MELA Quiz Grand Finale

Antaragni ‘16 Kolkata Roadtrip

Somnath Chanda

Format of the Quiz• Written Round.Written Round.(5)(5)• Mixed Bag.Mixed Bag.(12)(12)• Crossword.Crossword.(9)(9)• Written Round II.Written Round II.

(5)(5)• Mixed Bag II.Mixed Bag II.(12)(12)

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• 5 questions. 5 questions. • Each question carries Each question carries

5 marks.5 marks.• Full house ensure 5 Full house ensure 5

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What the round is all about????What the round is all about????* Several album covers have been directly or indirectly inspired from the artworks or paintings. * You have to identify the Painter whose work has inspired the respective album cover design.

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RenoirRenoir[Dance at Le moulin de la Galette (1876)]

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Van GoghVan Gogh[Starry Nights (1889)]

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Frida KahloFrida Kahlo[The Two Fridas(1939)]

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Théodore GéricaultThéodore Géricault[The Raft of the Medusa (1819)]

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Piet MondrianPiet Mondrian[Composition With Red, Blue and Yellow (1930)]

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Rene MagriteRene Magrite[Golconde (1953)]

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• 15 questions. 15 questions. • Infinite Bounce + Pounce.Infinite Bounce + Pounce.• Score - IB : +10/0Score - IB : +10/0 - IP : +10/-05 - IP : +10/-05

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This stringed instrument which occupied a major place

in African American traditional music and used

frequently in country, folk, Irish

traditional and bluegrass music, has recently been in-

news in this part of the world.

Identify it.

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BanjoBanjo

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Which superhit, non-filmy song would

you get from the following clues?

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Original wishlist of the director for the pivotal roles were Rajesh Khanna, Navin Nischol and Vyjayanthimala. Salim-Javed, who had

reportedly asked for an unheard of remuneration of Rs 8 lakhs, wrote the script with Shatrughan Sinha in mind. They had a fallout with RK and refused to have him in the film. Navin Nischol and Vyjayanthimala both

refused their roles when they heard RK would not be in the film.

Identify this cult-movie which is still wellknown for it’s fiesty dialogues.

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DeewarDeewar

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Published to coincide the Rio-2016, this book is

based on the life of athlete Mo Farah. The

3-word title of the book will invoke the playful days of our childhood and also

remind the Indian readers about the catchphrase

associated with a superhit movie of the recent-past.

Either, identify the title of the book or explain the

movie connection.

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‘‘Ready Steady Mo!’ / Chennai ExpressReady Steady Mo!’ / Chennai Express(Catchphrase was – Ready Steady Po!)(Catchphrase was – Ready Steady Po!)

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Around the 1st century BC, a series of canons laying down the main principles of the art

evolved which were known as the Shadanga or Six Limbs of Indian Painting.

These 'Six Limbs' have been translated as follows:* Rupabheda - The knowledge of appearances.* Pramanam - Correct perception, measure and structure.* Bhava - Action of feelings on forms.* Lavanya Yojanam - Infusion of grace, artistic representation.* Sadrisyam - Similitude.* Varnikabhanga - Artistic use of the brush and colours.

Who, sometimes wrongly identified as Mallanaga - the prophet of the Asuras, famously enumerated all these principles in his most well-

known work?

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VatsyayanaVatsyayana

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This song from The Simpsons (Season - #3 & Episode - #1, titled Stark Raving

Dad) was written by X, but due to contractual obligations, he was credited as ‘W.A. Mozart’ on the album Songs in

the Key of Springfield.Who is X?

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Michael JacksonMichael Jackson

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After making his debut in LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha, actor Harry Tangri has since appeared in films like Mausam, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, Bhaangarh and

more famously as army jawaan Taran Singh in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (vis).

Which high profile character will he be portraying in an eagerly awaited biopic?

