mela quiz iit-bhu finals

Round 1: DryPounce +15/-10

Bounce +10

1.

• X is a region of Italy, with an area of 10,763 square kms and a population of 1.3 million. X is known as "the greenest region in Europe" as one third of its territory, the largest in Europe, is set aside as national parks and protected nature reserves.

• Y is a slight modification of name of X and is a character from a very popular TV series. Y is an Italian-American mob boss and the Don of the Y crime family, who is imprisoned with a life sentence. The role of Y is played by Peter Stormare.

• Give me Y.

Ans.

• X: Abruzzo• Y: John Abruzzi from Prison Break

2. Give me X.• No Smoking is a 2007 Indian neo-noir psychological

thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj and Kumar Mangat. The film stars John Abraham, Ayesha Takia, Ranvir Shorey and Paresh Rawal in the lead roles. The film is loosely based upon the short story by X. It became the first Indian film to be adapted from a X short story.

Ans.

• Stephen King

3. Which instrument?

• Video• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=C_2HVZvQOXI

Ans.

• Earth Harp

4. Connect

Ans.

• Darth Wader

5. Id the gentlemen on the right.

Ans.

• Franco Nero who originally acted in the 1966 movie Django

6. Id the rapper?

• X is a rapper and he wanted to create “the most epic rap video ever without spending ANY money,” as he explains in the song’s video. He went around asking owners of mansions, yachts and clubs if he could use their spaces for free to shoot the video and he really pulled it off. His video had 1 million views in just 18 hours. The song name is “Save that money”.

Ans.

• Lil Dicky or Dave• Do watch this epic video.

7. Id X and Y.• Actor 'X' mentioned that he was originally not not going

to take the role of ‘Y’, since he knew his own health was in decline. He accepted because his then-11-year-old granddaughter threatened never to speak to him again if he did not take it. 'X' was determined to portray 'Y' again despite having been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, his death on 25 October 2002 necessitated recasting.Identify X and Y.

Ans.

• X: Richard Harris• Y: Albus Dumbledore

8. What reason?• Heimdall, according to Norse Myth, is also known as the

White God. He possesses the resounding horn Gjallarhorn, owns the golden-maned horse Gulltopp, has gold teeth, and is the son of Nine Mothers. Heimdall is attested as possessing fore knowledge, keen eyesight and hearing, and keeps watch for the onset of Ragnarök while drinking fine mead where the rainbow bridge meets heaven. The Council of Conservative Citizens in the USA supported a BOYCOTT THOR website because of something about the Thor movie. What?

Ans.

• Heimdall being the white god was played by a black guy.

Round 2: Dr. Dry!!Pounce +15/-10

Bounce +10

1. Connect.

Ans.

• The number 23(movie)

2. Which other role?

• He is Clive Standen, a British actor who is famous for his role of ‘Rollo’ in the TV series Vikings. He also had a short stint in a 2007 Bollywood movie. Id the movie.

Ans.

• Namaste London where he played the role of Charlie Brown.

3.

• She is the great-granddaughter of H.H. Asquith, British Prime Minister (1908-1916) and her great-grandmother is _____, a British activist who was, at one time, engaged to one of her father's protégées, Winston Churchill

• In May 2006, she launched her own fashion line, “The Pantaloonies.”

• In 2009, The Times named her one of the Top 10 British Actresses of all-time.

Ans.

• Helena Bonham Carter

4. Id this diver.

• Video• The clip from 1990 Commonwealth

Games• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=vWrINMm1aCI

Ans.

• Jason Statham

5. Id this actor.• This actor, who is shown wearing a brown paper bag with "I am not

famous anymore"(a reference to one of his rather eccentric tweets), announced his retirement from public life, and ended it(his retirement) in three weeks.

Ans.

• Shia LaBeouf

6. What is this type of art called?

Ans.

• Reverse Graffiti

7.

• X is a deodorant, originally sold by Mennen, then Colgate-Palmolive (after Colgate-Palmolive acquired Mennen in 1992).The X line of products steadily lost popularity after its peak in the early 1990s. However, this peak was largely due to its inadvertently being featured in a certain popular 1991 song. Name the deodrant brand.

