Gyandhara - Melas Quiz Grand Finale

Format of the Quiz
• Mixed Bag.(16)
• Written Round II.(7)
• Mixed Bag II.(16)

Please Remember…..
• Bold words in the questions are distinct
clues. Try to decipher the clues judiciously.
• Look for the underlined words to answer.
• The icons used in the question slide has
certain meanings :----
Visual Video Audio

What’s in Offer….
 15 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 10 marks : (Bounce)
+ 10 / - 05 : (Pounce)
 Half Points available as and when
specified by QM

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Preserved in a special helium-filled case, the document
contain several artworks (vis) representing styles from the
different civilizations of the subcontinent, ranging from the
prehistoric Mohenjodaro, in the Indus Valley, to the modern
era. Several prominent names of the times, like Beohar
Rammanohar Sinha took part in this ambitious project.
Which project was that?
MELAS Quiz (Finale) I Gyandhara-2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

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The Constitution of India
MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

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During the shooting of a film, Dev Anand once went to Taj
Mahal Hotel to meet Sheila Ramani who was playing the
club dancer, Sylvie. Funnily enough, a
foreigner approached him and repeatedly told to take him
to the nearby red light area. It took a good few minutes to
convince him that they were shooting a film following
which the foreigner rendered apology.
Convincing portrayal of which role by Dev Anand made
the foreigner to commit the mistake?

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Taxi Driver

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During a high profile awards show in 2017, while on the
way to stage to accept an award, a few good men heard a
particular tune being played in the background. The
audience and other members were perplexed but Dave
Mustaine actually enjoyed the entire goof-up and played
air-guitar along to the track.
What actually happened?

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The Grammy House Band played
Metallica’s no. while Megadeth went on
to the stage to receive an award

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The 2004-winner of the prestigious California State Poker
Championship was banned for life from the Hard Rock
Casino, Las Vegas in 2014 after security caught him
allegedly counting cards while playing blackjack at a high
rollers' table. Card counting - a method of using probability
to predict the next hand - is not technically illegal, but it can
brought sanctions.
Who?

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Ben Affleck

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“I’m not the first one to do this! Besides, we have seen how
things get stolen or misplaced in India. Over the past years,
famous paintings have been stolen that have never been
retrieved. Even Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel medal wasn't
spared. Not many people can claim to have held an
_____in their hands and I want that feeling to stay alive.”
Who justified his/her action by saying these which led to
a lot of debate?

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Bhanu Athaiya returned her Oscar to the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences

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Who successfully won a bet with the timely help of these
technological and architectural initiatives – Trans-
American Railways, Suez Canal and Great Indian
Peninsular Railways, collectively?

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Phileas Fogg in ‘Around The World In 80
Days’

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Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner credited ‘Cream’ for the
origin of this one-word term. Another theory suggests that
it may have come from a 1968 album with Al Kooper,
Mike Bloomfield, and Stephen Stills.
Which term is this?

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Supergroup

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What ‘rare double’ have been achieved by this select
group of players?
*) Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (1998 Sydney);
*) Steffi Graf (1999 Sydney);
*) Martina Hingis (2001 Aus Open);
*) Kim Clijsters (2002 WTA Finals);
*) Lindsay Davenport (2004 Los Angeles);
*) Justine Henin (2007 US Open);
*) Kim Clijsters (2009 US Open)
*) Jelena Jankovic (2010 Rome) &
*) Karolina Pliskova (2016 Aus Open)

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Defeated both Williams-sisters in a single
tournament

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A team of Indian researchers has used the genetic make-up
of three tribes - Bhils, Gonds and Kols, to challenge the
long standing view that Indo-European speakers populated
India after their root language originated in Central Asia
over 6,000 years ago.
Where did the researchers got the idea of choosing these
three tribes for their research?

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Ramayana
(Specifically in Ayodhyakanda, Aranyakanda and
Kiskindhyakanda)

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Created by the husband-wife pair - Noël Regney and Gloria
Shayne Baker, this beautiful Christmas carol was a plea for
peace.
Which real-life incident provoked them to write this
during the 1960s?

