The Karnataka Quiz conducted by Kaustubha, Lingaraj & Yours truly for the Karnataka Quiz Association, Bangalore.

2. Ibrahim Adilshah II is remembered for trying to
bring in cultural harmony through music and other
fine arts. His book, “Kitab-E-Navras” in the
Dakhani language is a collection of 59 poems and
seventeen couplets. According to his court poet
Zuhuri, the book was written to introduce the
theory of nine rasas to people who had only a
Persian background. The book starts with a
prayer to __________ . Identify
bhaka nyari nyari bhava ek kaha turuk kaha barahaman
nouras soor juga joti ani saroguni yusat _____ mata
ibrahim parasada bhayi dooni
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3. Saraswati

4. 2
• 2014 - Nandan Nilekani
• 2009 - Deepak Bharadwaj
• 2004 - ??

5. • Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wodeyar .
Richest contestants of the Lok Sabha elections

6. 3
• What much-in-the-news institute's 50 year
celebrations included this Indianized version
of the song Summer of 69? It was sung and
composed by then relatively unknown artists
X and Y, respectively. Name them.

7. • Manipal University
• Raghu Dixit
• Ricky Kej

8. This writer, born Venkatalakshmi, was a doctor
and published several books like “Vadhuvigondu
Kivimaatu” for young women on health and social
issues. Identify this author who has an award
named after her, instituted by the Government of
Karnataka, for medical literature in Kannada.
Her body of work comprises of 20 novels, 8
collections of short stories.
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9. Anupama Niranjana of Dinakkondu KathE fame

10. 5
Connect

11. Gokak

12. 6
• In the year 1947 the Residency ceased to exist
and the premises of Residency in Bangalore
therefore came to be called 'Raj Bhavan'.
However the residency was vacant till 1964.
Why ?

13. • The Maharaja JCW, the first governor, stayed
in the Bangalore Palace

14. The first-ever Kannada audio tape released in
1978 was titled “X”. The cassette(album, if you
will) was a run away hit and the title song is still
popular . The lyrics of the title track is written by
the Poet Y, who is a Geologist by profession and
is famous for his bhaavageethEs. Identify X and
Y
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15. X- Nithyotsava
Y- K S Nisar Ahmed

16. Identify the 2 institutions associated with these
people
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17. Rangayana – the theater institute from Mysore
Ninasam - Nilakanteshwara NAtyaseva
SAMgha, an organisation dedicated to the
dissemination of Theatre and Culture in Heggodu

18. • This is one of the notable film roles of a popular
television/theater actor from his younger days. Identify the
actor. A lesser known fact about him is that up until the
release of Ramachari, he had worked on every Ravichandran
film rendering a specific service. In what capacity did he work
in these movies?
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19. • Srinivas Prabhu, dubbed the voice of
Ravichandran. Ravi mama didn't speak
Kannada all that well (still doesn't)

20. • Of the 10 new districts added to Karnataka
since 1997, only one was carved out of three
different districts (rest were all created from
one each). Contextually speaking, if Shimoga
and Bellary are lesser known of the three,
name the third as well as the new district thus
formed.
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21. • Chitradurga, Davanagere

22. • 11

23. • Maravante

24. Rashtrakavi M. Govindapai is the author of
the following poems(khanda kaavyas)- the
theme of each of these poems dealt with
the last day(s) of 3 proponents of peace.
1. X– Last Days of ___
2. Vaishaka - Last Days of ____
3. Dehali - Last Days of ______.
Fill in the three blanks. No need to identify
X
12.

25. Christ
Buddha
Gandhi
X - Golgota

26. • Identify this place with a sad history that has today
become a tourist spot
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27. • Saat Kabr – 60 graves of Bijapur chieften Afzal
Khan’s wives

28. • Excerpt from a newspaper article
• “An avid football fanatic, he owes his broken nose
to the game, dating back to his college days.
"The ball directly hit his face while playing on the
college ground. His nose is still not fixed. Even
today his hand inadvertently reaches out to the
nose whenever he remembers college" recollects
MS Karuna, a friend from college. ”
• Who are we talking about who coincidentally
goes by the nickname Tipu?
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29. • Akhilesh Yadav

30. • Whose name is a
reference to his
being quarter
over one (1+1/4)
in talent to the
man in picture?
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31. • Sawai Gandharva
• Man in picture Bal Gandharva, the Marathi
performer

32. Identify the 2 missing sub-groups. NO PART POINTS
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33. Tulu and Kodava

34. The following is taken from an interview of Poet
X, where he talks about his conversation with
Director Y
Y says “Kannada language has lots of limitations, it
is a 'daridra' language, one cannot express certain
words/phrases in Kannada as in Urdu; E.g., look at
the phrase 'Magar yoonhi' from Kabhi Kabhie Mere
Dil Mein, one cannot write Magar Yunhi in
Kannada. The Ghazal feel of Urdu cannot be
recreated in Kannada”. What song did X write to
prove Y wrong?
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35. Anisutide yaako indu, neenenE nannavaLendu
X- Jayant Kaikini
Y- Yograj Bhat

