Chakravyuh 2016 Finals

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Q1.
Connect and give X (exhaustive)
1. Ajit Wadekar
2. Farukh Engineer
3. Syed Abed Ali
4. B.S Chandrashekhar
5. Chetan Chauhan
6. TE Srinivasan
7. Dilip Doshi
8. Utpal Chatterjee
9. Sameer Dighe
10. X
X is a left-handed opening batsman, who has played for
Central Zone, India Red and Rajasthan Royals (part points)

Ans:
Players who've made their ODI debuts for India over the
age of 30
X- Faiz Fazal

Q2.
“The Castle of Otranto" is a novel by Horace Walpole
published in 1764. It is regarded as the first _______ novel,
starting a genre which grew to popularity in the 18th and
19th century, with the prominence of writers like Bram
Stoker, Edgar Allen Poe and Daphne du Maurier. Walpole
was the first to incorporate what became classic _______
set pieces and tropes such as mysterious sounds, secret
passages, cursed families, romantic love among other
which became staples of the genre. FITB

Q3
Confession of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 biopic about the
life of TV presenter, X, who doubled as a CIA assassin. The
movie starred Sam Rockwell, Julia Roberts, Drew
Barrymore and marked the directorial debut of George
Clooney.
X was a popular TV presenter known for TV shows like The
Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. However at the
same time he was hired by the CIA during the Cold War to
carry out assassinations in Helsinki and East Berlin.
ID X

Q4
At one time the Phrygians were without a king. An oracle at
Telmissus (the ancient capital of Phrygia) decreed that the next
man to enter the city driving an ox-cart should become their king.
A peasant farmer named Y drove into town on an ox-cart. His
position had also been predicted earlier by an eagle landing on
his cart, a sign to him from the gods, and, on entering the city, X
was declared king. Out of gratitude, his son Midas dedicated the
ox-cart to the Phrygian god Sabazios and tied it to a post with an
intricate knot of cornel bark.
Legend also has it that when Y stopped through Phrygia during
his conquest, in order to free the ox cart, Y cut through the knot.
This story gave rise to a phrase used in the English language,
used to describe an impossible task, only solved by out of the
box thinking. What phrase?

Q5
X-Y is a 66 year old poet from Sambalpur, Odisha. Despite
him being only educated till the third grade, he is regarded
as one of the most prominent poets of the Kosli language,
and was the forefront of the Sambalpuri - Kosli language
movement for inclusion in 8th schedule of the Constitution.
Today his poems are taught to Ph.D students, and his style
is imitated by other poets in what is termed as X-Dhara. In
2016 he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions.
ID X-Y(image on next slide)

Q6
X is an avant garde ballet and orchestral work by Igor
Stravinsky. It was extremely controversial for its time for the
choreography and music. It also showed various pagan
customs, including human sacrifice, which shocked the
aristocratic audience. While originally designed as a stage
piece, the music achieved greater recognition and is known
as one of the most influential pieces of the 20th century.
ID X

Ans:
Le Sacre du Printemp or The Rite of Spring

Q7.
A _______, also known as kawataro, literally translates to
'river child'. It is believed to be a water demon in Japanese
folklore, often luring children into lakes and pools and
pulling them in. While the depictions of their appearance
vary from region to region, they are mostly described as
humanoid, roughly the size of a child with scaly reptilian
skin. They also possess a beak, a shell, a plate, and a flat
portion on the top of the head, which must always be wet or
full of water. This is supposed to be the source of its power.
A ________ star, unrelated in etymology, is the tenth star in
a constellation. FITB

Q8
The image shown was posted by Facebook on June 12th
2016, to celebrate Independence Day in Philippines.
However the image caused a lot of controversy among the
general populace. Eventually Facebook had to take the
image down and post a formal apology stating that the
mistake was unintentional, and was in good faith in order to
connect with their users in Philippines on their
Independence Day. What was the controversy? (image on
next slide)

Ans:
Colours of the flag are inverted, which is only done during
wartime. So essentially Facebook declared war in
Philippines

Q9.
LN Khurana was one of the founder members of the
Archery Association of India (AAI). Mool Chand Chowhan
was an Indian sports official who served as the head of the
Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). Jasdev Singh is an
Indian sports commentator who has covered many big
sporting events. N Ramachandran is the current President
of WSF (World Squash Federation). Who else is missing
from this exhaustive list and what is this list about?

Ans:
Indira Gandhi, Only Indians to receive Olympic Order

Q10
The flag of a city is shown.
The first star represents Fort Dearborn.
The second represents a great fire of 1871.
The third represents the World Columbian Exposition in
1893.
The fourth represents the Century of Progress Exposition
of 1933.
Which city? (image on next slide)

Q11
The name of the city comes from a Bhutanese term which
means a place where warm clothes are traded. Another
suggestion is that the first half of the word means olive and
the next half means a place. It is said that the city once had
many olive trees, due to which it is named so. Which city
are we talking about?

