This is the quiz conducted at an informal session hosted by Quiz Club of CET at College of Engineering Trivandrum on 14/01/2023. Topic - Kerala Some questions are in Malayalam

1. കകരള പപശശകശശതരരയയ v 3.0
ഗവ ഷണ അ തരണ : ശ വ ഷ പ എസ

2. 1
The painting in the next slide by Spanish
artist Antonio Guzman Capel is titled 'La
flor Caida'.
Tell me the meaning of the title in
Malayalam?

4. Answer ahead

5. 'The fallen flower'
ണപപ
This is the portrait of Kumaran Asan

6. 2
ശടൻമധ ഈയ ടട മശത ഭ മ യ ൽഎഴ ത യക ഖശത ശശട!
ഒര ഭശഗയ: -

"...ഏതശശ യ വർഷങൾക മ മശ ഊട യ ൽകശണ
ഹശ! ശശട!
ച പതരകരണയ ശടക കമശഴശണശ കമശഹൻ ശൽവ ള ചതശ.
ക3ശൺ__________ ശശട! കകയ ൽടകശട തകശഷയ ശൽ
പ!ഞ. "സശ!ശ സയസശര ക ...’’ ഒട വ ൽ______________മശയ
സയസശര ചതശ അനശയ ര ന അരശ റശണ ശപ !മ ള
ഞങള ടടസ?ഹ ദത ൽഅധ കയ കണ മ ട കകളശ
ക3ശൺക3ശൺസയഭശഷണങകളശ ഒന മ ണശയ ട ല.
എങ യ ഞങള ടടമശസ ൽഞങള ണശ എനതശണശ ഏട!
സകDശഷയ".
വർഷങൾക മ ൻപശ തശൻഅഭ ശയ ചഒര ച പതത ൽക ട
അരകങറയ ക ! ചഒര വEക ടയഓർക കയശണശ പശര. മധ
ഈ ക ഖശത ടട. ആരശയ ര ന ആവEക ?
ഏതശയ ര ന ആച പതയ?

7. Answer ahead

8. Amitabh Bachhan, Saat Hindustani

9. 3

Attached is the current
panel of Vice-Chairmen in
the Rajya Sabha who
conduct the proceedings of
the House when Chairman
and Deputy Chairman are
not available. Who is the
person masked?

What makes her selection
unique in the history of
Rajya Sabha?

10. Answer ahead

11. P T Usha, first nominated MP to be
elected to this panel

12. 4
മറ കദശകശടര അയഗരകര ക നത ൽ ഒട യ
പ ശ ക കശണ കശത
വരശണശ തമ ഴശ
ശശട കശർ. പശ കശടൻ മ യശള ആയഎയ ജ
രശമചപJശ യ, മ!ശത ആയ രജശ കശD യ,
കമസ ര ൽജശ ച വളർനജയ ള തയ യ
ഉദശഹരണങൾ മശപതയ.

തമ ഴശ കദശരയ ഗരതമശയ അയഗരകര കടപട
'തമ ഴശ തശയശ വശഴശത ' എനഗശശയ
എഴ ത യത യ സയഗരതയ ശൽക യത യ
മ യശള കളശണശ. ആടരശടകയശണശ അവർ?

13. Answer ahead

14. Lyrics- Manonmaniyam Sundaranar Pillai
Music – M S Viswanathan

15. 5. പ ലക ട ലയ ൽ പട മ കട ത ര യ രന!ലപർ
മലമ കള ല ളഭഗ ത വ(ശതത !ട ത ള ഈ
ശപത മ ആര വടത ണ?

16. Answer ahead

18. 6
ഒകര ശശടകപട പ ൽ
ഒകര കപര ണശയ ര ന
രണ കപടര
ത ര ച! യശൻ
അത ട ശരശൾ
മടറശര കപരശ
സLരകര ച .

ശമ ടകലശവർക യ
സ പര ച തശശയ,
ച പതത ൽ വ ത
വശത ള, അകMഹയ
ആരശണശ?

19. Answer ahead

20. K S Premkumar adopted the name 'Kochu Preman'
to avoid confusion with another Premkumar in the
same troupe

21. 7
The first Malayalam translation of this classic Sanskrit
work was done by Vidwan T K Raman Menon in 1969.
The book got published only in 2021.
The translation uses Manipravala, a mixture of
Malayalam and Sanskrit.
Identify the work.