36. The National award winning Marathi film Jogwa
deals with the Devadasis belonging to the ____ cult
of Karnataka. The people of this cult are followers
of a deity, popularly believed to be sage
Jamadagni‟s wife, whose name translates to
“mother of all”. Identify the cult.(the deity has
several alternate names, but only the answer fitting
with the above description is accepted as the right
answer)
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37. Yellamma- Yellaa amma, mother of all

38. • Id the singer singing at Manfest in IIM-Lucknow
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39. • Manjunath Shanmugham, slain IOCL officer

40. • Name the
blanked out
taluk
• Who is it
named after or
Who founded
it?
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41. • Virajpet
• Dodda Veera Rajendra

42. Set-up in 2007, the Nrupatunga Award carries
a purse of seven lakh one rupees (five lakh one
rupees at its inception) along with a citation
and is awarded to eminent writers from the
state. Past winners have included, Sara
Aboobacar, Bargur Ramachandrappa, G S
Shivarudrappa, Kalburgi etc.
Question: Who sponsors the award money and
why is the extra one rupee added to the
amount?
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43. • BMTC
• One more than Jnanapitha Award
• But it has been playing catch-up ever since its
inception. By the time the award was
instituted, the Jnanpitha award amount had
been increased to 7 lakh, and now when
Nrupathunga increased their purse, Jnanpitha
award amount has gone up to rupees 11 lakh


44. • Sources
– http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Nov112007/district2007
111135107.asp
– http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&br
oadcastid=356351
– http://books.google.co.in/books?id=3k18k7iKDhwC&pg=PT30&lpg
=PT30&dq=jnanpith+five+lakh+rupees&source=bl&ots=QN3Y-
e2Wlm&sig=hdeN8PAADkeG_357_dEjvI1P028&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ym
xLU_b_KoPr2AW44YHQDQ&ved=0CFQQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=
jnanpith%20five%20lakh%20rupees&f=false
– http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/pratibha-ray-conferred-
with-the-47th-jnanpith-award-for-the-year-2011-1369294592-1
– http://www.indiancinemagallery.com/kannada/news/prof-
baraguru-ramachandrappa-donates-his-cash-award-to-sundarnath-
suvarnas-family.html
– http://www.indiaglitz.com/baraguru-received-nadoja-kannada-
news-99853

45. The image show artist‟s depiction of what is touted(by
a few followers) as the world‟s first parliament. This
parliament criticized the meaningless differentiation of
human beings as high or low based on
birth/occupation.
The “parliament” finds mention in the 12th century
works of this philosopher(identify) and believe that this
place popularised the idea of dasoha(eating together).
Name the parliament and the saint/philosopher and
identify the lady.
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47. Anubhava Mantapa
Basavanna
Akkamahadevi

48. Praja Paksha was founded by X and Shri Deshamudra
Mallappa in 1930 and demanded responsible
government under the aegis of Maharaja of Mysore.
Later, the party merged with another similar organization
to form the Praja Samyukta party - which famously
dubbed the Congress as a “Party of Brahmins”. Funnily,
In 1932 the party merged with the Mysore State
Congress and widened the social base of the Congress.
Identify X who later went onto become the governor of
MP and famously administered the oath of acting
Governor for 15 days to Chief Justice Shri Dixit in order
to avoid speaking in Hindi during the address at the
Legislative Assembly.
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49. K. C. Reddy, First CM Of Mysore State

50. • Connect the following (far from exhaustive list) to a
semi-nomadic community in Karnataka.
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• Coffee
• English
• Japan
• Vidhana Soudha
• Sonali Bendre
• Mysore Pak
• Juhi Chawla
• Elizabeth Rani
• High Court
• One By Two
• Dollar
• Aramane
• Jilebi
• Congress
• Janata Dala
• Jackie Shroff
• America
• Love You
• Post Office
• Deluxe Express
• Protest

51. • Names of members of the Hakki-Pikki (hunting
gathering) nomadic tribe. People are named after
things from daily life - objects around them, places
they visit, or anything that catches their fancy.

