Halisahar Utsav 2018 - Open to all- General Quiz- by MINDSPORT - Prelims

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Halisahar Utsav Quiz-2018 Q.M.- Priyankar & Suvojit

Identify X.
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 X was a princess of Singhal Kingdom. According to
legend, a parrot named “Hiramon” was owned by X who
deeply loved the bird . X’s father disliked the obsession
with the bird and ordered it to be killed. However, the bird
managed to flee and reached in course to a king in a far
away land. The king being mesmerized with the parrot’s
talking ability, decided to keep it with him. From the bird
the king got to know about X’s unmatched beauty
and courage and decided to embark on a quest to
marry the princess which he eventually did.
Halisahar Utsav Quiz-2018 Q.M.- Priyankar Lahiri

Padmavati
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What geographical entity gets its name from
these flowers?
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 The image below is of “Kurinji or Neela Kurinji”
flowers. Its unique feature is that it blooms every
12 years. The Western Ghat valley regions of Kerala,
Tamilnadu are just painted blue with these flowers
when in full bloom.

Nilgiri Hills
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Who is their most famous sibling?
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 They are Anastasia and
Drizella, the two
daughters of Lady
Tremaine. Their story
is known throughout the
world in various forms
but one of the most
popular versions is
written in French by
Charles Perrault in
1697.

Cinderella
3

What unfortunate achievement is this and who
was his fortunate counterpart?
4
 In December 2017, in a
district level T-20 match
between Jamnagar and Amreli,
one Amreli bowler Nilam
Vamja became a part of an
unfortunate achievement
thus making himself only the
second Indian Cricketer in
domestic or international level
to be part of such achievement.

Vamja was hit six consecutive sixes in an over.
4

Who is this famous friend of Rabindranath?
5*
 This book titled
“Imperfect Encounter”
by Mary M Lago is a
collection of letters that
focuses on the relation
between Rabindranath
and one of his dearest
friends .
 Larger image in next slide.

Who is this famous friend of Rabindranath?
5*

William Rothenstein
5*

Who is the famous bengali character that Prof.
Shonku is based on?
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 By Satyajit Ray’s own
admission, the
character of
Professor Shonku is
based on two other
fictional characters.
One is Professor
Challenger by Arthur
Conan Doyle and the
other is a famous
bengali character.

Hesoram Husiyar
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How is this story familiar to us?
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 Jake, a teenage hooligan, is caught in the act of
applying graffity to a metro railway site. He runs
down the track to escape the Inspector and his dog.
As he runs, he grabs gold coins out of the air while
simultaneously dodging collisions with railway cars and
other objects.
 The uniform of the Inspector changes according to
the location. In New Orleans, the Inspector is replaced
by Frankenstein with a skeleton dog. In London, North
Pole and Winter Holiday, he is dressed as Santa Claus.

Subway Surfers
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Why?
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 As Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were born in
November and December 17 respectively, they
immediately grabbed everyone’s attention and became the
talk of the whole world.

1st Cloned Primates
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Identify the place in question.
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 This place derives its name from that of its owners
in Sikh times. It was then the property of the family of
Sardar Himmat Singh(d.1829), a noble in the court of
Maharaja Ranjit Singh(1780-1839), who originally came
from the village of Jalla, now in Fategarh Sahib
district of Punjab. The family was collectively known as
Jallevahle or simply Jalhe or Jalle. Their principal seat later
became Alavarpur in Jalandhar district.

Jallianwala Bagh
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Who is this famous yet less discussed character?
10*
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 According to Mahabharata,
she was the adopted
daughter of the ruler of
Anga, King Rompada and
his wife Vershini. An
expert in Vedas, Art, Craft
and Warfare aswell she was
considered one of the most
beautiful of her time.
 Married to
Rishyashringa Muni,
their descendants are
called Sengar Rajputs
and are the only
Rishivanshi Rajputs.

