Legend says when X was a child named Jaya, he met Buddha and gave him a gift from which Buddha predicted he would become great. Y refers to a category of Brahmins found in parts of India. A is looking for X and the edited part Y from a tweet where a product launch is addressed to Z, who replied nicely.

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Round
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4. Equate X and Y (X+Y)
Legend says that when X was a small child, his name was Jaya. Once
Jaya was playing on the roadside & Buddha came by. Young X put a
handful of earth in Buddha’s begging bowl as his gift to the saint
and declared his wish to become a great in future. Buddha is said to
have smiled a smile that ‘illuminated the universe with its rays of
light. These rays of light are then said to have re-entered in
Buddha’s left palm, signifying that this child Jaya would, in his next
life, become great.
Y is a category of Brahmins. This type of Brahmins are found
primarily in Gujarat, but also in Rajasthan, Marwa, Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar even as far as Punjab,
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh in the north, West Bengal in the east
and Karnataka in the south. The oldest account of Y is given in the
Nagara Khanda in Skanda Purana. The legendary actor Paresh
Rawal belong from this caste.
A

5. P
Marvel Comics released a number of titles, the
longest-lived being P, which appeared in black &
white magazine format, and ran for twentynine
issues from 1974 to 1977. Besides adaptations of
movies, the magazine featured original stories, with
writing from Doug Moench & Gerry Conway and
art from Mike Esposito, Mike Ploog, George Tuska
and many others. Articles about the making of both
the movie series and the later television series were
also a mainstay. Later edition of the comics series,
P were published in colour also. Identify P.

6. P
This song is from a 1975 film
directed by Gulzar. On which
Bengali novel, the film is based
on?

7. LConnect.

8. E
This is a product by X. At the launch of this product, he
made a tweet addressing to Z, which Z replied very nicely.
Some part of this tweet are edited and marked as X, Y &
Z. Give me X (Whose product) And the edited out Y part
from the tweet. Z is not required. X and Y both starts with
E. Tweet bigger visual on next slide.

10. E
Kasuti from Karnataka
Katha from Odisha and West Bengal
Hari Jari from Gujarat
Toda from Tamil Nadu
Sujini from Bihar
These all are types of what?

11. A
A was literary secretary to Rabindranath Tagore
from 1924 to 1933. During this time, he was a close
associate of the poet. He was Tagore’s travel
companion during his tour to Europe & America in
1930 and to Iran & Iraq in 1932. He was also a
close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, walking with
Gandhi in the Salt March of 1930. He wrote both
poetry and prose. He was awarded the Unesco
Prize for his book ‘Chalo Jai’. In 1963, he received
the Sahitya Acadamy Award for his book ‘Ghare
Pherar Din’. Identify him.

12. TName the play.

13. *E
Connect all these:
A 1946 poem by Morris Bishop
A 1961 poem by Rosser Reeves
A 1979 album by Giorgio Moroder
A 1986 song by Big Audio Dynamite
A 2001 scientific biography book by David Bodanis
A 2002 Polish feature film
A 2008 album by Mariah Carey
A 2008 song by Ayreon on the album 01011001

14. R
R holds the record of scoring a goal as the oldest
player in a World cup game. He scored the goal in a
match against Russia in 1994 world cup. In this
match, Oleg Salenko of Russia also made a record
by scoring 5 goals in a World cup match. At that
time R was also the oldest player (42 years) to
appear in a World cup game. That record lasted for
20 years, as it was then surpassed by Frayd
Mondragon (43 years 3 days) of Colombia in their
game against Japan at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Who is R?

15. S
S is a 1998 album. Singers like Swapna
Chakraborty, Gosthagopal Das, Abbasuddin
Ahmed sang songs in this album. ‘Ore har
mor joila gelo’, ‘O mon guru bhajo re’ are
some famous songs of this album. Name the
album.

