The document provides biographical information about a Carnatic musician in 3 paragraphs. It details their early training in Carnatic music from their parents and further training in Chennai. It mentions pursuing an MBA but also joining ITC Sangeet Research Academy to study Hindustani music, though certain errors damaged their voice. With further training, their voice was restored but not for Indian music. They eventually found success integrating Western vocal techniques, starting their singing career in 1993 and teaching voice since 2003.

2. ABOUT ME
• I’m Surya Narayanan
• Bsc.Viscom at PSG CAS
• Been Quizzing since 5th grade
• Missing God “10”Dulkar
• Likes Thalaivar , Dhoni , Rahman
• Supports CSK , Brazil

3. RULES
• 32 Questions + LVC
• +15/-10 on pounce
• +10 on Infinite bounce
• KQA Rules apply
• Quiz Master’s decision is Final.

4. Apart from the “GOD OF CRICKET”
Sachin Tendulkar , who has scored a
century on debut in Irani , Duleep and
Ranji Trophy ?
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5. Googly :D No one has and he still
remains as a Star

6. X was established in the year 1956, is governed by a
Council of Administration consisting of member
representatives of the Industry, Government and
Scientists.X is sponsored by the Industry and is
supported by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of
India. The foundation stone of X was laid by the then
Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 25th
December 1955. X commenced functioning in 1956 in
the premises of the SIMA, Coimbatore, with 44
member mills and two Divisions. Quality control in
Spinning and Maintenance management in weaving
are some of the books published by X.
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7. SITRA

8. Venkat Prabhu, had earlier announced that
he was likely to have Hollywood actress X play
the character of Premji’s girlfriend in Goa.
According to the sources, the actress had asked
for a salary of around three million US Dollars
(approximately Rs 14 crore), when the entire
budget of this film is said to be around just Rs
six crore!Since this was impossible , he
contacted Melanie Marie an Australian
model.But he badly wanted X’s presence and so
he named Melanie’s character as X.Id X
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9. Jessica Alba

10. Id the “deity”
fondly called as
the Mother of
Telangana
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11. Sonia Gandhi

12. Russet Burbank(Solanum tuberosum) is a large white
potato developed in the 1870s by horticulturalist
Luther Burbank. It was not patented because plants
such as potatoes that are propagated from tubers were
not granted patents in the United States. The Russet
Burbank is an expensive variety -- it consumes a great
deal of water, takes a long time to mature, and requires
large amounts of pesticides -- but it's easy to store and
has a consistent texture and taste, which makes it the
perfect _______ potato .FITB
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13. French Fries

14. Mapin Publishing is an Indian art
book publishing company started
in 1984 by Bipin Shah and X , a
Padma Bhushan recipient. It
publishes illustrated books on
Indian art, culture and literature
and is based in Ahmedabad.
Crafts of Gujarat was the first
book published by Mapin
Publishing.Id the founder
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15. Mallika Sarabhai

16. First : Navy Bathyscaph Trieste piloted by Lt.
Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard.
Second :Kaiko , an ROV built by Japan
Agency for Marine-EarthScience and
Technology
Third : Nereus , an HROV built by Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Fourth : ???
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17. James Cameron and the
exploration of Mariana Trench

18. ID
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19. Rey Mysterio

20. This sporting goods company was founded in 1954 in
Jalandhar , India.But in 1995 when it’s current owner
Kunal Sharma wanted to pursue his studies , he
established it’s Australian arm in Wollongong , South
of Sydney.He settled in Australia and its headquarters
was shifted to Wollongong.It still has an industry in
Jalandhar which is mainly used for the production of
bats.It also manufactures goods for Football , Netball ,
Golf etc..Matt Prior , Viv Richards are some of its
cricket ambassadors and Daniel Harte is its Fitness
ambassador.Which Sports goods company am I talking
about ?
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21. Spartan Sporting Goods

