Preliminary round of general Quiz at Agarpara on 08/05/2022

1. • Open to all Quiz Competition on 08/05/2022 from
1.00pm onwards
• Teams consisting of two members are invited
• Venue – North Station Road, Agarpara near
Chhandam Dance School
• Prize money – 1000, 750 & 500 ₹ for first three
teams respectively
• QM – Debapriya Chakraborty (9748004912)

2. RIP Gopal Chakraborty, the most
popular quizzer in the circuit

3. You would be always missed Dhalu da…a
massive lose for the people of Agarpara

4. A cricket quiz book written by myself was released
during 2019 Kolkata Book Fair. You may collect the
copy from Flipkart, Amazon or College street.

5. • Thanks a lot Tanusree di & Roni da for giving
me the opportunity to conduct this quiz

6. • 1.‘Golden Blood’ or the Rh-null blood
is the rarest blood type in the world.
This type is so rare that only about 43
people have been reported to have it
worldwide till now. Rh-null blood can
be considered 'universal' blood for
anyone with rare blood types within
the Rh system. So it’s a valuable or
golden one.
• The mystery of a 2020 Bengali
thriller movie was solved thanks to
this rare blood group. The main
protagonist Koyel Mallick was having
this blood. Id the movie.

7. Ans - Raktorahasya

8. • 2. ‘Sangeet Kalpataru’ is a Bengali
book edited and compiled by ’X’
and Vaishnav Charan Basak. The
book was first published way back
in 1897 & one of the earliest books
to include Rabindra Sangeets.
Among the 12 Rabindra Sangeets,
few were taught to X by
Rabindranath himslef. These songs
were sung in chorus by X and
others during the marriage of
Leeladevi, daughter of Rajanarain
Basu that was held at Sadharan
Brahmo Samaj. Id X.

9. Ans – Swami Vivekananda

10. • 3. We used to see new teams making their debuts in different
edition of FIFA World Cup Football. But Qatar, 2022 is going to
be different as no new team have qualified through qualifiers.
Only Qatar is making its debut but as host. However X is making
their second ever appearance. Previously they had qualified for
the 1986 World Cup in Mexico where they were eliminated
from the group stage. They lost all three matches & couldn’t
score a single goal. They would love to improve their
performances this time around. Id the team which is also known
as ‘Les Rouges’.

11. Ans - Canada

12. • 4. This multi national company was founded in 1998 &
its first plant was built in a locality of North 24
Parganas. Hence the company was named after the
place. The company mainly manufactures coaches for
the Indian Railways, bailey bridges and mining
equipment. By 2018, it acquired 100% stake of Italian
firm Firema Trasporti. The recently launched Pune
Metro’s coaches are built by them. This is India’s first
Aluminum bodied metro. Id the company.

13. Ans - Titagarh

14. • 5. This song was shot in Vanganga Lake
Garden. It’s one of the very few tourist spots
in a city which had ‘Capital’ status even
couple of years back. Name the city. (video)

15. Ans - Silvassa

16. • 6. X was an Indian dinosaur which likely
measured 22 ft, and had a single horn on the
forehead which was probably used
for display and head-butting. X was probably
an ambush predator. X means ‘King of
Lizards’. The scientific name of this creature is
X narmadensis. The last name was given after
the place where it was found. Id X & where
did it roam in India?

17. Ans – Rajasaurus & Narmada

18. • 7. There are few cities, states & countries outside the Indian
sub continent which have Hindus as the major religious
group. Fiji, Mauritious, Suriname,Trinidad are few of those.
But they’re filled with Hindu migrants from India. But X is a
province where followers of Hinduism is whopping 86.91%
& most of them are indigenous people from this province. In
January, 2021 TipAdvisor named X as the world's top
destination in its Traveller's Choice award. Id X which is the
namesake of a Hindu mythological character.

19. Ans – Bali, Indonesia

20. • 8. Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University Sonali
Chakraborty Banerjee returned back this
graduation certificate of X to Md. Mofakkharul
Iqbal and Jamal Hussain of the Bangladesh
Deputy High Commission on July 26, 2018 after
several decades. Whose certificate was this?

21. Ans – Pritilata Waddedar

22. • 9. The inspiration of the brand new logo has been
drawn from ancient Indian mythology. The design of
wings is inspired from the mythical bird – Garuda,
who’s known for flying swiftly. The tricolour wings of
the entity, symbolically represent its Pan -India appeal.
The body of the bird has been formed by a blue colour
where the red colour is like an auspicious Jay Tilak. Id
the new entity.

23. Ans – Lucknow Super Giants

24. • 10. Id the singer who is also the author &
composer of this song?

25. Ans – Dwijendralal Roy

26. • 11. The world's first ___ has
been sold as a NFT for
€132,680 at auction in Paris on
December, 2021. Neil
Papworth, a British was the
man responsible for this ‘very
first,’ way back on December 3
1992. Id this once popular
‘thing’ which has been
declined significantly in last 6-7
years.

