PRELIMS

RULES

The prelims comprises of 20 questions.

The questions marked * are star questions.

The top 7 teams and the top team from FIEM will qualify for the finals.

In case of a tie, the team with the maximum number of star answers will qualify.

QM is God. Smartphones away.

QUESTION 1

Different versions of a certain movie appears twice in the list of Top Rated Indian Movies as compiled by IMDb. One version appears at 3rd and the other version at 16th. Identify the movie.

QUESTION 2

Identify the movie.

QUESTION 3

The working of X is given below: The X reader is mounted on top of the

projector and scans the film as it passes through. The light from an LED shines through the film onto a CCD. The image, containing little specks that represent 1’s and spaces that represent 0’s, is sent by the reader to a X Processor unit that turns the binary data back into sound. And hence we get what is required. What is X?

QUESTION 4

The Nepalese translation of the opening lines of which song of a 21st century Bollywood film reads “How much fun it is when the train goes up and down on the tracks of hilly areas”?

QUESTION 5

X Talkies, a 114-year old movie hall (started as a theatre) built on the Shivaji Road, Bangalore is a 113-year old movie hall built by Veerabhadra Mudaliar. It was erected in 1896 and converted into a movie hall in 1930. The 300-seat movie hall functioned regularly till 29th December 2011 when it was shut down. The projector used to run the film was itself 78 years old. The very first talkie Alam Ara was also screened here. Interestingly, X also has a road named after him in Kolkata and was a former Viceroy to India. Identify X.

QUESTION 6

This Hindi TV series has a current IMDb rating of 9.6 and first premiered on 7th November 2016. The show is based on two soldiers who were held in captivity for seventeen years. It is losely based on the Israeli drama Hatufim and the US TV Series Homeland. Which Hindi series am I talking about?

QUESTION 7*

Commenting on using X in the film, director Pavan Kirpalani said, “X therapy is a very successful form of therapy for people who suffer from severe types of phobias as it allows patients to confront their fears within the safety of their homes. It was interesting to shoot with a X set, the experience is immersive and trippy.”

What is X?

QUESTION 8

The British Film institute will screen Indian films as part of ‘India on film’ program from 24th April this year in a way to celebrate India’s 70 years of Independence. One of the films that will be screened was slated for a worldwide release on 28th April. Thus, it will be seen by Queen Elizabeth II before the Indian audiences. It is one of the keenly awaited films of this year and puts an end to wide speculation regarding a certain question. Which movie am I talking about?

QUESTION 9The 1921 Indian film Bhakta Vidur was released just after the Rowlatt Act was passed. The character of Vidura was reportedly portrayed imitating Mahatma Gandhi and his personality. There were scenes in the film where Vidura appeared like Gandhi wearing Gandhi cap, Khaddar etc. Many more contemporary political events of India were shown as reference in the film. What happened as a result of this which is very much prevalent today?

QUESTION 10

Identify the lead actor of this 1976 Marathi film.

QUESTION 11

Rishi Kapoor in his autobiography Khullam Khulla says, “I've mentioned earlier that I was reluctant to do Kabhie Kabhie in the beginning because I had been warned against working with Amitabh Bachchan. The second reason was that I felt X had a more prominent role than I did. That's why I had said to Yash Chopra, if you want me to do the film, give me X’s role. Naturally, Yash-ji was confused." He later agreed to work in the film after uncle Shashi Kapoor intervened. Who is X?

QUESTION 12*Director Suvendu Ghosh has claimed that his film Shunyota is the first film to be based on the topic of X. The film’s plot revolves around a writer releasing a book of three stories. The first one is based on the life of a daily wage earner in a Raniganj colliery, the second is about a Gangtok-based couple who come to Kolkata for their child’s treatment and the third is about a Kakdwip based trawler repairer who are all affected by X. What is the topic of the movie?

