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The Golden Rules of the Quiz :

#1 QMs are Gods!

#2 When in doubt refer to rule 1

We Are Serious!! Dead Serious!!

Written Round

First Interconnection is the Best Interconnection

5 Questions, about how some popular movies begin

10 points each and 10 for getting all correct

1. Id Movie and the person being introduced

Id movie

Id Movie

Father: My speech in you I would place

Son : Your speech in me I take

Father: My breath in you I would place

Son : Your breath in me I take

Father: My eye in you I would place

Son : Your eye in me I take

Id the movie which starts with the following verses from written on screen

'a dying man's bequest to his son from Kaushitaki Upanishad'

Father: My ear in you I would place

Son : Your ear in me I take

Father: My tastes in you I would place

Son : Your tastes in me I take

Father: My deeds in you I would place

Son : Your deeds in me I take

(Cont’d)

Id the movie which starts with the following verses from written on screen

'a dying man's bequest to his son from Kaushitaki Upanishad'

Father: My pleasure in you I would place

Son : Your pleasure in me I take

Father: My bliss, delight and procreation in you I would place

Son : Your bliss, delight and procreation in me I take

Father: My goings in you I would place

Son : Your goings in me I take

Father: My mind in you I would place

Son : Your mind in me I take

Father: My intelligence in you I would place

Son : Your intelligence in me I take

Id movie where the prelude is narrated with this painting on screen

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1.Gulmohar, Renjith

2.Oridathoru Phayalvan

3.Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla

4.Piravi

5.Vaishali

CLOCKWISE

• Infinite Bounce

• 18 questions

• 10 for direct

• Pounce +15/-10

1. Arani Velayudham Jayaprakash was a former first class cricketer who played for Mysore/Karnataka during the 70s and 80s.After retiring from domestic cricket he became an umpire in a career spanning from 1997-2008 even umpiring in IPL first season. However he is most remembered for something which happened in a test match in February 1999. What?

പെ�റു�പെതു ഒരു�സ്ലൈ�ഡ്�

2. Adv Ramnath is a practising lawyer at the Kerala High Court. He made his debut in films with a landmark movie in the late 70s and won the National Award on debut. His iconic contribution came a few years later for another movie , for which he won the National Award again in the same category, this time with 3 others, making him the first person ever to win the National Award twice in this category,a feat repeated only once.

The category he won the National Award twice in and the debut movie?

Master Aravind

Oppol, My Dear Kuttichathan

National Film Award for Best Child Actor

3.Priyamanasam is an upcoming movie directed by Vinod Mankara(director of the critically acclaimed Ottamandaram) starring Rajesh Hebbar and Kuchuppudi exponent,Pratheeksha Kashi, about Unnayi Warrier. According to certain reports, only two movies of its kind have been made in India and the last one about 23 years ago , and both the movies winning Best Picture National Award. Noted children's book writer Ravishankar V will helm a crowd sourced movie, Punyakoti, which will be the first animated movie of this kind.

What kind.

Sanskrit Movie

4. Give me their Malayali equivalent

5. Put Funda OR Give me the most famous missing name from the list (List in non exhaustive!)

6 . Song 1

This song was written by Meppallil Balan and was first sung by the Mehaboob at the inauguration of a successful venture in Kerala , the name of the venture finding a prominent prominent place,among others, in the song lyric

Song 2

This song first sung by Mehaboob featured in the 1973 Malayalam movie Chuzhi , the Malayalam debut of acclaimed actress of South Indian actress Savitri.

Both the songs were rehashed and used in a 2013 project. Id Both Songs

Song 1: Kaayalinarike Song 2 : Kandu Randu Kannu

7. He was a footballer who played for Kasimpasa football club, Turkey from 1979-82 and has their stadium named after him. Recently he played in an exhibition match at the opening of Istanbul Basaksehir stadium and scored a hatrick. Has been in the news recently. Id (Picture follows)

Recip Teyip Erdogan,The Turkish PM

8. P Chandrakumar, is the brother of cinematographer P Sukumar , and has directed more than 50 movies including PC 365, Neeyo Njano, Arangum Aniyarayum , Uyarum Njan Nadake etc. The title of his most iconic work finds mention in a very popular Superstar dialogue from the last ten years. One of his works has become a topic of discussion in the last few days. Funda

9. This test became famous after indicting Justin Gatlin in 2006. It works on the principle that naturally made testosterone has a higher percentage of Carbon 13 to Carbon 12. If the percentage is less then the athlete has used performance enhancing drugs. Give its name which comes from this principle.

