Brain sparks the mains

Congratulations!!
To our SIX Finalists...

• Rules will be simple and will inform to you before
every Round of the Quiz.
• There will be 6 rounds in the Quiz.
• No tolerance for ‘aaahhh’ and ‘uuuhhh’s during the
answer of a quiz.
• Don’t shout out the answers and don’t make
useless noises. The Quizmaster hates everyone
equally. So you may have some chances of
disqualifications.
• Avoid behaving like a Grammar Nazi.
Best of Luck...

• Direct Questions in clockwise direction.
• 6 questions will be there.
• 10 points for Direct answers.
• 5 points for passes.
• No pounce for The WARM UP Round.

• X keeps on developing until our late 40s.It utilizes 20%
of total oxygen. It produces enough electricity to power
a small light bulb. It never feels pain. X was 10% bigger
20,000 years ago than it appeared to be now. If we
remove half part of X by surgery it will not affect our
personality.
• Y is an American pop band formed in Los Angeles in
1971 by two brothers Ron Mael & Russell Mael
renamed from Halfnelson. Y’s music is often
accompanied by intelligent, sophisticated & acerbic
lyrics. Y is best known for the songs “This Town Ain’t
Big Enough for Both of Us”. Y’s musical style varies
dramatically over their 40 year career.
• Now crack and join X & Y you will get a new word.
• Tell me what is the word I am looking for.

X= Brain Y=Sparks
So, it is....
Enjoy the Quiz...

• Initially this place contains very few numbers of family
in it and there lived a Baba in a small cottage named
Pagla Baba and that’s why the place was known as
Pagla Babar Than. But later it got an another name
Madhupur.
• Though at first it was a place surrounded by a forest but
later some Pandanus odorifer or simply, Fragrant Screw
Pine tree appeared in that forest. This small branched
tree with their fragrant flowers gave the place name Y.
• But it was the curse of nature that all Pandanus
odorifer disappears and it caused a little deformation in
its name X , which is its present name.
• So Tell me its new name or Simply give me X.

Julia Roberts renamed her children Hazel as
Laxmi, Phinnaeus as Ganesh & Henry as Krishn
Balram after visiting Swami Daram Dev of Hari
Mandir Ashram in Pataudi.

• X is TV show which is establishing itself as one of
the most popular TV shows in India. Obviously it is
going to break the all times TV records in India.
Though it has some controversies too.
• Its original format was developed by John de Mol
for a Dutch TV reality show. In India its first launch
date was 3 November,2006.
• Actually the set of X is re-built for every season. The
set location for X was in Lonavla,Pune earlier but
later it was shifted to ND Studios in Karjat.
• What is X ??
• Image follows.

Obviously, it is Bigg Boss..
Quizzers issee apna hi Q.M. samjho...

• He was a leader of Indian National Congress and a
freedom fighter who was put behind bar in the
Jorhat Jail in 1942. After independence he was
elected thrice for the post of Chief Minister. During
his time he enacted Assam Official Language
Act,1960.In his second term the issue of illegal
migration came up and he took active steps to
deport 3,00,000 illegal entrants.
• He strongly opposed the division of Assam into
smaller states. Only after his death the State of
Assam was broken down into smaller states.
• He was awarded Padma Vibhusan in 1971.
• Who is HE here ??

Former CM of Assam
BIMLA PRASAD CHALIHA

• The term X was first coined by a Scottish
Engineer and Physicist named William Rankine
during the 19th century. However the concept
of X was given by Aristotle earlier. There are
two main types of X.
• X comes under an another scientific term Y,
which means “activity operation” in Greek
Language and coined by scientist Thomas
Young. X & Y shares the same unit.
• Now tell me what is X & Y .
• Trust me X is very important for this Quiz.

What was the theme for the
1st Round of the Quiz?

The Theme is nothing but the Quiz..
BRAIN SPARKS

The 1st Question says the name itself.
The 2nd Question says the venue for the event.
The 3rd Question is somewhere related to Goddess
Lakshmi but in a Hollywood style.
The 4th one gives the date of the Quiz because Bigg
Boss season 10 is starting from tonight.(16th oct.)
The 5th Question gives the name Bimala, the donor
of the prize money Smt. Bimala Medhi.
Thanks to her !!
And finally we get the tagline from the final
question of the round.
“Check the Potential of Your Brain”

Minimal Poster of which Movie ?

