Trivia Quiz ?!

Kumara Thirumalai

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Jun 28, 1993, 12:33:30 AM6/28/93

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Since some one asked about Trivia and etc., I start the die rolling with
this quiz. I'll post the answers in a couple of days. Meanwhile
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1. Name India's First All India Box Office Hit. ?

2. Who played the role of Professor Godhbole in " The Passage to India " ?

3. The movie " Anand " has two dedications associated to it. Name them ?

4. Who composed the music score for "Shakespheare Wallah" ?

5. Who gave Arun Govil the Crown that he wore in "Ramaayana " ?

6. Once R.D. Burman claimed that S.D. Burman plagiarised one of his
tunes. Name the song and movie. ?

7. What record did Meena Kumari set in the 1962 FilmFare awards function ?

8. Easy one - Name India's first Cinema Scope Film ?

9. Who Played the male lead in Manirathnam's first film " Pallavi Anu
Pallavi " ?

10. Who scored the music for the silent Classic - Pushpak ?
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Happy Quizzing,

Balaji.T.K.
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700 E Loop Road
StonyBrook, NY 11790.

Disclaimer : The opinions expressed are mine. SUNY is not capable of coming
up with something intelligent like this!

EKKAD, SRINATH VARADARAJAN

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Jun 28, 1993, 11:03:00 AM6/28/93

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In article <20lsaq$c...@max.physics.sunysb.edu>, kthi...@ic.sunysb.edu (Kumara Thirumalai) writes...

>1. Name India's First All India Box Office Hit. ?

'Raja harischandra'

>2. Who played the role of Professor Godhbole in " The Passage to India " ?

Victor Bannerjee

>3. The movie " Anand " has two dedications associated to it. Name them ?
>4. Who composed the music score for "Shakespheare Wallah" ?
>5. Who gave Arun Govil the Crown that he wore in "Ramaayana " ?

N.T. Rama Rao

>6. Once R.D. Burman claimed that S.D. Burman plagiarised one of his
> tunes. Name the song and movie. ?
>7. What record did Meena Kumari set in the 1962 FilmFare awards function ?
>8. Easy one - Name India's first Cinema Scope Film ?

Sholay

>9. Who Played the male lead in Manirathnam's first film " Pallavi Anu
> Pallavi " ?

Suhasini!

>10. Who scored the music for the silent Classic - Pushpak ?

Bappi Lahiri!

Srinath Ekkad

Sudeep Surender

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Jun 28, 1993, 12:16:45 PM6/28/93

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In article <20lsaq$c...@max.physics.sunysb.edu> kthi...@ic.sunysb.edu (Kumara Thirumalai) writes:
>Since some one asked about Trivia and etc., I start the die rolling with
>this quiz. I'll post the answers in a couple of days. Meanwhile
>.......................................................................
>1. Name India's First All India Box Office Hit. ?

A: KISMAT (Ashok Kumar).
>Happy Quizzing,
>
>Balaji.T.K.
>--

Sudeep

Suresh Subramanian

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Jun 28, 1993, 1:56:03 PM6/28/93

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I am quite sure that the person who scored the music for Pushpak was
L.Vaidyanathan who also scored the music for the TV serial Malgudi Days
and is the brother of L.Shankar and L.Subramaniam.
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Udaya Sathuvalli 207Cox x3626

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Jun 28, 1993, 6:59:52 PM6/28/93

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In article <20lsaq$c...@max.physics.sunysb.edu>, kthi...@ic.sunysb.edu (Kumara Thirumalai) writes:
|> Since some one asked about Trivia and etc., I start the die rolling with
|> this quiz. I'll post the answers in a couple of days. Meanwhile
|> .......................................................................
|>

|> 2. Who played the role of Professor Godhbole in " The Passage to India " ?

Sir Alec Guinness

|>
|> 4. Who composed the music score for "Shakespheare Wallah" ?

Satyajit Ray

|>

|> 6. Once R.D. Burman claimed that S.D. Burman plagiarised one of his
|> tunes. Name the song and movie. ?

Aradhana, Mei Sapnon ki Rani kab aayegi thu

|>
|> 9. Who Played the male lead in Manirathnam's first film " Pallavi Anu
|> Pallavi " ?

Anil Kapoor

I will look forward to the remaining answers.

UB

sl...@cc.usu.edu

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Jun 29, 1993, 5:21:07 AM6/29/93

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In article <20lsaq$c...@max.physics.sunysb.edu>, kthi...@ic.sunysb.edu (Kumara Thirumalai) writes:

> Since some one asked about Trivia and etc., I start the die rolling with
> this quiz. I'll post the answers in a couple of days. Meanwhile
> ...................................................................>

> 9. Who Played the male lead in Manirathnam's first film " Pallavi Anu
> Pallavi " ?

ANIL KAPOOR

> 10. Who scored the music for the silent Classic - Pushpak ?

VAIDYANATHAN

> ............................................................................
>
> Happy Quizzing,
>
> Balaji.T.K.
> --
> From
> Balaji Thirumalai Kumara
> I 1129 A Chapin Apartments
> 700 E Loop Road
> StonyBrook, NY 11790.
>
> Disclaimer : The opinions expressed are mine. SUNY is not capable of coming
> up with something intelligent like this!

Saleem

Ravi Puvvala

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Jun 29, 1993, 4:06:05 PM6/29/93

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In article <20lsaq$c...@max.physics.sunysb.edu>, kthi...@ic.sunysb.edu (Kumara Thirumalai) writes:

|> Since some one asked about Trivia and etc., I start the die rolling with
|> this quiz. I'll post the answers in a couple of days. Meanwhile
|> .......................................................................

|> 5. Who gave Arun Govil the Crown that he wore in "Ramaayana " ?

N.T.Rama Rao (Ex CM of AP), he is very famous for his roles
in telugu mythlogical movies.

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|>
|> Happy Quizzing,
|>
|> Balaji.T.K.

|> up with something intelligent like this!

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