SEQCm December 2014

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Dec ‘14
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My Quiz, My Rules
• Let’s Bounce and Pounce our way to glory
• Value of each correct answer is 10, No negatives unless
specified
• +10/-10 on pounce
• Part points will be awarded at QM’s discretion
• Leftists, rightists, centrists all are allowed to protests for
all silly reasons. However ‘the autocrat’ QM shall prevail
• 99.999% original, 0.001% ‘inspired’. Credits were due.

1
Seen in the picture is
Bhagyalakshmi temple and a
holy muslim shrine separated by
a few feets. Though this has
been portrayed as a symbol of
communal harmony, the location
of temple (which clearly looked
like an encroachment to me) in
itself has been reason for discord
and rioting between Hindu and
Muslims. Which iconic location
houses these structures?
Charminar

2
The name means ‘shepherd's
hill’ and it is the mines of this
region that is believed to have
produced some of the world's
most famous gems, including
the Hope Diamond, the Koh-i-
noor and the Nassak
Diamond.
Golconda

3
Located 5km from Charminar,
the palace was built in the
shape of a scorpion with two
stings spread out as wings in
the north. It belonged to
Paigah Hyderabad State, and
it was later owned by the
Nizams. The name means
"Like the Sky" or "Mirror of the
Sky" in Urdu. Name?
Falaknuma Palace

4
This is a Hindu temple of Lord
Venkateshwara is built
atop Naubath Pahad. The
construction took 10 years and
was constructed in 1976 by Swami
Ranganathananda of
Ramakrishna Mission. The temple
manifests a blend of Dravidian,
Rajasthani and Utkala
architectures. It is constructed of
2000 tons of pure white marble.
The temple was constructed
by _____ Foundation, and thus
the name.
Birla Mandir

And the connect is…
Pet names for London skyscrapers as given
by the Londoners

60-70 St Mary's Axe a.k.a Can of Ham

Leadenhall Building a.k.a Cheesegrater

The Strata SE1 a.k.a The Razor

20 Fenchurch Street a.k.a Walkie-Talkie

London Bridge Tower a.k.a The Shard

Olympic Velodrome a.k.a Pringle

Keep Calm and Connect
• 4 questions for your
taste buds
• Not Exhaustive
• Points for the theme
specified on each
slide

5
This is considered to be a dish of South
Indian origin, and has more varieties
of it than any other part of the subcontinent.
It originated after blending
of Mughlai and Telugu cuisine in the kitchens
of the Nizam. The ingredients are Basmati,
chicken, yogurt, onions,
spices, lemon, saffron. Coriander leaves and
fried onions are used as garnish. Although
the preferred meat is mutton, it is replaced
by goat or chicken in some variations. It is
usually served with Dahi chutney (yogurt
and onions) and Mirchi ka salan - a green
chili curry. Baghara baingan (roasted
Eggplant) is a common side dish.
(+40/-5)

6
It is a volume roughly equivalent to
120ml, though the rough and ready
measure is the amount of liquor
needed to fill a glass equal to the
height between the index and little
fingers when they are held parallel to
one another. The name originates
from the city in Punjab, and is about
50% larger than a normal shot glass.
(+30/-10)

7
This is a popular crispy snack and is
prepared by using besan (gram flour) and
spices, originating from a town in the western
state of Rajasthan in India. A dough
of Besan (gram flour) and spices
including moth dal, salt, red chilli, black
pepper, cardamom, cloves, groundnut oil,
etc. is formed into the snack by pressing it
through a sieve and deep frying in vegetable
oil. Light yellow in colour it is famously known
to have been first prepared here, and over
the years has not just become a
characteristic product of this region, but also
a generic name. In September 2010 it was
granted Geographical Indication protection.
(+20/-10)