 This Round contains 6 Questions.
 Questions will be asked in the reverse way.
 For Direct question 10 marks.
 5 marks for passes.(Unless you don’t pounce)
 Pounce is allowed.
 +10/-10 for pounce.

This is a first page of a famous Assamese novel.
Name the novel & the movie made on the basis of it.

This Clock is made with 14 working trucks
by which company?

Google-Doodle for which occasion?

Google marked the 125th birth anniversary
of Indian Mathematician Srinivasa
Ramanujan. The doodle showed a child
etching out geometrical figures and linear
equations on the ground using a stick like
Ramanujan did in his childhood. Also the
doodle showed the numeric value of Pi to
the 21st decimal point.

BelatedHB’DtoGandhiji&LalBahadurShastri.

This Round contains 6 Questions.
Direct Questions in Clockwise direction.
For direct Questions 10 marks and No
passing.
Other team can Pounce.
+10/-10 for Pounce.

 Each year nearly 100 Indian Govt. Employees are
imprisoned for 9 days in an underground room which is
sealed and guarded by Indian Intelligence Officers. Food for
them is prepared under the supervision of intelligence
officers.
 Before they enter to this prison halwa is made for them
and eaten by all. No one is allowed to leave under any
pretext and cellphones, radio,TVs are strictly prohibited in
that zone.
 Ironically, this isn’t a punishment, it’s a Job.
 Then what is it?

The printing & binding of
The Indian Budget.

Amul print ad..
But what have been blanked out??

• The X is common form of urban transport, both as a
vehicle for hire or for private use. In 1947,Corradino
D’Ascanio aircraft designer at Piaggio and inventor
of the Vespa came up with the idea of building a
light vehicle X to power Italy’s post war economic
reconstruction. There are many different types of X.
• One type of X know as Y in India was officially
banned in the city of Pune in 2003 by the Regional
Transport Authority because of its carriage capacity
and its light behaviour.
• What are X & Y ??

• Mr.X is the living legend, creating ripples even at the
age of 73. Honouring the superstar Mr.Sanjay
Patodia built a temple of X with his photo and shoes
placed on a larger chair. The temple is built at
Shridhar Road in Kolkata, India in 2001.
• Morever, a chalisa has also been written on Mr.X. A
pilgrimage takes place two times every year. First on
11 October and second on 2 August. The pilgrims
start from Kolkata and ends in Mumbai.
• Who is this legendary person X ??

• It is an Indian CGI animated sitcom TV series
adapted from comic strip on LOTPOT. It focuses
on two intimate friends living in a fictional city
X.
• It tells how they come across many hilarious
situations and later rescue themselves merely
by luck.
• What am I talking about and give me X.

Remember this childhood days
from Furfuri Nagar ???

• Anna Jarvis started this campaign and was
so disturbed when the concept was made
commercial. She tried to copy right the
concept but ended up without success.
• It is considered to be one of the most popular
days for dining out in US and EUROPE.
• Which concept is being talked about ??

The
Take it or leave it
Round..

The Round Contains 6 Questions.
No Direct Questions.
Only Open Pounce. So if you know the answer
raise your hand.
For Safe Pounce +10/-10.
+20/-20 for Double Pounce.
Negative marking if you shout out the answer.

 X’s cartoons are well known for depicting complicated
devices that performed simple tasks in indirect
convoluted ways.
 The “Professor Butts & the Self-Operating Napkin” is
one of the famous example. It is activated when soup
spoon(A) is raised to mouth, pulling string(B) and
thereby jerking lable(C),which throws cracker(D) past
parrot(E).Parrot jumps after cracker and perch(F)
tilts,upsetting seeds(G) into pail(H).Extra weight in pail
pulls cord(I),which opens and ignites lighter(J),setting
off skyrocket(K),which causes sickle(L) to cut
string(M),allowing pendulum with attached Napkin to
swing back & forth, thereby wiping chin.
 In 1931, Merriam Webster adopted the word X as an
adjective defined as accomplishing something simple
through complicated means.

