Music
This Indian musician won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA and Golden Globe all in the same year (2009) for Slumdog Millionaire.
Who is A.R. Rahman?
After a tragic shipwreck, a young boy finds himself adrift in the vast Pacific Ocean, sharing a lifeboat with an unlikely companion—a fierce Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. This 2001 novel by Yann Martel tells this incredible tale of survival, faith, and the bond between man and beast?
What is The Life of Pi?
This family is considered to be the centrepiece of nepotism in Bollywood, stretching over 4 generations. Notably, the deceased patriarch of this family identified himself as a Pathan from Peshawar though his family originates from Samundri, Punjab.
Who are The Kapoor Family?
This Dutch artist is famous for cutting off part of his ear.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
This British band from Liverpool became one of the most influential bands in history, with members including John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Who are The Beatles?
This classic dystopian novel by George Orwell presents a dystopian vision of the future where the freedom of the individual is subjugated to the conformity of society
What is 1984?
Julia Roberts stars in a movie as an unmarried professor who needs to rear a bunch of conservative female students in the new college she has joined. The movie is named after the enigmatic smile of the portrait of a lady which is now housed in a French museum.
What is Mona Lisa Smile?
This Banksy artwork self-destructed at auction.
What is the Girl with the Balloon?
Which legendary Indian sitar maestro collaborated with the renowned American violinist Yehudi Menuhin to create the Grammy-winning album West Meets East?
This is the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel exploring aestheticism and moral corruption, which faced widespread criticism upon its initial publication due to its homoerotic undertones.
Taapsee Pannu’s standalone movie which served as a sequel to the 2016 film “Baby” shares the name with one of the most celebrated and awarded actresses in the country. Her father was a celebrated poet, her brother a celebrated cinematographer, her husband a lyricist and her step children producers and actor.
Who is Shabana Azmi?
This Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
The artist painted the Vitruvian Man, an iconic pen-and-ink drawing on paper that explores the ideal human proportions, blending art, science, and philosophy
Who is Leonardo da Vinci ?
In Carnatic Music, the notations are called swaram and the lyrics are called?
What is Sahityam?
This is the master of macabre American literature penned the haunting verses of “The Raven” that echo through the ages?
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
This Indian movie won the Grand Prix at the Palme d’Or (Cannes Film Festival) but was not selected as the official nomination from India for the Academy awards? Hint: It is a Malayalam-Marathi-Hindi movie, which received a limited release as Prabhayaay Ninachathellaam
What is All We Imagine as Light?
This art style features unusual, dream-like visuals and unexpected combinations of objects, often inspired by the unconscious mind.
What is Surrealism?
This is the first and only musical artist to perform on all seven continents, a feat they achieved in 2013. They cemented this record by playing a concert at Carlini Station in Antarctica on December 8, 2013, which was within a single calendar year of touring other continents.
Who is Metallica?
This classic Leo Tolstoy novel, first released serially from 1873-1877, tells the story of a titular woman and her affair with Count Vronsky. Keira Knightley played the title character in a 2012 movie adaptation directed by Joe Wright.
Who is Anna Karenina?
This is an Indian Actor/Filmmaker who holds the record of the most Oscar submissions from India by the same actor. He is a polyglot, making a mark in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada Cinema
Who is Kamal Haasan?
The world's most expensive painting ever sold at auction, fetching $450 million in 2017, was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
What is the Salvator Mundi?