Delhi Quiz conducted by Anuna Banerjee and Gayatri Giri

1. DELHI - A KNOWN
MYSTERY Lsr intra session Delhi quiz

2. QMs
Gayatri Giri
Anuna Banerjee
Lsr intra session Delhi quiz

3. 1
_____ memorial is an octagonal tapering tower and one of the few examples of
gothic architecture in Delhi. Built by the British in the 19th century, it is
controversial for what it commemorates in its plaques.
In 1972, the Indian govt. renamed the monument Ajitgarh (place of the
unvanquished) and erected another plaque stating that the enemy mentioned on
the memorial were immortal martyrs for India’s freedom.
What is the original name of the memorial and what did it earlier pay tribute to?

4. MUTINY MEMORIAL
commemorating british soldiers slain,
in revolt of 1857

5. 2
X-Y is a mosque built in 1528-29 and is named after two people.
X was a SUFI saint known for his poetry under the court of Sikandar Lodhi. The
name originates from the URDU word for beauty or positive aura.
Y in URDU means miracle. Some theories believe X and Y to be brothers, others
speculate them to be homosexual lovers. Who Y truly was though, remains a
mystery.
What is this place XY, said to be the residence of jinns and one of the most
haunted places in Delhi.

6. X- JAMALI
Y- KAMAL
X-Y is JAMALI KAMALI

7. 3
The Rampurva Capitals are the topmost-parts of a pair of Ashoka Pillars
discovered in 1876. Named after the region of Rampurva from where they were
discovered, they consist of a lion figure and a bull figure.
Soon after discovery, the 2 capitals were removed from their position and given
new homes. The lion capital resides at the Kolkata museum while the bull capital
can be seen prominently from the forecourt of a famous location.
What is the current residence of the Rampurva bull?

8. RASHTRAPATI
BHAVAN

9. 4
In 1969, in his first book, Chariots of the Gods, Erich von Däniken cited the unique
nature of the entity and its unknown origins as evidence of extraterrestrial
visitation.
“(Verse 3) By him, the king, attained sole supreme sovereignty in the world,
acquired by his own arm and (enjoyed) for a very long time; (and) who, having the
name of Chandra, carried a beauty of countenance like (the beauty of) the full-
moon,-having in faith fixed his mind upon (the god) Vishnu, this lofty standard of
the divine Vishnu was set up on the hill (called) Vishnupada.”
The inscriptions can be found in the same entity.
Identify this entity.

10. IRON PILLAR

11. 5
Abhishek Sharma, famous for directing Tere Bin Laden, has also written a comic
book series on ______ . It is the story of Dheeraj Dhalla who develops ____-like
features after a science experiment goes wrong.
“People think of ____as a monster, a troublemaker, but he considers himself a
superhero. And the story is about this fight and his survival,” says Abhishek
Sharma
In the second edition, ____ flees Delhi and chooses Kanpur to escape his fate.
But there he is confronted by the tough choice — whether to run away again or
stay and fight.
Fill in the Blanks ...

12. MONKEYMAN

13. 6.
CONNECT

14. ASIAN GAMES 1951

15. 7
Which case does is the newspaper referring to,
which is the only court hearing to have taken place
in Red Fort?

16. INA TRIALS

17. 8
In the late 1980’s, Hindi Cinema was experiencing a decline in box office with the
middle class abandoning the theatre experience. The movie in question is credited
as single-handedly reviving Hindi cinema. Set in the backdrop of urban Delhi, this
movie is a bollywood iteration of classic tragic romances like Laila-Majnu, Heer-
Ranjha and Romeo-Juliet. It set a template for 90’s romance movies and
catapulted both debut actors into super stardom. The film was earlier called
‘Nafrat ke Waris’ but director Nasir Hussain found it too negative. Which film are
we talking about?

18. QAYAMAT SE
QAYAMAT TAK

19. 9
X is a gate located to the southern edge of Shahjahanabad.
The place of Razia Sultan's burial is disputed by historians. There are 3 places where Razia
is claimed to be buried. They are Delhi, Kaithal and Tonk, Rajasthan. One of the disputed
locations of her tomb is within close proximity of X.
Y is a venue, very close to X named after a major annual event.
Y was the site for a number of major strikes and protests in the recent past.
Identify X and Y.

20. X - TURKMAN GATE
Y - RAMLILA MAIDAN

21. 10
It is famously narrated that when Sultan Sikandar Lodi was on a visit to a mosque
in the vicinity of the present location of the ____for prayer, he knelt over a grain of
____(a kind of lentil), which had been dropped by a bird. His loyal Prime Minister
Wazir Miya Bhoiya, who had accompanied the King, saw the lentil seed and
observed that a seed so honoured by His majesty must not be thrown away. It
must be used in the service of God.
Which site was thus created ?

22. MOTH KI MASJID

23. 11
CONNECT

24. REVOLT OF 1857

25. 12
Z’s construction is credited to the reign of a ruler of Delhi _ - who is the only
person mentioned as the builder of the complete stretch of one of Asia’s longest
and oldest major roads _ which runs from Chittagong, Bangladesh finally
terminating in Kabul, Afghanistan therefore linking South Asia with Central Asia.
Z is located on Mathura Road and it was at Z, on the 21st of September, 1857 ;
where three brothers of royal lineage were executed by Capt. William Hodson.
Identify Z.

