PRELIMS OF THE MELAS QUIZ AT HERITAGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY on 7th February,2015

1. Prelims

2. Rules:
 QM is Rajanikanth, so mind it……
 If you have any protest regarding
anything about the quiz, you will face
Devarchan’s wrath later on…
 And yes……….. All The Best……..

3. Before We Start:
1. 30 Question Prelims
2. All multiples of 5 are star marked
questions in order to break ties.
3. Sudden death if tie is still not broken
4. Prelims scores to be considered in
case of a tie after the finals.

4. 1.
X is a painting which was published between 1830-1833.
It is one of the most recognized paintings in Japanese art
history.
Copies of this painting lie in many Western collections ,
including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, British
Museum in London and also in Claude Monet’s house
in Giverny ,France.
It is a polycrome woodblock painting and was part of the
series known as “Thirty Six views of Mount Fuji”.
The painting emphasizes the great power of nature and
the precariousness of human existence.
Apple OSX and iOS use a small image of X as a water
emoji.
Id X.

5. The Great Wave off Kaganawa

6. 2.
X is a character who features in DC
Comics.First created by Joseph
Somachson and artist Joe Certa and first
appeared in DC Comics #225.He has
been ranked #44 in IGN’s greatest comic
book hero list .His only weakness is fire
and has one of the rare gifts of
Intangibility .His other abilities include
Invunerability , Shapeshifting and flight.
He’s part of the JLA ,JSA and Storm
Watch .Id X.

7. Martian Manhunter
or J’onn J’onzz

8. 3.
In the 2013 summer sci fi movie X the
director was inspired by Francis Goya’s
painting “The Collosus” to create a
“sense of awe “ in the film’s battle
sequences and because of the scale of
the characters.
The film featured the concept of psychic
linking.
The following words might help you figure
out the name of the film:
Eureka,Danger ,Hammer ,Knife and
Cherno.

10. 4.
Id this 1962 Spanish film from the phrase
and the dialogue between B and G from
“Midnight in Paris ” after it.
Dinner Guests enter a room for a party .
They eat and drink. They move to the
music room . The party ends. No one is
able to leave the room .They aren’t
trapped physically . They are trapped
psychologically.
G:” I have an idea for a film for you…….”
B: “But why can’t they leave ? I don’t
understand”

11. The Exterminating Angel.

12. 5.
What 1953 dystopian science fiction
novel would feature the following
chapters:
.)Hearth of a Salamander
.)Sieve and the Sand
.)Burning Light
And would later be adapted into a film
by Francois Truffaut.

14. 6.
Who’s Statue is this in Donetsk
,Ukraine?

15. Sergey Bubka

16. 7.
X is known as the father of “Bengali
Science Fiction” .
He has written the books “Niruddesher
Kahini “ (The Missing One) and
Palatak Tuphan (Runaway Cyclone).
X is famous for an entirely different
reason as well because of his
contributions in the fields of science
.Id X.

17. Acharya JC Bose

18. 8.
Which professional boxer of the 1920’s
was nicknamed
“Kid Blackie” and “ The Manassa Mauler”?
He’s found his place on the Ring’s list at
#10 for all time greatest heavyweights.
He was given the name “Manassa Mauler”
because he hailed from Mannassa
,Colorado.
His name also been given to a certain type
of Fish found mostly in the North and
Central Americas because of their
supposedly aggressive nature and
strong facial features.

19. Jack Dempsey

20. 9.
 As is
evident
from the
sketch
,the artist
is clearly
of a
different
professio
n .
 Who is
He?

21. Richard Feynmann

22. 10.
What is X?

23.  American Sniper

24. 11.
In 1974 a french consortium under Michael Seydoux purchased the
rights for this film ,X for Y to direct. The book from which it was
adapted is described as the bible of science fiction .The film would
be made in collaboration with with Dan O’Bannon, Christopher Foss,
Jean Giroud (Moebius ), H.R Giger . The film would star Orson
Welles , Mick Jagger, Salvador Dali, Gloria Swanson, and David
Carradine to name a few. The music of the film would be made by
Pink Floyd ,Henry Cow and Magma.
The script was the size of a phone book and would result in a 14 hour
movie.
Dali would charge $100,000 per hour .
But the film was never made.
The project was later given to David Lynch who didn’t make a good
rendition of the film.
X would later inspire countless Sci Fi films such as Star Wars ,Blade
Runner, Terminator, Robocop, Matrix , Alien , Predator , Species
,Prometheus ,Masters of the Universe, Flash Gordon etc.
A 2014 documentary film called X’s Y was made by Frank Pavich to
honour the Y.
Id X and Y.

26. 12.
Guess X and Y from the these Epic Rap Battle lyrics:
X: Racks on racks 'cause I pen fat stacks of frightening writing. Have
you seen the pile?
I can even take a break from my routine style;
Crank out a Shawshank or a Green Mile!
Masque of the Red Death? Barely blood curdling.
Pit and the Pendulum? Not even unnerving.
Perving on your first cousin when she's thirteen years old? Now, that's
disturbing!
Y: X you pretend to do it, I've been really living through it,
Misery and poverty and family woes!
I see through you like pantyhose, doing Chappelle and Simpsons
cameos! (Ahh!)
Even if you're gripping on a weapon, then you better get to stepping if
you're messing with the horror lord!
In a minute maybe I'mma hit him, cut him into itty bitty bits, and I'mma
stick him in the floorboards!

