Movies Quiz

RulesThis quiz has the craziest rules yet. Any team from the audience can

replace teams in the middle of the quiz!More on this later.

What’s Ahead×8 q – prelim×7 q – infinite bounce clockwise×6 q – written round on 2016 movies×8 q – infinite bounce anticlockwise×7 q – written round on Marvel movies×6 q – infinite bounce skip-by-1 clockwise×Total number of questions = 42

Rules• 8 questions• Each has multiple parts; sometimes

connected, sometimes not • Don’t mix up the numbering

Question 1• Identify

Q1 a• Identify both people

Q1b• Identify both

Question 2• Poster mashup• Example:• Snakes on a plane +• Airplane• = Snakes on an

Airplane

Q2 a• Mashup of

which two movies?

Q2 b• Mashup of

which two movies?

Q2 c• Mashup of

which 2 movies?

Question 3• Honest Trailer cast

Q3a• The Honest Trailer for what trilogy says that the movies feature• Grumpy old men • Tommy Lee Joans• Gun control• Tactical Monacle-ing • Old-ass computer monitors• Looking worried while walking through a train station• People saying “asset”• Like, a million turtlenecks

Q3b• The Honest Trailer for which movie says that it stars• Dr Octotris• Four, of these movies? Really?• Titanic waste of talent• Naomi Watt are you doing in this movie?• Mr Fantasdick• Has the best agent in Hollywood• Needles• Ansel Elgoort’s goofy run

Question 4• These are three books

from our library that have been made into movies. What is the movie in each case?

• Example:• Answer: Life of Pi

Q4a• It says “winner of

two Oscars”

• And “a film by Clint Eastwood”

Q4b• The movie was about

the first two books of the series

Q4c• On the back is this:• “The ending isn’t my

favourite. It’s definitely a depressing story.” – Logman, TAB Weekly

Question 5• The question sentence has two parts – one is an

anagram of the movie name and the other is a clue.

• Example:• Nice point about dreams (9)• Answer = Inception

Q5• 5a – amazing female in loner gig (4,4)

• 5b – Intimate the amigo about cracker (3,9,4)

Question 6• 3 Minimalist posters

• Name the film in each case

Q6a

Q6b

Q6c

Question 7• Write what you see (kinda like a rebus)

Q7a• Read these images to get the tagline of a 1999

movie.

• (read left to right, from top row to bottom)

Q7a

Q7b• Solve each and read aloud to get the tagline of

a 1984 movie.

Q7b

16

Question 8• Here are three questions about three movies

that have an underlying theme.

* Write your guess for the theme. Which other English movie is missing from this list? (answers to this will be used to resolve ties)

Q8a• Which movie does the latter part of this

parody make a reference to?

Q8b • This is part of a parody trailer of which movie?

Which company made this?

Q8c• What are these?

#4e5054, #272727, #282828, #292929, #2b2b2b, #2c2c2c, #2e2e2e, #313131, #323232, #343434, #353535, #373737, #393939, #3a3a3a, #3c3c3c, #3f3f3f, #404040, #424242, #444444, #454545, #474747, #484848, #4a4a4a, #4b4b4b, #4d4d4d, #4e4e4e, #505050, #515151, #535353, #565656, #575757, #585858, #595959, #5b5b5b, #5c5c5c, #5e5e5e, #616161, #626262, #646464, #656565, #676767, #6a6a6a, #6b6b6b, #6c6c6c, #6d6d6d, #6f6f6f, #727272, #737373, #757575, #767676, #777777, #7b7b7b, #7c7c7c, #7d7d7d, #7e7e7e, #808080, #818181, #838383, #868686, #878787, #888888, #898989, #8b8b8b, #8c8c8c, #8e8e8e, #919191, #929292, #949494, #959595, #979797, #9a9a9a, #9b9b9b, #9c9c9c, #9d9d9d, #9f9f9f, #a0a0a0, #a2a2a2, #a5a5a5, #a6a6a6, #a8a8a8, #a9a9a9, #ababab, #aeaeae, #afafaf, #b0b0b0.

Make sure the numbering is right• The answers follow

Q1 a• Identify both people

Q1b• Identify both

Answers• Frank Abagnale (Catch Me If You Can)• Hugh Glass (The Revenant)• Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street)• Howard Hughes (the Aviator)

• Di Caprio plays these characters

Q2 a• Mashup of

which two movies?

Q2 b• Mashup of

which two movies?

Q2 c• Mashup of

which 2 movies?

