FLAMEFashion, Literature, Arts, Music and Entertainment.

BEFORE WE BEGIN-

• All Questions in this Quiz are certified by Censor Board for Universal Rating. Discretion is advised nonetheless.

• Googling during the Quiz is injurious to the Quizzing Spirit.• No animals were harmed during the making of this Quiz…..except for

some blood-sucking mosquitoes!• Finally, QM can answer all your queries except “Katappa ne Baahubali ko

Kyun Maara?” or “When will THE WINDS OF WINTER come out?”

QM - Devesh Pandey

BEFORE WE BEGIN

Keep Calmand

Don’t Question The QM

1. THIS YET TO BE RELEASED MOVIE WAS SCREENED LAST YEAR AS OFFICIAL SELECTION

AT MANY FILM FESTIVALS ACROSS THE WORLD AND HAS

WON MUCH ACCOLADES. NAME?

(LARGER PICTURE NEXT SLIDE)

2. A BOLLYWOOD MOVIE’S POSTER IS INSPIRED FROM THIS PIC. NAME THE MOVIE AND CHARACTER IN THIS PIC.

3. WHAT IS CLAIM TO FAME OF THIS PAINTING?

4.ID THIS PERSON WHO WAS AT CENTRE OF MUCH HO-HALLA LAST YEAR.

5. PUT FUNDA.

6. LESSER KNOWN BOOKS OF WHICH BESTSELLING AUTHOR?

7. NAME THIS HIGHLY CELEBRATED “SON OF SOIL”

No Part points for

Description etc

8. WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?

9. CAMEO IN TBBT. WHO?

10.THIS PAINTING SHOWING BATMAN DISTRESS SIGNAL IS TRIBUTE TO WHICH ICONIC PAINTING?

11. FITB BY IDENTIFYING X.• The name X is of relatively recent origin when performers like Rukmini

Devi revived the dance in the 20th century. The original names of X were Sadir, Chinnamelan and most commonly Dasi Attam. A possible origin of the name is from Bharata Muni, who wrote the Natya Shastra. The word X combines “____" meaning expression, “______" meaning music, “_____" meaning rhythm and “_____” meaning dance.

12.THIS IS A SELF PORTRAIT OF

X WHO IS TOUTED AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE WOMEN PAINTER OF INDIA. X?

13. WHAT IS THE CONNECTION HERE?

14. WHAT IS THIS CALLED?

This “modest” swimwear is a

portmanteau word that is designed to

comply with Quranic admonition.

15.• Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish fashion businessman and founding

chairman of the Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of X clothing and accessories retail shops.

• In October 2015, he was ranked as the richest person in the world for four hours by Forbes, just ahead of American billionaire Bill Gates, with a net worth of USD $78.6 billion.

16. NAME THE BOOK.• It is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted

Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped from Pentridge Prison flees to India. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of tumultuous life in Bombay.• Mira Nair was supposed to direct a film adaptation of this novel

starring Johnny Depp and Amitabh Bachchan.

SAILORS FIGHTING IN THE DANCE HALLOH MAN LOOK AT THOSE CAVEMEN GO

IT'S THE FREAKIEST SHOWTAKE A LOOK AT THE LAWMANBEATING UP THE WRONG GUY

OH MAN WONDER IF HE'LL EVER KNOWHE'S IN THE BEST SELLING SHOW

IS THERE_______________?

17. Known as David Bowie's

signature song, it was first released in 1971 on the album

Hunky Dory and also released as a single.

BBC Radio 2 has described the song as "a cross between a

Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting.”

18. The gentleman in adjoining pic

is Kenny Baker whose most

celebrated role is jokingly termed

as the “filthiest” character to ever

appear on screen as supposedly

every word he has spoken has been

beeped.

19. NAME OF SCULPTURE?

• A famous tourist attraction of Brussels, this sculpture by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy is said to show the rebellious nature of Brussels.

