TRIVIA QUESTIONS EPISODE 14

2022 is here and the show must go on

WARM UP – The Oscars

From the following choices pick the movie that won the Oscar for Best picture among the nominees. Bonus bragging rights if you can also tell me the year.

1. 2018 Green Book, Black Panther, Bohemain Rhapsody, Vice, A star is born 

 2. 1951 An American in Paris, Decision before Dawn, Quo Vadis, A streetcar named Desire 

 3. 1990 Dances with Wolves, Awakenings, Ghost, The Godfather part III, Goodfellas 

 4. 1953 From Here to Eternity, Julius Caesar, The Robe, Roman Holiday, Shane 

 5. 1969 Midnight Cowboy, Anne of a thousand days, Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid, Hello Dolly, Z 

 6. 1976 Rocky, All the presidents men, Bound for glory, Network, Taxi driver 

 7. 1985 Out of Africa, The color purple, Kiss of the spider woman, Prizzi’s honour, Witness 

 8. 1967 In the Heat of the Night, Bonnie and Clyde, Doctor Dolittle, The Graduate, Guess who’s coming for dinner 

 9. 1981 Chariots of Fire, Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the lost Ark, Reds 

 10. 1998 Shakespeare in love, Elizabeth, Life is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, The thin red line 

 11. 2013 12 years a slave, American hustle, Captain phillips, Dallas buyers club, The wolf of wall street, Gravity 

 12. 1971 The French Connection, A clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the roof, The last picture show, Nicholas and Alexandra 

 13. 1956 Around the world in 80 days, Friendly Persuasion, Giant, The King and I, The Ten Commandments

 14. 2002 Chicago, Gangs of new York, The hours, The Lord of the rings-the two towers, The pianist 

 15. 2005 Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good night and good luck, Munich

ROUND ONE 

1. History

In Greek tradition there are three types of plays. Tragedies and Comedies and One more type. The name comes from a type of hybrid. Grover Underwood from the Percy Jackson series was one of them. 

Satyr 

2. The show must not go on 

Theatre was banned in America from 1774 to 1789 because of the demands of which religious group. 

Christians Due to the Bible being sacred and any other diversions were seen as inappropriate, frivolous and sensual

3. Back Chapters 

The Mahābhāṣya by Patañjali contains the earliest reference to what may have been the seeds for the beginnings of theatre in India. What year was this written? The Team that guesses closest will win the points. 

140 BC

ROUND TWO 

1.Innuendo 

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies

Fairy tales of yesterday, grow but never die. 

I can fly, my friends 

What phrase follows these lyrics and is also the name of the song ? Bonus two points if you name the artist that sang this song along with the surviving members of the original band five months after the death of one member 

The show must go on/ Elton john  

2. Odd man out 

Bharatnatyam Kathak Ghoomar Kathakali 

Kathakali is the only one which is traditionally gender specific 

3.  Unity in Diversity 

What is common between the following Shakespeare plays The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night and The Tempest 

All plays feature ship wrecks

ROUND THREE - MIDPOINT - ABSURD COMBINATIONS

Add a word or two in between these sentences and create an association between the word/words before and after

e.g. Open HOUSE LIGHTS out now 

 

One tight insect SLAPSTICK 

Penny of Africa BLACKOUT 

All the world’s a side STAGE RIGHT/ STAGE LEFT 

On the bulb SPOTLIGHT 

ROUND FOUR

 

1. Musical Theatre 

In which play starring Trains of all types do all the actors perform wearing roller skates?

Starlight Express 

2. Moving makeup 

What does one call the automobile that serves as an actors changing area/ makeup room ? 

Vanity Van 

3. The bigger the better 

Where in India will you find one of the biggest IMAX 3D screens in the world ? 

Prasad’s , Hyderabad

ROUND FIVE

1. Single Letters

Symbol for Tungsten                 W 

Three dashes in Morse               O

The Littera Canina or Canine Letter R 

Vitamin that prevents Rickets       D

Shortest form of Acknowledgement    S,K 

2. Sports 

Kabaddi, Water polo and Handball-what do they have in common? 

All have 7 players in a team

3. City skylines 

From the following pictures, identify the city

CHICAGO

 

KUALA LAMPUR

TORONTO

ROUND SIX

1. Science 

The speed of a computer mouse is measure in mps. What does it stand for?  

Mickey is the smallest measurable movement of a computer mouse, typically equal to 1/200th of an inch, or just over 0.1mm 

2. Hindi to English 

What is dried to get Khubani ? Part of a famous Hyderabadi sweet recipe 

Apricot 

3. Brew that 

IPA is a beer that had its origins in Britain and revival in America. What does IPA stand for? 

India Pale Ale

GAUNTLET - FOUR PLAY

1. What are Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde ? 

PacMan monsters

2. Based on world wide following which are the four most popular sports in the world? 

Soccer (Football), Cricket, Hockey, Tennis 

3. Hair remover boutique foursome – In the words lie the clue to a type of choir? 

Barbershop Quartet