Raiganj Final

Format of the Quiz

• Written Round.(5)

• Mixed Bag.(15)

• Written Round II.(5)

• Mixed Bag II.(15)

Please Remember…..

• Bold words in the questions are distinct

clues. Try to decipher the clues judiciously.

• Look for the underlined words to answer.

• The icons used in the question slide has

certain meanings :----

Visual Video Audio

Round 1

Write Bros.

What’s in Offer….

Written Round

The round is about Rabindra Sangeets

and some not-so-wellknown exponents of

this genre

Marks for each correct answer :--

+ 10 marks : (without stake)

+ 15 / - 05 : (with stake)

One of the very few non-Shantiniketani singers of that era to be given permission to sing

publicly….name her.

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Kanan Devi*


From being the daughter of a devadasi to a Bharat Ratna Awardee…..identify her.


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Not a very familiar name in this genre of music, identify this budding talent who is trying to get a

foothold in bollywood.


2

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Dedicated to a lady named – Gopa, this debut album has been highly appreciated by the critics.

Identify the singer.


3

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A noted student of Bhatkhande Music Institute in Lucknow, this talented singer made his mark in the world of movies. After starting with a hindi film, he

had appeared in films of other languages too, including – Bengali, English and Tamil.

Who?


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This two-time National Award winner, was also honoured with the Padma Shri in 2004.

Identify this pretty well known voice.


5

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From being the daughter of a devadasi to a Bharat Ratna Awardee…..identify her.


1

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M.S. Subbulakshmi1


Not a very familiar name in this genre of music, identify this budding talent who is trying to get a

foothold in bollywood.


2

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Sanam Puri2


Dedicated to a lady named – Gopa, this debut album has been highly appreciated by the critics.

Identify the singer.


3

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Swastika Mukherjee3


A noted student of Bhatkhande Music Institute in Lucknow, this talented singer made his mark in the world of movies. After starting with a hindi film, he

had appeared in films of other languages too, including – Bengali, English and Tamil.

Who?


4

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Pahari Sanyal4


This two-time National Award winner, was also honoured with the Padma Shri in 2004.

Identify this pretty well known voice.


5

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Hariharan5


Round 2

Mixed Bag


15 Questions

Infinite Bounce + Pounce


+ 10 marks : (Bounce)

+ 10 / - 05 : (Pounce)

Half Points available as and when

specified by QM

In the Medieval era, the knights used to re-affirm their commitment to chivalry by uttering certain words,

originally written for Thibaut de Bar, Bishop of Liège in 1312. The god-fearing Babylonians used to pray so that they could return borrowed objects and pay

their debts. In the same vein, the Romans offered their words to their ‘God of Transition’.

During which happy occasion, all these stuffs usually took place?


*

Happy New Year*


In response to the ‘May Day’ celebrations for workers and labours, and to foster deep devotion

among Catholics, a certain ‘carpenter’ (vis) was given a special honour by a gentleman named Eugenio Maria

Pacelli (chronologically the 260th in an illustrated list)in 1955.

Highly revered in this part of Bengal, who was this ‘carpenter’?


1


1

St. Joseph1


During their adventurous few weeks under the sea at the German and Japanese submarines, Abid Hassan got

the chance to know more personal details about Netaji, like his daily routine, food preferences and

others.

Though he was not initially sure, how did he ultimately come to the conclusion that Netaji was a ‘Bangalee’?


2

He can eat any dish-of-fish

after easily peeling off its bones

2


73-year old Tatsuo Horiuchi found his passion in digital art 13 years ago. This is one of his highly

appreciated artworks.

What does he use to create his high-tech masterpieces?


3


3

MS Excel3


Chris Gayle smashed a few records playing for

Rangpur Riders in the last BPL. The logo of the team

has an uncanny resemblance with

someone’s signature

symbol.

Whose symbol?


4

J.R.R. Tolkien4


Considered equivalent to Kashi or Rameswaram, the temple town in Kumbakonam is highly revered

among the devotees. Lacs of devotees pay their obeisance to the deity in this temple at Kootanur in

Kumbakonam.

What is so special about this statue of the deity?


5


5

Only statue of Ganesha

with a Human Face

5


Whose flag was introduced thus, in the issue # 246 of Action Comics?


6

Krypton6


In The Simpsons Movie, when Green Day made an appeal for environmental action, they were booed and pelted with trash. To make matters worse, the bargethey were performing on is corroded by the polluted

waters in Lake Springfield, and started to sink. As this happened, the band members pull out violins and start playing ‘Nearer My God To Thee’ as the barge sank,

killing them all.

This particular sequence is supposedly inspired from which reallife incident?


7

Sinking of RMS Titanic7


The song NMGTT is believed to be the last song that the

band aboard the RMS Titanic played as the ship was

sinking.

