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Written Preliminary Round
1)   The Written Preliminary Round consists
     of 30 questions.
2)   Each Answer = 1 Point. No Negative
     points for Incorrect Answers.
3)   Top 8 eight teams qualify for the Final
     Stage of the Quiz.
4)   In Case of a tie, the team which
     answers more * marked Questions will
     move on to the finals.
5)   Please Put your cellphones off during
     the written round.
6)   Goodluck!
X  was watching a quiz contest on
  Doordarshan in February 1967. X
  while watching the show, realized that,
  participants could easily answer
  questions pertaining to Greek
  Mythology, but were unable to reply to
  the question – In the Ramayana, who
  was Rama’s mother?
 What did X do next ?
 This poem was composed on December
 1911, at the time of the Coronation Durbar
 of George V. The composition was first
 sung during a convention on December
 26th, 1911.
 Which poem is this? ( 2 acceptable
 answers )
 In
   the world of live, street and television
 performances, how do we better know
 Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos?
 Who  is the second – youngest recipient of
 the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard
 Kipling, and the first Africa – born writer to
 receive the award?
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 Connectthe list below with an unusual
 achievement –

 Faye Dunaway            Halle Berry
 Marlon Brando          Liza Minnelli
 Charlton Heston       Nicole Kidman
 Laurence Olivier      Kevin Kline
 Robert Benigni        Sandra Bullock
 Google paid respect to a certain Lester
 William Polsfuss in a rather unique way,
 which caught the attention of internet users
 last month.
 What did Google do?
 ( Specific answer)
 „Spacebar‟was the first and „Attorney
 General‟ was the fifteenth.
 What am I talking about?
 Identify
        the man to the right of Dilip Kumar.
 ( PIC NEXT SLIDE )
MELA Quiz - Prelims
 Identify   the Painter.
 Theorigin of this phrase means “to make
 up one‟s mind to go through with an
 unpleasant situation or experience” dates
 back to the day when the wounded had to
 be seen to without the benefit of
 anesthetics or painkillers. The victim would
 be given an object that would help him
 brace himself against the coming pain.
 What phrase?
 Itwas the World War II slang for UFO‟s.
  Some say it was a hush – hush group of
  air force pilots who tried to shoot down
  UFO‟s. Which band gets its name from the
  above slang?
 Connect   the Following two pictures with a
 name :
This painting led the foundation to which Art
                 movement?
 The Salon & Beauty Parlors‟ Assoc. was in
 the news in 2009 regarding an objection
 they raised, which among other reasons,
 generated a lot of incredulity. What were
 they objecting over?
 ______________      is a comic book series
 published by Virgin Comics based upon the
 X. It is written by Shamik Dasgupta & the art
 is by Abhishek Singh, and a brainchild of
 Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur. It
 features a imagining of the classic story in a
 post-apocalyptic future. Y is the principle
 antagonist, the leader of the continent of
 Nark, a cyborg created using nano-
 technology during the old times in order to
 obtain an edge during the world war that
 consumed the planet. Give X and Y. ( half
 points available )
“Don‟t know all that Sir, but I‟m voting for
  that man…!”

 Someone who usually just observes all the
 hypocrisy and stupidity in India, said this
 while pointing to Nehru‟s statue.

 Who?
 Thiscouple finally wed after 67 years of
 courting, and left the bride‟s best friend,
 who had a major crush on the groom,
 heart broken. This trio has influenced the
 American High School life since time
 immemorial. Who was the groom in this
 wedding?
 ThisHollywood star of the 1990s died of
 pneumonia at the age of 27 on 12th
 December 2003 at the Taknes Fjord, near
 the Halsa Municipality in Norway. Who?
 Casino- 362
 Pulp Fiction - 271
 Good Fellas - 246
 Scarface - 206

 What?
 What does the Image in the Following
 Slide represent?
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A certain Bollywood flick was the „licensed
 remake‟ of Peter Sellers‟ „After the fox‟ .

