Questions by- Shubham Mishra & Harsh Vikram. The Prelims round of the MELA Quiz of the Prometheans Club for the term July 2018 organised on 12/10/2018

2. MELA Quiz
Prelims
Answers

3. RULES
 This round consists of 15 questions.
 Write your answers in BLOCK LETTERS only.
 Use of any unfair means will result in
disqualification.
 Starred questions will be used for tie-breaking.

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5. 1)* Indian Railways recently undertook upon itself to
promote the Madhubani folk art by getting stations & train
coaches painted in this style.
Id the train, whose 9 coaches are a moving display for this art.

6. Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express

7. 2) Id the
organisation
/institution.

8. Sangeet Natak Akademi

9. 3) Nandighosh or Kapidhwaja, is the name of
what famous object, mentioned in the
Mahabharata?

10. Arjun’s Chariot/Jagannath’s Chariot (Puri)

11. 4) English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a wager for
£20,000 to circumnavigate the globe within 80 days.
Fogg & his French valet Passepartout begin their
journey by rail from London.
Name the author of the work featuring these.

12. Jules Verne

13. 5) Id this Dutch post-impressionist painter who suffered from
depression etc & committed suicide at age of 37 years.

14. Vincent van Gogh

15. 6)* This veteran actor from South India who debuted at
the age of 13 in a Tamil film, titled Vazhkai.

16. Vyjayanthimala

17. 7) ‘Ladyland where women run everything and men are secluded; the
women are aided by science fiction-esque "electrical" technology which
enables laborless farming and flying cars; the women scientists have
discovered how to trap solar power and control the weather; in
Ladyland crime is eliminated, since men were considered responsible
for all of it; the workday is only two hours long, since men used to
waste six hours of each day in smoking.’
Identify the English language work, first published in 1905.

18. Sultana’s Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

19. 8) Id the singer

20. Britney Spears
(Criminal)

21. (9) Recently, an artwork by X titled ‘Girl with Balloon’
was sold in an auction by Sotheby’s. Minutes after
being sold for £1.04m, it shredded itself, causing the
huge uproar in Art world.
Guess X, who is notorious for pulling pranks.

22. Banksy

23. 10) This upcoming Indian biographical film ‘Y’, starring Hrithik
Roshan & Mrunal Thakur, is based on life of mathematician
Anand Kumar, & is being directed by Vikas Bahl (until now).
This is being deemed as the last film of a recently dissolved
production & distribution company ‘Z’, co-founded by Bahl.
Name-
(a) the film ‘Y’, &
(b)the production company ‘Z’.

24. X- Super 30
Y- Phantom Films

25. (11)* Id the Singer.

26. Sharda Sinha

27. 12) Id the logo.

28. Logo of SPIC MACAY

29. 13) Which TV series?

30. Game of Thrones

31. 14) Who is credited with translating the Harry Potter
(books) in Hindi?

32. Sudhir Dixit

33. 15)* Id this famous personality from Allahabad. On August 6,
1976, India Posts released a postage stamp to commemorate her.

34. Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

35. Check out the Final round too…