Brain It On

BRAIN IT ON

Rules There will be 20 questions in total. Each right answer will fetch you 10

points. There are NO NEGATIVES. Please guess

freely. Pounce : 10 / -5 Questions move on to the next team if

unanswered.

Question - 1 “Cohn-Brandt-Cohn-Film Sales” was

founded in 1918 by brothers Harry and Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt.

In 1982, the studio was purchased by Coca Cola.

After 5 years, the studio was acquired by a Japanese company.

How do we know this company now?

Answer COLUMBIA PICTURES

Question - 2 What was designed to depict a winged

woman holding an atom and this statuette has become the symbol of the TV Academy’s goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television?

The wings represent the muse of art; the atom represents the electron of science.

Answer EMMY AWARDS

Question - 3 Connect:

Answer CHISEL (A branch of gym and fitness

centers started by Virat kohli in association with Franchise India)

Question - 4 X is a reality TV star of a show that is

the origin of the latest trending meme. X was arrested in 2016 for the

possession of drugs and weapons. Identify X.

Answer Chumlee ( From Pawn Star)

Question - 5 Anthony Hopkins has immortalised the

character of Hannibal Lecter but he wasn’t the first person to play Hannibal Lecter.

Who played Hannibal first and in which movie?

Answer Brian Cox Manhunter (1984)

Question - 6 Chris Roberts, the creator of the Wing

Commander Game series has created a project that has raised the most amount of money by a Kickstarter campaign.

What is the project that we are talking about?

Answer Star Citizen

Question – 7X is a TV show that ran from 1974-84.

This show was particularly famous for Henry Wrinkler’s portrayal of a beloved character Y who is particularly considered to be “cool”.

Name X and Y.

(HINT : Catchphrase of Y is “Ayyy”)

Answer X- Happy Days Y- Fonzie

Question -8 X is a song which was first recorded in

English by Hal Kemp in 1936. According to the New York Times X has caused more deaths than any other song- over a hundred suicides- leading to the song being banned in the US, the UK and France.

Name X

Answer Gloomy Sunday ( a.k.a. The Hungarian

Suicide Song)

Question -9 X is a male Tennis Player who lost 4 US

Open Finals in 1976,78,80 & 81.

He is also famous for not shaving his beard at Wimbledon as he was superstitious.

Identify X.

Answer Bjorn Borg

Question -10 X was established as an arms

manufacturing company in 1859. This company has its founders with same

first names. It is now one of the oldest automobile

company. Identify X.

Answer Skoda

Question -11 This song is the longest consecutive UK

singles chart topper with a total of 16 consecutive weeks in 1991.

Name this song and the singer.

Answer SONG – Everything I Do SINGER – Bryan Adams

Question -12 This RPG was created by individual

Toby Fox. After uploading the demo for the game

in 2013, he started a Kickstarter campaign for full development of the game which ended up raising $51,124 (10 times the expectations).

The game was released in 2015. Name the game.

Answer Undertale

Question -13 In 1910, he published his work in UK

and USA under the pseudonym, HA Largelamb, so that people would read his article for the value of its content and not only because it was written by a famous person.

Who is this, the pseudonym being an anagram of his name.

Answer A Graham Bell

Question -14 X was basically used in the mid 18th

century to treat people who were addicted to morphine, and its early use also included treating people who were addicted to less addictive Opium.

Identify X

Answer Cocaine

Question -15 X is a TV show on BBC which was first

aired in 1977 and was continued till 2003 but went through a cast change during 2003, and also again in 2015 and have been relaunched in 2016 with a new cast.

Identify X.

Answer Top Gear

Question -16 Krishna Satyaki Ashwatthama Yuyutsu Vriahaketu (son of Karna) Kritvarma

Some persons are missing on the list. Who are they and give the Funda!!

Answer The Pandavas (Survivors of

Mahabharat)

Question -17 During the 1950’s he was considered the

most handsome man in India, so uch that for one of his films- Dil-e-Nadan, producer director A.R.Kadar launched a Beauty Contest to hunt for a beautiful girl who would play the heroine opposite him. The winner was Peace Kanwal and she played the romantic lead opposite him. He was to finally accept 13 films with top heroines before he decided that acting wasn’t his forte.

Name the actor.

Answer Talat Mehmood

Question -18 Identify the member of parliament who

brought up the Coleman issue in the parliament and fought for regulation of insurance sector and formation of LIC.

Ironically both his sons were involved in some of the biggest financial scandals in India.

Name the Person. Also name both his sons and the scandals

they were involved in.

Answer Feroze Gandhi Sons:- Rajeev Gandhi – Maruti Scandal Sanjay Gandhi – Bofors Scandal

Question -19 When basketball great Michael Jordan,

member of the USA Olympic team in 1992, went to receive his gold medal he wrapped the national flag around his torso.

Patriotism may have been an issue but so was sponsorship.

What had happened?

Answer Jordan, the centrepiece of

Nike's promotional efforts, had balked at wearing the official United States Olympic Committee awards-ceremony uniform, which was made by Reebok and featured a Reebok patch on the right shoulder.

Question -20 Now known worldwide for reasons that are

completely different, X was an art enthusiast during his younger years and aspired to become a painter.

He sold water colours and worked as a casual labourer to earn his living. He was rejected twice by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1907 & 08 before he went bankrupt and lead himself on a different career path.

It won’t be wrong to say that X becoming a painter would have done the world a lot of good.

Identify X.

Answer Adolf Hitler