MELAS Quiz at HERITAGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KOLKATA on 7th February,2015

2. RAJANIKANTH SAYS:
1. 60 Questions. 30 Clockwise, 30 Anticlockwise
2. Limited Pounce (16 Pounces), Infinite Bounce
3. +10/0 on Bounce
4. +10/-10 on Pounce

4. 1.
The statue
alongside is in
Stirling, Scotland
and was placed
in 1997. This
caused much
controversy.
Whose statue is
this and why has
there been so
much
controversy ?

6. This was Mel Gibson as William Wallace which drew a lot of
controversy.

7. 2.
Which TV Actress’ face has been blanked out?

9. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

10. 3.
The Scottish Football League has been dominated by
the Old Firm Clubs. Which was the last club other than
Glasgow Celtics and Glasgow Rangers to have won
the Scottish Football League? Who was the coach of
the team?

13. 4.
IMDb Bottom 100 (according to IMDb users) has two
Bollywood movies listed in the Bottom 10. Both of
them released in this decade. ID the movies.

16. 5.
X was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and is the
won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
X’s narrator is a 19-year-old orphan of Khaufpur, born
a few days before the 1984 Bhopal disaster, whose
spine has become so twisted that he must walk on all
fours. Ever since he can remember, he has gone on all
fours. Known to every-one simply as _______, he
rejects sympathy, spouts profanity and obsesses about
sex. He lives with a crazy old French nun, and his dog.
Also, he falls in love with a local musician's daughter.
The Book?

19. 6.
The Beige Brigade is a group of colourful and
passionate X sport fans who identify themselves by
wearing beige colours. A version of this uniform was
worn by the X national team playing a particular sport
during the 1980s which they have changed. The
national team currently wear a uniform of a different
colour, which is used for the uniforms of almost all of
X’s national teams in other sports.
Whom did the Beige Brigade support?

22. 7
Oliver’s Story was a
1977 sequel to a
Bestseller which
stayed for 41 weeks
in The New York
Times Best Seller list,
reaching the top spot.
Which novel was
Oliver’s Story a
sequel to?

25. 8.
Connect
them with
respect to
Hollywood
Walk Of
Fame?

27. All four of them have Stars at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At
the same time, the characters they created/voiced/played
also has a Star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mel Blanc and Bugs Bunny
Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse
Mike Myers and Shrek
Jim Henson and Kermit The Frog

28. 9.
X is a 2003 drama film
directed by Peter Webber.
The screenplay was adapted
by screenwriter Olivia
Hetreed, based on the novel
of the same name by Tracy
Chevalier.
From what is the novel
inspired?

30. Girl With A Pearl Earring

31. 10.
Given alongside is the
poster of Benim
Dünyam, a 2013
Turkish drama film
directed by Uğur
Yücel. Which Asian
movie is this a remake
of?

34. 11.
ID the two sportsperson. The photo was taken in Nagoya,
Japan in 1971.

36. Zhuang Zedong and Glenn Cowan

37. 12
X is known as one of the world's best fighters, possessing a
combination of both great speed and great strength. His
powerful jab and emphasis on agility complimented his flashy
personality and outfit. In terms of weaknesses, his only major
drawback appears to his deep sense of pride and strong self-
confidence.
X his public image is more in the vein of Sugar Ray Leonard or Joe
Louis given that X avoided politics.
Like Ali, X was an outside fighter, relying on his speed and power to
get through fights. His jab-cross-hook combination were his
mainstay, and, also like Ali, X's defense was heavily contingent
upon his speed. X used Ali's "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
philosophy, being able to bob and weave and frustrate his
opponents. A notable difference was that though X had Ali's
unorthodox hand positioning, he ducked, bobbed and weaved in
the classic style, as opposed to Ali who preferred to move
backwards, in contradiction to boxing's basic tenets, but with
success.
ID X.

39. Apollo Creed

40. 13.
Truth in 24 is a 2008
documentary film
directed by Keith
Cossrow and Bennett
Visltear detailing Audi's
preparation for the 2008
X. The team is followed
through several races
prior to X, including
the one in Sebring and
the 1000km of Monza.
Neither race results in
victory for Audi
(although they did win
class at Sebring)
heading into X.
X please?

42. 24 Hours of Le Mans.

43. 14.
The painting on the next slide is of an European folk
hero and is painted by Peter Francis Bourgeois. The
picture shows the moment just before the incident for
which he is famous.
ID the subject of the painting.