23. Answer ahead

25. 8
ചങ! വ-ര കട ത ! ചശപ സ0
സ ഹ ത2ക രൻമ ടത ർക ത!ന4
തപശ തലത ൽഎഴ ത യ ഒര
വ! ല ന!ആസ8ദമ ക ! ർമ കന;ട
ചലച ശത ആയ ര ന ഇത.
ത ര !നപ ര ലയ നല
അമപര യ ല ണഈച ശതത !ന4
ഭപര പ( ച ശത കര ചത.

ഈസപ;ർ ഹ റ ചലച ശത ഏത ണ?

27. Answer ahead

29. 9

Alleppey Ashraf(pictured
here) revealed in one of his
Facebook posts that he was
the one who dubbed for a
character in an iconic
Malayalam movie. To dub for
the role, he just had to recite
the name of an animal
repeatedly. While dubbing for
the remake of the movie in
Tamil, the animal got
changed.

Identify the character and the
movie which is very much in
the news nowadays.

30. Answer ahead

31. Myna
Spadikam

32. 10
This place is locally known as Maliku. But the
currrent name was derived from a local word in
Mahl language which originally means “Cannibal
land'” which the natives used to refer to Nicobar
islands.
The confusion happened because some British official
mistook that both the names refer to the same place.
Identify this region.
Mahl is the official language of a sovereign nation.
Identify that country too.

33. Answer ahead

34. Minicoy
Maldives

Mahl is just another name of Dwivehi – that's another instance of
a British mess-up

Minicoy islanders have long settled in the Nicobar Islands. The
Andaman and Nicobar groups were called "Minikaa-raajje" by
Minicoy and Maldive islanders since those islands had a
reputation in the Maldives and Minicoy of being inhabited by
cannibals. A British official once asked a Minicoy islander what
the name of his island was. The islander told the official that he
was from Maliku but usually lived in "Minikaa-raajje"
(Nicobar). The official thought Maliku and Minikaa were the
same place and recorded the name of this islander's home as
"Minikaa". This later became anglicised as Minicoy.

35. 11
Which cultural icon of Kerala, in his younger
avatar, appears in the cover of the novel 'A God
in Every Stone' by Pakistani-British author
Kamila Shamsie?
Identify the photographer too.

37. Answer ahead

38. Kalamandalam Gopi
Henri Kartier Bresson

39. 12. Translation of which Malayalam
work?

40. Answer ahead

42. 13

SCERT Plus Two text book for anthropology had a
curious mistake where the picture of a poet was
published alongside the description of a
museologist.

The museologist was the first Indian to serve as
Superintendent of the Government Museum, Madras
from 1940 to 1960. He was the Vice Chancellor of
University of Kerala during 1969-70. He also did
pioneering excavations on the archaeological site at
Arikamedu.

And for the clue for the poet, see the next slide.

43. 
Continued..

44. Identify both.
(Surname won't suffice)

45. Answer ahead

46. 
Ayinapalli Aiyappan(Museologist)
A. Ayyappan(poet)

47. 14
There are 5 Devaswom boards in Kerala. Travancore,
Cochin and Malabar Devaswoms manage temples
within their respective regions. The other two
Devaswom boards manage single temple each, both
in the same district.
Which are those temples/Devaswoms?

48. Answer ahead

49. Guruvayur Devaswom
Koodalmanikyam Devaswom

50. 15
Sufi saint Mansur al-Hallaj shouted this word which means 'I
am the Truth' in Arabic.while being hanged for heresy in
922 AD.
Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer, used this as title for one of his
short stories in the collection 'Anargha nimisham' which
chronicles the execution of Mansur al-Hallaj. In this short
story, Basheer draws parallels between this word and a
Maha vakya from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.
What is the Arabic word/Title of Basheer's short story?

Which is the Maha vakya to which it is compared to?

