This document contains clues and questions related to movies, TV shows, books, and characters from popular culture. The clues require identifying titles, characters, locations, and other details from films, novels, comic books, and television programs.

1. By Soumyaditya Kar
MELA Quiz

2. 1
• Minimal TV poster for

3. CID

4. 2
• Roles played by which actress (one major role missing)

5. JENNIFER ANISTON

6. 3
• X was quoted as saying “I will be watching my fake funeral, attended
by my fake ex-girlfriends from my very, very real movie theatre, with
my very real real hotties in tow”. With reference to what ?

7. The sudden demise of Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men

8. 4
• 8731 is the decimal number
• Equivalent binary = 10001000011011
• Its hexadecimal conversion gives a number which is an iconic location
in this particular TV series
• Give the location and the TV series
• No part points

9. 221B BAKER STREET ; SHERLOCK

10. 5
• The first season aired in 2000-2001
• The tagline of the 4th season was of this show which aired on 2010
was “ Koi Bhi Insan Chota Nahi Hota”
• In the 5th season which aired on 2011, they replaced it with “Koi Bhi X
Chota nahi Hota”
• Identify this extremely popular TV show

11. KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI

12. 6
• Unlike other sitcoms in India, which air continuously throughout the
year, X is one of the earliest shows in Indian television to have
adopted the western style of appearing in seasons.
• It is widely considered by audiences and critics alike as one of the
finest examples of true situation comedy in India.
• It does not use a laugh track like many Indian sitcoms and comedy
shows, but instead relies on its dead-pan humour. Its witty lines are
some of its selling points.

13. KHICHDI

14. 7
• The position of X is extremely profound in the UK and in the US. It
also exists in some parts of the world, but is not quite relevant. In the
remaining parts- mostly Asia and Continental Europe- the position of
X does not exist officially
• A TV series has garnered critical reviews about this position and the
person who plays this role.
• The usage comes from a hunting term which means preventing
hounds from wandering away from the pack.
• ID the term X and the actor

15. X- Majority Chief Whip; Kevin Spacey

16. 8
• X is an American poet, essayist and journalist
• His initials have played a major role as a plot device in a critically
acclaimed TV series
• Image is on the next slide
• ID X

18. WALT WHITMAN (W.W)

19. 9
• This is a floor plan of a building in which characters of a well-known
TV series reside
Image on the next slide
Identify the TV series. Brownie points for telling the address of the
building.

21. FRIENDS; GREENWICH VILLAGE

22. 10
• Robert Ebert’s review of which film?
“This film is like nothing they’ve seen before, with its startling
landscapes, architecture and locations, its exuberant colours, its
sudden and joyous musical numbers right in the middle of dramatic
scenes, and its melodramatic acting (teeth gnash, tears well, lips
tremble, bosoms heave, fists clench). At the same time, it’s a memory
of the films we all grew up on, with clearly defined villains and heroes,
a romantic triangle, and even a comic character who saves the day.
“_______” is a well-crafted, hugely entertaining epic that has the spice
of a foreign culture.

23. LAGAAN

24. 11
• The image shown is a still from an iconic movie. Identify the movie

25. ALAM ARA

26. 12
• Minimalist poster for which movie

27. 12 ANGRY MEN

28. 13
• ID the movie from the tagline
“In space no one can hear you clean.”

29. WALL-E

30. 14
• ______ Management is a trust fund once owned by Saddam Hussein.
It has a 2% holding in the Lagerdere group. However, all its holdings
are frozen.
• Not coincidentally, “_______ Management, Inc. ” was also the money
laundering front company founded and controlled by a fictional drug
lord of a cult movie.
• ID X. Brownie points if you identify the movie.

31. MONTANA

32. 15
• He is a popular politician who was rumoured to have made a guest
appearance in the bus scene of the hit comedy ANDAZ APNA APNA.
• He once said “people should be working on Ganndhi Jayanti, instead
of taking a holiday, thereby paying true homage to our father of the
nation.”
• Recently, he compared Kanhaiya to the legendary Bhagat Singh while
speaking in JNU. This created a social media uproar.
• ID the man.

34. Shashi Tharoor

35. 16
• It is being discussed whether X, a supporting character from a movie
Y, should get his own graphic novel or TV show.
• On being asked about the script of the graphic novel or TV show, the
director of the movie said “ Audiences have adopted X. I get
suggestions on how to take his character forward from youngsters on
the Internet. X isn’t your suave, gun-trotting cool killer. We didn’t give
X a family life. But he probably goes back to a family after killing. He
probably needs a second income to support his family. That’s why he
does the killings. I don’t know. These are the details that need to be
fleshed out. And we are working on it.”
• ID X and Y.

