Quiz held at Infosys Pune on 4th Jan 2012

1. The Idiot Box Quiz
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For : Hinjewadi Quiz Club
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2. The Idiot Box Quiz
Prelims
• 25 Questions
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Spanning ages
Who is the only person to play the same
character in the TV serials ―Ramayan‖ and
―Mahabharat‖?
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Answer:
• Dara Singh as Bajarang Bali God Hanuman
• Appeared in only 1 episode of Mahabharat in a
special appearance
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Political Impact
• The term ―X‖ (a theory in political science and
media studies) is used to describe the perceived
impact of real time, 24-hour news coverage on
the conduct and decision-making processes of
the American government’s foreign policies.
• Coined by the officials at the Pentagon during
the early 1990s
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Answer:
• The CNN effect
• Outcome of their coverage of the Tiananmen Square
protests, the fall of Communism in eastern
Europe, the first Gulf War, the infamous Battle of
Mogadishu etc.
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The Indian Connection
Connect
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Answer:
• The Jungle Book
• Nippon Animation – Creators of the TV serial
• Nana Patekar – Voice of Share Khan
• Vishal Bhardwaj – Music of title song
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Gulzar jee – Lyrics of title song
Rudyard Kipling – Author of the book
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Yes, indeed…
Before the title was settled, other titles
considered for the show were ―_____ Like
Us―, "Insomnia Cafe―, "Six of One" and "Across
the Hall."
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Answer:
• Friends
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Heaven to Hell
Connect them (exhaustive list)
1. Divya Shukla from Bangalore
2. Tony Kordelia from Pune
3. Mini Goel from Chandigarh
4. __________ Singha from Delhi
5. Ranjit Bajaj from Chandigarh
6. Natasha Gulati from Delhi
7. Ignoor Bains from Rajpura, Punjab.
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Answer:
• Roadies 1 contestants
• Missing person – Rannvijay Singh
• Who was the host in 1st season?
• Cyrus Sahukar
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Apollo 11
Launched on August 1, 1981, at 12:01
a.m., with the words "Ladies and
gentlemen, rock and roll," announced by John
Lack. What?
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Answer:
• MTV
• They played over footage of the first Space
Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia (which
took place earlier that year) and of the launch of
Apollo 11.
• This was immediately followed by the original
MTV theme song, a crunching classical tune
composed by Jonathan Elias and John
Petersen, playing over photos of the Apollo 11
moon landing, with the flag featuring MTV's logo
changing various colours, textures and designs.
• The first video was "Video Killed the Radio Star"
by the Buggles.
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Pioneers
Connect
• "Profit From It" (2000—2004)
• "The World Leader in Business News" (2004—
2008)
• "First in Business Worldwide" (2008—present)
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Answer:
• CNBC-TV 18
• First Indian 24 hr business news channel
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Decision Makers
X is a system invented by CBS director, Tony
Verna.
X was used for the first time on 7th December
1963, for the network's coverage of the Army–
Navy Game.
Sir Don Bradman did 2 articles for
Wisden, one was ―Modern ways of cricket‖.
The other was on X.
What is X?
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Answer:
• Instant Replay or Action Replay
• After a few technical hitches, the only replay
broadcast was Rollie Stichweh's winning touchdown.
• It was replayed at the original speed.
• When broadcast, the commentator Lindsey Nelson
exclaimed "Ladies and gentlemen, Army did not
score again!―
• Most of the modern day decision making systems in
sports use it.
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Getting Nostalgic
Famous DD show based on stories from the
books:
A Horse and Two
Goats, ______________, _____ and Friends
and The Vendor Of Sweets.
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Answer:
• Malgudi Days
• Swami and Friends, I believe, is one of the most
popular.
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Annoying
• Charles Douglass was a sound engineer. The
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored
Douglass with a 1992 Emmy for lifetime
technical achievement for creating the X.
• Initial versions of X stood a little over 2 ft tall
and could be played like an organ to replicate
different kinds of ________. The operator could
also select particular genders and ages.
• It is believed that Douglass recorded audiences
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from I Love Lucy, The Red Skeleton Show or
Marcel Marceau's mime act to use in his X.
