MELA Quiz- ZHDC Quiz Sessions #1

RULES:
• THERE WILL BE 30 QUESTIONS,
• CLASSIC POUNCE/BOUNCE,
• DON’T SHOUT THE ANSWER JUST WRITE IT DOWN ON THE SHEET,
• ENJOY THE QUIZ.

KNOW YOUR QM QUESTION
Q. THE STORY IS OF THE "CITY IN THE SEA" AND ITS NEIGHBORING NEARBY JUNGLE.
THE STORY STARTS 500 YEARS FROM THE 20TH CENTURY, WHEN AN ENSEMBLE
GANG CALLED THE BLACK MARKETEERS BEGIN HUNTING THE DINOSAURS TO
SERVE THEIR UNKNOWN PURPOSE. THE CONTINUOUS HUNTING PROCESS HAS
MADE THE DINOSAURS VIOLENT AND NOW THEY HAVE STARTED ATTACKING
VILLAGES AND PEOPLE. IN ORDER TO GET THINGS SORTED AGAIN, MECHANIC
AND SHAMAN JACK TENREC, DIPLOMAT AND EXPLORER BY PROFESSION
HANNAH DUNDEE, FRIEND AND ENGINEER MUSTAPHA CAIRO, AND MYSTERIOUS
MESS O'BRADOVICH HAVE DECIDED TO TEAM UP AGAINST THE EVIL DEEDS OF
THE BLACK MARKETEERS.
WHAT IS BEING REFERRED TO?

BAWAL SAWAL
Q1. _______ ___ ________ ___ IS AN AMERICAN ANIMATED HORROR
COMEDY TELEVISION SERIES CREATED BY JOHN R. DILWORTH, WHICH RAN FROM
NOVEMBER 12, 1999 –NOVEMBER 22, 2002. THE STORY OF THE SERIES REVOLVES
AROUND A ___ THAT LIVES WITH A COUPLE IN A FARMHOUSE IN "THE MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE." IN EACH EPISODE, THE TRIO ARE THROWN INTO BIZARRE AND
FREQUENTLY DISTURBING MISADVENTURES, OFTEN INVOLVING THE PARANORMAL
OR SUPERNATURAL. HOWEVER, A FUN FACT ABOUT THE SHOW IS THAT THE NAMES
OF COUPLE (MAIN CHARACTERS) ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON THE MIDDLE NAMES OF
TWO CHARCTERS FROM ANOTHER VERY ICONIC SHOW FROM 90S. ID THE SHOW
FROM THE 90S AND ALSO GIVE THE NAMES OF THE COUPLE.

SHOW- FRIENDS
‘MURIEL’ MIDDLE NAME OF CHANDLER AND 'EUSTACE’ BEING ROSS’S MIDDLE NAME

UMM VIDEOS
Q2. JAWED KARIM IS AN AMERICAN COMPUTER SCIENTIST OF BANGLADESHI-GERMAN DESCENT. JAWED WAS AT THE
SAN DIEGO ZOO AND DECIDED TO RECORD A VIDEO. THE VIDEO HAS A RUNTIME OF 18-19 SECONDS AND IS SHOT
BY YAKOV LAPITSKY, FEATURING KARIM IN FRONT OF THE ELEPHANTS IN THEIR OLD EXHIBIT IN ELEPHANT MESA.HE
UPLOADED IT ON YOUTUBE IN THE VIDEO KARIM CAN BE SEEN SAYING,” ALL RIGHT, SO HERE WE ARE IN FRONT OF
THE, UH, ELEPHANTS, AND THE COOL THING ABOUT THESE GUYS IS THAT, IS THAT THEY HAVE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
LONG, UM, TRUNKS, AND THAT'S, THAT'S COOL, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THERE IS TO SAY.” ALTHOUGH
SEEMS TO BE PRETTY ORDINARY,THE VIDEO IS DESCRIBED AS VIDEO’S REPRESENTATION OF AN "ORDINARY
MOMENT" TO BE "EXTRAORDINARY" BY GREG JARBOE.
BUZZFEED NEWS LISTED IT AMONG THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT ONLINE VIDEOS OF ALL TIME. THE
VIDEO WAS HACKED IN NOVEMBER 1, 2019 BY A HACKER CALLED KTHNXBAI. WHAT IS SO
EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT THIS VIDEO.

FIRST VIDEO TO BE UPLOADED ON
YOUTUBE.

Q3. GEORGES-PIERRE SEURAT WAS A FRENCH POST-IMPRESSIONIST ARTIST BEST
KNOWN FOR DEVISING THE PAINTING TECHNIQUES KNOWN AS
CHROMOLUMINARISM AS WELL AS POINTILLISM. HIS 1884 LARGE-SCALE WORK X,
ALTERED THE DIRECTION OF MODERN ART BY INITIATING NEO-IMPRESSIONISM ,
AND IS ONE OF THE ICONS OF LATE 19TH-CENTURY PAINTING. THE PAINTING
SHOWS MEMBERS OF EACH OF THE SOCIAL CLASSES PARTICIPATING IN
VARIOUS PARK ACTIVITIES.
THIS 1884 WORK OF SEURAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE POPULAR
AMERICAN SITCOM Y’S PROMO POSTER OF ITS EIGHTH SEASON IN 2011.
ID X AND Y.