46. William Tell

47. 15
The picture alongside is of
Latif Yahia, an Iraqi-born
author and former
combatant in the Iran-Iraq
War. He fled from Iraq in
1992. He has written 3
books, “I was ______’s
Son” , “The Devil’s
Double” and “The Black
Hole”. (Book Cover’s of 2
of them is in the next
slide).
What claim about himself
has he made through his
books?

49. He claimed to have been a Body Double of Uday
Hussain, Saddam Hussain’s son. His First Books
was I was Saddam’s Son

50. 16.
Earlier techniques used were straddle technique, Western
Roll, Eastern cut-off or even scissors ______. However X
techniques is most prevalent.
Brill Bend and X were almost similar techniques. However
the technique is called X and not Brill Bend because of the
person who was more successful using the technique.
ID X.

52. Fosbury Flop

53. 17.
X is a city in Northern Provinces of Sri Lanka. It is the
12th largest city in the country. Prior to the Sri Lankan
civil war, it was Sri Lanka's second most populated city
after the commercial capital Colombo.
X was also the initial title of a Shoojit Sircar film.
ID X.

55. Jaffna

56. 18.
Film Director Country
1946
The Turning Point Fridrikh Ermler Soviet Union
Men Without Wings František Čáp Czechoslovakia
The Last Chance Leopold Lindtberg Switzerland
Iris and the
Lieutenant
Alf Sjöberg Sweden
Portrait of Maria Emilio Fernández Mexico
Rome, Open City Roberto Rossellini Italy
Brief Encounter David Lean United Kingdom
Pastoral Symphony Jean Delannoy France
The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder United States
The Red Meadows
Bodil
Ipsen and Lau
Lauritzen, Jr.
Denmark
Given alongside is
an inexhaustive list
of movies with their
directors and the
countries. One Asian
movie makes the list
exhaustive. ID the
Asian movie.

58. The list is that of
the movies which
won the Grand Prix
du Festival
International du
Film (Best Film)
award at the first
Cannes Film
Festival in 1946
which later came to
be known as Palm
d’Or.

59. 19
The following two slides has two paintings. The first one was
painted in 1888 while the second one was painted in 1992. ID
both the painters.

60. Bedroom In Arles (1888)

61. Bedroom At Arles (1992)

63. Bedroom In Arles- Vincent Van Gogh
Bedroom At Arles- Roy Lichtenstein

64. 20.
Given alongside is the picture of
Mehran Karimi Nasseri an Iranian
refugee.
Nasseri claims he was expelled
from Iran in 1977 for protests
against the Shah and after a long
battle, involving applications in
several countries, was awarded
refugee status by the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees
in Belgium. This allegedly permitted
residence in many other European
countries.
Having claimed to have one British
parent, although he has produced
no evidence to support this, he
decided to settle in the UK in 1986.
What happened after this has made
him famous.
Which 2004 movie was inspired
partially by his life?

67. 21.
In 2002, the American cable network VH1 aired a countdown of
the VH1's “100 Greatest X”. The Following is the top 10 list.
• Los del Río — "Macarena" (1996)
• Soft Cell — "Tainted Love" (1982)
• Dexys Midnight Runners – "Come On Eileen" (1983)
• Right Said Fred — "I'm Too Sexy" (1992)
• Toni Basil — "Mickey" (1982)
• Baha Men — "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (2000)
• Vanilla Ice — "Ice Ice Baby" (1990)
• a-ha — "Take On Me" (1985)
• Gerardo — "Rico Suave" (1990)
• Nena — "99 Luftballons" (1984)

69. One Hit Wonders

70. 22.
Connect?

72. MRF

73. 23.
The Actress’s real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson.
The actress’ stage name, X, was taken from a X
______; she has stated that "If you get a little gassy,
you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me,
'You're like a X ______.' And that's where the name
came from." The actress' mother thought that a Jewish
surname would get her further in Hollywood, so she
replaced Johnson with Y.
ID this Academy Award winning actress (XY) who was
rumored to be the highest paid actress for her
appearances in film, in the 1990s.

75. WHOOPI GOLDBERG

76. 24.
The following video is of Sunny Leone pole
dancing in Big Boss. ID the singer whose song is
being played at the background. Also tell me the
movie where the original song was a part.
Video

79. 25.
In the first book of X series , Y never spoke, even though other
animals native to X did. In subsequent books of the series , other
animals who reached X was able to speak but not Y. But in the 8th
book of the series, it is revealed that Y can also speak just like
other animals, but he chose not to speak.
In the first book of the series, Y was described as, “a little black
dog with long silky hair and small black eyes, that twinkled merrily
on either side of his funny, wee nose”. However from the
illustration of the first book, many have concluded that Y is a Cairn
Terrier, while others believe that he was a Yorkshire Terrier as this
breed was quite popular at that time and it fits the illustration as
well.
ID X and Y.