27. Ans – First SMS

28. • 12. This country become independent on July
1, 1960. The flag of the country was inspired
from UN’s flag in honour of the UN's help in
gaining the country’s independence. The flag
was designed by a scholar, named
Mohammed Awale Liban. Id the country.

29. Ans - Somalia

30. • 13. The origin of this handicraft dates back to 12th century
when the King Bijjala and his prime
minister Basavanna encouraged its people for production
of it. Previously known as Kapashi, Paytaan, Kachkadi,
Bakkalnali, and Pukri, the name indicated the villages
where they were made. By 18th century it became very
popular as ______ after the entire region. The Saudagar
family in 1920s made it popular in market. The original
_____ is made from 100% buffalo leather. Id the product
which is in July 2019 _____ got a geographical
indication tag.

31. Ans – Kolhapuri Chappal

32. • 14. Ambarish Das, a disciple of Swami Prabhupada, is
the chairman of the Sri Mayapur Temple. He has
made many significant donations to ISKCON over the
years which have assisted ongoing projects to build
the Pushpa Samadhi Mandir of Prabhupada. He
belongs from the family which is owner of a
multinational company. He himself is one of the
board members of the company. Name the company.

33. Ans – Ford, his real name is Alfred Ford

34. • 15. This song from recently released movie
RRR was shot infront of a palace. Who resides
here? (video)

35. Ans - Mariinskyi Palace, residence of
Ukraine Presidents

36. • 16. There are several etymological
explanations behind the food,
widely served during Eid
celebrations. One explanation is
that the name of the dish derives
from region Bilad-al-Sham, the
modern Syria. Many cooks from
that region migrated to the
wealthy Mughal Empire of South
Asia during the Middle Ages. So the
dish prepared by them, was named
after their birth place. Id the food.

37. Ans – Shami Kebab

38. • 17. He was an Indian barrister & amassed a large law
library with many rare collections. This library is
considered to be among the largest private law
libraries in the world. He also holds the record for
winning a Lok Sabha seat the most times and also the
record for being not only an MP for the most years,
but also a cabinet minister – serving more than 7
prime ministers. For decades, he was the inevitable
Union Law Minister. A township, outskirt of Kolkata &
its rail station were named after him. Name the
station or township.

39. Ans – Ashokenagar named after Ashok
Sen

40. • 18. His ancestors belonged from Makardah, Howrah.
One of them Dariknath moved to Kolkata & got a job
in a mint of Posta. His son Purnachandra started a
family business but his son made it a household
one. Like few British products he used his own name
as the brand. But later due to plagiarism he started
to use his own photo. It’s continued till today & the
product is still having its monopoly. Id the product.
This is a photo of his residence.

41. Ans – Benimadhab Sil’s Panjika

42. • 19. According to historian Satishchandra Mitra Shashank,
the King of Gour captured Samatat. Modern day’s Magura
in Bangladesh was a part of Samatat then. Due to his
encouragement, idols & temples of Lord Shiva were built
everywhere. Shashank ordered people from every class,
society, age & gender should worship Shiva. So people of
this area become hardcore followers of Shiva & they used
to talk & sing about Shiva’s greatness everywhere. This
incident gave birth to a Bengali proverb. What’s that?

43. Ans – Dhan Bhante Shiber Geet

44. • 20. Id the music composer of this movie which
was on 26 March 2021 on Netflix.

45. Ans – Arijit Singh

46. • 21. Recently Tesla’s owner Elon Musk purchased
Twitter. As usual Amul has come with a beautiful
butter ad. They used an superhit item song
brilliantly from a 1994 blockbuster movie. They
changed the first line of the song a bit. The first
word ‘Tu’ was replaced by ‘Yeh’ while the last two
words which are repetitive, are also changed with
another repetitive words. Tell what’s the new
lyrics?

47. Ans – yeh cheez badi hai Musk, Musk

48. • 22. The ________ is a sacred suite
of Eight Auspicious Signs endemic to
a number of religions such
as Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
In Hindu tradition, the ________ may
be used during certain occasions
including pujas, weddings (of
Bengalis), and coronations. They
have been depicted in
decorative motifs and cultural
artifacts. Id the ritual.

49. Ans - Astamangala

50. • 23. In 1929, to reduce the growing
dominance of bat over ball some changes
were planned. Initially it was trialed in county
cricket & was rolled out across the whole
game in 1932. Here a demonstration to
players in April 1929. What were those
changes?

51. Ans – Size (height & width) of Wicket

52. • 24. X is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in
Kolkata. X Vidhansabha is part of Kolkata Uttar
Loksabha. It is believed that the area was named
after a market, at the heart of modern-day X.
That Enayat Ali Market itself was named Enayat
Ali. Id X where Mother Teresa started her
activities.

53. Ans - Entally

54. • 25. this is a clipping from Satyajit Ray’s
Monihara. Just id the place or location.
(video)

55. Ans – Baro Mandir Ghat, Sodepur,
Panihati

56. Now it’s time for…