Quiz held on 4th Jan, 2012 at Infosys Pune

1. The Idiot Box Quiz
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For : Hinjewadi Quiz Club
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2. The Idiot Box Quiz
Mains
• Who Am I? 2 questions each at the
start, middle and end of the quiz.
• Round 1 - clockwise infinite bounce till
the cycle completes.
• +10 for correct answer on pass.
• Round 2 – anti-clockwise – same rules
as Round 1.
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3. The Idiot Box Quiz
Who Am I?
• Everyone can score
• Answers to be jotted on a piece of paper.
Will be checked by QM.
• Only 1 attempt per question by each team.
• 1st clue - + 30
• 2nd clue - + 20
• 3rd clue - + 15
• 4th clue - + 10
• 5th clue - + 5 Compiled By: Chintan Shah

4. The Idiot Box Quiz
Identify
• Recently received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian
Award given out intermittently by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1956.
• Was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for Steven Spielberg's 1985
film, The Color Purple.
• Only living woman on Life magazine’s 2010 list of
“100 people who have changed the world”.
• The Wall Street Journal coined a term -
“_____________", meaning public confession as a
form of therapy.
• Chairman and CEO of Harpo Productions.
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5. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Oprah Winfrey
• The Wall Street Journal coined the term
"Oprahfication", meaning public confession as a
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6. The Idiot Box Quiz
Identify
• Playing the role of Ahmed Sinai in Deepa
Mehta’s film adaptation of Midnight’s Children
• Shares the same birth-day as Amitabh Bachchan
• Starred opposite Farheen in his 1st major movie
role and claimed to be famous across India
• Arrested by Mumbai Police for rash and
negligent driving in October, 2011
• Owner of Ace Security and Protection
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7. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Ronit Roy
• Clientele of his security agency includes Mithun
Chakraborthy, Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan
and Lalit Modi.
• Often referred to as the Amitabh Bachchan of
the small screen
• Film acting awards for Udaan - 2010 - Best Actor
in a Negative role at Star Screen Awards and Zee
Cine Awards + Filmfare Best Supporting Actor
in Supporting Role
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8. The Idiot Box Quiz
Idiot Box – Really?
An experiment by IIM Ahmedabad faculty Brij
Kothari has supposedly been a proven medium
for a low per-person cost to shore up literacy
rates in India. Acknowledged by UNESCO.
What am I talking about?
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9. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer: (Marks to be granted for funda)
• SLS - Same Language Sub-titling makes reading
practice an incidental, automatic, and subconscious
part of popular TV entertainment, at a low per-
person cost to shore up literacy rates in India.
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10. The Idiot Box Quiz
Circus
Identify the logo:
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11. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• World Series Cricket – Kerry Packer’s Circus
• Started because Australian Cricket Board
refused to give TV rights to Channel Nine
• Origin of use of helmets, drop-in
pitches, colored outfits, day-night matches etc.
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12. The Idiot Box Quiz
Measure
TAM and AMap are very important
organizations for the Indian TV fraternity.
Why?
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13. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• TRP s
• In India, television ratings are collected mainly
by - TAM Media Research and Audience
Measurement Analytics Limited (aMap).
• AMap entered the market in 2005, with more
coverage and latest technology from Telecontrol-
Switzerland. AMap polls the meters (6000
households) using GSM network and provides
ratings overnight.
• TAM India collects data manually (physical
visits) and releases data weekly.
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14. The Idiot Box Quiz
Time keeps ticking
All the cast members of a TV series were
required to have their hair trimmed every five
days. Which famous thriller series?
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15. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• 24 by Fox network
• Which Indian actor was a guest star on this
F4
show?
• Anil Kapoor
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16. The Idiot Box Quiz
In Protest
Campaign for:
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17. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• No TV Day – 29 Jan 2011
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18. The Idiot Box Quiz
(In)famous
Which TV mini-series?
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19. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Bodyline
• An Australian
television
miniseries which
dramatized the
events of the
1932–1933 Ashes
- English cricket
F6
team tour of
Australia.