81. X-OZ
Y- Toto

82. 26.
1970 album titled Self Portrait had this album cover. Which
artist(e)?

84. Bob Dylan

85. 27.
While filming this song, the usual choreographer was
not present. Kishore Kumar volunteered and the whole
cast was briefed with the lyrics. He began dancing,
mostly silly actions according to the lyrics and
instructed the other four actors to follow him.
The song also features in the movie, “ Mere Brother Ki
Dulhan”.
The song?

87. MERI PYAARI BINDU

88. 28.
In 2014, X made its first appearance at the Kolkata
Book fair, launching its campaign to enthuse
people to become regular contributors to X. It
booked a stall and lined up an awareness
programme to sign up volunteers. Incidentally,
Kolkata fares poorly when it comes to contributing
to X. The Book Fair authorities have already sealed
the deal and are looking forward to this
heavyweight participant.
ID X

90. Wikipedia

91. 29.
Prasenjit in an interview on 17th August,2014, “After
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar’s death there was a big void,
it was declared that it’s all over for the Bengali film
industry, when only one man — X — made films one
after the other and all of them were hits..... He was
himself an actor and became a maker and very few
people remember that his films became the turning
point for the Bengali film industry. He was looked upon
as god at that time. He has made a lot of contribution
to this industry.”
This was said in connection to an actor making his
debut in a Bengali film.
ID X.

93. Sukhen Das

94. 30.
In a Kabaddi game, a team gets three bonus points if the
entire opponent team is declared out. What is this act of
getting the entire opponent team out called?

96. Lona

98. 1.
The author tentatively titled the novel Tomorrow is Another Day,
from its last line. Other proposed titles included Bugles Sang
True, Not in Our Stars, and Tote the Weary Load. The title finally
chosen is from the first line of the third stanza of the poem Non
Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson:
I have forgot much, Cynara!_____ _____ _____ _____,
Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng,
Dancing, to put thy pale, lost lilies out of mind;
But I was desolate and sick of an old passion,
Yea, all the time, because the dance was long:
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

101. 2.
The term ‘X’ has been around for at least twenty years and is a
slang reference to certain kind of movies. Usually these types of
movies are heavily emotional and revolve around relationships,
both romantic and platonic. This kind of a motion picture has
existed since the beginning of the movie industry. The earliest
examples include ‘Morocco’ released in 1930, 1936′s ‘Camille’
and of course ‘Gone with the Wind’ in 1939.
Many film critics have noted that today’s X differs somewhat from
earlier movies. The earlier motion pictures were more
melodramatic and tragic, like ‘Mildred Pierce’ and ‘Written on the
Wind’, whereas the modern version is definitely more upbeat and
optimistic in nature. Modern examples also feature a healthy
injection of comedy that earlier releases lack.
ID X.

103. Chick Flick

104. 3.
X Mining Corporation Limited is a prominent mining company
from the western Indian state of Goa thanks to Mr. M.M.P.
deSouza (one of the founders of the mining industry in Goa). This
company was built from Souza Mineralia Pvt. Company . The
mineral business was founded by Vasantrao in 1941 along with
his younger brother Mr. Vaikuntrao .
X recently has divested its mining assets and has entered many
businesses The following are the entities which or fully or partially
owned by the House of X:
1. Hindustan Food
2. X Travels
3. X Industries Newspaper Publishing
4. X Shipbuilding
5. Goa Carbon
6. Aparant Iron And Steel
What is their connection to sports?

106. Dempo Sports Club

107. 4.
X is an age-old narrative device used in folk music and
sung at Punjabi weddings in India, Pakistan, US,
Canada, Australia and UK. The word means 'Female
Firefly‘. In folk music it stands in for the poet-writer who
uses X as an innocent observer to make incisive, often
humorous, sometimes sad but always touching
observations. In spiritual poetry X means the spirit of
life, or essence of life. The late Legendary Alam
Lohar (Punjab, Pakistan) and late Singer &
Humorist Asa Singh Mastana (Punjab, India) are
credited with popularizing this poetry from early Sufi
spiritual writings.
X please?

109. Jugni

110. 5.
Whose
Cricket
Career?

