MELAS Quiz (April 2019) - QM: George Zacharia

MELASMusic.Entertainment.Literature.Arts.Sports
QM: George Zacharia

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OVERVIEW
• 1st round – 5 Q , Written (Easy)
• 2nd round - 5 Q , Pounce, Bounce (Average)
• 3rd round - 5 Q, Written (Average-Difficult)
• 4th round – 5 Q, Pounce, Bounce (Average)

ROUND 1
5 Written Questions
+10 each, If all 5 correct Bonus +10, No Negative

Q1)
• X is a prophet of sorts in ____________ mythology who
speaks about wrongdoings in the society. X has inspired a
theatre crew to set up a group named after X and aims to do the
same function as X through Music.
• They live in a vehicle and a part of the vehicle can be
converted to a stage where they perform if no stage is
available.
• Identify this famous group.

Q2)
• Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living
organisms. It is exhibited by dinoflagellates, algae, bacteria, etc.
• This phenomenon, also known as “Kavaru” in a local language, has
been used beautifully recently in something some of us have seen.
• Identify where.

Q3)
• This famous person from the field of the written word, handled the column for
children in Mathrubhumi under the pen name “Kuttetan”.
• He also made an appearance in the film “Bhoomi Geetham”. The name of his
autobiography is “Eniloode”.
• Identify this celebrated writer.

Q4)
• In 1927, X and Mukundaraja came
forward and decided to start up
“something”. For this, they solicited
donations from the public and also
created a Lottery for the same.
• Identify this famous “something”.

Q5)
• Last year, Inzamam Ul-Haq and Fidha Sanam, a young couple from
Kerala's football-frenzy Manjeri in Malappuram district had received
the attention of English football giants Arsenal, after naming their
firstborn after X - the club's German midfielder. 
 
The club had made a video interview with the family which went viral
on social media platforms.
• Several months later, the Gunners have surprised the 27-year-old civil
engineer's family once again by sending a gift to their baby boy Mehd
X, who will turn one, on December 27.
• Identify X.

Q1)
• X is a prophet of sorts in ____________ mythology who
speaks about wrongdoings in the society. X has inspired a
theatre crew to set up a group named after X and aims to do the
same function as X using a medium.
• They live in a vehicle and a part of the vehicle can be
converted to a stage where they perform if no stage is
available.
• Identify this famous group.

Q2)
• Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living
organisms. It is exhibited by dinoflagellates, algae, bacteria, etc.
• This phenomenon, also known as “Kavaru” in a local language, has
been used beautifully in something some of us have seen.
• Identify where.

Answer
• The sparkle of the sea in Kumbalangi Nights

Answer
• Kerala Kalamandalam

Q5)
• Last year, Inzamam Ul-Haq and Fidha Sanam, a young couple from
Kerala's football-frenzy Manjeri in Malappuram district had received
the attention of a football club, after naming their firstborn after X -
one of the club’s players. 
 
The club had made a video interview with the family which went viral
on social media platforms.
• Several months later, the club has surprised the 27-year-old civil
engineer's family once again by sending a gift to their baby boy Mehd
X, who will turn one, on December 27.
• Identify X.

ROUND 2
5 Questions
+15/-10 Pounce, +10/ -0 Bounce

Q1)
▪ Before this company went into IPO last year, as per tradition,
the Founder Daniel Ek released a letter titled “Our Path” in
which he talks about his company, his life, etc. Some
excerpts:-
▪ “From the age of four, my life was about music and
technology-never one without the other. Over time, I
realized that by combining my two passions, I could create a
new paradigm, one that helped fans and the creative
community-singers, songwriters, bands, everyone in the
creative process-chart a new course for an entire industry.”
▪ “And we have even bigger aspirations. We envision a cultural
platform where professional creators can break free of their
medium's constraints and where everyone can enjoy an
immersive artistic experience that enables us to empathize
with each other and to feel part of a greater whole.”
▪ And the last line of the letter is:- “We really do believe that
we can improve the world, one song at a time.”
▪ Identify the company.

