This document provides details about Round 1 of a quiz competition between 8 teams. It consists of 16 multiple choice questions moving from Team 1 to Team 8 and back. Pounce and finite bounce scoring rules apply, with pounce questions worth +20/-10 points and direct questions +10/0 points. The quizmaster's decision is final. Sample questions are provided about identifying people related to the Pataudi family in India and England cricket, contributions of the Chola and Pallava dynasties to clothing, and the building in Rishikesh where The Beatles stayed that is now an art gallery.

2. ROUND 1

3. • There are a total of 16 questions, moving from Team 1 to
Team 8 and then backwards.
• * marked questions are only available on pounce.
•Pounce and Finite Bounce applies.
•The scoring is as follows:
Pounce- +20/-10
Direct- +10/0
Pass- +5/0
• THE QUIZMASTER’S RULING IS FINAL.
ANYONE WHO HENCEFORTH DISAGREES CAN………

4. Q1.
• X played Test cricket for the England team in 1932 and
1934, for a total duration of 3 test matches. He then,
ironically, proceeded to captain the Indian team during the
1946 tour of England, again for 3 matches only. His entire
career spanned 6 tests in total, yet he is the only Test
cricketer to have played for both India and England.
• However, it is X’s grandson Y and great-grandson Z who are
more easily recognised in popular Indian media, with Z’s
portrayal often being criticised.
• Identify Y and Z.

6. Answer
• Y- Saif Ali Khan
• Z- Taimur
• (With X being Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali
Khan Siddiqui Pataudi, the 8th Nawab of
Pataudi)

7. Q2.
• X, a 19-year old Ranji Trophy representative for Uttar
Pradesh at that time, is quoted to have said this before his
achievement:
"It's the first time I am bowling to him [Y] and I started
thinking how it would feel if I end up taking his wicket."
• On the following day, he managed to scalp Y’s wicket on a
duck, which was the only duck in Y’s entire Ranji Trophy
career.
• X is now an established member of the Indian national
cricket team.
• Identify X and Y.

9. Answer
• X- Bhuwaneshwar Kumar
• Y- Sachin Tendulkar

10. Q3.
• The Chola dynasty was one of the longest-ruling
dynasties in the history of southern India. They left a
lasting legacy in the fields of Tamil literature,
architecture and systems of government.
• The Pallava dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that
existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a portion of
southern India. They are noted for their architecture
and sculptures.
• However, their more popularly recognised
contributions were to the garment industry.
• Identify the above contributions.

12. Answers
• Cholis and Pallus derived their names from
these dynasties.

14. Q4.
• The picture shown in the previous slide is from
Yahoo answers, where eminent personality X
used the forum as a means to understand what
citizens of the country could offer in the fight
against terrorism.
• Answers came from Dr. Kiran Bedi, Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar and Leander Paes, but the best answer
was chosen to be that of a 41 year old man from
Durgapur.
• Identify the personality X.

16. Answer
• X- The then President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

17. Q5.
• 1944- International Committee of the Red Cross
• 1945- Cordell Hull
• 1946- Emily Balch, John Mott
• 1947- Friends Service Council, American Friends Service
Committee
• 1949- The Lord Boyd-Orr
• 1950- Ralph Bunche
• 1951- Léon Jouhaux
• 1952- Albert Schweitzer
• The above list represents the winners of the X award.
• Identify X and specify the reason behind the missing year.

19. Answer
• X- Nobel Peace Prize
• With the death of Mahatma Gandhi, the
committee decided that “there was no
suitable living candidate”

20. Q6.
• The National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana was adopted on 24th
January 1950.
• ‘Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata
Punjab-Sindh-Gujarat-Maratha
Dravida-Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.’
• One grave mistake lies in the passage above. It was brought to light
in 2005 but the Supreme Court refused to change the wording,
stating other correlations for its use.
• Identify the mistake.

22. Answer
• Sindh is a region in Pakistan that was granted
after Partition, however, the SC proclaims its
links to the Indus River (Sindhu) and Sindhi
culture.

24. Q7.
• Aishwarya Parasar, a class VI student at the
time, sent in a number of RTI petitions to find
out the validity of this Mahatma Gandhi
proclaimed fact.
• It was found that there was no such official
record proclaiming this fact.
• What is being referred to here?