X-A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE
JATTE,
Y- THE OFFICE

CANZONET
Q4. "YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME“ (HAAN MAIN TUMHARA HOON) IS A SONG WRITTEN
BY AN ______ CRICKETER X DURING THE 2006 ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY IN INDIA .
IT WAS RELEASED AS A DUET FEATURING X AND BOLLYWOOD STAR ASHA
BHOSLE. THE SONG TELLS THE STORY OF A WESTERNER, PLAYED IN THE VIDEO
CLIP BY X, TRYING TO WOO A YOUNG INDIAN WOMAN. ASHA BHOSLE PLAYS THE
ROLE OF AN ADVISOR, TEACHING HIM HINDI IN ORDER TO IMPRESS THE GIRL.
THE LYRICS WERE REPORTEDLY WRITTEN IN 30 MINUTES BY X BETWEEN
PRACTICE SESSIONS AT THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. LEE, WHO PLAYS IN A BAND
KNOWN AS “SIX & OUT" WITH SOME NEW SOUTH-WALES TEAMMATES, PLAYS
GUITAR AND SINGS IN ENGLISH AS WELL AS IN HINDI.
ID X.

WAQT,JAZBAAT AUR ZINDAGI BADALNE WALI SLIDE

LIT STUFF
Q5. _______ ___ ___ _______ IS A 1964 ENGLISH FANTASY NOVEL BY ROALD DAHL, THE NOVEL HAS
MANY STRONG ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY LIKE POVERTY AND ALSO THE PHENOMENA LIKE INDUSTRIAL
RISE. ALTHOUGH FAMOUS, THE NOVEL HAS BEEN IN NUMEROUS CONTROVERSIES LIKE IN THE FIRST
EDITION, THE DWARF LABOURS WERE DESCRIBED AS BLACK PYGMIES FROM “THE VERY DEEPEST AND
DARKEST PART OF THE AFRICAN JUNGLE WHERE NO WHITE MAN HAD GONE BEFORE.” ALSO
IMPORTANT OF NOTE IS THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER WAS ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED BY DAHL AS “A
SMALL NEGRO BOY.”
THE COVER PHOTO OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN
MODERN CLASSICS FOR SALE IN THE UK AND AIMED AT THE ADULT MARKET,
RECEIVED WIDESPREAD COMMENTARY AND CRITICISM. THE COVER IS A PHOTO OF A
HEAVILY MADE UP YOUNG GIRL SEATED ON HER MOTHER'S KNEE AND WEARING A
DOLL-LIKE EXPRESSION.
ID THE NOVEL THAT WAS ADOPTED INTO A MOVIE IN 2005.

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Q6. BORN AS PRINCE UXAS, SECOND IN THE LINE TO THE THRONE OF APOKOLIPS,PLOTTED TO SEIZE
POWER OVER THE PLANET. WHEN HIS BROTHER,DRAX, ATTEMPTED TO CLAIM THE FABLED OMEGA
FORCE,UXAS MURDERED HIM, AND TOOK THE POWER FOR HIMSELF. THE POWER TRANSFORMED
HIM INTO A GOD, UPON WHICH HE TOOK THE NAME,X. AND BECAME THE TYRANNICAL LEADER OF
THE APOKOLIPS, A SADISTIC, AGGRESSIVE AND A MERCILESS TYRANT WHOHAS INVADED AND
CONQUERED MULTIPLE WORLDS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MULTIVERSE.AS THE GOD OF
TYRANNY, X SEEKS TO ENSLAVE ALL THE THINGS TO HIS WILL BY USING ANTI-LIFE EQUATION.
ID X OR HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW PRINCE UXAS AS.

UPAR NICHEY AUR DARMIYAAN
Q7. MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER WAS A DUTCH GRAPHIC ARTIST WHO MADE MATHEMATICALLY INSPIRED WOODCUTS,
LITHOGRAPHS AND MEZZOTINTS. DESPITE WIDE POPULAR INTEREST, ESCHER WAS FOR LONG SOMEWHAT NEGLECTED IN
THE ART WORLD, EVEN IN HIS NATIVE NETHERLANDS. HE WAS 70 BEFORE A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION WAS HELD. IN THE
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, HE BECAME MORE WIDELY APPRECIATED, WITH EXHIBITIONS ACROSS THE WORLD. HE ALSO
INSPIRED MODERN CINEMA IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. HIS FAMOUS WORK HOUSE OF STAIRS RENDERED THE
INSPIRATION BEHIND THE VERY ICONIC SEQUENCE FROM THE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE SERIES FROM THE 2000S.
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI WAS AN ITALIAN ARTIST FAMOUS FOR HIS ETCHINGS OF ROME AND OF FICTITIOUS AND
ATMOSPHERIC "PRISONS“, WHICH ALSO IS HIS MOST CELEBRATED PIECE OF ART. THE PRISONS (CARCERI D'INVENZIONE OR
'IMAGINARY PRISONS'), IS A SERIES OF 16 PRINTS PRODUCED IN FIRST AND SECOND STATES THAT SHOW ENORMOUS
SUBTERRANEAN VAULTS WITH STAIRS AND MIGHTY MACHINES. THIS ARTWORK WAS TAKEN AS INSPIRATION FOR AN
ICONIC SCENE FROM A BLOCKBUSTER TRILOGY’S FIRST INSTALLMENT FROM EARLY 2000S WHICH INVOLVES AN ANCIENT
DEMON FROM THE DEPTHS OF PAST.
IDENTIDY THESE ICONIC SCENES. IMAGES FOLLOW
ON THE NEXT SLIDE

THE GRAND STAIRCASE OF THE HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND
WIZARDRY,
THE MINES OF MORIA SEQUANCE FROM LOTR

