1. The document describes a quiz being conducted by LPU QUIZ CLUB with questions about various topics including mythology, history, geography and more. Points are awarded for correct, direct and passed answers. 2. One question asks for the location "X" where Lord Shiva cursed late sleepers to an eternity on Earth, leaving reliefs on the hills - the answer is Unakoti. 3. Another question involves connecting the four wives of Arjuna - Uloopi, Subhadra, Draupadi and Chitrangada. 4. The document contains clues and questions on a variety of topics to test general knowledge.

1. ATLANTIS- THE
HMG QUIZ
Quizmaster : Swagat Das
LPU QUIZ CLUB presents

2. +40, -20 on pounce
+30 on direct answer
+10 on a passed answer

3. Indian Equivalent ?

5. Legend has it that Lord Shiva and his 1-crore strong
entourage were headed towards his heavenly abode,
Kailash, when they decided to spend the night at
Kailashahar — 10km downhill from X. He warned his
fellow travellers that they would have to leave before
dawn, but after a night of revelry, Shiva was the only
one who woke up on time. Known for his short temper,
Shiva cursed the late sleepers to an eternity on Earth
and walked off to Kailash in a huff. The entourage now
adorns the hills of X as reliefs.
Give me X.
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6. Unakoti

7. The term X was coined by the Spanish Empire to
describe a mythical tribal chief (zipa) of
the Muisca native people of Colombia, who, as
an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust
and submerged in Lake Guatavita. The legends
surrounding El Dorado changed over time, as it
went from being a man, to a city, to a kingdom,
and then finally an empire. This led to numerous
expeditions, and it enabled the mapping of the
entire South American continent.
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8. El Dorado-The
Golden man

9. It has been used by Muslims for over a millennium in
various cultural and religious rituals, including as an
expression of faith, distress call and declaration of victory.
One of the earliest notable usage of Takbir on record is
attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad at the Battle
of Badr on March 13th, 624 A.D.
Quite controversial it is, a Malayali movie has also been
titled from it. It was the anthem of Libya till 2011.
What am I talking about?
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10. It is present in the center of the flag of Iraq, 22 times along the borders of the central white
stripe on the flag of Iran, and beneath the Shahada in the flag of Afghanistan in white script on
the central red background.

11. The people here are looking at ‘stars on earth’,
as is said by Maori locals.
More so, biological stars, that are albinos.
Where are we guessing at?
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12. Waitomo Glowworm Caves
In New Zealand
These are caves lid by a species of albino
glowworms.

13. Something traces its origins to a mythical story about some gods
having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. Something
happened during the dinner party. Hoder, the blind god of darkness,
under Y’s control(who gatecrashed into the gathering), shot Balder
the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped
arrow.
Balder died and the whole Earth got dark. The whole Earth
mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day. From that moment on, X has
been considered ominous and foreboding.
Give me X and Y
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14. X- 13
Y-Loki
He was the 13th
guest.

15. It is the world’s oldest initiative to
preserve biodiversity. Home to the
wolverines, grizzlies, lynxes, bisons
and the ‘Old Faithful’.
World’s most visited in its category.
Both a biosphere reserve and an
UNESCO World Heritage site.
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17. It is built on the site of a Harappan settlement known as Alamgirpur. It was also the
easternmost settlement of the Indus valley civilisation.
The city is said to have derived its name from the capital of the kingdom of Ravana's father-
in-law. The Jama Masjid in the city, is said to have been built by Muhammad
Ghori. Hindu and Muslim soldiers revolted against the usage of rifle cartridges rumoured to
have a coating made of animal fat. The famous slogan "Dilli Chalo" ("Let's march to Delhi!")
was first raised here.
Where are we?
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18. Meerut
+10 for guessing the monument

19. The three petals represent the medieval social classes: those who worked,
those who fought, and those who prayed.
It appears on the coat of Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius which was
named in honour of King Louis XV, on the coat of arms of Saint Lucia,
Detroit and Quebec districts and on the logo of Italian football club, ACF
Fiorentina.
It formed the core of Renaissance, present on its flag too.
It is represented in Unicode at U+269C in the Miscellaneous Symbols block.
There is also a statue of Kanishka the Great, the emperor of the Kushan
dynasty in 127–151 AD, in the Mathura Museum in India, with four of it in a
square emblem repeated twice on the bottom end of his smaller sword.
What are we talking about?
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21. Fleur-de-Lis

