QUIZINGO

A hub quiz by Simanta Barman 22.03.2015

About the quiz:

If you find any relevance of the questions with other

ppts, it

will be a mere co-incidence.

The QM hasn’t copy-pasted from other presentations,

rather

questions are constructed from the sources. (Wikipedia,

BBC,

Newspaper, Magazine etc)

The QM apologises if you are disturbed by the one-liners

in

between. Those are to relieve the tension.

Let’s start the Quiz…..

WELCOME EVERYONE

Mixed-Bag

25 questions.

+10/-0 on direct.

+10/-10 on pounce. (as simple as

that)

1.

X is a village situated in the Morigaon district of Assam.

This place is mentioned in the Mahabharata for its hold on

a unusual field. It is evident from the archaeological

monuments lying in and around X that it had been a centre

for Shakti Aradhana which prevails even today. History

describes a story of Mohammad Shah, who attempted to

invade Assam in 1332 with 1 lakh horsemen; but the whole

army perished in the mysterious land and not a trace was

left. X?

Ans: Mayong, famous for tantric

practices.

2.

He is an Indian who was, at first, appointed in a

rural village in Rajasthan as a trained medic. But

he found that the villagers were in crucial need of

drinking water rather than health care. So he

came up with a modern idea of ancient Indian

technique of rainwater harvesting. Eventually, he

managed to bring water to thousand villages in

India. For his efforts, he is now known as the

‘Jalpurush’ or ‘the Water Man of India’. He is

recently in the news for winning a prestigious

international award.

Identify him and the award.

Ans: Rajendra Singh. He won the Stockholm

Water Prize, 2015. (also known as the Nobel Prize

for Water)

3.

X is an American memoirist, novelist and essayist. She

is noted for her personal essays that’s being published

in various magazines and journals. She won a Pushcart

Prize for her essay "Munro Country", which first

appeared in The Missouri Review. Though, she is

mostly famous for her second book Y which has been

translated into more than thirty languages. From July

15, 2012, for seven consecutive weeks, it was No. 1 on

the "New York Times Best Seller list" in hardcover non-

fiction. In June 2012, Oprah Winfrey announced that Y

was her first selection for her new Oprah's Book Club

2.0. The book Y is a first-person memoir of her 1,100-

mile (1,800 km) hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. Give

me X & Y.

Hint: Reese Witherspoon produced & acted in the film adaptation

which was released in Dec, 2014.

Ans: X= Cheryl Strayed

Y= Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest

Trail.

4.

X is an animal which has turned out to be the worst foe of the farmers in Punjab,

Madhya Pradesh & UP in recent times. As the natural habitat of the X whittles

down, raiding herds of this animal regularly invade agriculture fields and feed off

the crops in these regions. The flooding of rivers during monsoons is an another

cause due to which this animal lives close to farms and perform devastations. This

animal usually attack at night, leaving farmers little time to react. In some pockets,

farmers have completely given up farming pulses due to heavy losses and shifted

to other crops. As a result, there are official orders to shoot the animal, despite

criticism from wildlife conservationists. But the farmers are reluctant to kill this

animal because its name suggests something that is ‘holy in Hinduism’. Since

people in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana call this animal, ‘Rojh’, officials hope

that by changing its name to ‘Vanroz’, the religious hullabaloo surrounding it will be

reduced forever. Which animal or X?

Ans: Nilgai

As the name suggests ‘gai’ (the holy cow in Hinduism),

farmers protect them instead of killing.

5.

David H. McConnell was first a struggling door-to-door salesman who

used to sell books to New York homes. He then used to gave perfumes

away for free. In 1886, he decided to sell perfumes rather than books

and he then started the business in a small office at 126 Chambers

Street, in lower Manhattan, New York City. It is now emerging as a

grand cosmetics company. It is the fifth-largest beauty company and

second largest direct selling enterprise in the world, with 6.4 million

representatives. It deals in cosmetics, perfumes, clothing, toys etc. As to

some sources, this company gets its name from William Shakespeare’s

birthplace, Stratford-upon-____. Which company?

Ans: AVON

6.