Q.8 BESIDES SOME GOOD AND SOME BAD MOVIES, BOLLYWOOD IS KNOWN FOR ITS PLAGIARISM
IN DIFFERENT FIELDS LIKE COPIED SCENES, COPIED SONGS, ETC. ONE SUCH EXAMPLE IS FROM THE
1990 AND 1991 AND IS QUITE ENORMOUS FOR ITS ODDNESS AND IRONY. THE CONTROVERSY WAS
BETWEEN A SONG, X FROM THE MOVIE THANEDAAR(1990) AND Y, A SONG FROM A MILTI-
STARRER 1991 MOVIE, THESE WERE DIRECTED BY BAPPI LAHIRI AND LAXMIKANT-PYARELAL
RESPECTIVELY. AND THE MAIN QUESTION WAS WHO COPIED WHOM AND BOTH THE SONGS X AND
Y WERE ALMOST SAME SOUNDING WITH THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF LYRICS BUT SAME
SOUNDING HOOK AND TUNE. THE LAXMIKANT-PYAREL CAMP AND THE BAPPI LAHIRI CAMP BEGAN
THE FINGER-POINTING, EACH ACCUSING THE OTHER OF HAVING STOLEN ORIGINAL MUSIC FROM
THEM, IGNORING THE FACT THAT THEY HAD BOTH RIPPED OFF THE SAME SONG FROM A GUINEAN
SINGER MORY KANTE’S SONG X AND YEKE YEKE.
ID X AND Y.

X- TAMMA TAMMA,
Y- JUMMA CHUMMA

Q9. ____ ________ WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SERIALIZED FORM FROM 1873 TO 1877 IN THE
RUSSIAN MESSENGER. X’S POLITICAL VIEWS WERE UNPOPULAR AT THE TIME AND HE CLASHED WITH
THE PERIODICAL’S EDITOR. HENCE THE FIRST COMPLETE APPEARANCE OF THE NOVEL WAS AS A
BOOK. THE TITULAR CHARACTER WAS INSPIRED BY MARIA GARTUNG, DAUGHTER TO RUSSIAN POET
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN .
CRITICS DISMISSED THE NOVEL AS A “TRIFLING ROMANCE OF HIGH LIFE”. NOT TAKING THEIR CUES
FROM CRITICS AUTHOR FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SAID IT TO BE “FLAWLESS AS A WORK OF ART” AND
RUSSIAN WRITER VLADIMIR NABOKOV ADMIRED “THE FLAWLESS MAGIC OF X’S STYLE” WHILE
AMERICAN WRITER (AND NOBEL LAUREATE) WILLIAM FAULNER CALLED IT “THE BEST EVER WRITTEN”.
A 2007 POLL OF 125 WRITERS DECLARED *BLANKS* AS THE “GREATEST NOVEL EVER WRITTEN”.
FITB AND ID X.

X- LEO TOLSTOY,
FITB – ANNA KARENINA

Q10. X BASED Y, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CHARACTERS CREATED BY HIM ON
TWO FIGURES OF MYTHOLOGY: FIRST VÄINÄMÖINENIS A DEMIGOD, HERO AND THE
CENTRAL CHARACTER IN FINNISH FOLKLORE,KALEVALA/THE HERO OF THE FINNISH EPIC
KALEVALA. THE OTHER IS ODIN, THE MAYOR DEITY GOD OF NORSE MYTHOLOGY.
ODIN IS TRADITIONALLY SEEN AS AN OLD ONE-EYED WANDERER, WITH A LONG
GREY BEARDED, AND A SCEPTER HOLDER. TOLKIEN REFERRED TO Y AS AN
“ODINIC WANDERER”.Y HAS CLEARLY BEEN AROUND FOR AGES, AS EVIDENCED
BY HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE AND LONG-TIME ACQUAINTANCES WITH MANY
CHARACTERS ON THE MIDDLE-EARTH.
ID X AND Y.

X- J.R.R TOLKIEN
Y- GANDALF THE GREY

Q11. AS A YOUNG, STRUGGLING BEAT GROUP, PLAYING GRUELING GIGS AT GRUBBY BARS,X HAD AN IN-
JOKE TO CHEER THEMSELVES UP: DECLARING THAT THEY WERE GOING "TO THE TOPPERMOST OF THE
POPPERMOST." BY 1963, THEY MEANT IT ENOUGH TO ISSUE AN ULTIMATUM. "WE SAID TO [MANAGER]
BRIAN EPSTEIN, 'WE'RE NOT GOING TO AMERICA TILL WE'VE GOT A NUMBER ONE RECORD,’ Y SAID. SO HE
AND Z WENT TO THE HOME OF THE PARENTS OF JANE ASHER, Y'S GIRLFRIEND, WHERE — "ONE ON ONE,
EYEBALL TO EYEBALL," AS Z PUT IT — THEY WROTE “_ ____ __ ____ ____ ____," AN IRRESISTIBLY EROTIC
COME-ON FRAMED AS A CHASTE, BASHFUL REQUEST. THE LIGHTNING-BOLT ENERGY OF THEIR
COLLABORATION RAN THROUGH THE BAND'S PERFORMANCE, TAPED OCTOBER 17TH, 1963. WITH
ADVANCE ORDERS AT A MILLION COPIES, THE SONG WAS RELEASED IN THE U.K. IN LATE NOVEMBER, AND
PROMPTLY BUMPED THE BAND'S OWN "SHE LOVES YOU" FROM THE TOP OF THE CHARTS.
FOLLOWING X’S HISTORIC APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW ON FEBRUARY 9TH, THE SINGLE
ALREADY AT NO.1, GAINED MORE MOMENTUM. AND STAYED AT NO.1 FOR SEVEN WEEKS.
FITB

