2. Rules.
Unlimited pounce is available for all the rounds.For
correct answer +10 and for wrong answer -5 in case of
pounce taken.
Total Rounds 6
Round 1:- list personalities.
Round 2:- 15 mixed bag dries plus 1 audios by Arup
Donald Chattopadhyay.
Round 3:- Sports comprising 11 questions by Sarat Putin
Banerjee.
Round 4:- long question connection or theme by again
Sarat Putin Banerjee.
Round 5:- 15 Audios/Still Visuals/Videos by Sarat Putin
Banerjee.
Round 6:- 20 miscellaneous dries by Sarat Putin
Banerjee.
4. List all the four women who have won
the EGOT and the only two men who
along with EGOT have also won the
Pulitzer Prize.
Each carries 4 points.
Extra 6 points for all the correct
answers.
So a total of 30 points up for grab.
You have 3 minutes to answer them.
Written Round.
13. What is common to
three snakes namely
Shankhyachur,
Basuki &
Swarnachur ?
2.
14.
15. They are the three ropes of
Nandighosh, Taladhwaj &
Darpadalan respectively.
16. In feudal times, farmers & poor
people were not allowed to climb a
tree to cut & collect leaves,
branches, stems etc. But they were
allowed to collect all these things
from standing on the ground.
Which very common phrase was
originated from this custom?
3.
19. Rabindranath Thakur wrote a political
drama “X”. It was audio recorded as well as
performed on the stage in English. The
drama was translated into English as “The
King of Dark Chamber” by Rabindranath
himself. The name of the shorter version of
the drama was “Arup Ratan”. William
Radice acted in the English version of the
drama on stage. Id “X” ?
4.
22. In 1878, a small ayurvedic doctor’s chamber and
shop was opened at Kalna in Bardhaman district by
the doctor Chandra Kishore Sen. As his practice
grew up he shifted from his small shop to a spacious
one at Kolutola Street in Kolkata in 1898. His
business converted into LLP (Limited Liability
Partnership) in 1911 by his four sons as C.K. Sen &
Co. “X” made two advertisements of “Y” (the most
famous product of C.K. Sen & Co.) and Edward’s
Tonic. Dadathakur wrote catchline of the product as
“Sadhone Prosadhone X”. Id X & Y ?
5.
23.
24.
25. “X”, Albina & Mushka were primarily
selected for some purpose. The trainer
of “X” was Oleg Gazenko. The real
name of “X” was Kudryavka. Out of
love & affection, some called it Jhuzka
(means a little insect) and limonchik
(means small lemon). Ultimately “X”
was selected for that very purpose. Id
“X”.
6.
28. The play Nildarpan was first published
from Dhaka in 1860 which was written
by Dinabandhu Mitra under the
pseudonym “X” and it was translated
into English by Michael Madhusudan
Dutta under the pseudonym “Y”. Id “X”
& “Y”.
7.
31. The term “X” (two words) was
originated from a practice in
medieval Europe. At the time of
signing a document, all the
signatories signed in a circular
way so that it could not be traced
who signed first. What was the
term (That means “X”)?
8.
34. What is common to Knee, Toss,
Throw, Body, Neck, Travel and
Dougnut ? (Actually they are
the different variety of
something that we all here use
everyday) different variety of something that
we all use daily).
9.
37. “X” worked as the Manager of Bengal
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. His first
novel was “Gaddalika”. He won Rabindra
Puraskar for his novel “Krishnakali Ityadi
Golpo”. He was bestowed Padma Bhushan
in 1956. He took his pen name “Y” from the
name of his family goldsmith Tarachand Y.
Id. X & Y.
10.
40. The term “X” was coined by fourth King
of Bhutan, Jigme Singe Wangchuk
during an interview at Bombay Airport
in the 70s. “X” is a concept which was
first mentioned in the constitution of
Bhutan and was enacted on 18th July,
2008. The concept emphasizes
harmony with nature & traditional
values. Id “X” (Three word term)
11.
43. 12.
“X” is often regarded as one of the greatest Bengali scholars.
He was born in Gotna village in Bardhaman district in 1900.
He studied in Burdwan Municipal School, Sanskrit College and
Calcutta University. One of his literary works is “Butpotti
Siddhartha Shobdokosh” After the death of his wife, he
started a story telling circle especially on ghosts in his house
though it was not continued for a long time. He created his
detective character “Kalidas”. When he was asked that why
did he choose such name as his detective, he replied that in
our ancient culture, inquisitiveness could be found in poets.
He gave name of a food item as Luchuri (partly Luchi & partly
Kochuri). He died in 1992. Id “X”.
46. 13.
“X” is situated around 80 km. away from the city of Madurai.
The area was filled by mud (actually it was a marshy land).
The city “X” was founded in the 15th Century AD during the
reign of Pandya King Harikesari Parakkirema Pandian. The
small village has been transformed into a thriving industrial
town when a factory of its kind was established here by P.
Ayya Nadar (founder of Anil Brandd). Once upon a time “X”
was a town of highest concentration of child labour in India.
On 15th September, 2012, factory Om Shakti came in news.
The town produces more than 90% of India’s something (a
kind of product) and India is the second largest producer of
that kind of product. Id “X”.
49. 14
Raghu Naik, hailed from Jaguliapada in
Orrisa was a gardener of “X”. He received a
cash prize of Rs.500/- and a letter of
appreciation from India’s 1st President Dr.
Rajendra Prasad. In 2016, Odisha
Government provided a financial assistance
of Rs.5 lakh to 85 years old Mandodori
Naik, his widow. What did he do ? (No
need of answering “X”).
