The document provides instructions for a quiz competition, noting there will be 25 questions worth 1 point each for a total of 30 points. It specifies that 8 questions should be marked on the answer sheet. It discusses tie-breaking procedures and resolving ties after the finals.

1. Researched and Conducted by
Dr. Aakash Roy

4.  25 Questions
 Every Answer has 1 point.Total 30 Points.
 8 Star Marked Questions. Please mark them on
your answer sheet as and when they appear.
 If teams are tied after Prelims scores, count back
method to be applied.
 Ties after Finals to be resolved with Prelims scores.

5.  His first book, “Antaranga Chin” was a
travelogue. Published in April,1958 it
describes his journey as a member of a
cultural delegation to China in 1954.
 In the foreword, he does not hesitate to
express his concerns regarding the literary
aspirations of a clerk of an Insurance
company .
 Who and What is the name of the last book
he wrote?

9.  Questions of identity reverberate
through The Dog, a documentary by Allison
Berg and Frank Keraudren that chronicles
J.Wojtowicz's terribly sad life
 Why ? (picture next slide)

12.  ____On Brexit Island, ____Go Gluten free,
____Give up the booze are some of the titles
of an immensely popular series which got a
jolly millennial makeover, although the
parodied versions retain the same
characterisation and flavour of the yesteryear
books.
 Which series ?

14.  LaVie Claire was a
French cycling team
which took part in
Tour de France in the
mid 1980s, before
Toshiba bought the
team in 1989.
 What/Who was the
inspiration for their
jersey ?

16.  Vijay Merchant was baffled with the Indian
team’s inability to cope with the seam and
swing in English conditions in India’s 1946
tour to England.
 Back home, he suggested something that
revolutionised the epicentre of Indian Cricket.
 What did Merchant suggest ?

18.  “Their first movie together was Dastaan. X arrived late
on the sets for the mahurat shot. He apologised for
the delay.
 Dilip Saab said that X was not late; he had already
given one shot! Bauji was nonplussed. Dilip Saab
explained that it was a long shot and he had worn
Bauji’s costume and given the shot to save time. Bauji
often said that it was a singular honour that Dilip
Kumar had worked as his ‘double’”.
 The above excerpt is from the biography of X, written
by his own son.
 Identify X.

20.  The painting on the next slide can be found on
the cover of “Studio of the South” by Martin
Bailley, an art historian where he throws light
upon a ghastly incident on the night of 23rd
December,1888.He has postulated a new
theory that it was a letter from X’s brother,Theo
announcing his decision to marry, that triggered
X’s despair.
 What event and Which is the more popular
theory behind this unfortunate incident ?

23.  Narayan Gangopadhyay, creator of Tenida, was a
professor in City College in the early 1950s when he
once came across one of his B.A. final year students
playing the titular role in the play, “Rammohan” in
the college’s annual social.
 The student, who was one of Gangopadhyay’s
favourites due to his leftist inclinations, visited the
erudite professor next morning for his reviews.
Needless to say, his teacher blessed him and
prophetically told that, in the coming days, he would
become one of the finest actors on stage.
 Who ?

25.  He was the Man of the Series in the
ICC U-19 World Cup,2016 scoring 242
runs and claiming 12 wickets in 6
matches. But his moment of glory
came in the later part of the year at
the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury
Stadium. Contrary to the
expectations, he failed miserably
with the bat, scoring just 5 in his first
4 innings with an average of 1.25.
 Who is this cricketer ?

27.  In this and the following slide, two paired
entities have been shown. What/Who are
they referring to ?

30.  This genre of miniature paintings reached its pinnacle during
medieval India. Notable schools of art like Mewar, Rajput, Deccan,
Mughal nearly everybody produced exquisite art forms of this
genre.
 What are they collectively known to us and Whose
autobiography was named after this coinage ?

34.  The cartoon on the next slide is based on a
1729 satirical work by an author who is
popular in this part of the world for another
of his pioneering piece of work, which was
originally published in 1726.
 Who is the author in question?

39.  The only example of this magical chemistry of X
andY outside their more popular collaborations
between 1969 and 1992, was in 1987.
 This venture, by the same director was a
documentary where X sang forY, who was seen
playing the role of Jambuban singing aloud in a
battlefield.
 Which “blessed” duo and Who/What was the
subject of the documentary ?

41.  Both Fables and Parables have been used
since time immemorial to impart lessons of
morality.
 What is the basic difference between them ?

43.  “…My dearest friend Saini and I watching together
as X andY wove patterns that would have done
MF Husain proud, Mirza Ghalib proud, Shammi
Kapoor proud.They did not play.They painted,
composed, danced.That was X’s move- the jalebi -
in and out, dart here, dart there, stick one way,
ball the other… only to meet on the other side of a
befuddled defender.”
 Tom Alter reminiscing about Which legend from
the 80s ?

45.  “When the Moon is in the seventh house and
Jupiter aligns with Mars then peace will guide
the planets and love will steer the stars“
 Above is the description of the Age of
Aquarius in a 1969 song by the band “The
Fifth Dimension”.
 Which event of those times was billed to be
happening in that age ?

49.  This is the statue ofTamil poet,Thiruvalluvar,
which many of us have seen ,although our
destination often is the location, just
adjacent to this statue.
 Which place of interest is being discussed ?

52.  Pat Metheny's request to Linda Manzer in
1984 was to build a guitar that had "as many
strings as possible." Manzer came up with the
_______, a guitar with 42 strings and four
necks that weighed almost fifteen pounds.
 How can you connect the name of this
instrument with an artwork in the following
slide ?

55.  Costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers built
it as part of the Industrial Light & Magic visual
effects company but decided to use it in another
project.
 In her words, she wanted 25 yards of fabric to be
flowing through the scene, which this creation
could achieve.
 This pop-cult sensation would have been
reminisced by people late last year, creating a
few hormonal surges in the process.
 What ?

57.  This 1975World Championships saw the Men’s
Team event gold going to China whereas
Yugoslavia and Sweden bagged the silver and
the bronze.
 In theWomen’s section China, South Korea and
Japan were the podium finishers, whereas India
languished towards the bottom.
 What was the newly erected venue of this
event which rose to prominence due to a non-
sporting event in 1997 ?

59.  TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) is a
fictional time machine and spacecraft that appears in the
British science fiction television programme Doctor
Who and its various spin-offs.
 Inspired by this, JK Rowling used a similar ‘dysfunctional’
entrance for the Ministry Of Magic in “Harry Potter and
the Order of Phoenix”.
 What isTARDIS designed after and How can you
connect it to an euphoric man conveying the news of
getting a job with a salary of 1100 rupees to his fiancée ?