Quiz Quest Final by Rudra Chakraborty

Final
QUIZ QUEST 2023
QM: Rudra Chakraborty

Rules
Total 24 Mixed Bag Questions
Divided into MB 1.0 & MB 2.0
FITB (Written: Correct answer*3 also full house total
35) & Theme Round ( Rules: before the round only)
Full Pounce (+10/-10) & Infinite Bounce (10/0)
DRS (+20/-20)

Mixed Bag 1.0
Total 12 Questions

Q1. Name the Railway Station from information given:
It is a Haunted railway station of the South Eastern Railway zone of
the Indian Railways.
Passengers deserted the station and it had come to be known as
haunted in Railway records. The station was listed by Railways as one
of its 10 haunted stations in India.
The real trouble started in 1967 when the dead bodies of the station
master and his family were found in their quarters. The station was
subsequently closed as trains stopped making halts here due to
alleged paranormal phenomena. Also, a railway employee reported the
sighting of a woman's ghost, and it was rumored that she had died in a
railway accident.
After 42 years, in August 2009, the railway station was finally reopened
as a passenger train halt, by former Railway minister Mamata Banerjee
however still passengers avoid this station.

Q2. Identify the Name of the place
• During the exile of Lord Ram, King Bharat ruled from this place
instead of the kingdom's capital Ayodhya. It is approximately 19 km
south of district headquarters Ayodhya city.
• This place is also known as Bharatkund after King Bharat.
• Another place sharing same name has modern political significance
as well. Parliament held an urgent discussion of this place on 21
November 2007, suspending the regular question-hour sessions after
two days of complete suspension of proceedings due to heated
debates between two political parties.
• on November 12, 2007 politically vocal film directors announced that
they would boycott the Kolkata International Film Festival in protest
of the renewed violence in this place.

Q3. Need X,Y & Z
X was born in Bhagalpur to the then Advocate-General of
Bengal, After completing his study at Hindu School, Kolkata,
he studied Engineering at the University of London and on
returning to India he was asked to build a cinema. The project
caused him to develop a keen interest in film and he
proceeded to build a cinema for the screening of Bengali-
language films. Called Y, this was opened in Calcutta by Z on
30 December 1930 as X was a great follower of Z.
Z insisted X his employees and the public to focus on Bengali films
more than foreign films.

Answers:
•B N Sarkar
•Chitra Cinema hall
•Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Q4. Music Band and X
• This Music Band also known as the Remainders, was an
American rock charity supergroup, consisting of published writers, most
of them both amateur musicians and popular English-language book,
magazine, and newspaper authors. The band took its self-mocking name
from the publishing term "remaindered book“.
• Beside Maya Angelou, Dave Barry, Amy Tan, Sam Barry, Ridley
Pearson, Scott Turow, Joel Selvin, James McBride also famous author X
was one of the lead vocalist of this Band.
• Founder Kathi Kamen Goldmark died on May 24, 2012, and the group
disbanded a month later, following a memorial concert in her honor.
• Identify the Music Band and X’s Voice on the next slide…..

Answer : Rock Bottom Remainders & Stephen King

Q5. Identify X and his project.
• Deepsea Challenger was built in Australia, in partnership with
the National Geographic Society and with support from Rolex, in the
Deepsea Challenge program.
• It is a 24 ft deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom
of Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth. On 26 March
2012, X piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second
crewed dive reaching the Challenger Deep. Built by the research and
design company Acheron Project Pty Ltd, Deepsea
Challenger includes scientific sampling equipment and high-
definition 3-D cameras; it reached the ocean's deepest point after two
hours and 36 minutes of descent from the surface.
• It played pivotal role in X’s latest project. (image next slide…..)

Q5. Deepsea Challenger (image)

Answer : James
Cameron &
Avatar: the way of
water

Q6. Identify X and….
• X is a retired German track and field athlete who competed
in the javelin throw. He is the only athlete to throw a javelin
100 metres or more, with his world record of 104.80 m
(343 ft 9+3⁄4 in).
• X is also former coach of Neeraj Chopra who won the gold
in Men's javelin throw at 2020 Summer Olympics held
in Tokyo.
However, after his throw of 104.8 meter Olympic committee
was really concerned about something, and they decided
something because of that decision X’s mark became an
"eternal world record“.
How X’s mark became an "eternal world record“?

