General Quiz 2016 Finals

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50 questions.

Namesake- 5 questions

Infinite Pounce- 16 questions

AV- 8 questions

Maps- 5 questions

Infinite Pounce 2.0- 16 questions

May the best team win!!!

NAMESAKE

Written round on namesakes…

5 questions.

+5 for each correct answer.

Stake for +5/-5.

AUDIENCE Q:Son of Anil Pal, a software engineer, his first brush with cinema was appearing as a child

artist in QSQT and JJWS.

This Oxford alumni served as the Chancellor of Bradford University between 2005 and 2014. Back in his day, besides his on-field antics, his

cross-border relationships too garnered media attention…

Eldest son of SushilaCharak, a St. Xavier’s College (Mumbai) dropout, he had his voice dubbed for his 1st movie. However, his next venture, (referred to as his official debut) earned him his first Filmfarenomination in the Best Actorcategory.

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•Namesake of the then Maharani of Baroda, she was born Renee Smith, and was one of early stars of silent films in Indian film industry.

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This Canadian-American sports journalist worked for ESPN and ABC, hosting different shows and even covering the NBA from 2002 to 2004. On August 10, 2016, he died at the age of 61.

This erstwhile Assistant Superintendent of Police met his death on December 17, 1927. The original target however, was, the Chief Superintendent James Scott who had ordered his men to lathi-charge protesters leading to the death of the nationalist leader Lala LajpatRai. It was later found that the person who was hanged due to the act was not even mentioned in the FIR.

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In 1895, during the Cuban War of Independence, this future Nobel laureate travelled there to observe firsthand the Spanish fight the guerrillas. He was commissioned by Daily Graphic to write about the conflict. While there, he soon acquired a taste for Havana cigars, which he would smoke for the rest of his life.

A naval academy passout, he took up writing as a full-time engagement and in 1895, he became the managing editor of Cosmopolitan, but within a year he gave it up to find more time for writing. A successful novelist, he also wrote poetry and essays. His first novel in book format was The Celebrity.

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Eldest son of SushilaCharak, this St. Xavier’s College (Mumbai) dropout had his voice dubbed in his 1st movie. However, his next venture, referred to as his official debut,earned him his first nomination for a Best Actor at Filmfare.

SALMAN KHAN• The actor• The founder of

Khan Academy.

•Namesake of the then Maharani of Baroda, she was born Renee Smith, and was one of early stars of silent films in Indian film industry.

SEETA DEVI

This Canadian-American sports journalist worked for ESPN and ABC, hosting different shows and even covering the NBA from 2002 to 2004. On August 10, 2016, he died at the age of 61.

The then Asst Superintendent of Police met his death on Dec 17, 1927. The original target however, was, superintendent of police James Scott who had ordered his men to lathi-charge protesters leading to the death of the nationalist leader Lala Lajpat Rai. It was later found that the person who was hanged due to the act was not even mentioned in the FIR.

JOHN SAUNDERS

In 1895, during the Cuban War of Independence, this future Nobel laureate travelled to Cuba to observe the Spanish fight the insurgent guerrillas; he had obtained a commission to write about the conflict from the Daily Graphic. He had fond memories of Cuba. While there, he soon acquired a taste for Havana cigars, which he would smoke for the rest of his life.

Though trained in the Naval Academy, he resigned and took writing as a full-time engagement. In 1895, he became managing editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, but in less than a year he retired from that, to have more time for writing. While he would be most successful as a novelist, he was also a published poet and essayist. His 1st novel in book format was The Celebrity.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

STINGThe wrestler- Steve BordenThe musician-Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

16 questions clockwise +10 for each correct answer. 2 strike rule No negatives…

INFINITE POUNCE

Taking a cue from Dipankar De’s dialogue advocating the intellectual superiority of the Bengali adda in Agantuk:

Tarun Majumdar was a regular in such sessions at a tea stall in Deshapriya Park.

One day, when he reached quite late, others inquired him regarding the reason for his delay. He explained that he was watching a movie and added that they must alert each and

everyone to watch the same.As a result of this, the next day, he and his friends came out with placards with “X dekhun” (Watch X), “X dekha amader

kortobyo” (Watching X is our responsibility).Which movie was this?

AUDIENCE QUESTION

Starting with an easy one…

Earlier this year, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Manoj Sinha, launched a new scheme that made this available in post offices pan-India and enabled doorstep delivery via India Post .

Though, it is available in each and every post office, it would be sourced from only two places in India.

What would henceforth be delivered by India Post apart from the usual?

