MELA Quiz Prelims IIM Indore Quiz Fest 2019

MELA
QUIZ
Researched & presented by
MAHENDRA MOHAN DAS
PRELIMS
and
IPSO FACTO ’19
present

 20 Questions – 1 point per correct answer, no negatives. Top 8 teams to finals.
 Star marked questions for inbuilt tie-breaker, sudden death if no result.
 Marks of Prelims will be used as tie-breaker in finals – so don’t fool around.
 No mobile phones, no chitchat with another team, no water break, no
bathroom break, no personal life. This is war.
 Anyone blurting out any answer will attract -2 points.
 No need to call me His Highness, Master of the Universe or Supreme Leader;
Just Lord is enough.
 Take every rule VERY seriously, maybe except the last one.
Let’s begin…
Mahendra Mohan Das 2
Rules of the Game

But first, let’s thank our beloved sponsors of Ipso Facto’19

 When people started to notice and joke about the frequent presence of actor
X in Netflix, Netflix went with the flow and tweeted:
 However, the frequent comment and trolling that continued for several
months led Netflix to post the following tweet on 30th Dec:
 Which famous actor is the subject of this “Where is ___ ___” rage?
1) Where is Waldo?

 There is a famous anecdote about X and Queen Victoria. Victoria enjoyed X’s
most famous creation so much that she requested a first edition of X’s next
book. X duly sent her a copy of his next book – a mathematical work with the
exciting title An Elementary Treatise on Determinants.
 Unfortunately, like most good anecdotes, this one isn’t true: X himself refuted
it. However, such a story does highlight the oddness of X’s life.
 Who?
2) Troll and Grin

 Originally, a ___ magazine was one that was printed on paper made directly
from cheapest raw material (wood) which rapidly yellows and becomes very
brittle. The age of the ___s lasted roughly from 1896 to 1955. By the fifties the
___s were being replaced by digest magazines, which often used ___ paper, but
strictly speaking they are a different category.
 Another distinguishing feature of a ___ magazine is that they didn’t run
articles, ran almost entirely stories instead. What were these stories called?
3) You read the Bible?

 A joint venture between the big 3 of record companies – Universal, Sony and
Warner music groups, this video hosting service is a preferred platform for
almost all the top artists in the world – since it has a dedicated and focused
global sales team, exclusively selling passionate music audiences at scale which
typically yields higher monetization than the alternative.
 Apart from their own consumer website and apps, majority of its revenue
comes from YouTube, with Google and it sharing advertising and similar benefits.
In May 2018, it was announced that it was shutting down its consumer website
and apps, and will only distributes via YouTube.
 What?
4) We are the music

 This bestselling 1943 book still sells nearly two million copies annually, and
with year-to-date sales of over 140 million copies worldwide, only to be
seconded by LOTR for highest selling novel of all time.
 Translated into 300 languages and dialects, this book also comes second in the
list of most translated fiction of all time, seconded only by Pinocchio.
 Though ostensibly styled as a children's book, it makes several observations
about life and human nature. Quotations such as "You become responsible,
forever, for what you have tamed" and "One sees clearly only with the heart.
The essential is invisible to the eye" are famous for dealing with human
relationships.
 Hats off to the popularity, which famous novel is being talked about?
5) Fault in Our Stars and Asteroids

6) Connect and fill the missing piece
?

 In this episode of Doctor Who, whom does the Doctor and Amy take forward
to 2010’s Musée d'Orsay, in an attempt to make him realize his worth?
7) The monster you can’t see

 When Kundan Shah was talking to two of his friends – two FTII graduates who
ended up opening a photo studio in Hyderabad, he wanted to attempt a film on
them. Funded by NFDC, Shah was assisted by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Sudhir
Mishra, who became celebrated directors later.
 Which 1983 cult comedy Hindi classic thus resulted, the title characters of
which were Vinod Chopra and Sudhir Mishra, named after the two assisting
Shah, and starring an ensemble cast including Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani,
Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik, Bhakti Barve and Neena
Gupta?
8) Kahaan Gaye?