Q2)
▪ Brahmastra stylized as Brahmāstra is
an upcoming 2019 Indian Hindi-
language fantasy film written and
directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced
by Karan Johar. It stars Amitabh
Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia
Bhatt and will serve as the first film in
a planned trilogy.
▪ They released the title of the movie in
a unique “public” way catching the
eyes of many people at the venue.
▪ How did they release the title of the
movie and at which venue?

Answer
▪Via Drones at the Kumbh Mela this year

Q3)
▪ In the Indian market where large sales volumes of books are rare, X’s
books have been enormously successful. This author’s marketing skills
and strategies have been widely credited for the success of his novels He
has stated, "It’s a fallacy to think that a good book sells itself. I can give
you a long list of books that I think should have been bestsellers but
nobody’s ever heard of them. My management background along with
marketing experience helped me devise effective strategies for
promoting my book."
▪ Weeks before ____ _____________ ___ __________ hit the bookshops, X
printed sample copies of the first chapter and persuaded bookshops and
chains to give them away free to anyone who approached the cash
counter, creating a buzz.
▪ For the promotion of next book, X created video trailers of film
production quality, complete with visual effects and screened them at
multiplexes before movies such as the Shahrukh Khan starrer Ra.One.
This author believed that this would work as the audience that visits
theatres is the same that read his books. Three other trailers were
released on YouTube.
▪ Identify X.

Q4)
▪ This is a painting of a series by MF Hussain. Identify the series.

Q5)
▪ Footix, the 1998 mascot of the FIFA World Cup,
received a star for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He
cast his star far into the night sky so it could shine
brightly, and after a few years of travelling through
the cosmos it came back to him in the form of his
twinkling daughter, ______.
▪ Footix knew immediately that ______ was very
special, not only because of her sparkling
personality that would radiate happiness and joy to
everyone she met, but because they shared a real
passion for football. After many years of playing
football together, Footix realised that she was a
dazzlingly talented and fearless player and she was
ready to do something bigger.
▪ What role does this daughter serve now?

Answer
▪Mascot of 2019 Fifa Women’s
World Cup (Ettie)

ROUND 3
5 Written Questions, 2 parts
+10 to each part, if all 10 parts correct, Bonus +10
No Negatives

Q1)
”Concert For Bangladesh” were 2 aid concerts held at Madison Square
Garden in New York City on 1st August 1971. It was organised to raise
international awareness and fund relief efforts for refugees from East
Pakistan (now Bangladesh), following the Bangladesh Liberation War-
related genocide. These concerts were the first benefit concerts of such a
huge magnitude. 
The concerts were followed by a bestselling live album, a boxed three-record
set, and Apple Films' concert documentary, which opened in cinemas in the
spring of 1972.
X (an Indian Musician) and Y (an English musician) were the main organizers
of the event and Y and his friends were the main performers.
Decades later, X would say of the overwhelming success of the event: "In
one day, the whole world knew the name of Bangladesh. It was a fantastic
occasion.”
Identify X and Y. (Picture of album cover follows) (10 points each)

Q2)
Chris Evans is known for his super hero roles
as Human Torch in Fantastic Four and Captain
America in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
One of the scenes in Avengers was shot later
and the director had to re-assemble the
characters who went on to do different things.
Chris Evans had gone to shoot for the film
“Snow Piercer”.
But this (acting in Snow Piercer) posed a
problem for Chris Evans in shooting for this
scene but it was solved beautifully.
Which scene ? (1)
What did they do to solve it? (0.5) 
What was the problem? (0.5)

Q3)
”The Calcutta Chromosome” is 1995
English thriller novel by Amitav Ghosh that
won the Arthur Clarke Award for best
science fiction novels (published in UK).
The book, set in 1990s Calcutta and New
York City at some unspecified time in the
future, is a medical thriller that dramatizes
the adventures of apparently false people
who are brought together by a mysterious
turn of events.
This book is loosely based on the life of a
certain famous personality and his most
famous contribution.
Identify the person (1) and his contribution/
what he is associated with (1).