27. X:Stephen King
Y: Edgar Allan Poe

28. 13.
Minimalist poster of which Bengali
movie?

29. Sonar Kella

30. 14.
What famous painting is being lampooned
here
by The Simpsons?

31. A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte

32. 15.
Connect the following:
2004- autochthonous
2005- appoggiatura
2006- Ursprache
2007- serrefine
2008- guerdon
2009- Laodicean
2010- stromuhr
2011- cymotrichous
2012- guetapens
2013- knaidel
2014-stichomythia
feuilleton

33. National Spelling Bee winning words

34. 16. 1969: Z
 1970: My Night at Maud's
 1971: Claire's Knee
 1972: The Godfather
 1973: The Emigrants
 1974: Day for Night
 1975: Nashville
 1976: All the President's Men
 1977: Annie Hall
 1978: Straight Time
 1979: Hair
 1980: Raging Bull
 1981: Ragtime
 1982: Moonlighting
 1983: The Right Stuff
 1984: Once Upon a Time in
America
 1985: Shoah
 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters
 1987: The Last Emperor
 1988: The Last Temptation of
Christ
 1989: Do the Right Thing
 1990: Goodfellas
 1991: Hearts of Darkness: A
Filmmaker's Apocalypse
 1992: One False Move
 1993: Schindler's List
 1994: Hoop Dreams
 1995: Crumb
 1996: Fargo
 1997: The Ice Storm
 1998: Babe: Pig in the City
ID the person who has listed
the above movies as the

35. Gene Siskel

36. 17.
 They were robbed of 19 of their 20-man
senior squad after a decision by Fifa to
declare players from the neighbouring
country ineligible.
 They could not even draft in their U-20 squad
for the week's continental World Cup
qualifying series as they were involved in
end-of-term exams.
 So the youth team squad had to called in to
make up the numbers. To make it worse, they
arrived without boots and lost two players to
injury in the 13-0 defeat earlier that week.
They were forced to play 15-year-olds, one
appropriately named Baby Mulipola.
 Which team?

37. American Samoa

38. 18.
X is a 2006 drama film directed
by Oliver Stone . It stars Nicolas
Cage, Maria Bello, Michael
Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen
Dorff and Michael Shannon. The film
was shot between October 19, 2005
and February 10, 2006 and released
on August 9, 2006. The poster is given
on the next slide.

40. World Trade Center

41. 19.
2-Word term please……..

42. Love Jihad

43. 20
 ______ the Movie (2014)
 124 min - Drama | Sport - 27 June 2014 (UK)
 Ratings: 6.8/10
 Despite being blocked at almost every turn in
pursuit of the sport he loved, X fought against
adversity to become the most spectacular and
charismatic golfer to ever play the game.
 Director:
 John-Paul Davidson
 Writer:
 Tom Hodgson
 Stars:
 José Luis Gutiérrez, José Navar, Maria Molins

45. Seve Ballesteros

46. 21.
The inspiration for the series was an
embarrassing evening when the actor
took a girlfriend to meet his parents.
They asked her awkward questions
and he wondered how they would
react if he invited a famous person to
his home.
Part of the title of the show is also
inspired by The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy.

47. The Kumars At No. 42

48. 22
Lego tribute to which painting? The
Artist?

49. Waterfall, MC Escher

50. 23.
Suhasini Haidar is the Strategic & Diplomatic Affairs Editor
of The Hindu. She has covered foreign affairs for more
than twenty years, as a correspondent for CNN
International's South Asia Bureau and then as Foreign
Editor for the CNN-IBN TV Network.
ID her famous/controversial/outspoken politician father.

51. Subramanian Swamy

52. 24.
This is a Russian monthly named 64.
Which annual tradition have they
resumed from 1995, which was
discontinued between 1989-1994?

53. Chess Oscars

54. 25.
 Vishesh Films' has taken rights of song X
from a suspense thriller of yesteryears
for their forthcoming supernatural erotica
'Khamoshiyan'.
 Mahesh Bhatt says that the track will act
as an important aspect in the movie and
will increase the anticipation factor.
 “X plays at a very crucial juncture in the
film 'Khamoshiyan'. It is such an iconic
song and we wanted to use the song to
heighten the mood of supernatural in the
film," Mahesh said in a statement.
 The song X?

55. Aayega Aane Wala

56. 26.
Which former Indian international
cricket player featured in “Mile Sur
Mera Tumhara” where he lipped the
Sindhi part of the lyrics?

57. Narendra Hirwani

58. 27.
 The following two slides has actors
playing real life characters in the
movie “ Midnight In Paris”. ID them

59. ADRIEN BRODY As??

60. Marcial Di Fonzo Bo as?

61. Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso

62. 28.
X may be a reference to the cupbearer
in the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam.
However, X may also or instead be a
reference to the South
American monkey of that name, which
at least two commentators, which
have been connected to the "small,
long-tailed monkey from the Western
Hemisphere" that is a central
character in "The Remoulding of
Groby Lington".

63. Saki

64. 29.

65. All had Formula One teams named after
them.

66. 30.
MTV European
Music Awards
2014
Best Indian Act
 X
 Meet Bros Anjjan
 Pritam Chakraborty
 Vishal–Shekhar
2013
Best Indian Act
 X
 Amit Trivedi
 AR Rahman
 Mithoon
 Pritam

67. Yo Yo Honey Singh