Indophile quiz(prelims)

1. WELCOME to the Prelims of the Indophile Quiz @SILHOUETTES-2012 -QM HITESH MAHATO

2. Rules **Total of 30 Questions…. **Questions 17-27 are starred & will be used to resolve ties in case the need arises… **Most Q’s are workable…so,if u have a hunch,go for it…u’ll mostly be right  **This being an India Quiz,God may or may not come to ur help but RAJNI & Sachin surely will #justkidding 

3. 1)A famous painting by Raja Ravi Verma.. What’s the painting’s name??

4. 2)Satellite images of an UNESCO world heritage site in India…Which one??

5. 3)Coin of king Agnimitra, showing a deity __X___ on the obverse, and the reverse showing the three dynastic symbols of the Panchala rulers… Which is the deity being depicted on the obverse?? (bigger picture on next slide)

6. Left-obverse,Right-reverse

7. 4)Who connects the pic to popular Bollywood Music??

8. 5)A screenshot from the 1991 Nana Patekar starrer,PRAHAAR… Who as whom??

9. 6) "Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man.“ Rabindranath Tagore in reference to what??

10. 7) A certain eligibility criteria before 16 December: “exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science, and in recognition of public service of the highest order”. After an amendment on Dec 16th : “awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour”. Eligibility criterion for what?? & who/what has been the supposed cause of its amendment??

11. 8)Gimme what’s been blanked out??

12. 9) ____is called “NaMo” by his fans(the word also means “bow down before”). His early opponents invented the middle initial “ka”,calling him NaKaMo (“useless”). ____ is once said to have remarked that OBAMA’s name reminded him of a child in pain screaming for its mother: “O ba! O ma!” FITB

13. 10)

14. 11)It all started around 125 years ago when one Mr.Maganlal Agarwal began selling ‘gurdana’, in a huge sack to the labourers who were laying tracks on the Khandala–Pune railway line(Opened to traffic in 1858)..He used to stand with a big sack,next to the railway line, and sold the ‘gurdana’. • ‘Gurdana’ being rich in protein and iron was consumed by the labourers for the instant energy. Later, the simple ‘gurdana’ graduated to the become the_______,as we know it today… • What is being spoken of??

15. 12) When Nepal celebrates this...What does India celebrate??

16. 13) “Hui muddat kay Ghalib mar gaya par yaad aata hai Woh har ik baat pe kehna ke: ____________” A famous actor’s directorial debut takes its name from the blanked portion of this Mirza Ghalib couplet… (Blank size not indicative of words/word size) Which movie??

17. 15)Traditional recipes use rice gluten,tree gums and similar natural ingredients and the exact recipe is often a closely guarded secret of the individual maker. By contrast, modern recipes include finely powdered glass,industrial adhesive such as "Vajram“,maida flour,aluminum oxide,zirconia alumina and coloring Maidani, Double Special , Dhula Hua , Single and Saras are some of its varieties with LUDDHI being the best… What’s cooking??

18. 16)Zee : DISH TV The TATAs : TATA SKY & TATA SKY plus Sun TV : SUN DIRECT Airtel : AIRTEL DTH Doordarshan:_______??

19. 17)**An Indonesian Bank note… What’s been blanked out??

20. 18)**Gautam Buddha once called his followers for a meeting atop the vulture peak. But somehow,he didn’t speak for a long time & kept looking at the white flower in his hand.. On being asked,he again glanced at the flower & smiled…Kashapa,one of his disciples,smiled back… What is said to have started thus??

21. 19)**The book alongside is a unique view of the spiritual consequences of using drugs from the knowing perspective of the Indian spiritual master______ A compilation in pocket-size format of ______'s sayings include the full collection of quotes from the original drug pamphlet released in the 1960s, entitled God in a Pill, aimed at those seeking enlightenment through LSD. • Who’s the Guru being referred to??

22. 20)** “Baad muddat ke phir mili ho tum, Ye jo thodi si bhar gayi ho tum, Ye vajan tumpe accha lagta hai.” A vintage GULZAAR saab quote…. Who/what was he referring to??

23. 21)**The year was 1996 & the organisers of the Aero India-96(the first major air show and aviation trade event ever hosted in India)were a worried lot. The IAF’s acrobatic team ‘The Thunderbolts’ had given its last performance in 1990 & had been gradually phased out… With no desi aerobatic team on the horizon,the organisers' initial intentions were to invite an aerobatic team from overseas… However,the IAF officers were confident that the IAF would be able to field its own team… A 6 membered team was constituted under Wing Cdr Kuldeep Malik & as it turned out,that was to be the first of the many famous air-shows this team was to perform in the years to come,delighting millions across the nation… How is this acrobatics team better known as??

24. 22)**AUDIO Question….. If this be the song you’d associate with the foreign versions(http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=ATQUO3RVrfo), gimme the song/phrase you’d associate with the Indian version….

