VNIT Quizfest 2013 MELA Quiz Mains Infi Bounce 1

Q1

The National Film Award for Best Music Direction has only twice been awarded to debutantes. A. R. Rehman for Roja and Ismail Darbar for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.

A recent winner of the same award just missed out of this rare feet on grounds of a technicality. Who and why?

Amit Trivedi won it for Dev.D which was his first film, but Aamir got released first.

Q2

Connect

AVATAR- THE LAST AIRBENDER

Q3

Give the Funda

Top gear designed this car as a spoof inspired by Indian railways toilet system.

Q4

A famous singer in 1980’s stirred up significant controversy in India by offering prayers in Kashi Vishwanath temple. She admitted to having performed abhishek at the temple in Varanasi during Mahashivratri despite having been banned earlier from doing so due to opposition from the Shiv Sainiks in 2004.

"I completed the prescribed 1.5 lakh chants and prayers during my stay there."The chants and prayers were said from a place near the vicinity of the temple complex. But I managed to enter the temple on March 15 at 4.00 in the morning and perform the abhishek , after concealing my identity," she said.

Parvati Khan

The lights used caused a redness to Waheeda's eyes that the censor board members had a problem with as according to them, it looked like she was giving Guru Dutt sensual and suggestive look.

Q5

John lennon once recorded a song with the lead of another famous band, X, which could not be released since they had fallout. The song was titles ‘Too many cooks’.Lennon said about XI think it's a lot of hype. I like ****, but I think X’s a joke with all that fag dancing; I always did. I enjoy it; I'll probably go and see his films and all like everybody else, but really, I think it's a joke.Who is X?

Mick Jagger

Q6

The previously shown gentleman is a Dr. G. R. Gibson. He had sent the above letter to a well-known author.Just give me the iconic blank.

The Aston Martin DB3

Q7

Q8

Danny Wallace is a British Humorist. His notable works include the books Join Me, voice acting as Shaun Hastings for the Assassin's Creed game series, and the TV series How to Start Your Own Country.

However, his most publicised work is a book about his own experiences when he was constantly hounded by his friends and family for passing all the opportunities in life and decided to never say ‘No’ again.

It was later adapted into a 2008 Jim Carrey movie. What is it?

Q9

Suketu Mehta is a freelancer set in New York who writes for the NY Times occasionally. When he was researching for his book X, he was helped a lot by Vidhu Vinod Chopra among others. His contributions to Mission Kashmir’s script also led him to being credited as a screenwriter for the movie.

What is X?

The book is a semi-fiction account of Mumbai as he encountered all sort of people. The book was so critically acclaimed that it led to the title, which he coined, being adapted as a moniker for the city.

Q10

Mandira BediMallika SherwatMakrand DeshpandeAamir AliParvin DabasRoopkumar Rathod & Sonali RathodManini MishraParmeet SethiKishwar MerchantUsha BachaniThe Khichdi Family

What is common to them?

All have made Guest Appearances on Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

Q11

In Mr and Mrs Khiladi, Paresh Rawal would repeatedly break the 4th wall and tell the audience about what has happened till now and what can happen next. This was a reference to who in what?

Ashok Kumar in Hum Log

The picture is of an actor who currently plays Detective Quentin Lance, one of the main characters on Arrow. However, most of us know him for an entirely different reason. Name the actor and the reason why we know him?

Q12

Paul Blackthorne. He played Captain Russell in Lagaan.

Q13

While shooting for Lagaan, Apurva Lakhia who was the 1st

Assistant Director on the movie had 4 assistants who became infamous during the shoot for getting work done by the locals despite their diminutive size. 2 of them were Urvashi Chugani and Priyamvada Narayan. Name the other 2 who are themselves well established now.

Kiran Rao and Reema Kagti

Q14

The X, designed by Dr. Egon Spengler, is a man-portable particle accelerator system that is used to create a charged particle beam - composed of protons - that is fired by the proton gun (also referred to as the “neutrona wand). Described in the first movie as a “positron collider", it presumably functions by colliding high-energy positrons to generate its proton beam. The beam allows a Y to contain and hold "negatively charged ectoplasmic entities".

Just give me the Y.

Q15

X was reportedly based, at least in part, on John Nettleship, who taught the author chemistry and employed the author’s mother as an assistant at Wyedean School near Chepstow. For X's surname, the author borrowed the name of the village of X, Suffolk. In a 1999 interview and again in 2004, the author singled out X as one of the author’s favourite characters to write.