Vibhendu Tiwari, the well known quizzer on national quizzing circles had put up a 100 question quiz-paper recently on Indian Cinema, for the Bombay Quiz Club, to commemorate 100 years of Indian Cinema. We are sharing the Quiz Paper here for the film buffs and readers of our blog. We will share the answers subsequently in a few days.
Till then you can try cracking the quiz and post your answers in comments section (with respective question number). Get ready to test your Cinema Quotient.
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[Vibhendu Tiwari can be reached on Twitter at @vibhendu –
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[…] Test Your CQ – 100 Qs on 100 years of Indian Cinema. Quiz by Vibhendu Tiwari. […]
Q73- Jennifer Kendal
Q74- Yeh Nazdeekiyan
Q76- Noor Jahan
Q77- Kishore Kumar
Q81- Mandakini’s scene in Ram Teri GangaMaili
Q82- Mirch Masala
Q83- Piravi
Q85- Om Dar-Ba-Dar
Q86- Percy
Q87- Supporting Actor (Female)
Q90- Rahul Bose
Q94- Chitra Palekar
Q95- Milan Luthria
Q98- Jane Austen
Q100- Abhishek Kapoor
18 – Aurat
24- Nicha Nagar
29 – Do Beegha Zameen by Bimal Roy
30 – Parasakthi
34 – Jagte Raho (though not 100% sure)
39 – Jaya Bhaduri
42 – Byomkesh Bakshi
44 – Upkar
46 – Bhuvan Shome
49 – Sakyakam
61 – Saudagar
67 – Sankarabharanam
71 – Kranti
75 – Moondram Pirai
77 – Kishore Kumar
81 – The Waterfall bath sequence I assume
82 – Mirch Masala
88 – Mani Kaul
89 – CID
90 – Rahul Bose
91 – Aranyer Din Ratri
97 – Deool
100 – Abhishek kapoor
My Guesses here (without the help of Google of course!)
2. Prabhat
6. Daastan-e-Salim-Anaarkali
7. Minerva Movietone
8. Indrasabha (Max songs in a movie)
14. Dadasaheb Phalke
15. Playback Singing
16. Marlboro
18. Aurat (later remade as Mother India)
19. Mahal
20. Toofan Mail
22. P K Nair
23. Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke
24. Neecha Nagar
25. Chitralekha
28. Balraj Sahni
29. Do Beegha Zameen
31. M S Subbalakshmi
34. Jaagte Raho
36. Sindhi
37. Jayalalitha
38. East of Eden
39. Simi Garewal
40. Mujhe Jeene Do
42. Feluda
44. Upkar (by Manoj Kumar)
45. Saraswatichandra
46. Bhuvan Shome
48. K K Mahajan
49. Satyakam
50. Gulzar
54. Calcutta Trilogy
55. Anubhav
56. Pakeezah
57. Meena Kumari
58. The Ramsays
59. Titash Ek Nadir Naam
60. Garam Hawa
61. Saudagar (It could also be Aalap)
62. Hampi
63. Alyque Padamsee
64. Achanak
66. Umbertha
67. Sur-Sangam
68. Sparsh
70. Chakra
71. Nilu Phule
72. Kranti
73. Jennifer Kendell nee Kapoor
74. Kamla
76. John Harrison
79. Govind Nihalani
81. Mandakini under a waterfall (Ram Teri Ganga Maili)
82. Mirch Masala
83. Piravi
84. something – Mridangam?
85. Om Dar-ba-dar
87. Best Costume Design
88. Mani Kaul
90. Rahul Bose
91. Dhrupad
92. Shubho Muhurat
93. Aranyer Din Raatri
95. Milan Luthria
97. Deool
98. Jane Austen’s Emma
99. Fimistaan
100. Gattu (Abhishek Kapoor)
Whattay fun this was! Took me back to my school days.
