MELA Quiz

Rules
• No negatives.
• Hints in this quiz are pretty bold in character.
• Har tukde tukde ke points hai. But the gang can go to hell.
• Buffer slides are to be appreciated.

1. Commenting on his hit show X, Y said to Arab News, “Anwar Maqsood, the writer of the
show got the idea from Tim Sebastian’s Hard Talk on BBC. He said, ‘ You can be a different
guest each week.’ We approached ___ but initially they were not interested so we went to
___ and they showed a lot of interest. But we did not want to air it from ___ because that’s a
government channel and we knew most of the stuff would be censored. We hate censorship
because that really kills creativity. But ___ had a change of heart and I’m sure they are not
sorry, X is one of their most popular programs and we are flooded with positive feedback.”
In the show, he dressed up and mimicked Saddam Hussain, a Christian nurse, a Sikh man,
well-known politicians and scores of others. This iconic TV show of the 90s started in 1995 on
___ Digital and he appeared as various characters in more than 400 episodes.
Give me X and Y?

2. X's father Tripureshwar was a physician. X was born on 16 June and was nicknamed
Tilu.
He passed matriculation examination of the University of Calcutta at the age of 12.
At the age of 16, X received his BSc degree with honours in two subjects, Physics
and Chemistry.
At the age of 20, X took his first job as a professor of physics in Calcutta's Scottish
Church College.
X is a polyglot who knows 69 languages. His pet cat 'Newton' is 24 years old.
He has his own laboratory there in his house in Giridi where he researches and
innovates regularly.
Id X.

Satyajit Ray’s Professor Shonku

3. Eugène Delecroix was one of the most important painters of the _______
Romantic School. His most influential work of art came in 1830 when he painted
X which highlighted the differences between romantic approach and
neoclassical style.
The central figure in the painting stands perhaps triumphantly while its
surrounding offer a poignant counterpoint.
X has served as inspiration for a wide number of works but the most iconic work
of art that was inspired by X was built by Frederic Augusté ______ titled as Y,
popularly known as Z. Frederic was a member of Freemasons who was hired to
make Z in order to express the fraternal feeling of the republic.
Id X, Y and Z.

Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Enlightening the world (Statue of Liberty)

4.
• Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania describes events in the capital of Laurania, a
fictional European state, as unrest against the dictatorial government of president
Antonio Molara turns to violent revolution.
• X began writing the novel on his voyage to India to take part in the Malakand campaign
in August 1897.
• In 1899 X became aware of the American novelist of the same name. He wrote to his
American contemporary and offered to sign his own works by adding Spencer in the
middle, which he did not otherwise use. In practice the middle name was turned into an
initial.
• Identify X.

WINSTON CHURCHILL
His Only Work of Fiction

5. X is perhaps the only 20th-century literary figure whose name "has entered
the language in a way no other writer's has.”
___________ is the adjective derived from X’s name, which means having a
nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality.
It is indicative of much of X’s literary body of work which has surreal distortion
and often a sense of impending danger marked by a senseless, disorienting,
often menacing complexity.
Id X and the adjective.

6.
“… Well we all _____ on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all ______ on
Ev'ryone come on
Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Ev'ryone you meet…”
This song by X inspired Stephen King to give the title to his story, Y. Although, King was
later informed that the term Y is used as a slur against black people. Thus, King
tweaked Y a bit and titled his story as Z.
Give X, Y and Z.

X - John Lenon
Y – The Shiner
Z – The Shining

7. The following three slides contain certain
images that have a common connect.
For the first slide, scoring is +30/-20, for the
second, it is +20/-10 & lastly +10/0

• The street is Violet Hill street after which a song is named in the
album.
• The watermelon painting by Frida Kahlo is titled Viva La Vida
which gave Chris Martin the name for the album
• Les Miserables was a direct inspiration for the entire albums
• Battle of Poitiers and Liberty Leading the people served as the
album art.
Viva La Vida or Death and all
her friends
By Coldplay

8. This film was released as a part of launching the car named
______. Due to a huge failure of the movie at the box office, the car
was never launched.
This Toyota MR2 model was made into _______ By _______ design
which was initially remodeled and showcased at New Delhi’s Auto
Expo.
MR2 was re-modelled for the movie, with the look resembling Ferrari
348, this car was often called the Ferrari of the poor.
FITB.

