The document provides a summary of an acrostic quiz with 9 questions and answers. It begins with background on a poisoning using Novichok and includes questions about algae blooms causing epilepsy in sea lions, Indian athlete Mansi Joshi, writer-director Alankrita Srivastava, Nakashi art from Cheriyal, the song "Jerusalema", adenovirus vaccines, the term "infodemic", and the movie and book series Narnia. It then provides a second round with questions about footballer Francesco Totti visiting coma patient Ilenia Matilli, social distancing in Natalia Nesterova's painting of the Last Supper, the statue of Pope John Paul II

1. Monday 19th Oct 9-10 pm

2. Round 1 : ACROSTIC QUIZ

3. Q1 :
A fine powdery phosphorus based binary chemical compound that prevents
breakage of acetylcholine.
In a previous usage, when applied on the office phone of a certain influential
banker, this substance caused his deathfollowedby his secretary’s in 1995.
Recently, the compound is in news again.
Hint: It shares thesame alphabet in Englishlanguage as the victim’s name,
and the organisation that univocally prohibits its use.

4. Answer :
Novichok
Navalny
NATO
Name of the banker was Ivan Klemeida and
His secretary was Zara Ismailova

5. Q2 :
Cronutt is a sea lion in California whichrecently got a brain surgery
done to reverse epilepsy. Interestinglymany more sea lions and
otters are fallingvictimto epilepsy because of climate change.
With the climate getting warmer and warmer, the more X blooms
which create toxins when they are eaten by fish like anchovies. When
these fish are eaten by sea lions their brains get damaged, resulting
in epilepsy. What is X?

6. Answer-
Algae

7. Q3 :
It has been a practise of Mattel to release a line of BarbieSheroes since
2015. The Sheroes are one of a kind(OOAK) dolls, usually hailing
those women/girls whoma childshouldlook up to and aspire to be.
There have been few Indians in the BarbieSheroes list - gymnast Dipa
Karmakar, actress Katrina Kaif, etc, to name a few.
On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl child, on 9th Oct
2020, Mattel has created a BarbieShero OOAK doll on another Indian
athelete. Name her and name the sport.

8. Answer-
Mansi Joshi
Para Badminton

9. Q4 :
An alumnus of Jamia Milia, she started her career as an assistant
to director Prakash Jha. Her first directorial debut in 2011 was not
received very well. Herclaimto fame came, however withthe
black comedy she wrote and directed.
The censor board delayed the release of this movie till 2017, and
when releasedthe movie shatteredthe stereotypical moralityof
middleclass Indian women and even got nominatedfor the
Filmfare.
She continues her trend of dismantling claustrophobic middle
class milieuwith her recent Netflix venture. Name this writer-
director, her 2017 movie , and her recent Netflixrelease.

10. Answer-
Alankrita Srivastava
Turning30 (2011 movie)
Lipstick under my Burkha (2017) movie
Dolly, Kitty aur who ChamakteSitare (2020) Netflix release

11. Q5 :
This formof art, like the Pattachitra of Odisha, is done in scrolls. The
painter/artist used to prepare the canvas withkhadi cotton, white
mud, boiled tamarindseeds and gumwater. Vivid colors like red,
yellow, green , white and brown were used to depict mythology and
folklores as Krishna Leela, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Shiva Puranam,
Markandeya Puranam and stories of communities like Gauda,
Madiga. These scrolls were then passed on to the storytellers who
enthralled the masses. Over time, these narrative scrolls have found
places as modern day wall adornments as the storytellers dwindled
in number. Originating fromCheriyal, Warrangal, what is the art
formknown as?

12. Answer-
Nakashi Art

13. Q6 :
It all started with an Angolan dance group “Fenomenos de Semba” members
dancing to the tunes of this song while holding a plate of food. The lead
dancer Adilson Maiza opined that this song and dance symbolises that it’s
important to be happy even withlittle foodon plate and little water to drink.
The SouthAfrican president Cyril Ramaphosa urgedhis countrymen to live
up to the ______ challenge.
Name this Gospel influenced House fusion in Zululanguage composedby 24
year old DJ Master KG and sung by Nomcebo Zikode which hasalso been
referred unofficially as an “African Anthem”.