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Patron Saint of Skiers, Norse god Ullr is the son of the
grain goddess Sif, and therefore the stepson of Thor. An
excellent hunter, he was an apt deity to be invoked before a
duel.
Which event in Winter Olympics has been largely
inspired from the exploits of Ullr?

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Biathlon

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Queen Victoria loved this book so much that she requested
the author to dedicate his next one to her. The author
happily obliged. But to the astonishment of the queen, the
book she got as a present was ‘An Elementary Treatise
Determinants, with Their Applications to Simultaneous
Linear Equations and Algebraic Equations’.
Which was the earlier book by that author?

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Alice In Wonderland

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During his travels in India, Chinese traveller Fa Hien came
to know about an unusual relic. It was said that a king
(arguably Kanishka) tried to move that but couldn’t
because, as per legend, the apparently simple-looking item
was so heavy even elephants couldn’t pull it. In 2014, an
ASI team went to examine an exhibit (vis), claimed to be
that item, at the Kabul Museum and they concluded that the
claim was wrong.
What historic object is that?

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Buddha’s Begging Bowl

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If the answer has been provided in the last line of the play
with the sentence – “I am, George...I am.”, what was the
question asked through it’s title?

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Originating from an Italian word for a strong, heavy paper
or pasteboard, this was originally a full-size artwork made
on sturdy paper as a study for a painting, stained glass or
tapestry, such as the one by Raphael (vis –A). It got its
current meaning after John Leech used it for ‘Substance
and Shadow’ (vis – B).
What's the good word?

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Cartoon

 Written Round
 The round is about the Inspirations and
their inspired results.
 Marks for every correct answer :--
+ 10 : without staking
+ 15/-5 : with staking

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One of the unreleased ventues of A.R. Rahman, this
animated musical adventure film, helmed by DreamWorks
Animation, was originally named ‘Bollywood Superstar
Monkey’. Later given the working title ‘Mumbai Musical’,
much action will take place in a jungle, much like The
Jungle Book style.
What is the supposed inspiration behind this ambitious
project?

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Originally conceived as a underground level,
Carven the Fall Collection 2012 (a brainchild of
designer Guillaume Henry) became hugely popular among
the young generation.
What is the supposed inspiration behind the eye-catchy
designs of this collection?

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Known for her graphic-series ‘Biksu’ in Children’s
magazine Chakmak, illustrator Raj Kumari, a NIFT
Graduate, has designed these hand-illustarted posters of the
critically acclaimed film ‘Masaan’.
The posters are inspired from which art-form?

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Pretty long back, KOOL used to be an upmarket brand of
menthol cigarettes. The company started advertising with
the character, Willie. Like AI’s Maharaja, Willie appeared
in different get-ups portraying different professionals, like
that of a doctor, chef, soldier, etc. But the most famous
being the one where he dressed as a gentleman in tuxedos
and a top hat.
What did Willie famously inspire?

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Apart from the commonality that they are all Led Zep
numbers, what is the other common factor among them?

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Clearly inspired from the 19th century Christian hymn by
Sarah Adams, which is also well known as the alleged last
song performed on RMS Titanich, this painting titled
‘Nearer My God, To Thee’ depicted the painter’s thought
about death and afterlife.
Identify the painter.

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What is the Indianised version of this Carpenter no.?

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Ramayana

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The Garden of Earthly Delights by
Hieronymus Bosch

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Madhubani Paintings

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Character of Penguin in Batman

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Inspired by the LoTR

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian

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_______

 16 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 10 marks : (Bounce)
+ 10 / - 05 : (Pounce)
 Half Points available as and when
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1 || FINALE
The director of films like these came into bigtime news
during the 1990s for which venture?

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Chanakya

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This is the emblem of the 1952 Winter Olympics. The
silhouetted edifice was voted as the city's "Structure of the
Year" in 2005.
Which building is this that comes into prominence
annually during the month of December?

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Oslo City Hall

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Which sporty-nickname originated from this type of
dance music?

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Soca Warriors
(Nickname of T&T National Football team)

4 || FINALE
Curtain, first published in 1975 has quite a few trivias
associated with it. It was the novel where Poirot and
Hastings appeared for the last time. Also, it is the last novel
published by Christie before her death.
What was so interesting about it’s review written by
Thomas Lask for the New York Times?

