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A quiz by Apratim Mukhopadhyay 1

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PRELIMSThis round is a written elimination round which will be used to select the top 6 teams for the finals. 10 questions will be asked to the teams concerned, and the top 6 teams on the basis of their scores will be selected for the finals. There will be 5 starred questions in the set, which will be used to break ties, if there are any. If the above fails to separate teams, the team to have got a particular answer wrong in the set will be eliminated first, and so on and so forth. If this too provides no conclusion to a tie debacle, we will have to have to have a toss. :p

May the 6 best teams make it. All the best to everyone involved. Let’s move.


***1. Released in 1964, X was often noted by the director as his personal favourite among his works. In 2013, X was screened at the Cannes Film Festival as a part of its Classics section. X gave the director a Silver Bear at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival. A modern reworking of the above story, adapted from literature, was released in 2011, and was directed by Agnidev Chatterjee. X is rated 7.7 on IMDb. Identify X.


2. Why is a lady named Sharbat Gula, born in 1972, ubiquitously known in the world of photography?


***3. He was born in 1928, in Cuba, and he died in 2001 in Paris. He focused mostly on underwater photography in alter life. What iconic contribution did he make to popular culture?


4. It featured Jawed Karim talking about interesting anatomical units . It has often been derided for its poor quality. It became public on April 23rd, 2005. The events in it unfolded in a small area in Balboa Park, California. Yakov Lapitsky was the other person involved in its making. What is being talked about?


5. In January 2010, X tied up with Lady Gaga, announcing that she will be X’s new creative director. X was originally founded by Edwin Land in 1937. It’s most famous product(arguably, one might add), reached the market in the late 1940s, and it remained X’s flagship product till all production was brought to an end in 2008 in favour of a more modern alternative. Identify X.


6. Whose statue is this in Manchester?


***7. This is a representation of which iconic character in English literature at Watchet, Somerset?


***8. What derives its title from the slang for the severe burns caused by falls from something, after which the skin comes into severe contact with the road?


9. X, published in 1952, was the last major work of fiction published by the concerned author in his lifetime. X’s protagonist is named Santiago. X was specifically cited when the concerned author received the Nobel Prize in 1954 in the Nobel Committee’s citation. A lot of X is based on the waters of the Gulf Stream. Identify X.


***10. The above is a still from which movie which has been in the news recently?



***1. Released in 1964, X was often noted by the director as his personal favourite among his works. In 2013, X was screened at the Cannes Film Festival as a part of its Classics section. X gave the director a Silver Bear at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival. A modern reworking of the above story, adapted from literature, was released in 2011, and was directed by Agnidev Chatterjee. X is rated 7.7 on IMDb. Identify X.


Charulata


2. Why is a lady named Sharbat Gula, born in 1972, ubiquitously known in the world of photography?


She was the one photographed by Steve McCurry, working for National Geogrpahic, in the famous photograph titled Afghan Girl.


***3. He was born in 1928, in Cuba, and he died in 2001 in Paris. He focused mostly on underwater photography in alter life. What iconic contribution did he make to popular culture?


He took the famous photograph titled Guerrillero Heroico featuring Che Guevara, arguably the most enduring and popular image around.


4. It featured Jawed Karim talking about interesting anatomical units . It has often been derided for its poor quality. It became public on April 23rd, 2005. The events in it unfolded in a small area in Balboa Park, California. Yakov Lapitsky was the other person involved in its making. What is being talked about?


The first ever YouTube video, titled “Me at the Zoo”.


5. In January 2010, X tied up with Lady Gaga, announcing that she will be X’s new creative director. X was originally founded by Edwin Land in 1937. It’s most famous product(arguably, one might add), reached the market in the late 1940s, and it remained X’s flagship product till all production was brought to an end in 2008 in favour of a more modern alternative. Identify X.


Polaroid Corporation


6. Whose statue is this in Manchester?


Alan Turing


***7. This is a representation of which iconic character in English literature at Watchet, Somerset?


The Ancient Mariner.


***8. What derives its title from the slang for the severe burns caused by falls from something, after which the skin comes into severe contact with the road?


Road Rash


9. X, published in 1952, was the last major work of fiction published by the concerned author in his lifetime. X’s protagonist is named Santiago. X was specifically cited when the concerned author received the Nobel Prize in 1954 in the Nobel Committee’s citation. A lot of X is based on the waters of the Gulf Stream. Identify X.