2014 Military Coup in Thailand

11. X's first two studio albums were global successes and made her the best-selling teenage
artist of all-time. Referred to as the "Princess of Pop", X is credited with influencing the
revival of teen pop.
After leaving rehab in 2007, X went to the home of her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, asking
to see their children. When he refused, X drove to a nearby hair salon and asked hairdresser
to shave her head. The hairdresser tried to persuade her not to, but as soon as her back was
turned, X had grabbed the clippers and begun shaving her own head, an image that
became an internet phenomenon.
Soon after, X released her album Blackout amidst personal struggles and erratic behavior
which were highly publicized. The album became a critical and commercial success.
Blackout is a primarily dance-pop and electropop record with dubstep influences; lyrical
themes revolve around love, fame, media scrutiny, sex, and clubbing.
Id X.

12. The production of the movie X began in 2001.
Y was inspired to make this film after listening to 1957 Pyaasa soundtrack, particularly by
Mohammed Rafi’s “Yeh Duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai”. The movie is a dedication to
the lyricist Sudhir Ludhianvi.
The production of the movie was interrupted often and the official release occurred in
2009.
The plot is loosely based on a story suggestion by Raj Singh Chaudhary who eventually
ended up playing a significant role in the movie.
Give X and Y.

13. Exploding Plastic Inevitable was a series of multimedia events organized by X during
the period 1965-67 which included screening of various films by X , music, dancing and
performances by various artist of his factory.
This event helped the band Y gain popularity who were active during 1965 to 1973. Y
collaborated with a German Singer named Nico on the advice of X and named their debut
album titled Y & Nico.
The album was not initially popular but has become critically acclaimed over the years due
to its influence on so many sub genres of rock. In 2003, Rolling Stones termed it as “the
most prophetic rock album ever made”.
The experimental and nihilistic undertones in their music led to the development of punk
rock and new wave music.
Give X and Y.

14. Cooked up by the "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" a X-nic hero is an antihero of
the highest order. He (or she) is typically rebellious, arrogant, anti-social or in exile, and
darkly, enticingly romantic. Some examples may include Severus Snape from Harry Potter
Series, Wolverine from Marvel or Edward Cullen from Twilight.
X was an English poet, peer and politician who became a revolutionary in the Greek War
of Independence, and is considered one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement.
During his stay in Italy he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe
Shelley.Later in life ________ joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman
Empire and died of disease leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks revere him
as a national hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from a fever contracted after
the First and Second Siege of Missolonghi.
Id X.

15. This is an non exhaustive list of some major work of art but in correct order. The connect will lead you to a
piece of work that came out in 2018. Identify.
1. Mona Lisa – Leonardo Da Vinci (0.50)
2. Victory of Samothrace Landing – Unknown (1.00)
3. The Oath of Horatii – Jacques-Louis Horatii (1.08)
4. The Great Sphinx of Tani – Unknown (1.22)
5. The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Josephine – Jacques-Louis David
(1.38)
6. The intervention of Sabine Women – Jacques-Louis David (1.58)
7. Madame Récamier - Jacques-Louis David (2.15)
8. Les ombres de Francesca da Rimini et de Paolo Malatesta apparaissent à Dante et à Virgile – Ary Scheffer (2.38)
9. Pietà – Rosso Fiorentino (2.46)
10.The Raft of Medusa -Théodore Géricault (3.12)
11.The Charging Chasseur - Théodore Géricault (3.22)
12.Hermes Fastening his Sandal – Lysippos (3.33)
13.Venus De Milo – Unknown (3.51)
14.The Wedding Feast at Cana - Paolo Veronese (4.30)
15.Potrait of a Black Woman - Marie-Guillemine Benoist (5:36)

16.
• There is a story as per which when X, a middle order batsman from 90s, was
dropped from the team for the ‘Singer Cup’, he brought out his album Y and
said that the BCCI had not done the right thing by dropping a ‘Singer’ for the
‘Singer Cup’.
• Y is a now discarded concept in Cricket.
• Coming back to the album, it began with X speaking on how Cricket and Music
are related. According to him, the bowler’s run-up and the batsman’s shot are
musical in nature. The cassette is also in the form of innings and also features
several of his teammates, including Tendulkar.
Id X and Y?

17. Bill Mauldin, a Russian cartoonist won a Pulitzer Prize for this cartoon titled, “I won the
Nobel Prize for Literature. What was your crime?”
Put Funda. Give me the iconic work of the person in question which was also made into a
1965 film by David Lean.

Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1958, an event that
enraged the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union. They didn’t allow him to
travel to Stockholm to receive the prize,
which forced him to decline it.

