Answers spent prelims_roobaroo_2011

• 1. PresentsBALL PARK FIGURES ANSWERSTHE SPENT (SPorts and ENTertainment) QUIZ16 July 2011 QM: Varun and Arif

2. Rules Teams of 3 all 3 from the same section There will be a written prelims followed byinteractive finals Top 6 teams qualify for the finals based onperformance in prelims with a cap of a maximumof 2 teams per section in the finals No negative marks for incorrect answer There are a few tie-breaker (starred) questions.Please encircle the question no in your sheet toindicate the same! Please write your names and Section legibly Also mention your contact number(s) 3. *1. Claim to fame of the song Rail Gadi sung by Ashok Kumar in Ashirbad? 4. The first Indian Rap song! 5. 2. Identify Merchant Ivory Productions made adocumentary on her in 1973. A book on hercalled The Life and Times of an H Bomb wasalso published. She is half French, one fourthSpanish and one fourth Burmese. Who is she? 6. Helen 7. 3. Claim to fame of the song Pehle Nasha from JJWS. 8. Claimed to be the first Indian song filmed incomplete slow-motion 9. 4. Anuradha Sawhney, PETA Indias ex-chieffunctionary said, "the X ads are a refreshingchange from the earlier ad campaigns." Shealso said, "the popularity of this ad campaignproves that there are many creative ways toconvey a message without using animals.Animals used in films are often treated as littlemore than props, and many suffer terriblybehind the scenes. Consequently this adcampaign came to win the (PETA) 2009Glitterbox Award. What are we talking about? 10. Zoozoos (instead of using Pug!) 11. 5. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bardsof ancient northern India These bards, performing in village squares and templecourtyards, embellished their recitals with handgestures and facial expressions. The technique of the dance today is characterized byfast rhythmic footwork set to complex time cycles. Thefootwork is matched by the accompanying percussioninstruments such as tabla and pakhawaj, and thedancer and percussionists often indulge in a virtuosodisplay of rhythmic wizardry. Sangeet Natak Academy currently confers classicalstatus on this dance Identify the dance 12. Kathak 13. 6. Identify the guy in Tintins King Ottokars Sceptre 14. Herge 15. 7. X is ranked No. 13 on a list of greatest film villains ofall time on the AFIs 100 Years... 100 Heroes andVillains. Xs French name is Cerveau Analytique de Recherche etde Liaison ("Analytic Brain for Research andCommunication") However, about once a week some character spotsthe fact that X is ahead of IBM... As it happened, IBMhad given us a good deal of help, so we were quiteembarrassed by this, and would have changed thename had we spotted the coincidence.-Y( a famousauthor) 16. X-HAL Y- Arthur C. Clarke HAL 9000 is the sentient on-board computer of theDiscovery One spacecraft in Arthur C. Clarkes fictionalSpace Odyssey saga. Clarke more directly addressed this issue in his book TheLost Worlds of 2001 As is clearly stated in the novel (Chapter 16), HAL stands forHeuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer.However, about once a week some character spots the factthat HAL is one letter ahead of IBM, and promptly assumesthat Stanley and I were taking a crack at the estimableinstitution ... As it happened, IBM had given us a good dealof help, so we were quite embarrassed by this, and wouldhave changed the name had we spotted the coincidence. 17. 8. What was promoted by this ad? 18. Ans iPOD ( not the Mac as many people thought!) The 1984 Apple commercial was rebroadcastin an updated version in 2004 on its 20thanniversary, with the heroine modified to belistening to an iPod. 19. 9. Claim to fame of the Dire Straits video: Money forNothing? 20. Ans Cited to be the first music video usingcomputer generated imagery! 21. 10. Funda 22. Windows 95 was promoted using RollingStones Start me Up song! Parodied by Weird Al Yankovic in Windows 95Sucks 23. *11. Identify X The term X was coined by Hitchcocks Scottishfriend, screenwriter Angus MacPhail, for somethingthat sets the films plot revolving around it. Its reallyjust an excuse and a diversion. In a whimsicalanecdote told by Hitchcock, he compared the X to amythical apparatus for trapping lions in the ScottishHighlands. In other words, it could be anything - ornothing - at all. In North by Northwest, itsgovernment secrets, whatever they maybe. (Hitchcock considered that this was his bestX.) . In effect, the function of a X is like the meaningof a poem - which T.S. Eliot compared to the bonethrown by a burglar to distract the watchdog of themind while the poem goes about its own, deeperbusiness. 24. MacGuffin