Lit-Ent Finals @ Utsav '10

The LitEnt Quiz

Credits

• Balram

• Santosh

• And a bunch of enthu juniors.

LAC

• 6 audios, sets of 2

• 30, 25, 20, -5

• Maximiser of +3 applies.

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Answer

Kanye West samples

• Lauren Hill’s Mystery Of Iniquity used in All Falls Down

• Michael Jackson’s P.Y.T. used in The Good Life• Chaka Khan’s Through The Fire used in

Through The Wire• Diamonds Are Forever by Shirley Bassey used

in Diamonds From Sierra Leone• Curtis Mayfield’s Move On Up used in Touch

The Sky• Ray Charles’ I Got A Woman used in Gold

Digger

Clockwise

• X wrote and recorded “_______" as a blues tune in the studio while finishing his third album. The album became widely successful, even outside of his largely R&B and blues fan base. When released in the summer of 1965, the song reached the top five on Billboard's Black Singles Chart, and crossed over to pop radio's white audience, peaking at number thirty-five there. At the time, the song became X's second largest crossover hit (after "I've Been Loving You Too Long") and paved the way to future presence at American radio.

• Producer Jerry Wexler brought _______ to Y’s attention. While X's version was popular among his core R&B audience, Wexler thought the song had potential to be a crossover hit and to demonstrate Y's vocal ability. _______ was recorded on February 14, 1967 with Y's sisters, Carolyn and Erma, singing backup. This version proved so successful that X was to later remark to Wexler, “Y done stole my song”. ID X, Y, fill in the blanks.

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• Otis Redding

• Aretha Franklin

• Respect

• This company has two subsidiaries: _______ 23 Productions, which is aimed towards the drama genre, and the new Scary _______ Productions, which is producing the horror-thriller The Shortcut. Both these companies take their name form their founder’s first, and most famous production companies. Fill in the blanks.

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• Madison 23 and Scary Madison, named after Happy Madison Productions.

This song was part of the inspiration of the plot of this movie, the other part being another movie which was, in turn, based on a play. Put funda.

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• Rhinestone, based on Glen Campbell’s Rhinestone Cowboy and My Fair lady.

On what date in 2003 was this Boondocks strip published?

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• January 15th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

• The _________ were a girl group in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Its membership originally consisted of Darlene McCrea, Margie Hendricks, Patricia Lyles, and Gwendolyn Berry. Later members included Mable John, Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Minnie Ripperton and Susaye Greene. The 1980s' set included Avis Harrell, Madlyne Qubeck, Estella Yarbrough, Trudy Cohran, Pat Peterson and Alexandra 'Alex' Brown, the last of whom had a minor hit with the single "(Come On,) Shout", which was featured on the soundtrack of the movie Girls Just Want to Have Fun.

• Fill in the blanks, or tell me why they were formed.

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• The Raelettes.

Two actors and a musician, recording the soundtrack to a 2008 movie. ID people and movie.

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• Samuel L. Jackson

• Gabe Witcher, of the Punch Brothers

• Bernie Mac

Cover of the DVD release of a 2002 CBS TV film. ID film and lead actors.

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• Jeremy Northam as Dean Martin and Sean Hayes as Jerry Lewis in Martin And Lewis.

• ID song, covering artist and original artist.

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• Take Me To The River

• Talking Heads

• Al Green

LVC

• 25 slides, 7 sets of 3, 1 set of 4.

• 30, 28, 26, etc, -5 throughout.

• Maximiser of 2 per correct answer at the end of the LVC.

• Answer in writing.

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Set 4

Set 5

Set 6

Set 7

Set 8

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Theme

• Randy Newman.

Anticlockwise

• Buddy Holly in 1957• John Lennon & Yoko Ono in 1972• Edgar Winter and his band, the White Trash in 1972; portions of the set

were featured on their live album Roadwork released that same year.• Hall & Oates recorded a 1985 live album with former Temptations members

David Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick.• Korn - 1999• The Strokes - 2001• Damon Albarn's project Gorillaz in April 2006• Björk - May 2007• Spiritualized - November 2007• Vivian Girls - February 2009.

• These are some of the rock and pop artists to have played at a venue not known for these genres. Which venue?

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• Harlem’s Apollo Theater.