18.
• A critically acclaimed Sunny Deol starrer action thriller Y bagged three Filmfares of 1990.
One of the award went to the album’s song X which is one of the most hit songs of the
cassette era.
• It was one of the first songs on which otherwise reclusive actor Naseeruddin Shah
shook his leg just like a hero.
• Such was the song’s rage that the soundtrack became a youth anthem. It was banned in
the public in those times as eve teasers used to use the song and shout out a
catchphrase from the song to harass women.
• The song samples ‘Rythm Gonna Get Ya’ by Miami Sound Machine. The song has been
recreated for the movies Azhar and the franchisee of Dhamaal.
• Id X and Y.

X - TIRCHI TOPI WAALE (OYE OYE)

19. The following is an excerpt from an article published in New York Times on May 17, 2019 by
Roberta Smith.
“Unlike “Play-Doh,” the “X,” made in 1986, has been with us over three decades, alternately loved and
hated. Some of its most fervent admirers see it as the perfect work of art for its moment, the roaring
mid-1980s. I don’t disagree. I also think it continues to speak to us.
Y’s sculptures have always been covetable commodities as well as comments on commodification. But
the strongest works imprint themselves on our visual memories with a striking if uneasy singleness.
The various curved forms of the “X” — head, torso and legs — function as a cascade of convex
mirrors. Often compared to an astronaut, the creature is at once alien and cute, weirdly sinister
and innocent, weightless and yet armoured. The idea that something is inside, or nothing is, is
equally disturbing.
“X” is intractable, a little warrior, yet it also vanishes into its reflections, which are full of us looking
at it.”
Id X and Y

20. Several different reasons have been told on this term’s origin.
Some say that this term originated due to dichromatic printing of
posters in order to garner less attention, some attribute it to the fact
that due to budget limitations, damaged movie reels were reused by
the producers giving it a particular appearance.
Another theory is that the name stuck due to different packaging
practice by video store owners.
What is being talked about?

Porn films being referred to as Blue Films

21. ___ ______ ________, by Aleksandr Pushkin (1833 poem), considered a literary
landmark, gives a statue its popular name. The poem is in first person and reads as an ode
to a great city. Legend has it that while this statue stands in the city, the city will never be
taken by enemy armies. Quite in line with that, during a 900 day long bloody siege during
WW2, the city was never taken.
The statue was built from an enormous stone called the ‘Thunder Stone’. In 1770, the stone
was moved to the city center, and it formed the pedestal for the statue. The stone is often
referred to as the “largest stone ever moved by man”. Owing to censorship only the
prologue was published during the poet’s lifetime.
What city and statute am I talking about?

22. X is a 2003 drama film which stars Scarlett
Johansson as Griet, a young 17th-century
servant in the household of the Dutch
painter Johannes Vermeer at the time he
painted X (1665) in the city of Delft in Holland.
The poster of the movie was also inspired by
X.
However, in reality, X is not a portrait but a
tronie. It depicts a European girl wearing an
exotic dress, an oriental turban, and an
improbably large _______
Give X.

The girl with the pearl
earring

23. X is a conglomerate which makes incredibly dangerous products from anvils to x-ray
machines and with jet-propelled pogo sticks that are known to fail at the worst of
times. Those explosives used by C to (attempt to) blow up R? Made by X. But they do far
more than just make dynamite. Indeed, whatever C wishes for, Acme can create.
However, their delivery service is next to none. We’ve all seen the C drop an order in the
mailbox and have it in his hands in a matter of seconds.
Apocryphally an anagram for A Company that Makes Everything, Acme got its name because
it's typically the first company mentioned in the telephone directory for any kind of listing:
auto mechanics, plumbers, pharmacies, et cetera. Given this fact that its products fail at the
worst of times, most would find the company name to be ironic. It is derived from the Greek
word X, which means peak or prime.
Id X and where would you find it?

THE LOONEY TOONS/ROAD RUNNER FRANCHISES.

24. Causing much controversy, Brazilian author X declared that _______, had damaged
English Literature with the classic 20th century modernist novel Y by reducing it to “pure
style.”
Y is divided into the three books (marked I, II, and III) and 18 episodes. The episodes do not
have chapter headings or titles.
______ once said that he had "put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the
professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant", which would earn the novel
immortality
“There is nothing there,” X said. “If you dissect ‘Y,’ it gives you a tweet.” to which Stuart Kelly
responded, “X is, of course, entitled to his dumb opinion,” the critic said in a much re-tweeted
post on the Guardian’s books blog , “just as I am entitled to think X’s work is a nauseous
broth of egomania and snake-oil mysticism with slightly less intellect, empathy and verbal
dexterity than the week-old camembert I threw out yesterday.”
Identify X and Y.

25. Art meets Cinema
Id the movie which had scenes inspired from the following
paintings.

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