The 7th edition of the Karnataka Quiz, hosted by Kaustuba and Lingaraj for the Karnataka Quiz Association, held on 1st April 2018. It was a written quiz for teams of two

1. SHANKAR POLI, POLI
SHANKARA
& KAMPNI
2018
Lingaraj
Kaustuba

2. KANNAD GOTTILLA

3. 38 Questions
All answers written on the sheet
Star questions to break ties - identified next to the question number
No negatives
Audio/Video won’t be played again
Some of the questions carry more than one point

4. 1
“I was in Bombay to direct the film and we started looking for fresh faces to
play the two leading ladies. For the first role, I wanted someone that had an
innocent look and did not have much acting experience. Of the photos
shown to me, I selected one actor who fit the bill and had only played a role
in a non commercial movie called Abodh before. She accepted the offer, we
booked her dates and during song recording she even came and gave us
flower bouquet as a gesture of gratitude. But a few days later she called to
inform that she had got a break in another film with a more established
actor and hence wouldn’t be able to take up this role.”
“For the other female lead, the casting director introduced me to a Miss
India. I was skeptical about the chances of booking her. But through a cousin
of hers the casting director got her to agree to do the movie. I was still
unsure if she was told what the role is about, so I spoke to her myself. I told
her that this role would require her to seduce the leading man away from his
wife and then leave him for someone else. She then backed out of the
project.”
Name the director, the movie, and the two actresses who were initially

5. ANSWER..

7. *2
When journalist Nikhil Wagle posted this on
twitter, many people jumped to correct him
saying that it was Anna Hazare who was drawn
to the crowd not otherwise.
This annual event that began in 1813 has
always been very massive. So large is the
gathering there that it is popularly referred to
as ‘Karnatakada Kumbha Mela’.
Name the event/ place.

8. ANSWER
Gavisiddeshwara Jaatre, Koppal

9. 3
An artwork meant to showcase Bangalore’s heritage as India’s hub in a
certain field.
Where would you find it? Who is the artist?

10. ANSWER
Flight by Yusuf Arakkal in Bangalore Airport

11. 4
Artist S G Vasudev’s tribute to his
illustrious friend. Name him

12. ANSWER
A K Ramanujan (titles of his
popular works are inscribed in the
illustration)

13. 5
This service offered in Mysore has the following logo, and
is known by an onomatopoeic name. What name? What
service?

14. ANSWER
Trin
Shared bicycle service

15. 6
Name the playback singer on each of these songs. (Part points
available.)
a) b) c)

16. ANSWER
a) L.N. Shastri
b) L.N. Shastri
c) L.N. Shastri

17. 7
This memorial in
Chitradurga to a three time
former chief minister of
Karnataka was unveil by a
Nobel laureate.
Who is the Nobel laureate
and what’s his connection
with the former CM?

18. ANSWER
Dalai Lama
Memorial of S
Nijalingappa
Nijalingappa provided
refuge to the fleeing
monks by helping
them to rehabilitate in
Bylakuppe

19. 8
These pictures show the prehistoric megalithic structures found
in Brahmagiri in Chitradurga district.
Historians often note that the design elements and symbolism
found in these structures had a great resemblance to, if not an
outright influence on, a later date monument in India.
The sepulchral nature of the structures, circular outer perimeter,
square inner chamber are all the various aspects of the said
resemblance.
What monument does it purportedly resemble?

21. ANSWER
(The great) Stupa

22. *9
According to data released last year by
a video analytics company, this 2016
venture by Archana Baikadi, a non-
resident Kannadiga is the third most
popular Indian video publisher on
Facebook.
Name the initiative.

23. ANSWER
Hebbars Kitchen

24. 10
This folk-drama originally belonging to Belgaum(set in
Bayalahongala), is widely popular all over Karnataka. Regarded
as one of the great tragedies, it has seen multiple adaptations
and reinterpretations.
Some of them include
 Basavaraj Naikar’s English story All for Gold.
 The drama troupe Ratha Beedi Geleyaru’s Gangee Parasanga, an attempt
to rethink the story from the woman’s perspective
 Its adaptation into Yakshagana with Chittani Ramachandra Hegde
playing one of the two title characters (video in next slide)
Name the drama composed by Rayappa Pattar whose title is
often used to refer to thick friends, but is actually a story of
betrayals.