Shanta, Ram’s elder sister
10*

Which product or industry am I talking about?.
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 In 1899 when Gujrat faced a famine, two brothers named
Mohanlal and Hargovindas Patel moved to Jabalpur
region as railway contractors and it was there that they
discovered that tendu leaves, which grew in plenty in
that region, were better for wrapping ……………. flakes.
They seized the opportunity and set up local factories. In 1901,
Haribhai Desai from the state of Bombay was the first person to
register trade mark using Kachnar leaves. Next year in 1902,
Mohanlal and Hargovindas registered trademark using
tendu leaves. By 1930s, the industry experienced
cosmic growth. Gandhiji’s policy of supporting indian
industries and rejecting foreign products by the
educated Indians and the leaders as well provided the
much needed push.

Beedi
11

What was advertised thus?
12

Parle G
12

By what name are they familiar to all of us?
13
 The together journey of Rana
Pratap Sengar and Goldie
Duggal started way back in
2006 and is still captivating
us. Throughout the years they
have enthralled us with
“Pitaji Ki Patloon”,
Masterji ki Kursi”, “Bank
Robery” etc. etc.

Ramesh and Suresh(Cadbury 5 Star)
13

Whose humorous reply was this ?
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 Thanks to recent goof up by Femina India, X
tweeted back , “Thank you n sorry I couldn’t
make it but you can send the award to me at
my home.”

Irfan Pathan
14

Give me the actual English title.
15*
 Among many short stories of Satyajit Ray, only
two of them were actually written in English. One
is “Abstraction” which was later translated into
Bengali by Bijoya Ray as “Puroskar”. The other
one when translated was titled “Bornandho” .

Shades of Grey
15*

I need both the names. (No part marks)
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 It was at the 1960 Summer Olympics that these
two champions met and became friends. When the
then 400m record holder was asked about his
experience, the 1st man to run the distance below
45 secs had this to say – “Boy, you think I talk a
lot, but I couldn't get a word in with him. And
since he's a boxer and I'm a runner, I couldn't
really argue with that. We just kind of gelled.”

Otis Davis and Md. Ali
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ককোন কোলজয়ী গ্রন্থের কথো বলো হন্থে ?
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 বই টির জোত ননর্ণয় করন্থত নিন্থয় এর প্রকোশক বন্থলন :
“গ্রেটিন্থক উপনযোস বলন্থত বোন্থে, কোরর্ উপনযোন্থস
ককনিনির ফিমণলো অপ্রতযোনশত. নবজ্ঞোন নবষয়ক গ্রে এন্থক
বলো চন্থল নো , কোরর্ নবজ্ঞোন গ্রন্থে করোিোনিক কপ্রি-
কোনহনী অপোাংন্থতয়. কিোন্থয়ন্দো কেখোন্থন অপরোেীন্থক নচনিত
করন্থে নো, অপরোেী স্বয়াং এনিন্থয় আসন্থে েরো নিন্থত –
িস্তয়ভনির ‘ক্রোইি এন্ড পোননশন্থিি” এর নোয়ন্থকর িত –
কসখোন্থন কিোন্থয়ন্দো কোনহনীর প্রশ্নই ওন্থে নো.”

Bisyashghatok by Narayan Sanyal
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Identify the movie.
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 This bollywood classic was first actually made as a 120-
minute english film for the western audiences in
collaboration with nobel prize winner writer, Pearl S. Buck
and director, Tad Danielewski.
Unfortunately, the english version flopped badly despite
being a collaboration with many renowned names.
Thereafter many substantial changes were made in the
storyline suiting the Indian temperament and traditions and
then came the much appreciated hindi version.

Guide
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Give me X, Y and Z.(Half marks for two correct answers)
19*
 1. Wallis Mathias
2. Duncan Sharpe
3. Antao D’Souza
4. ......... X.................
5. Sohail Fazal
6. ……..Y……………
7. ……..Z……………

Non-muslim players who played for
Pakistan men’s cricket team
19*
 X= Anil Dalpat
Y=Danish Kaneria
Z=Yousuf Y0uhana

Identify the voice
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Hansie Cronje
20

Identify the voice
21*

Uttam Kumar
21*

What modern day very common word in the
entertainment industry was thus born?
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 One day in November 1913, a man called Nils
Granlund came up with a revolutionary idea for a
Broadway musical called The Pleasure Seekers.
Granlund noticed that audiences had to wait
between different shows in theatres. So he decided to
use the gap by filling it with never-done-
before advertising. Later in the same year, a
producer called William Selig put his own twist to it
and started the trend at the end of any movie
show.

Trailer (since they trailed the show)
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