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THE ULTIMATE QUIZ SHOW ON WOMAN

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1 General Class Crowd

2 Green Signal Lights

3 Platform Magics

4 Clueless Intruders

1

Dhirendra Chaudhary was a Hatha Yoga expert and was called
to train Russian Cosmonauts. He became a controversial
figure in India because of the controversies regarding his
sexual relationship with X, a famous Indian. Dhirendra was
considered as Indian Rasputin too.Identify X!

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1

Indira Gandhi


2

Which Malayalee wrote?


2

NIRUPAMA RAO


3
She was the second Indian woman to win an individual
Gold medal at the Asian Games and the first to win it
on Indian Soil.

In1982 she became the national champion over 400-metre
hurdles with a new record, which was also better than the
Asian record.


3

MD Valsamma


4
‘AMU’ is a national Award winning English film in 2005. It
tells the story of a NRI returning to India to find out her
roots and discovering that she belongs to a family which
was affected by 1984 Sikh riots! The film was directed by
SHONALI BOSE!

Which famous Indian plays the role of heroine’s mother in
the film?


4

BRINDA KARAT


5

What was first celebrated in 1908 by Anna Jarvis and later
she herself opposed the same because of its
commercialisation!


5

Mother’s Day


6
X refers to the practice of the voluntary immolation of all
the wives and daughters of defeated warriors, in order to
avoid capture and consequent molestation by the enemy.
The practice was followed by the wives of
defeated Rajput rulers, who are known to place a high
premium on honour.
Identify the word X


6

Jauhar


7
A sixteen-year-old tribal girl, was allegedly raped by two policemen
on the compound of Desai Ganj Police Station in Chandrapur district
of Maharashtra. Her relatives, who had come to register a
complaint, were patiently waiting outside even as the act was
allegedly being committed in the police station.

The incident led to changes in Indian law.
The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1983 has made a statutory
provision in the face of Section.114 (A) of the Evidence Act, which
states that if the victim says that she did not consent to the sexual
intercourse, the Court shall presume that she did not consent

NAME THE INCIDENT

7

MATHURA RAPE CASE


8
She was born as Fathima Rashid and went on to become
one of the finest actresses of the country. She along with
her husband was instrumental in founding Ajanta Arts
Cultural Troupe, which roped in several leading actors and
singers of the time and held stage shows at border areas.

In early 1970s, she became the first patron of Spastics
Society of India, and her subsequent work with the
organisation brought her recognition as a social
worker, and later a Rajya Sabha nomination in 1980


8

Nargis Dutt


9
X’s father worked in a circus as a trapeze performer, and
later as a lion tamer. X’s calculating gifts first
demonstrated themselves while doing card tricks with
father when X was three years old. They report X "beat"
them by memorization of cards rather than by sleight of
hand. X has defeated many computer programs till then.
WHO’s X?


9

Shakuntala Devi


10

Her Novel’s name is Modelland..
Her first single album is ‘Shake Ya Body’
Her website is www.typeF.com

WHOSE?


10

TYRA BANKS


11

What is Trichotillomania?


11

Finding enjoyment in pulling out one’s own hair


12
The first of its kind was developed by a German named
Richter of Waldenburg. His device was made of silkworm
gut and was not widely used. Then came Grafenberg ring
made of silver filaments.

The presently used format is named because of its shape
and was developed by Dr.Howard Tatum!
WHAT?


12

Copper T


1
Though Valmiki's Ramayana does not record X as being
the mother of Sita, some later adaptations of the
Ramayana depict X as the mother of Sita or at least the
cause of the latter's birth and this becomes the major
reason for the destruction of Lanka!

Who’s X?


1

Mandodari


2 Which place?


2 Thala kaveri


3
Unlike in other Shiva temple where the Bilwa leaf is an important item for
worship, it is not used here for the poojas, instead the Tulsi leaf is used.
The Rudrabhishekam, which is common in most of the Shiva temples is not
performed here. Instead of Monday, Wednesday is the important day of worship
here.

Unlike in other Shiva temples pradosham is not observed with special significance
here. There is no dhaara, the constant pouring of holy water, for the lingam here in
other Shiva temple.

Some of the other distinctive features of this shrine are there is no Dwajasthambha
here and there is no annual festival or ritualistic annual bath. The deity is never
taken outside of the precincts of the temple.
WHICH TEMPLE?


