several years after the movie came out, King got
the cheque framed, and mailed it back to Frank Darabont
with a note inscribed, "In case you ever need bail money.
Love, Steve."
This movie which was deemed flop in the box office went on
to top imdb top 250 movies of all time due to rating war
between Batman The Dark Knight and The Godfather.
Which movie?
Q11

16. Which metal band was the first band to play a concert in all the
continents in a calendar year including Antarctica (a special
concert for scientist) in 2014 thus creating this unique record?
Q12

17. ● 1–37 AC: King Aegon I, also known as "Aegon the Conqueror" and "Aegon the Dragon"
● 37–42 AC: King Aenys I
● 42–48 AC: King Maegor I, also known as "Maegor the Cruel"
● 48–103 AC: King Jaehaerys I, also known as "Jaehaerys the Conciliator", "Jaehaerys the Wise" and "The Old King"
● 103–129 AC: King Viserys I
● 129–131 AC: King Aegon II, also known as "Aegon the Usurper" and "Aegon the Elder"
● 131–157 AC: King Aegon III, also known as "Aegon the Dragonbane", "Aegon the Unlucky" and "The Broken King"
● 157–161 AC: King Daeron I, also known as "The Young Dragon"
● 161–171 AC: King Baelor I, also known as "Baelor the Blessed" and "Beloved Baelor"
● 171–172 AC: King Viserys II
● 172–184 AC: King Aegon IV, also known as "Aegon the Unworthy"
● 184–209 AC: King Daeron II, also known as "Daeron the Good"
● 209–221 AC: King Aerys I
● 221–233 AC: King Maekar I
● 233–262 AC: King Aegon V, also known as "Aegon the Unlikely"
● 262–281 AC: King Aerys II, also known as "King Scab"
Claim to fame of these kings from a fictional world?
Q13*

18. Which country has The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings
commemorative currency as a legal tender?
Q14

19. Identify the world famous artist played by
William Defoe in this biographical called ‘At
Eternity’s gate’?
Q15

20. Spaghetti Western, also known as Italian Western or Macaroni Western
(primarily in Japan), is a broad subgenre of Western films that emerged in
the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and
international box-office success. The term was used by American critics
and those in other countries because most of these Westerns were
produced and directed by Italians.
Now which famous indian gangster movie got its own subgenre called ‘Litti
Western’ a famous dish from Bihar Jharkhand portraying violence in this
region due to coal and iron ore mines?
Q16

21. What is this book all about? And identify the missing
photo from the book cover?
Q17

22. What is Benedict Cumberbatch doing
in this frame?
Q18

23. Google doodle of which
iconic movie by Satyajit
Ray?
Q19

24. ID this iconic band from the movie cover?
Q20*

25. Finals

26. Move-it-for-Movies
Rules:
1. 6 questions
2. +10 for direct
3. +5 for the pass

27. This movie series was created by George Lucas later sold to Disney.
The popularity of this series can be judged by the number of fans who
come together on 4th of May to celebrate the franchise and their love for
the iconic characters played by Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Clint
Eastwood?
Q1

28. ANSWER!!

30. Pan Bahar a pan masala company signed
Pierce Brosnan for an ad. Which iconic
movie character was played by Mr. Brosnan
that oozes class and style?
Q2

31. ANSWER!!

33. Identify the movie from its poster?
Q3

34. ANSWER!!

36. Who is this renowned
personality in world
politics doing a cameo
in Home Alone 2?
Q4

37. ANSWER!!

39. What Marvel Superhero character did Stan
Lee create based on Howard Hughes a
1940’s inventor billionaire?
Q5

40. ANSWER!!

42. Shivaji Rao Gaekwad (born 12 December 1950), known by his mononymous
stage name X, is an Indian film actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He
began acting in plays while working in the Bangalore Transport Service as a bus
conductor. In 1973, he joined the Madras Film Institute to pursue a diploma in
acting and also mastered speaking Tamil language as his mother tongue was
Marathi. X was the highest-paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan around 2007
Q6

43. ANSWER!!

45. Idiot Box
Rules:
1. Based on TV Series
2. 6 questions
3. +10 for direct
4. +5 for the pass

46. In 1989, Forbes magazine estimated this druglord to be one of 227 billionaires in the
world with a personal net worth of approaching US$3 billion.
During the height of its operations, his Cartel brought in more than US$70 million per
day (roughly $26 billion in a year). Smuggling 15 tons of cocaine per day, worth more
than half a billion dollars, into the United States, the cartel spent over US$1,000 per
week purchasing rubber bands to wrap the stacks of cash, storing most of it in their
warehouses. Ten percent (10%) of the cash had to be written off per year because of
"spoilage", due to rats creeping in and nibbling on the bills they could reach.
In one of the famous instances he burned a pile of currency notes to keep his daughter
warm.
Id this druglord or the series?
Q1

47. ANSWER!!

49. This is a list of country got affected from
a man made disaster. Based on this
same disaster HBO made a series
which was deemed as HBO’s correction
for how bad GoT s8 turned out to be.
Id the series?
Q2

50. ANSWER!!

52. This animated series is famous for predicting future such as:
Donald Trump’s presidential election in 2000 came true in 2016
Disney buying 20th Century Fox in 1998 came true in 2017
Greece going bankrupt in 2012 came true in 2015
Technologies such as facetime and smartwatches.
Which show?
Q3

53. ANSWER!!

55. This popular sitcom has three versions of it the original british version
starring Ricky Gervais, the most popular american version starring
Steve Carell and the latest indian version starring Mukul Chadda and
Gopal Dutt?
Q4

56. ANSWER!!

58. X (ウナギ) is the Japanese word for freshwater eel, especially the
Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica
However one of the main character in a very popular sitcom used it as
a heightened sense of awareness that let's you anticipate and react to
an attack at any moment. To have X according to him was being
aware and mindful.
What is X and the show where it occurred?
Q5

59. ANSWER!!

61. Which immensely popular indian crime thriller has
been adapted from a novel (same name) by
Vikram Chandra released in 2006?
Q6

62. ANSWER!!

64. Amul Ads
Rules:
1. What are these amul ads all about?
2. 6 questions
3. Infinite bounce +10
4. Pounce +10/-5

65. Q1

66. ANSWER!!

68. Q2

69. ANSWER!!

71. Q3

72. ANSWER!!

74. Q4

75. ANSWER!!

77. Q5

78. ANSWER!!

80. Q6

81. ANSWER!!

83. Join the dots
Rules:
1. Connect the clues to give a final answer
2. 6 questions
3. Infinite bounce +10
4. Pounce +10/-5

84. Q1

85. ANSWER!!

87. Flight of pigeons (1978) Susanna’s Seven Husbands (2011) The Blue Umbrella (1974)
Q2

88. ANSWER!!

90. Lady with an Ermine Salvator Mundi
Q3

91. The Last Supper

92. ANSWER!!

93. Leonardo Da Vinci

94. Connect this wikipedia list
Q4

95. ANSWER!!

96. Most Watched Videos on Youtube

97. He enrolled at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry; however,
he left after the dean of the school said to him on his first day at the
college: "The golden age of dentistry is over. If you're here simply
because you're looking to make a lot of money, you're in the wrong
place.
Q5

98. ANSWER!!

100. Q6

101. ANSWER!!

103. Tie Breaker

104. Credits
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