 Google dedicated this doodle to Georges Perec, who wrote a 1969 novel titled
‘La Disparition’ in French, which was later translated into English in 1994 by
Gilbert Adair, who renamed it A Void (since it was “not possible” to keep the
direct translation ‘The Disappearance’ as title).
 What is the doodle conveying? Or, what’s so special about the novel?
9) The disappearance?

 Love is in the Bin is a 2018 art which was sold at auction for over a million
pounds. The unnamed buyer, described as a female European collector,
proceeded with the purchase at the agreed price, after the modifications took
place.
 “We are pleased to confirm the sale of the artist's newly-titled 'Love is in the
Bin', the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction.”
commented Alex Branczik, head of contemporary art for Europe for the auction
house that sold the artwork.
 Put funda.
10) The malfunctioning love

 When the producer was designing the posters for Sapnon Ka Saudagar, B
Ananthaswami added the words ‘Raj Kapoor’s ___ ___’ just below the debutante
actor’s face. Months before the release, the bigger cities had life-size cutouts of
the debutante, a never-before-seen experience.
 And after seeing the actor, the audience couldn’t disagree with the tag. In no
time, the actor was transformed from being just Raj Kapoor’s ___ ___ to
Bollywood’s ___ ___.
 Which debutante actor? Also, FITB.
11) Tum kismat se khelo

 In 2010, Rolling Stone, the most famous music magazine, published a cover
story featuring “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
 Funnily enough, which song by Bob Dylan topped the list? Which band/artist
came in the second place, with their hit “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”?
12) What’s in a name?

 A few years back, the painting on the right
was sold at an auction for Rs.9Cr. There’s
been other paintings of the painter which
have come in news in recent times.
 The painter also designed the state
emblem of West Bengal. Which multi-
talented famous personality? What’s his/her
most famous design creation, which every
Indian is familiar with, thanks to the
popularity of Indian Railways?
13) Such talent much wow

 X first met Y while volunteering for the army. He was so taken by her that he
redrafted an entire character of the first book he was writing. Right after their
marriage, X and Y quickly became celebrities of New York, as much for their wild
behavior as for the success of the book. Their social life was fueled with alcohol.
 Though X and Y heavily inspired each other’s works, right from X’s second
novel The Beautiful and Damned be based upon themselves to Y naming X’s
most famous work; the alcohol started destroying the nearly perfect love story. Y
hating X’s friends (especially Hemingway), her pill overdose, possessiveness and
X undermining her made things worse. While Y was admitted to mental
institution in 1930, X died of alcohol a decade later in 1940.
 Which famous couple with a sad ending?
14) Let’s Fall in Love…

 After the Google searches and tourism interest for Puerto Rico increased
overnight in early 2017, by mid of 2017 the Puerto Rican daily Un Nuevo Dia
reported that the tourist interest has increased as much as 50%. Specifically, the
interest seemed targeted around the La Perla district in Old San Juan and Club La
Factoría. The country having 3.5-4M visitors per annum was ready to welcome
up to 6M that year. The same search and interest trend continued until mid of
2018, when Hurricane Maria hit the nation.
 What caused the massive uptick?
15) This is how tourists do

 मैं जिसे ओढ़ता -बिछाता हूँ is a Hindi poem written by Dushyant Kumar, one of the
foremost Hindi poets of the 20th century. Fill the missing lines.
मैं जिसे ओढ़ता -बिछाता हूँ
वो गज़ल आपको सुनाता हूँ।
एक िंगल है तेरी आूँखों में
मैं िहाूँ राह भल िाता हूँ
___________________
___________________
हर तरफ़ एतराज़ होता है
मैं अगर रोशनी में आता हूँ
एक िाि उखड़ गया िि से
और ज़्यादा वज़न उठाता हूँ
मैं तुझे भलने की कोशशश में
आि ककतने करीि पाता हूँ
16)*Mein kaun hoon

 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ is a 1981 collection of short stories by
Raymond Carver. This collection, as well as the title story, is the central theme of
a best picture Oscar winning film of this decade.
 Though the book was not that famous in itself, the title was so catchy that
many of the later book titles were inspired by this title, usually replacing the last
word, keeping the first 8 words constant.
 Which story collection?
17)* Is ignorance bliss?

