MELAS QUIZ HQFResearched and Conducted by

Dr. Aakash Roy

Prelims 25 Questions

Every Answer has 1 point. Total 30 Points.

8 Star Marked Questions. Please mark them on your answer sheet as and when they appear.

If teams are tied after Prelims scores, count back method to be applied.

Ties after Finals to be resolved with Prelims scores.

1 *

His first book, “Antaranga Chin” was a travelogue. Published in April,1958 it

describes his journey as a member of a cultural delegation to China in 1954.

In the foreword, he does not hesitate to express his concerns regarding the literary aspirations of a clerk of an

Insurance company . Who and What is the name of the last

book he wrote?

2 Whose Obituary ?

3 * Questions of identity reverberate through The Dog, a documentary by

Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren that chronicles J.Wojtowicz's terribly

sad life

Why ? (picture next slide)

Inspiration behind Al Pacino’s Sonny

4

____On Brexit Island, ____Go Gluten free, ____Give up the booze are some of the titles of an immensely popular

series which got a jolly millennial makeover, although the parodied

versions retain the same characterisation and flavour of the

yesteryear books.

Which series ?

Famous Five

5

La Vie Claire was a French cycling

team which took part in Tour de

France in the mid 1980s, before

Toshiba bought the team in 1989.

What/ Who was the inspiration for

their jersey ?

Piet Mondrian

6

Vijay Merchant was baffled with the Indian team’s inability to cope with the seam and

swing in English conditions in India’s 1946 tour to England.

Back home, he suggested something that revolutionised the epicentre of Indian

Cricket.

What did Merchant suggest ?

Kanga League

7 “Their first movie together was Dastaan. X arrived

late on the sets for the mahurat shot. He apologised for the delay.

Dilip Saab said that X was not late; he had already given one shot! Bauji was nonplussed. Dilip Saab explained that it was a long shot and he had worn

Bauji’s costume and given the shot to save time. Bauji often said that it was a singular honour that Dilip

Kumar had worked as his ‘double’”. The above excerpt is from the biography of X, written

by his own son.

Identify X.

Madan Puri

8 The painting on the next slide can be found

on the cover of “Studio of the South” by Martin Bailley, an art historian where he

throws light upon a ghastly incident on the night of 23rd December,1888.He has

postulated a new theory that it was a letter from X’s brother, Theo announcing his

decision to marry, that triggered X’s despair. What event and Which is the more popular

theory behind this unfortunate incident ?

Van Gogh mutilating his ear, He had a quarrel with Paul Gauguin

9 Narayan Gangopadhyay, creator of Tenida, was a professor in City College in the early 1950s when he

once came across one of his B.A. final year students playing the titular role in the play, “Rammohan” in the college’s annual social.

The student, who was one of Gangopadhyay’s favourites due to his leftist inclinations, visited the

erudite professor next morning for his reviews. Needless to say, his teacher blessed him and

prophetically told that, in the coming days, he would become one of the finest actors on stage.

Who ?

Soumitra Chattopadhyay

10 He was the Man of the Series in

the ICC U-19 World Cup,2016 scoring 242 runs and claiming 12

wickets in 6 matches. But his moment of glory came in the later

part of the year at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Contrary to the expectations, he

failed miserably with the bat, scoring just 5 in his first 4 innings

with an average of 1.25. Who is this cricketer ?

Mehedi Hassan Miraj

11 * In this and the following slide, two

paired entities have been shown. What/Who are they referring to ?

11

Ami ek jajabor….

12 This genre of miniature paintings reached its

pinnacle during medieval India. Notable schools of art like Mewar, Rajput, Deccan, Mughal nearly everybody

produced exquisite art forms of this genre. What are they collectively known to us and Whose

autobiography was named after this coinage ?

Ragamala Paintings, Pandit Ravi Shankar

13Connec

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Only three natural water bodies to serve as venues for Swimming in Olympics

14 *

The cartoon on the next slide is based on a 1729 satirical work by an author who is popular in this part

of the world for another of his pioneering piece of work, which was

originally published in 1726.

Who is the author in question?

14

Jonathan Swift

15 Who is being honoured ?

Douglas Adams

16*

The only example of this magical chemistry of X and Y outside their more popular collaborations between 1969

and 1992, was in 1987. This venture, by the same director was a

documentary where X sang for Y, who was seen playing the role of Jambuban

singing aloud in a battlefield.Which “blessed” duo and Who/What

was the subject of the documentary ?

Anup Ghoshal singing for Tapen Chattopadhyay , Sukumar Ray

17

Both Fables and Parables have been used since time immemorial to

impart lessons of morality.

What is the basic difference between them ?

Fables use inanimate objects/plants/animals/forces of nature whereas Parables use human beings as examples in its structure

18 “…My dearest friend Saini and I watching

together as X and Y wove patterns that would have done MF Husain proud, Mirza

Ghalib proud, Shammi Kapoor proud. They did not play. They painted, composed,

danced. That was X’s move- the jalebi - in and out, dart here, dart there, stick one

way, ball the other… only to meet on the other side of a befuddled defender.”

Tom Alter reminiscing about Which legend from the 80s ?

Mohammed Shahid

19 * “When the Moon is in the seventh house and

Jupiter aligns with Mars then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars“

Above is the description of the Age of Aquarius in a 1969 song by the band “The

Fifth Dimension”.

Which event of those times was billed to be happening in that age ?

Woodstock 1969

20 The beautiful garments are part of the Summer 2016 collection from Russian designer Alena Akhmadulina. What is it inspired

from ?

The Great Wave of Kanagawa

21

This is the statue of Tamil poet, Thiruvalluvar, which many of us have seen ,although our destination often is the location, just adjacent to

this statue.

Which place of interest is being discussed ?

21

Vivekananda Rocks

22

Pat Metheny's request to Linda Manzer in 1984 was to build a guitar

that had "as many strings as possible." Manzer came up with the _______, a guitar with 42 strings and

four necks that weighed almost fifteen pounds.

How can you connect the name of this instrument with an artwork in

the following slide ?

22

Pikasso Guitar and The Old Guitarist by Picasso

23 * Costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers

built it as part of the Industrial Light & Magic visual effects company but decided to

use it in another project. In her words, she wanted 25 yards of fabric to

be flowing through the scene, which this creation could achieve.

This pop-cult sensation would have been reminisced by people late last year, creating

a few hormonal surges in the process. What ?

Princess Leia’s Golden Bikini

24 * This 1975 World Championships saw the

Men’s Team event gold going to China whereas Yugoslavia and Sweden bagged

the silver and the bronze. In the Women’s section China, South

Korea and Japan were the podium finishers, whereas India languished

towards the bottom. What was the newly erected venue of

this event which rose to prominence due to a non-sporting event in 1997 ?

Netaji Indoor Stadium

25 TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) is a

fictional time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.  

Inspired by this, JK Rowling used a similar ‘dysfunctional’ entrance for the Ministry Of Magic in “Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix”.

What is TARDIS designed after and How can you connect it to an euphoric man conveying the news of getting a job with a salary of 1100 rupees to his fiancée ?

Public Telephone Booths, Bela Bose

Finals Coming Up…..