This bone in our human body is

named after the Greek word for

Cuckoo as it looks like a bird’s

bill. What’s the name of this

bone?

Ans: Coccyx

7.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

Limited (GRSE) is one of India's leading shipyards, located

in Kolkata, West Bengal. It builds and repairs commercial

and naval vessels. Founded in 1884 as a small privately

owned company on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River,

it was renamed as Garden Reach Workshop in 1916. The

company was nationalised by the Government of India in

1960. This company, however, came in news when it

launched the corvette MCGS Barracuda on Dec, 2014.

What is the speciality of this ship or why it’s in news?

Ans: It is the first warship to be exported by

an Indian shipyard. It was exported to

Mauritius on 20 Dec, 2014.

8.

The Chernobyl disaster which occurred on 26 April 1986 at

the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then officially

the Ukrainian SSR) was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history

in terms of cost and casualties. An explosion and fire released large

quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over

much of the western USSR and Europe. There are still prevailing

diseases and other drawbacks due to this havoc. So, scientists and

officials came up with an idea of planting a certain flower in this region,

which, scientists believe, can absorb large quantities of radioactive

caesium at their full height. As a result, there are thousands of this

species of flower planted in and around the disaster site. Which flower?

Ans: Sunflower

9.

She is an American contemporary dance innovator who

influenced almost every phase of American dance. She

began dancing and acting in Vaudeville and musical

comedy shows when she was a teenager and she appeared

in David Belasco’s productions of Zaza, The Auctioner and

Du Barry. While touring in the last play, she was reputedly

inspired by a cigarette poster featuring an Egyptian scene of

the goddess Isis to begin investigating Asian art and dance.

In 1906, after studying Hindu art and philosophy, she offered

a public performance in New York City of her first dance

work, Radha (based on Radha, the wife of Krishna). In

1914, she married Ted Shawn and started Denishawn

school of dance which gained immense popularity. She is

often called the “first lady of American dance”. Identify her.

Ans: Ruth St. Denis

10.

X is a clown character used for the

promotion of a famous food-chain. Its

origin credit goes to Willard Scott also

played the role of Bozo the Clown. X is

second only to Santa Claus in terms of

recognition. X is known as the CHO (Chief

Happiness Officer) among the office stuffs.

The picture shows the original X as

pictured on the United States trademark

application filed in 1967. Identify X.

Ans: Ronald McDonald, mascot of

McDonalds.

11.

Aoshima is a remote island off the coast of

Southern Japan. Once a bustling fishing village, it

now has only a handful of people living there. But,

this village is in the news because of the

abundance of an another animal for which it is

named as “____ Island”. Which animal or FITB.

Ans: Cat. It’s known as the Cat

Island.

12.

The person on the top was born in Stockton-

on-Tees in 1781. After studying

at Durham and York, he set up a small

business as a chemist and druggist at 59 High

Street, Stockton, around 1818. He developed

a keen interest in trying to find a means of

obtaining fire easily and he succeeded in

inventing an easier method to obtain fire. He

named his invention as "Congreves" in honour

of the inventor and rocket pioneer, Sir William

Congreve. Identify him and his invention.

Ans: John Walker who invented friction

matches.

13. Identify her.

Hint: famous for a tick mark.

Ans: Carolin Davidson, creator of the Nike

Swoosh logo.

14.

This term began as a term for a group of close advisers to a political

candidate or incumbent, prized for their expertise in particular fields.

The term is most associated with the group of advisers to Franklin

Roosevelt during his presidential administration. The first use of this

term was in 1899 when it appeared in the Marion (Ohio) Daily Star:

"Since everything else is tending to trusts, why not a ____?" This

sense was referring to the era of trust-busting, a popular political

slogan and objective of the time that helped spur the 1890 Sherman

Antitrust Act and was later a key policy of President Theodore

Roosevelt's administration. More recently the use of the term has

expanded to encompass any group of advisers to a decision maker,

whether or not in politics. Which term?

Ans: Brain Trust

15.

X was a French-born Indian aviator and

business tycoon. He became India's first

licensed pilot in 1929. In 1983, he was awarded

the French Legion of Honour and, in 1992,

India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

Who is X?