Answer: Uwe Hohn
• A new javelin design was
implemented in 1986 for the
safety of audience and the
records had to be restarted,
thus Hohn's mark became
an "eternal world record“

Q7. Find X, Y
• He reigned in the 7th century, some historians place his rule between circa
600 CE and 636/7 CE, whereas other sources place his reign between
590 and 625 CE.
• Banavatta described him as “Gour Bhujanagam”
• The Hindu god Shiva is also known as X Sekhar as He holds the moon on
his head.
• X shares his name with Y who is a prominent Indian lawyer
and cricket administrator. He twice served as the President of the Board of
Control for Cricket in India, from 2008 to 2011 and again from November
2015 to May 2016. He served as the chairman of the International Cricket
Council from November 2015 to March 2017.

Answer
•Sashank
•Sashank Manohar

Q8.
• Headquarters: Newark, Delaware, United States
• Founded: 1947
• President: Corey Walker
• Subsidiaries: The Flexan Corporation, JetSolutions SA, KSE Scientific,
Inc., Grayling Industries, Inc., Solo Containment Limited
• ILC Dover is a world-leader in the innovative design and production of
solutions for biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, medical devices markets
as well as a leading supplier for the X to the Y.
• ILC’s The-I is a lightweight material used for high-mobility surface
operations in gravity.

Q9. Just
Identify…
• He received his education from prestigious
universities like Oxford, Winchester College,
and Stanford University.
• He was a waiter at a curry house in Southampton during
his summer holidays.
• His father was born and raised in the Kenya and is
a general practitioner in the National Health Service.
• His mother born in Tanganyika (which later became part
of Tanzania), was a pharmacist.
. His estimated net worth is $830 million,
which is more than the former Monarch, Queen
Elizabeth II.
He is married to Akshata Murthy, a Britain
based Indian fashion designer and businesswoman
and the daughter of Infosys founder NR Narayana
Murthy.

Q10. Identify the Cricketer (career stat):

Q11. Who is he?
This famous Bengali who was a member of the CPI(ML), turned down the
Sangeet Natak Academy Award as he felt it was patronage offered by the
capitalist establishment.
And told to Sangeet Natak Academy “ Sahensah tomar puroskar tomari
thak”.
In One of his play, it had dialogues which called Jawaharlal Nehru a ‘fascist
stooge’
However, ln 1990 he received the SNA Award for his lifetime achievement to
theatre.

Q12.
Tuvalu wants to become world's first digital nation

FITB
•Written Round
•Each Correct *3 (only for fully correct , part mark is
QM’s discretion)
•Full house =11 + 8*3= 35

FITB
• Sanjeev Kumar (actor)=______________________________
• TunTun ( Singer & Actor)=_________________________________
• Bedouin (Bengali Writer)=______________________________
• Captain Grumpy (Cricketer)=___________________________________
• Kumar Sanu (singer)=_______________________________
• Kuvempu (Poet) =_____________________________
• Bihar Kesri( Political Leader)=____________________
• Chandrahas (Writer)=__________________

FITB (Answers)
• Harihar Jethalal Jariwala
• Uma Devi Khatri
• Debesh Chandra Roy
• Allan Border or Allan Robert Border
• Kedarnath Bhattacharya
• K V Puttapa or Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa
• Dr. Srikrishna Singh
• Sharadindu Banerjee

Open Pounce ( Question from QM)

Answer: Flash Mob
• Flashmob:a large public
gathering at which people
perform an unusual or
seemingly random act and
then disperse,

Open pounce 2.0 (Identify Voice)

Answer
•Shakti Chattopadhyay (Bhalobasa pele)

Theme Round (written Round)
Question wise answer not required only guess the theme
• After 1st question ( +30/-20)
• 2nd Question (+25/-15)
• 3rd Question (+20/-10)
• 4th Question (+10/-5)
• 5th Question (+5)

Q2. Date please…
•It is National Video Game Day, National Chocolate with
Almonds Day, Math 2.0 Day, Be a Kid Again Day.

Q3.
• This place is named after Sir Thomas X , the governor of this
area from 1821 to 1825.
• X’ s name derived from breaking the bone or to break the
bone.
• X is also known as Meanjin in the indigenous Turrbal language.

Q4. Translate in Bengali or Hindi
"preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony", is giving of a
mantra or an initiation by the guru (in Guru–shishya tradition) of Indian
religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
+
a collection of flowers or bouquet

Q5. Identify the Musical instrument

Chandi
(burmese Version sandi dewi)1.Identify
the goddess

Q2. 8th July
•It is National Video Game Day, National Chocolate with
Almonds Day, Math 2.0 Day, Be a Kid Again Day.

Q3. Bris (Break) Bane (bone) Brisbane
• This place is named after Sir Thomas X , the governor of this
area from 1821 to 1825.
• X’ s name derived from breaking the bone or to break the
bone.
• X is also known as Meanjin in the indigenous Turrbal language.