Ans.

• Teen Spirit• Smells like teen spirit(Nirvana)

8.

• Eg.

1.

2.

3.

4.

Ans.

• 1: WB• 2: Lionsgate• 3: SONY• 4: Paramount

Round 3 : List It!

+2 for individual answers15-16 correct : +1511-14 correct : +10

A to P• A is a 2005 Bollywood movie directed by B. The plot

goes like this, Samir(the lead actor) played by C is a successful doctor and most women fall for him and his irresistible charms. The only person who has not fallen for him is his dutiful nurse Naina played by D. In the movie due to circumstances, C portrays D as his wife and her niece and nephew as his children. D is a former Miss Universe. E is a 2011 Hollywood movie which is a remake of A. Actually both A and E are inspired from a 1969 Hollywood movie F. The doctor in E is played by G and the nurse by H. H is extremely famous for her role in a popular comedy TV show I. G’s latest film is J where

• aliens intercept video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack Earth, using the games as models. K is the son of B and his debut film L was released in 2012 which also starred two other debuts. One of the other debut is also the child of another famous Bollywood director M. M got married to N when he was 20 year old. K is going to act in a 2016 Bollywood movie based on a novel O of the same name by the author P.

Ans.• A: Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya• B: David Dhawan• C: Salman khan• D: Sushmita Sen• E: Just Go with it• F: Cactus Flower• G: Adam Sandler• H: Jennifer Aniston• I: Friends• J: Pixels• K: Varun Dhawan• L: Student of the year

• M: Mahesh Bhatt• N: Loraine Bright• O: Half Girlfriend• P: Chetan Bhagat

Round 4 : Pick your pillDirect: +15/-(5*n)

Pounce: +10

Bollywood

• How is a 1971 Hindi film character which was partly inspired by the director Hrishikesh Mukherjee connected to a 2015 Hindi film character whose daughter is the titular character of that film?

Ans.

• 1971 film is Anand• 2015 film is Piku• Amitabh Bachchan’s character name is

Bhaskar Bannerjee in both

Hollywood• X is a 1991 American action crime thriller directed by Kathryn

Bigelow, starring Keanu Reeves. Reeves stars as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, who is investigating a string of bank robberies possibly being committed by surfers. Johnny goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community and develops a complex friendship with Bodhi, the charismatic leader of a gang of surfers.

• Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. are developing a remake of the film which not only includes surfing but a lot of extreme sports and activities. The film is set to release on 25th Dec, 2015.

• Which movie?

Ans.

TV• Similarities between X and the famous fictional detective

Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle appear throughout the series. Both characters play instruments (X plays the piano, the guitar, and the harmonica; Holmes, the violin) and take drugs (X is addicted to Y; Holmes uses cocaine).? The creator of X said that X’s name itself is meant as "a subtle homage" to Holmes. X’s building number is 221B, a direct reference.? X and Y

Ans.

• X: House• Y: Vicodin

Literature• X is a fictional private investigator starring in a series

of Bengali novels and short stories written by Indian Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray. The detective lives at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Kolkata. X first made his appearance in a Bengali children's magazine called Sandesh in 1965.

Ans.

• Feluda

NOT MENOT ME

Art• The painting shows a pale figure

with blue lips which points at a serious disease Syphilis. The surprising fact about this painting is that it is a self-portrait of the artist himself. The artist was suffering from the disease due to having multiple love partners in his life. The artist choosing himself to be painted as _______(symbol in Greek mythology which stands for sexual liberation) is what makes this painting controversial. Id the artist.

Ans.

• Caravaggio

Music

• What is being blanked out?

Ans.

• Aberdeen is the birth place of Kurt Cobain.

Minimalist

Ans.

• Wolf of Wall Street

Surprise

• This is Sir Peter Thomas Blake an English pop artist. One of his work is shown here. What is his most famous work?

Ans.

Round 5: Connect

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+10/-5

+5/0

Ans.

• National School of Drama(NSD)

Finally!!

The End