This is the official question-and-answer set of Brain Snacks 9.0 hosted by Pragya, the Official Quiz Club of UEM Kolkata. The theme of the quiz was Bangaliyana.

2. RULES
21 Questions total.
2 marks for each question. Part marking accordingly for 2 parted
questions.
You can ask for hints. But 5 blocks will block the hint.
QM er songe torko britha. Keu ere torko korle tar uttor porer slide e…

3. Audio/Visual

4. Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's
oldest known team sports. The modern version of Polo is majorly originated from
Manipur. Though it had a long history back in Nomadic peoples. It's Not a that much
famous sports In India or Kolkata.
But the Oldest Polo club in the World was founded in Calcutta in 1862, the club runs the
oldest and first-ever Polo Trophy, the Ezra Cup, the first of which was held in 1880.
Name of the club.
1

5. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is a 2004 American science fiction romantic drama
film written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
X is a bengali film said to be inspired from this movie.
The name “X” taken from a famous album by a singer Y.
Y is also a viscous, famous supplement. Ironically Salman Khan Offered ‘Y’ To A Journalist
and was up on a controversial news.
Find X and Y.
2

6. Manoranjan Bhattacharya, Goutam Sarkar, Shyam Thapa, Krishanu Dey, Bhaskar
Ganguly, Subhash Bhowmik, Sudhir Karmakar, Mohammad Habib.
What is common for all the people named?
3

7. The Albert Hall named after Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert was
established in 1876. It was here that, on the advice of Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji
made several plans for the Quit India Movement.
Tell the name Albert Hall currently goes by.
4

8. Kharij (Case is Closed) is a classic old Bengali movie, Starring Anjan Dutt, Mamata
Shankar etc. The tragic drama won two international honour - Special Jury Prize at
the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and Golden Spike Award at Valladolid International
Film Fest.
Name the director of the film.
5

9. Bengali businessman Gourmohon Dutta introduced this product in 1929, only for
it to garner massive popularity over the years, so much that it was one of the few
reasons for National economic independence. To this day, this product is used in
Bengals homes.
What is this iconic product. Name the parent company name too.
6

10. ‘Proloy’ is a is a 2013 Indian Bengali crime thriller film written and directed by Raj
Chakraborty, It was critically acclaimed for its plot, but much later than its release.
Though the plot was inspired from a real story (later on dramatized) of the ‘Sutia’
gram near Barasat.
Write the name of the real person the story was inspired from ?
7

11. কিব স, ছিব আঁকার অভ্যাস িছল না ছাট বয়েস,
অথচ িশল্পী ব’ ল স-ই পল শ্রেষ্ঠ িশল্পীেদর সম্মান।
This is an extract from a poem about a poet written by a popular Bengali poet.
Identify the two poets.
8

12. X is a pretty famous personality. He was born in Kolkata. He composed music for
many films. Wes Anderson, a great American filmmaker is a die heart fan of X.
He used This music made by X music in his critically acclaimed movie “The
Darjeeling Limited”.
Identify the bengali movie from the track.
Identify the personality X.
9

13. Sadhabar Ekadashi, a play by famous playwright Dinabandhu Mitra, was first
staged in the year 1868. Featuring contemporary actor Ardhendu Sekhar Mustafi
and his partner X. X later went on to form the Great National Theatre in 1873.
Identify X.
10

14. Due to the business of East India Company, most of the Europeans came here were
a majority unmarried. Their demand and Babu culture of Kolkata started the brothel
culture here.
১৮৫৩ সােল প্রকািশত একটি সােভর্ট িরেপাট
র্ট থেক জানা যায়, কলকাতা শহের ৪৪৪৯টি ঠক আেছ, যখােন
বসবাস কেরন প্রায় ১২,৪১৯ জন যৗনকমর্মী। যার মেধ্য অন্যতম সাড়া জাগােনা যৗনপল্লী িছল ' সানাগািছ'।
A renowned bengali Businessman who was so famous that he had direct
connection with the Queen of England. He is a public figure and a bengali Idol.
But he is rumoured to be the owner of 43 brothels and we can say he is one of the
main creator of Sonagachi. Identify.
11

15. There exists an Indo-Aryan marginalized nomadic ethnic group of Bangladesh.
They traditionally live, travel and earn their living on the river.
Famous for entertaining services.
However there is an old bengali movie made up from a very old bengali rural play
about this community.
The movie also got remaked once with pretty well known stars of that time in the
cast. This one was the most grossing film of the year 1991, holds a lot of records of
running too long in movie theatres. Identify this movie.
12

16. These are illustrations by cartoonist Debashis Deb, which are covers of books by
an extremely popular author, known for his books for both children and adults.
Name the author
13

