ENQUEST QUIZ FINALS

Researched and Hosted by
Noyel Sebastian

 Loyola Debating Society and Quiz Club
 Amal Jose Philip and John Alias for their
support
 Rithwik Kambil and Samyuktha.R for their
guidance.

 30 questions,2 written rounds and 2 dry
rounds.
 Round 1 – written 5 questions.
 Round 2 – clockwise 10 questions.
 Round 3 – written 5 questions.
 Round 4 – anti clockwise 10 questions.
 Quiz master is the GOD. Decisions will be
final.

 Write down bros.
 5 questions, 10 points each.
 Full correct fetch you a bonus of +50.Total
100 points at stake.
 Themed around colours.
 Example: Black Panther, Green revolution

 Our Lord of Malta in Bolivia is the only church in Latin America
which holds a rare distinction even though this is contradicted by
El Nazareno in Panama and Senor deTila in Mexico, etc...
 Situated in the dusty town of Vallegrande – the main attraction of
the church was brought to it during the Spanish conquest.
 The church is also the house for a famous ‘saint’ which is believed
to be the curer of sick, saviour from natural calamities and aurora
of his martyrdom encompasses the devotees.
 What is the attraction?Which ‘saint’?

 People’s Power Revolution was a series of
demonstrations against Ferdinand Marcos,
president of Philippines that led to an end of his
21 year authoritarian rule in 1986.
 The revolution is known to us in another popular
name, owing to the use of a specifc colour
ribbon by protestors following the assassination
of Filipino senator Ninoy Aquino.
 What name?

 Vic Buckingham took charge over Ajax Amsterdam where he
made use of Inverting the pyramid method propounded by Arthur
Rowe ofTottenham which gave a new life to soccer in Holland . He
also found the finest talent that they ever had- Johan Cruyff
 The new coach Rinus Michels, devised a new pattern to make
most of Cruyff’s idiosyncratic patterns and called it as “Total
Football”.
 The mantra was ‘Without the ball, compress the pitch; with the
ball, make it wider and bigger’.
 Successful execution of the tactic and following dominance led
them to earn a nickname similar to the title of a 1962 novel.
 What title/ nickname?

 In 2012, Amar Chitra Katha came up with new two comic
series which was actually written by Ruskin Bond.
 Angry river is the story of sita who lost her grandparents in
a rain and her only hope of survival is to cling on to a
sturdy peepal.
 The other narrates the story of Binya and an object where
her fondness for it grows with each passing day. However,
people in the village get jealous of the girl and want to get
hold of it at any cost.
 ID the novel, which was adapted into a national award
winning children’s movie byVishal Bhardwaj.

 This 1935 American comedy film was directed by Sidney
Lanfield starring Barbara Stanwyck and RobertYoung.
 Film tells the story of love between the daughter(Barbara) of
US general and a communist graduate and following issues
led her to meet a soldier(Young). Finally they gets married.
 The title shares the name to a particular gesture or act, to
show solidarity and support, which was used as the logo of
‘Industrial Workers of the World’ in 1917.
 What is the title/ gesture?

 This 1935 American comedy film was directed by Sidney
Lanfield and starring Barbara Stanwyck and RobertYoung.
 Film tells the story of love between the daughter(Barbara) of
US general and a communist graduate and following issues
led her to meet a soldier(Young). Finally they gets married.
 The title shares the name to a particular gesture or act, to
show solidarity and support, which was used as the logo of
‘Industrial Workers of the World’ in 1917.
 What is the title/ gesture?

 Clockwise, 10 questions.
 +10 on bounce
 +10/-5 on pounce.
 Good luck folks…

 It was a memorable day for the veterans of ‘Chennai
Tholaikatchi Maiyyam’ when they met this year too as
usual on the first Sunday of March every year.
 ‘Chennai Tholaikatchi Maiyyam’ was the only access
to people for daily live news bulletin other than radio.
 “Our focus used to be on taking in-depth news to the
public and not just how many news items we were
getting across” says a veteran who read news for 20
years from 1976.
 How is ‘ChennaiTholaikatchi Maiyyam’ known to us?

 Believed to be built under Kakatiya ruler Ganapati Deva,
Ramalingeswara temple in Warrangal is described as the
“brightest star in the galaxy of medieval temples of the
Deccan” a repository of Kakatiyan creative genius, with
intricate carvings adorning the walls, pillars and ceilings
of this marvellous edifice.
 How unique is the temple? Or What is the other name of
the temple?
 Image slide follows.

