The Big B Quiz

The Big B Quiz

QM Souvik Basu

With the legendary Amitabh Bachchan turning 70, here is a quiz on him as our tribute.

1. The Big B is known all over for his famous baritone voice. Like a case of Ripley's Believe it or Not, which organization refused to hire him as his voice was not found suitable?

Ans - All India Radio

2. Bachchan's dialogues have always been a trademark of his films. In which movie does he give this memorable piece of logic: ''Gobhi ka phool, phool hokar bhi phool nahi, sabzi hai. Isi tarah gende ka phool phool hokar phool nahi hai"?

Ans - Chupke Chupke

3. Continuing on the dialogue track. In which Bachchan starrer does this immortal dialogue appear - 'Hum bhi woh hai jo kabhi kisi ke peeche khade nahi hote. Jahan khade ho jaate hain, line wahin se shuru hoti hai'?

Ans - Kaalia

4. Connect these 4 people.

Ans -Dialogue from Namak Halaal (I know such English that I will leave the British behind. You see sir, I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English, I can run English, because English is such a funny language. Bhairo becomes Byron because their minds are very narrow. In the year 1929 when India was playing Australia at the Melbourne stadium Vijay Hazare and Vijay Merchant were at the crease. Vijay Merchant told Vijay Hazare. look Vijay Hazare Sir , this is a very prestigious match and we must consider it very prestigiously. We must take this into consideration, the consideration that this is an important match and ultimately this consideration must end in a run. In the year 1979 when Pakistan was playing against India at the Wankhede stadium Wasim Raja and Wasim Bari were at the crease and they took the same consideration. Wasim Raja told Wasim Bari, look Wasim Bari, we must consider this consideration and considering that this is an important match we must put this consideration into action and ultimately score a run. And both of them considered the consideration and ran and both of them got out.)

5. It is perhaps the only time Big B ended up finishing second best in an one-on-one fight without getting the better of his opponent later in the film. Who was the opponent and which film?

Ans - Inspector Amar Khanna (Vinod Khanna) beating up Anthony Gonsalves in Amar Akbar Anthony

6. What rare genetic disorder did the character Auro portrayed by Bachchan in the film 'Paa' suffer from?

Ans - Progeria

7. In which film does Bachchan first take on the famous screen name 'Vijay'?

Ans - Zanjeer ( as Inspector Vijay Khanna)

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Random Question # 26

Today's question is by Souvik Basu

A graduate in Chemistry from Scottish Church College,Kolkata, he is recognized as the highest tax payer in India for 5 years in a row from 1994. He is also the owner of the Monarch Group of hotels. Identify this person.

Ans.Mithun Chakroborty.

The question was a dedication on his 61st birthday.

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Random Question # 25

Random Question 25

Connect the two movies shown in the visual below,apart from both starring Julia Roberts as the lead actress.

Ans. The only two movies having the same name as the lead character played by Julia Roberts

L- Mary Reilly,R- Erin Brockovich

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Question inspired by Rajeev Masand's Q on Twitter.

Random Question #23

Random Question 23

Simply connect the 3 images show in the visual below.

Ans. A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens - Author of Christmas Carrol
Jim Carey - The main actor (voice overs )  of the movie

Robert Zimeckis - The director and screenplay writer of the movie.

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QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #3

PENTATHLON EPISODE 3

QM-ANUBHAV CHATERJEE

This is the third among the series of quizzes we have planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is an Entertainment Quiz with Bollywood as the central theme.

This was the easiest quiz of the series ,hence an extremely high scoring one.This edition saw 30 responses to the quiz.As many of you realised ,question number 5 had the answer inadvertently inserted within the question itself.


Q1.After completing his school from St.James.Kolkata and college education from Presidency college,he joined a band called Chandrabindoo. Before that he formed another band with his Presidency batchmates, called "Jotugriher Pakhi".Now he is an established music director in bollywood.Identify him?

Ans:Pritam

Q2.One of them is a lead singer of Mumbai-based electronic band Pentagram. They also were the mentors of Raja Hasan in Saregamapa 2007, a popular singing contest broadcasted in Zee TV.Identify the duo?

Ans:Vishal Shekhar

Q3.His name is Anwar but he is better known by a different name. His debut song was in 1984.He learnt music form Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma. Was last heard in the movie Ugly aur Pagli.How do we know him?