X- THE BEATLES,
“I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND”

Q12. SEVENTY YEARS AGO, A YOUNG, DEMURE GIRL STOOD STILL FOR THREE HOURS WITH A LAMP
IN HER HAND. SHE WAS POSING FOR A WORK OF ART BEING CREATED BY HER FATHER X. THIS
WATERCOLOUR MASTERPIECE, POPULARLY KNOWN AS LADY WITH THE LAMP OR ____ __ ____ HAS
BEEN A STAR ATTRACTION IN THE SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA ART GALLERY IN JAGANMOHAN PALACE
IN MYSORE FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS NOW. THE SENSITIVITY, SIMPLICITY, SOFT AND SUBTLE COLOURS
USED AS WELL AS THE ETHEREAL DEPICTION OF THE LIGHT REFLECTING FROM THE FINGERS, HAS
MADE THIS PAINTING A HIGHLY-REGARDED WORK WHICH IS RENOWNED WORLDWIDE.
ID X AND FITB.

X- S.L. HALDANKAR, FITB- GLOW OF HOPE

Q13. WOH IS A HINDI LANGUAGE INDIAN TELEVISION HORROR-THRILLER SERIES WHICH AIRED ON
ZEE TV IN 1998. THE SERIES STARRED INDIAN FILM DIRECTOR ASHUTOSH GOWARIKAR AS THE
PROTAGONIST. THIS WAS AN ADAPTATION OF THE 1990 AMERICAN TV MINISERIES. THAT’S SORT
OF WHERE THE INCIDENTAL SIMILARITIES END, HOWEVER. THE INDIAN SERIES DIDN’T FEEL THE
NEED TO MARRY ITSELF TO THE SOURCE MATERIAL. IN FACT, THE INDIAN SERIES CREATERS TOOK A
LOT OF CREATIVE LIBERTIES, INCLUDING GIVING THE EVIL ANTAGONIST A MOTHER WHO ALSO
PROVIDES THE EVIL ANTAGONIST’S BACKSTORY AND MOTIVATIONS: APPARENTLY, HE WAS A SHORT
MAN WHO FOUND IT HARD TO GET ALONG IN SOCIETY, AND SO HE DECIDED TO COMMIT SUICIDE
AND BECAME AN EVIL SPIRIT IN THE PROCESS. THE PROTAGONISTS EVENTUALLY DEFEAT HIM AS
THEY SORT OF WORK WITH HIM TO HELP HIM ATTAIN “SALVATION” SO THAT HE’LL STOP BEING AN
EVIL SPIRIT HUNGRY OF VENGEANCE. ID THE AMERICAN 1990 MINISERIES.

Q14. X IS AN INDIAN SINGER,COMPOSER AND PRODUCER.IN 2008, HE DEBUTED AS A MUSIC
DIRECTOR IN THE KANNADA FILM INDUSTRY WITH PSYCHO. HE ALSO COMPOSED AND SANG A
SONG IN THE BOLLYWOOD MOVIE QUICK GUN MURUGAN. HIS NEW KANNADA FILMS, JUST MATH
MATHALLI AND KOTE, RELEASED SOUNDTRACKS WHICH WERE A BIG HIT WITH AUDIENCES.
HE MADE HIS BOLLYWOOD DEBUT WITH THE FILM MUJHSE FRAAANDSHIP KAROGE IN 2011. IN
2013 HE DEBUTED IN MALAYALAM RECORDING WITH BIJIBAL FOR NORTH 24 KAATHAM. HIS
SONGS INCLUDE "MYSORE SE AAYI," "MUMBAI," "ANTARAGNI," "HEY BHAGWAN," "HAR SAANS
MEIN," "GUDUGUDIYA," AND "KHIDKI." SOME RECENT MOVIES HE POURED HIS SKILLS IN ARE
'CHEF’ AND 'GULLY BOY’.
IDENTIFY X.

Q15. A NUMBER OF PROTESTERS IN BEIRUT HAVE ADOPTED THE _____ AS A SYMBOL OF PROTEST AS
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT CONTINUE. THERE WERE PICTURES OF
PROTESTERS USING THE SAME _____ PATTERNS ON THEIR FACES IN THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS. HAVE
ADOPTED THE CHARACTER’S MASK AS A SYMBOL IN THEIR FIGHTS FOR VARIOUS CAUSES. WILLIAM
BLANC, AN AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN, TALKED TO THE PUBLICATION ABOUT THESE DEVELOPMENTS
AROUND _____. HE BEGAN, “X’S FILM ABOUT THE _____ HAS A REAL EVOCATIVE POWER. IT ECHOES
A FORM OF PROTEST AGAINST A POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IS INFLEXIBLE AND NOT
LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE.“
FITB.