 Mostly known as a Pulitzar-winning reporter, which
famous personality also wrote two novels, The Janus
Contract and Under a Yellow Sun?
 According to him, his motivations for professional
writing were deepened as both a love for the art that he
considers a contribution to social good and as a matter
of personal fulfillment in an intellectual field in which
his other abilities give no unfair competition to his
colleagues beyond typing extraordinarily fast.
18)* Who’s Janus?

 Sir Anish Kapoor is a British Indian Sculptor, most famously known for his
design of ArcelorMittal Orbit, the 114m high observation deck for London 2012
Olympic, which is also Britain’s largest piece of public art. In 2014, he was
criticized by the entire artistic community because of a certain move or decision
taken by him regarding an artistic product.
 In retaliation to this “heinous act” by Kapoor, Stuart Semple, a famous British
contemporary artist, developed certain similar products which he made
available to everyone except Anish Kapoor and anyone affiliated with him.
 What did Anish Kapoor do? Alternately, identify the product.
19)* Venom cuts venom?

 Apart from being the son of King of Bundelkhand, he is a descendant of Tipu
Sultan. Like princes of other princely states of the era, he also spent his youth
studying and touring Europe, and knew more than 5 languages. However, after
the 1857 Sepoy Mutini, where he lost his family and his kingdom, he devoted
himself to research and art collection.
 He possessed several masterpieces of both painting and sculpture, from
ancient and modern European masters. As per estimate, his net worth in today’s
currency would be above $15bn, making him the second richest princely royal
after Nizam of Hyderabad.
 Which famous person, which a billion-dollar grossing 2004 box office hit aptly
paid tribute to?
20)* Man in blue

Answers follow…

 When people started to notice and joke about the frequent presence of actor
X in Netflix, Netflix went with the flow and tweeted:
 However, the frequent comment and trolling that continued for several
months led Netflix to post the following tweet on 30th Dec:
 Which famous actor is the subject of this “Where is ___ ___” rage?
1) Where is Waldo?

Radhika Apte

 There is a famous anecdote about X and Queen Victoria. Victoria enjoyed X’s
most famous creation so much that she requested a first edition of X’s next
book. X duly sent her a copy of his next book – a mathematical work with the
exciting title An Elementary Treatise on Determinants.
 Unfortunately, like most good anecdotes, this one isn’t true: X himself refuted
it. However, such a story does highlight the oddness of X’s life.
 Who?
2) Troll and Grin

Lewis Carroll

 Originally, a ___ magazine was one that was printed on paper made directly
from cheapest raw material (wood) which rapidly yellows and becomes very
brittle. The age of the ___s lasted roughly from 1896 to 1955. By the fifties the
___s were being replaced by digest magazines, which often used ___ paper, but
strictly speaking they are a different category.
 Another distinguishing feature of a ___ magazine is that they didn’t run
articles, ran almost entirely stories instead. What were these stories called?
3) You read the Bible?

Pulp Fiction

 A joint venture between the big 3 of record companies – Universal, Sony and
Warner music groups, this video hosting service is a preferred platform for
almost all the top artists in the world – since it has a dedicated and focused
global sales team, exclusively selling passionate music audiences at scale which
typically yields higher monetization than the alternative.
 Apart from their own consumer website and apps, majority of its revenue
comes from YouTube, with Google and it sharing advertising and similar benefits.
In May 2018, it was announced that it was shutting down its consumer website
and apps, and will only distributes via YouTube.
 What?
4) We are the music

 This bestselling 1943 book still sells nearly two million copies annually, and
with year-to-date sales of over 140 million copies worldwide, only to be
seconded by LOTR for highest selling novel of all time.
 Translated into 300 languages and dialects, this book also comes second in the
list of most translated fiction of all time, seconded only by Pinocchio.
 Though ostensibly styled as a children's book, it makes several observations
about life and human nature. Quotations such as "You become responsible,
forever, for what you have tamed" and "One sees clearly only with the heart.
The essential is invisible to the eye" are famous for dealing with human
relationships.
 Hats off to the popularity, which famous novel is being talked about?
5) Fault in Our Stars and Asteroids

The Little Prince

6) Connect and fill the missing piece
?