25. 23)**Keeping in mind the production team,the first time __X___ happened was with the movie Shootout at Lokhandwala…. Incidentally,the same production house has since produced 8 hindi movies including C Kkompany,EMI – Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega,Love Sex aur Dhokha,Once Upon a Time in Mumbai,Shor in the City,Ragini MMS & The Dirty Picture with the said occurrence __X___ repeating itself each time… What is being spoken of??

26. 24)**The origin of this phrase lies in the times when enemies would cross canals and attack Mughal camps in blitzkrieg attacks and retreat swiftly thereafter.. Their method of killing the mughal soldiers is also supposed to have given rise to a sport __X___ Escaping back to their base,the enemy warriors would dismantle any temporary bridges constructed by them to prevent the Mughals from chasing them and sometimes to prevent the enemy from escaping,hence the cry . The phrase then acquired the meaning: “to complete the rout”. And nowadays it means “To bring the house down!” . What is this phrase?Also gimme the sport __X___

27. 25)**Not many states in India can boast of a Christian dominant population… In fact,the count stops at three… If Nagaland & Mizoram are two of the states,which is the third??

28. 26)** Story Time ppl: This one’s a story of a simple artist from Tamil Nadu,G Rajendran who deploys the power of the web to resurrect an ancient art form and in the process not only ends up increasing the sales of his paintings but also becomes a successful businessman rather than just an artist.. In association with what would most of us have seen/heard this story…Also,which art form?? (**samples of the above art form on next slide)

30. 27)**According to legend,once there was a rich and prosperous merchant who was an ardent believer of a Goddess and visited all her temples everywhere.As he grew older, he could no longer travel and this hindered him from visiting the temples. But one night the Goddess herself appeared in his dream and this left a lasting presence in his mind. What in Pune is supposed to have come up as a result of this??

31. 29)Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film set during the Vietnam War..The central character is the US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen),an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Why was the role played by Brando back in news some 3 weeks ago??

32. 29)This is an image from the Patanjali Yog Vidyapeeth,Haridwar showing the statue of a sage revered in the world of medicine… Who’s he??

33. 30)Advertisement for??

34. **Kindly submit your answer sheets **Answers Follow after this slide….

35. 1)A famous painting by Raja Ravi Verma.. What’s the name of the painting??

36. BHARAT…

37. 2)Satellite images of an UNESCO world heritage site in India…Which one??

38. SUNDERBANS..

39. 3)Coin of king Agnimitra, showing a deity __X___ on the obverse, and the reverse showing the three dynastic symbols of the Panchala rulers… Which is the deity being depicted on the obverse?? (bigger picture on next slide)

40. Left-obverse,Right-reverse

41. AGNIdeva….

42. 4)Who connects the pic to popular Bollywood Music??

44. 5)A screenshot from the 1991 Nana Patekar starrer,PRAHAAR… Who as whom??

45. Gen. VK Singh playing himself

46. 6) "Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man.“ Rabindranath Tagore in reference to what??

47. SUN TEMPLE @Konark

48. 7)A certain eligibility criteria before 16 December: “exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science, and in recognition of public service of the highest order”. After an amendment on Dec 16th : “awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour”. Eligibility criterion for what?? & who/what has been the supposed cause of its amendment??

50. 8)Gimme what’s been blanked out??

51. BHAICHUNG BHUTIA- now plays for this 2nd div. I-League football team

52. 9) ____is called “NaMo” by his fans(the word also means “bow down before”). His early opponents invented the middle initial “ka”,calling him NaKaMo (“useless”). ____ is once said to have remarked that OBAMA’s name reminded him of a Gujarati child in pain screaming for its mother: “O ba! O ma!” FITB

53. Narendra Modi…

54. 10)

56. 11)It all started around 125 years ago when one Mr.Maganlal Agarwal began selling ‘gurdana’, in a huge sack to the labourers who were laying tracks on the Khandala–Pune railway line(Opened to traffic in 1858)..He used to stand with a big sack,next to the railway line, and sold the ‘gurdana’. • ‘Gurdana’ being rich in protein and iron was consumed by the labourers for the instant energy. Later, the simple ‘gurdana’ graduated to the become the_______,as we know it today… • What is being spoken of??

57. CHIKKI

58. 12) When Nepal celebrates this...What does India celebrate??

59. Diwali

60. 13) “Hui muddat kay Ghalib mar gaya par yaad aata hai Woh har ik baat pe kehna ke: ____________” A famous actor’s directorial debut takes its name from the blanked portion of this Mirza Ghalib couplet… (Blank size not indicative of words/word size) Which movie??

61. Yun Hota toh kya Hota??

62. 15)Traditional recipes use rice gluten,tree gums and similar natural ingredients and the exact recipe is often a closely guarded secret of the individual maker. By contrast, modern recipes include finely powdered glass,industrial adhesive such as "Vajram“,maida flour,aluminum oxide,zirconia alumina and coloring Maidani, Double Special , Dhula Hua , Single and Saras are some of its varieties with LUDDHI being the best… What’s cooking??