Q12
ID the singer and the language he is singing in (part points)

Ans:
Mohammed Rafi singing in Dutch

Q13.
Id the blanked out part (image on next slide)

Q14
Vishal Malhotra is an actor who played a cameo in Ragini
MMS 2, which went unnoticed. However, he starred in a
commercial which was released in February 2015, which
made him famous overnight. The creators of the
commercial used photos from his Facebook profile to
experiment with his different-aged looks for the
commercial. The actor has also featured in several other
commercials with brands such as Sony, KFC and Priya
Gold Biscuits. His most recent silver screen apperance was
in the movie "1920 London". Which commercial made him
famous overnight?

Q15.
X is a name used to refer to a pagan deity or demon,
associated with the underworld and envisaged as a
powerful primordial being, whose very name had been
taboo. X is the central character in Voltaire's 1756 short
story "Plato's Dream", which is considered by many to be
one of the earliest Modern works in the genre of science
fiction. In the poem X by Álvaro de Campos (an alter ego of
Portuguese writer and poet Fernando Pessoa), the writer is
afraid of becoming mad by learning the true nature and
unveiling the mystery of life. X became popular due to
release of Y after July 15, 2016. Id X and Y. (part points)

A15.
X- Demogorgon & Y- Stranger Things

Q16.
This is a dress worn by Dutch model Valentijn de Hingh
which has flags of 72 countries, some of which are
Bangladesh, Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, India amongst
others. The dress was prepared for a specific event which
happened from 26th July to 7th August, 2016 in
Amsterdam, Netherlands and was attended by
approximately 560,000 people. Why the dress specifically
has the flags of those 72 countries and which event am I
talking about? (image on next slide)
(no part points)

Ans:
These are countries where homosexuality is still illegal.
The dress was made for Europride

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Q17.
After X was denied a seat in the French Academy of
Sciences in 1911, due to a tabloid scandal involving the
widowed X’s romantic relationship with Paul Langevin, Y
sent X this encouraging note and told X to ignore haters. Id
X & Y. (image on next slide) (part points)

Ans:
X- Marie Curie & Y- Albert Einstein

Q18
1. You have a great need for other people to like and admire you.
2. You have a tendency to be critical of yourself.
3. You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not
turned to your advantage.
4. While you have some personality weaknesses, you are
generally able to compensate for them.
These are 4 out of 13 statements presented by psychologist X in
1948 to his students, as a 'personalized personality sketch' in
response to a dummy psychological test. In truth, everyone got
the same personality sketches, and a surprisingly high number
students found the generalized broad statements to be 'almost
tailor-made to their personalities'. Today this phenomenon is
called the X effect after the psychologist, or Y effect, after Y, a
renowned entertainer and a notorious hoaxer who often gave out
such pseudo-psychological tests to audiences who thronged to
his "museums". Give X or Y (full points for either answer)

Ans:
X- Forer effect after Bertram Forer
Y- Barnum effect after P.T. Barnum

Q19
Rise Up (Colours of Peace) was a musical project to turn the
poems and writings of X into songs. A selective collection had
already been published as English language translations under
the title Broken Piectrum. A total of 50 poems were sent to
various Muslim and non-Muslim artists coming from various
countries with the artists given freedom to pick, and then
compose and vocalize the poem chosen, record it in their own
country studios and send it back for inclusion in planned album.
Reportedly, no restrictions were put on the artists in using of
instrumentation, despite reservations by stricter Muslim
interpretations about music and use of musical instruments. The
album turned out to be a genuine international album of world
music encompassing various genres like jazz, pop, flamenco,
rai, Indian music amongst others. The person X was very much
in news in June 2016. Identify X.

Q20.
X is a South African sportswoman who has represented her
country in both cricket and athletics. In athletics, she
competes as a javelin thrower, and has won a silver medal
at 2016 Olympics. As a cricketer, she represented the
South African national team between 2000 and 2002,
including at the 2000 World Cup in New Zealand. After her
silver medal at Olympics, media said her to be the first
international cricketer to win an Olympic medal in the 96
years history of the event, a claim which is still contested.
Id X.

Q21.
Falling Down is a 1993 neo-noir film by Joel Schumacher
starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. It shows
William Foster, played by Michael Douglas going on a
violent rampage as he's trying to get to his estranged ex-
wife's house in time for his daughter's birthday party. The
title of movie draws from the nursery rhyme 'London Bridge
is Falling Down', describing Foster's mental breakdown due
to the pressures of life, poverty, economy and
commercialism.
The movie serves as inspiration for the music video of a
2011 song by a prominent American Rock Band. Which
song? (image on next slide)

Q22.
The Wiz is a 1978 American musical adventure film. It is an
urban reimagining of Lyman Frank Baum's classic
children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". Featuring
an entirely African-American cast, The Wiz was loosely
adapted from a 1974 Broadway musical of the same name.
Who plays the character of Scarecrow in the film? (image
on next slide)

Q23
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, known as the father of
photojournalism, was the first full time editor of X, the post
being previously held by John Hyde, a statistician with the
US Department of Agriculture. He was also the first full-time
employee of X, appointed by the then president of X, and
his father-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell. Grosvenor is
regarded with making the publication what it is today, a
leading publication of science and education. ID X

Q24
During the Hundred Years War, the English longbowmen
were the bane of the French troops and any archer caught
had his index and middle fingers cut off, essentially
rendering him useless. This led to something that is still
prevalent in the United Kingdom, generally used as an
insult. What?