And no, the answer is not DVDs of a Prakash Jhamovie…

SAFETY

•AND THE ANSWER IS

GANGAJAL

Excerpt from a New Yorker article:

In November of 1929, a seventeen-year-old Scotswoman, Mary Anne MacLeod, boarded the S.S. Transylvania in Glasgow, bound for New York City. With a high arching brow and deep, round eyes, MacLeod hailed from Tong, a remote fishing community in the parish of Stornoway, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Although the American stock market was in a freefall, Europe, in the shadow of war, was in no better shape. Scots had been emigrating for years, trying to find better opportunities.

In New York, MacLeod would find a well-established community of countrymen and women, including two of her sisters. In the 1930 census, her occupation is listed as “maid” or “domestic.”

Who is her more famous son?

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Though there has been considerable debate regarding this, historians agree that Lieutenant Clement Downing’s experience in Cambay was the first-of-its-kind on Indian soil.

Lt. Downing’s book A Compendious History of the Indian Wars describes sailors being involved in it with coolies keeping watch.

Downing himself indulged in it along with the other members of the East India Company fleet during a stopover at Cambay.

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1st instance of CRICKET being played in India

Giles Gilbert Scott was an English architect known for his work on structures like the Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station, among others.

However, his most ubiquitous design was done for a governmental body. He was one of three architects invited by the Royal Fine Arts Commission to submit designs for the same.

His design reflected a Classical style, topped with a dome reminiscent of the mausoleum of Sir John Soane in St. Pancras Old Church, London.

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The ______ Project is a social media initiative which is an ode to vintage Indian ______ art, reinterpreting it using graphic designs.

Run by two 24-year-old Mumbai-based artists — Aakansha Kukreja, a graphic designer, and Aakash Doshi, a film-maker, what is this project all about?

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Red Dot Entertainment was the production house behind the video commercial titled “Beautiful Bangladesh”, made about half a decade back.

They have also produced reality shows like D Rock Star (2007), Ke Hote Chay Kotipoti (2011) etc, along with other TVCs, music videos and they are planning to produce a full-length film.

Who is the co-owner-cum-Chairman of the production house along with Gazi Shubhroand Jewel Paiker?

Also, as a part of which marquee event, was Beautiful Bangladesh originally made? (7+3)

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The Dutch were the first to have arrived here in 1598 and named the then uninhabited place after _______ de Nassau, Chief Magistrate of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.

The French which occupied the place in the 18th century renamed it Isle de France.

When the British wrested control from the French, they reverted to the original name and it has stayed the same over the years.

Which place, one of whose early inhabitants has lent its name to an idiom?

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As an MP for three terms in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, she pushed for the better recognition of the tanpura artists of AIR. She also fought for more travel concessions for performing artists and for making life saving drugs available to ailing theatre and stage artists. Through Natyalaya, her dance school, she helps young dancers with costumes and jewellery too.

Who, whose courageously-written memoirs is titled “Bonding”?

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Salman Rushdie, time and again, hat-tipped works which had had a profound impact on him.

In Haroun and the Sea of Stories, the land of ____ is the land of oppressive silence where the sun would never rise. Right next door, the raucous, argumentative ____ always enjoyed bright sunlight.

Much like GGBB, innit?

So, FITB with two names that rhyme.

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CHUP and GUP

In November 2015, offices of the Marathi newspaper Lokmat witnessed angry protests by outraged Muslims who claimed that the newspaper had insulted their faith by publishing a blasphemous picture.

The article explained how the ISIS was receiving money to fund their operations.

The article also carried an illustration that showed symbols of various national currencies – representing international sources of funding – falling into a X, which was painted like the ISIS flag.

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PIGGY BANK

• On New York City’s Lower East Side, Knickerbocker Village sits between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. On the 11th floor of 10 Monroe St., a drama unfolded in the apartment at the end of the hall.

• Michael Meeropol remembers it clearly. It was six and a half decades ago, and he was 7 years old. He was listening to “The Lone Ranger” on the radio when he heard the knock on the door. He assumed the men who filled his family’s apartment were friends of his father’s, but when his mother yelled “I want a lawyer,” he knew something was strange. When his father left that day, he never came back.

• Within few months, following a dramatic turn of events, Michael and his brother Robert were turned into Cold War’s most famous orphans.

• Who were their parents??

With their adoptive mother Anne.

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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.

In March 2015, David Duckenfield the then South Yorkshire police chief superintendent, 26 years after taking command of the event, finally, devastatingly, admitted, his failure. He said that his inadequate experience, directly caused such a mishap.

So, what shocking incident did he admit to being responsible for?

