Mixed Trivia: Finance, Cinema & Phobias

Kokila (1977) was Balu Mahendra's directorial debut and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. This established him as both a cinematographer and director in Indian cinema.

Mani Ratnam approached Balu Mahendra to cinematograph his directorial debut 'Pallavi Anu Pallavi' (1983). Mahendra declined, leading Mani to work with other cinematographers.

Acrophobia is the specific term for the extreme or irrational fear of heights. It comes from Greek 'akron' (peak) and 'phobos' (fear). This is distinct from other phobias.

Anthophobia is the fear of flowers. The term comes from Greek 'anthos' (flower) and 'phobos' (fear). This specific phobia can cause anxiety around floral displays.

Atelophobia is the specific medical term for fear of imperfection or the fear of never being good enough. Atychiphobia refers to fear of failure, which is related but different from imperfection.

Bibliophobia is the specific term for fear of books, derived from 'biblion' (book) and 'phobia' (fear). Thesaurophobia relates to fear of wealth or abundance, not books.

Claustrophobia is the most widely recognized term for fear of confined spaces, from the Latin 'claustrum' (enclosed space). Cleithrophobia also relates to confinement but specifically refers to fear of being locked in, which is slightly different.

Lygophobia is the specific term for fear of darkness or dark places, from the Greek 'lygos' (twilight/darkness). Nyctophobia is another related term, but Lygophobia is the correct medical terminology.

Logizomechanophobia is the specific term for fear of computers, combining 'logizo' (reasoning) and 'mechano' (machine). Technophobia is broader and refers to fear of technology in general, not specifically computers.

Monty Sharma composed the music for Right Yaaa Wrong starring Sunny Deol. He also composed for Bobby Deol's Chamku, as mentioned in the hint. Sandeep Chowta is a different composer who worked on other Bollywood films.

Vishal-Shekhar composed the music for Ra.One, Anubhav Sinha's sci-fi action film starring Shahrukh Khan. Their soundtrack for the film was highly successful and included popular tracks like 'Chammak Challo' and 'Dildaara'.

Raghu Dixit, primarily a Kannada composer, composed music for the multi-lingual film Quick Gun Murugan. He leads 'The Raghu Dixit Project', which is the musical collective referenced in the hint. Amit Trivedi is mainly a Hindi/Bollywood composer.

Bank of America trades under the ticker symbol BAC on the New York Stock Exchange. Ticker symbols are often abbreviations that don't exactly match the full company name - BAC is the standard 3-letter symbol for Bank of America.

Citigroup trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the single-letter ticker symbol 'C'. Single-letter tickers are prestigious and assigned to major legacy companies. Options CTG and CG are not valid NYSE symbols for any major financial institution.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (now Walmart Inc.) trades under the ticker symbol WMT on the New York Stock Exchange. The ticker combines the first letters of 'Wal' and 'Mart'. Options WM and WMAT are not the official tickers for Walmart.

Intel Corporation trades under the ticker symbol INTC on the NASDAQ exchange. This ticker incorporates the first four letters of the company name. Options INT and IT are not Intel's official ticker symbols.

The film 'Prince It's Showtime' (2010) had music composed by Sachin Gupta, Toshi-Sharib, and Jigar - not Pritam, Atif Aslam, or Salim-Sulaiman. Therefore 'none of these' is the correct choice. Atif Aslam is a Pakistani singer, not a composer, and Pritam and Salim-Sulaiman worked on different films.