Q16. THIS IS THE STORY OF RUKMINI WHO IS MARRIED TO THE DISTRICT
COLLECTOR OF A SMALL TOWN IN _____, AND TEACHES ENGLISH LITERATURE IN
THE LOCAL COLLEGE. ON THE SURFACE, HER LIFE IS SETTLED AND SAFE IN THE
BIG, BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOW ON THE HILL ABOVE THE CREMATION GROUND,
SEEMINGLY UNTOUCHED BY THE TOIL AND SUFFERINGS OF THE COMMON FOLK
LIVING 'BELOW'. AND YET, EACH TIME THERE IS AN 'INCIDENT' IN THE DISTRICT,
THE FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY THAT GRIPS THE TOWN FINDS A REFLECTION IN
HER OWN LIFE. _____ IS IN THE GRIP OF INSURGENCY AND IT IS THIS THREAD
THAT RUNS LIKE A DARK RIVER THROUGH THE NOVEL AND FORMS ITS
BACKDROP.
ID THE AUTHOR AND THE NOVEL.

MITRA PHUKAN
THE COLLECTOR’S WIFE

Q17. THIS 2010 COMEDY MOVIE IS A RIDE FULL OF BELLY LAUGH AND NEFARIOUS VENTURES,
HOWEVER, THE LEAD OF THE MOVIE IS QUITE INTRIGUING AS HE HAD A TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD.
ALTHOUGH HIS HOMETOWN IS UNKNOWN, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ELLEN DEGENERES HE CLAIMED
HE WAS FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.AS A CHILD HE HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF GOING TO
THE MOON. HE MADE A "PROTOTYPE" ROCKET OUT OF MACARONI AND AN ACTUAL WORKING
PROTOTYPE ROCKET.
THE NAME X IS QUITE PECULIAR THE NAME X, APPEARS TO BE TAKEN FROM THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE’S 1992 ESTD. AGENCY GLAVNOYE RAZVEDYVATEL'NOYE UPRAVLENIYE WHICH
ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO MAIN INTELLIGENT DEPARTMENT/DIRECTORATE, THE FOREIGN MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES. IT IS THE LARGEST RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, SIX TIMES LARGER THAN THE SVR (FORMERLY THE KGB). THIS MAY HINT AT
X'S OWN ORIGINS.
ID X.

Q18. SUNOH IS THE FIRST ALBUM OF THIS SINGER,X, RELEASED IN 1996. THIS ALBUM MADE HIM
VERY POPULAR AND HE WON MANY AWARDS FOR IT INCLUDING THE BEST
POP MALE VOCALIST IN THE 1996 SCREEN AWARDS AND THE CHANNEL V VIEWERS CHOICE
AWARD (1997). IT STAYED ON THE MTV ASIA CHARTS FOR 60 WEEKS.
ACCORDING TO X, MANY RECORD LABELS REJECTED THE ALBUM AS THE GENRE WAS NOT
POPULARISED IN INDIA THAT TIME, THEN X WENT TO AMITABH BACCHAN CORPORATION (ABCL),
WHERE THE SONGS WERE UNUSED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. THEN X ASKED THEM BACK AND THEN
WENT TO BMG CRESCENDO WHICH AGREED TO RELEASE THE ALBUM BUT ASKED X TO MAKE THE
MUSIC VIDEO BY HIMSELF, WHICH LED HIM TO HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND AND AD FILM DIRECTOR
MAHESH MATHAI, WHO DIRECTED THE ICONIC VIDEO OF “_ _____" IN CAIRO, EGYPT.

Q19. THE STORY IS CENTERED ON TWO MAIN CHARACTERS: BIJU AND SAI. BIJU IS
AN UNDOCUMENTED INDIAN IMMIGRANT LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES , SON OF
A COOK WHO WORKS FOR SAI’S GRANDFATHER. SAI IS A GIRL LIVING IN
MOUNTAINOUS KALIMPONG WITH HER MATERNAL GRANDFATHER JEMUBHAI,
THE COOK AND A DOG NAMED MUTT. DESAI SWITCHES THE NARRATION
BETWEEN BOTH POINTS OF VIEW. THE ACTION OF THE NOVEL TAKES PLACE IN
1986.
THE BOOK, WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS AFTER HER FIRST BOOK,
PORTRAYS DIFFERENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN VARIOUS INDIAN GROUPS, IN THE
PAST AND AT PRESENT. IT SHOWS HOW PEOPLE FIND THE ENGLISH LIFESTYLE
FASCINATING AND ALSO CAPTURES THE PERCEPTION OF VARIOUS
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE US. THE BOOK WON DESAI VARIOUS AWARDS INCLUDING
THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE IN 2006 AND THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE
FICTION AWARD.
ID THE BOOK AND AUTHOR

THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS
BY KIRAN DESAI

Q20.WHILE THE NAME OF THE FILM TAKES US BACK TO 1985’S MOVIE STARRING AMRITA SINGH,
THE CONCEPT IDEA WAS CONCEIVED BY VASAN BALAAFTER HE ENCOUNTERED A CHILD WITH THE
RARE DISEASE OF CONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN AT A DENTAL CLINIC. THE YOUNG KID DID
NOT NEED ANAESTHESIA FOR THE PAINFUL TREATMENT. NARRATING HIS EXPERIENCE VASAN BALA
SAID, “WE ARE USING IT IN THE LITERAL SENSE BECAUSE THE PROTAGONIST IS INCAPABLE OF
FEELING PAIN DUE TO A MEDICAL CONDITION, CONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN (CIP), WHEREBY
THE PERSON SUFFERING FROM IT IS BORN WITHOUT PAIN RECEPTORS. BUT EVEN IF YOU
CONSIDER THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE, IT UNDERPLAYS THE FACT THAT MEN WHO DON’T FEEL
THE PAIN ARE SUPERHEROES. IT’S A BIMAARI REALLY”. ID THE MOVIE.