 David Pilling in his new book The Growth Delusion, brought GDP
under scanner for its not-so-convincing measurement of national
growth.
 In 1987, Italy found themselves in the 5th position globally in terms
of GDP overtaking Britain, because of Italian statistical agency’s
improved measurement of the untaxed grey economy, including
the mafia.
 But Colombian economy faced a drastic decline starting from the
initial half of 1990s which led to the poor GDP growth.
 What reason? What made Colombian economy to have an inflated
GDP?

 Ben Enwonwu, is considered to be the father of Nigerian
modernism. His painting of Nigerian princess Adetutu
“Tutu” Ademiluyi is considered to be the symbol of hope
and regeneration to Nigeria. It’s a symbol of the
phoenix rising.
 The long lost painting was found recently and was put
under hammer at Bonhams where they remarked it as
“rare and remarkable”.
 What nickname made “Tutu” to receive world wide
attention?
 Image slide follows.

 The 1970 world cup football
was the first to be telecasted
in colour.
 Brazil was playing England
and a header from Pele was
saved by Gordon Banks.
 Few years back, when an
unknown prodigy made a
similar effort to stop another
rising prodigy, Banks was
remembered.
 ID the Goal Keeper, Player
and the occasion.

 The Mutter museum in Philadelphia houses rare medical
specimens from the cancerous tumor extracted from
President Grover Cleveland’s jaw to a thighbone from a
CivilWar soldier with the wounding bullet still in place.
 Dr Thomas Harvey, during an autopsy conducted by him
on 18th April 1955, stole the much celebrated content of
the body and preserved the object in Celloidin in a small
wooden box containing 46 microscope slides.
 What object?

 What made Daimler to apologize after their
#MondayMotivation led to huge public
outcry in China?
 #kolstyle

 Operation Rugen in 1937 by Francisco Franco and his
allies, like the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor
Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, has
been the subject of several famous anti-war portrayals.
 When Heinz Kiwitz came up with a woodcut
painting, René Iché came up with a sculpture. Patrick
Ascione gave one of the first electroacoustic music
pieces on the same.
 How else is this operation known to us? Which famous
artwork made this operation immortal?
 Image slides follow.

 The Mexican model Emilio Fernández is famous for his
works in 1947's The Fugitive, 1964's The Night of the
Iguana, and 1974's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
etc…
 Dolores del Río was in search of a model for her future
husband’s new endeavor, where she landed up at her
friend Emilio and he was immortalized in a specific way.
 How is he immortalized?

 The first partition of Bengal was formally initiated on October 16th,
1905.The communally motivated partition undermined India's
freedom movements.
 This witnessed the rise of many patriotic songs in order to rekindle
the unified spirit of Bengal and to raise public consciousness
against the communal political divide.
 The melody of the hymn for the most famous among those was
inspired by the singer Gagan Harkara's song "Ami Kothay Pabo
Tare“ and was first published in Bongodorshon.
 Which song? Who wrote? What distinction is held by the song?
 Audio attached.

 Written round
 5 questions, +10 for each correct answer
 All correct fetch you +50, total of 100 points
at stake.
 Themed around Mont Blanc tributes

 Tribute to the pioneer of
‘Interior Monologue’ which
the writer used for his/her
1931 classic which is
engraved in a
guilloche work covering
the body.
 The two elm trees in the
golden nib, shows the last
resting place of the writer.
 ID the writer and the 1931
creation.
 Image slide follows

 The mirror in the cap-
top, revealing the
Mont Blanc emblem, is
a reference to the
mirror studies of this
scientist and the bat
shows his works on
flying beasts.
 ID the scientist.

 The naval star that
adorns the cone of the
writing instrument is an
allusion to his career in
the U.S. Navy.
 Tribute to the glorious
‘ Time for greatness’ that
he provided, the fine
1917 pieces represents
the birth year of this
exceptional politician

 The most influential financial
magnate during America’s
“Golden Age”, and also an
enthusiastic lover and patron
of the arts.
 The finely engraved M on the
rhodium-plated 18-karat gold
nib is reminiscent not only of
a great financier, but also of
his immortal legacy that he
left behind.
 Who? How is he
immortalized?

 To replicate the moment
when sunlight lashes
at the sleek glacial ice ,
Mont Blanc came up
with a pen that barrels a
snow-white lacquering
that is shined to a high,
crystal-like gloss.
 Whom did Mont Blanc
paid tribute?

