Some questions from the BC Patnaik Memorial Quiz 2017, an all DAV affair held in November 2017 conducted by DAV Pokhariput in association with Odisha Quiz Association.

1. B.C. PATNAIK MEMORIAL
QUIZ 2017
ORGANISED BY : DAV POKHARIPUT
QUIZ HOSTED BY: BIVASH RATH, ODISHA QUIZ ASSOCIATION

2. B.C. PATNAIK MEMORIAL
QUIZ 2017
ORGANISED BY : DAV POKHARIPUT
QUIZ HOSTED BY: BIVASH RATH, ODISHA QUIZ ASSOCIATION

3. Q1
• X is a humorous unit of measurement of beauty. In Illiad, it is said that X (the
one whom this unit is named after) had a “face that launched a thousand
ships”. Thus, this unit is used to measure quantities of beauty in terms of the
theoretical action that could be accomplished by the wielder of such beauty.
• Negative values have also been observed, which are measured by the number
of ships sunk. An alternative interpretation of -1 X is the amount of negative
beauty (i.e. ugliness) that can beach a thousand ships.
X herself has a beauty rating of 1.186 X.
Who/What is X?

5. HELEN – from Helen of Troy
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6. Q2 Style of play and inspiration

8. STYLE OF PLAY – GINGA
INSPIRED FROM CAPOERIA MARTIAL ARTS
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9. Q3
• Sam Porcello was an American food scientist who worked for the TheCharms
company. He then applied for a post in a major cosmetic company and was
nearly selected but his candidacy ended when the company found that he
was color blind.
• Sam then joined “X” and was in charge of the research department of “X” .
He was considered a pioneer in the field of “cocoa” technology used to make
chocolates.
• The product “Y” has been in production since 1912 but it was Sam who
changed the product to how we know it today.
• Identify X and Y.

11. INTRODUCED THE CHOCOLATE CREAM IN THE OREO
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12. Q4
• Born and brought up in West London, this actor made his acting
debut at 10 years of age in BBC One's 1999 television film David
Copperfield, followed by his cinematic debut in 2001's The Tailor of
Panama.
• Since he began acting at such a young age and was a superstar after
his second film released in 2001 itself, it was difficult for him to
attend school and hence he completed his education through “on-
set” tutors.
• Identify this very lovable actor who in one of his latest films has
played the role of a “corpse” and is carried on his co-actor’s
shoulders throughout!

14. DANIEL RADCLIFFE
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15. Q5
• X, known commonly as Valluvar, is a
celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher
whose contribution to Tamil literature is
the Y, a work on ethics.
• Identify both X and Y

17. THE
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18. Q6 IDENTIFY THE THEME OF THIS POEM
BY W.H.AUDEN
Shut up in a lonely mansion, with police night and day
Patrolling the gardens to keep assassins away,
He got down to work, to the task of settling the fate
Of millions. The maps at his disposal were out of date
And the Census Returns almost certainly incorrect,
But there was no time to check them, no time to inspect
Contested areas. The weather was frightfully hot,
And a bout of dysentery kept him constantly on the trot,
But in seven weeks it was done, the frontiers decided,
A continent for better or worse divided.
The next day he sailed for England, where he quickly forgot
The case, as a good lawyer must. Return he would not,
Afraid, as he told his Club, that he might get shot.

20. Unbiased at least he was when he arrived on his mission,
Having never set eyes on this land he was called to
partition
Between two peoples fanatically at odds,
With their different diets and incompatible gods.
'Time,' they had briefed him in London, 'is short. It's too
late
For mutual reconciliation or rational debate:
The only solution now lies in separation.
The Viceroy thinks, as you will see from his letter,
That the less you are seen in his company the better,
So we've arranged to provide you with other
accommodation.
We can give you four judges, two Moslem and two Hindu,
To consult with, but the final decision must rest with you.'
SIR CYRIL
RADCLIFFE
W.H.
AUDEN
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21. Q7
• The Ratapani Tiger Reserve, located in the Raisen district of Madhya
Pradesh, in Vindhya Range in central India, is one of the finest teak
forests in the state and is less than 50 km. away from the capital Bhopal.
• Apart from its varied flora and fauna it is famous for housing a UNESCO
World Heritage Site of almost 30,000 years which point to the existence
of our predecessors in a “creative way”.
• Which World Heritage Site are we talking of?

23. BHIMBETKA ROCK PAINTINGS
• These were truly discovered in 1957, and granted WHS in 2003
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24. CONNECT
•+50/-45
•+40/-30
•+35/-25
•+30/-20
•+20/-10
•+10

25. 1 +50/-45
Mercator Limited is an Indian company. It was earlier known as
Mercator Lines Ltd. The Mercator group of companies has
diversified business interests in Coal, Oil & Gas, Commodity
Transportation, and Dredging.
Mercator Limited (formerly Mercator Lines Ltd.) is the parent
company and is the second largest private sector shipping company
in India, and it is based in Mumbai. It has recently forayed into the
Offshore business with its subsidiaries Mercator Oil and Gas Ltd and
Mercator Offshore Ltd.

26. 2 +40/-30

27. 3 +35/-25

29. 4 +30/-20
Harriet Tytler, the second wife of Robert
Christopher Tytler, a British army officer, an
administrator, naturalist and photographer,
who were appointed Superintendent of the
Convict Settlement at Port Blair in the
Andamans from April 1862 to February 1864.
Harriet is remembered for her work in
documenting the monuments of Delhi and
for her notes at the time of the Revolt of
1857 in India. She is remembered for eternity
as the national park at Port Blair is named
after her.