26. Answer
• Mahatma Gandhi’s generally recognised title-
‘Father of the Nation’

27. Q8.
• During the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln’s navy
blockaded New Orleans and the Mississippi and
Manchester’s looms came to a halt, sending cotton prices
shooting.
• The Gujarati merchants on Dalal Street made fortunes
during this time of uncertainty. These early globalizers
worked late into the night when rates were wired in and
orders wired out at American and European times.
• However, by this time, everyone would be quite tired and
the wives would be asleep at home. What cultural
mainstay, with the help of some Portuguese Jesuit settler of
Bombay, resulted in order to satisfy these traders’ needs ?

29. Answer
• Pav Bhaji
Loaves provided by Jesuits
Bhaji made up of the day’s leftovers at street
stalls

30. Q9.
• X was founded by an alumunus of IIM A.It was
launched in the US market in 2000 to cater to
the overseas Indian Community for their US to
India travel needs.Identify X.

32. ANSWER
• Make My Trip

33. Q10.
• Mr Ajay Singh is a co-founder of the Indian
low cost airline Spicejet.He was in news
recently for infusing Rs. 500 crore in the low
cost airlines and giving it a new lease of
life.However he was in the news few years
back for the creation of his which created
ripples in the country. What is his ‘creation’
we are talking about?

35. Answer
• ABKI BAAR MODI SARKAR !(OR ?)

36. Q11.
• ______ ________ is a middle class Indian,frail
but extremely intelligent man.
• Everybody knows that whenever he goes out
with his family,he never locks his door but
nobody has ever been able to rob his house.
• He used to be a professional boxer in his youth
who was never defeated due to his unique
punching skills and good strategy.
• Identify this person.

38. Answer
• CHACHA CHAUDHARY

39. Q12.
• According to mythology ,X was a minor Goddess
and also the wife of God Agni.The word X means
‘oblation’.She was originally a nymph but became
mortal after marrying Agni.
• She is considered to be daughter of Daksha.She is
thought to preside over burnt offerings.The God
to whom the offerings are made refuse the
offerings if the word X is not uttered after each
offering.
• Identify X.

41. Answer
• Swaha

42. Q13.
• X Y was invented in the kitchens of Maharaja
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV by a palace cook named
Kakasura Madappa.
• X was the name of the kingdom ruled by the king.
• Y means sweet in local vernacular.
• Story holds that on being unable to come up with
a name for the sweet,Madappa named it X Y.
• Been in news because of nationalism debate.
• ID X & Y.

44. Answer
• Mysore Pak

45. Q14.
• An academic paper :
• “Plancks Gesetz and Lichtquantenhypothese”
Zeitschrift fur Physik,Vol 26,No. 3,August
1924, - [Planck’s Law and Light Quantum
Hypothesis]
• Name the author.
• Name the person who translated it for
inclusion in the German journal.

47. Answer
• Satyendra Nath Bose
• Albert Einstein

48. Q15.
• In X,out of the last 19 winners(from 1999 to
2015),including all champions for the most
recent 8 years (from 2008-2015,including
2014 and 2015’s pair of co-champions),have
been Indian Americans.
• This is despite Indian Americans making up
less than 1 % of the U.S. population.

50. Answer
• Spell Bee

51. *Q16.
• In Nov 1983,3 young entrepreneurs Clyde
Copper,Tushar Jani and and Khushroo Dubash
pooled in Rs 30,000 to kick start an idea of
delivering small packages and samples to support
India’s growing exports.On that date,in a space of
200 sqr. feet under a staircase X was
born.Today,DHL holds a 81% stake in the
company and it still has the employees who
joined it on Day 1. “Pride for working in X” is
rated highest each year in the company’s
Employee Satisfaction Survey.

53. Answer
• Blue Dart

54. END OF ROUND 1

56. NIYAM
•There will be 18 questions in total.
•Teams getting a correct answer will
receive N*10 marks, where N
denotes the number of teams with
incorrect or no answer.
• Quizmasters ka

57. 1. In Norse mythology, ____(4) was a
God and son of Thor. He along with
his older half-brother Magni act as the
secondary antagonists in the superhit
PS4 game God of War.
Just FITB with the most popular 4-
lettered Indian name (with
confidence!).
Image in next slide.

