Elims+Answers Qonnoisseur 2012 - MELA Quiz

Qonnoisseur 2012
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Qonnoisseur – Mindspark 2012

1.
Once, this actor who has become a tabloid
fixture joked "When I did Ferris Bueller's Day
Off, my first line in the film was "Drugs?" I
thought they were asking me how I wanted to
be paid." Who?


Ans: Charlie Sheen


2.
In politics, this 2 word term is a situation in which a seat
in a deliberative assembly is vacated during that
assembly's term. Such a situation arises through the
death, resignation or disqualification of the sitting
member. This results in the elimination or reduction of
representation for the member's constituency.
Accordingly, many jurisdictions provide by law for the
speedy filling of these seats. Such occurrences can also
occur in non-governmental assemblies, such as boards of
directors and committees of voluntary organisations.

What term?


Ans: Casual Vacancy


3.
Connect: Grumpy, Chuckles, Happy, Dopey


Ans: Accomplices of Bozo (the Joker) in robbing
the Gotham National Bank in The Dark Knight.


4.
On April 15, 2012, an illusionary technique was put to use
to create a "hologram" of X, who performed 2 of his
songs with Snoop Dogg at the Coachella Music Festival.
Snoop Dogg says he went backstage and smoked a joint
with the optical illusion. Snoop told an entertainment
website that it was great to catch up with a friend he
hadn’t seen in 15 years. “He told me about heaven, and
we talked about going out on tour together,” said Snoop
Dogg. “But now that I think about it, I was so high that I
might’ve just been talking to a lamp.”

Identify X.


Ans: Tupac Shakur


*5.
Which song by Sachin Tendulkar's favourite band
shares its title with Wasim Akram's nickname?

(Points for both the band and the song, no half
points)


Ans: Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits


6.
A Prison Diary is a series of 3 diaries written by Jeffrey Archer
during his time in prisons following his convictions for perjury
and perverting the course of justice.

It comprises of 3 volumes describing his time spent in 3
prisons:
Volume 1: Belmarsh - Hell
Volume 2: Wayland – Purgatory
Volume 3: North Sea Camp - Heaven.

Inspired by which piece of literature, also divided into 3
similar volumes did Jeffrey Archer name his diaries?


Ans: Dante's Divine Comedy which is divided
into Inferno(Hell), Purgatario and Paradiso


7.
This event, started around the 2000s in many US cities like
Baltimore, Chicago, New York, San Diego, Phoenix, etc and has
been an annual fixture ever since.

In India, it was hosted for the first time by Twenty Onwards
Media between the 19th and 20 February 2011 at Dilli
Haat, New Delhi. The second version was held from 17 to 19
February 2012 at the same location and in Bangalore on 8
September 2012. The third is scheduled to be held from 8 to
10 February 2013, with the location remaining the same.

What event?


Ans: Comic Con


8.
The word is used for a standalone episode of a
television series that is used to sell the show to a
television network. At the time of its creation, the
episode is meant to be the "testing ground" to
gauge if a series will be successful, and is therefore
a test episode of an intended television series. They
are best thought of as prototypes of the show that
is to follow, because elements often change from
this episode to series.

What every-day word?


Ans: Pilot


9.
He served in the United States Air Force from
1955 to 1959. In the early 1960s he moved to
New York City to pursue an acting career. In
1993, made his directing debut with Bopha! a
drama set in South Africa under the country’s
policy of strict racial segregation, known as
apartheid.

Who?


Ans: Morgan Freeman


*10.
Earlier, the general view among publishers was such that
an author was limited to a book every year, since
publishing more would not be acceptable to the public. X
therefore wanted to write under another name and
convinced his publisher to print some novels under a
pseudonym. The author's photo which was associated
with X's pseudonym was taken by Claudia Inez Bachman.
The actual subject of the photo was Richard Manuel, the
insurance agent of Kirby McCauley, who was X's literary
agent.

Identify X.


Ans: Stephen King


11.
This album beat the likes of 5 Beatles albums, 2 Pink
Floyd albums, Led Zeppelin IV, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy
Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Black
Sabbath(album) among others to emerge as the winner
of a recent HMV poll in which fans voted for the "best
British album of the last 60 years". It also features on
"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".