Q4)
That statue of Kannagi was installed in 1968 when DMK first came to power, under CN
Annadurai’s regime. 33 years later, in December 2001, the statue made headlines when it
suddenly disappeared from its pedestal on Chennai’s Marina Beach promenade. Initially
unnoticed, the absence of the statue soon led to protests.
Then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa defended the statue’s removal stating its pedestal was
damaged by a speeding truck and so it had to be removed for its own ‘safety’. Later,
rumours abounded that the Kannagi statue was indeed removed because a few
soothsayers had warned Jayalalithaa, who was known for her belief in astrology, that the
statue would bring bad luck to the ruler. Stowed away at the PWD building overnight, the
statue was later moved to the Government Museum for ‘safekeeping’. Here Kannagi’s
statue gathered dust for about five years until she was finally reinstalled at Marina Beach in
2006, when the DMK returned to power.
The story of Kannagi, of a citizen reducing an entire kingdom to ashes, has made her a
goddess fighting for the justice of Tamil people. Having lost her husband to an unjust death
penalty by the King of X , her curse was so powerful that it burned down the city (X). In
certain accounts, Kannagi is venerated, with a few associating her to the celestial form of X
_________.
Identify the city. (X) (1)
Identify where in Kerala that Kannagi is worshiped. (1)

Q5)
This is a music video, released by a famous sports
personality cum musician, named Asia.
The starting and ending of the music video had additional
wishes from 2 sports personalities from Asia. The last
wish is from MS Dhoni.
Identify who gave the first wish, who is also the youngest
person to receive the Bharat Ratna. (1)
Identify the creator of the music video. (1)
(Video on next slide)

ANSWER
Pandit Ravi Shankar And George Harrison

Q2)
Chris Evans is known for his super hero roles
as Human Torch in Fantastic Four and Captain
America in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
One of the scenes in Avengers was shot later
and the director had to re-assemble the
characters who went on to do different things.
Chris Evans had gone to shoot for the film
“Snow Piercer”.
But this (acting in Snow Piercer) posed a
problem for Chris Evans in shooting for this
scene but it was solved beautifully.
Which scene ? (1)
What was the problem? (0.5) 
What did they do to solve it? (0.5)

ANSWER (1)
Shawarma Post Credits Scene

ANSWER (2)
He had grown a beard for Snowpiercer. But Captain America Didn’t have a
beard.
They fitted a jaw prosthesis but it wasn’t enough. So Captain America didn’t
eat and covered his jaw with his hand.

ANSWER
Ronald Ross and Malaria

Q4)
That statue of Kannagi was installed in 1968 when DMK first came to power, under CN
Annadurai’s regime. 33 years later, in December 2001, the statue made headlines when it
suddenly disappeared from its pedestal on Chennai’s Marina Beach promenade. Initially
unnoticed, the absence of the statue soon led to protests.
Then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa defended the statue’s removal stating its pedestal was
damaged by a speeding truck and so it had to be removed for its own ‘safety’. Later, rumours
abounded that the Kannagi statue was indeed removed because a few soothsayers had
warned Jayalalithaa, who was known for her belief in astrology, that the statue would bring
bad luck to the ruler. Stowed away at the PWD building overnight, the statue was later
moved to the Government Museum for ‘safekeeping’. Here Kannagi’s statue gathered dust
for about five years until she was finally reinstalled at Marina Beach in 2006, when the DMK
returned to power.
The story of Kannagi, of a citizen reducing an entire kingdom to ashes, has made her a
goddess fighting for the justice of Tamil people. Having lost her husband to an unjust death
penalty by the King of X , her curse was so powerful that it burned down the city (X). In
certain accounts, Kannagi is venerated, with a few associating her to the celestial form of X
_________.
Identify the city. (X) (1) ( Clue: King of _______(X) , has an entertainment connection. A
Vague clue though)
Identify where in Kerala that Kannagi is worshiped. (1)

