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The Answers
Q1 T.S Eliot’s “The hollow men” begins with:
Mistah Kurtz - he dead.
A penny for the old Guy!
The first line being that from Heart of Darkness,
wherein Kurtz is described as both a "universal
genius" and a "hollow man" (The Hollow Men- is the
poem that Colonel Kurtz reads at the end of Apocalypse
Now).
Who is the old guy referred to in the second line?

Guy Fawkes- Alluding to the tradition of burning
effigies of guy fawkes, made out of straw ( hence the
hollow man) on his day.


Q2. M.S. subbalakshmi played the role of Narada in
“savitri”. Which man of letters acted in the role of
Narada, directed the film, composed songs for it, set
them to music and directed them In the 1934 film
“bhakta dhruva”?

the only unanaswered question - the answer i was
looking for is Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Though a Kannada movie by the same name also came out
the same year. so even Altekar would have fetched you
points.


Q3. According to Douglas Adams what was gods final
message to his creation?

"Sorry for the inconvenience/ We apologize for the
inconvenience."


Q4. She was reportedly born in New Jersey during the
year 1858. She followed a career in opera as a
contralto. Notable points of her career included
performances in La Scala, Milan, Italy and a term as
Prima Donna in the Imperial Opera of Warsaw. Sometime
before her 30th year, she retired from the operatic
stage and moved to London. Who?

"The Woman "- Irene Adler, from Sherlock Holmes.


Q5. The French actor Philippe Noiret essayed the role
of D'Artagnan in the 1994french film “Fille de
d'Artagnan”(D'Artagnan's Daughter). What other
literary role essayed in the same year is he chiefly
remembered for?

The very convincing role of Don Pable Neruda in `Il
Postino`- so much so that i was tricked into believing
that the don played himself!



Q6. Published in 1986, what was inspired by Charles
Johnston's translation of the Pushkin's 1833 Russian
classic, Eugene Onegin?.

Vikram Seth - "The Golden Gate"



Q7.which controversial book (published in the late
1920`s) is –
To
THE PEOPLES OF INDIA
AND TO
THAT INDIAN FIELD LABORER
WHO ONCE, BY AN ACT OF
HUMANITY, SAVED
MY LIFE?


Katherine Mayo`s Mother India- overtly racist and
dismissed by Gandhiji as a "gutter inspectors report".



Q8 what owned by Willy Wonka employed as its workforce
a group of people from Loompaland called- oompa
loompa`s?

The Chocolate Factory. (Roald Dahl)




Q9. What was smuggled by Ernest Hemingway who managed
to infiltrate it into the States - together with a
friend by hiding contraband copies across the border
from Canada in their trouser legs?.

Ulysses-James Joyce.



Q10. Who translated Upanishads into Persian directly
from Sanskrit and called it Sirr-e-Akbar (The Great
Mystery). This facilitated the further translation
into European languages influencing the likes of
Schopenhauer?

Dara Shikoh.