16. A
Shortly after moving to San Francisco in October 2007, roommates
and former schoolmates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia could not
afford the rent for their loft apartment. They came up with the idea
of putting an air mattress in their living room and turning it into a
bed and breakfast. The goal at first was just ‘to make a few bucks’.
In that process, they created an online market place and hospitality
service, enabling people to lease or rent short-term lodging including
vacation rentals, apartment rentals, homestays, hostel beds or hotel
rooms. The company does not own any lodging; it is merely a broker
and receives percentage service fees (commissions) from both guests
and hosts in conjunction with every booking. Identify the company.

17. Q
The place Q was served as a meeting point for
traders from far and wide, who would congregate
at dusk to sip cups of steaming kahwa while
listening to stories of adventure and romance
narrated by the owners of the many tea shops that
were present there. The name of this place is also
come from this fact. The place is now is in the
Pakistan, where Indian film actor Dilip Kumar was
born. Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s family still lives in
the area. Which place?

18. U
This is a 1610 painting by U, who was the earliest artist to
depict the dodo in colour. He was a seventeenth-century
Mughal painter and court artist. He grew in acclaim
during the reign of Jahangir during which period he
excelled at depicting plants and animals. He was also the
first artist to illustrate the Siberian crane. Identify him.

19. I
অগ্রহায়শের িংক্রাসি তেশক ত ৌষ িংক্রাসি র্যি এক মাি প্রস রসিিার ত াশর িাসি
সিছাোয় িশি সিমিশের ুরোরীশের তেখা র্ায় এই ূজ্া করশ । ইসে েশিযর তেিী।
একটি মাটির িরার উ র মাটির ঘট িিাশ হয়। ঘটটি ূর্য করা হয় দুধ সেশয়। ঘশটর
মশধয তেওয়া হয় কলসম ফু ল ও আম্র ল্লি। এছাড়া িরার উ র ুুঁশ তেওয়া হয় ধাশের
েীষ, র্শির েীষ, কলসম ল া, কচু গাছ। এই ব্র ো কশর ব্র ীরা জ্ল খায় ো। এই ূজ্ার
উশেেয হল িংিাশরর িুখ ও ঐশ্বর্য কামো। ূিযিশে এশকই িশল চু সের ব্র । চু সে অেযাৎ
তচাঙ। তিখাে ঘশটর সরিশ য িাুঁ শের তচাঙ িযিহার করা হয়, এইমাত্র ােযকয। িাধারর্
ব্র ী সেশজ্ই এই ব্রশ র ছড়া িশল তিসেশের ম ব্র িাে কশর। গ্রাম িাংলার জ্েসপ্রয় এই
ব্র কোশক সক িলা হয়?

20. Z
Identify the movie.

21. C
C is a Census-Designated Place (CDP) in Columbiana
County, Ohio, USA. C was laid out in 1810 as ‘West
Union’. It has also been called ‘Foulkstown’, for William
Foulks, who built the first brick house there, as well as
‘Nineveh’, after the Biblical city of the same name. Finally,
it was renamed as C. A Post Office called C was
established in 1838 and remained in operation until 1913.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,491 people, 1,417
households and 1,025 families residing in this CDP. Give
me the name of this place.

22. O
Which venture by Swedish
brothers Jones AF Jochnick and
Robert AF Jochnick gets its name
from these kind of sacred
banners, which was mainly used
during middle ages in France,
most notably during the Hundred
Years War?

23. M
Identify the Music Director.
Clue: Name of movie and Music Director
both starts with M and this is the only music
direction by M.

24. M
M (5 January 1922 – 4 September 2000) was an Indian
film actor, who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. Born
as Muhammad Umar M in Alibagh, he started his film
career from film ‘Pratima’ along with noted film actor
Dilip Kumar in 1945. M played a character with the same
name charecter for two Bollywood film. One was Jadugar
in 1989 and other one was from a 1984 film. In this 1984
movie, a famous dialogue was associated with his
character. Give me the name of the actor and also the
dialogue. (Both start with M)

25. U
In a Bengali literary work, two brothers were
seen as fighting with each other and in
between their fight, one brother jumps up on
other’s shoulder. A Bengali phrase is quite
similar to this fighting scene. Identify both
the characters or the phrase.

