research by Sowrag S Nair and Harishanker P

2. ROUND 1

3.  6 qustions
 bounce and pounce
 +10 bouncing
 +10/-10 pouncing
 no negatives for direct answer

5. Safety Slide

7. Ilanjithara Melam is an assembly of percussion performance artist held
at Ilanji tree at the courtyard of the famous temple in kerala.Correct
number of instrumentalists participating in Melam is 222. But more than
250 instrumentalists assemble because of its prominence and various
other reasons. 100 Chendas (In Edanthala and Valanthala categories),
75 Elathalams 21 Kombu and 21 Kurunkuzhal is the number of
instruments in each category.
 When we could see ilanjithara melam.

8. Safety Slide

10. X was appointed as the
Inspector General of Police on
21st of August, 1948. He
continued as Inspector General
of Police even after the merger of
Travancore and Cochin in1952
and he was appointed as the first
Inspector General of Police after
the formation Kerala State in
1956 thus becoming first IG of
kerala.
A prominent football stadium in
kerala is named after him which
is operated by Kerala Police
Sports & Youth Welfare Society

11. Safety Slide

13. The first X you see as you get down the bus or jhankar at Fort Kochi is
called 'bank ____' (it was bought with a bank loan). Then there is 'Andru
____' and many others, named by their owners.
what is X which is believed to have been introduced in Kochi by Chinese
explorer Zheng He, from the court of the Kubla Khan.

14. Safety Slide

16. The earliest recorded use of the phrase as applied
to New Zealand was as the title of a poem about
New Zealand written by Thomas Bracken. It was
published in a book of his poems in 1890. This
phrase later popularised by New Zealand's longest
serving prime minister Richard John Seddon.
This phrase later used to refer to several places,
including Surrey, Australia, United States, New
Zealand,Yorkshire, Cornwall, Scotland and Wales.
what is this frequent phrase??

17. Safety Slide

19.  Daiva Dasakam is a prayer penned by Narayana Guru in 1914. In
2009 the Kerala state government recommended that it should
become the national prayer of India.
 The odia ttranslation of the prayer is made by 1985 kerala cadre
bureaucrat who hails from Oddisha. Who often compare him to a
famous actor in malayalam.
 who is he?

20. Safety Slide

23.  This Malayalam word used to refer to an Indian Jackal roughly
translates as "the clever one" or "the one who knows tricks".
Regular interactions of him with a tiger , a lion and it’s cub, and
occasionally a bat and a goat are well known to all Malayalalis .
 What am I talking about ?

24. Safety Slide

26. ROUND 2

27.  Round consists 6 questions.
 Each question has 3 clues.
 20 marks if answer cracked in 1st clue
 15,10 marks for 2nd,3rd clues respectively
 Negative marks exist (15,10,5)
 No negatives for oral answer(applicable only in case
nobody got answers)
 5 marks for oral answer

28.  Very recently Madeira international airport is named
after him which is his home town.
 A meusum is also situated in the same village madeira
which contains his bronze statues and awards.

29.  He doesnt put tattoos in his body because he donates
blood twice in a year.
 This is a precaution taken by medics against the possible
cross-contamination and diseases like hepatitis in which
tattoos can affect.

30.  He got the name after then-U.S. president Ronald
Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor.
 Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician
and actor who served as the 40th President of the
United States from 1981 to 1989

31. Safety Slide

33.  The most popular X model—and most popular vehicle of
any kind in the world—is the Chinese Flying Pigeon PA-
02, with 500 million produced till now.

34.  History of X started in 16th century with the discovery of
1493 Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches, which included
simple designs for X.
 Some historians claim that his student Gian Giacomo
Caprotti made this drawing.

35.  The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage X race
primarily held in France, while also occasionally making
passes through nearby countries.

36. Safety Slide

38.  First person without an aviation background to be
awarded the honorary rank of group captain by the Indian
Air Force.

39.  Sudhir kumar chaudhary a school teacher who has
postponed his marriage to meet X

40.  He uses heavy bat in the crease which weighs about
3.2lbs. Only south africa's lance klusener used a heavier
bat than this.