112. Rajdeep Sardesai

113. 6
V-Day, February 14, is a global
activist movement to end violence
against women and girls inspired
by this piece of literature. The
movement was started in 1998 by the
author of the literary work. She has
been quoted as saying that it was
women's reactions to her work that
launched V-Day.
The V Day participants stage benefit
performances of the show and/or
host other related events in their
communities. Such events take place
worldwide each year between
February 1 and April 30. The
performances generally benefit rape
crisis centers and shelters for
women, as well as similar resource
centers for women.
What was inspiration behind V-Day?

115. The Vagina Monologues

116. 7.
Connect the two movies

118. Both have been adopted from Hussain Zaidi books
Black Friday – Black Friday
From Dongri to Dubai- Shootout At Wadala

119. 8.
Prior to the show's finale, ABC released this photo of the cast posing as X in
which one was supposed to be able to find clues as to the character's fates
in the final season. X is a play on the name of the original artwork it is
inspired from. ID X?

121. The “Lost” Supper…..

122. 9.
After a long campaign, the WDSF, was recognized by
the International Olympic Committee as the sole representative
body for X, on September 5, 1997. The WDSF website shows
letters and certificates from the IOC that recognise X as an
eligible sport for inclusion into the Olympics. It gives an upbeat
appraisal of the chances of X being included in a future summer
Olympic Games.
However, X has not been included as an official event at the
Olympics since its recognition, and there are many who doubt
that it ever will.
X however has been in Asian Games in 2010 and was swept by
the Chinese contingent.
The next slide shows podium finishers in one of the category.
ID X.

125. Dancesport/Ballroom Dancing

126. 10.
This song was “inspired/copied” from American
Civil War song “When Johnny Comes Marching
Home”. It was part of a Basu Chatterjee movie
which featured the lead actor on a cartoonist.
The song also shares its name with an Indian soap
opera which aired on the Hindi entertainment channel
Colors TV from 9 January 2012 to 5 October 2012.
Season 2 began airing 14 January 2013 and the show
ended on the 12 September 2013.
ID The Song. A pic of the TV show is in the next
slide.

129. Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kahaan

130. 11.
In 1999, X made headlines again when it was revealed
that he had been hired by Libyan leader Muammar
Gaddafi to act as a football coach for his son, Al-Saadi
Gaddafi, who aspired to join an Italian football club. Al-
Saadi ultimately did join an Italian team but was
sacked after one game when he failed a drug test.
X briefly acted as trainer for Argentine football
legend Diego Maradona in 1997.
Who is this “famous” trainer X?

132. Ben Johnson

133. 12.
30th Golden Raspberry Awards for the Worst Actress of the
Decade 2000-2009-
•X
•Mariah Carey for Glitter
•Lindsay Lohan for Herbie: Fully Loaded, I Know Who Killed
Me and Just My Luck
•Jennifer Lopez for Angel Eyes, Enough, Gigli, Jersey
Girl, Maid in Manhattan, Monster-in-Law and The Wedding
Planner
•Madonna for Die Another Day, The Next Best
Thing and Swept Away.
X the winner, is known less for her acting skills.
ID X.

135. Paris Hilton

136. 13.
The Asian ________ Games were a multi-sport
event that was contested every two years among
athletes representing countries from Asia (The sports
given in the next slide). The first games were held in
2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. The last one was held in
2009 , after which it was combined with the Asian
Martial Arts Games. The inaugural Asian _______-
Martial Arts Games was held in Incheon, Korea in
2013
FITB.

137. Archery
Athletics
Basketball
BMX racing
Bowling
Boxing
Chess
Cue sports
Cycling
Dancesport
Dragon and lion dance
Electronic sports
Finswimming
Futsal
Aerobic gymnastics
Hoop takraw
Hockey
Inline skating
Kabbadi
Kickboxing
Kurash
Muaythai
Pencak silat
Pétanque
Skateboarding
Sport climbing
Swimming
Shuttlecock
Vovinam
Weiqi
Xiangqi
Wushu

139. Asian Indoor Games

140. 14.
“She came right for my table. She knew everyone
was watching. She sat down. And now, she was
barely… Listen. Look at the picture. Where are my
eyes? I’m staring at her nipples because I am
afraid they are about to come onto my plate. In my
face you can see the fear. I’m so frightened that
everything in her dress is going to blow—BOOM!—
and spill all over the table.”
This was about a photograph taken in 1957 in honour
of the actress speaking. The photograph is considered
a glowing example of Women’s jealousy.
Which photograph?

142. Sophia Loren staring at Jayne Mansfield’s assets.

143. 15.
Connect the three movie: (Exhaustive)

145. All three movies holds the record for least number of actors
in a movie (one).

146. 16.
Ordeal is a book,
published in 1980,
which has become
influential within the
feminist anti-
pornography
movement.
Who is the author?

