The is the literature quiz held in DPSR in 2015 . The questions are a mixed bag of various categories of literature.

1. QUIZ FINALS
the final frontier
Made by – Utkarsh Jain
Mehul arora
Kunal Jain

2. ROUND 1: WARM UP

3. ROUND 1: WARM UP
• Each team can choose a question code
of their choice; the last team will also
have two choices.
• Questions will not pass.
• Flat scoring of 10 points. No negatives.

4. 1 2 3 4
5 6
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ROUND 1: WARM UP
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5. 1
X who is a fictional private
investigator starring in a series by
famous Writer and Director Satyajit
Ray.
Identify X.

6. Feluda

7. 2
This fictional Character has appeared
in a total of 11 novels and 3 by
Robert Ludlum and The rest 8 by Eric
Van Lustbader.
Identify

8. Jason Bourne

9. Dongri to Dubai, Six Decades of the Mumbai
Mafia is a book authored by Hussain
Zaidi who is a former investigative journalist.
The book traces the evolution of
the Mumbai mafia from a group of thugs and
smugglers to the present day mafia dons
of organized crime. Who is The Main focus
Of this book?
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10. Dawood Ibrahim

11. Connect:- Omkara ,
William Shakespeare
And Uranus.
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12. Othello. All the moons of
Uranus are named after the
characters from Othello, a
play by Shakespeare. Omkara
is the movie adaptation of
Othello.

13. X disliked being called a detective.
He preferred the term Satyanweshi,
meaning seeker of truth. Unlike many
other fictional detectives, X ages,
marries, has a son, starts a
publishing firm with his assistant-
cum-chronicler Y.
Identify X and Y
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14. X- Byomkesh Bakshi
Y- Ajit

15. Scarecrow is the fifth novel by X, and
the third to feature the main character
Captain Shane Schofield, USMC. It
was released in 2003.
Identify X
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16. Matthew Riley

17. “Behind every great
fortune, there is a crime”
,Is the opening quote of?
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18. The Godfather

19. ROUND 2:

20. ROUND 2:
• Each team can choose a question code
of their choice; the last team will also
have two choices.
• Questions will pass clockwise.
• Flat scoring of 10 points. No negatives.

21. 1 2 3 4
5 6
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ROUND 2:
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22. 1
X’s original story is established in ‘Vengeance
of X’. X was born in the fictional Caribbean
republic of Santa Prisca in a prison called
Pena Dura. In Prison he read as many books
he could , learnt to fight , and to speak
Portuguese , Spanish , English and Latin . He
committed his first murder at the age of 8. IGN
lists him at #34 in comic book villains of all
time . Identify X

24. 2
Who is The most famous
character created by William S.
Baring-Gould?

25. Sherrinford Holmes
Sherrinford Holmes is a hypothetical elder brother of Sherlock
Holmes and Mycroft Holmes. His name is taken from early notes
as one of those considered by Arthur Conan Doyle for his
detective hero before settling on "Sherlock Holmes".

26. 3
Connect: Julian, Dick, Anne,
Georgina and their dog Timmy

27. Famous 5

28. 4
X is an English novelist and screenwriter
specializing in mystery and suspense. His
work for adults includes the novel and play
‘Mindgame’, and two Sherlock Holmes
novels The House of Silk and Y. He is the
most recent author chosen to write a Z
novel by the Ian Fleming estate. Identify X,
Y and Z

29. X- Anthony Horowitz, Y- Moriarty,
Z- James Bond

30. 5
This book by Agatha Christie is the last book of the
series but was written long before the the end
because of the World War. Christie feared that if
she died in the war, she wont be able to give the
perfect ending to the series, and hence wrote the
book. After this, she wrote her will and added that
the book be released after her death.
Identify the book and the famous character.

31. Character- Poirot
Book- Curtains:Poirot's Last Case

32. 6
Schindler’s List is an epic drama film
directed and co-produced by Steven
Spielberg and scripted by Steve
Zaillian. It is based on a novel by
Thomas Keneally. Name the novel.

33. Schindler’s Ark
Schindler's Ark (released in America
as Schindler's List) is a Booker Prize-
winning novel published in 1982 by
Australian novelist Thomas Keneally, which
was later adapted into the highly successful
movie Schindler's List directed by Steven
Spielberg.

34. 7
Identify X. X was an English short-story
writer, poet, and novelist chiefly
remembered for his tales and poems of
British soldiers in India and his tales for
children. He was born in Bombay, in the
Bombay Presidency of British India, and
was taken by his family to England when he
was five years old. In 1907 he was awarded
the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him
the first English-language writer to receive
the prize, and to date he remains its
youngest recipient. Among other honours,
he was sounded on several occasions for a
knighthood, which he declined.

