Orange is the new black school quiz

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
SCHOOL QUIZ

• 1) This plant was included in the list of plants which were the most beneficial to
combat indoor air pollution according to a study conducted by NASA. It is known
as the ‘Mother-in-law’s tongue’ or the ‘St.George’s sword’. By what other name is
this popular in Kerala?

• 2) What ‘spectacular’ job was carried out by Edifice Engineering,
Mumbai during the 2nd week of January?

• 3) The specially published book titled “The sage of Sivagiri” is about
which social reformer?

• 4) What is the name of this Bill payment system, introduced by NPCI?

• 5) Who was the first person to be declared a ‘fugitive economic
offender’?

• 6) The person shown in the picture is Digvijay Deshmukh who was recently
bought by the Mumbai Indians in the IPL auction. This was shown prominently in
the news due to his ‘cricketing exploits’ in 2013. What did he do?

• He was the child actor in kai po che.

• 7) The name of the brand does not come from the visible aerosol
consisting of tiny water droplets, but comes from ‘friends of good
guys/girls’. Which brand is this?

• 8) For what purpose was the “digital sky” portal started by the government?

• 9) Who is the author of this book?

• 10) Which mobile company came up with the Red cable club
programme in India to offer exclusive benefits to its users?

• 11) He became king of Hujli, after trying for 35 years. He had hatched
many schemes to become the king which met with failure during this
period. Identify him.

• 12) The company whose print ad is shown launched India’s first internet car. Give
me the car brand.

• 13) The name of this dish comes from the Arabic word meaning
‘sweet’. The dish had such a huge influence and spread that the
confectioners in many parts of India are named after the dish. Identify
the dish.

• Halwa
• Conectioners are called Halwais.

• 14) This insignia includes two swords, an eagle and an anchor, and
has been put to use from December 31, 2019. Where will you find
them?

• Chief of Defence Staff
• Two Swords – Army, Anchor – Navy and Eagle – Air Force

• 15) Where has the latest Sukhoi air squadron set up? It will be the
first Sukhoi squadron with Brahmos missiles. The name of the place
comes from ‘the house of the Mutharayar king Thananjay’.

• Thanjavur
• Thananjaya + Oor = Thanjavur

• 16) After which celebrity is this Christian Louboutin shoes named after? They cost
995$, equivalent to around 70,000 rupees. Christian Louboutin even designed a
special edition shoes for the celebrity in question in collaboration with
Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

• 17) This bureaucrat, who passed away in November in 2019 was
called the ‘Alsatian of the Nirvachan Sadan’. Who is he?

• 18) This is the new flag of the Maharashtra Navanirman Sena unveiled by Raj
Thackeray recently. It’s based on the raj mudra or the royal seal of which king?

• 19) As part of its Make in India innovation, this company has launched the Curd
Maestro series of refrigerators. Curd Maestro enables curd preparation in five to
six hours - five hours for soft curd, six hours for thick curd. One needs to boil and
cool the milk and mix the curd culture manually while Curd Maestro does the
most crucial part of the job fermentation. Which 3 star company is this?

• 20) Mainly mined in Pakistan, this pink coloured salt is named after an entity that
is prominent in India as well. What name is it known by? It supposedly has better
health benefits than regular salt.

• 21) There were 14 national parties at
the first Lok Sabha elections. One of
them was the All India Forward Bloc
(Ruikar group). What was their election
symbol?

• 1) Charlie Chaplin got the
inspiration to make ‘Modern
Times’ as a result of the Great
Depression and his discussion with
a world leader who was opposed
to industrialisation. Who was this
world leader?

• 2) This is from an artwork by Vijay Jodha. Which group of people is
portrayed in the images? Also explain the value of the stamp.

• 3) This book tells the story of
Har Mander Singh, who was
tasked with escorting someone
in 1959 to India. Identify.

• 4) He was the first to suggest
the idea of a constituent
assembly to draft the
constitution of India. He was
also the founder of the Mexican
communist party and the
Communist party of India.
When he was being chased by
the government at that time, he
was harboured by Leela chitnis
who went on to become the
first ever Indian actress to star
in a Lux ad. Identify both of
them.