148. Linda Lovelace

149. 17.
One of the co-Producer
of these two movies is same.
Who is this person?

151. Uday Chopra

152. 18.
The picture alongside is of
an Indian swimmer. He
was the only swimmer to
represent India in the 2012
London Olympics. He
finished 6th in heat 1
of 1500m freestyle event
with a time of 16:31:14 and
was eventually knocked
out at last position 31st.
He was given a position to
swim in the Olympics due
to a universality quota,
despite not reaching a
qualifying standard.
Who is he?

154. Gagan Ullalmath

155. 19.
The village Kitulgala, Sri Lanka has become a magnet for
adrenalin junkies who can white-water raft down the river,
whose real name is the Kelani.
However in 2014, Sri Lanka's Electricity Board unveiled
plans to dam the river as part of a £50million ($82million)
hydro-electric project.
There was widespread dismay among locals whose
livelihoods depend on tourism.
In a bid to soften the blow, the electricity board has
announced that it will pay for the reconstruction of X,
whose remains also has been attracting tourists in that
village.
What is X?

157. A new wooden bridge was announced to be built on the
original's foundations, to attract fans of the Oscar-winning
movie, The Bridge On The River Kwai.

158. 20.
X won major badminton titles between the 1930s and the
early 1950s including 13 titles at the All England Open
Badminton Championships, 1 of them in women's singles, 4
in women's doubles and 8 in mixed doubles.
She was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame as
an Inaugural Member.
ID her.

160. Betty Uber

161. 21.
While some people are fighting tooth and nail to get fame,
money and the good stuff, some celebrities are letting go of
everything to fit into their roles. X was cast to play a role in
the film directed by Roman Polanski. His character was a
Jewish Holocaust survivor who lost all he had to the Nazis. In
order to feel like he actually survived the Holocaust, X made
the huge decision to consciously lose everything he had. He
gave up his fancy car, his cell phone, his apartment, and his
luxurious lifestyle. He even dumped his long-term girlfriend
so that his crying on screen would be real. These extreme
moves did however win him an Oscar at a young age, and he
was the first American to receive a Cesar Award.
Who is the actor?

163. Adrian Brody

164. 22.
Who is the author of these two books which are two of his
very few works for adults?

166. Dr. Seuss

167. 23.
Filmfare Award for which category? X and Y?
1995
Shakti Kapoor – Raja Babu
• Kader Khan – Main Khiladi Tu Anari
• Laxmikant Berde – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
• X - Y
• Paresh Rawal – Mohra

169. Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
Shakti Kapoor – Andaz Apna Apna

170. 24.
Speaking to, News.com.au, this artist, who has worked for
Shepard Fairey’s Obey, admitted, “It's kind of creepy that that
many people have seen me naked. I feel like I’m the world's
biggest porn star.”
The story was carried with a picture headline which said:
Embarrassed By Exposure.
______, Mate
FITB/ Who is the artist?

173. NEVERMIND BABY

174. 25.
Which team, which participated in the 2008 Beijing
Olympics was called “The Redeem Team”? One of
the major player of that team stated in a feature by
a magazine, "It's the gold, or it's failure.”

176. US Basketball Team, 2008 Olympics

177. 26.
This foreign language film won the Best Original Song award
and was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay at the
Academy Awards. However it could not be nominated for the
Best Foreign Language Film because it had no specific
country of origin and hence no country could claim the
movie to be its official entry.

179. The Motorcycle Diaries

180. 27.
The Sower (1850) is part of a
trio and the artist’s first
major painting.
ID painter.
What logo is inspired from
this?

182. Jean-Francois Millet

183. 28.
Connect (Exhaustive) with respect to awards.

185. Only X-Rated movies to be nominated for the Oscars

186. 29.
A studied Business Administration in London and has majored in
English too. A used to work for Mapfre, a Spanish company.
B is the Chief Executive Officer of the NDF a humanitarian
organization, established in 2007 which was founded the
organization to help disadvantaged children.
C graduated from the University of Sussex with straight A’s in her
Music, Art and Drama A-levels, majoring in English Literature. C is
an artist and has been painting portraits of pets for wealthy clients
around London while trying to get her acting career going.
D s a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. She
reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 76 on 10
September 2001 and a doubles ranking of World No. 215 on 24
August 1998.
How do we know them better?

188. A- Xisca
B- Jelena Ristic
C- Kim Sears
D- Mirka Federer
The WAGs of the Big Four in Tennis.

189. 30.
Connect:

191. Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War