Entertainment Quiz conducted by Abhinav Choudhary on 5th October at Thapar campus, Patiala.
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3. Rules
▪ 42 Questions
▪ 5 Rounds
▪ Round 1 – Written Round I (10)
▪ Round 2 – IB / IP – I (11)
▪ Round 3 – Written Round (Themed) (5)
▪ Round 4 – IB / IP – II (11)
▪ Round 5 - Written Round (Themed) (5)
▪ If you are here only for Bollywood, please leave.
▪ QM is lazy and high as a kite, so don’t argue and suck it
up
4. Rules
▪ Written Round I
▪ 10 Questions
▪ Movies Reimagined for Another Time and Place
▪ QM is lazy so don’t argue and suck it up
36. Rules
▪ IB / IP I
▪ 11 Questions
▪ +10 / 0 on Bounce & +10/-5 on Pounce
▪ QM is lazy so don’t argue and suck it up
37. 1
● The Rookery is a bar in Chicago. Earlier this year, they opened a pop-up bar
on the first floor of the building celebrating a very iconic movie.
● The pop-up bar had several drinks after the theme and characters of the film.
One of the bars from the film was replicated.
● There was an actor who played the lead character from the film and another
actor played the role of the bartender.
● Which film is this?
43. 2
● After securing the streaming rights of a TV show, Hulu recreated the main
character’s NYC apartment.
● There are several cereal options available and also some Superman
figurines here and there.
● Which character is this?
48. 3
● A game studio called Erebus started a Kickstarter funding page to gather
money for a new game they had in mind based on a famous film.
● The ambitious Kickstarter campaign ended when the result was
underwhelming and they could only reach a very small fraction of the
required money.
● The game was supposed to be “like Fallout : New Vegas on acid in
_______.”
● They even got the approval of the veteran director who was excited to the
movie being introduced to new audience.
● The game was to be based on which film?
54. 4
● The town rose to prominence after the British found huge Mica deposits here. A railroad
was laid which led the mineral to Calcuttafrom where it was exported to Japan.
● B.V. Kesakar, the then Information and Broadcasting Minister, banned film music on All
India Radio (AIR) in 1952. This led to the rise of Radio Ceylon, the first radio station of
South Asia.
● In those days, people used to send postcards to request songs on the radio and a mica
mining tycoon from the town, Rameshwar Prasad Barnwal, decided to join the trend.
● This started a competition among the town and residents even bribed the postman to not
post their competitor’s postcards.
● This continued even after AIR started playing Hindi film songs in 1957. The town became
famous in the country but people were skeptical about the town’s existence because of its
unusual name.
● The town even got featured in many Hindi movie songs but is now famous for its soft
Kalakand.
● Which town is this?
63. 6
● For a project, someone “consumed” at least 400 of something of Romeo y
Julieta brand. Each of them cost $50 and it cost them $20,000 of the total
$30 million budget.
● He got serious poisoning because of this but it was brushed off saying,
“It’s _______ _______. You can’t have him without these.”
● The product measured 7" long with a ring gauge of 47. It can still be
obtained today in ____; is sold in tubes with a red & gold band and has a
superb aroma.
● What is the product and who consumed them?
66. 7
● The most famous whiskey by this brand will be discontinued in 2018. The
17 - year old whiskey which rose to fame in 2003 will gradually be
removed from the core range, and production will stop.
● The whiskey is one of the most popular premium blended ranges to come
out of the country. The bottles are iconic, featuring 24 facets that represent
the 24 small seasons of Japan and the hours in a day.
● Now, the people of this country will have to find another relaxing whiskey.
● What is the Whiskey brand and what made it famous?
69. 8
● A large number of females protested in Argentina against the anti abortion
laws in the nation. The same was done by women in Ireland when they
came to the streets for the same reason.
● The protesters were dressed in a very peculiar fashion to convey their
emotions regarding the laws. The dress has become a symbol of
worldwide protest regarding unfair laws against females.
● Same kind of protests were done in a Mike Pence rally in USA where
people are comparing the Trump administration to the dystopian future
represented in a fictional universe.
● What were the protesters dressed as?
72. 9
● A _____ is simply a man-made embankment built to keep a river from
overflowing its banks or to prevent ocean waves from washing into
undesired areas.
● In parts of the Netherlands, these stop ocean waters from claiming
thousands of miles of land, much of which is either at or below sea level.
● After the great Mississippi flood of 1927, a couple Kansas Joe McCoy and
Memphis Minnie recorded the song in 1929 after the _____ broke and
some people had no place to stay.
● FITB.
75. 10
● The ____ is a swamp and marsh-filled region of Westeros, located where
the waters of the Bite, an inlet of the Shivering Sea, and Blazewater Bay,
an inlet of the Sunset Sea.
● It is the narrowest part of the continent which is what lends it its name.
● What is the region called? / FITB.
79. 11
● Following is a screengrab from the 2017 film, Coco where an undead is
trying to impersonate someone else.
● Identify who is the character dresses as.
84. Rules
▪ Written Round I
▪ 5 Questions
▪ Identify the subject of the songs
▪ QM is lazy so don’t argue and suck it up
85. 1
● The artist compares _________ to “The Garden of Eden.” In the song, the
artist meets an Adamic figure(child of god) and asks him “Where he is
going” to which the figure replies that he is going to Yasgur’s farm to set
his soul free.
