The document contains a series of 16 questions related to movies, television series, comic book characters, songs, and cultural references. Each question has a specific focus, requiring knowledge of popular culture, mythology, and character identification. The format includes hints, fill-in-the-blanks, and connections between various media elements.

2. ● There are total of 16 questions.
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Rules

4. Q1. Name the movies with the help of the given
minimalistic posters.

9. Q2. After being initially rejected by the channel it would later
be telecasted upon, this series quickly went on to become the
most popular show in Indian television history, reaching over
100 million viewers each week. The show's popularity would
remain the highest in history until a few years later, when another
series of the same genre would exceed its popularity. This
show also had huge fan following in Pakistan, where fan mails
would come from across the border. The Fandom of this show
saw a huge increase last year with the onset of lockdown.
Name the show and it's famous director.

11. Ramayana
Ramananda Sagar

12. Q3. Connect this exhaustive list.
Floo powder
Knight bus
Portkeys
Thestrals
Apparition
Dragon

14. The methods of transport learned by Harry Potter in
each book.
First, broomsticks, then floo powder, the knight
bus,portkeys, thestrals, then apparition and finally dragons.

16. Q4. ____ were a very old race of creatures living in Middle Earth.
The Elves had tales of teaching them how to talk. They were
created by Yavanna to protect certain forests from orcs and other
perils. Their name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for giant.
____ is also a term used for someone who smokes weed. The term
is named after a fictional LOTR character after someone on Reddit
noticed their slow and mellow personalities, similar to that of a
stoned person.
FITB.

18. Ents

19. Q5. All the episode titles of the first season of this 2018 web series took
inspiration from Hindu mythology. The name of each episode
foreshadows a significant event that occurs in it. The S1E1 title refers to a
powerful warrior who fought with the Kauravas in the Mahabharata. He is
considered to be an avatar of Lord Shiva and one of the seven immortal
beings who will remain on this Earth till the end of Kali Yuga. So, in that
episode the antagonist calls himself by this warrior's name and he said that
he will remain alive through his unfinished story—even after his death
just like this warrior. Therefore, the episode was named after him.
What was the title of this episode?

21. Ashwathama

22. Q6. This entity first appeared in the comic strange tales #135 in 1965.
It was founded in ancient times, formerly as a cult centered around the
fanatical worship of someone, a powerful Inhuman that was exiled to the
planet Maveth by ancient Inhumans. The former owner of this entity was
a man who had a horrific disfigurement that matches his persona
following a chain of events culminating in a fight with Captain America.
This entity also made a short appearance on the show 'WandaVision'
when Agatha Harkness opened a gateway into Maximoff's memories.
Name the entity.

24. Hydra

25. Q7. X is considered to be among Pixar's darkest, ruthless,
and most evil villains to date. He is the first Pixar villain to be
pure evil. In style, he resembles Batman or Iron Man, in that
he is a standard model human who made himself super by
inventing and using high technology. His hairdo is similar to
that of Jimmy Neutron from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius or
Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z.
Identify X.

27. Buddy Pine, commonly
known as Syndrome (and
formerly known as
Incrediboy)

28. Q8. This song was created by Irish music project Miracle of
sound in their third album which was released in 2013. It
was inspired by a famous fictional character from a very
popular TV show.
Listen to the audio and try to identify the subject of the
song.

30. Tyrion Lannister
Halfman's song.

31. Q9. The setting of Rick and Morty, s3, ep. 2, Rickmancing the stone is
essentially a tribute to the ______ franchise, taking place in a barren
wasteland with vehicles and tribes of barbaric marauders waging
war on outsiders in a post-apocalyptic timeline.
Name the franchise.
(Images on next slide.)

35. Q10. X was one of the most popular and longest-running television series for
Indian children. When X aired, there were a lot of controversies created as
children set themselves on fire or jumped off buildings hoping that X would
save them. X was depicted as a character who had attained superhuman powers
through meditation and five elements of nature. He is trained by a mystical sect
of saints to fight against all odds and defeat the evil prevailing within the society.
X's alter ego is a funny geek. He works as a photographer in a daily newspaper
office to maintain his secret identity. He is portrayed as the complete opposite of X.
It was later revealed that the attire of the alter ego, "complete with buck teeth
and floppy hair" was inspired by American comedian Jerry Lewis.
Identify X.

38. Q11. Marvel Comics celebrated
its 80th anniversary with the
release of Marvel Comics #1000.
The issue features a surprising
cameo by one of the most
popular characters from the
“Distinguished Competition.”
Identify the cameo.

40. Batman

41. Q12. While there has always been
debate about the extent of artistic
liberty, one Italian contemporary artist
has taken social media by storm after
he sold off his ‘invisible’ creation for a
whopping $18,300. Now, while the
world is baffled that an artist sold
‘nothing’ for this massive amount, one
desi man claimed that we Indians
have done it way back in 2007.
Name the movie and the story
behind how they did it?

43. Dhamaal

44. Q13. How are these two connected?

46. Muriel and Eustace
are the names of two
characters from
Courage the
Cowardly Dog. They
are also the middle
names of Chandler
and Ross from
Friends.

47. Q14. In season 2 Episode 9 of Mirzapur, we see Munna and his men paying
Imran Alam aka Mirzapur Ka Chacha a visit. When Munna starts walking
towards his house he finds the guards sitting there playing a game of teen-
patti. In this scene, Munna bhaiya did something that wasn't in the script nor
was it a whim. Actor Divyendu Sharma improvised the scene to pay tribute to
an iconic character in his own way. Following this incident in the show,
people on internet started creating crossovers between both the
characters. A similar viral image is followed up on the next slide.
Identify the character Munna bhaiya was paying tribute to.

50. The guards were playing teen-patti and actor Divyendu Sharma picked up a joker
card, it was unscripted and apparently a tribute to Joker’s character in his own
way.

51. Q15. Baroque Works was a criminal organization in the manga
and anime series One Piece. All of the members of the organization
are given code names to hide their identities, with the male
members having numerical designations while the female
members use aliases named after a day or specific holidays.
For example, Mr. 0 and Miss All Sunday. The Unluckies were
responsible for executing any Baroque Works agents that fail their
missions. The pair consisted of a male otter and a female
vulture.
What are the code names for this pair?

53. Mr. 13 and Miss Friday
The name "Unluckies" comes
from the superstition of Friday
the 13th being an unlucky day
as well as the unfortunate fate
of those they come to visit.

54. Q16. In the song ‘Sava Dollar’ from the movie ‘Aiyyaa’, Meenakshi
dreams of becoming a top actress someday. The song ends with
her appearing on a very famous Indian talk show.
In the show, the host is seen "coaxing [the guests], cajoling them
and grilling them" and it is indeed "their confessions and
revelations" that generate the most media attention.
Name the show.

56. Koffee With Karan