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Yuvraj Singh in Yuvraj Singh in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold M.S. Dhoni: The Untold StoryStory

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Considered as one of the finest and the most popular of the novels by the author, it has

been translated into several languages including English, German, Hindi, Gujrati,

Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit. Identify the titular character who is

modelled partly after Kalidasa’s Shakuntala and partly after

Shakespeare’s Miranda.

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KapalkundalaKapalkundala

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Walter Sickert, regarded as one of the greatest British painter, was an unwilling accomplice in a conspiracy to cover up for

the Duke of Clarence, Queen Victoria’s dissolute grandson, whose passion for whoring in the East End left him with

syphilis. The paintings he created during that period later created confusion among

people like crime novelist Patricia Cornwell into something very sinister.

What was the confusion all about?(vis – next slides)

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Was Walter Sickert the real Jack The Was Walter Sickert the real Jack The Ripper?Ripper?

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In his new avatar as an action hero, X has been featured on the cover of the new

Marvel comic book - Civil War II: Choosing Sides, along with Puck, Sasquatch and

Aurora - members of superhero team Alpha Flight. Cartoonist Ramon Perez, who is

behind X’s depiction, told that his original draft did feature a bare-chested X, but Marvel thought the move might be too

risqué. Who is X?

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Justin TrudeauJustin Trudeau

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The Chowdaiah Memorial Hall is a hot-and-happening auditorium in Bengaluru.

This is probably the only auditorium in the world that is dedicated to the memory of a

musician (Tirumakudalu Chowdiah).What is the most striking feature of this auditorium which has made the dedication

very appropriate?

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It is built in the shape of a gigantic seven It is built in the shape of a gigantic seven stringed violin, complete with the strings, stringed violin, complete with the strings,

keys, the bridge and the bow.keys, the bridge and the bow.

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This particular scene in the Bond-flick From Russia With Love is a tribute to

which scene from a yesteryear’s classic?

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North By North WestNorth By North West

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Winner of multiple accolades, the book has been named - one of The New York Times 100 Notable Books, the

best book of the year by Newsweek’s critic

Malcolm Jones & one of the Best Books for

Young Adults by American Library

Association.Identify it.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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The Burbage family originally had a 21-year lease of the site. After the threat received from the landlord Giles Allen, carpenter

Peter Street along with his men dismantled it beam by beam on 28 Dec, 1598. With the

onset of more favourable weather in the following spring, the ferried materials were assembled on some marshy garden land.

What was thus created?

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Globe TheatreGlobe Theatre

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This hugely popular performance is said to be responsible for starting which

‘musical trend’?

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UnpluggedUnplugged

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Recent IMDb search for what is throwing up informations about these two earlier

ventures – first one is a 2009 German movie starring Hannah Herzsprung and 2nd one is a 2016-released Spanish movie?

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PinkPink

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Every year as an act of

compensation, 13 saplings are

planted in collaboration

with the Woodland Trust at Hainault

Forest, UK.What is the funda behind

this exercise?

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Judges Committee of the Man-Booker Prize Judges Committee of the Man-Booker Prize plant 13 saplings as a living plant 13 saplings as a living

commemoration of the ‘Booker Dozen’. It commemoration of the ‘Booker Dozen’. It provides a symbolic gesture to compensate provides a symbolic gesture to compensate for the trees felled in order to produce the for the trees felled in order to produce the hundred-plus books submitted for the prize hundred-plus books submitted for the prize

each year.each year.

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• 9 clues. 9 clues. • Each correct answer is worth Each correct answer is worth

5 marks.5 marks.• Full house ensure 5 bonus. Full house ensure 5 bonus.

What the round is all about????What the round is all about????* Clues about the movies which have won the ‘Oscar Award for Best Movie’ has been given. * You have to identify just the Movies accordingly. * Time provided – 4 minutes.