60. ANSWER

61. 2. Came from the Dogri root word for ‘Scorpions’,
some believe that its name is derived from the name
of Rishi Kashyap who disguised himself as a tortoise
for strong meditation. Jodh singh of the Andotra clan
is believed to have migrated from Hastinapur to
________(6) nearly 2000 years ago.
His three sons established the three hamlets of Taraf
Tajwal, Taraf Manjali and Taraf Bhajwal , which later
evolved into modern-day ________. This place/town
is also called ‘The city of Sufis’ or ‘Dawlat Auliya’
owing to the presence of large number of sufi shrines
of Pirs.
Identify this location.

63. ANSWER

64. 3. Arguably one of the most landmark verdicts
passed by the Supreme Court of India in August
2017, this verdict was particularly lauded,
among many others, by a 67-year old realty
agent from Indore, Jameel Ahmed; reminding
him of those heady days when he had visited the
then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, with his
mother.
This appreciation from Jameel is not at all trivial
as he had been a close observer(and indirect
participant) in another historic and controversial
verdict passed by the apex court, almost 30 years
back.
Identify both the 2017 verdict and the 1987
verdict(simply give the name of Jameel’s
mother).

66. ANSWERS

67. 4. A few theories on the origin of this name.
•X, the first half of the word in Karbi means ‘goat’ and
Y, the second half refers to the colour ‘red’; literally
meaning the land of red goats(deer).
• Another legend says that Mahapurus Madhabdeb, the
close disciple of the founder of the Vaishnava religion,
Mahapurus Sankardev had camped near Narmora Beel
(Lake) located here when an old couple, namely X and
Y had approached him. They expressed their grief at
not being able to have children and Madhabdeb
consoled and blessed them stating that their name
together would be known for generations.
• Some historians believe, however that the name was
derived from the Karbi word ‘kajiror gaon’, which
referred to a village nearby.
Give me the name of this place.

69. ANSWER

70. 5. In 2012, a California-based street artist Pan Trinity Das
and his wife, Kyrie Maezumi decided to start a
‘community art project’ called The _____(7) Cathedral
Gallery for a certain building, abandoned for numerous
years and overrun with trees and shrubbery, located at the
outskirts of Rajaji National Park in Rishikesh,
Uttarakhand.
The project was shut down initially upon the intervention
of the forest guards but was revived and carried on by
volunteers and artists from all over the world. In February
2016, Miles Toland, a renowned global artist, visited this
place, transforming the once dilapidated and cracking
walls into beautiful pieces of art(images follow), turning
this building into a popular tourist attraction and a shrine
for the fans of a certain group who were guests in this
same building, almost 50 years back.
By what name do we popularly know this building?

74. ANSWER

75. • ‘X’ is located on the border of the states of Mysore
and Madras and a few hours' away from Madras.
• It is located on the banks of the river Sarayu. When
Mahatma Gandhi visited this town, he held
meetings and speeches right on the banks of this
river.
• It was developed by Sir Fredrick Lawley, a British
officer in the 19th century by combining and
developing a few villages.
Identify ‘X’.
6.

77. ANSWER

78. 7. Name X Y.
• X, in a corrupted manner,
translates to “instrument” and Y
translates to “calculation”.
• There are 5 X Ys in India, all
constructed between 1724 and
1735.
• The most recognisable and fairly
popular X Y is located in _____(5)
and was designed as a tool to
determine the shortest and longest
days of the year and it could also
be used to indicate the exact
moment of noon in various cities
and locations regardless of their
distance from _____.

80. ANSWER

81. 8. The people of Mizoram are renown for their honesty,
hospitality and serene approach to life. As evidence, the
Mizos follow a very novel and completely indigenous
form of grassroots commerce that is all about goodwill and
honesty – the nghah lou dawr, a unique way to buy and
sell harvested produce. It is a common sight to see the
shops following nghah lou dawr along the highway in
Seling, about 65 kilometers away from the capital city
of Aizawl. This unique(and somewhat baffling) method
has been a longstanding tradition from the time
tribes ruled over individual villages in Mizoram and
continues to run successfully till date.
What is unique about these shops in Mizoram OR
What does nghah lou dawr literally mean?

83. ANSWER

84. ONLY POUNCE QUESTION-1
Correct Answer gets N*20 points
Incorrect gets -10

85. 9.X and Y both enrolled at the Kanpur College to
study law. These two however were not conventional
classmates. Y had already retired after serving 30
years as a teacher.
The duo gained a lot of attention as the teachers
laughed and asked X “Why is your ______(6)
absent?” when Y was absent and asked of Y
“Why is your ___(3)absent?” when X was absent.
Who is this very iconic person I am talking about?
(Only X). Also FITB.

