FUNDAMENTALS
Indian Railways has provided settings for some most memorable movies in Hindi film history. Find out how much you know about Bollywood’s train journeys.
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BOLLYWOOD’S TRAIN JOURNEYS
1. The movie Aradhana where Rajesh Khanna sings ‘Mere Sapno Ki Rani’ from an open jeep serenading Sharmila Tagore on the Darjeeling Toy Train, is perhaps the most memorable Bollywood song picturised on railways. Which Hollywood movie is Aradhana inspired from?
2. What is common to these movies - Delhi Express, Punjab Mail, Miss Frontier Mail?
3. The movie Ghulam starring Aamir Khan features a famous sequence where the challengers have to run against an oncoming train. The person who jumps off the last wins. What is the name of the game in the movie?
4. ‘Chhaiya Chhaiya’ famously featured Malaika Arora and Sharukh Khan dancing on top of a train in the movie ‘Dil Se’. A R Rehman was the music director. Who were the singers?
5. Which movie tells the story of an employee of the Indian Railways, who wants to make the perfect and fastest train in India?
6. Which movie starring Amitabh Bachchan had the tagline “A murder plan that forced Indian railways to change their train times!”?
7. In Manmohan Desai’s ‘Coolie’, Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of a railway porter. The ending of the movie was changed midway during the shoot by the director. Why?
8. The 1975 movie Julie, tells the story of Julie, daughter of an Anglo India train driver who lives in Goa. Lakshmi Narayan plays Julie in that movie. Who plays the role of Irene, Julie’s sister?
9. The biggest hit of Kanan Devi, the singing star of the 1930s and 40s, was a song for a movie named after a train that still runs between Howrah and Delhi. Name the train/movie?
10. ‘Chhuk chhuk chhak chhak, Bombay se Baroda tak’ — famous song set on a train. Which movie?
ANYTHING GOES
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2. A flame at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park has burned since it was lit in 1964. It is supposed to be extinguished under what circumstance? ( K Ganesh, Chennai)
3. West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding who still holds the record best bowling figures in a Test match by a West Indies bowler, 14 wickets for 149 runs, was nicknamed Whispering death. Why? (Soulath Mohammed, Secunderabad)
4. In 1919, the world water speed record (114 km/h) was created in a hydrofoil named HD-4. The record stood for two decades. The person who set the record is known across the world for something else. Identify? (Bikram Keshari Jena, Nayagarh)
5. England ‘s most successful bowling duo of Stuart Broad and James Anderson have jointly accounted for over 1090 wickets in Test matches. By a strange coincidence both the bowlers dismissed the same batsman while reaching their 500th wicket . Identify the batsman with the dubious distinction? (B. K. Harinath, Mysuru) 6.Volkswagen, the German car maker, manufactures a completely unrelated product, which sells more than its cars. Which product? (P Sateesh, Chennai)
7. What product was invented by Earle Dickson after he improvised with cotton gauges to help his wife Josephine Knight who sometimes suffered minor cuts and burns while doing housework? (Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
8. Indonesia announced a new capital city to replace Jakarta, a city of 10 million that sits on swampy land. Where will the new capital be located? (Annika Sudipta Sijassi, Secunderabad)