The Prelims of the MELAS (Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts, Sports) quiz held as a part of Tie Grab 2019. Tie Grab is the annual quizzing festival at St. Joseph's College. This quiz was for college students.

1. TIE GRAB 2019
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The Literary Society, St. Joseph’s College
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The Karnataka Quiz Association

2. TIE GRAB 2019
M.E.L.A.S. Quiz
Finals

3. 1.A x is a paradoxical situation from which an
individual cannot escape because of
contradictory rules. ...x’s often result from rules,
regulations, or procedures that an individual is
subject to, but has no control over, because to
fight the rule is to accept it.
X is also the name of a satirical novel published
in 1953

5. • Catch 22

6. 2.Michael Bambang Hartono, one of the
hundred richest men in the world (he owns the
kretekbrand Djarum), added another feather to
his cap by winning a bronze medal at this year’s
Asian Games. At age 78, he was also the oldest
person to win a medal at the Games. Which
“sport” did he compete in?

8. • Bridge

9. 3.This kind of cross-country race was originally
run from church _______ to church _______ .
What is the missing word, whence its name is
derived?

12. • Steeple

13. 4.This sport was first played at a US college in 2005 and is gaining
popularity around the world. What is it? And what role is played by the guy
dressed in yellow. Pay attention to the bit hanging from his trousers.

15. • Quidditch and the snitch

16. 5.When this legendary athlete won his sixth
consecutive (Ancient) Olympic title, his home
city of Croton decided to knock down the city
walls as proof that such a state needed no other
protection. Name the hero after whom a
modern children’s brand is named – especially
ubiquitous across South-East Asia.

18. • Milo

19. 6.Who designed the plaque for the Sahitya
Akademi Award to replace a heavy marble one?
He also designed the cover for Nehru’s book
‘The Discovery of India’.
Hint: He was famous for a different reason

21. • Satyajit Ray

22. 7.X is the longest running murder mystery play
which began in 1952 and is still running today. It
was written by a famous English author under
the pen name of Mary Westmacott. Name the
play and the author.

24. • The Mousetrap and Agatha Christie

25. 8.Scholars have speculated that X may have lived
near the Himalayas, in the vicinity of Ujjain, and
in Kalinga. This hypothesis is based on X detailed
description of the Himalayas, the display of his love
for Ujjain and his highly eulogistic descriptions of
Kalingan emperor Hemāngada in his various works.
Lakshmi Dhar Kalla (1891-1953), a Sanskrit scholar
and a Kashmiri Pandit, wrote a book titled The birth-
place of X (1926), which tries to trace the birthplace of
X based on his writings. He concluded that X was born
in Kashmir, but moved southwards, and sought the
patronage of local rulers to prosper. Who is X?

27. • X- Kalidasa

28. 9.X is a fictional, semi-urban town in southern
India, conjured by Y. He created the town in
September 1930, on Vijayadashami, an
auspicious day to start new efforts and thus
chosen for him by his grandmother. As he
mentioned in a later interview to his
biographers Susan and N. Ram, in his mind, he
first saw a railway station, and slowly the name
X came to him. Name X and Y. In which of Y’s
books was X first introduced.

30. • X- Malgudi Y- RK Narayan and Swami and
friends

31. 10.The X are 30 (approximately) rock-
cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from
the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE. The site
has been a UNESCO world heritage site since
1983. The paintings in the X predominantly
narrate the Y. These are Buddhist legends
describing the previous births of the Buddha.
These fables embed ancient morals and cultural
lore's. Name X and Y.

33. • X- Ajanta Ellora caves and Jataka tales

34. 11.Originated by some tribes from the Western Ghat of India, in
2500 BCE, this is easily one of the oldest art forms of India. It is
mainly the use of circles, triangles and squares to form numerous
shapes and depict daily life activities like fishing, hunting, festivals,
dance and more. What sets it apart is the human shape: a circle and
two triangles. All the paintings are done on a red ochre or dark
background, while the shapes are white in color.

36. • Warli

37. 12. A movie about a Dutch painter was released
in 2017. It focuses on the circumstances around
his death. It is the first fully painted motion
picture. Name the movie.

39. • Loving Vincent

40. 13. Who is this Amul doodle a reference to

42. • Priya Prakash Varrier

43. 14.This latin American writer was awarded the
noble prize for literature in 2010 “for his
cartography of structures of power and his
trenchant images of the individual’s resistance,
revolt, and defeat” This writer ran to become
the president of his country in 1990. Who is he?

44. • Mario Vargas Llosa

45. • 15.The Russian Olympic team showed up 12
days late for the 1908 Olympics in
London.What was the reason behind this ?

47. Answer
• Russia followed the Gregorian Calendar
instead of the Julian calendar.So when they
arrived the event had already took place 12
days back.

48. • 16.Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)
is a large acrylic-on-canvas pop art painting by
British artist X, completed in May 1972.In
November 2018, it sold for US$90.3 million,
the highest price ever paid at auction for a
work by a living artist.Identify X ? [image]

50. Answer
• David Hockney

51. 17. What is happening here ?

53. • Shooting for the cover of Wish You Were Here
by Pink Floyd

54. • 18. Tribute from Coco to which painter?

56. • Frida Kahlo

57. • 19. This fortnite dance titled “fresh” is the
subject of a lawsuit by Alfonso Ribeiro over
infringement of his original dance X from a
popular ‘90’s show Y. X was the name of his
character in the show. Give both X & Y.

60. • X – Carlton
• Y – The fresh prince of Bel Air

61. • 20. This is Jo Calderone, an alter ego of a
certain musician. Who?

63. • Lady Gaga