3

Raja Rajeshwara temple, Thaliparamba


4
Author Jacques Leslie devoted a third of his book, Deep
Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced
People, and the Environment (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 2005), to a portrait of X as she planned to drown
herself in rising reservoir waters behind the Dam, against
whose construction she fought for two decades…

Who's X?


4

Medha Patkar


5
A number of well known historical
figures, including Catherine of Siena and Mary, Queen of
Scots are believed to have suffered from the condition.

Mary Kate Oslen, Alanis Morisette, and Isabelle Caro are
the ones recently affected and died!

WHAT DISEASE?


5

ANOREXIA NERVOSA


6
Whose first Movie?


6
Manisha Koirala


3 Platform Magics

affairs social work films

fashion food sports

affairs1
He is involved in a widely discussed affair recently. Who is the
partner with which he was discussed with!
She is famous for her fashionable accessories, particulalrly the Birkin
bags


affairs1
HINA RABBANI


affairs2

X was born to an Indian father and Chinese mother and is a
granddaughter of a Gandhian named Tseng. She at first married a
fellow player, but was divorced. X was accused of having an affair
with Y who was already having a second wife!

Id X and Y!


affairs2

JWALA AND AZHAR


film1
Identify


film1
MS SUBBALAKSHMI


film2

Who wrote the lyrics for "En
Khalbillulloru Pennaanu" for the
Malayalam film One Way Ticket…?


film2


social1
The gang was founded in 2006 by Sampat Pal
, a mother of five and former government health worker (and a
former child bride), as a response to widespread domestic abuse
and other violence against women. They visit abusive husbands and
beat them up with laathis (bamboo sticks) unless they stop abusing
their wives


social1

GULABI GANG


social2
Which environmentalist is
behind the publication?


social2

SUNITA NARAIN


food1
In 2010, Kate Winslet narrated a video
for PETA, encouraging chefs to remove foie gras from
their menus and asking consumers to boycott
restaurants that serve it. What is FOIE GRAS MADE
OF?


food1

LIVER OF DUCK


food2
This word refers to a wide-ranging family
of condiments from Indian cuisine that usually
contain some mixture of spices,vegetables and
fruits. The word is derived from a sanskrit word
meaning ‘lick’.
WHICH WORD?


food2

CHUTNEY


sports1

Claim to fame?


sports1

Nona Gaprindashvili, first female grand master


sports2

Id the Athlete!


sports2

Gail Devers


FASHION1

Which celebrity runs her own designer apparel
company named
"Aneres"


FASHION1

SERENA WILLIAMS


FASHION2
The brand dates back to 1851 in Rhode Island
when Robert Knight, a textile mill owner, visited his
friend. Now this under garment brand is world famous
and is available in India!
WHICH BRAND?


FASHION2

Fruit of the loom


2
CONNECT

74th Street in Jackson Heights, Newyork
An Asteroid
A Super Computer in NASA
An award for women scientists of Karnataka


2

Kalpana Chawla


3

What rare coincidence was happened when it happened
with Lakshmi Pandit in 2004!
The same had happened with her elder sister Kalpana
Pandit in 1989!
What notorious incident?


3

Both were stripped off their Miss.India titles and thus in
Limca book of records!


4

In Nalgonda district of Andhrapradesh
Bhoodan started from here
Famous for Sarees


4

Pochampally Sarees


5
Her only Malayalam movie is ITHILE INIYUM VARU

She received National Award for best female Singer which
was a rare honour for a part timer!

Acted as Panchali in Mahabharatha


5

RUPA GANGULY


6

She was employed to make DEATH MASKS of the victims
of the guillotine during French Revolution, including some
of the Revolution's most infamous dead such as Louis
XVI, Marie Antoinette, Marat, and Robespierre.

Thus gradually shot into fame…WHO?


6

Madam Tussaud


7

What name connects the city of Ujjain, the bollywood actor
Imran Khan and India’s 2010 National Award winning film(
Category-Best Feature Film in English)...?


7
X was started in 2002 and held at the beginning of
April every year.Wonderbra together with the
Cosmopolitan magazine and 5fm, a SABC radio
station mainly based in Johannesburg, sponsored it.X
is started according to a design to solemnise
women's independence and power in all facets of
life, from their careers to their relationships to their
own destiny...IDENTIFY X?????


7 Name these barricades! Clue: Shape


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