Here's a bronze-statue of a Sanskrit Professor from

Sir ParashurambhauCollege, Pune. You'll find

this installed at a popular venue inaugurated in

2012, whose ‘name’ was unceremoniously left

deserted in 2013.

Just, identify the gentleman.


8

Prof. D.B. Deodhar8


Taken from the 1955 movie ‘Bandish’…sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by HemantaMukherjee….Whose only (credited) work as

lyricist?


9

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Pt. Ravi Shankar9


Introduced into the celebrity hairdresser Antoine’s Paris salon around 1909, the bobbed hairstyle (vis)

created an immediate impact. The year 1909 also played an important role to establish X’s role

(supposedly the inspiration) behind this hairstyle. WWI allied soldiers later carry X’s image with them in the battlefield. In fact, the style got an informal name also -

‘Coupe a la X’.

Who was X?


10


10

Joan of Arc10


Hakikat Entertainment’s ambitious venture – Online Gurukul, was launched with much fanfare with the

objective of reviving the forgotten grandeur of Indian history. ‘Admission’ was supposed to start pretty soon but the project was stalled midway.

Why?


11

Gurmeet Ram Rahim

is in Jail

11


The book is yet to be published but already a television drama series has been planned by

Showtime. This political crime thriller, revolving a sitting President, promises a kinetic experience, one ‘that the book world has salivated over for months’.

Who is going to make his/her debut as a writer through this eagerly awaited book?


12

Bill Clinton12


Carolina Marin’s campaign at the All England Open Badminton Championships came to a disappointing

end after she lost to Thailand’s RatchanokIntanon in the quarterfinals on March 28, 2015.

Why did this headline, create a bigger headline in India?


13

Saina Nehwal became the

No. 1 ranked shuttler

13


During Pope John Paul II’s 3rd visit to the USA in 1987, a lot of diplomatic changes took place. He was

officially received as a Head of State by Ronald Reagan. His 10-day tour -- which included stops in Columbia,

S.C., New Orleans, San Francisco, Detroit and Los Angeles, where he met with Clint Eastwood - coincided with bicentennial celebrations of the Constitution.

Also to honour him, a small, but very significant, deletion was made to an iconic landmark.

What was deleted?


14

One L was deleted from

HOLLYWOOD sign

14


It’s origin is highly debated. Sometimes credit is given to Al Tucker and his brother Gerald of Oklahoma

Baptist University and sometimes to David Thompson of North Carolina State University.

What is this move called?


15

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Alley Oop15


Round 3

Write Bros.


Written Round

The round is about inspired works


+ 10 marks : (without stake)

+ 15 / - 05 : (with stake)

This Coat of Arms of an European city famously inspired which award/medallion?


*

The Golden Palm

at Cannes

*


The statues installed at the Wimbledon before the 2008 edition was inspired from which work of art,

discovered on 29 March 1974 by some farmers digging a water well near Mount Li?


1

Which London-born lady having a deep-rooted attachment to this land, is supposedly the inspiration

behind this character played by Ileana De Cruz in a recent movie?


2

This cartoonpublished in

the New Yorker magazine in

2015 was heavily

inspired by which

painting?


3

This dramatic scene from the recent movie ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ has been inspired from which

iconic work-of-art?


4

This peppy dance-number by the Turkish group Ottawan has greatly inspired a portly-gentleman to

create what?


5

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The statues installed at the Wimbledon before the 2008 edition was inspired from which work of art,

discovered on 29 March 1974 by some farmers digging a water well near Mount Li?


1

Terracotta Army1


Which London-born lady having a deep-rooted attachment to this land, is supposedly the inspiration

behind this character played by Ileana De Cruz in a recent movie?


2

Maharani Gayatri Devi2


This cartoonpublished in

the New Yorker magazine in

2015 was heavily

inspired by which

painting?


3

‘The Death of Socrates’ by

Jacques-Louis David

3


This dramatic scene from the recent movie ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ has been inspired from which

iconic work-of-art?


4

The Last Supper4


This peppy dance-number by the Turkish group Ottawan has greatly inspired a portly-gentleman to

create what?


5

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Round 4

Mixed Bag II


15 Questions

Infinite Bounce + Pounce


+ 10 marks : (Bounce)

+ 10 / - 05 : (Pounce)

Half Points available as and when

specified by QM

The original plan was to make a replica of Lucknow’sCharbagh Railway Station (vis). Because of fund

constraints, the plan was remodelled.

Identify this station which has one of the largest interlocking route system in the world.


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Kanpur Central Station*


Mousumi Parial, daughter of an engineer with the Indian Railways, passed her higher secondary

examination from Sunity Academy, Cooch Behar. Her life took a turn during a local train journey when she used to be a student of Visual Arts at Shanti Niketan.