26. KABULI GATE

27. 13. Which movie did they then create?
“We were sitting in a small hotel room in Nanded, drinking. We started singing
songs, and we both realised we liked similar songs. And so___ was born. He was
angry with the system, I was helpless with the system. We wanted to do so much.
But we really can't do anything and it was born out of anger. We had this amazing
screenplay, which we had termed as The Young Guns of India. We were going
to go on the floor, and suddenly there were a couple of film on Bhagat Singh
made. But they came and went… not because they were written badly but
because they did not reflect the sentiment of today's time. Nobody in the
audience could identify with something which was past. It wasn't that there wasn't
idea of patriotism in us, but it was sleeping somewhere. And you had to kind of
relate to it in today's world.”

28. RANG DE BASANTI

29. "It is said that the day after the bulldozing of the magicians' ghetto, a new slum
was reported in the heart of the city, hard by the New Delhi railway station.
Bulldozers were rushed to the scene of the reported hovels; they found nothing.
After that the existence of the moving slum of the escaped illusionists became a
fact known to all the inhabitants of the city, but the wreckers never found it”.
Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight Children’ has immortalised a certain slum of Delhi
which is home to magicians, snake charmers,and acrobats. The slum is aptly
named after the founders who practiced a famous Rajasthani folk craft .No village
fair, religious festival or social gathering in Rajasthan can be complete without this
it.Which famous slum is this?
+5 if you can give us the funda behind the excerpt.
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30. KATHPUTLI COLONY
DEMOLITION OF SLUMS DURING
EMERGENCY

31. Through the years, this has involved the president, prime minister, and the mayor
and chief minister of Delhi.
On what occasion would you see what is in the pictures?
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32. PHOOL WALON KI
SAIR

33. 16
A decade-and-a-half had passed since the Mutiny. Delhi had started settling under the new governance of
the British.
Year 1872 - Pt. Gaya Prasad, a young man in his early twenties, left his home in Tehsil Bah in Agra and
came to Delhi in search of greener pastures. He put up a shop in a lane entering the Kinari Bazaar and
soon, business flourished.
Earlier the locality was known only for its silverware shops but ever since Gaya Prasad started prospering
in his business ; selling (a) , the locality adopted a new name ( b )
Identify a and b.

34. a - Paranthas
b - Paranthe wali Gali

35. 17
Shammi Narang was strolling around in the IIT campus when a foreigner
engineer, who was testing a microphone, called him to sound test it. That engineer
was the technical director at United States Information Service (USIS) who helped
kickstart Narang’s career.He then went on to become the face of Doordarshan in
the 70’s and was chosen amongst 10,000 people to read news on the channel.
Rinni Simon Khanna was born in Kerala. Because of her father being an Indian Air
Force officer, she finished her schooling from almost 9 different schools across the
country.She worked with Doordarshan from 1985-2001 and was a noted news
anchor.
What connection can be made between these two ?

36. DELHI METRO
ANNOUNCEMENT VOICES

37. 18
The X who work for the world's leaders usually keep a low profile, leaving the
limelight to their bosses. But once a year it is their turn to be ‘wined and dined’ and
treated as honoured guests in a foreign country.Annually, the X from various
nations hold a diplomatic gathering to discuss work and promote their art. The first
meeting was held in in London while the latest one was in New Delhi in 2016.
X also have a hotline known as the "blue telephone" that allows them to consult
each other on their bosses' preferences before a state visit.
Which position is X in a world leader’s entourage?

38. CHEFS

39. 19
X is a fun and cozy suburb in South Delhi! It’s referred to as Afghan Nagar by many because of its
sizeable Afghan migrant population.
X was developed in the 1950s and most of its early residents were Hindus and Sikhs moving east from
newly formed Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947. As such, many of these individuals are
Multanis and Sindhis. The colony also housed a refugee camp for Bengali widows which came up much
later known as Kasturba Ashram.
Ayushmann Khurrana’s character in the movie___, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male
Debut lived in X with his widowed mother. The movie is inspired from the Canadian Movie ‘Starbuck’.
Identify X.

40. LAJPAT NAGAR

41. 20
TIMELINE
OF WHAT?

42. HINDU COLLEGE,
UNIVERSITY OF
DELHI

43. 21
This artform is famed for its exquisite embroidery and miniature art representing
epics woven into fabrics. The legacy of this artwork can be traced back to a valley
in Himachal after which it is named.
Common themes of the artform include the Ras-Lila and representing animals in
motion, like leaping tigers and cantering horses, in vibrant colors.
It is also a custom for local brides to have this in their wedding collection.
However the artform suffered when its royal patronage fell and today, the Delhi
Council of Crafts has started working towards developing this art form.
Which artwork is this?

44. CHAMBA RUMAL

45. ANSWERS
1. MUTINY MEMORIAL- commemorating slain british soldiers in revolt of 1857
2. X- JAMALI Y- KAMAL so X-Y is JAMALI KAMALI
3. RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN
4. IRON PILLAR
5. MONKEYMAN
6. ASIAD 1951
7. INA TRAILS
8. QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK
9. X - TURKMAN GATE Y- RAMLILA MAIDAN
10. MOTH KI MASJID
11. REVOLT OF 1857
12. KABULI GATE
13. RANG DE BASANTI
14. KATHPUTLI COLONY/ DEMOLITION OF SLUMS DURING EMERGENCY
15. PHOOL WALON KI SAIR
16. PARANTHE WALI GALI
17. DELHI METRO ANNOUNCEMENT VOICES
18. CHEFS
19. LAJPAT NAGAR
20. HINDU COLLEGE
21. CHAMBA RUMAL