8
This is a rich sweet dish prepared in butter,
from Southern India, usually served as dessert.
It is made of generous amounts
of ghee, sugar, gram flour, and
often cardamom. It was first prepared in the
kitchens of the Palace by a palace cook named
Kakaasura Madappa out of the above
ingredients. The cook at the Palace kitchen
simply made a concoction of gram flour, ghee
and sugar. When asked its name, Madappa
obviously didn't have its name in mind, so he
simply called it the ‘_______ ____’. First part
referring to the place while the second in
Sanskrit and other Indian vernaculars, means
sweet. It is traditionally served in weddings and
other festivals of southern India. It is very
popular in baby showers too.
(+10/-0)

Approaching the midway mark…
• 7 questions

9
‘Drishti’ is considered as a sign of positivity
and good luck charm that is a component of
every household in Tamil Nadu. The concept
of Drishti is not limited to Tamil Nadu or in
India alone. It is replicated with the same
characteristics in countries such as Turkey,
Spain and Italy, which gives it a uniquely
curated global identity . Known by different
names and adopted in different forms, these
charms are popular as far as Europe. In
North India, it’s known as Nazar Battu, while
in Turkey its Nazar Boncuğu or Spanish as
mal de ojo and Italian as malocchio.
What is the more famous present day
manifestation of this?
F.C Chennaiyin logo

10
Shaligram refers to a Vaishnava (Hindu) aniconic representation of Vishnu, in
the form of a spherical, usually black-coloured Ammonoid fossil found in the
sacred river Gandaki.
These are available in ‘24 permutations’ viz: Keshava, Narayana, Madhava,
Govinda, Vishnu, Madhusudhana, Trivikrama, Vamana, Shridhara, Hrishikesh,
Padmanabha, Damodara, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha,
Purushottama, Adhokshaja, Narasimha, Achyuta, Janardana, Upendra, Hari,
Krishna, Vasudeva
What is the basis of this classification?
Shankha(conch), Chakra(disc), Gada(mace) and Padma(lotus) arranged in a
particular order.
With the change in the order of the four symbols, the name of the Shaligrama
stone is also different and the images of such deities also have similar setting
of the four symbols. The various orders and names are given for the twenty
four permutations.

11
What tongue-in-cheek name is used for
rocks that are incorrectly thought to be
meteorites?
Meteowrongs

12
Identify the political
party whose electoral
symbol is depicted
here.
PDP

13
If you took ‘selfie’ last
year, what you would be
doing this year?
Vape
The Oxford Dictionaries
Word of the Year
means ‘to inhale
and exhale the vapour
produced by an electronic
cigarette or similar device’

14
Alisher Usmanov, a Russian
entrepreneur and
philanthropist recently bought
this 'gold Medal' at a Christie's
auction for $4.76 million, only
to return it back to it's original
recipient. Who and why was
this medal awarded to?
James Watson received the
Nobel Prize for the discovery
of Double Helix structure of the
DNA

15
Soup: a cream of cauliflower and mosaic of red king crab, peas and lemon
pickled cauliflower florets, the main course consisted of spiced loin of red deer,
carrot terrine, salt-baked golden beets, smoked pearl onions, potato puree and
game jus, a sauce.
Dessert: mousse and sorbet of wild dewberries from Gotland, saffron panna
cotta and brown butter sponge cake.
Drinks: Champagne Taittinger Brut Reserve; Villa Cafaggio 2011, Chianti
Classico; and Calvet Reserve du Ciron 2010, Sauternes.
Coffee and a unique blend of Assam and Chinese teas besides Gronstedts
Cognac VO and Facile Punsch
The more than 60 tables in the Blue Hall were covered with around 500 m of
linen cloth, and the meticulous table setting comprised no fewer than 7,000
porcelain pieces, 5,400 glasses and 10,000 items of silverware.
This was the menu in honor of a certain Indian. Who and What’s the occasion?
‘Nobel Banquet’ in honor of Sathyarthi & Malala, Nobel Peace Prize Winners

Snack time
• Nobel banquet is been spread out, Please devour.

