1. A Sitter

Identify the song (Enough clues in the video to work out the answer)

Answer: Goodbye Horses
The scene is from the movie ClerksII. Here Jay is performing the famous Bufallo Bill dance. The song is now famous as the bufallo bill song after it was sampled in the movie Silence of the Lambs

2.

This is a photograph from the records of United states Patent Office. This model of seats provides not only better comfort but also ensures better safety for the driver. Just tell me who designed and patented it.

Answer: Steve Mcqueen
It had to be him..

3. Connect

(Let me know if you’re not able to watch the video or listen to the song. The second’s one’s just an audio clip)

Answer: Led Zeppelin
The songs that served as “inspiration” for famous works of led zeppelin
First ones from the movie South Pacific. The part where she sings Bali Hai was directly lifted by Robert Plant for the opening wailing cry heard in the Immigrant Song.
The second ones a pretty obvious lift. Its a song called Taurus by Spirit. Jimmy Page literally copied it note to note for Stairway to Heaven.
The third ones probably the most recognisable of them all. It’s Joan Baez covering ‘Babe, I’m gonna leave you’. It was originally sung by Anne Bredon

4. Shortly after the release of the movie X, it’s director Y received a mail from a man whose kid had developed a phobia after watching a certain French movie. But, now with the release of the movie X, she refused to do something else also. When asked what he should do, Y replied ” send her to the dry cleaners”. Identify X, Y and the French movie.

Answer: Psycho, Hitchcock and Les Diaboliques (Universally Cracked)

5. Connect:

Clue: Guy in the second picture joined Google in 2005

Answer: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The first picture is that of the original Fying Circus led by the Red Baron
The second picture shows Guido Van Rossum. The creator of Python, the programming language he named after his favourite tv show
Pretty tough one I guess. Achiah was the only one to crack it

6. An important plot element of this movie was inspired by a famous Italian movie of the 60s. As a tribute to the filmmaker, the park where this scene was shot was named after him. This movie in turn inspired a 1989 comedy.(This is the favourite movie of a character in friends). The two main protagonists of the film are named after two young men who served as assistants to the director of the movie. Name the movie

I’m disappointed at this question not being cracked.
The answer is Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. This all time greatest comedy inspired the Hollywood flick Weekend at Bernie’s. And the Italian Movie in question is Blow Up

7.

What is so special or unique about this song
Answer: Anand Bhakshi used to harbor delusions that he could sing. He even sang a qawwali for the movie Sholay, which was never released. This (Baaghon mein bahaar aayi) )remains his only song to be recorded and released. And thank god for that.

8. He has a Master’s degree in science and had aspired to become a scientist. But, when many of his articles sent to various science weekly’s got rejected, he decided to try his luck with films. He struck gold in only his second directorial venture, which ran for 33 weeks and was also sent to the Milan International Film Festival. He is also said to have designed a financially viable elevated Tram System that suits his home-town’s narrow roads and is cheaper when compared to the construction of the Elevated Railway or Metro Railway. Who is he?

Answer: Kashinath.

9.

Name the movie.

Answer: Zehreela Insaan. This movie is one of only two Hindi movies directed by the great Puttanna Kanagal. It’s is a remake of his own Kannada movie ‘Nagarahavu’. This clip in question is an exact replica of the same shot in the Kannada movie.

10.
A fairly simple one to end the quiz

Connect:







Bonus point if you can name everybody on this list

Answer: Directors who worked with Michael Jackson on his videos

Top to Bottom: John Landis, George Lucas, Coppola, Spike Lee, Stan Winston, John Singleton and David Fincher

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