THE MUSIC QUIZNIPAN TALUKDARPRASENJEET SAHA

The Finals

Chapter 2:

INTRO

*by MC Pras Khalifa

Lets keep it simple.

12 questions. +10/+5. No pounce.

1. Which band tweeted this?

Greenday/ Wake me up when September ends

2. X’s band Y was named such not after the British era company but after the fact that their music is from east of India. ID X, Y.

Papon/ East India Company

3. Meme after which song?

Somebody I used to know/ Gotye

4. The concept for X was developed in 1988 by Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad and promoted by Doordarshan (then India's sole TV broadcaster) and India's Ministry of Information. The song was composed by Ashok Patki, co-composed & arranged by Louis Banks.

Among those appearing in the accompanying video included Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Kamal Hassan, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Malini, Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Bhimsen Joshi, M Balamuralikrishna, Lata Mangeshkar. ID.

Mile sur mera tumhara

5. Tsamina is a 1949 hit song, originally sung by a makossa group from Cameroon originally named Golden Sounds, popular in Africa for their use of dance and costumes.ID the 2010 official song including lyrics from this song.

Waka Waka

6. Reportedly the song “X" (a duet by Y and Z) was partly improvised by Y at the time of recording and Z, determined to show Y how he would sing the duet better, got into the mood of the song and immortalized “X".

Legend also has it that Z was upset by the fact that in the picturisation of the song, the singing competition between the two heroes (Dutt and Mehmood) was won by Dutt, for whom the background singing was done by Y. ID the song X.

X- Ek chatur naar, Y- Kishoreda, Z- Mannada

7. Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus (1979), it is a story about the musical genius X. ID X.

Mozart

8. The Kancheepuram Saree shade known as MS Blue was named after this Bharat Ratna awardee singer who was often seen in this saree during her shows. Who?

M S Subbulaxmi

9. Identify the band whose members are seen unmasked here?

Slipknot

10. Which song is this about?

Bohemain Rhapsody/ ‘Is this real life or is it just fantasy?...’

11. The song inspired as a new-age ‘Papa kehte hai’ has lyrics with wordplay on XY which when spoken YX means some explicit.This song’s lyrics were apparently inspired by rants of reality star, Dolly Bindra on Bigg Boss (Season 4), as she regularly used phrases like YX.Thus they got into a tangle with the Censor Board! Which song?

Bhaag D K Bose

12. Eddie, also known as Eddie the Head, is the mascot for the British heavy metal band X. He is a perennial fixture of the group's artwork, appearing in all of their album covers (as well as most of their singles) and in their merchandise, which includes t-shirts, posters and action figures. Which band?

Iron Maiden