52. • Sources
– http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-
bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?contentId=14
371438&programId=1073755753&tabId=9&BV_ID=@@@&cate
goryId=-203181
– http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-
districtplus/out-of-the-forests-but-stuck-in-a-
village/article568953.ece
– http://www.deccanherald.com/content/148894/man-lived-
tribes.html
– http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINE
W/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&Bas
eHref=TOIM%2F2011%2F01%2F03&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T&P
ageLabel=1&EntityId=Ar00105&AppName=1

53. • The town of X, in Karnataka, was a typical
poor town before 1983 when the existence of
granite was first discovered in the mountains
adjacent to it. The mountains have ruby red
coloured granite which is now known as X
granite. This has led to its becoming a major
mining and quarrying center today. Prior to
this discovery, what was the town's only claim
to fame and also one of its major sources of
income? It still is what the town is most
popularly associated with.
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54. • Ilkal Saree

55. • According to legend, what was given as
gifts/dowry to each of his two daughters by
legendary chieftan from Sakrepatna,
Rukmangada Raya?
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56. Hiremaglur, chikkamaglur

57. What’s happening?27

58. • One of Dr M.C. Modi’s (of the eye hospital
fame) free eye treatment camps

59. Who? Where?
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60. The said person also inaugurated the memorial built for
S Nijalingappa in Chitradurga.

61. • Dalai Lama at Bylakuppe

62. • Whose cameo?
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63. • Usha Navarathnaram, the author on whose
work the film is based

64. The Dharam Singh government constituted the
Prof. Shivarudrappa Committee, which was
forced to choose between C Ashwath‟s and
Mysooru Ananthaswamy‟s work. The
committee chose Mysooru Ananthaswamy (and
everyone forgot about Huligol Narayana Rao)
What are we talking about? Why is H
Narayana mentioned here?
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65. The tune for the Karnataka State
song, Jayabharata Jananiya ThanuhjaathE
H. Narayana Rao penned Udayavagli Namma
Cheluva Kannada Nadu, the song considered as
the „original‟ state song

66. Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary in Bellary was formed in
1994 for preservation of Indian Sloth Bears. A British
Government notification way back in 1885 had named
a hillock in the present Daroji Bear sanctuary area
Karadikallu Gudda or the hillock of the bears. The
santuary is spread over Billikallu reserve forest area,
a place always known for bears. Local legends
however go back a few thousand years and associate
the presence of bears in the area to a mythical deity.
Id the deity
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67. Jaambavantha

68. Avatar Prabhu‟s first work is a first person
narrative and is organised into in four parts
named after the 4 Vedic qualities associated with
the stages of life.
1. The Beginings of Wisdom, or, Encounters with Dharma
2. Turning Away the Dogs of God, or, in the Time of Artha
3. Delicious Undertakings, or, the Rule of Kama
4. Endless Laughter, or, The Moksha Express
The book according to a Publisher‟s Weekly
review is an account of Vijay‟s single minded
pursuit of sex and is more often fueled by
apolitical lust. ID the book and how do we better
know the author?
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69. The Revised KamaSutra by Richard Crasta

70. Id both
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71. Gurudutt and the ace cinematographer V K
MUrthy

72. Vaddaraadhane by Shivakotiacharya in AD 920 is
the first available prose work in Kannada.
It contains nineteen stories which gives a
detailed description of the life of Bhadrabahu
and other Jain Acharyas. Of these, one story
deals with a list of eighteen items served to a
brahmachari who visits the home of a lady.
This story is often cited as evidence in the
settling of a longstanding South Indian debate as
it contains the oldest known written record of
something. What?
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73. • Idly
• Appears as Iddalige
• Also.. Idly nammadu 

74. Cover of the English
translation of a
Kannada book.
a) Name the book
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75. • Aavarana/ S L
Bhyrappa

76. The first Kannada film to have been shot entirely on location was
based on a short story, Vayyari, by Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar
and released in 1974. Name the movie
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77. • Bhootayyana Maga Aiyyu

78. • The priests at X
– Brahmins from coastal Karnataka.
– Known as Bhattas.
– Head priest is Mula Bhatta
– Current head priest is Sri Mahabaleshwara Bhatta
– For a brief period in 2009, came under attack from
Maoists, were paraded naked in the streets
• Priests at Y
– Belong to Veerashaiva Jangam community
– Known as Lingacharyas
– Head priest given the title Rawal
– Current Rawal Sri Vageesha Lingacharya from Harihara
– In June 2013, there were concerns among the priests’
families regarding their safety – they were all found to be
safe
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79. • X – Pashupathinath in Nepal
• Y – Kedarnath in U.P

80. These are heavy metallic anklets worn by the
performers of a folk dance that is primarily a form of
spirit worship. It has a close resemblance to Theyyam, a
ritual form of worship common among Keralites of
North Malabar.
Name the ritual/dance form
Name the anklets
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82. • Bhoota Kola, Gaggara

83. List it
• 5 places in Karnataka have a monolith statue
of Gommateshwara (min 20 feet high)
• Name them all

84. • Venur
• Karkala
• Dharmastala
• Shravanabelagola
• Gommatagiri, Hunsur (in Mysore district)

85. Image credits: Krishna Chaitanya
http://www.trick-of-the-light.com/