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HILLSBOROUGH TRAGEDY

• Id the poet and the person to whom this poem is dedicated??

• (6+4)

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After being popular in its intended use, the color is now officially known as “National ______ ___ Glossy Yellow” and was originally called “National _____ ___ Chrome”, since the pigment used for this was, for a long time, the lead-containing chrome yellow.

The colour was chosen because it attracts attention and is noticed quickly in peripheral vision, faster than any other colour.

FITB, or tell where do you see extensive use of the colour, something which can be seen in India as well?

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This specific copy was commissioned by the person concerned in 1997, on his 60th

birthday, reportedly to acknowledge God for helping him survive many conspiracies and dangers.

In Sept 2000, he explained the reason: "My life has been full of dangers in which I should have lost a lot of blood ... but since I have bled only a little, I asked somebody to write God's words with my blood in gratitude.“

A copy of what? Also, who commissioned it?

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• Questions regarding its ownership had haunted Himani Savarkar for years. Every time she posed this question to her father, he remained mum.

• Investigations suggested that the person with whom it is associated had secured it from Gwalior with the help of locals namely, Dr. Dattatraya S. Parchure, Gangadhar Dandvate, Gangadhar Jadhao, and Suryadeo Sharma.

• Which item is being talked about?

SAFETY


Gun used to kill Gandhiji

SCORES

AV

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5 questions on MAPs.


Stake for +5/-5.

MAPS

AUDIENCE Q: What does the red line represent?

Q.1 for the teams:What does the Blue line represent?

Released by UNESCO… Be very specific about your answer…

Q.1 for the teams:What does the Blue line represent?

SPICE ROUTE

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WORLD HERITAGE SITES

IN DANGER

GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL

16 questions anti-clockwise


2 strike rule.

No negatives

INFINITE POUNCE 2.0

AUDIENCE QUESTION:

One of the country’s best preserved observatories, this monument, which is a great example of the scientific as well as the cultural heritage of India was built by the Rajput King Sawai Jai Singh of Rajasthan in 1738 CE.

Its namesake is a machine employed for brain-washing, as famously seen in a sequel to a 1969 movie.

Freshwater had to be driven in, seven hundred gallons at a time, from a town forty miles away. To wire the site for a telephone connection required laying four miles of cable. The most expensive single line item in the budget was for the construction of shelters, which would protect some of the more than two hundred and fifty observers.

All these preparations were for what?

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TRINITY TEST

One of the many Jewish refugees to have found a safe haven in India from the Nazis, he arrived in Bombay in February 1934 and ended up staying for 14 years.

Within a few weeks, he founded the Bombay Chamber Music Society, which performed every Thursday at the Willingdon Gymkhana.

Nevertheless, his lasting legacy in our country has been created thanks to something called Shivranjini. What?

SAFETY


ALL INDIA RADIO TUNE

On September 9, 2014, the company announced that it would no longer be making this once revolutionary product. For a seemingly all-powerful corporation, its reasoning was uncharacteristically defeatist: “We could not get the parts anymore, not anywhere on earth”, said the CEO. He later explained, “The engineering work was massive and the number of people who wanted it very small.”

This marked an instance of a product by a particular company ending the use of a previous product by the same company.

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No more iPod Classic from APPLE

On December 20, 2010, Indian Railways switched to a system of 5-digit numbering system applicable to all passenger trains.

In this system, the first digit indicates the type of the passenger train, as follows:

0 is for special trains (e.g., summer specials, holiday specials, etc.)

1 is for all long-distance trains, including the Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Sadharan, Sampark Kranti, Garib Rath, Duronto, and other classes.

2 is also for long-distance trains; it is to be used when train numbers starting with 1 are exhausted in any series.

What is 3 for, then?

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KOLKATA SUBURBAN TRAINS

Literally, the Latin word ‘recipe’ means simply “Take…!” and medieval instances of this invariably begin with the command to ‘take’ certain materials and compound them in specified ways.

Folk theories about the origin associate it to a mythological figure, or an ancient symbol to Zeus or Jupiter.

Origin of what is being talked about?

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Though he spent two decades (1921 to 1941) as a professor at Calcutta University, he could not distance himself from controversies.

Once, in 1928, he condemned the act of the then VC, who asked the police to deal with the student unrest going on inside the campus against the Simon Commission. In the investigation report, he wrote that police violence was “unprovoked and unjustified”.

Who was this daring professor?

Also, who was the then VC of CU, who was knighted a year later?

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SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN

SIR JADUNATH SARKAR

Gang War (released as All Square in the UK) is a part-talking gangster film starring Olive Borden, Jack Pickford, Eddie Gribbon, Walter Long etc and directed by Bert Glennon.

