The document provides details about a quiz competition including:
1. There are 20 questions in the preliminary rounds with 4 star marked questions.
2. The top 6 teams will qualify for the finals.
3. Participants are asked to not use unfair means and listen to their conscience.
3. Rules:
1. 20 questions in prelims out of which 4 are
star marked.
2. Top 6 teams of prelims qualify for the finals.
3. Listen to your conscience.. No unfair means
please..
4. Who is being talked about?
• 5 academy award nominations, 0 wins
• 3 BAFTA nominations, 0 wins
• 10 Golden globe nominations , 2 wins
• Owns a production house “Appian Production
company”
• Middle name is Wilhelm
• 4th highest paid star in 2014
Q1.
5. Q2. This is the photo of Jo Calderone. Who is he?
6. Q3. Trailers of this movie X shows something like this :
a. A wall with a cast read-through which says :
ATTENTION:
1. REMOVE CELLPHONES.
2. NO SCRIPTS ON SET.
3. NO I.D. CARDS ON SET
b. a visible tear in the "sky" after a stage light falls on the "street"
Robin Williams was initially considered for the role but the director
gave it to Y as he reminded him of Charlie Chaplin. Y wanted to take
this oppurtunity to project himself as a dramatic actor and avoid
being typecast for comic roles
Give me X and Y
7. Q4* “But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Still I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear…..” quotes X
In this movie, when the turn of the protagonist comes,
X says “Ah, right, then. Hmm, right. Okay _____"
Who is X? (X & protagonist belong to the same movie)
13. • Of the many people that appeared in this movie
X, some were Dumbledore, Gandalf, Superman,
Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder woman, Han
Solo. Receiving only 1 academic award
nomination for Best original Song, the movie X
derives its name from a construction company.
Name X.
Q10
14. • Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware
of its situation. Then the regular laws of gravity take over. (The character
walks off the edge of a cliff, remains suspended in midair, and doesn't fall
until he looks down)
• Any body passing through solid matter (usually at high velocities) will
leave a hole conforming to its perimeter (the "silhouette of passage").
• Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble
tunnel entrances; others cannot.
• Everything falls faster than an anvil. (A falling anvil will always land
directly upon the character's head, regardless of the time gap between
the body's and the anvil's respective drops.)
• Any vehicle on a path of travel is at a state of indeterminacy until an
object enters a location in the path of travel
WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT HERE ?
Q11*
15. • This song X was nominated for a Grammy Award
for the best pop performance by a group. The
song shares its name with a famous Indian song
which, in which the singer did something
unique.
• The Indian song X was the claim to fame of its
singer Y, who is also a very successful music
composer in India. What is X and who is Y?
Q12
16. A 2014 mobile game app is built by Glu Mobile
and became instantly popular. Set in Hollywood,
the game's 'currency' is various forms of 'energy'
such as “K-stars” and energy bolts. Using that,
players can try to become 'famous' and try to
become A-listers in Hollywood. The socialite star
X lends name and much of X’s personality to this
game . Who is X?
Q13
17. Q14* What is the next movie in the
list?
• Devdas
• Paheli
• Rang de Basanti
• Ekalavya : The royal guard
• Taare Zameen Par
• Peepli Live
• ________
18. • These characters are named Uys and Buys in
Afrikaans, Tik and Tak in Arabic, Hernandez and
Fernandez in Spanish, and Dupont and Dupond
in the original French.
• Who are these characters belonging to a
famous streak?
Q15
22. The title of album X refers to 100 year old
bungalow where Y have been rehearsing and
creating their music since May,1997. This
bungalow is in Karol Bagh, Delhi. “We were
offered this house by our friends, Gurpreet
Sidhu and Orijit Sen, who were living there at
that time” the band says about the house on
its website. The discography of the band
includes Desert Rain ,Kandisa , Jhini ,Black
Friday , X and Tandanu(2014).
ID X and Y
Q19.