Q4. Translate in Bengali or Hindi (Diksha Manjari)
"preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony", is giving of a
mantra or an initiation by the guru (in Guru–shishya tradition) of Indian
religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
( Diksha)
+
a collection of flowers or bouquet
(Manjari)

Connection:
• Chandi ( father Chandidas)
• 8th July ( Birthday)
• Brisbane ( International / ODI debut against WI)
• Deeksha Manjari ( Classical Dance School of Dona Ganguly)
• Behala ( Famous Resident of this area)

Mixed Bag 2.0
Total 12 Questions

Q13 Country Name & X
• It is a conceptual country, sometimes referred to as
a micronation, founded by X and not required(for this Q). One of the
reasons that the country was founded was to address X’s then-
ongoing immigration problems.
• There is no leadership and not all citizenships have been recorded. As a
result, the population is unknown also it is a utopian society.
Government : None
•
Formation
• Declared 1 April 1973

Answer
•Nutopia & John Lennon

Q14. www.hopenotout.com (whose fashion brand)

Q15. First in Indian Cricket….
• First Test Hunderd- Lala Amarnath
• First ODI Hundred- Kapil Dev
• First T20I Hundred- Suresh Raina
• First Test Double Hundred- ________________________
• First ODI Double Hundred- Sachin Tendulkar
• First Test Captain- C K Naidu
• First ODI Captain- Ajit Wadekar
• Test Jersey Number 1- ________________________________

Answer
• 1st Test Double Hundred for India- Polly Umrigar
• 1st Test Cap for India- Laddhabhai Nakum Amar Singh
or Amar Sigh died at the age of 29.

Q16.
• In 2002, X ran a campaign to change their name and Their slogan “Get the F Out”
help facilitate the name change however in reality which was forced upon them
due to a lawsuit by Y because of same name (identity crisis).
• This name change was huge news at that time. The X had become a household
name, and those initials of X become synonymous with such kind of
entertainment business.
• X’s Executive Chairman Vincent J. McMahon is the biggest name in this business
in last 50 years and X was previously known as Titan Sports, Inc.
• Identify X & Y?

Q17.
•X played an important part in helping the restoration
process of Ray’s films, including ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’.
•X received the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at
the 52nd International Film Festival of India along with
Istevan Szabo.
•Last scene of Anik Dutta’s Aparajito we have seen Satyajit
Ray receiving call from X .
Some even say X who proposed Satyajit Ray’s name for
honorary lifetime Oscar once in an interview.

Q18. (image of Sudha Niloy) Question on Next slide…

Q18.
• “Sudha Niloy”, Soumitra Chatterjee’s childhood home located on RN Tagore
Street in Krishnagar town was also an incubator of the veteran actor’s leanings
by way of being home to his freedom fighter uncle better known as “X”.
• Though Chatterjee never met his uncle, the home remained a testament to X’s
X’s memory — being wounded in a gunfight against the British Army and dying as
dying as martyr compelled Chatterjee in his later life to ensure that the legacy
legacy was not lost to commercial development. In 2007 he coordinated his
family efforts to sell their ancestral home at a nominal price to a charitable trust
trust run by the Left Government.
• Who is this famous freedom fighter uncle of Soumitra Chatterjee?
Clue: Currently in news for Tollywood

Q19.
• At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm,
American Walter Winans took the podium and
waved proudly to the crowd. He had already won
two Olympic medals—a gold for sharpshooting
at the 1908 London Games, as well as a silver
for the same event in 1912—but the gold he
won at Stockholm wasn’t for shooting, or
running, or anything particularly athletic at all.
• For his work, An American Trotter, Winans won
the first ever Olympic gold medal for X.
Identify X?

Answer
• Olympic gold for
Sculpture
• For the first four decades of competition,
the Olympics awarded official medals for
painting, sculpture, architecture, literature
and music, alongside those for the
athletic competitions. From 1912 to 1952.

Q20. Video (Question on next slide…)

Q20. X Y Please….
•X is an investment research firm with a focus
on activist short-selling founded by Nathan Anderson
in 2017, based in New York City. Named after the
1937 X disaster (Shown in Video) which they
characterize as a human-made avoidable disaster, the
firm generates public reports via its website that
allege corporate fraud. Companies that have been the
subjects of their reports include famous Y Group of
India on 24th Jan’2023, Nikola, Clover Health
and Lordstown Motors.

Answer:
•Hindenburg
•Adani Group

Answer:
•Manikbabur Megh ( The cloud and the man)

Q22. Identify Oscar winning BGM creator?

Answer:
•Hildur Guðnadóttir

Q23. Name the real-life character from Video

Q24. What happened Next….(last question )

Answer: Khatam, Bye-Bye, Tata, Goodbye,
Gaya….

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