QUESTION 13X gave an audition for a dance reality show in Mumbai, got selected for it and stayed back there. She did a lot of advertisements after which she got a call from Mukesh Chhabra who happens to be the casting director of Z. She gave the audition for Z and got shortlisted a month later. Y was a struggling actress who gave a lot of auditions but would not land any role. During January, she got to know about the auditions for Z. Around that time, she was quite lean unlike the strong, tough looking girl the project required. So she decided to call and inform her source that she was not right for the role anyway but was persuaded into giving the audition after which she was also shortlisted. Eventually both did Z. Identify X, Y, Z.

QUESTION 14

What has been blanked out?

QUESTION 15This movie was considered by many people to be India’s selection for the 86th Academy Awards (2014) for the Best Foreign Film Category. Director Karan Johar also put his support behind the film saying, "All kinds of audience can connect with it and yet within the parameters of love story it is completely unusual. You feel all the love in the world for the protagonists and the unusual aspect of it is they haven't met.“But the selection committee of FFI decided to send the Gujarati film The Good Road instead.

Which movie am I talking about?

QUESTION 16*

Who is he?

QUESTION 17

Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi is a 1996 Bollywood film which stars Rekha in her first villain role, along with Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon. It is based on the Hollywood film Lionheart. In the film, Brian Lee has portrayed the role of a wrestler who has been undefeated in 39 matches and has also killed all his opponents inside the ring till Akshay faced him at the climax of the movie. Who was the wrestler?

QUESTION 18*

X played a cricket charity game for the chief minister’s flood relief fund at the Eden Gardens in 1979 in the presence of Jyoti Basu, Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu and Rekha among others. He came back to Eden Gardens 27 years later as a part of a hisotoric event. Who is X?

QUESTION 19

Which Bollywood singer partnered Sachin Tendulkar in this recent song?

QUESTION 20*

Name the singer.

QUESTION 1

A certain movie appears twice in

the list of Top Rated Indian Movies as compiled by IMDb. One version appears at 3rd and the other at 16th. Identify the movie.

ANSWER

Drishyam

QUESTION 2

Identify the movie.

ANSWER

Raja Harishchandra

QUESTION 3

The working of X is given below: The X reader is mounted on top of the

projector and scans the film as it passes through. The light from an LED shines through the film onto a CCD. The image, containing little specks that represent 1s and spaces that represent 0s, is sent by the reader to a X Processor unit that turns the binary data back into sound. And hence we get what is required. What is X?

ANSWER

Dolby Digital

QUESTION 4

The Nepalese translation of the opening lines of which song of a 21st century Bollywood film reads “How much fun it is when the train goes up and down on the tracks of hilly areas”?

ANSWER

Kasto Mazza He Relaima

QUESTION 5

X Talkies is a 114-year old movie hall (started as a theatre) built on the Shivaji Road, Bangalore is a 113-year old movie hall built by Veerabhadra Mudaliar was erected in 1896 and converted into a movie hall in 1930. The 300-seat movie hall functioned regularly till 29th December 2011 when it shut down. The projector used to run the film was itself 78 years old. The very first talkie Alam Ara was also screened here. Interestingly, X also has a road named after him in Kolkata and was a former Viceroy to India. Identify X.

ANSWER

Elgin

QUESTION 6

This Hindi TV series has a current IMDb rating of 9.6 and first premiered on 7th November 2016. The show is based on two soldiers who were held in captivity for seventeen years. It is losely based on the Israeli drama Hatufim and the US TV Series Homeland. Which Hindi series am I talking about?

ANSWER

P.O.W. Bandi Yuddh Ke

QUESTION 7*

Commenting on using X in the film, director Pavan Kirpalani said, “X therapy is a very successful form of therapy for people who suffer from severe types of phobias as it allows patientsto confront their fears within the safety of their homes. It was interesting to shoot with a X set, the experience is immersive and trippy.”

What is X?

ANSWER

Virtual Reality

QUESTION 8

The British Film institute will screen Indian films as part of ‘India on film’ program from 24th April this year in a way to celebrate India’s 70 years of Independence. One of the films that will be screened was slated for a worldwide release on 28th April. Thus, it will be seen by Queen Elizabeth II before the Indian audiences. It is one of the keenly awaited films of this year and puts an end to wide speculation regarding a question. Which movie am I talking about?