Answer• 2a – Troy + Toy Story = Troy Story

• 2b – Shaun of the Dead + Dead Poets Society = Shaun of the dead poet’s society

• 2c – iRobot + Robots (2005) = iRobots

Q3a• The Honest Trailer for what trilogy says that the movies feature• Grumpy old men • Tommy Lee Joans• Gun control• Tactical Monacle-ing • Old-ass computer monitors• Looking worried while walking through a train station• People saying “asset”• Like, a million turtlenecks

Q3b• The Honest Trailer for which movie says that it stars• Dr Octotris• Four, of these movies? Really?• Titanic waste of talent• Naomi Watt are you doing in this movie?• Mr Fantasdick• Has the best agent in Hollywood• Needles• Ansel Elgoort’s goofy run

Answer• 3a – the Bourne series• 3b – Insurgent (the Divergent series)

Q4• These are three books

from our library that have been made into movies. What is the movie in each case?

• Example:• Answer: Life of Pi

Q4a• It says “winner of

two Oscars”

• And “a film by Clint Eastwood”

Q4b• The movie was about

the first two books of the series

Q4c• On the back is this:• “The ending isn’t my

favourite. It’s definitely a depressing story.” – Logman, TAB Weekly

Answer• 4a – Mystic River (2003)

• 4b - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

• 4c - The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

Q5• The question sentence has two parts – one is an

anagram of the movie name and the other is a clue.

• Example:• Nice point about dreams (9)• Answer = Inception

Q5• 5a – amazing female in loner gig (4,4)

• 5b – Intimate the amigo about cracker (3,9,4)

Answer• 5a – Gone Girl

• 5b – The Imitation Game

Q6• 3 Minimalist posters

• Name the film in each case

Answer• 6a – Django Unchained• 6b – The Notebook• 6c – The Great Gatsby

Q7a• Read these images to get the tagline of a 1999

movie.

• (read left to right, from top row to bottom)

Q7a

Q7b• Solve each and read aloud to get the tagline of

a 1984 movie.

Q7b

16

Answers• Reality is a thing of the past – The Matrix• Rhea, Li, TI, IS, a, Thing, off, the past

• Who ya gonna call – Ghostbusters• WHO, ewe, GO, NA, Kaul

Q8• Here are three questions about three different

movies that have an underlying theme.• Write your guess for the theme. We’ll decide

ties based on the guess.

Q8a• Which movie does the latter part of this

parody make a reference to?

• <Bart Simpson>

Q8b • This is part of a parody trailer of which movie?

Which company made this?

• <Conspiracy theory>

Q8c• What are these?•

#4e5054, #272727, #282828, #292929, #2b2b2b, #2c2c2c, #2e2e2e, #313131, #323232, #343434, #353535, #373737, #393939, #3a3a3a, #3c3c3c, #3f3f3f, #404040, #424242, #444444, #454545, #474747, #484848, #4a4a4a, #4b4b4b, #4d4d4d, #4e4e4e, #505050, #515151, #535353, #565656, #575757, #585858, #595959, #5b5b5b, #5c5c5c, #5e5e5e, #616161, #626262, #646464, #656565, #676767, #6a6a6a, #6b6b6b, #6c6c6c, #6d6d6d, #6f6f6f, #727272, #737373, #757575, #767676, #777777, #7b7b7b, #7c7c7c, #7d7d7d, #7e7e7e, #808080, #818181, #838383, #868686, #878787, #888888, #898989, #8b8b8b, #8c8c8c, #8e8e8e, #919191, #929292, #949494, #959595, #979797, #9a9a9a, #9b9b9b, #9c9c9c, #9d9d9d, #9f9f9f, #a0a0a0, #a2a2a2, #a5a5a5, #a6a6a6, #a8a8a8, #a9a9a9, #ababab, #aeaeae, #afafaf, #b0b0b0.

Answers• 8a – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom• 8b - Da Vinci Code; Microsoft (to promote Small

Business Services)• 8c – 50 shades of grey

• Connect: These movies faced a ban in India(the other movie which did: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

The FinalsDo stay back. If no team on

stage get a question right but you as someone in the

audience do, then your team replaces the team with the

least score.

The Battle of Gaugamela, fought in 331 BC, was an important battle that marked the end of the Achaemenid Empire and victory for Alexander. This battle is the first recorded use of what in the Western world? This was loved by Alexander and it soon became a military fad among many Western empires at that time. A depiction of its use in a battle fought 150 years before this battle, is most probably wrong. Which movie has this depiction?

The answer is

300The use of War elephants

This statue shows “men, women, and children, all with rather stupid, ugly faces, twisted and pressed together to support the weight of the more handsomely robed” people above them. Who are these people, depicted “in their rightful place”? Where would you find this statue?