17. Audio/Visual

18. Bochor kuri is a commonly
used time frame nowadays in
Bengali Cinema. There are
few movies named
referencing this timeline.
What is so special about
bochor 20. Or from where this
thing is referenced from ?
From where the dialouge is
referenced ?
Hint : You know it.
14

19. Bakita Byaktigoto is a cult bengali film of
recent times,
The song named “ekhane chunkame” which
was partly wrote by Anindya Sundar
Chakraborti.
The other part of this was written by
Bidyapati, Maithili poet of middle age. The
verse is about Radha Viraha.
this version played here is composed by
Anindya Sundar.
But The maithili portion was also composed
by a prominent Bengali personality which is
also a famous song and used in various
movies. Identify the Composer.
15

20. Subarnorekha a classic by Ritwik Ghatak,
We get to know about an aerodrome which
was in the outskirts of Kolkata away from
the locality .
The aerodrome played a major part in the
WW II .
The runway is still there, obviously the
aerodrome is abandoned now.
Identify the place where the aerodrome is?
16

21. Identify the band.
&
Identify the lyricist.
17

22. The bengali song sung by Arko here.
Is a pretty old bengali song from an
unrecognized bengali singer in his
time.
He died in poverty in too poor
condition.
Name the original singer of this song.
18

23. Hawa a Bangladeshi film starring
Chanchal Chowdhury, Nasifa Tushi.
It's a critically acclaimed film with
huge crowd response too…
The movie refers to an old Bengali
kabyo written middle age.
Name the kabyo or the reference from
the scenes.
19

24. Hawa a Bangladeshi film starring
Chanchal Chowdhury, Nasifa Tushi.
It's a critically acclaimed film with
huge crowd response too…
The movie refers to an old Bengali
kabyo written middle age.
Name the kabyo or the reference from
the scenes.
19

25. Identify The personality : 5
points.
.
Connection with the images:
Each connection 2 points.
20

26. Identify The personality : 5
points.
.
Connection with the images:
Each connection 2 points.
21

27. Answers…

28. Audio/Visual

29. Audio/Visual

30. Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's
oldest known team sports. The modern version of Polo is majorly originated from
Manipur. Though it had a long history back in Nomadic peoples. It's Not a that much
famous sports In India or Kolkata.
But the Oldest Polo club in the World was founded in Calcutta in 1862, the club runs the
oldest and first-ever Polo Trophy, the Ezra Cup, the first of which was held in 1880.
Name of the club.
1

31. The Calcutta Polo Club
1

32. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is a 2004 American science fiction romantic drama
film written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
X is a bengali film said to be inspired from this movie.
The name “X” taken from a famous album by a singer Y.
Y is also a viscous, famous supplement. Ironically Salman Khan Offered ‘Y’ To A Journalist
and was up on a controversial news.
Find X and Y.
2

33. X : X=prem
Y: Shilajit
2

34. Manoranjan Bhattacharya, Goutam Sarkar, Shyam Thapa, Krishanu Dey, Bhaskar
Ganguly, Subhash Bhowmik, Sudhir Karmakar, Mohammad Habib.
What is common for all the people named?
3

35. 3
All of them played for both
East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.

36. The Albert Hall named after Queen Victoria's husband Prince Concert Albert was
established in 1876. It was here that, on the advice of Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji
made several plans for the Quit India Movement.
Tell the name Albert Hall currently goes by.
4

37. The Indian Coffee house,
Kolkata
4

38. Kharij (Case is Closed) is a classic old Bengali movie, Starring Anjan Dutt, Mamata
Shankar etc. The tragic drama won two international honour - Special Jury Prize at
the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and Golden Spike Award at Valladolid International
Film Fest.
Name the director of the film.
5

39. Mrinal Sen
5

40. Bengali businessman Gourmohon Dutta introduced this product in 1929, only for
it to garner massive popularity over the years, so much that it was one of the few
reasons for National economic independence. To this day, this product is used in
Bengals homes.
What is this iconic product. Name the parent company name too.
6

41. Boroline
G.D. Pharmaceuticals
6

42. ‘Proloy’ is a is a 2013 Indian Bengali crime thriller film written and directed by Raj
Chakraborty, It was critically acclaimed for its plot, but much later than its release.
Though the plot was inspired from a real story (later on dramatized) of the ‘Sutia’
gram near Barasat.
Write the name of the real person the story was inspired from ?
7

43. Barun Biswas
7

44. কিব স, ছিব আঁকার অভ্যাস িছল না ছাট বয়েস,
অথচ িশল্পী ব’ ল স-ই পল শ্রেষ্ঠ িশল্পীেদর সম্মান।
This is an extract from a poem about a poet written by a popular Bengali poet.
Identify the two poets.
8

