Round 5 & 6

* 20 questions.
* Infinite (Bounce + Pounce).
* Marks - Direct : 10
- Bonus : 10

1

 Identify the singer of this song from the
1950 movie Arzoo.

2

 After 14 unsuccessful attempts by 36
persons, this seemingly impossible task
was achieved in 1962 by Clarence
Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris.

 Their act was later immortalised in a 1963
novel and a 1979 movie.

 What did the trio successfully attempted?

3
 How did Bob Beamon express his
solidarity with Black Power Salute
protest, during this victory ceremony?
(He got away with it as most people didn’t
notice it.)

 Bob Beamon put
his black socks up
over his tracks to
show solidarity
with John Carlos
and Tommie
Smith.

4
 Also known as Venus's car, Lady in a
bath, Dutchman's trousers or Lyre-
flower -- this popular ornamental plant is
found in the Eastern Asia, from Siberia
to Japan. It is also used in floristry as a
cut flower for Valentine's Day.

 How is it
commonly
known?

5
 Spoofs of which famous painting?

 American Gothic, by Grant Wood.

6
 He is the gladiator and rebellion leader
Spartakis appearing in Asterix and Obelix
All at Sea. On which real life person, this
character has been based?

7

 Himachal Pradesh’s famed Thoda-ka-
Khel, a game of archery, where the target
is a dancing human, is played between
two teams -- the Saatha (team of sixty)
and the Paasha (team of five).

 What is so interesting about the members
of these two teams?

 Members of the two teams identify
themselves as descendants of
Pandavas and Kauravas.

8

 Identify this gentleman who is meeting
eleven-year-old Amanda, diagnosed with
Aplastic Anemia, to fulfill her wish in
2009.

9

 Identify this funny elderly gentleman
being interviewed by Shekhar Suman.

10
 Titanic, Fortitude, Glimmer & Airborne
Cigar – were all carried out as a means of
deception for Overlord, which infact
commenced sensationally with Neptune.

 What am I talking about?
(Clue – the visuals)

 Operation Titanic, Operation Glimmer,
Operation Fortitude & Operation
Airborne Cigar were all deception operations
to fox the enemies for the Operation
Overlord(the code name for the Battle of
Normandy). The Operation
Overlord commenced on 6 June
1944 with the Normandy
landings (Operation Neptune,
commonly known as D-Day).

 Time magazine
11
cover
on Dec 15,

1967.

 Put funda.

 Christian Bernard. He performed the
world's first successful human-to-
human heart transplant.

12
 Whom did
Robert Pattinson
portray in this
2008 drama film
set against the
backdrop during
the 20s and 30s?

13

 Put funda. (I am looking for a three-word
term)

14
 Originally titled ‘Where No Man Has
Gone Before’, this musical piece has
been used as the theme music for which
iconic tv series?

15

 According to University of Maryland:
It travels at 650 miles per second, 3,000
times the speed of sound continuously
for 31 hrs. from east to west and carries a
payload of 353,430 tons which is four
times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth
II ocean liner.

 What is being described?

16

 This song, from a movie based on a real
life incident, won numerous prestigious
awards including Broadcast Film Critics
Association Award but lost the Oscar to
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3”.

 Name the composer.

17

 According to a recent article at Outlook, a
Bangalore book salesman named G.K.
Ananthram was the man behind the
publication of a popular something, in
1965—in Kannada. Though another
gentleman is usually credited for starting
this in 1967 in Mumbai.

 What?

18

 Identify this martial art which was part of
the 1924 Olympics as a demonstration
sport.

19

 Lyrics by Swanand Kirkire, composed by
Shantanu Moitro.

 Who is singing?

 Kaushiki Chakraborty Desikan

20
 Household paint and clipped butterfly wings
make up this 3.5 million dollar kaleidoscopic
image, titled - I am Become Death, Shatterer of
Worlds. Identify the creator of this artwork.

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