2. Q1-The phrase "lead balloon" has commonly been used to
describe an ill-conceived idea, or one whose failure is both
predictable and inevitable. The name then allegedly arose when
Keith Moon, after being invited to drum for the band, thought the
idea would go over like a “X"--Moon evidently modifying the
common phrase after observing that “x” were quite large.
Reportedly “y” liked the phrase so much, he took it for the band's
name. The decision to misspell it was made because they thought
Americans would be stupid enough to mispronounce the word
"lead.“? Identify X and Y?
4. Q.2
Lakshminarayana Vaidyanathan was a
musicologist, music director and
composer,[1]trained in the classical Carnatic
music tradition. Vaidyanathan was born to
V.Lakshminarayana, and Seethalakshmi,
both accomplished musicians; he was also
the elder brother of accomplished violinist
duo L. Shankar and L. Subramaniam.What
famous work done by him earned him fame
across the nation?
5. • Opening and closing score of
Shankar Nag’s Malgudi days
6. Q3-Notable by its absence in any of these
official explanations is how “X” is a euphemism
for man marmalade, which is itself a euphemism
for something else. We tend to believe “Y”
repeated denials of this explanation for the
name's origins, if only because we think it's
hilarious to think he accidentally named his band
after spunk? Name X and Y?
9. Answer: The album in pic is Metal Black by Venom which pays
tribute to their own 1982 album Black Metal, the significance of the
album being that it heralded the arrival of a new genre of music,
drawing its name from this album itself.
10. Q5-What genre of music gets its name from the
landform shown in the pic?
11. Answer: The map is of Mississippi Delta and
the music form that borrows its name from
this is Delta Blues, one of the earliest forms of
Blues music.
12. Q6- The nickname for this team refers to a
form of dance music that has evolved in
the last 30 years. ID the music type.
13. Answer: Soca, a form of dance music from
Trinidad & Tobago, which has its roots in
Calypso. The pic is of the Trinidad & Tobago
national football team who are known as
the Soca Warriors.
15. Answer: Jerusalem/And did those feet in ancient times
1) Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden covered Jerusalem in his album The Chemical
Wedding
2)”And did those feet in ancient time” is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to
his epic Milton a Poem.
3) The title of the movie Chariots of Fire is taken from the poem
4) Eddie Izzard was a vague reference. He had referred to the poem in one of his gigs
“Circle”. Watch it, it’s hilarious..
16. Q8- This music director completed the works of a late music director and also
served as the CEO of a big production house. Identify him.
17. Answer: Sanjeev Kohli, who completed his father Madan Mohan’s
work for Veer Zaara.
18. Q9-Identify the Canadian singer who
came into limelight in India after a hit
song couple of years back
20. Q10-This guy was behind something that
started about an year back but has been
creating waves on facebook recently.
Identify him.
21. Answer: This man is Rohail Hyatt, producer of the hit Pakistani music
show Coke Studio. Rohail was a founding member of the 1990s
Pakistani band called Vital Signs, and made waves in 2007 for his
score for the movie Khuda Kay Liye which became pretty famous in
India as well.
24. Q-12
X to win the hearts of his fellow countrymen in
2002,X boldly chose as his campaign an Arabic
cover of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love
you”.the song was played alongside footage of
the “x” kissing babies and striking heroic poses
on country’s three TV stations continuously
during the election season ”. Identify X
26. Q-13
X introduced the 13 note piano phrase 20 years
ago,creating the first Y.Its estimated that ‘X’ is now heard
1.8 billion times around each day,that is staggering 20,000
times per second.The Y comes from “Gran Vals” a 1902
guitar solo written by classical guitarist Francisco Tarrega.Id
X& Y?
28. Qn14. This iconic track was inspired from the song
“Mausam hai aashiqana” in the 1972 film “Pakeezah”.
Initially ‘x’ had been signed onto compose music for
this film ,but he died before completing the score and Y
was signed on.Y also received the Kerala state film
award for Best Music for this film? Id X & Y
30. Qn15. X is listed as the most successful Gangsta
MC.He was named after an Inca who was
sentenced to death by the Spaniards,His name
in Inca language means “Shining Serpent”. His
1996 song “ghetto Gospel” released in 2005 with
some vocals by Elton John and went onto win
the #1in the UK ,despite the fact that he had
been dead for 8 years? Id the iconic musician
32. Qn16
“ Essa bola vai rolar
Mundo e um tapete verde
Quando a bola chega la
Coracao fica na nerde,na rede,na rede”
Starting lyrics of a very famous song which is very popular among
malayalees(think a song associated with something malayalees
love the most)
33. La la la by Shakira (Brazil football worldcup 2014)
34. Qn17. This Lyricist made his entry into Malayalam Film
Industry with the song ‘Panchami Thirunal’ in A.Vincent’s film
‘Chenda’.He went onto pen around 500 songs for Malayalam
Movies.These Include ‘Swapnam Kaanum Penne’ and
‘Raagardra Hamsangalo’ for which he won the state award for
Best Lyricist.Who am I talking about?
37. Answer : Satyameva Jayate
Ram Sampath composed the theme song of Satyamev Jayate
which was later accused of plagiarism by euphoria vocalist
Dr.Paljash Sen
Satyamev Jayate was also the opening song of the band
‘’Superheavy”
38. Qn19 The theropod dinosaur from the cretaceous of
Madagascar ‘Masiakasaurus Knopleri’ was named
after the guitarist X,the paleontologists were listening to
Y recordings when they discovered the species.Id X&Y
40. Q20- In 1996, X appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce,
which coincidentally is what his first name means in Japanese. Who am I
talking about