The answer is

Muggles in the Magic is Might statue

In the Atrium of the Ministry of Magic

Though the 2014 movie got 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, it didn’t do that well in the box office. So, it was released with a slightly different name when it came out on Blu-Ray. Movie and humour blogger Carolyn Burke felt that the renaming was unwise, as people might have bought the original title, after thinking that it was some new Bond movie. Which movie? Behind-the-scenes footage shows that the actors had a dangerous time.

The answer is

Edge of Tomorrow was released in Blu-Ray as Live Die Repeat: Edge Of Tomorrow

The movie incorporates brilliant symbolism with this Thomas Buttersworth painting of HMS “Victory” heavily engaged at the Battle of Trafalgar, appearing in the background in one of the final scenes. Right behind the warship is the HMS Temeraire, rejuvenated, reborn and back in the thick of the action. Which movie? Explain the symbolism.

The answer is

SkyfallBond was compared to The Fighting Temeraire being towed to the scrapyard. In the final scene, he is the rejuvenated Temeraire, literally right behind British Victory.

A Homeomorphically irreducible tree is a tree in which no vertex has degree greater than 2. In which movie would you see these

The answer is

Goodwill Hunting

On November 4th,2011 Hans Zimmer posted on the internet asking people to record an audio clip of them chanting “Deh-Shay Deh-Shay Bah-Sah-Rah!” which is a phrase in Arabic .Why did he ask people to do this?

The answer is

For the chants in the well scene of The Dark Knight Rises, Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan wanted thousands of people chanting. So they crowdsourced the music.

Question on next slide

This is a prototype technology developed by the National Institute of Informatics Japan. What does the image illustrate and what is the technology behind it?

The answer is

Infrared. Since Infrared is invisible to the naked eye,the images are irradiated with infrared. However,cameras will capture it and piracy can be prevented this way

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Written round

This is a more haunting version of a song that was very popular in the 1950s. Which children’s tale character sang the original?

This features in the soundtrack of an MCU movie. A character even says the first few words of the song in the trailer. Which movie?

What role does Heidi Moneymaker play in the MCU?

According to a popular fan theory, each letter of a character’s name stands for where each of the infinity stone lies (for example, the O in the name stands for the Orb which has the power stone). Which character is this?

This is from over 50 years ago, when something was much rarer. Whose name is blacked out?

What is blanked out in this epitaph?

What has its origin in this decree passed after the French revolution?

Les Représentans du peuple se rendront à leur destination, investis de la plus haute confiance et de pouvoirs illimités. Ils vont déployer un grand caractère. Ils doivent envisager qu’une grande responsabilité est la suite inséparable d’un grand pouvoir.

Lines like “have you tried not being a mutant?" , "you didn't ask, so I didn't tell" and "mutation is not a disease" were directly inspired from experiences of those actively involved in certain campaigns. Specifically the first two were variants of what Ian McKellen (who acts as Magneto) had faced. Bryan Singer confirmed the choice of these lines as intentional in an interview. What were the campaigns for?

answers

This is a more haunting version of a song that was very popular in the 1950s. Which children’s tale character sang the original?

This features in the soundtrack of an MCU movie. A character even says the first few words of the song in the trailer. Which movie?

[2:24 - 3:00]

Pinocchio

Ultron says this in his first confrontation with the Avengers in Age of Ultron

Connect Heidi Moneymaker to the MCU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Exm8-wRDU&feature=youtu.be

Stunt double for Black Widow and Mystique

According to a popular fan theory, each letter of a character’s name stands for where each of the infinity stone lies (for example, the O in the name stands for the Orb which has the power stone). Which character is this?

This is from over 50 years ago, when something was much rarer. Whose name is blacked out?

Stan Lee making a rare cameo in the comics

Stan Lee wasn’t allowed into the Sue and Reed’s wedding in the movie too

What has its origin in this decree passed after the French revolution?

Les Représentans du peuple se rendront à leur destination, investis de la plus haute confiance et de pouvoirs illimités. Ils vont déployer un grand caractère. Ils doivent envisager qu’une grande responsabilité est la suite inséparable d’un grand pouvoir.

Ils doivent envisager qu’une grande responsabilité est la suite inséparable d’un grand pouvoir.

With great power, comes great responsibility

What is blanked out in this epitaph?

Ezekiel 25:17

Reference to

Pulp Fiction

Lines like “have you tried not being a mutant?" , "you didn't ask, so I didn't tell" and "mutation is not a disease" were directly inspired from experiences of those actively involved in certain campaigns. Specifically, the first two were variants of what Ian McKellen (who acts as Magneto) had faced. Bryan Singer confirmed the choice of these lines as intentional in an interview. What were the campaigns for?