ANSWER (1)
Madurai (Clue was: King of Madurai / Madhura Raja)

ANSWER (2)
Attukal and Kodungaloor

Q5)
This is a music video released by a sports personality.
He is a musician too and he released recently the song
“Asia”.
The starting and ending of the music video had additional
wishes from 2 sports personalities from Asia. The last
wish is from MS Dhoni.
Identify who gave the first wish, who is also the youngest
person to receive the Bharat Ratna. (1)
Identify the creator of the music video. (1)
(Video on next slide)

ANSWER
Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne DJ Bravo

ROUND 4
5 Questions
+15/-10 Pounce, +10/ -0 Bounce

Q1
• Identify this famous and popular non-
cinema Malayalam songs that is regarded
an all time classic hit.
• (See the music video, audio is muted. On
next slide)

ANSWER
Ormakkai Ini Oru
Sneha Geetham
(from the album
Ormakkai)

Q2
• This is a Facebook condolence post written by a person named
Sreehari Sreedharan. The post describes the achievements and
qualities of this lady who was killed using a novel liquid bomb
technology.
• The post (in Malayalam language) describes her as the nightmare
of Abubakr Baghdadi, Sweet Singer of Bakers, Little Sister of an
Elder Brother, the precious daughter of _____________, the love
of life of _______, the never dying flame of _______________ ,etc
• Identify this lady from the field of Entertainment.

ANSWER
Deepthy IPS
(She was killed using a liquid
bomb in the final episode of the
popular Malayalam TV serial
”Parasparam”

Q3
• “Harry Potter will come out as bisexual and have a love affair with Ron Weasley
in a new spin-off book series, JK Rowling has confirmed.
• The new trilogy of novels will take place 19 years after the events of Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows, which saw Harry marry his best friend’s sister, Ginny
Weasley.
• In the first book of the new series, entitled Harry Potter and the Enchanted Tryst,
the titular character will share an “intimate experience” with Ron. The novel is
due for publication on February 30, 2021.”
• This is an excerpt from the report posted by Fillop Rao in the online website Pink
News. On what occasion did JK Rowling is said to have made the revelation?

ANSWER
On April Fools
Day 2019

Q4
• Löwendenkmal, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland,
designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It
commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French
Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
• Mark Twain praised the sculpture of a mortally-wounded lion as "the most mournful
and moving piece of stone in the world.“
• The dying lion is portrayed impaled by a spear, covering a shield bearing the fleur-
de-lis of the French monarchy; beside him is another shield bearing the coat of arms
of Switzerland. The inscription below the sculpture lists the names of the officers and
gives the approximate numbers of soldiers who died (DCCLX = 760), and survived
(CCCL = 350)
• When Thorvaldsen learned he wasn’t going to be paid in full, the indignant artist
decided to get even and added some last minute changes to his sculpture. He didn’t
alter the sculpture itself, out of respect of the fallen soldiers. Instead he did
something.
• What did he do?
• (Picture of sculpture on next slide. Close Up and Distant view)

ANSWER
Lion was
placed in a
cut out of the
pig.

Q5
• Sueo Ōe and Shuhei Nishida were two Japanese
atheletes. They took part in Pole Vault in the 1936
Berlin Olympics.
• Both of them reached a height of 4.25 m making
them both tied for the 2nd and 3rd places. They
weren’t ready to take part in a tie-breaker.
• The Japanese team was told to make its own
decision about who should claim second place and
who third. After lengthy discussion, it was agreed
that Nishida, who had vaulted 4.25 at his first
attempt, should take precedence over Oe, who had
needed two attempts at that height.
• But these two athletes went beyond to show the
importance of Friendship by doing something to
their medals. What did they do?

ANSWER
Upon returning to Japan, they cut
their medals in half and fused
them to one another so each
athlete ended up with a half-silver,
half-bronze medal. They became
known as “The Medals of
Friendship”.

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