Welcome Back
• Brrrppp!!!!
• Lets continue feasting on some QUOSSHANS.
• 7 questions

16
Whose statue is this which is
erected at Cansaulim market
square?
Mathany Saldanha

17
Name this CNN-IBN Indian of
the year (2012)
Manohar Parrikar

18
Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy
(ISM&H) was created in March,1995 and re-named as
Department of ___________ in November, 2003. It was a
department under the Union Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare (MoHFW), but was carved out as a separate ministry in
the recent cabinet expansion. FITB.
Who thus became the first minister for this department?
Ayurved, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy
Shripad Yeso Naik

19
Identify this well-known Poet,
Writer, Actor, Director,
Dramatist, Journalist,
Management Consultant/
Trainer
Vishnu Surya Wagh

20
State the names and
aliases of the brother duo
of current MGP legislators.
The Dhavalikar brothers
Sudin alias Ramkrishna
Deepak alias Pandurang

21
If Usha Vengurlekar,
Kranti Rao, Jyoti
Bandekar and Siddharth
are the others, who is the
better known amongst
them?
Shashikala Kakodkar

22
Why were the following
ladies in news recently?
Candice Fernandes,
Whitney Fernandes,
Shobha Joshi, Rita Vaz,
Reena Fernandes, Eddielin
Fernandes, Shalini Naik,
Gracy Dourado, Rajashree
Chari, Ranjeeta Chari
GTDC ‘Travel Hostesses’

• All of them are ‘Fail-pets’. Images that we
see when a web-service is down.
And the connect is…

And some more…
• 7 questions

23
This is a screen grab from a
pretty famous TV serial
based an adaptation of
BBC's mini-series and is
based on the novel
by Michael Dobbs.
House of Cards

24
This is one of the
cartoon strip from
Foxtrot. Just FITB.
Game of Thrones/ HBO

26
What in regards to movie is
Fabula and Sujet?
Which movie does the
adjoining pic refer to?
Syuzhet – Plot Order
Fabula – Story Order
Memento

27
M&M generally follows a
convention while naming its
vehicles, both 2-wheelers as
well as 4-wheelers. What is
it?
Name the only Mahindra
vehicle that doesn’t follow
their naming convention
All the names end with an ‘O’
Thar
XUV-500 is pronounced
XUV-Five-double‘O’

28
The world’s longest railway
route was till recently Russia's
famous Trans-Siberian railway
linking Moscow to Vladivostok
near Russia's border with
China. This record got broken
when a 21days and 13000kms
journey test run was
successfully completed
between which two regions.
Yiwu(China) to Madrid(Spain)

29
If you are moving in a
‘Nilambari’, what are you
doing and where?
MTDC open deck bus at
Mumbai

30
This monument unvealed at
Tikrit, 150 km from Baghdad
is inscribed with a poem
honoring Muntadhar al-
Zeidi. Give me the funda.
He is the Iraqi journalist who
shot to international fame
when he hurled his shoes at
George W. Bush during
press conference

31
This house situated at Gyan Babu
Chowk, Motihari in East
Champaran district of Northern
Bihar is owned by one of the
government schools and currently
occupied by Mr. Rai, a teacher of
English. It was erstwhile residence
of Richard Blair, a sub-deputy agent
in the opium department of the
Indian Civil Service for the British
colonial government. What is the
claim of fame of this place?
Eric Arthur Blair, who was born here
on June 25, 1903, had gone on to
become the renowned George
Orwell

32
At the first test of the 2014
Border-Gavaskar trophy
played between India and
Australia at Adelaide, who was
designated the 13th man in the
Australian side?
Phil Hughes

33
X is a clothing brand that
makes over-sized clothing. It is
well-loved by the hip-hop
community. This guy in this
picture was nicknamed X as
he was extremely fat and so
overweight as a teenager that
no other brand of clothing
would fit him and he used to
wear X clothes all the time.
Identify the brand and the
person.
X= FUBU (For Us By Us)

34
This is a poster of a 2013
thriller film starring
Oscar Award winner Ben
Kingsley and Ben Cross and
directed by Sri Lankan film
maker Chandran Rutnam. The
film is an official remake of the
Indian thriller A Wednesday!,
but Rutnam reworked the
screenplay of this highly
suspenseful thriller. Identify the
movie.
A Common Man

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