51. Answer ahead

52. An-al Haq
Aham Brahmasmi

An extract from Faiz Ahmed Faiz's
Hum Dekhenge:

Bas naam rahega Allah ka

Jo ghayib bhi hai hazir bhi

Jo manzar bhi hai nazir bhi

Utthega an-al-haq ka nara

Jo main bhi hoon, aur tum bhi
ho

Aur raaj karegi khalq-e-Khuda

Jo main bhi hoon aur tum bhi ho

53. 16
John Allan Broun was a Scottish scientist who was the
second director of Travancore Observatory, established
by Swati Thirunal in 1837. He was interested in geo-
magnetism and its variations. To study that, he
established an observatory at another location which is
visible from the observatory in Trivandrum. It is
recorded that employees were deputed in shifts in the
second observatory and they were required to be away
from their homes for days together. To synchronize the
readings from both observatories, signaling system
using light was also set up.
Where did he set up the second observatory?

54. Answer ahead

55. Agustyar Peak (Agasthyar koodam)

56. 17. A father – son duo. Id both
This senior journalist, while he was the editor of Patna
based newspaper 'The Searchlight', was lodged in
Hazaribagh jail for reporting about corruption in the K
B Sahay led government. It was none other that V K
Krishna Menon who appeared before court to defend
him. He ran the column 'Point of View' in the Indian
Express for 25 years till last year.
His son was an alcoholic and was briefly into drugs. The
experiences of those days helped him to write his debut
novel, which was shortlisted for Man Booker Prize and
won DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

57. Answer ahead

58. T J S George
Jeet Thayil

59. 18

2017 - നല സAപൾ ശപവ വ! ത ത !ന4
സ സ !തല ഉതF ട!ത ! നട എട ത
ച ശതമ ണ ത. എ നടയ ണഇത !ടനത?

ഏകവദ ഒര !പറ ണ ! മ ൻപ ഈക ട യ നട
ഒര ക ട ബ ഗവത ട നചയ0 നതറ !ന4 ഒര
തരത ല ള ശപ യശ ത കഴ ഞ ർഷ
! 4വ 4 . എങന!?

ഈക ട യ നട വമൽപ4ഞക ട ബ ഗ
ആര ണ?

61. Answer ahead

63. 19
This bird goes trending in
newsrooms for a couple
of days, usually in
December every year.
In the year 2022, there
were two such
instances.
How does it achieve its
ephemeral fame?

64. Answer ahead

65. Chakoram = Crow Pheasant/ ഉ;ൻ/
നചവമ ത

66. 20

സ സ !സAപൾകവല ത ങള നലമതര ഇ!മ യഒര
സ ഹ ത2 വ! ദത ൽആശഗഗണ2! യ ര ന ശ . .
കമല കര വമവ! ൻ. സ സ !ത ട! ള ഒര പ ട കപട യKകൾ
ഇത !വ4ത യ ! ല ല ണ.

തL പർ പപരവത ട! ബന ച !ടത നഒര ടപർണനമ!4 ൽ
യ ക ന 2ക കസമ ! ക നവശട ഫ ക .
കമല കര വമവ! ൻസ ർണമ ശദ എന ണവപര. ഏത ണഈ
മതര ഇ! ?

മനറ ര വമഖലയ ൽവ!ടങൾ(!ഷങള ) നക യ0, ശ . .
കമല കര വമവ! !ന4 മക! ഇത !ന4 ല യ
വശപ ത ഹകൻആയ ര ന . ആര യ ര ന അവRഹ ?

67. Answer ahead

68. Akshara shlokam
Atlas Ramachandran

69. 21. Identify the lyricist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=iHhXzRmlxLk&list=RDiHhXzRmlxLk&start_rad
io=1&ab_channel=EvergreenFilmSongs

70. Answer ahead

71. M T Vasudevan Nair

72. 22
എആർ 4ഹ ൻത!ന4 ചലച ശത
ഗ !ങള ൽ5 ക കള നട/ ഗ !
രചയ ത കള നട മലയ ള ര കൾ
ഉപവയ ഗ ച ട ണ. അ നര ത ര ച4 യ ക.

73. Answer ahead

74. മ യശള സ ശ മകൾ
–
ബ ച ത ര മല വയ ദ
! യക ക മ ർ - മലയൻക ഞ
അശE ഭശഷശ സ ശ മകൾ
ഗ ര ഷപ തവUര - പ U ര തU
നക U വക (Jiya Jale in Dil Se)
കകതശപ - ആവര മവല(Vinnai thandi varuvaya)
ഇരയ മൻ തമ - ഓമ! ത ങൾക ട വ
(Kuluvalilae from Muthu)