Ladies Special - Conducted at P.S. Senior on March 8 2016

1. Q1. In Anjathey, Myskkin sourced lines from a Bharathiyar's poem
for the title song. This poem is Bharthiyar's take on a form of
poetry. Which form is it and with whom would you famously
associate such form of poetry ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1rKW9xYl0w

4. Q2. After she moved to the USA, she forged a friendship and
professional relationship with a famous gentleman who changed
the history of modern art in America. She encouraged him to
collect nonobjective art, and in particular the artistic works of
Bauer and Kandinsky, both of whom she had great esteem for.
Later she served as the first director of a famous institution which
opened in 1939 and in 1943 she selected Frank Lloyd Wright to
design a permanent venue for the same.
Id the lady and the institute.

7. Hilla Rebay , Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ‘s first Curator

8. 3.
A) These are female figures that serve as the architectural support
for the entablature of a building. The most likely derivation of their
name is from the young women of Sparta who danced every year in
honour of Artemis. The most famous ones are found in The
Erechtheion or Erechtheum, an ancient Greek temple on the north
side of the Acropolis.
B) A sculpture of a woman, displaying stylized feminine features,
standing near a tree and grasping a branch are found in Hoysala
temples of Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapura and Toranas of
Sanchi Stupha. The name of these figures comes from the Sanskrit
word meaning 'breaking a branch of a Shorea robusta'.
Id these figures that serve as support and ornamental carvings.

12. A. Caryatids
B. Salabhanjika

13. 4. Id the golfer who was more renowned for a different sport.

15. Althea Gibson

16. 5. ‘Made in Dagenham‘ is a dramatization of the 1968 Ford sewing
machinists’ strike that led to a famous act in the UK parliament in
1970. Connect the strike and Patricia Arquette's acceptance
speech.

18. Demand for Equal Pay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLrDrvyhNDc

19. 6. She was one of the first licensed female architects in the world, and
is considered an original member of the Prairie School. During her 14
year tenure with F.L.Wright, she became one of his primary
designers. Her drawings in the Wasmuth Portfolio, which is a
compendium of Wright’s designs published in Germany in 1910, not
only established F.L. Wright as America’s reigning architectural genius
but also influenced European Modernists like Le Corbusier.
She spent her most productive years in a country, where she and her
husband designed a plan for the new city in 1911.
Id the Female architect and the city.

22. Marion Mahony Griffin , Canberra

23. 7. Patent for which popular style among the women in the
1920s?

25. Marcel / Marcelling

26. 8. Laura Keene was a successful English
actress who settled in New York City in
1855. Later, she became the first woman
to manage her own theatre and theatrical
company. More than her, the world
remembers a three-act play written by
English playwright Tom Taylor, which first
premiered at Keene's Theatre in 1858.
Id the play and why do we remember it ?

28. ‘Our American Cousin’.
The play Abraham Lincoln was attending in
Ford's Theatre when he was assassinated.

29. 9. Which Oscar winner made an acting debut in this 1983 feature ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIcEu2tkLeM

31. Kathyrn Bigelow

32. 10. This Polish-born make-up entrepreneur emigrated to Australia in
1902 without money or the ability to speak English. She went on to
create one of the world’s first cosmetic companies after mixing
lanolin with scented flowers - making her one of the world's richest
women in the process. She also offered women the first waterproof
mascara (1938) and the first modern mascara (1958).
Id the lady and what is the source of Lanolin ?

35. Lanolin - Sheep Wool Fat
Helena Rubinstein
For Bonus Points – ID the artist of her Portraits ?

37. Andy Warhol
Picasso

38. 11. She was in the bathroom one day when the shower curtain
caught her eye and a lightbulb went off in her head. Before you
could say waterproof material, the curtain was missing a panel and
she was up in the attic at her sewing machine. Three years and
many shower curtains later she came up with the "Boater" made
of surplus nylon parachute cloth. She made another major
advance in the same technology by replacing the optimistically
placed safety pins with plastic snaps. The Boater was rejected by
the manufacturers she approached, so she made and marketed
the product herself. After receiving her patent in 1951, she sold
the rights to Keko Corporation that same year for $1 million.
Id the lady and what was “boater” that got her inducted into
National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015 ?