25. Who is being talked about?
• 5 academy award nominations, 0 wins
• 3 BAFTA nominations, 0 wins
• 10 Golden globe nominations , 2 wins
• Owns a production house “Appian Production
company”
• Middle name is Wilhelm
• 4th highest paid star in 2014
Q1.
29. Q3. Trailers of this movie X shows something like this :
a. A wall with a cast read-through which says :
ATTENTION:
1. REMOVE CELLPHONES.
2. NO SCRIPTS ON SET.
3. NO I.D. CARDS ON SET
b. a visible tear in the "sky" after a stage light falls on the "street"
Robin Williams was initially considered for the role but the director
gave it to Y as he reminded him of Charlie Chaplin. Y wanted to take
this oppurtunity to project himself as a dramatic actor and avoid
being typecast for comic roles
Give me X and Y
30.
31. Q4* “But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Still I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear…..” quotes X
In this movie, when the turn of the protagonist comes,
X says “Ah, right, then. Hmm, right. Okay _____"
Who is X? (X & protagonist belong to the same movie)
43. • Of the many people that appeared in this movie
X, some were Dumbledore, Gandalf, Superman,
Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder woman, Han
Solo. Receiving only 1 academic award
nomination for Best original Song, the movie X
derives its name from a construction company.
Name X.
Q10
44.
45. • Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware
of its situation. Then the regular laws of gravity take over. (The character
walks off the edge of a cliff, remains suspended in midair, and doesn't fall
until he looks down)
• Any body passing through solid matter (usually at high velocities) will
leave a hole conforming to its perimeter (the "silhouette of passage").
• Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble
tunnel entrances; others cannot.
• Everything falls faster than an anvil. (A falling anvil will always land
directly upon the character's head, regardless of the time gap between
the body's and the anvil's respective drops.)
• Any vehicle on a path of travel is at a state of indeterminacy until an
object enters a location in the path of travel
WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT HERE ?
Q11*
47. • This song X was nominated for a Grammy Award
for the best pop performance by a group. The
song shares its name with a famous Indian song
which, in which the singer did something
unique.
• The Indian song X was the claim to fame of its
singer Y, who is also a very successful music
composer in India. What is X and who is Y?
Q12
49. A 2014 mobile game app is built by Glu Mobile
and became instantly popular. Set in Hollywood,
the game's 'currency' is various forms of 'energy'
such as “K-stars” and energy bolts. Using that,
players can try to become 'famous' and try to
become A-listers in Hollywood. The socialite star
X lends name and much of X’s personality to this
game . Who is X?
Q13
51. Q14* What is the next movie in the
list?
• Devdas
• Paheli
• Rang de Basanti
• Ekalavya : The royal guard
• Taare Zameen Par
• Peepli Live
• ________
53. • These characters are named Uys and Buys in
Afrikaans, Tik and Tak in Arabic, Hernandez and
Fernandez in Spanish, and Dupont and Dupond
in the original French.
• Who are these characters belonging to a
famous streak?
Q15
55. *Q16.
Identify.
• Fictional character, anti-hero mercenary of Marvel
world
• known as the "Merc with a Mouth," is famous for
his talkative nature and his tendency to break
the fourth wall
• Powers and abilities include superhuman
regeneration rate of muscle tissue and brain cells
and immunity to all diseases
• adept in multiple forms of martial arts, and an
expert swordsman and marksman, magic
satchel containing all of his unlimited weaponry and
ammo
• dissociative identity disorder.
61. The title of album X refers to 100 year old
bungalow where Y have been rehearsing and
creating their music since May,1997. This
bungalow is in Karol Bagh, Delhi. “We were
offered this house by our friends, Gurpreet
Sidhu and Orijit Sen, who were living there at
that time” the band says about the house on
its website. The discography of the band
includes Desert Rain ,Kandisa , Jhini ,Black
Friday , X and Tandanu(2014).
ID X and Y
Q19.