Let’s get quizzical



From fabulous fashion to entertaining cinema and rock ‘n’ roll grooves and blues… test your knowledge with Instep’s quiz

1. Know your music. Name Amanat Ali’s comeback single?
(a) ‘Paheli’
(b) ‘Kohram’
(c) ‘Aisha’
(d) ‘Haq Maujood’

2. Which rock band is all set to release a “live concert album”?
(a) Qayaas
(b) Noori
(c) Call
(d) EP

3. Which Pakistani musician has been named as one of the nineteen people from around the world to be a part of TED Fellows?
(a) Ali Noor
(b) Omran Shafique
(c) Najam Sheraz
(d) Usman Riaz

4. Which American artist has been sued again after claims of illegal sampling of someone else’s music?
(a) Kanye West
(b) Rihanna
(c) MIA
d) Nicki Minaj

5. Which Pakistani musician recently sung for the Bollywood film, Qasam Se Qasam Se?
(a) Farhan Saeed
(b) Shiraz Uppal
(c) Shehzad Roy
(d) Bilal Khan

6. Which Pakistani singer-songwriter recently admitted that he wants to be a Bollywood actor?
(a) Ali Azmat
(b) Bilal Khan
(c) Gohar Mumtaz
(d) Bilal Maqsood

7. Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi is getting help from an A-list actor on exercise, diet and fitness. Who is the A-list star?
(a) Shah Rukh Khan
(b) Salman Khan
(c) Aamir Khan
(d) Hrithik Roshan

8. “I wish I could say, ‘Oh listen, everybody! It’s the Celine Dion song!’ but don’t. I just sit there, you know, kind of straight-faced with a massive internal eye roll” - Which actress uttered these words recently?
(a) Helena Bonham Carter
(b) Kate Winslet
(c) Stana Katic
(d) Teri Hatcher

9. Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt are coming together for which director in an upcoming film?
(a) Nikhil Advani
(b) Farhan Akhtar
(c) Raj Kumar Hirani
(d) Karan Malhotra

10. Which actor won the most number of Razzies for the year 2011 for worst acting?
(a) Adam Sandler
(b) Seth Green
(c) Paul Rudd
(d) Owen Wilson

ANSWERS
1 (a) ‘Paheli’
2 (b) Noori
3 (d) Usman Riaz
4 (a) Kanye West
5 (a) Farhan Saeed
6 (c) Gohar Mumtaz
7 (d) Hrithik Roshan
8 (b) Kate Winslet
9 (d) Karan Malhotra
10 (a) Adam Sandler