64. 16)Zee : DISH TV The TATAs : TATA SKY & TATA SKY plus Sun TV : SUN DIRECT Airtel : AIRTEL DTH Doordarshan:_______??

66. 17)**An Indonesian Bank note… What’s been blanked out??

68. 18)**Gautam Buddha once called his followers for a meeting atop the vulture peak. But somehow,he didn’t speak for a long time & kept looking at the white flower in his hand.. On being asked,he again glanced at the flower & smiled…Kashapa,one of his disciples,smiled back… What is said to have started thus??

69. Zen Buddhism

70. 19)**The book alongside is a unique view of the spiritual consequences of using drugs from the knowing perspective of the Indian spiritual master______ A compilation in pocket-size format of ______'s sayings include the full collection of quotes from the original drug pamphlet released in the 1960s, entitled God in a Pill, aimed at those seeking enlightenment through LSD. • Who’s the Guru being referred to??

71. MEHER BABA….

72. 20)** “Baad muddat ke phir mili ho tum, Ye jo thodi si bhar gayi ho tum, Ye vajan tumpe accha lagta hai.” A vintage GULZAAR saab quote…. Who/what was he referring to??

73. FILMFARE’s Black lady….

74. 21)**The year was 1996 & the organisers of the Aero India-96(the first major air show and aviation trade event ever hosted in India)were a worried lot. The IAF’s acrobatic team ‘The Thunderbolts’ had given its last performance in 1990 & had been gradually phased out… With no desi aerobatic team on the horizon,the organisers' initial intentions were to invite an aerobatic team from overseas… However,the IAF officers were confident that the IAF would be able to field its own team… A 6 membered team was constituted under Wing Cdr Kuldeep Malik & as it turned out,that was to be the first of the many famous air-shows this team was to perform in the years to come,delighting millions across the nation… How is this acrobatics team better known as??

75. SURYA KIRAN… Full name=SKAT(SURYA KIRAN AERObatic team)

76. 22)**AUDIO Question….. If this be the song you’d associate with the foreign versions(http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=ATQUO3RVrfo), gimme the song/phrase you’d associate with the Indian version….

77. Umeedon wali dhoop…sunshine wali asha

78. 23)**Keeping in mind the production team,the first time __X___ happened was with the movie Shootout at Lokhandwala…. Incidentally,the same production house has since produced 8 hindi movies including C Kkompany,EMI – Liya Hai Toh Chukana Padega,Love Sex aur Dhokha,Once Upon a Time in Mumbai,Shor in the City,Ragini MMS & The Dirty Picture with the said occurrence __X___ repeating itself each time… What is being spoken of??

79. Movies produced by Ekta Kapoor not starting with ‘K’….

80. 24)**The origin of this phrase lies in the times when enemies would cross canals and attack Mughal camps in blitzkrieg attacks and retreat swiftly thereafter.. Their method of killing the mughal soldiers is also supposed to have given rise to a sport __X___ Escaping back to their base,the enemy warriors would dismantle any temporary bridges constructed by them to prevent the Mughals from chasing them and sometimes to prevent the enemy from escaping,hence the cry . The phrase then acquired the meaning: “to complete the rout”. And nowadays it means “To bring the house down!” . What is this phrase?Also gimme the sport __X___

81. Chak de phatte.. TENT-PEGGING…

82. 25)**Not many states in India can boast of a Christian dominant population… In fact,the count stops at three… If Nagaland & Mizoram are two of the states,which is the third??

83. MEGHALAYA…

84. 26)** Story Time ppl:: This one’s a story of a simple artist from Tamil Nadu,G Rajendran who deploys the power of the web to resurrect an ancient art form and in the process not only ends up increasing the sales of his paintings but also becomes a successful businessman rather than just an artist.. In association with what would most of us have seen/heard this story…Also,which art form?? (**samples of the above art form on next slide)

85. Panel paintings done on solid wood planks, and hence referred to as palagai padam (palagai = "wooden plank"; padam = "picture") in local parlance. In modern times, these paintings have become souvenirs of festive occasions in South India, pieces to decorate walls and collectors' items for art lovers.

86. GOOGLE Chrome TANJORE paintings

87. 27)**According to legend,once there was a rich and prosperous merchant who was an ardent believer of a Goddess and visited all her temples everywhere.As he grew older,he could no longer travel and this hindered him from visiting the temples. But one night the Goddess herself appeared in his dream and this left a lasting presence in his mind. What in Pune is supposed to have come up as a result of this??

88. The Chatushringi temple@SB ROAD

89. 29)Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film set during the Vietnam War..The central character is the US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen),an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Why was the role played by Brando back in news some 3 weeks ago??

91. 29)This is an image from the Patanjali Yog Vidyapeeth,Haridwar showing the statue of a sage revered in the world of medicine… Who’s he??

92. CHARAKA….

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