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Obituary of Poirot

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The first part of the trilogy, made during a financial crunch,
ran for 24 weeks. Not 25, because the director refused to
spend on the publicity for the Silver Jubilee! The second one
ran for 15 weeks. As per the folklore, the director warned
the distributors not to buy it by saying – ‘Boring film hain’.
The third one was a washout, with the director refusing to
have both songs and background music in it as it was ‘his
film’.
Identify the director & also the songless-film of this
trilogy.

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Kishore Kumar &
’Door Wadiyon Mein Kahin’

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Chris Czekaj is a Wales
international rugby union
player, who plays fullback or on
the wing for US Colomiers.
For what peculiar reason do
the supporters of Welsh rugby
team give him the nickname
'28‘?

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'28' refers to the score his name would
earn if played in a game of Scrabble

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In this genus of 19 species of ferns of the
family Pteridaceae, one of the newly discovered one has
been given the name Monstraparva to honour a group of
crazy, eccentric bunch of people. Scientists were originally
thinking to give a name of the genus judging by the general
appearance of all the species. But when they noticed
the arrangement of base pairs in its DNA, they got a solid
reason behind their decision.
What was the name given to the genus?

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Gaga

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Originally, the job (not in the truest sense) was done by the
emperor. But since 16th century, Gyojis started to make
their presence felt. Unlike their counterparts, there can only
be One Top Gyoji at a time. During the earlier times, apart
from other things, they used to carry a sword while on duty
to commit ‘Sepukku’ in case of a bad decision or incorrect
call.
Who or what is a Gyoji?

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A Sumo Referee

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Originally known as the ’TV Week
Awards’, it was started by TV
Week magazine with the first voting
coupons provided in the magazine in
late 1958, two years after the
introduction of a particular ‘facility’ in
Australia.
What is the popular name of this
award that pays homage to a
visionary?

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Logie Award

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Traditionally listed as one of the seven main Ionian Islands,
Kythira lies opposite the south-eastern tip of
the Peloponnese peninsula. Cyprus is one of the most
populous island nation in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Whose arrival at either of these two probable places
(though the name of the project suggests something else),
has been much celebrated in the world of art?

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Venus
(As in ‘The Birth of Venus’ by Botticelli)

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What, in popular culture, owes it’s origin to this Latin
hymn, written in honour of John the Baptist?

11 || FINALE
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So

12 || FINALE
Who won the 1988 Eurovision song contest for
Switzerland with this French song that literally means
‘Don't leave without me’?

12 || FINALE
Celine Dion

13 || FINALE
A Test of Faith is a quest in the game Dragon Age: Origins.
During its first trial, a spirit named Ealisay says that the
Warden(Player's Character) needs to solve the following
riddle to proceed further : "The smallest lark could carry it,
while a strong man might not. Of what do I speak?"
While the correct answer is "A tune", the player also has an
option to choose "A coconut", as one of the replies. This is a
reference to a film in which the
protagonist discusses the physics of swallows carrying
coconuts with the other characters.
Which film?

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Opening Scene of
‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’

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Maria Qamar, popularly known as Hatecopy on the social
media, is a self-confessed pop culture enthusiast. Her
cheeky pop art that draws from relatable everyday banter
has garnered a loyal audience amongst South Asians
worldwide.
Which South Asian organisation, having their HQ at Park
Avenue, NY, launched the first ever lifestyle campaign
spearheaded by these artworks (vis)?

14 || FINALE
SAAVN

15 || FINALE
The Roman god depicted in this painting by Caravaggio
had a secret cult which operated like the Fight Club.
Anyone who spoke about it, was disposed off. However,
when it was exposed, members were brutally executed by
the Roman Senate.
Identify the god who shared his name with the surname of
a former captain of the US cricket team.

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Bacchus

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Pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski wrote an opera, Manru,
which has been the only opera by a Polish composer ever
performed in the NY Metropolitan Opera. In 1896, he
established a trust to encourage American-born composers
and it paved the way for the creation of the Paderewski
Prize. For all his contributions, he has been bestowed with
a star on the Hollwood Walk of Fame.
What is so unique about that honour?

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