22. This brand was born when the founder Bao Shen Liu
observed that his twin daughters suffering from
cerebral palsy, were finding it difficult in gripping a
pen or a pencil due to lack of co-ordination and
undeveloped muscles. He went on to invent a writing
instrument which is now a popular brand. This award
winning pen is uniquely designed for more
comfortable and "strain free" writing.It is suitable for
everyone but is particularly good for children, left
handers, students and people with writing
difficulties.Which famous brand ?
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23. Yoropen

24. ID
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25. Blobfish

26. Rupesh Paul Productions , an Indian
company is set to produce a Thriller
made by Movie Makers in
Cannes.Titled as “The Vanishing Act” ,
this movie tells the story of five people
who seek revenge for the death of their
loved ones. They hijack a plane. but
things aren't as they appear.This movie
is inspired from which incident ?
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27. Disappearance of MH370

28. 1944 Match between Army and
Royal Air Force at Lords.Put Funda
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29. A german aircraft carrying a bomb
was flying low and people thought
it would be dropped at Lords.But it
was dropped in Reagents Park and
the play was resumed.

30. During the Mahabharata battle, Kauravas travelled
across the country. When they reached the place where the
X’s temple is situated, the Kauravas divided their weapons
among them. Since then, the place came to be known as
‘Pakutheswaram’, which later became Pavithreswaram.X
returned to this place after the battle and attained
‘moksha’ with the blessings of Lord Siva and became
Lord X. The subdeities of the temple include
Bhuvaneswari Devi, Kiratha Moorthi and Nagaraja.The
festival of the temple, popularly known as Malakkuda
Maholsavam, is observed in the Makaram month. The
temple is maintained by the Kurava community of the
region.Who is the Main Deity ?
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31. Shakuni

32. William Gilbert , was an English physician, physicist
and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both
the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the
Scholastic method of university teaching. He is
remembered today largely for his book De Magnete
(1600). A unit of magnetomotive force, also known as
magnetic potential, was named the gilbert in his
honour.He is regarded by some as the father of
_______ and Magnetism.He is credited to have coined
the word ______ . FITB
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33. Electricity

34. In Armenian , it is called hndkahav literally meaning
“Indian chicken”.
In Catalan, it is called gall d’indi, literally
meaning “Indian chicken”.
In French, it is called la dinde, which means
“chicken from India".
In Georgian, it is called indauri, meaning India.
In Hebrew, it is called tarnegol hodu literally
meaning "rooster of India".
In Italian it is known as pollo d'India, with clear
reference to India
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35. In Polish and Ukrainian, it is Indyk, a
reference to India. Similarly it is indik
in Yiddish, also referring to India.
In Russian, it is called indeyka , relating
to India.
In Turkish, the bird is called hindi
which means “from & related to India,"

36. Turkey

37. Sarat Talluri Rao has recently shot to fame with his
documentary titled “Furiously Curious”. Rao shot the
documentary using a hand-held camera between 2011
and 2013, spending most of his shoestring Rs.4 lakh
budget on travelling costs and the purchase of hard
disks.The 31-year-old screenwriter, who is currently
working on director Dev Benegal’s forthcoming
feature Dead, End, shot the documentary over two
years before hitting a creative block. “I could have
gone on forever,” he says. “I lost some faith in the
film—I thought it wasn’t a good enough product
technically. But I was always sure of the content.”
This 85 minute documentary covers events From
Coimbatore to Guwahati.What is its subject ?