ANSWER

Baahubali: The Conclusion

QUESTION 9The 1921 Indian film Bhakta Vidur was released just after the Rowlatt Act was passed. The character of Vidura was reportedly portrayed imitating Mahatma Gandhi, his personality. There were scenes in the film where Vidura appeared like Gandhi wearing Gandhi cap, Khaddar etc. Many more contemporary political events of India were shown as reference in the film. What happened as a result of this which is very much prevalent today?

ANSWER

Banning of films by censor board.

QUESTION 10

Identify the lead actor of this 1976 Marathi film.

ANSWER

Sunil Gavaskar

QUESTION 11

Rishi Kapoor in his autobiography Khullam Khulla, “I've mentioned earlier that I was reluctant to do Kabhie Kabhie in the beginning because I had been warned against working with Amitabh Bachchan. The second reason was that I felt X had a more prominent role than I did. That's why I had said to Yash Chopra, if you want me to do the film, give me X’s role. Naturally, Yash-ji was confused." He later agreed to work in the film after uncle Shashi Kapoor intervened. Who is X?

ANSWER

Neetu Singh

QUESTION 12*Director Suvendu Ghosh has claimed that his film Shunyota is the first film to be based on the topic of X. The film’s plot revolves around a writer releasing a book of three stories. The first one is based on the life of a daily wage earner in a Raniganj colliery, the second is about a Gangtok-based couple who come to Kolkata for their child’s treatment and the third is about a Kakdwip based trawler repairer who are all affected by X. What is the topic of the movie?

ANSWER

Demonetisation

QUESTION 13X gave an audition for a dance reality show in Mumbai, got selected for it and stayed back there. She did a lot of advertisements after which she got a call from Mukesh Chhabra who happens to be the casting director of Z. She gave the audition for Z and got shortlisted a month later. Y was a struggling actress who gave a lot of auditions but would not land any role. During January, she got to know about the auditions for Z. Around that time, she was quite lean unlike the strong, tough looking girl the project required. So she decided to call and inform her source that she was not right for the role anyway but was persuaded into giving the audition after which she was also shortlisted. Eventually both did Z. Identify X, Y, Z.

ANSWER

X: Sanya MalhotraY: Fatima Sana Shaikh

Z: Dangal

QUESTION 14

What has been blanked out?

ANSWER

QUESTION 15This movie was considered by many people to be India’s selection for the 86th Academy Awards (2014) for the Best Foreign Film Category. Director Karan Johar also put his support behind the film saying, "All kinds of audience can connect with it and yet within the parameters of love story it is completely unusual. You feel all the love in the world for the protagonists and the unusual aspect of it is they haven't met.“But the selection committee of FFI decided to send the Gujarati film The Good Road instead.

Which movie am I talking about?

ANSWER

The Lunchbox

QUESTION 16*

Who is he?

ANSWER

Rajnikanth

QUESTION 17

Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi is a 1996 Bollywood film which stars Rekha in her first villain role, along with Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon. It is based on the Hollywood film Lionheart. In the film, Brian Lee has portrayed the role of a wrestler who has been undefeated in 39 matches and has also killed all his opponents inside the ring till Akshay faced him at the climax of the movie. Who was the wrestler?

ANSWER

The Undertaker

QUESTION 18*

X played a cricket charity game for the chief minister’s flood relief fund at the Eden Gardens in 1979 in the presence of Jyoti Basu, Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu and Rekha among others. He came back to Eden Gardens 27 years later as a part of a hisotoric event. Who is X?

ANSWER

Amitabh Bachchan

QUESTION 19

Which Bollywood singer partnered Sachin Tendulkar in this recent song?

ANSWER

Sonu Nigam

QUESTION 20*

Name the movie of the original song.

ANSWER

Darling Darling