26. N
Agantuk is a 1991 Bengali drama film
directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray’s last
film, based on one of his short stories, ‘Atithi’
(‘The Guest’). in that movie, Utpal Dutta
came as a stranger in Mamta Shankar and
Dipankar Dey’s house. Utpal Dutta, as
Manmomohan Mitra is a writer and he writes
in a Pseudonym. What was the pseudonym?

27. I
The common name of this plant in India comes
from two Persian words, meaning ‘horse flower’,
which is descriptive of the shape of the seed. This is
produced commercially in several European
countries, the former Soviet Union and India. India
dominates the world market in the production and
export of this plant. As a thickener, it has been used
in ice cream and frozen desserts. It has been shown
in studies to lower blood cholesterol and glucose
levels. But we know this plant for another common
use. Identify the plant (Indian name).

28. T
Saraswatidevi plays the veena, Indra
plays the flute, Brahma keeps the
rhythm, Lakshmidevi sings, Vishnu plays
the mrudanga and all the other Deities
stand around and watch. What was the
main performance of this concert?

29. Y
Y Endurance Test (continuous) is a variation of the
beep test, part of the Y test series developed by the
Danish soccer physiologist Jens Bangsbo. There are
two versions of this test: Level 1 & 2 (beginners and
advanced level). The level 1 test is effectively the same
as the standard beep test. The Level 2 test starts at a
higher running speed and has different increments in
speed. There is also an intermittent version of the Y
test, which incorporates a recovery period after each
40m (2x20m) run. Yuvraj Singh & Suresh Raina failed
Y endurance test at the NCA and both are out of the
squad recently. Identify Y.

31. As a part of our third version of Apple
Eaters’ Quiz, this is a bonus question.
Identify this 1926 silent movie by William
Fox. The answer will start with ‘3’.

33. Equate X and Y (X+Y)
Legend says that when X was a small child, his name was Jaya. Once
Jaya was playing on the roadside & Buddha came by. Young X put a
handful of earth in Buddha’s begging bowl as his gift to the saint
and declared his wish to become a great in future. Buddha is said to
have smiled a smile that ‘illuminated the universe with its rays of
light. These rays of light are then said to have re-entered in
Buddha’s left palm, signifying that this child Jaya would, in his next
life, become great.
Y is a category of Brahmins. This type of Brahmins are found
primarily in Gujarat, but also in Rajasthan, Marwa, Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar even as far as Punjab,
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh in the north, West Bengal in the east
and Karnataka in the south. The oldest account of Y is given in the
Nagara Khanda in Skanda Purana. The legendary actor Paresh
Rawal belong from this caste.
A

34. A
ASHOK + NAGAR = ASHOKNAGAR

35. P
Marvel Comics released a number of titles, the
longest-lived being P, which appeared in black &
white magazine format, and ran for twentynine
issues from 1974 to 1977. Besides adaptations of
movies, the magazine featured original stories, with
writing from Doug Moench & Gerry Conway and
art from Mike Esposito, Mike Ploog, George Tuska
and many others. Articles about the making of both
the movie series and the later television series were
also a mainstay. Later edition of the comics series,
P were published in colour also. Identify P.

36. P

37. P
This song is from a 1975 film
directed by Gulzar. On which
Bengali novel, the film is based
on?

38. P

39. LConnect.

40. L

41. E
This is a product by X. At the launch of this product, he
made a tweet addressing to Z, which Z replied very nicely.
Some part of this tweet are edited and marked as X, Y &
Z. Give me X (Whose product) And the edited out Y part
from the tweet. Z is not required. X and Y both starts with
E. Tweet bigger visual on next slide.

42. E
X
Y

43. E
Kasuti from Karnataka
Katha from Odisha and West Bengal
Hari Jari from Gujarat
Toda from Tamil Nadu
Sujini from Bihar
These all are types of what?