26. ANSWER
Sangya-Balya

27. 11
This traditional martial art form
patronised by the Mysore
Wodeyars derives its name from a
knuckleduster-like weapon that is
usually made of ivory or buffalo
horn wielded by the participants.
The variation used for warfare had
long blades protruding from each
end, and an elaborate bladed
knuckle.
Identify this art form that is
sometimes referred to as “Indra’s
fist”.

28. ANSWER
Vajra Mushti

29. 12
This 2000 launch vehicle of a Bollywood star-kid has a lot of thematic
similarities with a 1997 Tamil film which, like its Hindi counterpart,
had a dancing star in the lead role.
The Tamil movie in turn was a faithful remake of a 1986 Kannada film
that featured Kannada’s own dancing star /star-kid in his second film.
The director of the Tamil remake had co-written the original Kannada
film.
Name all three movies – (Hindi + Tamil) 0.5 point, Kannada 0.5 point

31. ANSWER
Kannada – Rathasaptami
Tamil – Love Birds
Hindi – Kaho Na Pyaar Hai

32. 13
This initiative by S V Narayanaswamy Rao began on a footpath on
Chamarajapete’s third main road , Bengaluru in 1939. Since then, it
has grown on to be the largest of its kind in India. The principle
activity of this initiative begins on the ninth day of the bright half
(Shukla Paksha) in the Hindu month of Chaitra, every year.
Name the initiative.

33. ANSWER
Ramaseva Mandali
Ramaseva Mandali Concerts/ Ramanavami
Music Festival
Every classical musician worth their salt
have performed here over the last seven
decades. Year after year dignitaries
including Prime Ministers and Presidents
have inaugurated this festival.

34. 14
One of their earlier works under their old name of Blue Pixel studio
was on a character/superhero called BOB Mitra who would save the
day by providing timely financial advice to people. Multiple
commercials and print advertisements were created around this theme
and character.
Who commissioned the work?
Since then Blue Pixel have rechristened themselves as Aum Animation,
and since December 2017 are popular for another work of theirs
whose title derives from the local slang for “ass clown.”
Name the work

35. ANSWER
Bank of Baroda (Hence BOB) • Ande Pirki / Andy Pirki

36. 15
These vertical rock formations in hexagonal shapes, spread over a tiny
100mx600m area island, stands as a signpost to a geological event
that took place around 88 million years ago. The volcanic activity
accompanying the event, resulted in the formation of such structures.
This is the only proof of the event visible (above the sea) in India.
What island can you find these structures in? What other prominent
island was formed as a result of the said geological activity?

38. ANSWER
St Mary’s Island
Madagascar (Marion event is the volcanic activity that led to the split)

39. 16
Mario Miranda
commenting on a
major 1988
political event.
Who is blocked
out ?

40. Ramakrishna
Hegde
Miranda is
commenting on
Phone tapping
scandal of
Ramakrishna
Hegde (for which
Hegde
eventually
resigned as
Karnataka CM)

41. 17
History has it that its founding was connected with the despotic rule
of the French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte.
The European nations were reeling, under pressure from the
advancing army of Napoleon. To help halt his onslaught the major
powers formed an alliance in 1814 in a small town in Switzerland.
In a defiant reaction, Napoleon threatened to blow up the town to bits.
Taken aback by the warning and to avert the threat, a group of
Christian believers in the allied force met for a prayer session.
There they took an oath that if Jesus would aid the united force to
triumph over the Napoleon army and spare the city, they would preach
the word of God to the world.
What was formed to this end when the allied forces prevailed against
Napoleon?

