Prelims

Question 1
The latest news regarding the production of a movie which will serve
as a sequel to the events of a massive TV show has sent fans all over
the world into a tizzy.
The production title according to sources is Greenbrier and the answer
to whether the original cast will be maintained is still under wraps.
Which is this TV show ?
 Question 2
In 2002, the BBC World Service conducted an international poll to
choose the ten most popular songs of all time. Around 7000 songs
were selected from all over the world. According to the BBC, people
from 155 countries voted X ninth in the top 10 songs.
Remixes of the song were also used in the opening and closing credits
of the 2006 film Inside Man.
This song written by Gulzar is based on Sufi music and Urdu Poetry.
 Question 3
Identify the two personalities.
 Question 4
Identify the two actresses
 Question 5
An actor described by some as India’s greatest cultural export to China
since Rabindranath Tagore, he is the movie star with many names.
“India’s conscience” to Chinese media; “Guaranteed Sales” to film
distributors, and nothing less than Nan Shen (Male God) to Mandarin-
speaking silver screen lovers.
Yet those most familiar with the man shattering record books for
Bollywood films in China refer simply – and fondly – to “Uncle X”.
 Question 6
He is an American actor, writer, producer, director, and comedian. He
is known for his role as Tom Haverford on the NBC series Parks and
Recreation and for creating the comedy series X for which he became
the first Indian American actor to nab a Leading Acting Golden Globe
in the year 2017.
He also faced trouble in 2018 when a woman accused him of sexual
misconduct.
 Question 7
Where can you find these symbols?
 Question 8
Id the blanked out celebrity
 Question 9
“… is a tale of crime and retribution. Set in 1832 In India, the story
lays bare the practices of the X, who lived in boats and used to murder
those passengers whom they were able to entice into their company in
their voyages up and down the rivers. From the foot of the Himalayas
to Cape Comorin, from Kutch to Assam, there was hardly a province in
India where this was not practiced.”
This is the introduction to a book which has been loosely adapted into
a film. Name both.
 Question 10
A group of lawyers had reportedly planned a law suit against Harry
Potter producers Warner Bros over apparent similarities between X
and CGI-tastic Chamber of Secrets star Dobby the elf in 2003.
In a story so strange it has to be true, legal eagles in the continent-
spanning nation believe they can prove the bald, floppy-eared, pointy-
nosed, bug-eyed creature is based on their beloved leader.
Id X.
 Question 11
The name of Karan Johar’s autobiography is a play on the title of a
very famous novel by Vikram Seth, often regarded as the longest
English novel ever written.
Name the autobiography.
 Question 12
Quentin Tarantino has managed this casting coup for his ninth feature
film. Name this upcoming film.
 Question 13
Name the fictional character which is based on this personality.
 Question 14
Only five anime films have been nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Animated Feature Film and only one has succeeded in
winning the statuette.
The movie in question beat the likes of Ice Age and Lilo and Stitch to
win the 2nd iteration of this award in 2002.
Name this masterpiece.
 Question 15
Identify the film.
 Question 16
This Netflix show which originally aired in Channel 4 examines
modern society, particularly with regard to the unanticipated
consequences of new technologies. The title of the series refers to the
reflective black screen that you see when your phone or computer is
out of use.
The show currently in production of its fifth season has won 5 Emmys.
 Question 17
Benedict Cumberbatch recently succeeded in ticking one role from his
bucket list of roles he want to portray. He portrayed this character in
this Showtime TV miniseries which aired in 2018.
The other character in his bucket list, that he wants to play, is Hamlet.
Cumberbatch also received an Emmy nomination for this role which
requires the character to overcome addiction and other personal
demons.
 Question 18
Claim to fame?
 Question 19
A X is a demon or monster originating in pre-Islamic Arabian religion
associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh. In modern
fiction, the term has often been used for a certain kind
of undead monster.
The term was first used in English literature in 1786, in William
Beckford's Orientalist novel Vathek.
Name the monster.
 Question 20
Identify the actor from his Wikipedia page description.
“X is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include
two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild
Awards. He began his career as a child and starred in the PBS educational
series The Voyage of the Mimi in 1984. X gained wider recognition when he
and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Academy Award for Best
Original Screenplay for writing Good Will Hunting (1997), which they also
starred in.
He received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the noir
biopic Hollywoodland (2006) and his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone
(2007), which he also co-wrote, was also well received.”