8. 30 Questions
Each Answer carry 1 point. Question 26-30 carry 2
points each.
Total 35 points.
Questions 16-25 are Star Marked.
Ties after Finals to be broken with Prelims Scores
If two teams are tied on same score and stars,
Count back method to be applied
9. Suvo Palit, a Salt Lake resident, in 2013, decided to
revive a dying art and he shared his experiences
regarding the same in an article inTheTelegraph,
dated 31st October,2014. Following is an excerpt:
“The process started with buying butter paper, kite
sticks for the rim, paraffin and tissue paper to make the
fuel and annealed wire to suspend the fuel from. Last
year’s experience had taught me that the greatest
challenge was striking the right balance between
weight and durability.”
What did Suvo Palit produce indigeneously,that has
become a craze again in the last couple of years ?
10.
11. Sir Ashutosh heard of this diligent
young teacher of Krishnanath
Collegiate School, and took him to
Mitra Institution where the young
man would achieve cult status. He
used to live in Rossa Road and then at
Gobinda Ghoshal lane from 1964 till his
death in 1987.
But, what truly makes him immortal is
perhaps his lasting legacy amongst
students who he could not teach
personally.
Who is this indispensable gentleman?
12.
13. Which venue in an English seaside town is
shown here, serving as a makeshift
hospital for the wounded Indian soldiers
during World War I ?
14.
15.
16. Potato cultures supplemented with ox-bile was the
recipe used by the two scientists working in Lille in the
early part of 20th century. In 1913, when they were nearly
ready to test their results,WWI broke out. German
occupation of Lille meant, greatly increased cost of
potatoes and the difficulty of obtaining suitable ox bile
from the abattoir.Yet, they managed to obtain this by
grace of the veterinary surgeons of the German
occupying force.
Their efforts finally bore fruit in 1921 and they decided to
drop an extra ‘B’ which stood for ‘Bile’ from the final
name. What recipe is being described ?
17.
18. Born in Joynagar, he was a cousin of Dr.
Nilratan Sircar. He founded the City Book
Society in 1896 which published
Upendrakishore’s “Chotoder Ramayana” and
“Chotoder Mahabharata” for the first time.
Who is he/ How has he been immortalised in
our popular culture ?
19.
20. Egyptians used to stain their lower eyelids
using lamp black/antimony/lead sulphide to
enhance their beauty.The Arabic
pronunciation of this stain colloquially
known as kohl, has given origin to a particular
word, being far removed from its initial
connotation.
What is the good word ?
21.
22. This is a 1912 poster designed by Alfred
France for a certain organisation. What was
the campaign all about ?
23.
24.
25. Who is the goalkeeper of this team from the
Racing Universitaire d'Alger shown here (front
centre),who had to retire from the game
prematurely following a bout ofTuberculosis?
26.
27.
28. FM Rainbow Gold till very recently had a slot
for old popular English numbers from pre
1980s every Sunday for an hour in the
morning.
The name of the show was borrowed from a
1973 smash hit song byThe Carpenter’s,
which made it to the billboards’ No. 1 song in
no time after its release.
What very aptly named show ?
29.
30. George Lois, who was most famous as the
cover artist of “Esquire” designed this
commercial forWolfschmidt’sVodka.The
vodka tells the tomato, “You are some
tomato.We could make beautiful ______
______ together. I am different from those
other fellows.
FITB.
31.
32.
33. What has been described by its father as “a
tool to turn us into what we are supposed to
be” ?
34.
35. This is the heart of a
plant called Blue
Agave, which belongs
to the CAM
(Crassulacean Acid
Metabolism) family.
What is the most
popular product
yielded by this plant ?
36.
37. The photograph on the next slide was taken
by a certain Jarshad Kakkrakandy in his office
canteen, and posted on internet on
December 5,2016. Since then, this picture
has gone viral, with many people lauding this
benevolent gesture.
What was the fuss all about ?
38.
39.
40. How have these group of men become
neighbour’s envy and owner’s pride ?
41.
42. Which two word terminology (beginning
with L/G) connects the following objects?
43.
44. It was in 1908 that Hemendra Mohan Bose’s
Gramophone Company brought out the first
collections of “______babur gaan”.
But it was a recording in 1935 by Kanak Das,
that for the first time introduced the
terminology which, since then, have created
ripples in the popular culture of Bengal like
none other.
What exact term am I looking for ?
45.
46. Chemically an acid, this is used to reduce the
friction between two gliding discs to facilitate
their onward journey, enforced by a
heavyweight and larger object of similar
shape.
Which common recreational usage is being
described in the above paragraph ?
47.
48. A Nawab sitting on the throne and his nobles
positioned at their respective places, a Nawab
lying on his bed with a cup of wine, while a girl is
dancing supported by the musicians were some
popular scenes before 20th century.
In 1957, Akshay Das introduced Ajanta Eldora
cave paintings alongside scenes from religious
epics and courtly ceremonies.
Which G.I. tagged item is being talked about ?
49.
50. Civilians wear it with the pleats facing up
because they were originally used to hold
ticket stubs and similar items , explaining the
slang name ‘crumb-catcher’.
US Army Blue Mess and Blue Evening Mess
uniforms are worn with the pleats down, as
prescribed by Army Regulation 670–1 Chapter
24 Section 10(b).
Which ten-lettered fashion accessory is
being referred to ?
56. Schultz, the creator of Peanuts was a huge
fan of an actor.That actor’s most
memorable movie finds a passing reference
in the following Peanuts comics strip from
1973.
What movie was Linus watching ?
57.
58.
59. Instituted in 1954 as PahelaVarg, DusraVarg
and TeesraVarg, they underwent a name
change the following year.
What were the new nomenclature for the
above three entities respectively which
usually raises a storm in the teacup during
Republic Day celebrations every year ?
60.
61. This is inside the very famous Café Mondegar at
Colaba in Mumbai.
Whose artwork is seen adorning its walls ?
62.
63. This old logo was
revamped in 2015 and
the new one featured a
famous polymath from
Philadelphia dribbling a
basketball with a
mischievous gleam in
his eye.
However, this one has
not been used officially
by the 76ers,till date.
Who did it feature?
64.
65. In this “Esquire” cover from the 1960s, the
ultimate American Idol, who the college
rebels can identify with, has been formulated
as an ideal mix of these four cultural icons
from the sixties. Who are they (clockwise
from left) ? (Picture next slide)
66.
67.
68. The following
four landforms
are produced as a
result of erosion
by glaciers.
Name them,
beginning
clockwise from
top left.
69.
70. What are the two
advising each
other ? (FITB with
two appropriate
words beginning
with the same
letter)
71.
72. The cross design represents Christianity, the
characteristic shift of the centre to the hoist
side is early modern, first described in a
regulation on 11th June 1748, which specified the
shift of the cross centre towards the hoist as "the
two first fields must be square in form and the two
outer fields must be 6/4 lengths of those".
What is being described and which country is
an exception despite belonging to this
particular group ?
73.
74. One of the following paintings byTitian(1538)
was supposedly the inspiration while the
other by Paul Cezanne(1872) was the homage
to an immensely controversial work of art
which was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in
1865.
Who was the painter and What is the name
of the painting ?