 Golden Lion – Venice Film Festival
 Golden Peacock – IFFI Goa
 Golden Bear – Berlin International Film Festival
 Golden Palm (Palme d'Or) – Cannes Film Festival
Cannes

 In this episode of Doctor Who, whom does the Doctor and Amy take forward
to 2010’s Musée d'Orsay, in an attempt to make him realize his worth?
7) The monster you can’t see

Van Gogh

 When Kundan Shah was talking to two of his friends – two FTII graduates who
ended up opening a photo studio in Hyderabad, he wanted to attempt a film on
them. Funded by NFDC, Shah was assisted by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Sudhir
Mishra, who became celebrated directors later.
 Which 1983 cult comedy Hindi classic thus resulted, the title characters of
which were Vinod Chopra and Sudhir Mishra, named after the two assisting
Shah, and starring an ensemble cast including Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani,
Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik, Bhakti Barve and Neena
Gupta?
8) Kahaan Gaye?

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

 Google dedicated this doodle to Georges Perec, who wrote a 1969 novel titled
‘La Disparition’ in French, which was later translated into English in 1994 by
Gilbert Adair, who renamed it A Void (since it was “not possible” to keep the
direct translation ‘The Disappearance’ as title).
 What is the doodle conveying? Or, what’s so special about the novel?
9) The disappearance?

Novel without the letter E

 Love is in the Bin is a 2018 art which was sold at auction for over a million
pounds. The unnamed buyer, described as a female European collector,
proceeded with the purchase at the agreed price, after the modifications took
place.
 “We are pleased to confirm the sale of the artist's newly-titled 'Love is in the
Bin', the first artwork in history to have been created live during an auction.”
commented Alex Branczik, head of contemporary art for Europe for the auction
house that sold the artwork.
 Put funda.
10) The malfunctioning love

Shredding of Girl with Balloon by Banksy himself during auction.

 When the producer was designing the posters for Sapnon Ka Saudagar, B
Ananthaswami added the words ‘Raj Kapoor’s ___ ___’ just below the debutante
actor’s face. Months before the release, the bigger cities had life-size cutouts of
the debutante, a never-before-seen experience.
 And after seeing the actor, the audience couldn’t disagree with the tag. In no
time, the actor was transformed from being just Raj Kapoor’s ___ ___ to
Bollywood’s ___ ___.
 Which debutante actor? Also, FITB.
11) Tum kismat se khelo

Hema Malini, Dream Girl

 In 2010, Rolling Stone, the most famous music magazine, published a cover
story featuring “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
 Funnily enough, which song by Bob Dylan topped the list? Which band/artist
came in the second place, with their hit “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”?
12) What’s in a name?

Like a Rolling Stone, The Rolling Stones

 A few years back, the painting on the right
was sold at an auction for Rs.9Cr. There’s
been other paintings of the painter which
have come in news in recent times.
 The painter also designed the state
emblem of West Bengal. Which multi-
talented famous personality? What’s his/her
most famous design creation, which every
Indian is familiar with, thanks to the
popularity of Indian Railways?
13) Such talent much wow