Currently a leading name in her field of expertise, with which godly-name is she better known to us?


1

Parvati Baul1


Where have one see (or missed to see) the Japanese sushi recipes scanned from the cookbooks of

Japanese Cuisine of a certain Mrs. Whitley?


2

The Matrix Codes2


During the 1870’s, a severe outbreak of drought took place in Mysore. A large number of people came into

Bangalore, where relief was available. These people had to work on the Bangalore-Mysore railway line in

exchange for food and grains. In extreme desperation, the municipal council even decided to resort to rituals and

prayer. A group of Brahmins stood on the parched bed of the river Kaveri. On the twelfth day it rained. All these events ultimately inspired someone to write a novel

which later on won the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Name it.


3

The Guide3


In a recent interaction, when asked about the futuristic world dominated by robots, X replied ‘not to

watch too many hollywood movies and also not to listen too much of Elon Musk’. On a tour to different

cities, X also visited India and enthralled the audience appearing in traditional attire.

Who is X?


4

Sophia – the humanoid

Robot

4


Padma Bhusan Prof. S.P. Chatterjee, considered to be the doyen of Indian Geography, was the Founder-Director

of National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization. During his days at Sorbonne, he wrote a thesis on a

particular plateau in India. The climate of this region prompted him to refer to it by a certain name using Sanskrit root words. Officially that very name was

accepted by the central authority as the name of that region.

What name, thus owes its origin to a scientific thesis?


5

Meghalaya5


Since long time, the weight loss companies are doing pretty brisk business. One such company was the Reduco

Corporation who had offices in New York City and Boston. It’s only known product – ‘Obesity Slayer’,

gained recognition in 1944 and 1948 especially and forever etched in memory of the fans.

Who was their only brand ambassador?


6

Alfred Hitchcock6


Couple of months before the Rio Olympics, the implemented move was meant for goodwill but it

ultimately snowballed into a controversy. Entire drama has been beautifully depicted by this Amul ad.

What was the issue?


7

Appointment of Salman Khan

as Goodwill Ambassador

7


The language Ramasee was active in the Indian subcontinent since the 1500s and in its heydays, had about 100,000 speakers. But it became extinct by the

1850s, after a heavy crackdown upon its speakers.

Which particular group of people used to speak Ramasee?

(The group itself is responsible for the creation of a word in English language)


8

Thugees8


Fabian Escalante, after his years of experience as a Diplomat has written quite a few number of books on some eventful chapters of his professional life. In one of his books, titled ‘Executive Action’ he vividly described more than 600 failed methods that had

been employed to execute a particular task. The methods included the application of a sea-shell, a

customised diving suit and botox.

What was that book all about?


9

Assassination Attempts

on Castro

9


This budding artist (vis) pursued a five-year course in Fine Arts from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai through

distance as a private student, so that he could apply as a drawing teacher at schools, but he discontinued.

Which elderly gentleman whom everyone came to know for the first time in 1971, gave him his reason

for immortality?


10


10

Chacha Chowdhury10


The alluringly dusky-voiced American soprano Nicole Piccolomini is playing whom in this opulent stage

production?


11

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Padmavati11


The landlocked nation has officially never undertook the job on its own and uses the data as procured by one of it’s neighbours in 1954. The job-in-question involves

an iconic entity, considered most central to the country’s economy, which also found it’s rightful place

in the national symbol. The confusion regarding the exact value started in the wake of a natural disaster

which took place in the recent past.

Targeted to be completed within next two years, which ambitious project is that?


12

Measurement

of Mt. Everest by Nepal

12


This melodious song from the film Sangdil became the signature song of the singer, rendered in what appears

to be his own, effortless style. But as per the filmy folklore, it required 17 retakes to record it perfectly as he fluffed his lines repeatedly. It prompted the music

composer Sajjad Hussain to dub him ‘_____ ________’, rhyming after his name.

What did Hussain call him?


13

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Galat Mahmood13


Galat Mahmood

The site, having a deep cultural and historical significance, is located near a rille popularly called ‘U.S. Highway Number 1’. It is on the Heritage Register of California and New Mexico. Although Texas, despite having a closer connection, couldn’t incorporate it into

it’s Heritage List as it is located way outside it’s geographical boundaries.

Which place is this?


14

The Tranquility Base14


Ready for the


15

During the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London, a Food-Festival had been organised by IOC.

Committed to deliver a tastier, healthier & greener Games, a food-vision, with themes like Food safety and

hygiene & Environmental management, had been chalked out. During the course of the Games, more than 14 million meals, across 40 different locations were

served.

Like many other partner nations who sent lot of indigenous food items for this cause, what was the most noted contribution of Indian Govt. to that food festival?

Tulaipanji Rice15


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