44. E
Embroidery

45. A
A was literary secretary to Rabindranath Tagore
from 1924 to 1933. During this time, he was a close
associate of the poet. He was Tagore’s travel
companion during his tour to Europe & America in
1930 and to Iran & Iraq in 1932. He was also a
close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, walking with
Gandhi in the Salt March of 1930. He wrote both
poetry and prose. He was awarded the Unesco
Prize for his book ‘Chalo Jai’. In 1963, he received
the Sahitya Acadamy Award for his book ‘Ghare
Pherar Din’. Identify him.

46. A
Amiya Chakraborty

47. T
Name the play.

48. T

49. E
Connect all these:
A 1946 poem by Morris Bishop
A 1961 poem by Rosser Reeves
A 1979 album by Giorgio Moroder
A 1986 song by Big Audio Dynamite
A 2001 scientific biography book by David Bodanis
A 2002 Polish feature film
A 2008 album by Mariah Carey
A 2008 song by Ayreon on the album 01011001

50. E
E=mc2

51. R
R holds the record of scoring a goal as the oldest
player in a World cup game. He scored the goal in a
match against Russia in 1994 world cup. In this
match, Oleg Salenko of Russia also made a record
by scoring 5 goals in a World cup match. At that
time R was also the oldest player (42 years) to
appear in a World cup game. That record lasted for
20 years, as it was then surpassed by Frayd
Mondragon (43 years 3 days) of Colombia in their
game against Japan at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Who is R?

52. R
Roger Milla

53. S
S is a 1998 album. Singers like Swapna
Chakraborty, Gosthagopal Das, Abbasuddin
Ahmed sang songs in this album. ‘Ore har
mor joila gelo’, ‘O mon guru bhajo re’ are
some famous songs of this album. Name the
album.

54. S

55. A
Shortly after moving to San Francisco in October 2007, roommates
and former schoolmates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia could not
afford the rent for their loft apartment. They came up with the idea
of putting an air mattress in their living room and turning it into a
bed and breakfast. The goal at first was just ‘to make a few bucks’.
In that process, they created an online market place and hospitality
service, enabling people to lease or rent short-term lodging including
vacation rentals, apartment rentals, homestays, hostel beds or hotel
rooms. The company does not own any lodging; it is merely a broker
and receives percentage service fees (commissions) from both guests
and hosts in conjunction with every booking. Identify the company.

56. A

57. Q
The place Q was served as a meeting point for
traders from far and wide, who would congregate
at dusk to sip cups of steaming kahwa while
listening to stories of adventure and romance
narrated by the owners of the many tea shops that
were present there. The name of this place is also
come from this fact. The place is now is in the
Pakistan, where Indian film actor Dilip Kumar was
born. Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s family still lives in
the area. Which place?

58. Q
Qissa Kahani Bazaar

59. U
This is a 1610 painting by U, who was the earliest artist to
depict the dodo in colour. He was a seventeenth-century
Mughal painter and court artist. He grew in acclaim
during the reign of Jahangir during which period he
excelled at depicting plants and animals. He was also the
first artist to illustrate the Siberian crane. Identify him.

60. U
Ustad Mansur

61. I
অগ্রহায়শের িংক্রাসি তেশক ত ৌষ িংক্রাসি র্যি এক মাি প্রস রসিিার ত াশর িাসি
সিছাোয় িশি সিমিশের ুরোরীশের তেখা র্ায় এই ূজ্া করশ । ইসে েশিযর তেিী।
একটি মাটির িরার উ র মাটির ঘট িিাশ হয়। ঘটটি ূর্য করা হয় দুধ সেশয়। ঘশটর
মশধয তেওয়া হয় কলসম ফু ল ও আম্র ল্লি। এছাড়া িরার উ র ুুঁশ তেওয়া হয় ধাশের
েীষ, র্শির েীষ, কলসম ল া, কচু গাছ। এই ব্র ো কশর ব্র ীরা জ্ল খায় ো। এই ূজ্ার
উশেেয হল িংিাশরর িুখ ও ঐশ্বর্য কামো। ূিযিশে এশকই িশল চু সের ব্র । চু সে অেযাৎ
তচাঙ। তিখাে ঘশটর সরিশ য িাুঁ শের তচাঙ িযিহার করা হয়, এইমাত্র ােযকয। িাধারর্
ব্র ী সেশজ্ই এই ব্রশ র ছড়া িশল তিসেশের ম ব্র িাে কশর। গ্রাম িাংলার জ্েসপ্রয় এই
ব্র কোশক সক িলা হয়?

