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Quizentino:The Entertainment quizPrelims : Answers

1.X is an abbreviation which has been in news recently, mainly due to two reasons: First it represents a controversial film by a non-mainstream unorthodox personality(someone who is not originally from the film industry) and second due to the presence of X in a very famous commodity popular amongst Indian youth. What is X?

MSG(Film: Messenger of God and Mono Sodium Glutamate found in Maggi)

2.X is an internet terminology derived from the Sanskrit language. It literally means 'someone's alter ego'. After directing a famous blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio, its director announced that he would make another film named X. X was released more than ten years later and also remains to be a critically acclaimed movie. A god in Hindu mythology has several Xs, the last one being 'the destroyer of filth'.

X:Avatar

*3.The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has a training academy (called the "FBI Academy") for different kinds of agents and law enforcement recruits. It's located on a Marine Corps Base in a town in the state of Virginia.What's the town called, whose name has an Indian entertainment connection?

Quantico: Home to the FBI Academy

4.Julie Christie was born on 14 April 1940 at Singlijan Tea Estate, Chabua, Assam, British India, the elder child of Rosemary, a painter, and Francis. Her father ran the tea plantation where she was raised. She has a younger brother, Clive, and an older (now deceased) half-sister, June, Frank and Rosemary separated when Christie was a child. In 1966, Christie won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1965 filmDarling. Her father's story though was said to have influenced something very important in Assam. What is this influence?

It inspired the story of the legendary Assamese film Chameli Memsaab

*5.X is a 2006 film, directed by Spike Lee. It is lesser known but critically acclaimed crime thriller. X won Movie Of The Year Award conferred by the American Film Institute, interestingly X has very unorthodox opening credits scene as referred by IMDB.

What is this film X?

Inside Man

6. This company, which began as a joint venture agreement in 1995 between Priya Exhibitors Private Limited andVillage RoadshowLimited, who were producers of movies like Sherlock Holmes and Ocean's 11 etc, with 60:40 ratio. It began its commercial operations in June 1997. Which famous company of the Indian entertainment world am I talking about.

PVR Cinemas (Priya Village Roadshow)