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1. This biopic is wellknown for it’s opening monologue which remains an iconic image in film history. (6)3. 1950’s musical rom-com directed by Vincente Minnelli which told the story of Gilberte. (4)4. The lowest-grossing Best Picture winner that is partly shot in India, has an unique trivia associated with it. (4,6)5. In this 1977-film Truman Capote has a cameo as the Winner of the Truman Capote look-alike contest. (5,4)

Across2. The first British film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, it was the 2nd directorial venture of this actor-director. (6)6. Dedicated to maestros like Don Siegel and Sergio Leone, it is the third movie of it’s genre to win this award. (10) 7. This 1964 film adaptation of the Lerner-and-Loewe eponymous stage musical is based on a literary piece. (2,4,4)8. Opening film of the 1st Berlin International Film Festival in 1951, it was the first American project of the director. (7)9. Nominated for 11 Oscars, including the nominations for the two leading men for Best Actor category, it ultimately won 8. (7)


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1. This biopic is wellknown for it’s opening monologue which remains an iconic image in film history. (6)3. 1950’s musical rom-com directed by Vincente Minnelli which told the story of Gilberte. (4)4. The lowest-grossing Best Picture winner that is partly shot in India, has an unique trivia associated with it. (4,6)5. In this 1977-film Truman Capote has a cameo as the Winner of the Truman Capote look-alike contest. (5,4)

Across2. The first British film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, it was the 2nd directorial venture of this actor-director. (6)6. Dedicated to maestros like Don Siegel and Sergio Leone, it is the third movie of it’s genre to win this award. (10) 7. This 1964 film adaptation of the Lerner-and-Loewe eponymous stage musical is based on a literary piece. (2,4,4)8. Opening film of the 1st Berlin International Film Festival in 1951, it was the first American project of the director. (7)9. Nominated for 11 Oscars, including the nominations for the two leading men for Best Actor category, it ultimately won 8. (7)


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What the round is all about????What the round is all about????* Several films have been made on the lives of different authors. * You have to identify the Authors / Writers who has been portrayed on screen.


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Catherine Keener in a 2005 movie and Sandra Bullock in a 2006 movie…..as

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Harper LeeHarper Lee**



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John Cusack appeared as which author who is questioned when a serial killer

begins committing gruesome murders that seem to be inspired from the author’s

literary works, in this 2012 movie?

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Whom did Kate Winslet portray in this Oscar-nominated performance?


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Ralph Fiennes played which genius in this 2013 British drama-movie directed

by Fiennes that tells about the genius’ secret love affair with Nelly Ternan, which lasted

for thirteen years till his death?


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Whom did Rupert Everett portray in this 1998 movie depicting an imaginery love affair between Viola de Lesseps and a

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Actor Ujjwal Sengupta portrayed whom in this 1982 movie?


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John Cusack appeared as which author who is questioned when a serial killer

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Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe

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Iris MurdochIris Murdoch

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Ralph Fiennes played which genius in this 2013 British drama-movie directed

by Fiennes that tells about the genius’ secret love affair with Nelly Ternan, which lasted

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Charles DickensCharles Dickens

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Whom did Rupert Everett portray in this 1998 movie depicting an imaginery love affair between Viola de Lesseps and a

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Christopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe

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Henry Louis Vivian DerozioHenry Louis Vivian Derozio

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Made of red and buff sandstones and decorated by white and black marbles, it is

symmetrical and is topped by large free standing kiosks, which are the chhatris. A

prime example of the high-class artistry, it also has these lines inscribed in Persian – “Isa

(Jesus), son of Mary said: 'The world is a Bridge, pass over it, but build no houses upon

it. He who hopes for a day, may hope for eternity; but the World endures but an hour. Spend it in prayer for the rest is unseen.”

Which monument is this?

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Buland DarwajaBuland Darwaja

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These two following clips, taken from the official video of the latest single of Coldplay, Up & Up, pays tribute to the

scientific endeavours of which genius?(next two slides)

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Elon MuskElon Musk

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The word was used literally for an itch, but then in the present day its figurative

meaning to tease or driving crazy became more popular. Gurgaon boy Rahul

Yadav, who adopted a stage name to promote his little-known Haryanvi

village made this word a household name through one of his recent works.

