Really Tough Movie Quiz

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Answer: Jadu hain nasha hai, 'Jism'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Answer: 'Men In Black'

(3) In 'The Hangover', Ed Helms' character Stu gets married to a stripper, played by Heather Graham, on their drunken night in Vegas. What is the name of the chapel they get married at?

Answer: The best little chapel

(4) In 'Rangeela', Munna (Aamir Khan) gets into a scuffle with a patron at the cinema while he's watching a film with Mili (Urmila Matondkar). What film are they watching?

Answer: Mr Bond

Winners:
Gaurav Sharma, Bangalore
Ekta Goel, Hyderabad
Stella D'Souza, Mumbai
Dharmendra Kumar, Ahmedabad
Ashok Tendulkar, Mumbai
 
11:03 PM, Mar 23, 2012

(1) Identify the popular Hollywood film in which this dialogue appears:

'Love means never having to say you're sorry'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Bollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


(3) In 'Iron Man 2', shortly after announcing that his assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) will take over as the new CEO of Stark Industries, Tony Stark brings her some fruit. Pepper, however, says she's allergic to it. What fruit does he bring her?

(4) In 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi', Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Taani (Anushka Sharma) are paired together in a dance competition when both pick up the same token number. What number is this?

 
11:07 AM, Mar 17, 2012

(1) Identify the popular Hollywood film in which this dialogue appears:

'Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore!'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Bollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Answer: Om Shanti Om

(3) In 'Finding Nemo', our clownfish hero Nemo was born with a very small right fin. What name do Nemo and his father Marlin give to this fin?

Answer: Lucky fin

(4) In 'Ek Main Aur Ek Tu', Imran Khan's mother (played by Ratna Pathak-Shah) tells him repeatedly that he must chew his food slowly. How many times does she say he must chew?

Answer: 32 times

Winners:
Akanksha Srivastav, New Delhi
Sanketh Nayak, Mangalore
Shashi Khatri, Indore
Akankcha Shri, Noida
Levi Saldanha, Mumbai
 
10:59 PM, Mar 09, 2012

Masand says a taut 'Kahaani' is a delicious thriller. What do you think? Write your own review and win prizes. 
10:45 PM, Mar 09, 2012

(1) Identify the popular Hollywood film in which this dialogue appears:

'The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.'

Answer: 'The Usual Suspects'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Bollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Answer: 'Delhi Belly'

(3) In 'Rockstar', Jordan (Ranbir Kapoor) signs up with a music company that takes him to Prague to perform at a music concert. What music company does he sign with?

Answer: Platinum Records

(4) In 'Up In The Air', George Clooney fires people out of their jobs for a living. His personal ambition is to earn ten million frequent flier air miles. What airline does he fly with?

Answer: American Airlines

Winners:
Tarun Palta, Hyderabad
Tanu Singh, Mumbai
Jaskaran Singh Bhullar, Mohali
Punith Mehta, Bangalore
Badan Rajpoot, Indore
 
10:43 PM, Mar 02, 2012

(1) Identify the popular Bollywood film in which all of the following characters appear:
Max Dias
Shirley Dias
Prakash Sharma

Answer: 'Josh'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Answer: 'The Reader'

(3) In 'Sholay', how much does Basanti charge Jai and Veeru when they first take a ride with her to Thakur's house on arriving in Ramgarh?

Answer: Rs 1.50

(4) Towards the end of 'You've Got Mail', Joe (Tom Hanks) goes with his dog to Riverside Park to meet Kathleen (Meg Ryan), where she is expecting to meet her online friend. What is the name of Joe's dog?

Answer: Brinkley

Winners:
Hemanth Ramesh, Baroda
Reva Kadam, Mumbai
Sameer Mane, New Delhi
Sushila Melwani, Pune
Veeresh Babu, Bangalore
 
10:47 PM, Feb 24, 2012

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Answer: Aisa lagta hai, 'Refugee'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Answer: 'Bad Teacher'

(3) In 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna', Shah Rukh Khan's character Dev constantly picks on his son for showing no interest in sports, and for leaning towards music instead. What instrument does his son play?

Answer: Violin

(4) In 'Slumdog Millionaire', Jamal (Dev Patel) promises to wait for Latika (Freida Pinto) every evening at 5 pm at a specific location until she decides to show up, so they can run away together. Where does he say he will wait for her?

Answer: VT Station

Winners:
Devendra Meher, Noida
Satish Kumar, Bangalore
Arun Venugopal, New Delhi
Hiten Doshi, Kolkata
Nidhi Parikh, Mumbai
 
11:04 PM, Feb 17, 2012

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Answer: Saagar kinare, 'Saagar'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Answer: 'School of Rock'

(3) In 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak', when Dalip Tahil's character is released from prison he goes directly to see his son Raj (Aamir Khan), who is at his college farewell party. What college does Raj graduate from?

Answer: Rajput College

(4) In 'Jerry Maguire', when Jerry (Tom Cruise) realizes he loves Dorothy (Renee Zellweger) and wants her in his life, he tells her dramatically: "You complete me." What does she say in response, which went on to become an iconic one-liner?