Ans: Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy

Tata

(J.R.D. Tata)

16.

When Spanish explorers came to this country, they were

given silver presents by the natives. Thus this country

got its name which is a derivative of the Greek word for

‘silver’. Which country?

Ans: Argentina

17.

Which Internet giant has recently announced the launch

of a Hindi Voice search and a new website,

www.hindiweb.com, which will act as a content directory

for Hindi-speaking Internet users?

Ans: Google

18.

Members of the parliament are allowed to raise matters in

the question hour. After that, they can raise matters in only

one point. What is that called?

Ans: Zero Hour

19.

Dr Pawan Kohli, founder of Samiidha and Jaydeep Arya,

Co-ordinator of Patanjali Yogpeeth with parents of

‘Nirvaya’, unveiled a device on the occasion of

International Women’s Day, 2015. This device is named

after a Hindu deity. What’s this device called and what’s its

speciality?

Ans:

Bhavani, the world’s first legal and

comprehensive portable self-defence device

for women.

20.

This is the original artwork titled

"Bounty Hunters in Cloud City"

by Ralph McQuarrie which

inspired the creation of

something really famous. What

did it inspire?

Ans: Star Wars

21.

This is a drum, native to the

Middle East, North Africa, South

Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a

single head membranophone. It

belongs to the darabukka family.

Identify.

Hint: It shares its name with one of the

Harry Potter books.

Ans: Goblet drum.

22.

Once, a 11 old girl wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln which

says, “All the ladies like ____ and they would tease

their husbands to vote for you and then you would be

President.” In reply to which Lincoln wrote, “As to the

_____, having never worn any, do you not think people

would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to

begin it now?”. The letter by that girl was actually a

pledge to Lincoln for doing a ‘certain’ thing which, though

Lincoln didn’t promise, followed later. What was the letter

for or what change came to Lincoln’s life after that?

Ans:

The girl urged Lincoln to grow beard/whiskers. After

that letter, Lincoln appeared in whiskers for the rest of

his life.

23.

As claimed by his girlfriend last year, this Bob Marley

song is in fact about his displeasure at her being on the

contraceptive pill. Apparently, the main character in the

song, John Brown, is an illusion to the doctor prescribing

her the pill, which rather makes sense when you look at

the lyrics. Which famous song?

Ans: I Shot The Sheriff

As the lyric goes “sheriff John Brown always

hated me/ For what I don’t know/ Every time I

plant a seed/ He said kill it before it grow.”

24.

Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas is the

occupant of a hamlet called Banej in

Gir forest. He is a temple priest in

Banej Tirthdham, a pilgrimage spot

inside the Gir sanctuary and looks

after an ancient Shiva temple there.

He is however known to have

occupied a certain feat in a certain

field for something he did in 2004-

2007, 2009-2012 and still continuing.

What feat does he bear or what’s his

uniqueness?

Ans:

His hamlet has the most remote polling booth in India,

where he is the lone voter as he’s the lone occupant of

that hamlet. The year’s mentioned in the questions are

the consecutive assembly and state election sessions.

25.

In 2014, Rajib Hari Kaushik, an anthropologist, revealed

that the melody of the famous song X has its origin to the

tune of a song sung by German boatmen. The tune of the

song was finalised in between 1921 to 1930. The tune of

the song travelled from Germany via Kolkata, Shillong,

Tezpur, Golaghat and Guwahati. He has been conducting

research on this song for the past seven years since 2007.

He’s also going to make a 28 minute long documentary on

this song. He was felicitated for his research in the 2011

Dergaon session of Asam Sahitya Sabha. Which famous

song?

Ans: O Mor Aponar Desh (the national anthem of

Assam)

Inspi-art!

Will show you posters of four Hollywood movies

which is

inspired by some famous artworks.

Identify the artworks and artists.

10 marks each.

1.

Ans: The Last Supper by Leonardo Da

Vinci.

2.

Ans: The Scream by Edvard

Munch

3.

Ans: Cristina’s World by Andrew

Wyeth.

4.

Ans: Girl With A Pearl Earring by Jan

Vermeer.

THANK YOU!

That’s all