42. ANSWER
Basel Mission

43. *18
A petition filed on the portal “change.org” addressed to a
Kannadiga went viral last year. The petition among other things
called for the removal of a well-known scholar of philology
from heading an initiative conceived by the Kannadiga. The
petitioners felt the philologist nursed “deep antipathy towards
many of the ideals and values cherished and practiced in the
Indian civilization and has shown disrespect for the unity and
integrity of India”.
Identify the initiative and the philologist in question here.

44. ANSWER
Removal of Sheldon Pollock as
mentor and Chief Editor of
Murty Classical Library (
project to translate 500
volumes of classical Indian
literature into English
conceived by Rohan Murty)

45. *19
Rev. Richter in the Coorg Gazetteer of 1870 records a Kannada proverb
“Arvattu warushake ondu katte,
Yeppattu warushake ondu yette.”
which he translates to:
Once in 60 years the _______ will decay,
Once in 70 years a ______ may hold sway
Alluding to a widely prevalent belief in the Kodagu region of ominous
foretelling of a disaster. Although, scientific community in general perceives
this as a hypothetical connection, similar beliefs exist in North East India and
South East Asian region.
What belief? OR Fill in the blanks

46. ANSWER
Once in 60 years the bamboo will decay
Once in 70 years a famine may hold sway
The perception of a connection between periodic gregarious bamboo
flowering and subsequent death followed by famine is widespread.

47. 20
Captain of the 2004 Asia Cup winning Indian women’s cricket team
Later went on to coach China and Bangladesh

48. ANSWER
Mamatha Maben

49. 21
Give me a name of the place
associated with this R K
Narayan short story?

50. ANSWER
Kaidala near Tumakuru
Kaidala translates to “the
restored arm”
The story is based on the
legend of Hoysala sculptor
Jakkanachari

51. *22
What Hindi song from a 1985 film was the inspiration for the stadium fight
scene in Kirik Party?

52. ANSWER
Duniya mane bura toh goli maaro from Arjun

53. 23. FILL IN THE BLANKS

54. SHRAVANABELAGOLA HAS THE
HIGHEST DENSITY OF INSCRIPTIONS
ANYWHERE IN INDIA... SO MUCH SO
THAT AN ENTIRE VOLUME OF
EPIGRAPHIA CARNATICA WAS
DEDICATED TO THIS ONE PLACE. ALL
OTHER VOLUMES OF EPIGRAPHIA
CARNATICA ARE ORGANISED
ACCORDING TO DISTRICTS.
Answer

55. 24
In 2007, writers Annapoorna Venkatananjappa and Ba Ha
Ramakumari, while traveling through a village in Tumkur, saw that a
grey-haired woman was scolding her son for admitting his pregnant
wife to a private nursing home for delivering their child.
It is through this chance encounter that the word of the old woman’s
feat went outside of the confines of her village
(From an Indian Express article from February 2018)
Who is the woman being spoken about?

56. ANSWER
2018 Padma Shri recipient, midwife, Sulagitti Narasamma

57. 25
This is a 2017 translation of a
four-time Karnataka Sahitya
Akademi Prize winner’s anthology
on Mumbai. Writer Jerry Pinto
remarked that this ‘is a Bombay
book, a Mumbai book, a Momoi
book, a Mhamai book, and it is
not to be missed.’ Name the
author.

58. ANSWER

59. 26
Indian team in Canada during Sahara Cup, enjoying a Kannadiga’s
hospitality. Who?

60. ANSWER
Kannada actor Chandrashekhar

61. *27
In 1942, a little village in Shikaripura taluk of Karnataka declared
themselves free, blocked out the British and instated a ten year old
boy as the ruler of their village. The place has the distinction of the
first village in India to declare itself free. A popular Kannada couplet
at the time translates to
“we shall give away many villages,
but not _______ ”
Name the village.