Answer: "You had me at hello"

Winners:
Rajesh Mehta, New Delhi
Rajib Dutta, Kolkata
Mayukh Basu, Hyderabad
Amrith Gopinath, Gurgaon
Vishal Poddar, Mumbai
 
10:37 PM, Feb 10, 2012

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Answer: Chalte chalte, 'Chalte Chalte'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Answer: 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'

(3) In 'The Dirty Picture', Silk (played by Vidya Balan) receives the Best Actress Award after delivering her first smash hit. What awards ceremony is this?

Answer: Santosham Film Awards

(4) In 'Serendipity', Kate Beckinsale writes her name and phone number on the inside cover of a book, and asks John Cusack to call her if the book somehow makes its way to him. What book does she write in?

Answer: Love in the Time of Cholera

Winners:
Arjyak Pal, Kolkata
Hitesh Shetty, Hyderabad
Adeline Rodrigues, Bangalore
Prarthan Srivastav, New Delhi
Foram Trivedi, Ahmedabad
 
10:37 PM, Feb 03, 2012

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Ans: Subah hone na de, 'Desi Boyz'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Ans: Pulp Fiction

(3) In 'Notting Hill', when Hugh Grant accidentally spills orange juice on Julia Roberts, he offers to let her wash up and change her clothes at his home, which he says is nearby. How many yards away does he say he lives?

Ans: 18 yards

(4) In 'Dabangg', Salman Khan plays Chulbul Pandey, a corrupt cop in a small town in Uttar Pradesh. To what police station is Chulbul Pandey attached? Ans: Lalganj Police Station

And the winners are:

Sujai Naidu, Bangalore

Amit Kaundinya, Goa

Binu Sadasivan, Coimbatore

Vikas Bhati, Ghaziabad

Amruta Sawant, Mumbai (2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


(3) In 'Notting Hill', when Hugh Grant accidentally spills orange juice on Julia Roberts, he offers to let her wash up and change her clothes at his home, which he says is nearby. How many yards away does he say he lives?

(4) In 'Dabangg', Salman Khan plays Chulbul Pandey, a corrupt cop in a small town in Uttar Pradesh. To what police station is Chulbul Pandey attached? 
10:02 PM, Jan 27, 2012

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Ans: Rim jhim rim jhim,'1942 A Love Story'

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Ans: 'Speed'

(3) In Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Imran Khan's character Kush meets free-spirited Dimple, played by Katrina Kaif, on a college trip. What college does Kush attend?

Ans: Keval Mohan College

(4) In The Hangover, the "wolf-pack" finds a baby in their trashed hotel room that Alan names Carlos. What is the baby's real name?

Ans: Tyler

Winners:

Tina Rajan, Bangalore

Javed Khan, Mumbai

Asra Begum, Hyderabad

Sourav Basak, Kolkata

Faiz Ahmad, New Delhi 
11:20 PM, Jan 20, 2012

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Answer: Masakali, Delhi-6

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Answer: Top Gun

(3) In Wake Up Sid, Ranbir Kapoor moves in with Konkona Sen after a fight with his father. His mother comes over to Konkona's house and drops off her son's favourite fruit. What fruit is this?

Answer: Mango

(4) In Casino Royale, Mads Mikkelsen plays deadly villain Le Chiffre, who has an usual physical characteristic - he weeps blood from one of his eyes. Which eye does he bleed from?

Answer: Left eye

Winners:
Manan Aggarwal, New Delhi
Chetan Gupta Bangalore
Meena Kanbargi, Pune
Nishal Joseph, Indore
Aaruni Agrawal, Mumbai
 
10:49 PM, Jan 13, 2012

1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Ans: Saibo, Shor in The City

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?

Ans: Casino

(3) In the Salman Khan starrer 'Bodyguard', Salman's character Lovely Singh is hired to protect Kareena Kapoor, the daughter of a rich businessman. Which small town is he sent to for this job?

Ans: Jaisinghpur

(4) In the sci-fi thriller 'I Am Legend', Will Smith plays the sole human survivor in New York after the city's population has been wiped out by a mysterious virus. His only companion is his dog. What is the dog's name?

Ans: Samantha

Winners:

Biswaranjan Pattanayak, Khurda

Altaf Husain, Hyderabad

Madhu Tandon, Mumbai

Rohit Sharma, New Delhi

K Prakash, Hyderabad

 
10:38 PM, Jan 06, 2012

(1) In Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, while on a road-trip through Spain, Hrithik Roshan and Abhay Deol tease Farhan Akhtar by singing a jingle that Farhan had written for a biscuit brand. What is the name of that biscuit brand?

Ans: Diamond Buscuit

(2) In Stanley Ka Dabba, Amole Gupte plays a teacher who punishes Stanley (played by Partho) for never bringing his own lunch to school. What subject does Amole Gupte's character Babubhai teach?