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22. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Laugh box
• Used to provide the annoying background
laughter on sitcom tracks.
• Other accepted answers - laugh track, canned
laughter, laughter track, fake laughter, sweetening
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Change for better
Vodafone received India’s first Glitterbox
Award from PETA (People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals) in 2009. Explain why?
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Answer:
• For replacing the Pug with more humane
alternatives in their ads – first an animated
talking Parrot, followed by Zoo Zoos
• This award is given to businesses that take
advantage of human alternatives to the use of
real animals in their advertisements.
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Most Popular
Connect
1. From Pole to Pole
2. Mountains
3. Fresh Water
4. Caves
5. Deserts
6. Ice Worlds
7. Great Plains
8. Jungles
9. Shallow Seas
10. Seasonal Forests
11. Ocean Deep
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26. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Planet Earth - The most popular TV series ever
with a rating of 9.7/10 on IMDB
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Age defying
This serial was aired in Sri Lanka on Sirasa TV
every weekday at 8.00pm. In this telecast, it is
dubbed into Sinhala and the name of the drama
is changed to `Maha Gedara` (meaning `big
home` in Sinhalese). The serial is also aired in
Afghanistan on Tolo TV every weekday in
dubbed Dari version.
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Answer:
• Kyun Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi –
• In Pakistan it is aired on Star Plus (from India)
on 10:00 pm.
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Waterfall
Karen Lunel (Hishey), an airhostess with Indian
Airlines, did something in the year Sholay
released. Her popularity was so much that an
encore was done after 10 years. What was her
claim to fame?
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30. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• The original Liril girl
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What a run?
X entered the Limca Book of Records and
Guinness Book of World Records in 2004 for
canning an entire episode of Y named "The
Inheritance― in one single shot of 111 minutes
(one hour fifty one minutes) without a single
cut. Identify X and Y. (part marks)
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32. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• B. P. Singh – Director of C.I.D.
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Proud underachievers
On April 9, 2009, the United States Postal
Service unveiled a series of five 44 cent stamps
featuring 5 characters of a hugely popular TV
show, to commemorate it’s twentieth
anniversary. Which show?
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Answer:
• Simpsons
• Bart’s famous quote – ―Underachiever and
proud of it‖
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Social Impact
Connect (a term)
• Priyadarshini Mattoo case
• Jessica Lal case
• Nitish Katara murder case
• Bijal Joshi rape case
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36. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Trial by Media
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Insiders
Identify the logo
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38. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Al Jazeera
• First to show videos of Osama Bin Laden after 9-
11 attacks.
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Nerves of Steel
B4U is one of the world's leading Bollywood
television networks. Movie producer Kishore Lulla
(EROS International) and industrialist Gokul
Binani (Binani Cements) are founder and co-
owners along with a 3rd partner. Who is their
partner in this venture?
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40. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal
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Presidential Charm
First televised US Presidential Debate was
telecast on 26 September 1960. Who were the
candidates ? (0.5 for each correct answer)
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Answer:
• John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon
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Rags to Riches
Who is the new brand ambassador of the
government scheme depicted by the log below?
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44. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• KBC winner Sushil Kumar - New brand
ambassador of (MGNREGA) Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
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Together, we can
Connect
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Answer:
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Brains behind
Flintstones, Scooby Doo, The
Smurfs and many more
cartoons.
―I Love Lucy‖ episodes opened
with animated matchstick figures
of the lead characters making
reference to whoever the
particular episode's sponsor was.
These sequences were created by
the animation team of Hanna
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and Barbera, who declined
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Bald Devils
Connect
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48. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Onida Devils
• David Whitbread was the first
• Followed by TV and film actor Rajiv Khera
• The last devil was film actor Ashish Choudhary
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Who else?
The first episode of Boardwalk Empire (8
Emmy Awards winner American television
series) is considered to be the most expensive
pilot episode produced in television
history, with a final cost of $18 million. Who
directed this episode?
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50. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Martin Scorsese
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51. The Idiot Box Quiz
Root of Evil
Earlier versions were called Lazy
Bones, Flashmatic or Space Command.
What am I talking about?
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52. The Idiot Box Quiz
Answer:
• Remote Control 
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