41. Marion Donovan, Disposable Diaper

42. 12. It is also a family name which originated in a Mongol
Khanate that comprised the lands ruled by the second son of
Genghis Khan, and his descendants and successors. The word
also refers to a classical Turkic literary language which was
employed most effectively in the 16th century by Bābur, in
both his divan (collection of poetry) and his prose
autobiography, the Bābur-nāmeh.
We are more familiar with this word/term due to which
famous Indian who won a Filmfare award in 1975?

45. Ismat Chugtai
Chughtai / Chagatai has reference to Chagatai Khanate that
comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan

46. 13. Shonali Bose's Latest movie is a gentle coming-of-age story of a
young Indian woman affected with cerebral palsy (played by Kalki
Koechlin) and it also explores the sexuality of disabled people.
Id this movie (English Title) which get its name from the unique
way Laila (Kalki's character) orders her drink.

50. 14. It is a popular term for a style of clothing collar. It is named
after the collar of Maude Adams's costume in her 1905 role,
although similar styles had been worn before this date. The first
official version of this collar was designed by John White
Alexander and his wife in collaboration with Maude Adams for
the 1905 production. Neither the original book or play nor the
original 1904 London production starring Nina Boucicault, had
featured a similar design. This Adams's collar proved a fashion
success in the United States and United Kingdom and retained its
association with her role.
Id the Collar or the role played by Maude Adams.

53. Peter Pan Collar / Peter Pan

54. 15. In the 1920s and ’30s, Gulshan Mahal a sprawling Victorian-Gothic
bungalow on Mumbai's Peddar Road would draw the cream of society to
its musical soirées and cultural gatherings. It was home to India’s earliest
female documentary filmmaker Khurshid Rajabally, who was later turned
out of it as a Partition evacuee and saw her bungalow confiscated by the
Indian government. Eighty years later, this bungalow on the Films Division
campus on Peddar Road is set to open its doors to culture once again.
What will be housed in Gulshan Mahal for the public and what was the
subject of this Muslim lady's documentary ?

56. First National Museum for Indian cinema
Documentary was on Haj pilgrimage

57. 16. Very little is known about her despite her significant
contributions to the growth of Indian cinema. She has been involved
in all aspects of film making such as art direction, costume
designing, script writing, direction, etc. Born in a culturally rich
family, her mother started a Hindustani theatre group in 1940.
Inspired by her mother, she pursued her chosen art form as a career
which spanned across multiple feature films, many short films and
television documentaries. Her association with films brought her in
contact with eminent filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal,
M. S. Sathyu and others.
Id this Lady.

60. Shama Zaidi

61. 17. This was originally built in 1790 as a church. In 1791, the
National Constituent Assembly ordered a change in the
functioning of this building. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de
Mirabeau, a scholar and early leader of the French revolution was
the first person to be honoured in this building.
Out of 73 people honoured, there is only one woman to be
honored for her own merits.
Id the woman and what was the honour ?

63. Marie Curie
Buried in Paris Pantheon

64. 18. Question follows

66. 19. Id the photographer; 66 such photos were included in a
2006 reissue of which book?

68. Margaret Bourke White
Train to Pakistan

69. 19. Martin Scorsese considers it to be one of his favourite films of
all time. This film was hugely influential upon Wes Anderson's
2007 film, The Darjeeling Limited, as it inspired Anderson to
make a film about India. Id this film and the dancer who was one
of the first students of Kalakshetra and former president of the
Theosophical Society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCd0u9fFTlE

71. Radha Burnier
The River

72. 20. This Roman Catholic church in Sardhana (Meerut) is a Minor
Basilica and a pilgrimage spot for Christians in North India. The
Church was built by the only Catholic ruler in India, who ruled
the Principality of Sardhana in 18th and 19th century.
Id this ruler whose inherited property worth 18 billion Deutsch
Marks is still under dispute.

75. Begum Samru
She was baptized to Joanna Nobilis