Mutants were an analogy to gay people

Infinite Bounce

With reference to what they were called earlier, what would this pair be called today, following a 2016 announcement?

The answer is

The Wachowski SistersThey were formerly known as the Wachowski brothers

They were the directors behind the Matrix series and V for Vendetta

The opening credits of Watchmen is widely acclaimed for Bob Dylan’s music and the numerous references in it. × In the first scene, Nite Owl is seen

punching a mugger. There are posters referencing Fledermaus on the billboard in the back. Who is the armed robber?

× Later in the sequence, Ozymandias is shown shaking hands with whom (indicated by white arrows)?

The answer is

Joe Chill, the guy who killed Batman’s parents (they are visible in the frame; also seen are posters about Gotham)Fledermaus is German for bat.

Mick Jagger and David Bowie

What is missing from this list?× Either the cathedral of Salisbury or the

cathedral of Lincoln or the British Library× Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Italy× Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya× Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican

There probably are more than five in the list, but the movie gives no further details.

The answer is

A museum in ParisThese are the locations from where artifacts were stolen by The Tornado in Pink Panther 2.

The missing item is the Pink Panther diamond.

Apart from all being inspired by books, what connects these movies?

The answer is

Characters were supposed to die in the books, but didn’t die in the movies.

× Private James T. “Joker” Davis in Full Metal Jacket

× Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park × Rambo is killed in the book First Blood

This is a variant of a real-life 1966 game between grandmaster Bent Larsen and the former world champion Tigran Petrosian. Widely discussed and praised by the chess community, where would you have come across this brilliant sequence of moves by both players? As you see, the player with white sacrifices his queen, but eventually wins this blitz chess encounter.

1. Qxg6! fxg62. Bxe6+ Kh73. Rh3+ Bh64. Bxh6 Rf55. Rxf5 gxf56. Bf7 Qb6+7. Kh1 Qxb28. Bf8++

The answer is

Between Holmes and Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Some time earlier this year, the Lit Club of IIIT-H discussed a poetic verse form called a villanelle. A villanelle has five stanzas of three lines followed by a single stanza of four lines (for a total of nineteen lines). Also, the first line of the first stanza serves as the last line of the second and fourth stanzas, and the third line of the first stanza serves as the last line of the third and fifth stanzas.Which Dylan Thomas poem was taken as an example in the meet?

The answer is

Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Featured in Interstellar

This is Amy Purdy, who is among other things, a model, an actor and runner up from season 18 of Dancing with the Stars. What character was she initially signed up to play, but had to withdraw because of something else that was happening at that time of 2014? She was seen dancing on the evening of 7th September this year in Rio de Janeiro. For what?

The answer is

Gazelle in Kingsman: The Secret ServiceShe is a double amputee who won bronze in the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics. She danced for the Summer Paralympics opening ceremony on 7th September.

2016 moviesWritten round

Put these three entities together to get a punny character name from a 2016 movie of a series.1 - a South American camelid 2 - a title that means high priest in Tibetan. The most important such person has a title that literally means ocean chief priest3 - a mythical place set in the Kunlun mountains and connected by a pass. Many Indian apartments and resorts use this name.

Some popular movies of 2016 have been inspired by books. Identify the 2 movies that were inspired by these books

These are images of Daniel Atlas in Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2 respectively. Why does he have short hair in Now You See Me 2?

During the shooting of Kung Fu Panda 3, they needed voice actors for the young pandas. Somebody involved with the voices suggested the services of her children Shiloh, Knox, Pax and Zahara. Who is the actress?

In the movie Deadpool, Wade has nightmares about kidnapping someone’s daughter, which is an obvious reference to the movie _____. What makes this interesting is that the person in question played a supporting role in The Deadpool (1988)* . Who am I talking about?

* Not a MCU movie

In the music video by Skrillex, there is an appearance by an actor playing his character (not shown for obvious reasons). He probably got more screen time here than in a recent movie. The actor did not study an acclaimed 2008

performance of the same role, but gave a perusal to the source material.Who is the actor and what role did he play in a movie relased in August 2016?

The answer is

Put these three entities together to get a punny character name from a 2016 movie of a series.1 - a South American camelid 2 - a title that means high priest in Tibetan. The most important such person has a title that literally means ocean chief priest3 - a mythical place set in the Kunlun mountains and connected by a pass. Many Indian apartments and resorts use this name.

Shangri Llama from Ice Age: Collision Course

From llama, (Dalai) Lama and Shangri La

Some popular movies of 2016 have been inspired by books. Identify the 2 movies that were inspired by these books

The answer is

Sully and Warcraft

These are images of Daniel Atlas in Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2 respectively. Why does he have short hair in Now You See Me 2?