Ans: Hindi

(3) In Shor in the City, Sundeep Kishan plays Sawan, a young sportsman who is asked to pay a significant bribe if he wants to be included in the 20/20 cricket team. How much money is he asked to come up with?

Ans: Rs 10 lakhs

(4) In Delhi Belly, Vir Das' character Arup is seen waiting outside a cinema for his girlfriend to turn up for their date. She doesn't show up. What film were they meant to go for?

Ans: Return Of Disco Fighter

(5) In Yeh Saali Zindagi, Arunoday Singh plays Kuldeep, a criminal released from prison after 8 years, who decides to turn over a new leaf so his wife doesn't leave him. What prison is Kuldeep released from?

Ans: Tihar jail And The Winners Are: Navin Nagpal, Mumbai

Anantha Iyer, Chennai

Suparna Srivastav, New Delhi

Minakshi Ghosh, Kolkata

Shrilatha Puthi, Bangalore 
11:32 PM, Dec 30, 2011

All you have to do is predict Rajeev Masand's best and worst Hindi films of 2011 - the Hits & Pits of 2011. Masand will announce his list on 'Now Showing', at 10.30pm on Friday, December 30 on CNN-IBN. If your entry matches his list, you are eligible to win one of these 5 watches.



MASAND's 'HITS of 2011'

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(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

MASAND's 'PITS of 2011'

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Winners:
Alpesh Kataria, Mumbai
Kireeti D, Bangalore
Rishabh Puri, New Delhi
Arna Dasgupta, Kolkata
Ashis Bodele, Mumbai
 
01:08 AM, Dec 24, 2011

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Answer: Kabhi main kahoon, Lamhe

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?



Answer: Inception

(3) In Ratatouille, what is the first dish that Remy the rat cooks, the credit for which wrongly goes to garbage-boy Linguini, who is promptly made a chef at the restaurant following that incident?

Answer: Soup

(4) In Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, Emraan Hashmi's character Shoaib opens a store with some monetary help from Sultan Mirza, played by Ajay Devgan.

What kind of store does Shoaib open?

Answer: An electronics goods store

Winners:
Vishal Kumar, Hyderabad
Kabir Aggarwal, Bangalore
Gaurav Mehta, New Delhi
Anshul Mittal, Mansa
Vikram Naik, Mumbai
 
11:10 PM, Dec 23, 2011

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Ans: Behka, Ghajini

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film.

The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?

Ans: It's Complicated

(3) In Up In The Air, George Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizer who travels across the country firing people from their jobs.

How many air-miles does he aspire to collect?

Ans: 10 million-air-miles

(4) In Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, what is the name of the photo studio run by Naseeruddin Shah and Ravi Baswani's characters?

Ans: Beauty photo studio

 
11:13 PM, Dec 16, 2011

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Answer: Beedi jalaile, Omkara

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?



Answer: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

(3) In Iron Man 2, Tony Stark promotes his assistant Pepper Potts when his health begins to worsen. To what position does he promote her?

Answer: Chief Executive Officer of Stark Industries

(4) In Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Luv played by Ali Zafar asks his brother Kush played by Imran Khan to find him a bride. Kush goes home to his parents and begins his search. Where is his home?

Answer: Dehradun

Winners:
Vishal Kumar, Hyderabad
Pooja Priyadarshini, Mumbai
Ankit Sharma, New Delhi
Ankush Setia, Lucknow
Priya Ananthasankar, Bangalore
 
10:35 PM, Dec 09, 2011

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Answer: Chor bazaari, Love Aaj Kal

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?



Answer: The Social Network

(3) In Meet the Fockers, Greg's mother, Roz Focker played by Barbra Streisand specializes in treating and counseling senior citizens what is Rozs' profession?

Answer: Sex therapist

(4) In Dil Chahta Hai, Sameer played by Saif Ali Khan decides not to go back home and spend sometime with Christine in Goa, which country does he say Christine is from?

Answer: Switzerland

Winners:
Varun Shirsagar, Pune
Rasika Balasubramanian, Chennai
Meena Gupta, Kolkata
Abhishek Samdani, Navi Mumbai
Prashant Jamba, Bhavnagar
 
11:16 PM, Dec 02, 2011

(1) Listen carefully to the musical tune that follows, and identify the popular song and the Bollywood film in which this tune appears:

Ans: Uff teri adaa, Karthik Calling Karthik

(2) Take a look at this picture from a popular Hollywood film. The actors have been removed, but can you name the film?


Ans: Hangover 2

(3) In 'Luck By Chance', what slogan does Farhan Akhtar come up with when he enters a contest at a supermarket, that wins him a refrigerator as a prize?

Ans: 15

(4) In 'Happy Feet', most Emperor Penguins are born to sing. Mumble, however, is unable to sing. What special ability is he born with? Ans: 35 years

Winners:

Ashok Tendulkar, Mumbai Alok Karande, Bangalore Siddhant Shekhar, Pune Indranil Sinha, New Delhi Sai Chakravarthi, Hyderabad 
10:38 PM, Nov 25, 2011