52. 15
As per Hindu mythology, what two
word term is bestowed collectively of
the following immortals :
(a) Parasurama (b) Veda Vyasa (c)
Kripacharya (d) Bali (e) Ashwathama (f)
Vibhisana (g) Hanuman (h) Sage
Markandeya ?
55. 16
The inspiration of the catchline/slogan “X”
of Company “Y” was the last words spoken
by “Z” before his execution in a firing
squad in 1977. “Z” was executed for two
murders he committed in Utah, US. “Z”
was also involved in three (3) cases of
armed robbery and two (2) cases of
assault. ID X, Y & Z.
69. World Team Tennis, founded in 1973,is a
mixed-gender professional tennis league
originally played on a no-line court with
a team format in the United States. The first
team to reach five games wins each set. A
nine-point tiebreaker is played if a set
reaches four-all. One point is awarded for
each game won. If necessary, overtime and
a super-tiebreaker are played to determine
the winner of the match. What is the special
feature of this league/tournament?
1.
70.
71. Each match consists of five sets.
Each set features a different
configuration i.e.men's singles,
men's doubles, women's singles,
women's doubles, and mixed
doubles. Prior to each match,
coaches decide the order in
which the sets will be played.
72. In 1935 a Jack Ryder led Australian team visited
India. They played a few first class matches here.
In the match against Patiala,owing to injury and
illness,the team was so depleted that they had to
call up Luise Tarrant,Frank Tarrant who did
umpiring before but never played any First Class
match and X to make up their numbers. This led
to happen something for the first and probably
the only time in first class cricket. What is being
talked about here?
2.
73.
74. X was the Maharaja of Patiala.
he was given the honour of
captaining the Australian team.
His son Yuvraj of Patiala was
captaining the Patiala side thus
being the only known father-son
duo to have captained the
opposing sides.
75. This is an American athlete Horace
Ashenfelter who won a gold medal
in 1952 Helsinki Olympics. How can
one connect him with an athlete
participated in the last World
Athletics Championship held in
London in August this year?
(Pic in the next slide)
3.
76.
77.
78.
79. k
He was the last American athlete
to win a 3000 meter
Steeplechase in major
championship like Olympics or
World Championship before
Emma Coburn did it in WC 2017
in London two months ago.
80. This is June 21 1954
publication of Times
magazine. Nicknamed
Slammin’ Sammy ,he is the
oldest player to win a PGA
tour event at 52 years,
youngest PGA tour golfer to
shoot his age(67) in the 2nd
round of the 1979 Quad
Cities Open and the only
man to ever win an official
LPGA tour event. ID him and
his record which is still
intact.(ignore oldest or
youngest record)
3.
83. So far only three players have
achieved the feat of winning all
nine ATP Masters,the year
ending ATP tour final, all four
grand slams and the Olympic
gold. The two are the Bryan
brothers,Bob and Mike. Who is
the third one?
4.
86. This is Traianos Dellas who was
an integral part of Greece's Euro
2004 winning squad. The coach
of Greece called him
'the Colossus of Rhodes' in
respect of his performances in
the tournament and the moniker
is now widely used in the press.
He scored only one international
goal for Greece. However in that
EURO 2004 tournament he did
something for the first and only
time. What did he do that grew
interest among the quiz lovers?
5.
89. X was a football chant sung by fans at many grounds,
originally sung at Hillsborough by Sheffield Wednesday
fans in the early 1980s. This was because Howard
Wilkinson aka Sergeant Wilko, was the manager of the
Sheffield Wednesday at the time. Older fans may
actually remember that it was originally sung 6 years
earlier when Jack Charlton took charge of Sheffield. The
chant moved up to Leeds in 1988 when Wilkinson
moved to Leeds United. X which is a limited company
now co-founded by Paul Burnham, claims it wants to
"make watching cricket more fun and much more
popular". What is X?
6.
92. When X at 18 years and 140 days, scored against Nepal
in 2015 SAAF Games, many Newspapers declared him
the youngest ever goal scorer for his nation. However it
was later revealed that he is the 2nd youngest after Y. Y
was 18 years and 90 days old when he scored his debut
goal for his nation against Uzbekistan in a Nehru Cup
match on 14 March 1995 in Kolkata. So Y was younger
than X when he scored but surprisingly he is not the
youngest. The youngest ever goal scorer is another
player Z who was only 16 years and 311 days old when
he scored against Kuwait in a friendly international on 5
November, 2004. Give me X,Y and Z.
7.
95. ________was a European football competition played between
1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of
Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen,Ottorino Barassi from Italy,
and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley
Rous. The competition was set up to promote
international _______. The competition was initially only open to
teams from cities that hosted ______ and where these teams
finished in their national league had no relevance. Early
competitions also featured a one city, one team rule. After 1968, it
was sometimes referred to as the Runners-up Cup, with teams
now qualifying based on league position. In 1971,it came under
the auspices of UEFA and was replaced by the UEFA Cup. So
what is being talked about here?
8.
98. X made only one official international
appearance for Scotland; he played in a 3–
2 British Home Championship defeat
to Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff, on 4
October 1933. Playing opposite X in the
Welsh half-back line was his future
assistant Y. X also made seven
appearances for Scotland
against England.during the Second World
War, winning just one of them, but these are
considered unofficial. X and Y?
9.
99.
100.
101. The man in the picture was a Track &
Field athlete who competed in
the 1924 Summer Olympics and in
the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1924
he finished creditable 14th overall in
the Long Jump competition. Four years
later
he finished 36th in the same event at the 1928
Olympics.In the 1924 Paris Olympics he was the captain
of the Indian athletic team. He can also be described as a
very distinguished man, In World War II. For his services, he
was awarded M.B.E. However he did something in the early
1950s for which he is remembered most. ID him and his
later claim to fame.
10.