• 5) Which company tied up with Mattel to launch a sewing machine that
could be used by children as well? It was named Janome – my Fab
Barbie.

• Exchange your answer sheets.

• 1) Charlie Chaplin got the inspiration to
make ‘Modern Times’ as a result of the
Great Depression and his discussion
with a world leader who was opposed
to industrialisation. Who was this
world leader?

• 2) This is from an artwork by Vijay Jodha. Which group of people is portrayed in
the images? Also explain the value of the stamp.

• They were killed during the 1984 riots.
• Zero value attached to innocent lives

• 3) This book tells the story of Har
Mander Singh, who was tasked with
escorting someone in 1959 to India.
Identify.

• 4) He was the first to suggest the idea of a constituent assembly to draft the
constitution of India. He was also the founder of the Mexican communist party
and the Communist party of India. When he was being chased by the
government at that time, he was harboured by Leela chitnis who went on to
become the first ever Indian actress to star in a Lux ad. Identify both of them.

• 5) Which company tied up with Mattel to launch a sewing machine that could be
used by children as well? It was named Janome – my Fab Barbie.

• Clockwise
• +10/-5 on pounce
• +10 on bounce

• 1) Shivnath is the longest tributary of the Mahanadi river. What is
unique about the river? The uniqueness stems from the efforts of
Kailash Soni, shown in the picture.

• India’s first private river

• 2) What celebration is being shown in the video? Or, tell me the name
of the mosque shown in the video.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWOzRRFlucA

• 3) Which official twitter handled tweeted this during this viral
challenge? What does the colours of the power rangers signify.

• Delhi Metro
• The ‘lines’ of the Delhi Metro

• 4) This word is derived from a two letter latin prefix and another latin
word which meant “to be born from”. The word has nothing to do
with India. What commonly used word is this?

• 5) “The mode of catching the elephant is as follows. On the road
which the animal takes when he goes to drink, they dig a trench, and
cover the mouth of it over, but very lightly. When an elephant falls
into it, two or three days are allowed to elapse before any one goes
near him. At the end of that time a man comes and strikes the animal
with several blows of a stick well applied: upon this another man
shows himself, and violently drives away the man who struck the
blows, and, seizing his stick, hurls it a great way off; after which he
throws some food to the elephant, and goes away”.
• Which traveler wrote this account when he visited Kozhikode in the
mid-15th century? He shares his name with a Pakistani cricketer.

• 6) The person shown in the
picture holds the distinction of
scoring India’s first ever
overseas test century.
Combining with another
legend, the cautious yet
skilled Vijay Merchant,
Mushtaq Ali's aggression and
powerful stroke play formed a
dynamic and legendary
opening partnership for the
team for years. Which
tournament in India is named
after him?

• Domestic T20 tournament
• Syed Mushtaq Ali

• 7) Which South Korean company manufactured the car shown in the
picture? It is one of the 5 OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer)
with which an Indian company have to tie up before submitting bids
for the Project-75I that envisages to make 6 advanced submarines for
the Indian Navy.

• 8) What is the name of this disputed location along the Nepal-India
border? The name is shared by a 1996 film which was promoted as
‘one which every Indian should see’.

• 9) These paintings served dual purpose for the British,
memorialisation and surveillance. What name were they known
by? These works offered a view of the everyday life in India, in a
distinct departure from preceding art. Until then, local artists,
patronised by rajas and nawabs, were almost always focused on
the splendour of courts, royal portraits, historical scenes or
illustrations of the poetic and the divine.

• 10) This is the cycad tree which is found in many parts of India. A 39
leaved representation of the leaf of the tree is used by which nation,
in news in India as well recently, in its flag along with a tusk?

• Differential scoring
• 10 for each correct answer
• Additionally 3 x (no. of teams not getting the answer)

• 1) This limited edition Montblanc pen is called the ‘Black Myth’, and was
created in celebration of the Taj Mahal. What is the ‘Black Myth’ being
referred to?