35. Rudyard Kipling

36. ROUND 3:FAMOUS
PERSONALIES

37. ROUND 3: VISUAL ROUND
• Each team can choose a question code
of their choice; the last team will also
have two choices.
• Questions will pass clockwise.
• Flat scoring of 10 points. No negatives.

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5 6
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ROUND 3: VISUAL ROUND
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39. 1
Identify the book and its significance

40. Gutenburg Bible.
First printed book

41. 2
Identify the famous author .

42. Roald Dahl

43. 3
What is this place, and what piece of
fiction is set here?

44. Chateau d'If; The Count of
Monte Cristo.

45. 4
This is Lord Alfred Tennyson above.
The question is, who took the picture?

46. Lewis Caroll

47. 5
Identify the personality

48. Jhumpa Lahiri

49. 6
This noble laureate in literature
died recently. Identify the author

50. Gunter Grass

51. 7
Identify the map shown

52. Alagasia world .Eragon series

53. ROUND 4

54. ROUND 4
• Each team can choose a question code
of their choice; the last team will also
have two choices.
• Questions will pass anticlockwise.
• Flat scoring of 10 points. No negatives.

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5 6
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ROUND 4
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57. 1
Name the book which was the
inspiration behind the Lord of The
Rings according to J.R.R. Tolkien?

58. The Bible

59. 2
________ is a Persian word and it was given
as an honorary title to a person who has
achieved a mastery over languages ,
especially in British India. It became a
surname to those people whose ancestors
had received this title.
Which Indian author who is arguably one of
the famous , holds this title ?

60. Munshi Premchand

61. 3
Identify the famous character from the
extract of his (unofficial) blog:-
This is what I do:
1. I observe everything.
2. From what I observe, I infer everything.
3. When I've eliminated the impossible,
whatever remains, no matter how
improbable, must be the truth.

62. Sherlock Holmes

63. 4
Arsène Lupin vs. X is a collection of two
adventures of Arsène Lupin, written
by Maurice Leblanc. These adventures
feature a match of wits between Lupin
and X, a transparent reference to Y. ID X
and Y

64. X- Herlock Sholmes
Y- Sherlock Holmes

65. 5
Ho Chi Minh City in the summer.
Sweltering by anyone’s standards.
Needless to say , X would not have
been willing to put up with such
discomfort if something extremely
important had not been at stake.
Important to the plan.
These are the first lines of which book?
Also identify X.

66. Artemis Fowl

67. 6
The X comic series was started by Y in
attempt to teach Indian children about their
cultural heritage . He was shocked that
Indian students could answer questions on
Greek and Roman mythology , but were
ignorant of their own mythology and
folklore .
Identify X and Y.

68. X – Amar Chitra Katha
Y – Anant Pai.

69. 7
‘It is a truth universally
acknowledged , that a single man
in possession of a good fortune ,
must be in want of a wife.’
Which Novel does the following
quote comes from?

70. Pride and Prejudice.

71. ROUND 5: BUZZZZZ

72. ROUND 5: BUZZZZZ
• This is an open round
• Questions will not pass
• Flat scoring of 10 points. No negatives.

73. Where is the Sherlock Holmes
museum located?

74. 221B Baker Street, London. :o

75. X is a 3 word Arabic phrase which refers
to the act of manifesting , existing or
being. In the Qur’an , Allah
commands the universe ‘to be’ and
‘it is’. Which 2011 popular sufi song
attributes its title from the phase ?

76. Kun Faya Kun

77. In Latin this word means a female animal
used for breeding . In Geology its is the
natural material surrounding a metal or gem.
In biology it is the intercellular substance of
a tissue .The commonest use of the word ,
however is in Mathematics. Also appearing
the in the title of a film with superb special
effects , which word ?

78. (THE) Matrix

79. Connect: Star Wars Ep. 5(1),
Star Wars(2), Se7en(3), Raiders
of the Lost Ark(4), Django
Unchained(9)

80. Highest rated movies adapted
from comics on IMDb.

81. If you were reading a
popular book whose title
translated to ‘My fight ‘ in
English , chances are you’d
be reading this book ?

82. Mein Kamf

83. Which 1954 novel has been
adapted thrice into Hollywood
movies the latest movie
sharing its name with the
novel itself? The previous two
movies are “The Last Man on
Earth” and “The Omega Man”.

84. I am Legend (By Richard
Matheson)

85. In the movie The Hobbit: An expected
journey, Gandalf is asked by Bilbo “
How many wizards are there ? ”. He
says there are five, naming himself,
Saruman, and Radagast, then saying
he cant remember the names of the
other two. Their names, appear in the
books but still not revealed in the
movie. What are their names ?

86. Alatar and Pallando

87. TIE BREAKER

88. TIE BREAKER