Ans:Anu Malik


Q4.The surname of this duo is Raghuwanshi and Panchal. They won their 1st filmfare award for the music of the movie Chori-Chori.Identify the duo?

Ans:Shankar Jaikishen

Q5.His name is Mohammed Zahur "Khayyam" Hashmi.He last scored for a movie Yatra in 2006.Identify him?

Ans:Khayyam

Q6.His name is Kattassery Joseph but he is better knwn by his surname. In 1980 he established the Tharangni Studio at Trivandrum.Who is being described?

Ans:Yesudas


Q7. They are slowly becoming popular by the title 'Amar-Akbar-Anthony' of Bollywood music.Their last hit was Rock-On! Identify the trio?

Ans:Shankar Eshan Loy

Q8. His father Aparesh was a trained classical singer and his mother Bashabi was a singer trained in Shyama Sangeet..Identify the music director?

Ans:Bappi Lahiri

Q9.He was better known by his 1st name.His complete name was Lal Nagrath.His 1st movie as a composer was Neki aur Badi (1949).His grandson is a superstar.Identify the composer?

Ans:Roshan

Q10. His first movie as a composer was Pyaar Kiya to Darna kya.Before becoming a music director he was a television producer.His forthcoming movies include Kaajra Re,Hey Gujju as an actor etc.Identify this multi talented music director?

Ans:Himesh Reshamiyya

FNQ 14 - Business & Entertainment Quiz

You can send in your answers / views and suggestions to quiz.aniruddha@gmail.com within the next 7 days.

1.It started of as two independent mailing lists in 1989.One of the mailing lists started with a post titled,''Those Eyes",on the subject of actresses with beautiful eyes.The other list was started by someone called Chuck Musciano.In 1990 the two mailing list was combined by Col Needham.What resulted out of this?

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2.The Will Eisner award is given for creative achievement in which form of literature/art in America?

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3.The original name for this product was changed since the name could not be registered in the US.The actual name was a common adjective hence could not be a trademark.So the last "e" was dropped from the name.A slogan containing the name of the country of origin of the product was added to stress its origin and its tradition of purity.Which product.

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4.This company was incorporated on August 24, 1910 . Its beginnings were humble. A leased office on Radha Bazar Lane, Kolkata, was the centre of the Company's existence. The Company celebrated its 16th birthday on August 24, 1926, by purchasing the plot of land situated at 37, Chowringhee, Kolkata, for the sum of Rs 310,000. This decision of the Company was historic in more ways than one. It was to mark the beginning of a long and eventful journey into India's future. The Company's headquarter building, 'Virginia House', which came up on that plot of land two years later, would go on to become one of Kolkata's most venerated landmarks.Which company is being talked about ?

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5.Launched in June 2000, _____, has already become the largest initiative among all Internet-based interventions in rural India. _____ services today reach out to more than 3.5 million farmers growing a range of crops - soyabean, coffee, wheat, rice, pulses, shrimp - in over 31,000 villages through 5200 kiosks across six states (Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan).This was launched as a corporate social responsibilty initiative of an Indian company.Fill up the blanks with the name of this initiative.

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6.The _______ is a waxwork museum in Paris located on the Grands Boulevards on the right bank of the Seine with some 500 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life.On October 28, 1892 the world's first animated film, Pauvre Pierrot, was shown here.After Mahatma Gandhi,Sharukh Khan became the second Indian to be immortalised in wax here.Fill up the blank with the name of the museum.

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7.In 1968 the owner of this group of companies took out a £5,000 loan and opened Natural Gas Tubes. The company, based in Huntington in Cambridgeshire, manufactured spiral weld tubes and achieved first year sales of £14,000. .By 2006 the group’s sales exceeded £625m.Who is the person and name the group of companies he founded.

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8. The first edition of this rather unusual competetion was held in the Angloan capital of Luanda in 2008.The organisers plan to hold the next event in Cambodia.Norwegian theatre and film director, Morten Traavik, came up with the challenging - some would say tasteless - contest to spotlight an ongoing tragedy.The joint winners of the Angolan contest, Augusta Urica, 31, and Maria Restino Manuel, 26, were the embodiment of Traavik's ideal at the finale in the capital, Luanda, swathed in designer gowns, sashes and silver tiaras that crowned them _____________.What is this competetion being talked about

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9. Connect the three pictures shown below.

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10. Give a specific business connection for the three pictures below.

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