What is the good word?What is the stage name of Rahul Yadav?

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Chull & FazilpuriaChull & Fazilpuria

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Son of a marine who worked for the Department of Agriculture as an Inspector, his twin sister died in infancy because of

malnutrition. After surviving a difficult childhood, he tried to commit suicide by gassing himself in the garage, cutting his wrists and taking an overdose. But, the car stalled, blood coagulated and he

threw up pills after vomiting.Identify this favourite author of the moviemakers who finally died of a

stroke in 1982.

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Philip K. DickPhilip K. Dick

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On 11 June, 1936 an exhibition opened at the New Burlington Galleries, London. The chief guest of the programme delivered a

lecture in a diver’s suit. When he started to suffocate, poet David Gascoigne – one

of the organisers had to borrow a spanner to open the dress and release

him.Who was the chief guest?

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Salvador DaliSalvador Dali

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Composed by Salil Chowdhury, this melodious number has been sung by

whom?Also, identify the lyricist.

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Singer – Yesudas & Singer – Yesudas & Lyricist – Swami VivekanandaLyricist – Swami Vivekananda

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X’s popularity as Simon Templar a.k.a The Saint in the ’60s tv-series ‘The Saint’,

helped X get an even more bigger role in the silver screen a few years later.

Identify X and also the ‘role’ which made X a household name.(vis – next slide)

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Roger Moore & James BondRoger Moore & James Bond

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SplendiferousSplendiferous – meaning Full of or abounding in splendour or resplendent and Human beanHuman bean - meaning a humorous

alteration or mispronunciation of human being are two of the new words being inducted into the latest

edition of OED. Who, in 2016, has thus been paid tribute

to by OED?

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Roald DahlRoald Dahl

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The granddaughters of landowner-politician Sunder Singh Majithia, namely - Beant Kaur, Narwair Kaur and Gurbhajan Kaur, posed for the painting which was also used in this

January 2016 google-doodle released on the occasion of the painter’s 103rd birth

anniversary.Just identify this painter.

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Amrita Sher-GillAmrita Sher-Gill

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Winner of the 2016 Juno Award for the Group of the Year, this Canadian group is

known for their quirky musical sense.Name it.

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Walk Off The EarthWalk Off The Earth

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Veerandar Singh Bias, son of a jagirdar at Khajrana Kothi, Indore and Jai Singh

Rao Kalevar of Pindari warrior clan and a vegetable farmer died quite a few years ago

in relative obscurity. How did one of their college friends make

them immortal?

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Salim Khan created the characters Salim Khan created the characters Jai & Veeru after his two friendsJai & Veeru after his two friends

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Men who live with their mothers….men

who ‘do’ lunch ….men who have past lives… men with real Rolex

watch…are some of the types of ‘men’ discussed in this humourous book

written by a couple.Who is the male-half of

this author couple?

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Dan BrownDan Brown

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An architectural marvel, this 125 foot-tall statue was made by more than 200 sculptors. The final product which took around an year to complete, weighed over 8,000 kg. To erect it properly, 4

cranes were used.Where have you seen the statue,

mentioned in the question?

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Statue of Bhallala in the movie BahubaliStatue of Bhallala in the movie Bahubali

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This (supposedly) ‘inspired’ song from the 1937 film Arzoo had lyrics by Arzoo

Lucknawi and music by Pankaj Mullick.Identify the original one, a timeless classic,

that was again composed by Pankaj Mullick but had someone else’s lyrics.

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As revealed by the creator, ‘what’ started as a fan-fiction series originally titled, ‘Master

of the Universe’ and the leading protagonists are basically the rehashed version of these two characters from a

popular series?

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The Fifty Shades TrilogyThe Fifty Shades Trilogy

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Whose arrival is being eagerly awaited?

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Maa DurgaMaa Durga

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