The document presents a set of trivia questions and topics spanning various fields, including music, sports, film, and architecture. It discusses specific historical references, notable personalities, and awards, with a focus on engaging participants in a quiz format. Key questions include identifying films, artists, and the significance of various cultural symbols.

1. Prelims
Research: Debanjan Bose

2. 25 questions
5, 8, 9, 19 and 23 are Starr questions –for resolving
ties
Part points wherever applicable
No negatives, make guesses!
8 teams reach the finals

4. Dig
Spike
Jones
Joust

5. Which musical instrument takes its name from the
Persian for three strings?

6. The name is
derived from
a three-
stringed
ancestral
instrument
called setar

7. Some sources suggest that
this is the only portrait
which was drawn during
his lifetime. In 2010, the
Nargis Dutt Award for Best
Feature Film on National
Integration went to his
biopic. The film went on
the win the Best Film
Award at IFFI, Goa in the
same year.
Which film?

9. The 1963 Test series between England and West
Indies was played for the trophy on the next slide. It
was named in commemoration of the 100th
year of
something. What?

11. Widen Cricketer’s Almanack

12. About the building on the next slide, its architect I M
Pei said, “It was my intention to echo the energy. I have
consciously used an architectural vocabulary that is
bold and new, and I hope the building will become a
dramatic landmark for the city of Cleveland”.
Name the building.

15. This 1978 movie was
remade in 2002 by
the same director,
with the subtitle Ek
Anokhi Kahaani.
What film is this?

17. In ESPN’s list of Greatest North American Athletes of the
20th
century, who is the sole Canadian in the top 10?

19. What name was given to Ernest Evans after he
performed a Fats Domino impression, following
which Dick Clark’s (host of American Bandstand) wife
added a second word to Evans’s existing nickname?

21. Likened to Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, this
American abstract expressionist painter gained more
recognition after death. Down the years, his son – an
actor of the same name - has initiated several
exhibitions of his dad. Next slide has some pictures.
What name?

24. If Manchester United is called the Red Devils, what
nicknames are given to these junior clubs?
Lincolnshire-based Conference club Amateur club from Gibraltar

26. What in music gets its name from an idiomatic term,
meaning an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or
event; an exceptional example or instance?
 The name was given by Jane Addiction’s vocalist
Perry Farrell. who, while searching a name for this
band’s farewell tour, came across the word in a Three
Stooges short film. He also liked the fact that the
name reminded some of candy sticks.

28. There are two primary differences between Lawn
Tennis and Wheelchair Tennis. One, of course, is the
use of wheelchairs. What is the other difference
(gameplay)?

29. The second bounce can happen outside the court.

30. With 7 awards each, Asha Bhosle and Alka Yagnik
have won the most Filmfares for Best Playback
(Female). Lata Mangeshkar, along with Kavita
Krishnamurthy, Shreya Ghoshal and Anuradha
Paudwal, come second with 4 awards. However, this
was after Lataji no longer wanted to be awarded.
Along with Chandrani Mukherjee, who has the most
nominations (3) without a single win?

32. In the Spy Kids franchise, Danny Trejo’s character’s
name is Isador Cortez. What is his middle name?

34. Logo of what,
once a household
name in India?

37. Naim Suleymanoglu
Manohar Aich

38. From the 1960-2000s, which two good friends have
been the only actors to be nominated for an acting
Oscar in every decade? While one is an American, the
other is British.
Blood and Wine – 1996 neo noir – both acted, not
nominated.

40. His death happened on June 20, 1999 – the day of the
World Cup final. Filmmaker Ashoke Vishwanath
remembers, “We were at Indrapuri Studio. He was
sitting there, laughing, when suddenly, there was a
bout of coughing and he collapsed.”
The heart attack happened a day after he returned
from a shoot of the unfinished film Rong-Bin, a film
on the tribals of Karbi Anglong. He also appeared in a
small role in AV’s film Kichu Songlap, Kichu Prolap.
The image on the next slide is possibly a screenshot/
shooting still from that film. Who?

43. Ohio-based photographer James Friedman picked up
20 different types of these items and photographed
their cross sections. The results revealed patterns of
vibrant colours, or as he puts it “elegant formal
qualities, unpredictable color schemes and metaphor
in the “unlikeliest of places.”
What did he photograph? (pic on next slide)

46. The character on the statuette of Society of London
Theatre’s annual awards for excellence in professional
theatre is Henry V. What are these awards called?

48. What character does Nandu Madhav play in the film?
*the video was of a certain Professor Kelpha peforming
magic tricks

49. Kel-Pha = Phal-Ke

50. Who’s driving?
*seen testing a car, with Daler Mehendi seated next

52. Morningtalk-Supersymmetry - soundtrack from a 2014
movie. The band who gave the score lost to Vampire
Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City a the 2014
Grammys.
Which film?
Who gave the score?

54. Which is the most populous country to have never
won an Olympic medal?

56. While studying in Vidyasagar College, he trained
under the legendary Gobor Guha/ Goho. In his
autobigraphy Memories Come Alive, he writes that he
had even reached the finals of the All Bengal
Wrestling Competition. However, a poor eyesight
meant he could do little to chase his wrestling
dreams. He would often fight with his glasses on and
one match left him with embedded glass shreds under
his eyes. That was the end of it, before he quickly
found his calling under his uncle. Whoeejit?