45. Written by: Sukanta
About : Robi dadu
8

46. X is a pretty famous personality. He was born in Kolkata. He composed music for
many films. Wes Anderson, a great American filmmaker is a die heart fan of X.
He used This music made by X music in his critically acclaimed movie “The
Darjeeling Limited”.
Identify the bengali movie from the track.
Identify the personality X.
9

47. The Movie: Charulata
Personality: The director Satyajit Ray
9

48. Sadhabar Ekadashi, a play by famous playwright Dinabandhu Mitra, was first
staged in the year 1868. Featuring contemporary actor Ardhendu Sekhar Mustafi
and his partner X. X later went on to form the Great National Theatre in 1873.
Identify X.
10

49. Girish Chandra Ghosh
10

50. Due to the business of East India Company, most of the Europeans came here were
a majority unmarried. Their demand and Babu culture of Kolkata started the brothel
culture here.
১৮৫৩ সােল প্রকািশত একটি সােভর্ট িরেপাট
র্ট থেক জানা যায়, কলকাতা শহের ৪৪৪৯টি ঠক আেছ, যখােন
বসবাস কেরন প্রায় ১২,৪১৯ জন যৗনকমর্মী। যার মেধ্য অন্যতম সাড়া জাগােনা যৗনপল্লী িছল ' সানাগািছ'।
A renowned bengali Businessman who was so famous that he had direct
connection with the Queen of England. He is a public figure and a bengali Idol.
But he is rumoured to be the owner of 43 brothels and we can say he is one of the
main creator of Sonagachi. Identify.
11

51. Dwarkanath Tagore
11

52. There exists an Indo-Aryan marginalized nomadic ethnic group of Bangladesh.
They traditionally live, travel and earn their living on the river.
Famous for entertaining services.
However there is an old bengali movie made up from a very old bengali rural play
about this community.
The movie also got remaked once with pretty well known stars of that time in the
cast. This one was the most grossing film of the year 1991, holds a lot of records of
running too long in movie theatres. Identify this movie.
12

53. Beder meye Josna
12

54. These are illustrations by cartoonist Debashis Deb, which are covers of books by
an extremely popular author, known for his books for both children and adults.
Name the author
13

55. Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
13

56. Bochor kuri is a commonly
used time frame nowadays in
Bengali Cinema. There are
few movies named
referencing this timeline.
What is so special about
bochor 20. Or from where this
thing is referenced from ?
From where the dialouge is
referenced ?
Hint : You know it.
14

57. 14

58. Bakita Byaktigoto is a cult bengali film of
recent times,
The song named “ekhane chunkame” which
was partly wrote by Anindya Sundar
Chakraborti.
The other part of this was written by
Bidyapati, Maithili poet of middle age. The
verse is about Radha Viraha.
this version played here is composed by
Anindya Sundar.
But The maithili portion was also composed
by a prominent Bengali personality which is
also a famous song and used in various
movies. Identify the Composer.
15

59. 15
Composer :
Rabindranath Thakur

60. Subarnorekha a classic by Ritwik Ghatak,
We get to know about an aerodrome which
was in the outskirts of Kolkata away from
the locality .
The aerodrome played a major part in the
WW II .
The runway is still there, obviously the
aerodrome is abandoned now.
Identify the place where the aerodrome is?
16

61. 16
Ashokenagar, Habra

62. Identify the band.
&
Identify the lyricist.
17

63. 17
Band: Chandrabindoo
Lyricist: Chandril

64. The bengali song sung by Arko here.
Is a pretty old bengali song from an
unrecognized bengali singer in his
time.
He died in poverty in too poor
condition.
Name the original singer of this song.
18

65. 18
Akhilbandhu Ghosh

66. Hawa a Bangladeshi film starring
Chanchal Chowdhury, Nasifa Tushi.
Its a critically acclaimed film with huge
crowd response too…
The movie refers to a old Bengali
kabyo written middle age.
Name the kabyo or the reference from
the scenes.
19

67. 19
মনসামঙ্গল (manasamangal)
বহুলা-লিখন্দর

68. Identify The personality : 5
points.
.
Connection with the images:
Each connection 2 points.
20

69. Anjan Dutt
1. Moulali r mala
2. Ripon street Mary Ann
3. Darjeeling Dutt
4. Olypub e pan korte regular astow
20

70. Identify The personality : 5
points.
.
Connection with the images:
Each connection 2 points.
21

71. Rituparno Ghosh
1. Movie Raincoat based on Gift of
Magi
2. One of the few openly queer artists
in Bengal
3. Still from movie Utsab
4. Book Cover of Chitrangada.
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