Monday, March 15, 2010

Trivial Pursuit 3

1)
Connect :

The movie Citizen Kane

Mandrake The Magician

A computer software

A Fantasy/Musical/Romantic 1980 film starring Olivia Newton John and Gene Kelly. Robert Greenwald won the Worst Director Razzie award for this film. It even
won nominations for the top 5 awards + the worst original song at the 1981 Raspberry Awards.

The poem 'Kubla Khan' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

2)
Connect :
Something very specific
(the list is not exhaustive)







7 comments:

  1. Arkadev, I know that you know the answer to the 2nd connect question,
    so kindly don't give out the answer :)

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  2. All these actors have played the role of an "Invisible Man".
    Anil Kapoor did it in Mr. India (1987)
    Sanjeev Kumar played it in "Professor ki Padosan" (1993)
    Kishore played it in the movie "Mr. X in Bombay" (1964)
    Vinod Mehra played it in a movie named "Elaan" (1971)
    Tushar Kapoor in a flop movie "Gaayab" (2004)

    Padmanabhan

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  3. The answer to the first question is XANADU!
    Kubla khan had XANADU.
    The razzie film must have been XANADU.
    Mandrake lives in XANADU.
    ... etc.

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  4. well cracked guys..

    the answer to connect 1 is xanadu

    Pic 1 : Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of the film Citizen Kane

    Pic 2 : Xanadu is also the name of Mandrake's estate/home base in the comic, Mandrake the Magician

    Pic 3 : The data analysis software is called Xanadu

    Pic 4 : The film is Xanadu (1980)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081777/

    Pic 5 : Kubla Khan - a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is also known as 'Xanadu - Kubla Khan'.
    It contains the following often-quoted lines:

    In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
    A stately pleasure-dome decree

    http://www.love-poems.me.uk/coleridge_kubla_khan.htm

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  5. Connect 2 :
    gr8 answer paddy :)

    The connect is "The Invisible Man"
    "The Invisible Man" is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all times written by H.G. Wells and published in 1897.
    The Invisible Man has been adapted by film makers all across the globe.

    In Hindi Cinema,
    Pic 1 : Anil Kapoor played it in Mr. India (1987)
    Pic 2 : Sanjeev Kumar played it in "Professor ki Padosan" (1993)
    Pic 3 : Kishore Kumar played it in "Mr. X in Bombay" (1964)
    Pic 4 : Vinod Mehra played it in "Elaan" (1971)
    Pic 5 : Tushar Kapoor played it in "Gaayab" (2004)

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  6. Pic 6 : 'Dadamuni' Ashok Kumar a.k.a. Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly, played it in Mr. X (1957) and Aadhi Raat Ke Baad (1965).

    Pic 7 : Amol Palekar played it in Mr. X a.k.a. Ek Aadmi (1988), directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.
    Imtiaz Khan also played The Invisible Man in this film.

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