● By the time the artist and figure got to _________, they were a million
strong and there was celebration everywhere.
● Capturing the scenario of the nation, the artist says she dreamt of
bombers in the sky but they were turning to butterflies above her nation.
● The song is considered to be the unofficial anthem of __________ and is
loved by people all over the world.
96. 1
● The artist compares _________ to “The Garden of Eden.” In the song, the
artist meets an Adamic figure(child of god) and asks him “Where he is
going” to which the figure replies that he is going to Yasgur’s farm to set
his soul free.
● By the time the artist and figure got to _________, they were a million
strong and there was celebration everywhere.
● Capturing the scenario of the nation, the artist says she dreamt of
bombers in the sky but they were turning to butterflies above her nation.
● The song is considered to be the unofficial anthem of __________ and is
loved by people all over the world.
113. Rules
▪ IB / IP II
▪ 11 Questions
▪ +10 / 0 on Bounce & +10/-5 on Pounce
▪ QM is lazy so don’t argue and suck it up
114. 12
● Following is a clip from the 2000 film, Almost Famous where Russell
Hammond (a band’s frontman) is high on drugs and is about to jump from
the roof of a house. Before jumping he shouts “I am a Golden God” which
is a reference to another frontman saying the same thing.
● Who is the other frontman?
118. 13
• In the following clip from Mulan(1998), one of Mulan’s ancestors is about
to lose a farm.
• Who is about to lose the farm / What is the reference here?
133. 16
• In old time Bangkok, people used to live on rafts and had floating markets.
Villagers lost their money and jewelry all the time in the river.
• This helped the rise of a whole new community of divers who go down the
river in search for coins, china, jewelry and scrap metal.
• But the “________ _____” divers use more makeshift equipment and
operate under the radar in the middle of the country’s urban metropolis.
• This activity of theirs helped them get a nickname.
• What is the nickname? / FITB.
136. 17
• Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian-American actor famous for portraying a very
famous character in the 1931 film.
• After his death in 1956, his costume from the ‘31 movie was put on his
body as according to certain claims he wished to be buried in his costume.
• It was actually the decision of Lugosi’s fourth wife Lillian and their son Bela
Jr.
• The burial in the dress was very fitting to the character he played.
• Which character is Bela famous for?
139. 18
• In the next slide, you’ll find a screenshot from the movie
Pleasantville(1998). Context of the scene is not exactly important for the
question.
• The colored folks sitting on the balcony above and non colored folks sitting
below is a reference to something from the world of literature.
• What is the scene referencing?
143. 19
• In the next slide you’ll find a mashup of clips from ‘Veronica Mars’, a TV
show where the lead character, Veronica is obsessed with a movie and
references it during the show.
• Which movie is she obsessed with?
147. 20
• A certain American expert called Wilford Deming was a very integral part
of the project. He came to India to assemble the Tanar recording
equipment for Imperial at the astronomical sum of Rs 100 a day.
• Work on the project was done mostly at night between 1 am and 4 am
because of the workplace’s proximity to railway lines.
• For the project, Master Vithal was selected but he was already busy with
some other project and in his eagerness to join, broke the contract.
• To his rescue came, a famous lawyer who himself had an affinity towards
arts and during his studies joined a Shakespearean company.
• It was discovered later that Vithal’s hindi was pretty poor and his character
was then made dumb.
• What project is this story about? Bonus – Name the lawyer.
150. 21
• This movie took 9 years to make.
• “We were experienced enough to know that a film involving such
overwhelming craftsmanship, minute detailing, massive gathering of
artistes and unit hands, strenuous schedules with large units of artistes
and trained animals, day and night shoots cannot be a simple affair.“ said
the lead actor of the movie.
• For the premier of the film, the prints of the film were carried by a
decorated elephant.
• Which film is this?
153. 22
• In the following clip from S01E02 of Futurama, Bender is fighting a Moon
mascot over alcohol and does something after finishing the drink.
• What does Bender do and what is it a reference to?
158. Rules
▪ Written Round III
▪ Libraries in Fiction
▪ 5 Questions
▪ Identify the Library or the universe
▪ QM is lazy so don’t argue and suck it up
159. 1
● Staircases wind their way up as
many as thirteen stories of
bookshelves, separated by
Roman arches, while stained-
glass windows let in a low,
atmospheric light from each
corner.
160. 2
● A triple-cube library built in the
baroque style, this spectacular
and elegant space was given as a
gift to ____ by The ______.
● Finishing pieces include a
chessboard, as well as gold-
plated globes and astrolabes.
162. 4
● Its orderly layout is unlike the
often-chaotic nature of ____
______, though it does display
the English gothic style typical of
the building; through pointed
arches, vaulted ceilings,
buttresses and large windows.
163. 5
● The thoroughly-modern Shermer
School Library is where the
protagonists discover themselves
and “come to age.”
165. 1
● Staircases wind their way up as
many as thirteen stories of
bookshelves, separated by
Roman arches, while stained-
glass windows let in a low,
atmospheric light from each
corner.
167. 2
● A triple-cube library built in the
baroque style, this spectacular
and elegant space was given as a
gift to ____ by The ______.
● Finishing pieces include a
chessboard, as well as gold-
plated globes and astrolabes.
171. 4
● Its orderly layout is unlike the
often-chaotic nature of ____
______, though it does display the
English gothic style typical of the
building; through pointed arches,
vaulted ceilings, buttresses and
large windows.