Now waiting eagerly for the results 😉
Well this was quite an excercise 🙂
Here are my guesses –
1 – 3 Idiots
2 – Metro
4 – Dancer
5 – Mughal-E-Azam
6 – Shadow dancer or Dancing lady
7 – Jahan Ara
8 – Indrasabha
10 – Premchand
14- DadaSaheb Phalke
15 – outdoor song sequence/ item song
18 – Mother India
19 – Bombay Rani
23 – Do Bigha Zamin
24 – Neecha Nagar
26 – Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’
29 – Subarnarekha
34 – Jaagte Raho
36 – Sindhi
38 – Chariots Of Fire
39 – Sharmila Tagore
40 – Do aankhen baarah haath
42 – Byomkesh Bakshi
43 – Golmaal
44 – Purab aur Paschim
45 – Milan
46 – Mirch Masala
49 – Satyakam
50 – Ismat Chugtai/ Manto
58 – Ramsay brothers
59 – Ajantrik
60 – Garam Hawa
61 – Abhimaan
63 – Alyque Padamsee
64 – Achanak
65 – Bhoomika
68 – Sparsh
70 – Mandi
71 – Amol Palekar
72 – Trishul
73 – Shabana Azmi
74 – Bazaar
76 – John Lennon
78 – Nagaraj
82 – Mirch Masala
83 – Saaransh
85 – Om-Dar-Ba-Dar
87 – Costume design
90 – Rahul Bose
91 – Navaras
95 – Milan Luthria
96 – DevD
97 – Deool
98 – Aisha based on Emma by Jane Austen
100 – Abhishek Kapoor
4. Shalom Bollywood
13. Bimal Roy
18. Aurat
21. Ek do teen
24. Neecha Nagar(Director Chetan Anand).
25. Chandralekha
27. M.S. Subbalakshmi
29. Biraj Bahu
34. Jagte raho
35. Mother India
36. Sindhi
37. Jayalalitha
38. Guns of Navarone(Director:J. Lee Thompson NOT Carl Foreman)
39. Jaya Bhaduri
41. Chemmeen
42. Feluda
44. Shaheed( Director: Manoj Kumar)
45. Saraswatichandra
46. Bhuvan Shome
47.Guru Nanak(Nanak Naam Jahaaz Hai)
48. Govind Nihalani
49. Satyakaam
50. Rajendra Singh Bedi (Dastak)
55. Aavishkar
57. Madhubala
58. Ramsay Brothers
60. Garm Hawa( Director: M.S. Sathyu)
61. Saudaagar( Amitabh Bacchan- Nutan Padma Khanna )
63. Mario Miranda
64. Achanak
68. Sparsh
72. Shakti
73. Jennifer Kendal Kapoor
74. Yeh Nazdeekiyan
76. Noor Jehan
77.Kishore Kumar
90.Rahul Bose
92.Shubho Muhurat
93. Aranyer Din raatri
95.Milan Luthria ( Bandhe Haath)
99. Flimistan
26. Suryakant Tripathi “Nirala”
75. Sadma(Kamlahasaan & Sridevi)
Q.11- Mahatma
Q.12- Narayanrao Rajahans (Popularly known as Bal Gandharva)
Q.14- Dadasaheb Falke
Q.15- First heroin in bikini
02 Kohinoor Film Co.
07 Zubeidaa
11 Mahatma
12 Narayan Shripad Rajhans a.k.a. Balgandharva
14 Dadasaheb Phalke
15 Meenakshi Shirodkar appeared in Swimsuit
28 Balraj Sahani
39 Jaya Bhaduri
53 KPAC Lalitha
63 Alyque Padamsee ?
66 Jait Re Jait
68 Sparsh?
70 Chakra
71 Amol Palekar
72 Kranti
75 Moondram Pirai (Tamil original of Sadma)
76 Noor Jehan
79 Govind Nihalani
81 Mandakini taking bath under waterfall in a song from Ram Teri Ganga Maili
82 Mirch Masala
83 Piravi
85 Om Darbadar
86 Percy
87 Costume Design
94 Chitra Palekar
95 Milan Luthria
97 Deool
98 Jane Austen’s novel – Emma
99 Filmistaan
100 Abhishek Kapoor
who finished first in this very tough quiz and what was the score of person?
How can i get the results of the quiz?