Identify the album and the band.


Ans: The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden
(Half points)


12.
Connect
• a Jeffrey Archer novel
• a Stanley Kubrick film
• a Faith No More song


Ans: Paths of Glory


13.
Lady _____ is a fictional DC comics character. She is a martial arts
grandmaster and one of the most skilled combatants in the entire DC
Universe.

She is an assassin-for-hire, who specializes in killing her targets with
her bare hands. Over the years, she has amassed groups of followers
who worship her as an incarnation of _____, the lord of destruction.
She pays them little attention, occasionally using them as lackeys or
killing them when it suits her whims. Some of her followers have even
created temples to honor her victories, one of which is in
Gotham, which she later destroys.

FIB.


Ans: Shiva


14.
The 2010 album of this band was named after
the address of the picturesque 100-year old
bungalow in Delhi's crowded Karol Bagh area.
The band was offered this house by
friends, Gurpreet Sidhu and Orijit Sen, and it is
here that they used to jam, create music and
rehearse.

Which album?

Ans: 16/330 Khajoor Road (by Indian Ocean)


*15.
The first song from this collection of more than
50 songs was broadcast by Akashwani Pune on
the day of Raam Navami 1 April 1955. All the
songs have been translated into nine Indian
languages including English. Sudhir Phadke gave
his voice to the songs, what collection is this?


Ans: Geet Ramayan


16.
What is this a list of?
X-Men - hotdog stand vendor
Spider-Man - saves a little girl
Spider-Man 2 - saves an innocent stranger
Fantastic Four - mailman
X-Men: The Last Stand - Jean Grey's neighbour
Spider-Man 3 - reading a news flash about Spider-Man
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - himself
Iron Man - person Tony Stark mistakenly identifies as Hugh Hefner
The Incredible Hulk - person who dies after drinking soft drink contaminated
by Bruce Banner's blood


Ans: Stan Lee’s cameos in Marvel movies


17.
Homer's The Odyssey was a major inspiration in
making this film. It occurred to the makers of
the film that for the Greeks the vast stretches of
the sea must have had the same sort of mystery
and remoteness that space had for their
generation. Which film?


Ans: 2001 A Space Odyssey


18.
What work of literature by a Nobel
laureate, starts thus:
Like most of my generation, I was brought up on
the saying: 'Satan finds some mischief for idle
hands to do.'


Ans: In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell


19.
Possessing a genius intellect and an eidetic
memory, he earned a perfect score on the SAT at
the age of six, completed high school in nine
weeks at the age of nine, graduated from
Princeton University in 1983 at age 10, and
finished medical school four years later. As a
newspaper article stated, he "can't buy beer
[but] can prescribe drugs." Who?


Ans: Doogie Howser


*20.
Minimalist poster for which film trilogy?


Ans: Back to the Future trilogy


21.
Identify the voice.


Ans: Gulzar


22.
Reference to which book?


Ans: Alice in Wonderland, in which Alice follows
the white rabbit down the hole


23.
Identify the author.


Ans: Salvador Dali


24.
This is a work called Gates of
Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti
and is displayed at the
Baptistery of St.
John, Florence. The 15th
century bronze doors depict
figures from the Old
Testament. What famous work
of art did it inspire?


Ans: Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin


*25.
Identify the cartoonist.


Ans: Raj Thackeray


26.
Some of his albums are titled "For Lack of a
Better Name", "Random Album Title" and "
Album Title Goes Here". The picture shows his
logo. Which electronica artist?


Ans: deadmau5 (deadmaus is acceptable)


27.
Samuel L Jackson parodying whom?


Ans: Nicky Minaj


28.
Reference to what iconic event?


Ans: The Beatles final rooftop concert


29.
Caricature shown in pic, this
personality’s epitaph reads:
"And alien tears will fill for
him
Pity's long-broken urn,
For his mourners will be
outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn."
Who?


Ans: Oscar Wilde


30.
Identify the voice.


Ans: Rabindranath Tagore


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