20 dry questions and 10 AV Cut off was 28 I suppose Questions by : Debanjan Mahapatra and Soumlaya Chakraborty

1. MAHESH SRI RAMKRISHNAASHRAM EX- STUDENTS
ORGANISATION
PRELIMINARYROUND
QUESTIONS: SOUMALYA & DEBANJAN

2. RULES
 30 questions.
 1,5,10,15,20,25,30 are star questions. These
questions will act as tie-breakers.
 In finals in case of tie, these star questions
will decide the winner.
 Quizmaster’s decision is final.
 Using the internet or any other unfair means
will lead to elimination.

3. BRACE YOUSELVES.
QUESTIONS ARE COMING...

4. *1
 Some students from MIT calculated X’s
speed to be 1800 miles/second. X carries a
weight of about 321000 tonnes. Almost
214000 living organisms of a particular
species help X to transfer this load to
almost 918 million destinations in 32 hours
across 24 different time zones. That is on an
average, 823 destinations per second.
 Identify X.

6. SANTA CLAUS

7. 2
 X was a seven times national
steeplechase champion between 1950-
1960 . After a premature retirement from
the army, he became a notorious
Chambal Valley Dacoit. In 1981,he was
killed by the Indian police. His Biopic,
released in 2012, bagged the National
award for the Best Film and Best Actor.
 Identify X .

9. PAAN SINGH TOMAR

10. 3
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary has a habit to
fact check tweets, and it
tried to sit out this new
word.
What bewildering new
word used by a famous
persona had even
Merriam-Webster
confused about its
meaning?

13. COVFEFE

14. 4
 The place has its mention in ancient texts like
Ramayana, Mahabharata, Harivansham,
Kalkipurana etc. Historicians have identified
places like Omkareshwar, Mandala,
Maheshwar to be its exact location.
 Common factor is, all these places are beside
river Narmada and currently this place has
become popular due to its mention in a film.
 Identify the place.

16. MAHISHMATI

17. 5*
 Mohs surgery, also known as
chemosurgery, developed in 1938 by a
general surgeon, Frederic E. Mohs, is a
microscopically controlled surgery used to
treat common types of skin cancer.
 A popular arcade game character also has
visual similarities with the incisions and the
game is named after the incision method.
 What are the incisions called?

18. Incisions look like this.

20. PACMAN

21. 6
What is
this
Indian
map
trying to
depict?
(bigger picture
next slide)

24. ALCOHOL PROHIBITION

25. 7
 X is a stalwart in his Field of work. He
has been listed in Guinness Book of
World Records for getting the
maximum number of credits i.e. 15
credits for the film “Chinese Zodiac”
which includes Director, Actor,
Producer, Writer, Catering Coordinator
and Stunt Choreographer etc.
 Identify X.

27. JACKY CHAN

28. 8
In this scene from Pulp Fiction, Samuel Jackson says some
famous lines from a very famous book. Identify the book.

30. THE HOLY BIBLE

31. 9

32. 9
 This famous scene(especially
dialogues) made by Satyajit Ray was a
tribute to a great writer X, who had
inspired him in several ways.
 These dialogues are not-so-subtle
reference to one of the characters
created by X.
 Name either X and the literary piece
where these dialogues were taken
from.

34. SUKUMAR RAY
HO JO BO RO LO (হ য ব র ল)

35. 10*
 Project X was born as a social media movement in
2013. Their motto is, “movement dedicated to
presenting hope and love to those who are struggling
with depression, suicide, addiction, and self-injury. X
exists to encourage, love, and inspire.”
 People, to raise awareness make tattoos of X on their
body to show that they could’ve ended their life, but
they chose not to.
 X being a special punctuation mark, became the logo.
 Identify X.

37. SEMI COLON

38. 11
In 2014, Lufthansa, a
German airlines
company tweeted
this picture and said
“ The best extra
weight we have ever
carried.”
What is the “extra
weight” they are
talking about?

40. WORLD CUP

41. 12*

42. The spider has been named after something(an artifact) from a very famous
Fantasy series. Identify the series and the artifact after which this spider is
Named?

44. HARRY POTTER
SORTING HAT

45. 13
 The city X was constructed by Borkishanpur,
Khalisani & Gondalpara.
 It was known as Francedongmi when it was a
French colony. Some believe it was named
after Devi Chandi as there is an ancient
temple of her. Some believe Sandalwood
trading formed its name. Some believe that it
was the ‘City of Moon’, due to its situation
like a half moon beside river Ganges.
 Identify X.

47. CHANDANNAGAR

48. 14
Identify the singer.

50. CHESTER BENNINGTON

51. 15*
Identify the personality who
has made the videos.

53. TANMAY BHAT

54. 16
Identify the Film and the singer.

56. PATALGHOR
SWAPAN BASU

57. 17
X is a popular Bengali
detective-adventure series for
children, written by Y.
The idea of this series is
based on Western series
“Famous five” by “Enid
Blyton”. The first story of the
series was published in 1981.
Id X and Y.

59. X= PANDOB GOYENDA
Y= SASTHIPADA CHATTOPADHAYAY

60. 18
Connect this exhaustive list.

62. REFUGEE TEAM

63. 19
 Ultra-Ever Dry, made by Ultratech International is a
superhydrophobic and oleophobic coating that
will repel most water-based and some oil-based
liquids. Ultra-Ever Dry uses proprietary
omniphobic technology to coat an object and
create a surface chemistry and texture with
patterns of geometric shapes that have “peaks” or
“high points”.
 These high points repel water, some oils, wet
concrete, and other liquids unlike any other
coating.
 Recently, authorities in Philadelphia followed by
San Francisco and Hamburg used this paint for
some purpose.
 Explain the funda.

65. PEE BACK PAINT

66. 20*
Clippings from whose biopic?

68. SAADAT HASAN MANTO

69. 21
 As stated in X’s biography “Kothay
Kothay Raat Hoye Jay”, X once went to
meet his friend Prabodh Chandra Dey in
Mumbai. His friend, a self-taught cook,
was then busy in the kitchen and
requested to wait for him till he finished
cooking.
 X created Y in that leisure time that
became immensely popular later on.
 Identify X and Y.

71. X= PULAK BANDOPADHYAY
Y= BHOJOHORI MANNA

72. 22
Put Funda.

74. BENGALI BANDS

75. 23
What is the context of this Amul ad?

77. JALLIKATTU

78. 24
Put funda.

80. STORY TITLES OF GHANADA

81. 25*
What is special about this song?

83. FIRST EVER COMPUTER
GENERATED SONG

84. 26

85. The tribute video was made for X, who made
this staus update after his retirement. Identify X.

87. H C VERMA

88. 27
What are we talking about?

90. CLASH OF CLANS

91. 28
What has been blacked out?

93. DUNKIRK

94. 29
Put funda.

96. POKEMONS WERE INSPIRED FROM THESE
ORGANISMS.

97. 30*
Identify the Award and the voice.

99. SATYAJIT RAY
OSCAR RECEIVING SPEECH