 Picture next slide of the English film,
 identify the Bolly flick.
MELA Quiz - Prelims
 Identify   this Exquisite handicraft style from
 Orissa.
MELA Quiz - Prelims
 Heportrayed Eduardo Saverin in the
 Social Network and is the next spider –
 man. Image next side, simply identify.
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  • 3. 1) The Written Preliminary Round consists of 30 questions. 2) Each Answer = 1 Point. No Negative points for Incorrect Answers. 3) Top 8 eight teams qualify for the Final Stage of the Quiz. 4) In Case of a tie, the team which answers more * marked Questions will move on to the finals. 5) Please Put your cellphones off during the written round. 6) Goodluck!
  • 4. X was watching a quiz contest on Doordarshan in February 1967. X while watching the show, realized that, participants could easily answer questions pertaining to Greek Mythology, but were unable to reply to the question – In the Ramayana, who was Rama’s mother?  What did X do next ?
  • 5.  This poem was composed on December 1911, at the time of the Coronation Durbar of George V. The composition was first sung during a convention on December 26th, 1911. Which poem is this? ( 2 acceptable answers )
  • 6.  In the world of live, street and television performances, how do we better know Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos?
  • 7.  Who is the second – youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard Kipling, and the first Africa – born writer to receive the award?
  • 9.  Connectthe list below with an unusual achievement –  Faye Dunaway Halle Berry  Marlon Brando Liza Minnelli  Charlton Heston Nicole Kidman  Laurence Olivier Kevin Kline  Robert Benigni Sandra Bullock
  • 10.  Google paid respect to a certain Lester William Polsfuss in a rather unique way, which caught the attention of internet users last month. What did Google do? ( Specific answer)
  • 11.  „Spacebar‟was the first and „Attorney General‟ was the fifteenth. What am I talking about?
  • 12.  Identify the man to the right of Dilip Kumar. ( PIC NEXT SLIDE )
  • 14.  Identify the Painter.
  • 15.  Theorigin of this phrase means “to make up one‟s mind to go through with an unpleasant situation or experience” dates back to the day when the wounded had to be seen to without the benefit of anesthetics or painkillers. The victim would be given an object that would help him brace himself against the coming pain. What phrase?
  • 16.  Itwas the World War II slang for UFO‟s. Some say it was a hush – hush group of air force pilots who tried to shoot down UFO‟s. Which band gets its name from the above slang?
  • 17.  Connect the Following two pictures with a name :
  • 18. This painting led the foundation to which Art movement?
  • 19.  The Salon & Beauty Parlors‟ Assoc. was in the news in 2009 regarding an objection they raised, which among other reasons, generated a lot of incredulity. What were they objecting over?
  • 20.  ______________ is a comic book series published by Virgin Comics based upon the X. It is written by Shamik Dasgupta & the art is by Abhishek Singh, and a brainchild of Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur. It features a imagining of the classic story in a post-apocalyptic future. Y is the principle antagonist, the leader of the continent of Nark, a cyborg created using nano- technology during the old times in order to obtain an edge during the world war that consumed the planet. Give X and Y. ( half points available )
  • 21. “Don‟t know all that Sir, but I‟m voting for that man…!” Someone who usually just observes all the hypocrisy and stupidity in India, said this while pointing to Nehru‟s statue.  Who?
  • 22.  Thiscouple finally wed after 67 years of courting, and left the bride‟s best friend, who had a major crush on the groom, heart broken. This trio has influenced the American High School life since time immemorial. Who was the groom in this wedding?
  • 23.  ThisHollywood star of the 1990s died of pneumonia at the age of 27 on 12th December 2003 at the Taknes Fjord, near the Halsa Municipality in Norway. Who?
  • 24.  Casino- 362 Pulp Fiction - 271 Good Fellas - 246 Scarface - 206  What?
  • 25.  What does the Image in the Following Slide represent?
  • 27. A certain Bollywood flick was the „licensed remake‟ of Peter Sellers‟ „After the fox‟ .  Picture next slide of the English film, identify the Bolly flick.
  • 29.  Identify this Exquisite handicraft style from Orissa.
  • 31.  Heportrayed Eduardo Saverin in the Social Network and is the next spider – man. Image next side, simply identify.