• 2) This method of painting water-based pigments on freshly
applied plaster, usually on wall surfaces. The colours, which are
made by grinding dry-powder pigments in pure water, dry and set
with the plaster to become a permanent part of the wall. It is ideal
for making murals because it lends itself to a monumental style, is
durable, and has a matte surface. Found in the caves of Ajanta,
what is this technique called? Adobe has named its drawing app
after it.

• 3) Identify both the poets whose songs have been used in this mashup.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_HPt5K3h2s

• 4) What name has been given to this restaurant in Delhi serving
Kerala cuisine? It’s a pun on the name of a king.

• 5) The logo of this insurance company founded in 1947 has the words
“heavens light our guide” mentioned in it. The company uses the
slogan “Prithvi, jal, Aakash, sabki suraksha hamare paas”. Which
company is this?

• Exchange your answer sheets

• 1) This limited edition Montblanc pen is called the ‘Black Myth’, and was created
in celebration of the Taj Mahal. What is the ‘Black Myth’ being referred to?

• The legend that Shah Jahan planned to build himself a mirror image
of the Taj Mahal—only in black. Lore says it was intended to stand on
the opposite side of the Yamuna River from his wife’s resting place.

• 2) This method of painting water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster,
usually on wall surfaces. The colours, which are made by grinding dry-powder
pigments in pure water, dry and set with the plaster to become a permanent part
of the wall. It is ideal for making murals because it lends itself to a monumental
style, is durable, and has a matte surface. Found in the caves of Ajanta, what is
this technique called? Adobe has named its drawing app after it.

• Faiz Ahmed Faiz
• Rabindranath Tagore

• Oriental insurance company

• Anti-clockwise
• +10/-5 on pounce
• +10 on bounce

• 1) Which critically acclaimed
movie was based on this 2008
book by Harinder Sikka? The
actress who played the lead role
won the 64th Filmfare award for
best actress.

• 2) A soldier in the Gurkha regiment,
Nirmal Purja completed his quest
to climb all fourteen of the world’s
8,000m peaks in the staggeringly quick
time of 189 days. He called his challenge
‘Project Possible’, and he beat the
previous record by 7 years and 3½
months. One of the photos that he took
went viral during the first half of 2019.
Which pic is this?

• 3) This will run roughly from Porbandar to Panipat, covering entire
Aravalli range and beyond. It will act as barrier for dust from west. It
will check desertification by restoring degraded land. What is the
project, yet to get a formal nod, called?

• 4) This is a screen grab from the 8 part tv drama called The Serpent. It as
named so after the many nicknames of the real life person from whom it
was inspired. He was born in 1944 in Nepal on April 6, 1944, in Saigon to a
Sindhi father, Sobhraj Hatchand Bhaonani, and a Vietnamese woman, Tran
Loang Phun. Identify him.

• 5) Intended to be a ‘friend in the sky’, identify the ‘person’ seated in the
picture.

• 6) What is the term used to refer to tuskless male elephants called? Its
also the title of this song from the movie Drive starring Sushant Singh
Rajput and Jacqueline Fernandez.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqUeSjsYLNU

• 7) The image shows film actress Neena Gupta with her daughter
Masaba Gupta. Which cricketer is her father?

• 8) Foundation for Rural Entrepreneurship Development is a not-for-
profit entity launched by Google and Tata Trusts in 2017 to help
woman entrepreneurs or internet saathis. By what informal name is it
popularly called?

• FREND (Foundation for Rural EntrepreNeurship Development

• 9) Chippiparai is a robust animal needing little or no veterinary care. It
is active during young stages. It does need lots of exercise, as it was
meant to hunt. A cross-breed of Chippiparai shot into the limelight in a
2018 movie, where it served as a major plot element as well. Which
critically acclaimed movie was this?

• 10) Identify the artist and the organisation that came up with this ad.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz5wsiXWeeo

• Naezy, of the Gully Boy fame
• Unacademy

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