MELA - 2016Jagreeti Hazarika & Shikhar Nigam

General Round

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This is a book on sadomasochism by Michael Leigh and it lends its name to a famous band.

Q1. Name the book.

A. The Velvet Underground

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Q3. Id X“X & The Missing Scrolls”, released on 22 October, is the second book to be released after writer Jean-Yves Ferri and illustrator Didier Conrad took over from original co-creators A & B. The first of the new books saw the duo head to ancient Scotland. The new book has them resisting Roman occupation and fighting their Roman foes in a propaganda war alongside a character inspired by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. It is the 36th book in the hugely popular series.

A. Asterix

Q4. Identify X.X is a specific type of strings used to control puppets that are most prominently used in Italy, specifically Sicily. However, this artform doesn’t come under general puppeteering. A poster for a famous movie also features X.

A. Marionette Strings

Q5. Identify the writer.“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full

of people running about with lit matches.”

A. Ray BradburyAuthor of Fahrenheit 451

Q6. Which movie?

A.

Q7. Identify X.X was born on 25 January, 1903 in Motihari (present-day Bihar).

X’s work is marked with lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, and outspoken support to democratic socialism.

In 2008, X was ranked 2 on a list by The Times of “50 Greatest British Writers” since 1945.

A. George Orwell

Q8. Which movie?

Q9. Connect?

A. Epic Rap Battles of History

Q10. Id work.

A. Romeo & Juliet

Q11. Which group? In this book, the author explores the “mathematical secrets” of which famous group of people?

Actress Karishma Kapoor was first offered the female lead in this movie but due to date issues, she declined the offer. Director Dharmesh Darshan was left disheartened that his first and favorite choice was no longer part of his project, considering that Kapoor and Darshan’s first collaboration was a huge success. Darshan looked for a replacement and the role ultimately went to Twinkle Khanna. In order to display resemblance between Kapoor and Khanna, the director had the same clothes and the same wig that Karishma had worn in Raja Hindustani for Twinkle.

Name the movie.

Q12. Id the movie.

A. Mela

Q13. Identify X.

The Aarne-Thompson system classifies X as “the persecuted heroine”. The story of Rhodopis, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt, is considered the earliest known variant of X’s story. X is also known as Aschenputtel in certain versions.

A. Cinderella

Q14. The first edition of X was published in 1964 and was pretty racist. In the first edition, the _______ were described as black pygmies from “the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had gone before.” Also the main character was originally described by the author as “a small negro boy”. A fan of the book since childhood, film director Tim Burton states, “I responded to X because it respected the fact that children can be adults.”

A. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Q15. Identify this famous book.

After Simon Pegg spilled the beans that X had a cameo as a Stormtrooper in The Force Awakens, the _______ star flat-out denied it. But according to Entertainment Weekly, the cameo did happen, and he doesn’t play any Stormtrooper. He was the one who was in the room with Rey as she discovers she can use the Force to influence people’s minds.

Q16. Id X.

A. Daniel Craig

Pick Your Pill

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Quiz

Q1. “There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job.”

A. Whiplash

Q2. Put funda.

A. 2 Girls, 1 Cup

Q4. Id work

Q4. Id work.

A. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

Q5. Id narration.

A. Carl Sagan

Q6. Id the famous painting X.

X is the popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910. Der Schrei der Natur is the title Munch gave to these works, all of which show a figure with an agonized expression against a landscape with a tumultuous orange sky. Arthur Lubow has described X as "an icon of modern art, a Mona Lisa for our time."

A. The Scream

Q7. Connect.

A. J. J. Abrams

Q8. Id the book. While X was working as a script reader for Paramount Pictures, his/her boss there, Richard Mealand, offered to introduce his/her to his publishing contacts. He put his/her in touch with the Bobbs-Merrill Company. A recently hired editor, Archibald Ogden, liked the book, but two internal reviewers gave conflicting opinions about it. One said it was a great book that would never sell; the other said it was trash but would sell well. Ogden's boss, president D.L. Chambers, decided to reject the book. Ogden responded by wiring to the head office, "If this is not the book for you, then I am not the editor for you." His strong stand got a contract for X in December 1941.

A. The Fountainhead

r/TheMovieWithin

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Ex. A candy man lures children into his factory and slowly disposes of them using the last of an enslaved race.

A. Willy Wonka / Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

Q1. An old man manipulates the life of a boy in order to stop a disgruntled former job applicant.

A. Harry Potter

Q2. A man is forced on a cross-country road trip to save his wife and unborn son from a mentally disturbed vagrant.

A. Mad Max: Fury Road

Q3. Catapulted to TV stardom after she wins a local contest, a poor but plucky teenage girl with a hot makeover tries to survive in the spotlight as she balances family, friends and boys.

A. Hunger Games

Q4. A wealthy white man with daddy issues sleeps with other men to solve his internal struggle.

A. Inception

Q5. The illegitimate child of a serial rapist and mass murderer crosses the country to kill an old man, all while slowly falling in love with his cousin.

A. Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief

Q6. A businessman attempts to hold an illegal alien liable for damages to public property.

A. Batman v Superman

Q8. Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.

A. The Wizard of Oz

Connect

Q1. Id X. (+100/-50)Y is an American adult animated television series that follows the misadventures of alcoholic scientist and his easily influenced grandson, who split their time between domestic family life and Z. The series is loosely based on the characters from the movie X.

21 October, 2015 was celebrated worldwide in honour of the Steven Spielberg movie, “X:2” as “X Day”, 30 years after the original.

Q2. Id X? (+80/-40)X was a fictional character on an American drama. X has lived in a variety of countries, such as Egypt, the Philippines and Japan. As a result, X is fluent in several languages including Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi, and has a working knowledge of several others.

X was portrayed by a British actor who won 2 Golden Globes in 2006 and 2007. In 2011, X was the most widely discussed fictional character on the social media site Facebook. The character is partly inspired by Sherlock Holmes, and according to the creator brings the story of Sherlock Holmes back full circle.

Q3. Id X. (+70/-30)“X” is a sequel to “Y” - a popular American anime-styled cartoon and is set 70 years after the events of the latter. It ran for four seasons, titled: Air, Spirits, Change & Balance.

Although, a live feature film for “Y” was made, most of the internet and fans of the show practice deliberate memory loss of the existence of the movie (directed by “Shamalamadingdong”) because it really was that bad.

Q4. Connect? (+60/-20)

Q5. Id X. (+40)The Purple Man (real name Y) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain. In the 2000s, he emerged as an enemy of A and her husband B. His body produces pheromones which allow him to verbally control the actions of others. He is played by Scottish actor X in the 2015 Netflix series Jessica Jones.

1. Back To The Future2. Gregory House3. Avatar: The Legend of Korra4. John Hurt5. David Tennant

Connect: The Doctor / Doctor Who

Q. Id the map

A. Panem (The Hunger Games)

Q. Id the man.

A. Tony Mendez (Argo)

Q. Give funda.

A. Reincarnation theories of famous people

Sample Question

Q. Which show? “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it

weren't for those meddling kids!”

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