The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway


***10. The above is a still from which movie which has been in the news recently?


Meghe Dhaka Tara




ROUND 1

DIRECT ROUND


RULES

This round will comprise 6 questions, one asked to each team. Time is the discretion of the quizmaster. Each correct answer, whether on the direct or on a passed question, will be worth 10 points. We will be going clockwise in this round.


1. The following are the opening lines of which iconic novel published in the 1990s:

“Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step to eternal life is you have to die.”



Fight Club


2. One of the many nicknames bestowed upon X was “Berkeley Blue”. X had once worked at Hewlett-Packard. X was also responsible for bringing the first universal remote control to the world in 1987. A part of X’s autobiography’s title is “From Computer Geek to Cult Icon”. X holds honorary degrees from several universities. Identify X, who is now sixty-two.



Steve Wozniak


3. Fill in the blanks in this T.S. Eliot poem to give me the title of a very famous 1934 novel:

I will show you something different from either

Your shadow at morning striding behind you

Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;

I will show you fear in a _______ _ ____.



A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh


4. X was born in Karachi in 1938, and died in 2010. He made his last appearance in Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge. X’s first appearance was in the classic Haqeeqat in 1964. He appeared in films in several Indian languages. X is said to have appeared in over 200 films, mostly essaying negative roles through the 70s and the 80s. However, X is ubiquitously remembered for a very iconic, brief role in a 1975 blockbuster, and a particular line associated with the character. Name X. (If no team gets the name, the first team that can name the concerned character will get the points)



Mac Mohan, the man who played Sambha in Sholay


5. This novel, published in 1837,has been adapted several times on screen. Now regarded as a towering classic, initial reviews of it were mixed. Both Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes wrote poems with the same title as the novel. A very famous actor and his sister were named after the leading characters in this novel. Its chilling closing lines are, “I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.” Identify the novel and the author.



Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte


6. One of X’s most famous titles is Reflections in Black and White. X was appointed to Magnum Photos in 1977 by Henri Cartier-Bresson. X famously covered the Bhopal mining disaster in 1984 for India Today. X has served three times on the jury of the World Press Photo and twice on the jury of UNESCO's International Photo Contest. X’s son is also an accomplished photographer. Identify X.



Raghu Rai


SCORES


ROUND 2

AUDIO VISUAL ROUND


RULES

This round will also feature 6 questions, one to each team. The scoring pattern remains the same as the previous round. This round will comprise audio clips, stills and videos, and questions based on them.


1. The above was a song used in a 2012 movie. Identify the movie and the arrangers of the song.



Bedroom, Rupam Islam and Allen Ao.


2. The above is a clipping from a 2009 movie. Identify the poet whose poem Rudranil Ghosh’s character is reciting, and the movie.

VIDEO1



Sunil Gangopadhyay and Kalbela


3. Identify the movie from whose soundtrack this song is, and its director.



Love Aaj Kal and Imtiaz Ali


4. Who clicked this very famous photograph?



Malcolm Browne


5. Identify the famous movie of a scene of which the above is a parody.

VIDEO2


A quiz by Apratim Mukhopadhyay 73Reservoir Dogs


6. Identify this young billionaire, born in 1982 and made famous in popular culture.



Eduardo Saverin


SCORES


ROUND 3

CONNECTIONS ROUND


RULESThis round will feature questions with sets of elements that share certain connections. Points will be awarded for identifying the connections and, according to the quizmaster’s discretion, for identifying a any to all of the elements in a particular set. Again, any team that gives a full answer will get 10 points.


1. Connect the following books. (Not an exhaustive list)



All debut novels by the concerned authors


2. Connect these three movies.(Exhaustive list)



The only three movies to have won the “Big Five” at the Academy Awards.


3. Connect these photographs. (Not an exhaustive list)



All photographs taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson


4. Connect.(Exhaustive list)



Pac-Man ghosts


5. Connect .(Not an exhaustive list)



Feluda stories


6. Connect these five movies. (Not an exhaustive list)



All winners of the Filmfare Award for Best Film.


SCORES


ROUND 4

RAPID FIRE ROUND


RULESThis round will not be conducted on the screen, but the questions will be read out aloud. Each team will get a set of 6 questions and a time of 60 seconds. If a team answers a particular question incorrectly, then they won’t get to answer it again. If a team passes a particular question, and there is time left, the question will be asked again; however, the latter will be only be done when all the other questions have already been asked, at least once. May the best team win.

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