Q25
She was a princess and ruler from Bundi, Rajasthan. She
was married to Rana Sanga of Chittorgarh and was mother
of Rana Vikramaditya and Rana Uday Singh, and
grandmother of the legendary Maharana Pratap. A train
named after her runs between Ahmedabad Junction and
Mumbai Central. Also, her name was a proposed name for
renaming of Ahmedabad. Which queen I am talking about?

Q26
An Encounter with Faces is a 1979 documentary by X. This film,
without narration, attempts to capture the mood and plight of the
children's homes at Dongri and Mankhurd in Bombay. It was nominated
for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category.
However X is far more famously known for several other ventures,
predominantly his comedies which have seen tremendous success at
the box office.
His half-brother Chandramauli ________, was a gold medalist in
Sanskrit and Persian from University of Punjab in 1942. After a brief
spell of tuberculosis, he wrote a subjective column about his
experiences which was published in Adab-e-Mashriq in Lahore. He also
wrote a book about his experiences in the Partition titled Aur Insaan
Mar Gaya. However he is most famously known for his contribution to
film and television, where he started as an assistant stage manager in
Prithvi Theatre. He went on to direct several plays, movies and TV
shows, the last one being Sai Baba. ID X. And how to we better know
Chandramauli? (part points)

Ans
X- Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Ramanand Sagar

Q27
This is a video released by British Film Institute (BFI),
which it considers to be the oldest surviving cricket video.
The video features X practicing in nets during England's
1897-98 Ashes tour of Australia. Id X. Also, from which
fielding position is the video captured? (part points)
Video link

Ans
X - Maharaja Ranjitsinhji and Position - Silly mid off

Q28
This is a trilogy of documentary films directed by Joe
Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. The trilogy is about is about
three teenagers - Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols and
Jason Baldwin, who came to be known as "West Memphis
Three" and who were accused of the murder and sexual
mutilation of three prepubescent boys. The first film is
named as ________ ____: The Child Murders at Robin
Hood Hills, the second film is named as _______ ____ 2:
Revelations whereas the third film is named as ________
____ 3: Purgatory. FITB and all blanks are the same.

Q29.
Colonel Richard ___________ was a British soldier and
intelligence officer who served in Africa and Middle East
during World War I. He is most famously known for duping
the Germans by planting fake intelligence on sandwich
wrapping papers, and putting it in a camelskin bag covered
in blood, in order for it to look like it had been taken from a
messenger. This particular maneuver became famous by
his name, and played a huge role in Winston Churchill
creating several other operations to plant fake intelligence
among the Germans. The maneuver also is the name of
the third episode of a popular TV show- wherein one of the
characters goes in to great depth to explain the deception
only to have it foiled in the end. FITB

Ans
Meinertzhagen of Meinertzhagen’s Haversack fame

Q30
My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception is a 1999 indie
comedy film by Martin Guigui. The story according to IMDB
is as follows: 'The bride's ex-boyfriend is a member of the
band, a collection of musical misfits, at an Italian-Jewish
wedding." The movie was shot entirely in Vermont on a
measly budget of $500,000.
The most notable celebrity appearance in the movie is
_______, in the role of Rabbi Manny Shevitz. _________ is
also known for his album We Shall Overcome which
includes folk music and spoken word which was narrated
by _______. FITB

Q31
The Katzbalger is a short Renaissance arming sword,
known for its sturdy build. It was used as a sidearm by
pikemen and spearmen for close combat where the primary
weapon would be ineffective. It was generally carried
without a scabbard, thus possibly lending it it's name? How
did the name Katzbalger come about?

Ans
It was carried around in holsters made of cat fur or cat skin,
hence Katz- balger

Q32
X, when asked about how he landed a role in this movie
explained in an interview with the San Diego Reader: "Before I
was cast in the part I owned a bakery called Henry's Bakery and
Deli right across the street from the casting agency where Court
13 had their studio. They used to come over and have lunch or
breakfast in the morning. After a few months we kinda developed
a relationship. They used to put these fliers in the bakery with a
phone number to call if you were interested in appearing in one
of their movies." X read for the part, and was chosen. X further
says, "I was in Hurricane Katrina in neck-high water. I have an
inside understanding for what this movie is about. I brought a
passion to the part that an outside actor who had never seen a
storm or been in a flood or faced losing everything couldn't have.
… I was two-years-old when Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans
and my parents had to put me on the roof of the house. An
outsider couldn't have brought the passion to the role that I did."
Id X and name the movie. (no part points)

Ans
X- Dwight Henry
Movie- Beasts of the Southern Wild

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