MARD KO DARD NAHI HOTA.
PAR THAND LAGTI HAI BHENCHO

Q21. AT A NATIONWIDE TALENT HUNT HELD IN 2015, SENNHEISER (A GERMAN MUSIC
EQUIPMENT COMPANY) RANKED X AS THE NO. 1 EMERGING BAND. FOLLOWING
THIS WIN, THE BAND RELEASED THEIR ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM "AALAS KA
PEDH" IN SEPTEMBER 2015 WHICH CONSISTED OF 9 TRACKS, WITH FLYING
CARPET PRODUCTIONS. THE ALBUM WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE HIGHEST
SELLING INDEPENDENT ALBUMS OF THE YEAR AND ALSO FEATURED ON THE LIST
OF “MOST STREAMED ALBUMS” ON APPLE MUSIC. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HOW
THEIR NAME CAME INTO EXISTENCE, THE BOYS HAD A NONCHALANT ANSWER:
“WE NEEDED A NAME TO UPLOAD OUR MUSIC ON MYSPACE AND THIS NAME CAME
UP RANDOMLY”. THEY CLAIM TO BE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE LIKES NIRVANA,
AEROSMITH, U-2, PORCUPINE TREE, LUCKY ALI , INDIAN OCEAN,THE 1975, AND ALT-
J.
ID X.

Q22. “___ ____ ___” BY THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH IS AN OIL PAINTING FROM THE 1770S WHICH
DEPICTS A YOUNG BOY IN FULL 17TH CENTURY APPAREL, BELIEVED TO BE THE PAINTER’S HOMAGE
TO ANTHONY VAN DYCK’S PORTRAIT OF “CHARLES II AS A CHILD” (1637). THERE’S A THEORY THAT
THE OUTFIT THAT X CHOOSES IN A CLOTHING STORE TO WHICH SCHULTZ TAKES HIM EARLY IN THE
FILM—BLUE SATIN JACKET, KNEE BRITCHES, AND WHITE RUFFLED JABOT—RESEMBLES THE
CLOTHING WORN BY THE YOUNG MAN IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THIS IS A NOD TO THE HISTORY OF
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY THE DIRECTOR OF THIS 2013 PERIOD BLAXPLOITATION DRAMA —
SPECIFICALLY, THE INFLUENTIAL GERMAN DIRECTOR, F. W. MURNAU, AND HIS SILENT FILM “DER
KNABE IN BLAU”.BUT THERE’S ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS OUTFIT THAT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING—
THE VENERABLE PRACTICE IN THE HISTORY OF ART OF “ENNOBLING” REPRESENTATIVES OF SO-
CALLED “PRIMITIVE” PEOPLES BY POSING AND GARBING THEM IN A WAY THAT EVOKES “GENUINE”
NOBLEMEN IN THE DOMINANT CULTURE.
FITB AND ID X.

Q.22 DUSTIN HOFFMAN SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH SAVANT KIM PEEK, THE
INSPIRATION FOR HIS CHARACTER IN ____ ___ ,WRITER BARRY MORROW FIRST
MET PEEK IN 1986, AND ON WINNING AN OSCAR FOR THE SCREENPLAY FOR THIS
MOVIE IN 1989, GAVE HIS OSCAR TROPHY TO KIM PEEK. HOFFMAN MADE KIM'S
FATHER (THE MAIN CAREGIVER) A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD "SHARE KIM WITH
THE WORLD." FOR NEARLY TWENTY YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH, KIM PEEK WENT ALL
OVER THE WORLD IMPRESSING PEOPLE WITH HIS INCREDIBLE MEMORY AND
ABILITY TO RECALL MINUTE DETAILS FROM CENTURIES OF HISTORY. DURING
FILMING, DUSTIN HOFFMAN AND HIS CO-LEAD DOUBTED THE MOVIE'S POTENTIAL
AND JOKINGLY CALLED IT, "TWO SCHMUCKS IN A CAR“.
FILL THE GAPS.

Q23. HAVING APPEARED IN THE ACCORDING FORM OF MEDIA SINCE 1940, Z AND DIRECTOR X BROUGHT A
DARKER, MORE NUANCED INTERPRETATION TO THE ROLE. THIS WAS NOT THE GIGGLING VERSION THAT
PEOPLE HAD GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO, BUT AN ANARCHIC AND SINISTER SOCIOPATH. IN AN INTERVIEW, X
REVEALED HOW HIS DISTURBING AND VIOLENT VILLAIN HAD BEEN INFLUENCED BY AN ARTIST WHO OFTEN
SAW THOSE SAME TWO WORDS APPLIED TO HIS WORKS – Y. NOLAN DISCUSSES TACKLING THE ISSUE OF
THE CHARACTER’S MAKE-UP. THEY COULD GO FOR THE BASIC MAKE-UP THAT WAS STEREOTYPED WITH
THE CHARACTER BUT IT WOULD NOT DO FOR THE GRITTIER, MORE REALISTIC UNIVERSE OF X’S FILMS. THE
PROBLEM WAS SOLVED WHEN THE DIRECTOR BROUGHT A BOOK OF Y’S ART TO THE SET. A CONCERTED
EFFORT WAS MADE TO INCORPORATE Y’S DISTORTIONS AND MIXTURES OF COLOUR INTO THE
CHARACTER’S MAKE-UP, ‘LETTING IT HAVE A KIND OF SLIGHTLY WORN-THROUGH QUALITY’.IF YOU LOOK AT
BOTH THINGS AND COMPARE, THE INFLUENCE CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY.
ID X,Y AND Z.

X- CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, Y- FRANCIS BACON, Z- HEATH LEDGER

Q24. THE ORIGIN OF THE PHRASE ‘___ _____ ____ ____ ___ ___’ , WAS UNKNOWN UNTIL THE
GUY X, WHO IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE SAID THIS PHRASE AND THUS IT BECAME POPULAR, SAID IN
AN INTERVIEW THAT HE HAS NEVER SAID IT. HE GOES ON TO TELL ABOUT HOW HE WAS IN
BANGALORE FOR HIS SHOW THERE, AND A GUY IN THE AUDIENCE WAS CREATING A RUCKUS AND
X ASKED HIM TO SHUT THE F@#+K UP, THE GUY GOT OFFENDED AND WENT ON TO WRITE AN
ANSWER ON QUORA THAT WHY X IS SO RUDE AND ACCORDING TO X, THE AUDIENCE GUY DIDN’T
KNOW MUCH OF HINDI AND HENCE, STATED IN HIS ANSWER THAT X SAID TO HIM ‘___ _____ ____
____ ___ ___’ AND X GOES ON TO TELL HOW Y WHILE SCROLLING THROUGH HIS BUZZFEED TO
SEARCH FOR CONTENT FOUND THIS ANSWER OUT AND WHILE X AND Y WERE ON A FAMOUS
YOUTUBE PODCAST, Y MADE X SAY THIS PHRASE AND THAT IS THE STORY OF THE PHRASE’S
ORIGIN.
ID THE PHRASE, X AND Y.

Q25. BHAAG MILKA BHAAG, A 2013 BIOPIC DIRECTED BY RAKEYSH OMPRAKASH MEHRA,
REFLECTED THE STURRGLE PRONE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES OF MILKHA SINGH, THE
GREAT INDIAM ATHLETE.IN THE BIOPIC THERE ARE REFERENCES TO A PAKISTANI ATHLETE CALLED
X. MILKHA SHARED A HEALTHY RIVALRY WITH HIM ON THE TRACK. X HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH
FORGOTTEN BY PAKISTAN SINCE HIS DEATH IN 1988, BUT THE MAN WAS ONCE THE FASTEST
RUNNER IN ASIA. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU WAS SO MESMERISED BY HIM IN THE 1954 ASIAN GAMES
THAT HE CALLED HIM THE FLYING BIRD OF ASIA.X AND MILKHA HAD A HUGE RIVALRY, STEMMING
FROM THE RELATIONSHIP OF THEIR RESPECTIVE NATIONS. BUT MILKHA HAS BEATEN X IN ALL
RACES THOUGH SOME HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE.
THE MAN WAS QUICK AND HAS 63 INTERNATIONAL MEDALS TO PROVE IT. HE HAS WON A LOT OF
LAURELS BOTH IN ASIAN AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES.X, WHO SERVED IN THE PAKISTAN ARMY,
ALSO TOOK PART IN THE WORLD MILITARY GAMES. THE MAN TOOK PART IN 2 ASIAN GAMES AND
2 OLYMPICS AND PRETTY MUCH PUT PAKISTAN ON THE MAP AS FAR AS ATHLETICS IS CONCERNED.
ID X.

LET’S JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO FACE THE FACT THAT YOUR QM IS A
HANDSOME HUNK.

Q26. ONE FINE EVENING, THE ARTIST WAS WALKING THROUGH THE CITY ROADS. FOR A SECOND, HE
STOPPED WALKING AND LOOKED AT THE SKIES. ALL HE SAW WAS THE SETTING SUN AND CLOUDS,
WHICH APPEARED IN BLOOD RED COLOUR. THERE WAS ALSO A FAINT CREAKING SOUND FROM
UNDER THE CITY. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE WHOLE SETTING MADE HIM FEEL LIKE THE NATURE WAS
SQUEALING FOR SOMETHING. THEN, HE WENT ON TO PAINT THE X WITH BLOOD RED CLOUDS AND
SEEM TO BE DISTURBED BACKGROUNDS. THUS, THE PAINTING WAS BORN. THERE ARE FOUR
VERSIONS OF THIS PAINTING AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE A PART OF WORLD FAMOUS ART
GALLERIES AND OTHERS A PART OF SOMEONE’S PRIVATE COLLECTION.
ID THE ARTWORK/X.

Q27. “____, ____" IS ONOMATOPOEIA REPRESENTING A NOISE, GENERALLY OF A PAIR OF
IDENTICAL TONES FOLLOWING ONE AFTER THE OTHER, OFTEN GENERATED BY A MACHINE OR
DEVICE SUCH AS A CAR HORN. IT IS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE X(A SHOW).CHUCK JONES,
THE CREATOR OF THE X,HAS STATED THAT THIS SOUND, THE ONLY WAY THE X(A CHARACTER) CAN
HARM THE CARNIVORE VULGARIS , WAS INSPIRED BY HEARING A DOPPLER-LIKEE EFFECT AS
BACKGROUND ARTIS PAUL JULIAN IMITATEDED A CAR HORN WHEN HE COULD NOT SEE WHERE HE
WAS GOING. ALTHOUGH COMMONLY QUOTED AS “____ ____", WARNER BROS.,THE CURRENT
OWNER OF ALL TRADEMARKS RELATING TO THE DUO, LISTS "BEEP, BEEP" AS THE X'S SOUND,
ALONG WITH “____ ____." ACCORDING TO ANIMATION HISTORIAN MICHAEL BARRIER, JULIAN'S
PREFERRED SPELLING OF THE SOUND EFFECT WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE BOTH EXISTING OPTIONS.
FITB.