62. I
Itu Puja

63. Z
Identify the movie.

64. Z

65. C
C is a Census-Designated Place (CDP) in Columbiana
County, Ohio, USA. C was laid out in 1810 as ‘West
Union’. It has also been called ‘Foulkstown’, for William
Foulks, who built the first brick house there, as well as
‘Nineveh’, after the Biblical city of the same name. Finally,
it was renamed as C. A Post Office called C was
established in 1838 and remained in operation until 1913.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,491 people, 1,417
households and 1,025 families residing in this CDP. Give
me the name of this place.

66. C
Calcutta

67. O
Which venture by Swedish brothers Jones AF
Jochnick and Robert AF Jochnick gets its
name from these kind of sacred banners,
which was mainly used during middle ages in
France, most notably during the Hundred
Years War?

68. O

69. M
Identify the Music Director.
Clue: Name of movie and Music Director
both starts with M and this is the only music
direction by M.

70. M

71. M
M (5 January 1922 – 4 September 2000) was an Indian
film actor, who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. Born
as Muhammad Umar M in Alibagh, he started his film
career from film ‘Pratima’ along with noted film actor
Dilip Kumar in 1945. M played a character with the same
name charecter for two Bollywood film. One was Jadugar
in 1989 and other one was from a 1984 film. In this 1984
movie, a famous dialogue was associated with his
character. Give me the name of the actor and also the
dialogue. (Both start with M)

72. M
Mukri
Mooch Ho Toh Nathulal Jaise
Warna Naa Ho

73. U
In a Bengali literary work, two brothers were
seen as fighting with each other and in
between their fight, one brother jumps up on
other’s shoulder. A Bengali phrase came from
this fighting scene. Identify both the
characters.

74. U
Udo and Budo

75. N
Agantuk is a 1991 Bengali drama film
directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray’s last
film, based on one of his short stories, ‘Atithi’
(‘The Guest’). in that movie, Utpal Dutta
came as a stranger in Mamta Shankar and
Dipankar Dey’s house. Utpal Dutta, as
Manmomohan Mitra is a writer and he writes
in a Pseudonym. What was the pseudonym?

76. N

77. I
The common name of this plant in India comes
from two Persian words, meaning ‘horse flower’,
which is descriptive of the shape of the seed. This is
produced commercially in several European
countries, the former Soviet Union and India. India
dominates the world market in the production and
export of this plant. As a thickener, it has been used
in ice cream and frozen desserts. It has been shown
in studies to lower blood cholesterol and glucose
levels. But we know this plant for another common
use. Identify the plant (Indian name).

78. I

79. T
Saraswatidevi plays the veena, Indra
plays the flute, Brahma keeps the
rhythm, Lakshmidevi sings, Vishnu plays
the mrudanga and all the other Deities
stand around and watch. What was the
main performance of this concert?

80. T
Tandava Nritya

81. Y
Y Endurance Test (continuous) is a variation of the
beep test, part of the Y test series developed by the
Danish soccer physiologist Jens Bangsbo. There are
two versions of this test: Level 1 & 2 (beginners and
advanced level). The level 1 test is effectively the same
as the standard beep test. The Level 2 test starts at a
higher running speed and has different increments in
speed. There is also an intermittent version of the Y
test, which incorporates a recovery period after each
40m (2x20m) run. Yuvraj Singh & Suresh Raina failed
Y endurance test at the NCA and both are out of the
squad recently. Identify Y.

82. Y

83. As a part of our third version of Apple
Eaters’ Quiz, this is a bonus question.
Identify this 1926 silent movie by William
Fox. The answer will start with ‘Three’.
Bonus question

84. Bonus question