43.  The company launched Viswaroopam, a comic
magazine with Sanjayan as the Chief Editor.
Yugaprabhat, a bi-monthly in Hindi was also published
whose editor was N. V. Krishna Warrier in 1940. But
now, these two publications are not in print.

44.  Based in the northern Kerala town of Kozhikode, this was
founded in 1922 in the aftermath of Mahatma Gandhi's
non-cooperation movement as a public limited
company.its shareholders included about 350 men and
women of Kerala.

45.  A keen contest to control the company began, in which M.
P. Veerendra Kumar, a wealthy planter and political
aspirant, who held about 3% of the shares, emerged as
the dominant shareholder and became the Managing
Director.

48.  Moffett Federal Airfield also known is a joint civil-military
airport located in California, USA. The airfield is operated
by NASA
 This airfield has recently leased to this company NASA for
60 years.
 The owners customized wide-body Boeing 767-200, as
well as two other jets used by top executives can be
parked here.

49.  The initial name of this company was backrub and
web address was backrub.stanford.edu. The logo
given below shows the hand of the one of its
founders.

50. The name of this company has been added to the
Oxford English Dictionary on June 15, 2006.

53.  Clue 1
 A. K. Chettiar was a Tamil travelogue writer, journalist and
documentary film maker from Tamil Nadu, India notable for
making first documentry film about him
 He had visited Japan and known the techniques of cinema
producing by spending his own expenditure and toured many
places to collect many exclusive video and added that in his
documentary.

54.  When he was assassinated the Sri Lankan radio didn’t broadcast any
program for 24 hours.

55.  This rimless round glass of steve jobs saod to have
inspired from this famous person X.
 He once said said. My round glasses are not only similar
but also a tribute

59.  The government of Netherlands has decided to close
down the prisons of the country. Sweden was the first to
do so because of the same reason that Netherlands
faces. What is the reason behind it

62. ROUND 3

63.  6 qustions
 bounce and pounce
 +10 bouncing
 +10/-10 pouncing
 no negatives for direct answer

64.  He is Sujith Shankar who acted in film Maheshinte
Prathikaram in which the character Jimson plays the
antagonist. The grandfather of this actor, who died on
March 19, is the owner of a certain first.
 Who was he?

67.  X is a 2005 Malayalam-language Indian movie, directed by Vinayan
which created history by becoming first indian movie in which remake
rights was bought by the hollywood. Ran howard who bought the
rights was later cancelled.
 In this movie Y was in lead role who bagged Guinness record in acting
the movie.

70.  His acting debut in
Malayalam movie was
actually in thiranottam(1978)
by playing as Kuttappan, a
mentally disabled servant in
the movie when he was 18
years old.
 But due to sensor issues the
film released only after 25
years.
 Therefore his first movie is
considered as a film directed
by Fazil.
 Id the actor and (Larger
image follows)

74.  The screen play of this 2015 movie
was written by Bibin George and Y in
which they planned to act in a lead
role. But the director of the movie felt
that established actors would do the
film good and ensure more visibility
for the film. He added that Y could act
in his next movie.
 The director came up with next movie
in 2016 in which screen play was
done by the former. Y too acted in
lead role.
 which are the movies, director and Y?

77.  Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan
is a journalist from Alapuzha.
In one of a biographical
movie by Kamal, Chelangatt
Gopalakrishnan is played
by Sreenivasan.
 He is the instrumentalist in
bringing a great personality
limelight. The movie is the
biopic of this great
personality.
 What is the role of chelangat
gopalakrishanan in
malayalam film industry?

80.  P. K. R. Pillai of Shirdi Sai Creations started 2 films together, X and
Nair Saab, but as he faced financial issues, he sold Nair Saab to
Basheer of Liberty Productions and completed X.
 The film ran for 405 days in theatres with 369 regular shows in three
theatres in three districts and with 36 noon shows thus set a record in
kerala film industry.

84.  The official Calendar in this country is approximately 56
years and 8 and months ahead of the English Calendar
known as Gregorian Calendar and current year in this
country is 2074.
 It is the only country with living godess. Which is the
country

87. ROUND 4

88.  He began his international career as a wicketkeeper-batsman. Noted
as one of the most innovative batsman in modern game, he is noted
for many unorthodox shots behind the wicket-keeper and slips, earned
him the nickname Mr. 360.
 Who is this Mr.360?

