Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bolly Quiz - 2014

Think you're Bollywood ka Shehanshah? We dare you to take this super-hard quiz and find out!

1. Dr Solanki graduated in Chemical Engineering from IIT and got a PhD from China’s Zhejiang University in only three years, researching in high-density polymers. How is this research related to Bollywood in 2014?

Ans: Dr Meeta Solanki was the lead player of Hasee Toh Phasee, played by Parineeti Chopra and the film was about her attempts to get funding for her research. 

2. Which Bollywood film of 2014 takes its title from a poem by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, written about a significant event in India’s freedom struggle?

Ans: Mardaani (“Khub ladi mardaani woh toh Jhansi wali rani thi”)

3. For a significant period this year, an Indian film was the worst rated film on IMDb.com. Which film was it and how did they get to that position? 

Ans: Gunday became the Lowest Rated Film on IMDb.com because of a concerted effort in Bangladesh, where people were offended because the film referred to the Bangladesh freedom struggle in a derogatory manner. 

4. Who is the author of the book Operation Payback?

Ans: Yudi Jaitley, who was played by Saif Ali Khan in Happy Ending. 

5. According to a much-shared joke on social media, Step 2 is ‘Add long hair’, Step 3 is ‘Add mascara’ and Step 4 is ‘Apply powder’. What are Steps 1 and Step 5? 

Ans: Step 1 is Tiger Shroff and Step 5 is Kareena Kapoor since the consensus seemed to be that Jackie Shroff’s son looks very similar to Randhir Kapoor’s daughter. 

6. “Hawking’s Black Hole Information Paradox results from the combination of quantum mechanics and General Relativity, which suggest that all physical information could permanently disappear in the Black Hole making it a non-unitary transformation of state. But if that’s true, it flies right in the face of what we know about quantum physics. A recent elegant solution, however, involves the concept of stimulated emission to explain the supposed information loss.” – From which popular film of 2014 is this dialogue taken? 

Ans: This line was spoken by Alia Bhatt playing herself in the viral video – Alia Bhatt: Genius of the Year – that has been phenomenally popular, clocking nearly 7 million views till now. 

7. The heroine of a 1991 film appeared in a 2014 film, singing one of the hit songs from the earlier film. Name the heroine and both the films. 

Ans: Revathy sang a version of Saathiya tune kya kiya from Love (1991) in 2 States (2014). 

8. This word, derived from the Aramaic language, is a slang meaning ‘shameless audacity’. It has also been defined as "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan." What is the word?

Ans: Chutzpah, made famous by Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider. 

9. A Kashmiri game designer with Akira Games of Tokyo – who had come up with a game called Ultimate Kick – was called to the deathbed of his father in Cancer Centre of Orland USA. Which role was he offered immediately after that?

Ans: The Prime Minister of India. The role of game designer Abhimanyu Kaul was played by Jacky Bhagnani in Youngistaan, who played an ‘accidental PM’ in the film. 

10. What is common to Bilqis Ahmed, Rakesh Sharma and Stephanie Fernandes? 

Ans: All three are the real names of central characters in 2014 films – Bobby Jasoos, Humpty Sharma (Ki Dulhania) and (Finding) Fanny respectively. 

11. In 2014, Ratna Pathak Shah emulated a feat that was last done by Shabana Azmi in 2006. What did she do? 

Ans: She played a role that was originally essayed by her mother (Dina Pathak) in a film of the same name (Khubsoorat). Shabana Azmi replayed Shaukat Azmi’s role in the remake of Umrao Jaan. 

12. “You are never too old to play with this”: Which toy was advertised using this line? 

Ans: Baby Doll featuring Sunny Leone, from Ragini MMS 2 was advertised thus in the trailer.

13. Where can the following brands be found together: Satya Paul, JBL, Forest Essentials, Versace, Moët & Chandon, Le15, Under The Mango Tree, Royce and Country of Origin? 

Ans: These are all brands which are given away in the coffee hamper on Koffee With Karan. Strangely, there are no coffee products in the hamper – except the KWK mug. 

14. Which film released in 2014 received the following review from Naseeruddin Shah: “Some of the one-liners had the zinging wit one encounters not infrequently in UP. But I could identify the source of almost every single scene – not only Spaghetti Westerns this time but blithe borrowings from Hollywood classics as well, even Mr Chaplin was not spared.”  

Ans: These were Naseeruddin Shah’s reactions when he first watched Sholay in 1975, the 3D version of which released in 2014. His autobiography (also released in 2014) had the quoted passage.  

15. Lal Singh’s son resigned from 32 jobs in his career before he embarked on an international assignment and joined the police force after that. What is his name and how do we know him better? 

Ans: Devi Lal Singh a.k.a Devil was the hero of Kick, played by Salman Khan. 

16. #1000WeeksOfDDLJ: From which film is the song ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ taken? For the first time in Bollywood, DDLJ credited someone for the ‘title idea’. Who was this person? 

Ans: Chor Machaye Shor had the song from which DDLJ’s title was taken. And the ‘title [is] suggested by’ Kirron Kher. 

17. This heroine’s name – when broken down – means ‘high, wealthy and agile’ and she got noticed in Bollywood for the first time in 2014. By what name do we know her? 

Ans: The three words in Manipuri form Chungneijang, which is what C stands for in the name of MC Mary Kom, played by Priyanka Chopra in 2014. 

18. #20YearsOfAndaz Apna Apna: The cult comedy classic completed twenty years since release and many unknown facts and videos surfaced. Who gave the clap for the ‘mahurat shot’ of the film? 

Ans: Dharmendra did the honours though Sachin Tendulkar being present at the function was talked about a lot more. 

19. A film which won the National Award for Best Hindi film in 2012 eventually released in 2014 and received widespread acclaim for its script and lead players – both newcomers. Which film was this?

Ans: Filmistaan, directed by Nitin Kakkar had two excellent performances by Sharib Hashmi and Inamul Haq. 

20. A Bollywood star tweeted sometime in 2014: “____ releasing... Bro and masi coming together!” Identify the star and the film.  

Ans: Shraddha Kapoor tweeted about Anurag Kashyap’s Ugly, which has her brother (Siddhanth Kapoor) and aunt (Tejaswini Kolhapure). 

21. Who is the director of the film ‘Parvati Ka Pati Kaun’?

Ans: Deven Varma, who passed away in December 2014, had a line in the comedy classic Gol Maal that he was making a ‘mythological mystery suspense drama’ of this name. Since the director is not clearly mentioned, we will also accept Hrishikesh Mukherjee as an answer.

22. VISUAL: Who is this person reading a David Baldacci thriller?

Ans: Sonam Kapoor (playing Mili Chakraborty) in Khubsoorat

23. VISUAL: Connect this poster with a hit film of 2014.  

Ans: Anhonee had the hit song Hungama ho gaya, which was remixed and used in Queen. 

24. VISUAL: Whose Twitter debut was announced by Karan Johar with this tweet? Name the person and the handle.  

Ans: Twinkle Khanna aka @mrsfunnybones 

25. VISUAL: Identify this relatively obscure film, which had 35 such suggestive posters to launch it.

Ans: Mastram was the ‘fictional biography’ of a writer who wrote an entire series of pornographic novels under a pseudonym.

The first FIVE winners to guess all (or most) of the questions correctly will win autographed copies of Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollybook : The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia!