M.E.L.A QUIZ

RESEARCHED AND CONDUCTED BY:-

MILIND SHARMASHANTANU SHARMA

FINALS

INFY BOUNCE

Q1

A famous painting by the renowned Indian artist Raja Ravi Verma. What is the subject of this painting?

AND THE ANSWER IS…

DRAUPADI AND THE PANDAVAS

There are more than a dozen stories involved in the debate like ‘Rani ketaki ke kahani’ by Insha Allah Khan (1803), ‘Ek jamindar ka Drishtant’ by Rev J. Newton (1887), ‘Indumati’ by Kishori Lal Goswami (1900), ‘Ek tokari bhar mitti’ by Madhav Rao Sapre (1901) and ‘Usne kaha tha’ by Chandra Dhar Sharma Guleri (1915) in this debate.

Q2

AND THE ANSWER IS…

ALL CLAIMING TO BE THE FIRST SHORT STORY IN HINDI

Q3 Whose parody have ‘The Simpsons’ created (on next slide) ?

Q3

AND THE ANSWER IS…

THE SOPRANOS

This actor who recently claimed his entire life was one, long extended performance art project– took to the red carpet wearing a rather fetching paper bag on his head. Written on the bag is a phrase no doubt referring to one of many erratic tweets he posted as he announced, shortly before the whole art project thing, his ‘retirement from public life’.

Q4

AND THE ANSWER IS…

SHIA LABEOUF

Wendi Doniger is not the first author to face such an uproar from Indians for writing something bold. In fact Katherine Mayo also had to undergo several allegations and all when she wrote a book named X. An epic Indian movie was also given the same title as a sort of rebuke to the original book title. Identify X

Q5Q5

AND THE ANSWER IS…

MOTHER INDIA

Q6

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Ocean Therapy Solutions (OTS) is a company owned by actor X.  After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, X wanted to find a new way to separate oil from water, so he acquired the company. He found it difficult to promote its products, until BP placed an order for several of the company's devices in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Q7

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Kevin Costner

This 2007 biographical film ‘Chapter 27’ is based on a famous murder. The movie stars X as Y( the murderer). X was also in news this year. So who as whom and why the name chapter 27 only?

Q8

AND THE ANSWER IS…

X- Jared LetoY- Mark David Chapman

ROUND 2

ANSWERS…

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

HELL’S KITCHEN

30 ROCK

MAD MEN

THE HOBBIT

HOMELAND

INFY BOUNCE

Identify the instrument from this video [Video Removed]

Q1

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Bulbul Tarang

____ is a daily superfast express train running between Azamgarh and Old Delhi. It has been named so as to honour a legendary poet ____ who hails from Azamgarh .

Q2

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Kaifiyat Express

Image on the next slide

In June 2011, ____ university announced that they will administer the prizes named after these two people. An Indian happens to be one of the winners of the prize this year.

Q3

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Donald WindhamSandy Campbell

Image on the next slideQ4

X is the horticultural practice of training live perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes perhaps geometric or fanciful

The term also refers to plants which have been shaped in this way. The word derives from the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, or a Greek word that Romans also applied to fictive indoor landscapes executed in fresco.

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Topiary

Just identify the authorQ5

AND THE ANSWER IS…

ALICE MUNRO

Q6

The person shown here (director of the movie ‘I, me aur main’ has a relative whom we all know in a different context. Who is the famous relative?

AND THE ANSWER IS…

RAKESH SHARMA (The director is Kapil Sharma, his son)

Whose theme song?Q7

AND THE ANSWER IS…

RANDY ORTON

Q8

This is a 1973 film ‘Anhonee’ . Recent Connection?

AND THE ANSWER IS…

HUNGAMA HO GAYA

ROUND 4

MINIMAL BOLLYWOOD POSTERS

ANSWRS…

LOAFER

CHACHI 420

SHAAN

DEEWANA MASTANA

OYE LUCKY LUCKY OYE

DULHE RAJA

LVC ROUND 5

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+10/0

All of these have been known as the ‘Great American Novel’ at one point of time