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20. The Idiot Box Quiz
Power shift
Connect
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21. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• TEN Sports –
• Abdul Rahman Bukhatir – famous for bringing
cricket in the deserts – was the founder
• TEN = Taj Entertainment Network
• Zee Entertainment Network owns 50% stake
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22. The Idiot Box Quiz
It’s Popular
Connect (exhaustive list, as yet)
• George Clooney
• Julia Roberts
• Sean Penn
• Susan Sarandon
• Helen Hunt
• Robin Williams
• Reese Witherspoon
• Charlton Heston
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23. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Oscar winning actors/actresses who have
appeared on Friends
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24. The Idiot Box Quiz
Commotion
Identify the logo (part of the logo is missing)
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25. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Hungama TV
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26. The Idiot Box Quiz
Har photo kuuch kehta hai
Connect
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27. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Piyush Pandey - Godfather of Indian Advertising
• Brain behind the famous ad campaigns for
Kinetic Luna (Chal meri Luna), Fevikwik (the
fisherman ad), Cadbury (Kucch khaas hai), Asian
Paints (Har ghar kucch kehta hai), Vodafone
Zoozoos, MP tourism (MP ajab hai) etc.
• Ila Arun’s brother
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28. The Idiot Box Quiz
Going On & On & On
The dramatic serials broadcast on radio that
had soap manufacturers such as Procter &
Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Lever Brothers
as sponsors and producers led to the evolution
of a famous term.
According to Albert Moran, it is defined as "that
form of television that works with a continuous
open narrative. Each episode ends with a
promise that the storyline is to be continued in
another episode".
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29. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Soap Opera
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30. The Idiot Box Quiz
Identify
• Won the PrimeTime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Series (2010) for her role in “The Good Wife”
• Feature film debut in the BAFTA-award-winning
1999 British dramedy East is East
• She spent part of her childhood in Mumbai
(Bombay), which is why she considers herself
"Part Bombayite, part British"
• Played the role of Pinky Bhamra in Bend It Like
Beckham
• Shares her first name with a famous comic series
character
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31. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Archie Panjabi
• Named as one of the Top 10 Faces on TV to
watch by Variety (2009).
• Named as one of the "Eight Actors Who Turn
Television into Art," in cover story of The New
York Times Magazine (2011). Shah
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32. The Idiot Box Quiz
Identify
• Appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on July
4, 1977 after being chosen to lead the 1977
America's Cup defense as skipper of the yacht
“Courageous”
• Nicknames - "The Mouth of the South" and "Captain
Outrageous“
• Chairman of the United Nations Foundation
• In 1991, he became the first media figure to be
named Time magazine's Man of the Year
• Launched the charitable Goodwill Games in reaction
to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic
Games of the 1980s
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33. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Ted Turner, founder of CNN
• Has challenged another media Moghul for a
televised fistfight. Who?
• Rupert Murdoch Compiled By: Chintan Shah
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34. The Idiot Box Quiz
DD Archives
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35. The Idiot Box Quiz
UnI
Identify
• Written by Piyush Pandey
• Composed by Ashok Patki
• Co-composed & arranged by Louis Banks
• First Aired on 15th August, 1988
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36. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Mile Sur Mera Tumhara
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37. The Idiot Box Quiz
Introducing
Connect
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38. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• A Mouthful of Sky – First English language
TV serial to be produced in India
• Some episodes were directed by Mahesh
Bhatt.
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39. The Idiot Box Quiz
Overloaded
Connect
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40. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Amul Surabhi
• Amul launched the ad featuring Smita Patil & Girish
Karnad from the film Manthan for the first time on
this show.
• Violin maestro Dr. L. Subramaniam composed the
title music.
• According to the Limca Book of Records the show
once received the highest ever documented response
in the history of Indian television - over 1.4 million
letters in a single week.
• The Indian postal department was forced to issue a
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different category of postcards called "Competition
Postcards" priced at Rs. 2 each for participating in
such contests.
