The Finals of the Movie Quiz of Elixir 2014 at Thapar University, Patiala.

1. Round 1: Dry Run (Infinite
Bounce/Pounce)

2. 1. Roger Ebert’s review of which film?“This film is
like nothing theyve seen before, with its startling
landscapes, architecture and locations, its
exuberant colors, its sudden and joyous musical
numbers right in the middle of dramatic scenes,
and its melodramatic acting (teeth gnash, tears
well, lips tremble, bosoms heave, fists clench). At
the same time, its a memory of the films we all
grew up on, with clearly defined villains and heroes,
a romantic triangle, and even a comic character
who saves the day. ___________ is a well-crafted,
hugely entertaining epic that has the spice of a
foreign culture.”

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4. Lagaan

5. 2. What follows?
“Faster than you, f**king son of a... Saw you
coming you f**king... shitheel. I'm standing
here; you make the move. You make the move.
It's your move... [Draws weapon].. Don't try it
you f**k… (________________________)

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8. 3.
•“Life in London, or Days and Nights of ______
Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian
______” was a journal started in 1823 by Pierce
Egan. The name soon gave rise to a commonplace
phrase for youngsters indulging in riotous
behavior in 19th-century London.
It is also a kind of hot spiced rum cocktail, made
with eggs.
The phrase is known to us because of its
association with two anthropomorphic characters.
Which phrase?

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10. Tom & Jerry

11. 4. The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a US
scientific research station. Most personnel leave by
the middle of February, leaving a few dozen who
keep the station functional through the months of
Antarctic night. The winter personnel are isolated
between February and October. As a tradition,
every year, the winter personnel watch two films on
the first winter evening. One of them is a 1982 film
based in an Antarctic research station. The other is
a 1980 film in which the characters are isolated
from the outside world for a long period of time.
Both films have now gained a cult following.
Identify both.

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13. The Thing & The Shining

14. 5. The New Order of this dictatorial regime
was arranged on the model of the human
body. The Chancellor was the Head; the
television station BTN was the mouth;
visual and audio surveillance were the Eye
and the Ear; Inspector Finch was part of
The Nose, the police force, and the secret
police were the Hand. What was the movie
& what were the secret police called?.

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16. The Fingermen; V for Vendetta

17. This term refers to a setting in which
societies with ultramodern technology have
reverted to patterns from earlier time
periods while remaining at a futuristic
technological level.
The same term also closely resembles the
name of a 1967 Moody Blues album where
the title refers to the course of twenty four
hours in a person's life.
How was this term brought back into
popular consciousness earlier this year?

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19. Days of Future Past

20. This Urdu ghazal was written in Behe r-E-Ramal/
Mazahif Musamman, the favourite
meter of the poet. He had written almost
35 ghazals in this meter.
Apart from being sung in a couple of films
it has also been recited by Atul Kulkarni
and Piyush Mishra in two different movies.
The ghazal? Who wrote it?

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22. “Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna” by Ram
Prasad Bismil

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25. The other side of Sandra Bullock’s
distress call in Gravity

26. In 2013, BBC revealed plans for a 2,500-hour season on X
from 2014 onwards, echoing the time frame of the X
itself. Among them are two major TV dramas on
BBC One: The Ark will take viewers into the lives of the
medics and their patients at a fictional hospital in France;
while The Passing Bells tells the story of X through the
eyes of two very ordinary young men. On BBC Two, Ian
McDiarmid will star in 37 Days, which will explore the
politics behind the build-up to X. The season will also
include programming about poetry, paintings and music,
as well as programmes by eminent historians including Sir
Max Hastings, Christopher Clark and Niall Ferguson,
tackling some of the biggest debates about X.

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28. World War 1

29. The X Y is the imaginary _____ at the front
of the stage in a traditional box set in
a theatre, through which the audience
sees the action in the world of the play.
The idea of the X Y was made explicit by
philosopher and critic Denis Diderot and
spread in 19th-century theatre with the
advent of theatrical realism, which
extended the idea to any fictional work
and its audience.

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31. Fourth Wall

32. • Sets from the film Dark City (1998), including rooftops,
buildings and others exteriors sets, were used in this film,
especially during the very first scene.
The name of the company for which the main protagonist
works, “Metacortex”, literally translates to "transcending
the boundaries of the brain," which is precisely what he
proceeds to do.
”It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can
see it when you look out your window or when you turn
on your television. You can feel it when you go to work...
when you go to church... when you pay your taxes.”

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34. The Matrix

35. Vyjayanthimala won the Filmfare Award for
Best Supporting Actress for her role as
Chandramukhi in Devdas(1955).
Reena Roy won the award for her role as
Kamini in Apnaapan (1977).
What connects these 2 ‘victories’?

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37. Both rejected the award, citing that
their role was the lead.

38. Movie 43** (Relativity Media)
After Earth (Columbia)
Grown Ups 2 (Columbia)
The Lone Ranger (Disney)
A Madea Christmas (Lionsgate)

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40. The nominees at this year’s Razzies.

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43. Red Carpet

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46. Ratatouille

47. X is an accomplished dancer in Salsa and Classical
Indian dance. She actively participated in plays and
amateur theatre while attending college. Later she
joined the Elite Model Management and modelled
for two-and-half years. X was featured in several
television and print advertisements endorsing
products such as Wrigley's Chewing Gum, Škoda,
Vodafone India, Airtel, Visa, E-Bay and DeBeers. She
continued to model for four years and appeared in
runway shows and magazine covers including
Femina and FNL. X joined an acting course at "The
Barry John's Acting Studio" in Andheri, Mumbai
where she was trained by theatre director Barry
John. X?

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49. Freida Pinto

50. "It is especially impressive in hindsight. The
trios selection was arguably one of the best
show-business decisions made by Warner
Bros. over the past decade... they have
shown admirable grace and steadiness in
the face of teen superstardom.”
The above is a comment by LA Times writer
Geoff Bucher about the casting of which
famous trio.

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55. The Stormtrooper Effect (Star Wars)

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59. Reference to Whom/What?

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61. Ennio Morricone
For a Few Dollars More

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64. Stephen King novel to movie
adaptations.

65. Named after an X movie, this method
of story telling relies on different
observers producing substantially
different but equally plausible
accounts of an event. Which
style/effect?

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67. Akira Kurosawa
The Rashomon Effect

68. ‘No man’s life can been compassed in
one telling. There is no way to give
each year its allotted weight, to
include each event, each person who
helped to shape a lifetime. What can
be done is to be faithful in spirit to the
record and to try to find ones way to
the heart of the man…’Which movie
begins with this statement from the
filmmakers?

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70. Gandhi (1982)

71. Homer’s “The Odyssey” was a major
inspiration in making this film. It
occurred to the makers of the film that
for the Greeks the vast stretches of the
sea must have had the same sort of
mystery and remoteness that space
had for their generation. Which film?

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73. 2001: A Space Odyssey

74. Round 2: (A very easy) Long Visual
Connect

75. +50 / -25

77. +40 / -20

79. +30 / -15

81. +20 / -10

83. +10 / -5

85. +5 / 0

86. Answer after this slide

87. Movies directed by Martin Scorsese