36. X- BOB BISWAS; Y-KAHAANI

37. 17
• Connect

38. MOVIES DIRECTED BY GURU DUTT

39. 18
• The 1932 MGM movie “Rasputin and The Empress”, hinted that that
the character princess Natasha had been raped by Rasputin. Princess
Natasha’s character was supposedly intended to represent Princess
Irina of Russia, and the real Princess Irina sued MGM for libel.
• After seeing the film twice, the jury agreed that the princess had
been defamed. Princess Irina and her husband were reportedly
awarded $127,373 in damages by the English Court of Appeal in 1934
and $1 million in an out-of-court settlement with MGM. What
originated as a result of his to avoid further court cases ?

40. The statement “This motion picture is a work of
fiction and any resemblance to person living or
dead is purely co-incidental.”

41. 19
• He has been called the “ Father of American Scholarship and
Education.”
• His blue-backed speller books taught nearly five generations of
American children how to spell and read, secularizing their education.
• His name became synonymous with “______” in the US.
• ID the man.

42. Noam Webster

43. 20
• 1. In Edgar Allen Poe’s 1838 story, 3 ship wreck survivors kill and eat
the fourth man.
• 2. In 1884, three real life survivors conspire and kill the fourth
companion.
• 3. In Ang Lee’s 2012 movie, a teenager and a tiger are the only
survivors of a ship-wreck. The tiger tries to kill and eat but the boy
survives.
• Three stories but a very specific 2 word connect.
ID the connect.

44. RICHARD PARKER

45. 21
• This Google Doodle commemorates a widely acclaimed movie
inspired from a book of the same name written by Bibhutibushan
Bandyopadadhyay. ID the book.

46. PATHER PAANCHALI

47. 22
• Although X originally wrote the book Y mostly for his followers, it
grew in popularity. From the royalties, X was able to afford a
Mercedes automobile while still imprisoned. About 240,000 copies of
Y had been sold by 1933.
• Y was in high demand in libraries and often quoted and reviewed in
other publications.
• By the end of the war, about 10 million copies was sold in ______.
ID X and Y. no part points

48. X- ADOLF HITLER; Y- MAIN KAMPF

49. 23
• In June 2011, a Chilean judge ordered that an investigation be
relaunched, following suggestions that X had been killed by the
Pinochet regime for his pro-Allende stance and political views.
• X’s driver stated that the doctors administered poison as X was
preparing to go into exile.
• X was born as Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto.

50. PABLO NERUDA

51. 24
• Minimalist poster for which book (brownie point for identifying the
author)

52. WAR AND PEACE; LEO TOLSTOY

53. 25
• Commander of the Royal Victorian Order is an honorary position
awarded to a person who has done a favour or service to the Royal
Family.
• A book by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi speaks of a certain winner
of this honour and his rather unusual service to the sovereign before
the beginning of World War II.
• The film which was inspired from this book went to achieve a great
success at the Oscars of 2010.
ID the book.

54. THE KING’S SPEECH

55. 26
• India’s answer to Justice League
• ID the comic

56. Brahmand Rakshak

57. 27
• The map locations in the Shield headquarters correspond to
characters and events from the Marvel Comic Books. The location in
Africa is a reference to X
• The other locations refer to Thor, Captain America, Hulk and others. X
was one of the earliest members of the Avengers but wasn’t
incorporated into the movies.
• X was once married to Storm.
• Image on the next Slide
• ID X

59. BLACK PANTHER

60. 28
• Fill in the void.

61. MICKEY MOUSE

62. 29
• X is a brand of beer that originally started as a fictional beverage on
the animated series “______ ______”. Since then it has become a real
brand of beer in a number of countries without any permission from
the creators.
• It’s a parody of stereotypical commercial beers : poor-quality and
advertised everywhere.
• Give X

63. DUFF BEER

64. 30
• The humble adobe of which character ?

65. THE FLINSTONES

66. 31
• Minimal poster for

67. MR. FANTASTIC

68. 32
• X’s original paint colour was yellow. After getting his ears gnawed off
by a robot mouse, he slipped into depression on top of a tower,
where he drank a potion called “sadness”.
• As he wept, the yellow colour washed off. His voice changed due o
the potion. As a result, he developed a morbid fear of mice.
• ID X.

69. DOREMON