Despite the synchronised sound as well as the all-star cast, the film is largely unknown in its own right and is now considered a lost film, being overshadowed by something which was shown at the start of the movie.

What?

SAFETY


Delhi based Shelly Jyoti, a graduate in literature and fashion technology, while researching, landed in Bhuj in 2008, where she discovered Ajrakh, one of the oldest block printing techniques in the world. Here, in the village of Ajrakpur, in the house of Ismail Khatri, one of the renowed, ninth-generation Ajrakh printers, Jyoti decided that the complex process of Ajrakh printing would now feature in her works.

It was in Bhuj that Jyoti discovered that Ajrakh is the Arabic term for X, which is/was referred to by its colour in many parts of India.

What is Ajrakh the Arabic term for?

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INDIGO

The sight of Frank Rijkaard expectorating into Rudi Voller's mullet in the 1990 WC might have been denied had X not entered the scene after a group stage match to decide who would be in 2nd position (in a group topped by England) since both Ireland and Netherlands finished with identical records of three points, two goals scored and two goals conceded.

As the NYT describes: "He put a slip of paper bearing each team's name into each of two orange plastic balls, which he placed in a goldfish bowl. Another two yellow balls were marked 2 and 3 and placed in another goldfish bowl. He then asked one of the blue-uniformed World Cup hostesses to pull a ball from each bowl."

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SEPP BLATTER

• Only 40 people attended the funeral of Profokiev, one of the most popular composers of 20th century.

• Not a single flower was found and Prokofiev's family defiantly festooned his casket with hand drawn paper flowers.

• No musicians could be found to play the great composer's funeral. Prokofiev's family was reduced to playing a recording of the funeral march from his ballet Romeo and Juliet.

• What had caused the death of Profokiev to have been overlooked in such a manner?

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DEATH OF JOSEPH STALIN

The government of Bangladesh designated it a monument and one can visit this place via local tours.

What happened here on 12th

January, 1934?

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To fund the Great Wall of China.

To fund repair in the city of Rome, during the reign of Augustus Caesar.

To finance the war against Republic of Venice, 1449.

To support the settlement of The Virginia Company of London in America at Jamestown.

Connect them and in relation to the above explain an idea that Shri P.K. Kunju Sahib came up with sometime in the 1960s

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LOTTERY;

• In 1967 all private lotteries were banned and the Government of Kerala started the Kerala State Lotteries. The idea behind the setup of the new department under the Ministry of Finance, (Government of Kerala) was from the then Finance Minister of the state, Shri. P. K. Kunju Sahib. The objectives of starting Kerala state lottery were providing employment, to and supplementing the government finance without disturbing the public.

X is one of the famous taals of Hindustani music. It is also one of the common taals in North India, used in various popular compositions of Indian music. It has many variations including dhumaali, "bhajani“ etc.

Rang barse from Silsila remains one of the most famous songs where it was used.

Y is a light classical vocal form in Hindustani classical music, mostly performed in Agra and in Bundelkhand region. It was originally accompanied by Y tala (from where the term for the genre was borrowed), but later Y compositions are often found in other light talas, such as X.

Hence it is due to such similarity, that a certain Tablaplayer played X, despite repeated instructions from his master to play Y and was hence, disrupting the entire programme.

X and Y?

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KEHERWA, DADRA

John Henry Belville created a certain service for 200-odd clients in 1836, inspired by a daily workplace practice. His widow, Maria, was granted the privilege of carrying on the work as a means of livelihood and continued the business until her retirement in 1892. Ruth Belville, their daughter, then took over the business. She continued the business till 1940, by which time WWII had started.

The ‘instrument’ used for the business was originally made for the Duke of Sussex and had a gold case. When it was given to John Henry, he changed the case to silver because he was worried thieves might steal it.

Where was John employed? ‘What’ did he and later his family, as mentioned above, sell?

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GREENWICH OBSERVATORY

THEY USED TO SELL TIME

The organizers for inviting me, to conduct the quiz.

Score-keepers.

Arindam Dottoh and Dr. Aakash Roy for being the guinea-pigs.

All the participants..

Thanks for attending the quiz. Hope you enjoyed it.

Audience…

Between 1989 and 1992, X created a collection of drawings that were published in a book entitled 'Drawn Blank' in 1994. These expressive works capture his chance encounters and observations. The creation of these portraits, interiors, landscapes and street scenes were done to "relax and refocus a restless mind".

Some of the artworks are on the next slide.

So, ID the artist…

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