 Anti clockwise, 10 questions.
 +10 on bounce.
 +10/-5 on pounce.
 Good luck…

 Indore in the early 1980’s was facing a shortage of housing and the
Indore Development Authority initiated an affordable housing
project for 60,000 people that would tackle the issue and at the
same time be affordable to the government and urban poor.
 Under the scheme, most of the people were given plots and
allowed to construct their own model of houses with materials
locally available.
 The project got completed in 1988 and was a massive success as it
received Aga Khan Award.
 How do we better know this project? What made the project back
in news recently?

 In December 1 , 1881 the then Bombay governor James Ferguson
notified a special change that to be followed by the residents.
 Change was inspired by a specific practice followed in Madras. This
led to huge protests all over Bombay against British
administration and in turn they stopped the funding to the newly
constructed ‘Rajabhai Clock tower’.
 Bombay followed their local practice till 1955, even though
another change was officially declared all over the country in 1906.
 What were the changes?(both situations)

 The excavation of Basi Hassan, the gravesite of the princess of
Middle Egypt, led Howard Carter to get a reputed position in
Egyptian Antiquities service, from which he resigned as a result of
a dispute, in 1905.
 He found himself in a distress position to fund for his excavations
but in 1907 Lord Carnarvon, came prepared to supply the funds
necessary.
 Carter started an excavation to plunder something which was the
only unknown of its kind. In 1923 he found a sarcophagus which
was still a mystery and thus acclaimed fame .
 What finding?

 Nauru is a country in
Micronesia, which
gained independence in
1968. The British sea
captain John Fearn,
became the first
Westerner to visit Nauru,
in 1798, calling it
"Pleasant Island“.
 How significantly unique
is a ‘Nauruan’ with
regard to other
nationalities?

 American behaviorist and Harvard professor B.F. Skinner,
teamed with the U.S. Army during ww2 to guide their
missile projects. He made use of trained pigeons to guide
missiles and bat bombers.
 Skinner designed a nose cone for missiles that had
windows for the pigeon to look through. The flight control
system is adjusted with a metal piece on it’s nose to detect
a peck. Depending on which window was pecked and
where on the window the pecking happened missile
changed it’s course and target is attained.
 ‘Project Pigeon’ has been the legacy behind what modern
day innovation ?

 The puzzle nature of globe led Alfred Wegener to study more on
the formation of continents and it’s early configuration.
Challenging the existing contraction theory, and bringing in
continental drift, he created ruckus among scientists.
 He formulated "pole-fleeing force“ and made use of gravitational
force in order to support his findings but all were rejected.
 In 1929, Arthur Holmes came up with a new theory explaining the
idea of mantle undergoing thermal convection which could lead to
continental drift. Hence,Wegener’s findings were validated.
 What were the findings byWegener and Holmes?

 The possible fear of Japanese attack was in its peak
during ww2 and one of the aerial bombs’ just missed
this shining iconic structure.
 Being suspicious of Germany, British rejected the bid
from Krupp’s in 1940s and end up with Cleveland
Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd. for the construction
 This deal witnessed the rise of Tata Steel and the
structure was built using 23,500 tons of high tensile
alloy steel calledTiscron provided byTata steel.
 Which modern day structure?

 ASI on an effort to decrypt a particular effect that happens
once in every 12 years, found that there is a crevice beneath
the particular structure. But the outlet to the crevice is still a
mystery.
 Possible explanation to the outlet is, there is a pond located
right at the bottom of Vindhyagiri. In fact, it is called bili-
kola and the present day name of the place is a variant of the
same.
 What effect?

 Founded in 1474,at Diagon Alley, this bank is a snow-white
multistoried marble building façade, bronzed with guarded doors.
 On the morning of 6th September 1991, Andy Smudgley reported a
sensational news of the break-in attempt that happened one month
before at world’s one of the most heavily guarded bank. The
newspaper article, considering the value of the stolen object gave a
sublime headline and asked its potential customers to keep calm.
 Another such attempt was in 1998, leading the bank to a high end
make over.
 Which bank?

 Eddie vedder, is an
American Musician and a
member of the rock band
Pearl Jam,is famous for his
‘Jim Morrison- like vocal
growl’.
 Recently he played the
cover of Tom Petty’s ‘Room
at the Top’ as a tribute, in a
specific occasion.
 What occasion? What
made the tribute popular
to Indians?

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