Ans : Carbon Isotope Ratio

10. The following graphic was used to settle a debate which started in the late 2000’s between two sets of supporters. One side specifically mentions the rounded part of the graphic to prove its point. What is the significance of the rounded portion

“MANCHESTER IS RED”

OR ATTENDANCE WHEN UNITED WERE

PLAYING AT MAINE ROAD

11.The name of which 1990 movie is a play on the popular Bible verse Song of Songs 7:11

12.United Passions is a 2014 directed by Frederic Auburtin was recently confirmed to being the lowest grossing movie ever in the US box office grossing only $918 (budget £17m)from 10 theatres. The organisation producing intended it to be a self congratulaory movie with Tim Roth starring as the then head of the organisation . Id producers and the person ,currently in news, played by Tim Roth

FIFA, Sepp Blatter

13. The original name of the place in picture is Aurangi Terrace. In the late 90’s and early 00’s it became more popular by a nickname due to something which happens here during June-July period.(Pic in next slide)Late 00’s onwards it has also had other nicknames but nothing has matched the popularity of the original.BBC America recently ran an article : Why X’s ________ ___ will never become ______ ____ FITB

Henman Hill; Murray Mound

14. The promo song for the movie 'Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal' ,'Pettidamaarum Aapathil...' was a talking point for it's unique aesthetics and making style. The song was shot by Prakash Varma , one of the producers of the movie. What was Prakash Varma's most famous achievement which took his industry by storm when released in 2009

Vodafone Zoo Zoo Commercials

15. Who posted this in Facebook on 17th June

Balachandra Menon

16. The meme in the next pic was very popular during 2010.Put Funda

17. The title of which popular Malayalam movie is the protogonists reply to the popular online jargon ASL?

22 Female Kottayam

18. Whose autobiography?

Written Round

6 Questions

10 points each and 10 for getting all correct

”A was the master of the yorker, but then he was lanky as a lamp-post and fast enough to push batsmen onto the back foot. He was the best one-day bowler on the market, a point he often proved in B's finals, only to be denied recognition as Man of the Match by a succession of brilliant batting displays from C.D was a supreme attacking bowler but his trajectory was flatter and swing was his main weapon. E, A's successor, was his closest rival. The Antiguan was the better man as regards short bowling but A had the deadlier sandshoe crusher”.-F (Attack, but skilfully)

A-Joel Garner

B-Lords

C- Vivian Richards

D- Malcom Marshall

E- Curtly Ambrose

F- Peter Roebuck

Visual Connect

Points Mentioned on Slides

Not an Exclusive List

60/-10

50/-10

40/-10

30/-10

20/-10

1.Henry VIII(2003 TV Movie)

2.Don't Say a Word(2001)

3.Carvaggio (1986)

4.The Island (2005)

5.Patriot Games(1992)

6.Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009 TV Movie)

7.Equilibrium(2002)

8.Golden Eye(1995)

9.Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)

10.Game of Thrones

COUNTER CLOCKWISE

• Infinite Bounce

• 18 questions

• 10 for direct

• Pounce +15/-10

1. The most recent story relating to this ancient tradition is related to a tribal captains escape from death in 1810. It gained popularity during the Boer war when it was used by the certain soldiers during the war.

Recently Ngoti Toa tribe launched an eventually unsuccessful bid to copyright the same.What?

The ‘Ka Mate” Haka

2. The 1974 Davis Cup final is regarded by New York Times as the most important Tennis match never to have been played. The cup went to South Africa which benefitted due to the forfeiture of its finals opponents X protesting against the Apartheid.

There were several critics including Arthur Ashe himself who felt it was a ‘lost opportunity for non-whites to compete against whites in the land of apartheid’. Id X

Ans :- India

3. The excrepts from a news article centerpiece to a popular scene reads the following

“....Matinee idol Dharmendra being honoured for completing 25 years in films while film stars Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini re recieving the stars of the decade award in the 11th Lions Awards for 1987....”

the article goes on to report about other award winners and also has picture of the writer in the box.

Who was this article supposed to be about.

4.

_____________ (Malayalam 1982)

Auto Raja(Hindi 1982)

Moonram Pirai(Tamil 1982), but the Hindi remake Sadma does not make the list

Nireekshana (Telugu 1986 ) and its Tamil dubbing Kanne Kalaimane, both remakes of Malayalam movie Yathra, but Yathra does not make the list

Ek Aur Prem Kahani ( Hindi 1996)

______________ (Hindi 2009)

What connects and fill the first blank.