 She is an Indian film actress and beauty pageant
winner from a Gujarati origin. She was crowned
Femina Teen Princes India in 1975. In the
same year she represented India at International
Teen Princess and was crowned 2nd Runner Up.
She also won two sub-awards Miss Photogenic
and Miss Bikini awards.
 In 1978 she started her film career with Dev Anand
and her last film released in 1991.She was in a live-
in relationship with Rajesh Khanna. After break
up she was romantically involved with Sanjay
Dutt.
 Later she married one of the richest businessmen.

This item or household material includes the
following ingredients in it -----
Sorbitol, Silica, Sodium Lauryl
Sulphate, Sodium Carboxymethyl
Cellulose, Cocamindopropyl
Beatine
Polyethylene glycol 600, Sodium
Saccharin and Sodium Fluoride
with little flavor in aqueous base.
What is the Item ?

The item we need early in the
morning.

We know X better in its abbreviated form is an
online database of information related to films,
television programs and video games, including
cast, production crew, fictional characters,
biographies, plot, trivia and reviews.
It was launched in 1990 by computer programmer
Col Needham. It became a subsidiary of
Amazon.com, who were then able to use it as an
advertising resource for selling DVDs.
As on last month, it has approximately 3.9 million
titles and 7.4 million personalities in it. It is ranked
58 in Alexa Top Global Sites Ranking.
What is this X, I am talking about ??

Id him..
What is his claim to Fame??

Norman Gilbert Pritchard
was the first Indian-Born
athlete to Participate in the
Olympic Games in Paris
ina1900 & won two Silver
medals.

*This is a brand of Indian Whisky owned by Pernod
Richard launched in 1997. It is a blend of Indian
Grain Spirits with imported Scotch malts. It is
made targeting the ages 25-35 year old males.
*Advertising alcoholic beverages is banned in India as
per the Cable Television Network Amendment Bill. So
this brand circumvents the ban through Surrogate
advertising. It also made a feature-length film
called ____ in 2011, with a budget of 10million.
*This brand was also an official sponsor of The
World Series Hockey in 2012. This brand has
also sponsored music concerts in India.
*Which Brand ??

WeknowwhatisPinkCollarJobor
whatisGreyCollarJob..
NowtellmeWhatisBlackCollarJob??

*The worker involved in mining or the oil
industry.
*The worker involved in Black Activities.

Again 6 Questions in this Round.
No Direct Questions.
Only Open Pouce.
For Safe Pounce +10/-10 .
+20/-20 for Double Pounce.

• D.W.Griffth was an American film director,writer,
and producer who pioneered modern filmmaking
techniques. He is known for his groundbreaking
films The Birth of a Nation & Intolerance. He
is known as the “Inventor of Hollywood”. He was
one of the founders of United Artists.
• He introduced one of the modern techniques for
the first time in his movie which is now used in
cinemas. An early example of this technique is
found in the Ramayana & Mahabharata.
• What is the technique ?

• One day I was in San Francisco in a coffee shop and
I was thinking ___ is a good name. And then a
waitress came and I said, “Do you know about __?”
And she said yes. I said, “What do you know about
it?” She said, “Open Sesame”. And I said, “Yes! This
is the name!”
• Then I went on to the street and found 30 people
and asked them the same thing. People from
India,Germany,Tokyo and China..they all knew
about ___. So...easy to spell and globally known.
• The company founder X explained the company
name. Which company ??

Watch the video carefully..
From Badlapur...

In the end of the video the lady
referred to “Maratha Mandir”.
So, What is the claim to fame of
Maratha Mandir ?

Maratha Mandir is a cinema hall in
Mumbai. The theatre created a
record after screening the movie
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge for 1009 weeks
since its release in 1995, until 19
February 2015.

If----
 Ailurophobia is Fear to Cat.
Cynophobia is Fear to Dog.
Ergophobia is Fear to Work.
Emetophobia is Fear of Vomiting.
Then What is Gynephobia ??

 Assamese flavour... Observe the pictures
and then connect to a song...

SokolaTengatiOkoleNkhabiAmkoEsokolde...

The earliest recorded instance of men or women
wearing a __ comes from ancient Persian riders. It
has been commonly stated that the first instance of
the wear of __ involved the 1533 marriage between
Catherine de’ Medici with the Duke of Orleans. She
wore __ made in Florence for her wedding. As a
result Italian __ became the norm for ladies of the
Duke’s court in France. Since the World War II,__
have fallen in and out of popular fashion several
times, when lower heels & even flats predominated.
What have been blanked out ???

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