38. Quizzing in India !

39. LVC

40. +75/-45

41. +70/-42

42. +65/-39

43. +60/-36

44. +55/-33

45. +50/-30

46. +45/-27

47. +40/-24

48. +35/-21

49. +30/-18

50. +25/-15

51. +20/-12

52. +15/-9

53. +10/-6

54. +5/-3

55. The Answer is

57. X was founded in 1919 by Frank Little and Alva
Kinney, who brought together four grain mills as Nebraska
Consolidated Mills (NCM). Initially headquartered in Grand
Island, Nebraska, it moved to Omaha in 1922. The company
ran at a profit until 1936, when Kinney retired. In 1940, the
company began producing flour at its own mill, and in 1942
ventured into the livestock feed business. That year
president R.S. Dickinson opened the company's first out-of-
state facility in Alabama with a flour mill and animal feed
plant. In 1971, Nebraska Consolidated Mills changed its
name to X ,a combination of Consolidated and
Agriculture.It’s famous product Y was Act II was invented
by James Watkins, a former engineer for the Pillsbury
Company in Minneapolis, MN and then Founder/President
of Golden Valley Microwave Foods. X&Y Please
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58. ConAgra Foods
ACT II

59. In 2011 , Japanese arm of X proposed a
branch on earth’s galactic neighbour ,
Moon.Maeda Corp , A Japanese company has
come up with a plan for a dome shaped concrete
X on the surface of the moon.Company
estimates the entire cost will be 1.67 Trillion
Yen.But , The company said it will keep the cost
down by using mineral deposits on the moon to
make concrete.The workers will be required to
live on its premises.Which company ?
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61. Who ?
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62. Steve Jobs

63. X’s history traces to 1916 when Tokyo
Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and
Engineering Co., Ltd. plan a cooperation
with the Tokyo Gas and Electric Industrial
Co. to build automobiles.The Ishikawajima
company was renamed to X in 1934.It was
named after a river in Japan which has it’s
source in Mie Prefecture.X literally means
“50 Bells” and hence its cars were named
“Bellel” and “Bellet” focusing on
Bell.Which company ?
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64. Isuzu

65. Codex Gigas (Giant Book) AKA ______
Bible is a large 13th-century manuscript from
Bohemia, one of the historical Czech lands.It is
known for two features. First, it is reputed to be
the biggest surviving European manuscript.
Secondly, it contains a large, full page portrait of
the ______.It is believed to have been written by
a man named Hermann. Codex Gigas is
composed of 310 leaves of vellum allegedly
made from the skins of 160 donkeys or perhaps
calfskin.It is the only holy book dedicated to
whom ?
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66. Devil’s Bible / Satan

67. During the World Environtment
Day this year , Penguin books
launched a new book of poetry called
“Green Poems”.These had poems by a
renowned poet X whose poems are
mainly based on nature.The book was
translated into english by JDU Leader
Pavan K Varma.Who is this renowned
poet,who, among other things is one of
India’s finest writers for Children ?
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68. Gulzar
Children books bosky series

69. Following the Armistice of 1918, Allied forces occupied the
German territory west of the Rhine. To maintain a military
presence on the eastern side, the Allied powers extended their
zones of occupation by creating three semi-circular bridgeheads of
30 km radius, radiating from Cologne , Koblenz , and
Mainz.Because of an error in measurement, the French and
American zones did not meet. The resulting gap on the eastern side
of the Rhine contained the Wisper valley, the towns of Lorch and
Kaub, and villages of Lorchhausen, Sauerthal etc ... Surrounded by
the two Allied bridgeheads, the Taunus range to the north-east, and
the Rhine to the south-west, this tiny region was effectively cut off
from the rest of Germany and subsequently separated from the
administration of the Weimar Republic. Owing to the circular
nature of the Allied bridgeheads, this enclosed territory took on the
shape of a _______, hence the name that was given to the
microstate, when it was declared on 10 January 1919.
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71. Free state of Bottleneck

72. X is a large, deep, freshwater lake in the Scottish
Highlands extending for approximately 37 kilometres
southwest of the city of Inverness. It is connected at
the southern end by the River Oich and northern end
opens out into Lake Dochfour.X is the second largest
and second deepest lake in Scotland. The only island
on X is Cherry Island, visible at its southwestern end,
near Fort Augustus. It is a crannog, which is a form of
artificial island.Since 1933 X has caught the attention
of news agencies worldwide due to a spotting of an
unusual creature by George Spicer and his wife in X
although the creature is believed to exist since 7th
century.How do we know this place better ?
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73. Loch Ness