14. Answer-
Jerusalema

15. Q7 :
Johnson and Johnson announcedthat it is goingto halt
clinical trials of its Covid19 vaccine as a participant fell ill.
Almost a monthago, Astra Zeneca also statedthat it was
suspending its clinical trials. Boththese vaccines are basedon
a harmless modified virus that instructs human cells to
produce vaccine proteins. Name this virus, whichderives its
name fromthe fact that these were initially isolatedfroma
human gland

16. Answer-
Adenovirus

17. Q8 :
This word, X, was coined in 2003, and has foundrenewedusage
recently. The WHO used this termto refer to the damage causedby
Covid 19 related misinformation. Thoughtill recently, the onus of
curbing of X restedon social media platforms, like Facebook, Twitter
and Whatsapp, now we see entities like Flipkart, Tata Trusts as well as
some content creators too joining the debunking bandwagon. What is
X that I am talking about?

18. Answer-
Infodemic

19. Q9
The writer never sold the rights of the series to be made into films during
his lifetime because he felt no cinematography would do justice to the
fantasy that he has weaved as well delineate the characters realistically.
His stepson actually saw the computer generatedimagery (CGI), got
convinced, and then gave a go ahead for the movie series.
The movies swept theaudiences once released. The first of the series was
shot mainlyin New Zealand, and some parts in Poland, Czech Republic
and UK. Interestinglythe protagonist was a non-human, yet a King, the
voice of whomwas immortalisedby another famous actor, who shot to
fame in a Stephen Spielberg classic. Identify the movie.
Brownie points for identifying the author and the protagonist as well as
his voice over

20. Answer-
Narnia
C W Lewis
Aslan
LiamNeeson, Schindler’s list

21. Answer of the Acrostic Quiz
N ovichok
A lgae
M ansi Joshi
A lankrita Srivastava
N akashi
J erusalema
A denovirus
I nfodemic
N arnia

22. Round 2

23. Ilenia Matilli was a 19 yearold footballer withLazio’s women’s teambut a great
fanof city rivals Roma, was left in a coma last December by a car accident in
which her friend was killed. Her friend suggested her father Stefano Matilli to
contact the legendfootball player X and record a message of encouragement for
her, which he graciously complied.
Former WorldCup winner X had recorded a video message a few months ago,
urging: “Ilenia don’t give up, you’ll do it, we are all with you”.
Matilli finally emergedfromthe coma and as promised X, visited her in Rome’s
Gemelli hospital where she is undergoing rehabilitation.
Identify this football legend.
Hark the herald Angels sing # 1

24. Answer:
Francesco Totti

25. We remember how great paintings like the Last Supper by Leonardo
da Vinci have been used in memes to convey the message of social
distancing.
Why did visitors to the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscowsay that such
morphings and alterations were unnecessary in the Last Supper there,
done by the artist Natalia Nesterova?
"Glory to the new-bornKing! # 2

26. At Tretyakov the apostles and Jesus are in seperate panels. so already
socially distanced
Answer

27. Peace on Earth and Mercy mild # 3
Where do youfind this statue ? Whose statue is this ?
There was another incident where an ancient relic was stolen relatedto what you
see. Where was that from?

28. Answer :
Pope John Paul II – Statue is at Warsaw, Poland
The relic stolen was a vial of Pope’s bloodfromSpoleto, Italy

29. Lord and Sinners Reconciled # 4
In a muchpublicisedcase of London in 1950, a famous reporter X and the convict Y
shared the same last name. The convict wasaccusedof killing his wife and infant
daughter. Thoughhe maintained his innocence and statedit was his neighbour
who did it, the neighbour was howevertheprosecutor’s witness and helpedin
giving himthe death sentence. There was a lack of forensic expertise in the police
case.
In 1961 , a regional newspaper “Northern Echo” of whichX was a part of,
established that it was a miscarriage of justice and Y was innocent. X in later life
became famous as the whistle-blower for a number of famous cases due to his
investigative journalism. The incident also ledto a 1971 movie starring Richard
Attenborough.
Identify X, Y and the Movie

30. Miscarriage of Justice # 1
X = HaroldEvans
Y = Timothy Evans
Movie = 10 Rillington Place

31. Thank You
Ishita Das