20. WHOSE TOMBSTONE?

• This quote from  H. P. Lovecraft's ’The

Nameless City’ can be seen on the

tombstone of someone:

• “That is not dead which can eternal lie

Yet with strange aeons even death may

die.“

• (Larger pic in next slide)

ANSWERS FOLLOW:

1. THIS YET TO BE RELEASED MOVIE WAS SCREENED LAST YEAR AS OFFICIAL SELECTION

AT MANY FILM FESTIVALS ACROSS THE WORLD AND HAS

WON MUCH ACCOLADES. NAME?

2. A BOLLYWOOD MOVIE’S POSTER IS INSPIRED FROM THIS PIC. NAME THE MOVIE AND CHARACTER IN THIS PIC.

HAMLET

3. WHAT IS CLAIM TO FAME OF THIS PAINTING?

PAUL GAUGUIN’S “WHEN

WILL YOU MARRY”

4.ID THIS PERSON WHO WAS AT CENTRE OF MUCH HO-HALLA LAST YEAR.

M M KALBURGI

5. PUT FUNDA.

6. LESSER KNOWN WORKS OF WHICH BESTSELLING AUTHOR?

DAN BROWN

7. NAME THIS HIGHLY CELEBRATED “SON OF SOIL”

No Part points for

Description etc

SUDARSHAN PATNAIK

8. WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?

9. CAMEO IN TBBT. WHO?

10.THIS PAINTING SHOWING BATMAN DISTRESS SIGNAL IS TRIBUTE TO WHICH ICONIC PAINTING?

VAN GOGH’STHE STARRY

NIGHT

11. FITB BY IDENTIFYING X.• The name X is of relatively recent origin when performers like Rukmini

Devi revived the dance in the 20th century. The original names of X were Sadir, Chinnamelan and most commonly Dasi Attam. A possible origin of the name is from Bharata Muni, who wrote the Natya Shastra. The word X combines “____" meaning expression, “______" meaning music, “_____" meaning rhythm and “_____” meaning drama.

BHA+ RA+ TA+ NATYAM

Bha = BhavaRa = RaagaTa = Taala

Natyam = Drama

12.THIS IS A SELF PORTRAIT OF

X WHO IS TOUTED AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE WOMEN PAINTER OF INDIA. X?

AMRITA SHER-GIL

13. WHAT IS THE CONNECTION HERE?

BIG 5 WINNERS AT ACADEMY AWARDS

14. WHAT IS THIS CALLED?

This “modest” swimwear is a

portmanteau word that is designed to

comply with Quranic admonition.

BURQA + BIKINI =

BURQINI/BURKINI

15.• Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish fashion businessman and founding

chairman of the Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of X clothing and accessories retail shops.

• In October 2015, he was ranked as the richest person in the world for four hours by Forbes, just ahead of American billionaire Bill Gates, with a net worth of USD $78.6 billion.

16. NAME THE BOOK.• It is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted

Australian bank robber and heroin addict who escaped from Pentridge Prison flees to India. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of tumultuous life in Bombay.• Mira Nair was supposed to direct a film adaptation of this novel

starring Johnny Depp and Amitabh Bachchan.

SAILORS FIGHTING IN THE DANCE HALLOH MAN LOOK AT THOSE CAVEMEN GO

IT'S THE FREAKIEST SHOWTAKE A LOOK AT THE LAWMANBEATING UP THE WRONG GUY

OH MAN WONDER IF HE'LL EVER KNOWHE'S IN THE BEST SELLING SHOW

IS THERE_______________?

17. Known as David Bowie's

signature song, it was first released in 1971 on the album

Hunky Dory and also released as a single.

BBC Radio 2 has described the song as "a cross between a

Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting.”

18. The gentleman in adjoining pic

is Kenny Baker whose most

celebrated role is jokingly termed

as the “filthiest” character to ever

appear on screen as supposedly

every word he has spoken has been

beeped.

R2D2

19. NAME OF SCULPTURE AND CITY.

• A famous tourist attraction of city X, this sculpture by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy is said to show the rebellious nature of that city.

Manneken Pis, Brussels

20. WHOSE TOMBSTONE?

• This quote from  H. P. Lovecraft's ’The

Nameless City’ can be seen on the

tombstone of someone:

• “That is not dead which can eternal lie

Yet with strange aeons even death may

die.“

• (Larger pic in next slide)

EDDIE THE HEAD