74. Carol Ann Susie is an
American actress who is
known for appearances in
many dramas like Seinfield ,
Grey’s Anatomy , Cats &
Dogs , That ‘70’s show
etc..Although she isn’t seen
on screen in Big Bang
Theory , she has been paid
for more than 30
episodes.Why ?
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75. Mrs.Wolowitz

76. Various trees are claimed to be "the" X tree which Y describes.
The King's School, Grantham, claims that the tree was
purchased by the school, uprooted and transported to the
headmaster's garden some years later. The staff of the
National Trust-owned Woolsthorpe Manor dispute this, and
claim that a tree present in their gardens is the one described
by Y. A descendant of the original tree can be seen growing
outside the main gate of Trinity College, Cambridge, below
the room Y lived in when he studied there. The National Fruit
Collection at Brogdale can supply grafts from their tree, which
appears identical to Flower of Kent, a coarse-fleshed cooking
variety.Id X and Y
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77. Apple , Newton

78. Who is the father of India ?
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79. Movies shot in one take

80. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar
rationally known as the Gregorian Calendar to replace the
old Julian Calendar.The new calendar called for New
Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. Allegedly those
celebrating the old date were called X. Most ancient
cultures celebrated the New Year around the time of the
Vernal Equinox, the first day of spring. Seemed like a
good time to bring in a new year. In 1582, France adopted
the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's Day to Jan.
1. So the popular explanation is that many people either
refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it,
and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on _____.
Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists
and the practice spread throughout Europe and it is
observed till date.What is this practice ?
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81. April Fools

82. 29

83. Luiz Suarez bites Giorgio Chiellini

84. I was born in Jamshedpur in 1957, to doctor parents
passionately interested in Carnatic music. Father, a very good
untrained singer, taught me my first songs. Started Carnatic
training locally at 7, and later with Sh T.M.Thiagarajan in Chennai,
while I studied Economics at Loyola College. Parween Sultana's
music made me yearn to learn Hindustani music. After an MBA at
XLRI, I joined ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a music scholar
under Pt.Nivruttibua Sarnaik of the Jaipur gharana.. Unfortunately,
certain cardinal errors in training methods damaged my voice.
Pt.Sunil Bose, another SRA Master with a brilliant scientific
approach had studied some Western voice principles and evolved
his own method for Indian music. He brought my voice back, but it
was not a musical voice. Nonetheless, I owe my perspective of the
Indian singing voice to him. I knew my salvation lay in the Western
system and after years of searching, I found Prof. Peter Calatin in
Rep. of Ireland in 1991. I started singing in 1993, and teaching
voice in 2003.Who am I ?
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85. Ananth Vaidyanathan

86. When heaven and earth began, three deities came into being,
The Spirit Master of the Center of Heaven, The August Wondrously
Producing Spirit, and the Divine Wondrously Producing Ancestor.
These three were invisible. The earth was young then, and land
floated like oil, and from it reed shoots sprouted. From these reeds
came two more deities. After them, five or six pairs of deities came
into being, and the last of these were Izanagi and Izanami, whose
names mean "The Male Who Invites" and "The Female who
Invites". The first five deities commanded Izanagi and Izanami to
make and solidify the land of X, and they gave the young pair a
jeweled spear. Standing on the Floating Bridge of Heaven, they
dipped it in the ocean brine and stirred. They pulled out the spear,
and the brine that dripped of it formed an island to which they
descended. On this island they built a palace for their wedding and
a great column to the heavens.Thus born what ?
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87. Japan

88. The word derives from the Venetian phrase
literally meaning "I am your slave“. The
expression was not a literal statement of fact, of
course, but rather a perfunctory promise of good
will among friends (along the lines of "at your
service" in English). Ernest Hemingway's novel
A Farewell to Arms (1929), which is set in
northeast Italy during World War I, is credited
with bringing the word into the English
language.Today it is an informal way of
greeting.Which word ?
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89. Ciao