62. ANSWER
Issuru
Esura Kottaru
Issuru Kodevu

63. 28
_____ Kumari Tiwari and _____ Kumari Tiwari were from Udaipur in
Rajasthan. They were close associates of singer X’s family.
Mesmerised by his music, the sisters had moved to Bangalore to be
under his care and sing with him. Both were trained in everything from
Jaanapada, Bhavageethe to Rangageethe. The trio performed together
for more than three decades from the 1950s.
Name the two sisters. (Names differ by just one letter)

65. ANSWER
Mohan Kumari
Sohan Kumari
X being P Kalinga Rao

66. 29
Puneet Rajkumar posted this image on twitter
early this year after he received a present from a
fan. The actor was elated at finally laying his
hands on something that eluded him for a long
time.
What is the context of this image?

67. ANSWER
In his national award winning
performance as child artist in the film
Bettada Hoovu, Ramu played by Puneet
Rajkumar saves money by selling wild
flowers to a botanist ..aspiring to buy a
book on Ramayana. His dream is
shattered when circumstances force him
to part the money to support his family.

68. 30
In the course of a conversation recorded by the Earl of Stanhope in the
1830s, this decorated military general identified Battle of ______ -
fought in today’s Maharashtra on 23 September 1803 - as one of his
two greatest victories and also the bloodiest battle he ever saw.
Who? What battle?
Interestingly, the other victory that he picked was the Battle of the
Nivelle - the second of three battles fought in the foothills of the
Pyrenees in 1813, during which his Anglo-Portuguese Army invaded
France. Bothe these battles are lesser known compared to some of his
other victories.

69. ANSWER
Duke of Wellington
Battle of Assaye

70. 31
The map shows the locations of three
river island towns that have a common
religious theme connecting them which
also gives each of these their
sobriquets.
Two of these islands are in Karnataka
Name the three island towns and their
sobriquet.

71. ANSWER
Islands on the river Kaveri, each of these has a Ranganathaswamy
temple
Srirangapatna -Adi Ranga
Shivanasamudra – Madhya Ranga
Srirangam – Antya Ranga

72. 32
The title song of this 2000s TV Show was penned by Chandrashekhara
Kambara and sung memorably by Sangeeta Katti.
The title of the show translates to “House on the East.”
Name the show
This was the directorial debut of a National award winning costume
designer, and a character actor.
Name the director.

73. ANSWER
Moodala Mane
Vaishali Kasaravalli

74. 33
'ಬೆದೆರ ಮೇಗಣ ಚದುರೆ'(Shy maiden of the Bamboo grove) is a slightly lesser
known but more evocative and accurate name given to a family of
primates found mainly in India and Sri Lanka
What is the more common Kannada name for this animal?

75. ANSWER
Kaadu Paapa
(Slender Loris in English)

76. 34
On his work translating Gachar Gochar to English, Srinath Perur fondly
recalls a particular challenge that he always relished. This was
translating Kannada proverbs (gaade) to English. At times even though
a known English counterpart would already exist, he’d still create his
own to keep the sound and theme as close as possible to the Kannada
version.
One such example was his translation – “Cakes as good as the coins
they cost.”
What is the original Kannada proverb?

77. ANSWER
Kaasige Takkante Kajjaya

78. 35
The rocket engineer on the right in
this iconic photo is a Kannadiga who
was the former director of Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO.
He is also a humourist and popular
for his song about the eating habits
of a neighbourhood aunt.
Name the photographer, the rocket
engineer and the song

79. ANSWER
Henri Cartier-Bresson
CR Sathya
Aache Maneya Subbakkanige Ekadishi Upavasa
Hat-Tip to @twistedlogix (Ravi Shekhar) for the info

80. Why are we discussing this in
this Quiz ?
- 3 images
- Answer with a few keywords

81. 36

82. ANSWER
While in school, one Gangaraju took the
word “pen name” literally and started writing
poems in the name of “Hamsalekha” that he
named after a Swan fountain pen he received
as a gift from a teacher.

83. *37
Draco volans

84. ANSWER
The central plot of the Poornachandra Tejaswi’s award winning novel, Karvalo is
about a scientist named Karvalo who is in search of a rare flying lizard.
The lizard is now touted to be Draco volans, a species that is endemic to South East
Asia

85. 38

86. Answer
The now defunct Kapali theatre in
Bengaluru was India's first and only
cinerama theatre