30. 5 +20/-10

31. 6 +10

33. 1
Mercator Limited is an Indian company. It was
earlier known as Mercator Lines Ltd. The Mercator
group of companies has diversified business
interests in Coal, Oil & Gas, Commodity
Transportation, and Dredging.
Mercator Limited (formerly Mercator Lines Ltd.) is
the parent company and is the second largest
private sector shipping company in India, and it is
based in Mumbai. It has recently forayed into the
Offshore business with its subsidiaries Mercator Oil
and Gas Ltd and Mercator Offshore Ltd.
SAGAR SAMRAT
OFFSHORE
OIL RIG

34. 2
TRACTORS

35. 3

36. TIGERS
ELEPHANTS

37. 4
Harriet Tytler, the second wife of Robert
Christopher Tytler, a British army officer, an
administrator, naturalist and photographer,
who were appointed Superintendent of the
Convict Settlement at Port Blair in the
Andamans from April 1862 to February 1864.
Harriet is remembered for her work in
documenting the monuments of Delhi and
for her notes at the time of the Revolt of
1857 in India. She is remembered for
eternity as the national park at Port Blair is
named after her.

38. 5 HIMALAYAS
RUINS OF HAMPI
SANCHI STUPA

39. 6
RED FORT
G MADHAVAN NAIR - CHANDRAYAAN

40. BANKNOTES OF INDIA
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41. Q8 JUST ID THE BRAND AMBASSADOR

43. THE
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44. Q9
• This much anticipated annual event
is believed to be derived from a
local word for X, for it is held on X.
However it is actually means A
Journey To Y.
• Y is an island province of a country
which itself is a collection of more
than 17000 islands. Y is the home
to the minority of Hindu population
which reside in the country.
• Identify this much loved and
anticipated annual event.

46. THE
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47. Q10
• Their have been many instances of these institutions starting under trees in
India as it was a convenient place providing shade for much heated
discussions, strong debates, sagacious and thoughtful investments.
• The most famous one in India started in Mumbai under a Banyan tree in
the 1840s when some people met in front of the Town Hall, later they
moved to a different location as the number of participants in further
meetings increased drastically. They formalised as an entity in 1875 with an
annual membership of Re.1 and only “natives” were allowed to be a part of
it.
• What originated thus?

49. BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE
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50. Q11
• Founded in 1761 at Stein near Nuremberg by cabinet maker Kaspar X, the
enterprise has remained in the X family for eight generations. It opened
branches in New York, London, Paris, and expanded to Vienna and St.
Petersburg. It opened a factory in Geroldsgrün.
• It expanded internationally and launched new products under Kaspar X's
ambitious great-grandson, Lothar. In 1900, after the marriage of Lothar's
granddaughter with a cadet of the Counts of Y, the A.W. Y enterprise took the
name of XY and a new logo, combining the X motto, Since 1761, with the
"jousting knights" of the Ys' coat- of-arms.

52. FABER CASTELL
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53. Q12 CONNECT

55. KODAK
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56. Q13
• The X and Y are ethnic people who lived in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, most of
which are located in Bangladesh. X are predominantly Buddhists, while Y are
Hindus. They are found in northeast India, West Bengal, Bangladesh, and
Myanmar.
• The X and Y were living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and fled erstwhile East
Pakistan in 1964-65, since they lost their land to the development of the Kaptai
Dam on the Karnaphuli River. In addition, they also faced religious persecution
as they were non-Muslims and did not speak Bengali. They eventually sought
asylum in India. The Indian government set up relief camps in Arunachal
Pradesh and a majority of them continue to live there even after five decades.
• Identify these two ethnic groups.

58. X – CHAKMA; Y - HAJONG
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59. Q14
• This is one of the major tourist attractions of
this place in which it is situated.
• Known as the Park Estate earlier, it was built
in 1832. It was purchased by X who bought it
from a General Whish.
• Identify this building which is bounded by
the Doon Valley on one side and the Aglar
River valley and the Himalayan Range on the
north.

61. THE HOUSE OF GEORGE EVEREST
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62. Q15
• Identify this building which is India’s
first cast iron building and still
standing although in a dilapidated
and much stressed condition.
• It is marked as a heritage structure
and in its hey days was host to Mark
Twain when he visited, Lumierre
brothers and many such guests.
• An urban legend says that Jamsetji
Tata built something of equal if not
larger grandeur and magnitude after
a racial snub at this place.

64. WATSON’S HOTEL NOW KNOWN AS ESPLANADE MANSIONS
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65. Q16
• The Royalty of Thailand is the lineage of the Chakri Dynasty. After the death of a
royal, the dead is not immediately buried/cremated. Rather they are laid in a state
of rest in a structure as shown for a number of days/ months/ years depending
upon the hierarchy of the deceased in the dynasty.
• The previous ruler of Thailand Adulyadej Bhumibhol passed away in 2016 and was
laid to rest till 2017 in a structure as shown. King Mongkut(1870) was laid to rest
in the largest such like structure ever built.
• What from the world of mythology do
these structures take their inspiration
from or what are they called?

67. MERUMAT – from MERU
Mountain
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