The answer is

Jesse Eisenberg had shaved his hair for his role as Lex Luther in Batman v Superman

During the shooting of Kung Fu Panda 3, they needed voice actors for the young pandas. Somebody involved with the voices suggested the services of her children Shiloh, Knox, Pax and Zahara. Who is the actress?

Angelina Jolie

In the movie Deadpool, Wade has nightmares about kidnapping someone’s daughter, which is an obvious reference to the movie _____. What makes this interesting is that the person in question played a supporting role in The Deadpool (1988)* . Who am I talking about?

* Not a MCU movie

The answer is

Liam Neeson

In the music video by Skrillex, there is an appearance by an actor playing his character (not shown for obvious reasons). He probably got more screen time here than in a recent movie. The actor did not study an acclaimed 2008

performance of the same role, but gave a perusal to the source material.Who is the actor and what role did he play in a movie relased in August 2016?

The answer is

Jared Leto as Joker in Suicide Squad

New Round

The original theme song for Mission Impossible used a 5/4 time. However, due to a lot of complaints about something, they changed it to a 4/4 time (which is standard for pop songs). After this, there have been a lot of videos on this on youtube. What issue did they address in the new song?

OriginalNew

The answer is

To make the song more dance-friendly

The same actor was LEGO-fied in these three figures. Which movie is each character from?

The answer is

Chris Pratt is the actor.The movies are × Guardians of the

Galaxy× Jurassic World× The LEGO movie

Chris Columbus realized that this scene was going to be extremely dangerous to shoot; especially since Macaulay Culkin couldn’t be replaced by a stuntman.

What novel solution did he come up with, which made the shooting of this scene much less dangerous?

The answer is

They filmed it backwards!

The van reversed as Kevin screamed

Fill in the blanks (all of them different) from this 2014 article after the Oscars.

______ ________ may not have won the Best Original Song academy award, but he's still _____. "Well, trust me," he said. "When they read the results, my face was … ______. But then I thought about it and I just decided just to … ___ __ __."

The answer is

Pharrel Williams may not have won the Best Original Song Oscar, but he's still Happy. "Well, trust me," he said. "When they read the results, my face was … frozen. But then I thought about it and I just decided just to … let it go."

× The character was inspired by Jack Ward, a 17th century figure steeped in legends of notoriety. Nicknamed “birdy”, he later converted to Islam and operated under the name Yusuf Reis. × In the movie, the character is shown wearing a crescent and star. According to a Reddit theory, the character’s headgear resembles the Islamic style of wearing turbans and the mascara looks like it was from North Africa. Which character?

Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean

Explain the meaning in the subtle change in the attire of the character in i) most of the movie ii) after the climax

The answer is

Luke wears black throughout Return of the Jedi to symbolise the strong possibility of him joining the dark side.

But after he faces the Emperor and ultimately rejects the dark side, the jacket falls open to reveal that it was always white underneath.

Charles Mintz assumed control over Universal Pictures, who in 1928 stole an animator’s production rights to his highly-successful Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon series. He bought all those working with the animator and even tried suing him when he still dabbled with Oswald. Which movie’s antagonist is named after this cheat? × What did the animator create after he lost the rights to Oswald?

The answer is

Charles Muntz in Up is named after Charles Mintz.

Walt Disney, the animator in question, created Mickey Mouse, whose popularity quickly eclipsed that of Oswald the rabbit

Molon Labe is the motto of a few Greek regiments, including the Greek Army's 1st Corps. Greek historian Herodotus says that this was a popular quote even 2000 years ago. What does it mean?For what cause does an organization commonly known as NRA, use this line in advertisements, t-shirts and merchandise?

The answer is

“Come and take them” Used by the National Rifle Association to advocate gun rights

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Quiz by Shyam Gopal and Harish Krishna

To achieve this feat in 1954, they used a tar resin coated leather glove and rubbed it along the string of a double bass.In 2014, they used dry ice

sublimating on a metal vent and dragged a large wooden crate along a polished floor. What feat were they trying to achieve?

The answer is

The iconic roar of Godzilla for the different Godzilla movies

Thanks for staying back

Regarding cinematography, what do the following movies have in common (Non-exhaustive list)

The answer is

All of these were had sequences shot with an IMAX camera

In an interview,the actor admitted that when he initially took on the role as ___, he studied the species Canis Lupus to develop his character, since he thought that ___ must refer to them. He later found out that ___ is actually the largest badger species and is found in Canada, Northern Europe and some parts of America. Which actor and what role?

The answer is

Wolverine and Hugh Jackman