The movies where the 'Thumbi vaa thumbakkudathin...' tune was used

Olangal

Paa

5. The three pictures in the next slide are connected by a specific product endorsement during 2002-03 connected to the color of their jerseys.Id the Product

6. 'Train' is a 2011 Malayalam movie starring Mammootty, Jayasurya etc , written and directed by Jayaraj . The movie had followed an innovative narrative style which the makers claimed was the first time ever in World cinema and promotions included gifting a Tata Nano to audience who could identify the narrative. And many trade analysts attribute the failure of the movie in the box office to this new narrative.

The lead actors talk to each only over phones/wireless etc

7. Jerry West is nicknamed “Mr.Logo” as he is the player in the NBA logo played most of his career for LA Lakers and later became General Manager of the franchise during its glory years. In 1969, he became the holder of two unique records, one of which was matched very recently and another was expected to be matched but surprisingly did not happen. Give me either of the feats (No points for the player)

Triple Double with 40 points in NBA finals

AND

Till date the only player to win finals MVP from the losing side

8. Following Jules Bianchi’s accident in the Japanese Grand Prix last year F1 has come out with a new way to slow cars down during races in the wake of an incident. Rules state that it will normally be implemented when "double waved yellow flags are needed on any section of track and competitors or officials may be in danger, but the circumstances are not such as to warrant use of the safety car itself.“ Id

VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR

9.X in an interview revealed a story that Mohanlal had once told him. X was already a ‘star’ when Mohanlal was still not a recognisable face. Once while in a bus stop a bunch of girls came up to Mohanlal and asked him if he was X and Mohanlal did not deny, even giving away some autographs. X's acting career did not take off but X was later instrumental in the making of campus icons like Rahman, Vineeth , Kunchacko Boban etc

Krishnachandran

10. The scriptwriter's explanation of a plot device he used in an end 90s Malayalam movie, where the protogonist Nazaruddhin(Murali) franctically talks to himself , in his book 'Thirakkadhayude Reethisasthram' became the centerpiece of a debate, transceding the realms of cinema , more than a decade after the release of the movie. Id movie and put funda

Garshom

Source of the infamous question allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammad resulting in the assault on professor T J Joseph

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11. X is reported to have said after the match, one of the most watched of all time : "To beat a 55-year-old guy was no thrill for me. The thrill was exposing a lot of new people to tennis.“Id

Billie Jean King

12. Carl Lewis after equalling Jesse Owens feat at 1984 Olympics was expected to become an endorsement superstar.However not only did he not get many new lucrative endorsements he lost ones which he already had too. ‘Nike’ said he was not ‘macho’ enough while Coke went back on an earlier deal.Though his attitude was mainly blamed the real reason was said to be a ‘myth’ or rumour which gained currency due to his lifestyle, haircut and flamboyant dressing. What was this ‘myth’ which is still has no conclusive proof yet?

13.Nocturne indien(1989)by Alan Corneau French movie based on novel by Antonio Tabucchi. The film won the Best Cinematography Award at the Caesers and was nominated in three more categories. The movie had a few Indians in its cast like Iftekhar and T P Jain and also a malayalam actor listed as 'Les enfants - Le serveur du restaurant de Madras'. Who

Maniyanpilla Raju

14.Id person. In the last 15 years he has won 4 Kerala State Awards and 1 National Award

Isaac Thomas Kottukkappally

Kerala State Film Award for Best Background Music◦ Bhavam(2001)◦ Margam(2002)◦ Oridam, Sancharam (2003)◦ Adaminte Makan Abu, Veetilekkulla Vazhi(2010)

National Film AwardBest Music Direction (Background Score)

◦ Adaminte Makan Abu

15. Identify the person whose resume includes

Sharing screen with Mammootty and Mohanlal

Directing two movies, both together winning 5 National Awards

Cinematographer to Mani Ratnam, Prathap Pothen, Mahesh Dattani etc

Rajiv Menon

16.Identify the movie The movie is about Krishnan in the picture a hard working lower caste labourer who is caught stealing coconuts. The party in power adds an unsolved murder to Krishnan’s criminal résumé, while a Communist opponent goes on a hunger strike on Krishnan’s behalf so that Krishnan, rather than being hanged, can experience the “blissful death” delivered by the U.S.-invented “electronic chair” whose widespread distribution the World Bank is planning to underwrite . The end of the hunger strike and Krishnan’s execution each prompts a public event, with fanfare and grandstanding speeches. At the former, amongst a flurry of faux-documentary interviews, a villager says: “While I’m sorry he is going to die, I am happy that Krishnan’s death will be blissful.” (Pic Follows)

Marana Simhasanam

17.National Awards

1980 - National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film) - The Chola Heritage

1984 - Best Book on Cinema - Cinemayude Lokam

Kerala State Awards

1982 - Best Documentary Film - Krishnanattam

1999 - Best Documentary Film - Kalamandalam Gopi

2005 - Best Short Film - Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair

2004 - Best Book on Cinema - Cinemanubhavam

What is common to these Awards.(Not an exclusive list, part of a much longer list)

All were won by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

18. X and Y are among the most famous ‘recipients’ of a certain title. But the so called ‘authoritative’ people associated with it insist that Z is the only one who should be called so. What title?

