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This set of questions has been set by Suraj Menon, as a teaser for the Entertainment Quiz to be held at Mood Indigo this year.

1.

The first two of its kind were -

A red Red Fender Lead II belonging to X and a guitar with the words “Mine’s as good as his! Love, Pete” on it donated by Pete Townshend the moment he heard about X’s gesture.

 

2.

O Wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!

How beautious mankind is!

O _____ ___ _____ !

That has such people in it.

Miranda’s speech from The Tempest. Act V Scene I

The blanks are the name of an epic novel and a brilliant rock song and album

 

 

3.

 

The above inspired the appearance of the villains in which iconic franchise?

4.

He arrived in New York from Europe as a child to escape being killed because his father’s enemy wanted to get rid of him. At immigration, he was asked his name. Not knowing English, he replied with the name of the place he was from. The officer recorded that as the name. What was this name?

 

 

5.

This is a district of London located to the west of the centre and close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park. It lies within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

It has a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area, but also houses the Portobello Road antique market, a major tourist attraction.

What is also well known about the area is that there are some bookshops around

Which area?

 

 

6.

Mel Blanc was the voice for many famous cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny and Barney Rubble. What would you find engraved on the headstone of his grave?

 

 

7.

If four out of the set are

The Warlock’s Hairy Heart

The Wizard and the Hopping Pot

The Fountain of Fair Fortune

Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump

 

___ _____ __ _____ _______ .

 

Fill in the blanks to give the title of the most famous one in the set

 

8.

Gore Vidal’s novel The Smithsonian Institution is a fictional account of the adventures of “T.” as he helps a group of scientists in the basement of the Smithsonian create the neutron bomb, and encounters historical figures such as President Abraham Lincoln, Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt and Mrs. Grover Cleveland.

Vidal has supposedly claimed that this was the inspiration for _ __ _____ __ __ ________.

 

9.

 

These are the Bare Naked Ladies ( Really? ) , an alternative rock band from Canada. They are known for a very famous song related to the earth cooling and autotrophs drooling.

What  song?

 

10.

 

X is a wooden walkway for pedestrians, often found alongside beaches, coastal dunes, marshes and wetlands or other such sensitive areas.

X’s are very common in cities along the East coast of the US and typically these X’s are waterfront pedestrian entertainment areas.

One of the earliest and till date the longest was designed and opened June 26,1870 in Atlantic City.

Therefore a TV show set in the area, was titled X ______

 

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