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41. The Idiot Box Quiz
Rising Star
Connect
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42. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Shahrukh Khan
• Lekh Tandon gave him first break in Dil Dariya. He
acted as “Dadaji” in Swades
• Colonel Kapoor gave him his first major role in Fauji
• Became famous through Aziz Mirza’s Circus
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43. The Idiot Box Quiz
My Lord
Identify this person
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44. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Master Manjunath
• Stone Boy + Swami and Friends (Malgudi Days)
• Agneepath – young Vijay Dinanath Chauhan
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45. The Idiot Box Quiz
DD Archives
Chiriyakhana, a.k.a. The Zoo (1967) - The film
was a huge success with Uttam Kumar bagging
the first ever National Award for playing the
role of X and director Satyajit Ray receiving a
National Award for best direction. Identify X.
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46. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Byomkesh Bakshi
• Directed by Basu Chatterjee.
• Rajit Kapur played the title role.
• The series of books was created by Sharadindu
Bandyopadhyay.
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47. The Idiot Box Quiz
Spinning tales
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48. The Idiot Box Quiz
Spinning tales
• Veteran ad-man Chetan Shashital has sung
famous songs like Sabse Bada Rupaiya in
Bluffmaster and more recently Saigal Blues in
Delhi Belly. He has provided voiceover for one
of the most loved Disney characters on DD.
Who?
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49. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Ballu from Disney Hour’s Talespin
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50. The Idiot Box Quiz
Inspirational
Connect
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51. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Kavita Chaudhary, Udaan
• The serial was inspired by true story of her elder
sister Kanchan Choudhary, the first female
Director General of Police. By: Chintan Shah
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52. The Idiot Box Quiz
Old is Gold
• This is a famous e-Bay India ad campaign.
Identify both the people in this ad.
(No part marks)
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53. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Famous e-Bay ad campaign
• Dr. Narottam Puri - Famous DD commentator
from the 80s and 90s. Even today, he is often
seen in DDs 4th umpire show during live telecast
of cricket matches
• The lady is the famous DD anchor – Komal G B
Singh. She was offered to act opposite SRK in
Fauji at her peak.
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54. The Idiot Box Quiz
Old friends
Who is being interviewed?
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55. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Yuri Gagarin
• DD began a 5 minute news bulletin in 1965.
• Pratima Puri (right) was the first newsreader.
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56. The Idiot Box Quiz
Humble beginnings
Why are they here?
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57. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• TV news readers
• Smita Patil and Jayanti Natarajan – Both of them
worked as TV news readers on Doordarshan
kendras, Mumbai and Madras respectively.
• Mandatory required words to award points –
“news reader” or “news caster”
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58. The Idiot Box Quiz
Identify
• In January 2010, he released his book "Karl, Aaj aur
Kal", a semi-autobiographical comedy about
celebrities, Bollywood and politics.
• At the age of 12, acted in his first Hindi film Jalwa
and starred alongside Naseeruddin Shah.
• Hosted Chevrolet Cricket Show on Ten Sports
• Started his career as RJ and turned out to be one of
the most popular Indian VJs
• Was named after a Persian Emperor
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59. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Cyrus Broacha
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60. The Idiot Box Quiz
Identify
• In April 2005, she was awarded the FICCI
Woman of the Year award.
• The World Economic Forum named her as one
of the Young Global Leaders of 2009
• Her first job was at UTV, where she worked
alongside Karan Thapar, Tavleen Singh and
Nafisa Ali.
• As a part of UTV's News and Current Affairs
division, she produced shows like We the
People for Star TV and Line of Fire for Sab TV.
• Anchors and produces several shows like Young
Turks, India Business Hour, The Nation's
Business and Power Turks. By: Chintan Shah
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61. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Shereen Bhan
• Credited with
breaking some of the
biggest corporate
stories of our
time, like the
Vodafone- Hutch deal
and the Bharti-
Walmart JV
• NRN is very fond of
Shereen, and
considers her to be
“just like his
daughter”. Compiled By: Chintan Shah
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