X

Z

Y

X- George Best

Y- Eric Clapton

Z- Brian Epstein

“The Fifth Beatle”

Written Round

Differential Scoring

5*(No of teams not answered +1)

1.Name the story and writer(All except the first blank are the same)

പോകട്ടുയിത്ത്�എത്രതുമത്ത്യി ഉ1�?,John Abraham

Writer and the movie inspired from the short story the excrepts are taken from

P.Padmarajan

Thanmatra

Id Cartoonist

G Aravindan

'Ente Swapnathin Thamarapoykayil' song from 'Achani' features two celebrities who usually do not make on screen appearances. One was Dr K J Yesudas who also sang the song and who was the other .

Bharathan

Id the actor who was supposed to make his film debut with the Malayalam Movie Bombay Mittayi

Amar Singh

Written Round

404 Messages on IMDB

10 Questions , 5 points each , 10 points for doing a Nadia Comaneci

1.It's the one that says 'Page not found'

2.Dude, where's my webpage?

3.Lord! It's a miracle! Webpage up and vanished like a fart in the wind!

4.He's off the map! He's off the map

5.There is no page

6. This is not the webpage you're looking for.

7. Well, what if there is no webpage? There wasn't one today

8. I am Jack's missing page

9. What we've got here is... failure to communicate.

10.Where's the page, _________? Where's the page?

1. Pulp Fiction : “It's the one that says bad mother fucker”

2. Dude Where's My Car

3. Shawshank Redemption : “It's a miracle...man up and vanished like a fart in the wind.”

4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

5. Matrix : “There is no spoon”

6. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope : “These aren't the droids you're looking for”

7. Groundhog Day : “What if there were no tomorrow”

8. Fight Club

9. Cool Hand Luke

10.Big Lebowski : “Where is the money Lebowski, Where is the fucking money”

Written Round

Minor Connect

3 Questions, 10 Points for Each Question

10 Points for the Connect

1.The Yadukula Kamboji version of this Malayalam Keertanam ,on Guruvayoorappan originally set in Sreeragam, was popularized by Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar and is supposed to be the last Keertanam he sang before his death. The Keertanam have featured multiple times in malayalam movies prominent ones being 'Ganam'(1982) rendered by Vani Jayaram and Anandabhairavi(2007) by Arjun B Krishna.

2. This song has been used for thematic purposes multiple times in Malayalam cinema. The broadcast of the song version composed by G Devarajan Master for the movie 'Enippadikal'(1973) was banned by the All India Radio. A complete construction with new orchestration of the song by M Jayachandran sung by KS Chitra was used in a 2010 Suresh Gopi starrer Kadaksham

3.One of the most recognisable songs in Malayalam , two versions (sung by S Janaki and B Arundhati) were used as additional tracks for a 1987 biopic. A version sung by Nikhita was used in a very forgettable 2012 multi-starrer . This is one of the rare instances , where a song in an international production was accused of having been plagiarised from a Malayalam song

Karuna Cheyvanenthu Thamasam Krishna

Prananadhan Enikku Nalkiya

Omanathinkal Kidavo

All written by Irayimman Thampi

Q. Medium/Long Visual Connect/Theme (Non Exhaustive list) 5 for individual pics; Marks and negatives indicated on slide

+40/-20

A B

C D

+30/-15

E +25/-10

F +20/-5

G H

+10/0

+40/-20

A –Notre Dame, ParisB- Hungarian Parliament,Budapest

+30/-15

C – Martin Odegaard,Norwegian

D – Don Vito Corleone,The Sicilian

E – Rio de Janeiro Carnival +25/-10

F- Barcalona (Catalan) Vs Athletic Bilbao (Basque) +20/-5

+10/0

G – Chicago Bulls

H – Berlin Wall

Paris Opening/GambitNorwegian Gambit/DefenseBerlin Defence(“The Berlin Wall”)Budapest Gambit Brazilian Defense/Rio de Janeiro VariationCatalan & Basque Openings Chicago GambitSicilian Defence/Italian Gambit Chess openings named after places

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