OPEN TO ALL QUIZ @ JIAGANJ BOOK FAIR DATE - JANUARY 22, 2018 VENUE - JIAGANJ BOOK FAIR @ JIAGANJ B.S.S. HIGH SCHOOL (H.S.)

1. PRELIMINARY ROUND
RULES:
 15 QUESTIONS
 WRITTEN ROUND
 2 MARKS FOR EVERY CORRECT ANSWER
 NO NEGATIVE
 NO MARKS FOR WRONG SERIAL NO.
 NO MARKS FOR GROSS SPELLING MISTAKES
 * MARKED QUESTIONS FOR RESOLVING TIES
 SPECIFIC ANSWERS WOULD BE AWARDED FULL MARKS FOR * MARKED QUESTIONS
 PART MARKING(S) WOULD BE CLEARLY STATED
 DECISION OF THE QUIZ MASTER IS FINAL
1) Michael Edward Palin is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He
was a member of the comedy group Monty Python and later made a number of travel
documentaries. His journeys have taken him across the world, including
the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. The
first of his travel series shares its name with an 1873 book. Name the book.
Around the World in 80 days
2) In this novel, the chapter names are amounts of money in progressively increasing order.
What is the name of the famous book and its author? (1+1)
‘Q & A’ by Vikas Swarup
*3) It is an English surname, originally a nickname for a person with closely cropped hair. It’s
an uncommon first name. The name is well known due to just one fictional character; so
well known that it has become acceptable as a common noun in English. Literally means
‘fair-haired’ in Old English.
Sherlock
4) This is a French term means ‐ ‘To rescue’. This word is applied in sports like ‐ Judo,
Taekwondo, Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Cycling etc. What is the term?
Repechage
5) This Indian Olympian, X was widely known as 'Pocket Dynamo'. The principal of
Kolhapur's Rajaram College, Mr. Khardekar, mortgaged his house for a sum of Rs. 7,000 to
pay for X’s travelling cost. Local shopkeepers from his village presented X with groceries and
other items of use. Delhi have a Stadium named after X. Identify X.
Khasabha Dadasaheb Jadavh

2. *6) Connect:
Bakhiya, Bulbul, Janjeera, Hool, Taj Mahal, Ghas ki Patti
Chikan embroidery of Lucknow
7) “Believe in your smell” is the ad campaign of which international brand?
Old Spice
8) What commonly used Latin expression can be loosely translated as [the] course of [my]
life? (Full term would fetch full marks)
Curriculum Vitae
*9) The first film to be banned in India was ‘Bhakta Bidur’, as the protagonist resembled a
famous person and caught the ire of the law makers. Whom did the protagonist
‘resembled’?
Mahatma Gandhi [The film was made in 1921 after the Rowlatt Satyagraha in 1919]
10) The vehicle registration code of West Bengal is WB. If Tamil Nadu has the Registration
code TN, then what is the code of the newly formed state of Telengala?
TS
11) (AUDIO) Listen to the audio clip and name the father-son duo. (Part marking)
Sukumar Roy & Satyajit Ray
*12) (AUDIO) Listen to the audio clip and identify the folk genre of Bengal.
Alkaap Pala Gaan
13) (AUDIO) Identify the singer.
Akshay Kumar
14) (AUDIO) Identify the singer.
Sunidhi Chauhan
*15) (AUDIO) Identify the male voice singing Saraswati Vandana.
Saheb Chatterjee

3. PRELIMINARY ROUND
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