Music Makes the World Go Round
AUDIO: Who are the two leads of the movie that this song is from?
Jayam Ravi and Hansika Motwani
First non-English movie to win Academy Award for Best Picture.
Parasite (2019)
At roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, this classic Hindu epic is considered to be the longest epic poem ever known.
The Mahabharata
This animal was the reason for the tragic early demise of revolutionary poetry Subramania Bharati.
Elephant
Acted in his wife’s directorial debut; Rajinikanth
Dhanush
AUDIO: Describe the ending of the movie that this song is from.
Ajith and Tabu's characters finally get together and both sisters marry on the same day.
This director has won the most nominations for the Filmfare Awards South for Best Director
(BONUS 200 points: Guess how many nominations. Points awarded if guess is less than 5 away from the correct answer.)
K. Balachander
BONUS: 18 nominations
She began in the earth, and she ended in the earth
Sita
This British naval officer was, among other things, the last Viceroy of India.
Louis Mountbatten
Wife of a world leader who was among the first to get COVID-19; Pierre Trudeau
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau
This alphanumeric system allows us to derive the swaras in the Melakarta ragas using the syllables in their name.
Katapayadi sankhya
This animated movie’s nomination for Best Picture motivated the Academy to create the category for Best Animated Feature.
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
This last kandam, or book, of the Ramayana covers the events during Rama's reign of Ayodhya and the birth of his sons Lava and Kusha, ending with his Jala Samadhi in the River Sarayu.
Uttara Kandam
This American holiday is said to be the day that the last group of Black slaves received word that they were free, almost two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery.
Juneteenth
With the upcoming Ponniyin Selvan movie, this actress will have acted in four different Mani Ratnam films; Amitabh Bachchan.
(BONUS 200 points: What are the other three movies? Points given if you can name two.)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
BONUS: Iruvar (1997), Guru (2007), Raavanan (2010)
Now more of a meme, this song by a Beatle has had more than 200 artists who have performed or covered it.
Imagine by John Lennon
This Hindi film currently holds the record for most nominations for Filmfare Awards for a single film.
Rang de Basanti (2007)
This Tamil epic is about the daughter of two of the characters from another Tamil epic, which was written by Ilango Adigal
(BONUS 200 Points: Who were her parents?)
Manimekalai
BONUS: Kovalan and Madhavi
The Church of England was given papal authority in order to allow this British king to divorce his wife.
Henry VIII
This British king was forced to take the throne after his elder brother abdicated; the stress of this sudden responsibility ruined his health and eventually ended his short reign of 12 years in his death; Prince Philip
King George VI
This Pancharatna Kriti is the least taught and least sung in concerts, though it is considered the most haunting and beautiful.
(BONUS 200 Points: Why is it so rarely taught and sung?)
Kanakana Ruchira
BONUS: It is in the ragam Varali, which is rarely taught directly since it is said to cause a rift between the teacher and student.
This Tamil movie was the first Indian film to be remade in five other languages, and was one of the first winners of the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film in Tamil.
Malaikallan (1954)
Goda Mandali, a group formed in 1970 that gathers to learn songs and sing at events such as festivals to raise money for shrines, was inspired by this famous Bhakti poet. (HINT: She is the only female Alvar of the 12 Alvar saints)
Andal
Arguably one of the most famous Canadians internationally, this Prime Minister’s five-year term saw, among other things, the abolishment of the death penalty and the introduction of the current Maple Leaf flag.
Lester B. Pearson
This Rajput Mughal bride is said to have been very influential on her husband and the Mughal empire’s stance on religious differences and inclusive policies; Humayun
Jodha Bai