• Among the real women X bedded were:• Jind Kaur, Dowager Maharani of Punjab• Lakshmibai, Dowager Rani of Jhansi• Lillie Langtry, actress and mistress of Edward VII• Mangla, maid and confidant to Jind Kaur.• Masteeat, Queen of the Wollo Gallas• Lola Montez (Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert James)• Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar• The Silk One (aka Ko Dali's daughter), consort of Yakub Beg• Yehonala, Imperial Chinese concubine, later the Dowager Empress

Ci Xi

• ID X.

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• ID song. Also, where might you have heard it in a sporting context?

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• Sirius, by The Alan Parsons Project, was the entrance music for the mid-nineties Jordan-era Chicago Bulls.

• 1. Taj Mahal (1999)• 2. Sri Ramulayya (1999)• 3. Kaikudunna Nilavu(1998) .... Bhama• 4. Suvarna Simhaasanam (1997) .... Unnimaya• 5. Maavichiguru (1996)• 6. Thatha Manavadu (1996)• 7. Chinna Vathiyar (1995)• 8. Karma (1995)• 9. Sindoora Rekha (1995) .... Ramani• 10. Sundari Neeyum Sundaran Njanum (1995)• 11. Vishnu (1994) .... Parvathi• 12. Amaidhi Padai (1994) .... Uchamma• 13. Chamayam (1993) .... Ammu• 14. Mafia (1993)• 15. Johnnie Walker (1992)• 16. Nadodi Thendral (1992)

• Partial filmography of?

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• Ranjitha, of Swami Nithyananda fame.

Wiki page of the charting of which super-hit?

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• Never Gonna Give You Up, by Rick Astley.

• If “Wikiality” was the second and “Spinevitability” was the MAD parody, what was the first?

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• Truthiness – the first Colbertism.

• ID song, original srtist, covering artists.

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• It Ain’t Me Babe

• Bob Dylan

• June Carter and Johnny Cash.

• According to the lead singer, this song was written about a car, because critics accused him of writing about nothing more than partying, sex, and cars, but he realized that he had yet to write a song about cars. In an interview with Howard Stern, he explained the meaning behind the trademark song. Although the song features some suggestive lyrics, it is about a car that the singer saw race in Las Vegas; its name was “______ Express", hence the title of the song.

• This song also features the yellow Lamborghini belonging to the band’s lead guitarist doing back-up vocals. The car was backed up to the studio and microphones were attached to the exhaust pipe to record the sound for the song. ID song and artist.

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• Panama, by Van Halen.

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AZED and Confused

• In his autobiography, A reveals that at his prep school, he was referred to by several nicknames, all of which he hated – Young ___, ___ Minor, ___ The Younger, ___ Secundus, and, worst of all, Small ___. All this led to a severe hatred of nicknames, and it was only some twenty years later that he was referred to by anything other than his name – to wit, “M’colleague” – by his long-time comedic partner and friend B. A and B starred in a TV show C which was seen by many as a natural successor to D, a much more famous and critically acclaimed show. C’s run ended in 1995, and A and B were not seen regularly on prime-time television until well into the new millennium, when A got a job as the host of E, in my opinion the best TV quiz show ever, and B snagged the leading role in F, a drama that borrows heavily from the G canon. E was co-created by H, a BBC stalwart, who was also the co-author, along with I, of two books J and K. In the combined length of J and K, some of the instances in which India feature are “Anantnag (vb): (Eskimo term) to bang your thumbs between oars while rowing”, :Calicut (adj): determined not to let someone see how much their inadvertent remark has hurt you”, and “Poona (n): satisfied grunting noise made when sitting back after a good meal”.

• The series F, has also featured both L and M, a pair of actors most famous for their roles in the buddy movie N and its recent sequel. L played a cameo in season 1 of F. M has a permanent role in F, which commenced from season 4. M also played a villain in the highly-anticipated superhero movie O, which was directed by P, the executive producer of F. P was chosen to direct O mostly because of the excellent job he did directing the first two Q movies, in which almost everyone has a nickname.

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Answers• A – Stephen Fry• B – Hugh Laurie• C – A Bit Of Fry & Laurie• D – Monty Python’s Flying Circus• E – QI• F – House M.D.• G – Sherlock Holmes• H – John Lloyd• I – Douglas Adams• J – The Meaning Of Liff• K – The Deeper Meaning Of Liff• L – John Cho• M – Kal Penn• N – Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle• O – Superman Returns• P – Bryan Singer• Q – X-Men