22. A still from a 2001 Oscar awardee for ‘Best Movie category’ with the lead character role
played by Russell Crowe.
X shares its name with a bestseller biography, by Sylvia Nasar.
The book is about the life of a Abel Prize and Economics Nobel winner Y.
Give me X and Y.
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23. Y- John Nash

24. Connect and complete
the list.
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25. They are the four
wives of Arjuna
Uloopi
Subhadra
Draupadi
Chitrangada

26. It is the name of a fictional island in Plato’s works Timeaus and Critias
where it is quoted as the Naval Power that besiges Athens. In the
story, Athens was able to repel the attack by the island nation unlike
any other settlement of the Then-Western world, giving weight to the
fact that Plato declared the people of this island as heretics and
Athens as a complete state.At the end of the story, the island men fall
out of favour with Gods, and famously submerges in the ocean. An
excavation in 1999 found many submerged statues and colossal
columns. What are we talking about?
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27. Atlantis

28. I am the Roman god of
fire. My forge was
located in Mt Etna (on
Sicily itself) .As the
mythical inventor of
smithing and
metalworking, I was said
to have made weapons
for the other gods in my
forge. Ancient Romans
believed that when a
volcano erupted, it was
me working at my forge.
Who am I?
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29. Vulcan
+10 for guessing his Hindu counterpart…

30. Ferghana Zahir
Kabul Nasir
Umerkot Jalal
Agra Nur
Lahore Shahab
Dahod Muhi
Put Funda.
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31. The places
of birth of
the first six
Mughal
Emperors,
followed by
their birth
names.

32. 1)Vedic mythology refers to this place as an ancient settlement conquered by King Bharata
in the epic Ramayana. Bharata’s new-born elder son Pushkal and so the name of the
settlement became Pushkalavati. However, research has proven this claim as debatable and
hence suggests an alternative name of this town, ‘Purushapura’, or the ‘City of Men’.
Which modern day city is this ?
2) Lord Rama, gave Bharata a piece of land atop a mountain. He asked him to build a fort to
keep a watch on Lanka. Today it is a popular tourist site. Name the place.
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33. Bandhavgarh
Peshawar

34. The personal God in Hinduism
is worshipped in a five-step
process:
1. Dhupa
2. Dipa
3. Naivedya
4. Akshata
5. Pushpa
Sanskritic verses used to
describe this process have been
taken from the Taittriya
Upanishad. This verse is so
useful and sacrosanct that it
became part of the Hindu ‘code
of conduct’.
What part of this verse are we
talking about ?
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36. It is also a notoriously difficult climb. Numerous mountaineering deaths in the
mid and early 20th century lent it the nickname "killer mountain of India.
X, in Baltistan region of
POK and Namcha Barwa
in Arunachal Pradesh
Barwa form the western
and eastern limits of the
Himalayas.
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37. Nanga Parbat

38. Troops of Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of war in
X after the Bengali army captured the fort on 20 June 1756.
After the fall of Fort William, the surviving British soldiers, Anglo-Indian soldiers,
and Indian civilians were imprisoned overnight in conditions so cramped that many
people died from suffocation and heat exhaustion, and that 123 of 146 prisoners of
war died.
It was the inspiration for a term referring to regions of space-time dilation resulting
from the gravitational collapse of very heavy stars.
What is X?
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39. The Black Hole of
Calcutta

40. Formally titled the Collegiate Church of St
Peter, it is a large, mainly Gothic abbey
church in central London.
Construction of the present church began
in 1245, on the orders of King Henry III.
Since the coronation of William the
Conqueror in 1066, all coronations of
English and British monarchs have been
held. All British monarchs have been
buried here since 1509.
Famous scientists like Charles Darwin and
Sir Isaac Newton, writers like Charles
Dickens and explorers like Sir David
Livingstone, are few of the many famous
people buried here.
Where is the GPS indicating?
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41. Westminister Abbey

42. Connect
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43. Michelangelo
+10 for guessing the painting…

44. Put Funda.
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45. Tanganyika + Zanzibar= Tanzania
+10 for guessing the place in background…