87. X - Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Y - Pandit Krishna Biharilal Vajpayee
Father, Son
ANSWER

88. 10.

89. Taking clues from a hit 2012 Bollywood
movie, identify the name of this radio
brand.

91. ANSWER

92. 11. Imitating the poster of the iconic Raj
Kapoor-Nargis starrer Barsaat(1949), the logo
of RK Films was designed by a close friend of
veteran actor-director Manoj Kumar. This
friend, a former cartoonist, was undoubtedly
Bollywood’s biggest friend, philosopher and
guide as was clear when several Bollywood
celebrities queued up to call on him when he lay
in a critical condition before breathing his last.
Name this close friend.

95. ANSWER

96. 12.Connect.
• Tutta Hua Kaan
• Neel Kamal
• Unicorn Jahaz ka Rahasya

98. ANSWER

99. 13.Initially meant to be put on the saffron flag on the occasion of
Ganesh Chaturthi, Karan Acharya prepared the design at the request of
a few friends. His friends wanted to use something other than the
saffron flag with ‘Om’ printed on it for the festivities. Karan made the
amazing sketch and sent it to his friends via WhatsApp.
Acharya hailing from the currently flood hit state of Kerala was even
praised by PM Modi for his graphic art skills. The viral artwork has
been described as “________(7) with an attitude” contrary to his
popular image. Acharya clarifies that this _____(5) makeover is aimed
at making the humble, ever servile image of a Bhakt appear powerful,
not oppressive.
What is the artwork being talked of here?
Bonus points for mentioning the artist's most recent work.

101. ANSWER

102. BONUS ANSWER
Peaceful Ram

103. 14. Put funda.

106. ANSWER

107. • The word ‘X’ has its roots from X who were an organised
gang of professional robbers and murderers.
• They travelled in groups across the Indian sub-continent for
six hundred years. To take advantage of their victims, they
would join travellers and gain their confidence; this would
allow them to surprise and strangle the travellers with a
handkerchief or noose. They would then rob and bury their
victims.
• This cult came to an end by Lord William Bentinck.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this cult
was responsible for approximately two million deaths.
What is X, which is a popular word to signify being cool in
our modern lingo?
15.

109. ANSWER

110. 16. Fill the first blanked out word.

112. ANSWER

113. 17.The picture in the next slide shows the
planetary alignment of the stars and planets
in accordance with Hindu astrology during
a very, very significant event. The time and
date were very carefully chosen by
astrologers as “this would be the most
stable time frame for something building
its foundations or embarking on a new
journey”.
What is the event being referred here?

116. ANSWER
Independence Day
The astrologers had insisted that the speech of
acknowledgement of transfer of power be done within
the 48 minutes window which lasted between 24
minutes before and after 12:15am i.e between 11:51pm
& 12:39am. Nehru had to deliver a speech only within
that timeframe and an additional constraint was that the
speech had to end by 12 AM, so that the holy conch
(Shanka) be blown to herald the birth of a new nation at
the stroke of midnight hour.

117. ONLY POUNCE QUESTION-2
Correct Answer gets N*20 points
Incorrect gets -10

118. 18. Tarangini Mitra loved pirouetting. To dance by
spinning on one foot came naturally to her. She gave a
public display of her skill for the first time at her school’s
annual function. That miniscule bit of hers brought in
applauses and also caught the attention of Mr. Padmasee, a
reputed ad-film director. He approached her mother and
said , “We just want her to do the spin, like she does so
gracefully. The small twist would be counterbalanced by a
jingle. She does the move, packs her bags, gets the cheque
and leaves. Think of it, she’s going to be the first
___________”.
FITB?

120. ANSWER

121. END OF ROUND 2

122. CONNECT
• 8 questions
•+20 / -10
•Only Pounce

123. Q1.

125. Indian Nobel Prize Winners

126. Q2.

128. Chandigarh

129. Q3.

131. UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India

132. Q4.

134. Flipkart

135. Q5.

137. ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE

138. Q6.

140. FREDDIE MERCURY

141. Q7

143. MAHARAJA
DIGVIJAYSINHJI
RANJITSINHJI

144. Q8.

146. OSHO (RAJNEESH)