Mamata Banerjee, Duronto Express

 X first met Y while volunteering for the army. He was so taken by her that he
redrafted an entire character of the first book he was writing. Right after their
marriage, X and Y quickly became celebrities of New York, as much for their wild
behavior as for the success of the book. Their social life was fueled with alcohol.
 Though X and Y heavily inspired each other’s works, right from X’s second
novel The Beautiful and Damned be based upon themselves to Y naming X’s
most famous work; the alcohol started destroying the nearly perfect love story. Y
hating X’s friends (especially Hemingway), her pill overdose, possessiveness and
X undermining her made things worse. While Y was admitted to mental
institution in 1930, X died of alcohol a decade later in 1940.
 Which famous couple with a sad ending?
14) Let’s Fall in Love…

F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald

 After the Google searches and tourism interest for Puerto Rico increased
overnight in early 2017, by mid of 2017 the Puerto Rican daily Un Nuevo Dia
reported that the tourist interest has increased as much as 50%. Specifically, the
interest seemed targeted around the La Perla district in Old San Juan and Club La
Factoría. The country having 3.5-4M visitors per annum was ready to welcome
up to 6M that year. The same search and interest trend continued until mid of
2018, when Hurricane Maria hit the nation.
 What caused the massive uptick?
15) This is how tourists do

 … this is how we do it down in Puerto Rico …
Despacito was released

 मैं जिसे ओढ़ता -बिछाता हूँ is a Hindi poem written by Dushyant Kumar, one of the
foremost Hindi poets of the 20th century. Fill the missing lines.
मैं जिसे ओढ़ता -बिछाता हूँ
वो गज़ल आपको सुनाता हूँ।
एक िंगल है तेरी आूँखों में
मैं िहाूँ राह भल िाता हूँ
___________________
___________________
हर तरफ़ एतराज़ होता है
मैं अगर रोशनी में आता हूँ
एक िाि उखड़ गया िि से
और ज़्यादा वज़न उठाता हूँ
मैं तुझे भलने की कोशशश में
आि ककतने करीि पाता हूँ
16)*Mein kaun hoon

त ककसी रेल सी गुिरती है, मैं ककसी पुल -सा थरथराता हूँ

 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ is a 1981 collection of short stories by
Raymond Carver. This collection, as well as the title story, is the central theme of
a best picture Oscar winning film of this decade.
 Though the book was not that famous in itself, the title was so catchy that
many of the later book titles were inspired by this title, usually replacing the last
word, keeping the first 8 words constant.
 Which story collection?
17)* Is ignorance bliss?

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

 Mostly known as a Pulitzar-winning reporter, which
famous personality also wrote two novels, The Janus
Contract and Under a Yellow Sun?
 According to him, his motivations for professional
writing were deepened as both a love for the art that he
considers a contribution to social good and as a matter
of personal fulfillment in an intellectual field in which
his other abilities give no unfair competition to his
colleagues beyond typing extraordinarily fast.
18)* Who’s Janus?

Clark Kent

 Sir Anish Kapoor is a British Indian Sculptor, most famously known for his
design of ArcelorMittal Orbit, the 114m high observation deck for London 2012
Olympic, which is also Britain’s largest piece of public art. In 2014, he was
criticized by the entire artistic community because of a certain move or decision
taken by him regarding an artistic product.
 In retaliation to this “heinous act” by Kapoor, Stuart Semple, a famous British
contemporary artist, developed certain similar products which he made
available to everyone except Anish Kapoor and anyone affiliated with him.
 What did Anish Kapoor do? Alternately, identify the product.
19)* Venom cuts venom?

He took exclusive right of using Vantablack, the blackest black

 Apart from being the son of King of Bundelkhand, he is a descendant of Tipu
Sultan. Like princes of other princely states of the era, he also spent his youth
studying and touring Europe, and knew more than 5 languages. However, after
the 1857 Sepoy Mutini, where he lost his family and his kingdom, he devoted
himself to research and art collection.
 He possessed several masterpieces of both painting and sculpture, from
ancient and modern European masters. As per estimate, his net worth in today’s
currency would be above $15bn, making him the second richest princely royal
after Nizam of Hyderabad.
 Which famous person, which a billion-dollar grossing 2004 box office hit aptly
paid tribute to?
20)* Man in blue

Captain Nemo

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