“BEEP,BEEP”,
“MEEP MEEP”

Q28. “______ _ _____" WAS THE FIRST ROCK & ROLL HIT ABOUT ROCK & ROLL STARDOM. IT IS
STILL THE GREATEST ROCK & ROLL SONG ABOUT THE DEMOCRACY OF FAME IN POP MUSIC. AND IS
BASED IN FACT. THE TITLE CHARACTER IS X— "MORE OR LESS," AS HE TOLD ROLLING STONE IN
1972. "THE ORIGINAL WORDS [WERE], OF COURSE, 'THAT LITTLE COLORED BOY COULD PLAY.' I
CHANGED IT TO 'COUNTRY BOY' — OR ELSE IT WOULDN'T GET ON THE RADIO.“BUT THE ESSENCE
OF X’S TALE (SONG)— A GUITAR PLAYER WITH NOTHING TO HIS NAME BUT CHOPS GOES TO THE
BIG CITY AND GETS HIS NAME IN LIGHTS — IS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL.
X WAS ROCK & ROLL'S MOST CONSISTENT HITMAKER AFTER ELVIS (REPRESENT) PRESLEY. UNLIKE
PRESLEY, X WROTE HIS OWN CLASSICS. "I JUST WISH I COULD EXPRESS MY FEELINGS THE WAY X
DOES,"' PRESLEY ONCE CONFESSED.
ID X AND FITB.

X- CHUCK BERRY,
FITB- JOHNNY B. GOODE

Q29. X FINISHED WRITING ___ _______ _____ __ ________ IN LATE 1966; THE BOOK WAS FIRST RELEASED
THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SINCE THEN, IT HAS SOLD MORE THAN 50 MILLION COPIES IN 25 LANGUAGES,
REPORTEDLY OUTSELLING EVERYTHING PUBLISHED IN SPANISH EXCEPT FOR THE BIBLE. "IF I HADN’T
WRITTEN [THE BOOK], I WOULDN’T HAVE READ IT,” X TOLD THE ATLANTIC IN 1973. “I DON’T READ BEST
SELLERS.”
HAD PUBLISHED FOUR BOOKS IN SPANISH BEFORE (BLANK) , BUT BECAME SO DISCOURAGED THAT HE
GAVE UP WRITING ALTOGETHER FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HOWEVER, HE COULDN’T GET THE IDEA OUT
OF HIS HEAD.X ROCKETED TO THE FOREFRONT OF A PAN-LATIN AMERICAN LITERARY MOVEMENT CALLED
EL BOOM.
THE COLONIAL BANANA COMPANY DESCRIBED IN (BLANK) WAS SO CLEARLEY MODELED ON THE MASSIVE
UNITED FRUIT CORPORATION, WHICH X HAD SEEN RAVAGE HIS HOMETOWN GROWING UP, THAT THE
BOOK WAS PART OF THE REASON THE COMPANY EVENTUALLY HAD TO REBRAND ITSELF—AS CHIQUITA.
ID X AND FITB.

Q30. AFTER X WAS RELEASED FROM ASYLUM, HE WAS SENT TO __ ______, SO THAT HE
WAS STILL UNDER SOME SUPERVISION. __ WAS ALSO A FAN OF WORKING ARTISTS. SOME
DAYS LATER, X WROTE TO HIS BROTHER THEO THAT THE __ WAS SICKER THAN HE WAS
AND SHOULD LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. HOWEVER, A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, HE
WROTE TO HIS SISTER, “I HAVE FOUND A TRUE FRIEND IN __ ______, SOMETHING LIKE
ANOTHER BROTHER, SO MUCH DO WE RESEMBLE EACH OTHER PHYSICALLY AND ALSO
MENTALLY.”
THERE BEGAN A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP. X ENDED UP PAINTING TWO VERSIONS OF THE
PORTRAIT OF __ ______. AFTER COMPLETING THE PAINTING, HE WROTE TO HIS BROTHER
SAYING, “I’VE DONE THE PORTRAIT OF (BLANK)WITH A MELANCHOLY EXPRESSION, WHICH
MIGHT WELL SEEM LIKE A GRIMACE TO THOSE WHO SEE IT”. TODAY, THIS PAINTING IS ONE
OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS OF ALL TIME.
ID X AND FITB.

X- VINCENT VAN GOGH, FITB – DR.GACHET

Q31.X ARE AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PAKISTANI POP ROCK BAND COMPOSED OF TWO
MEMBERS, PLUS FOUR LIVE BAND MEMBERS FROM KARACHI, PAKISTAN. THE BAND WAS INITIALLY
FORMED BY FOUR COLLEGE STUDENTS. X USHERED A REVIVAL IN THE PAKISTANI MUSIC INDUSTRY. X
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED MUSIC REALITY SERIES COKE STUDIO PAKISTAN FROM 2013-2017.
X DECIDED TO RELEASE AN ALBUM TO MARK THEIR 30-YEAR FEAT OF MUSIC REVOLUTION(MAKING)
AND NAMED IT 30. THE LAST SONG FROM THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED THIS MONTH TITLED ‘RAAT
SHABNAMI’ ALTHOUGH THE SONG IS A HIT, THE VIDEO CONCEPT IS HUGHLY INSPIRED(COPIED)
FROM A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE FRANCHISE’S LATEST INSTALLMENT.
SEE THE VIDEO.

THANKS FOR COMING
-FROM QUINTESSENCE.

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