91.  Who is this sport star
mentioned here
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97.  The 3M Company, formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational company. They
produces more than 55,000 products.
 What is the important product of 3M in sports field which allows
athletes compete in bad weather without serious performance loss (as
opposed to running in what turns into mud) and improves their results
over other surfaces.
 The 1968 Summer Olympics at Mexico City was the first Olympic
Games to use this

100.  Boric Acid is a
compount,which is used for
several purpouses incuding
agriluture,laboratary,and
many other
 it is a lubricant
 what is the purpouse of this
compound in sports field?

103. 6

107.  The one side of this medal represents a group of
three men forming a fraternal bond. The inscription
reads:
 Pro pace et fraternitate gentium
translated "For the peace and brotherhood of men".
 And also contains the name of winner.
 Which is this medal which is designed by designed by
Gustav Vigeland.

110. ROUND 5

111.  NPL-CSIR is entrusted with
the task maintaing accurate
X in india. They with the help
of machine shown below
which is operated using
cesium atom Since 1974.
 what is the task of NPL-
CSIR/what is the use of the
machine shown below

114.  Edward Nairne was English
optician and scientific instrument
maker. He reported to have
developed the first widely
marketed X, for an inventions
competition. Until that time the
material was known as gum
elastic or by its Native American
name (via French) caoutchouc.
 What is this product widely used
which is sold for the a very low
price.
 Sarcasm is that we have never
used X completely :-P

120.  Dominique Jean Larrey was a famous French military
surgeon who published the first description of trench
foot in 1812.
 However his greatest contribution is something that
he appropriately called “flying hospitals”. What am I
talking about?

123.  As an undergraduate at Hobart College in Geneva, New York, Harry
Coover chose chemical science as a major and later joined Eastman
Kodak as a research chemist. While experimenting with cyanoacrylate
for use in clear plastic gun sights in 1942 during World War II, he was
pleased with the compound’s durability.but he found that Everything
was sticking to it. What was invented then?

126.  X is a surgical specialty
involving the restoration,
reconstruction, or alteration of
the human body. It includes
cosmetic or aesthetic surgery,
reconstructive surgery,
craniofacial surgery, hand
surgery, microsurgery, and the
treatment of burns.
 The father of modern X is
generally considered to have
been Sir Harold Gillies.
 What are we talking about

130.  Microscopic Image of what?

133. ROUND 6

134.  where could we see this ?

137.  Guardian on the skies(GOTS) is the first 3D mobile game in india.
combat game that was released in june 2014 and developed by
threye interactive pvt ltd . The game puts the players into a
simulated world where they become pilots and to battle with a
fictious country called Zaruzia . The game was meant to target
indian youth to attract to a particular field . So what was so special
about this game ?

140.  Wheeler Island, is an island
off the coast
of Odisha, India,
approximately 150
kilometres from the state
capital Bhubaneshwar. The
island was originally named
after English commandant
Lieutenant Wheeler. On 4
September 2015, the island
was renamed.
 What is the new name

143.  X is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated
animal fables in verse and prose, arranged within
a frame story. The original Sanskrit work, which
some scholars believe was composed around the
3rd century is attributed to Y. It is based on older
oral traditions, including "animal fables that are as
old as we are able to imagine"
 It is "certainly the most frequently translated
literary product of India"and these stories are
among the most widely known in the world.

147.  This is the Martyrs Column
Monument At
Palayam,Trivandrum.It was
unveiled the monument in
the 100th anniversary of a
very important event in
indian freedom
movement.Which event?
 bigger image follows

151.  Shyam Lal Gupta, was an Indian poet
and lyricist. A song written by him has
been accepted as the flag song of
India and is sung every year during
the flag hoisting ceremony at
the Independence Day and Republic
Day celebrations.
 The song was originally written by
Gupta in March 1924 as a patriotic
poem The Indian National
Congress adopted the song as the
official flag song in 1924 and it was
first sung at the Jallianwala Bagh
Martyrs' Day on 13 April 1924
at Phool Bagh in Kanpur.
 Which song?

154.  Wait For The Resuts!!
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