A Quiz on an interesting topic, you get to know about namesakes of different elements...Hope you like it !

2. Warm-up Question - 1
• Often we use the term one man army to refer a player who takes all the
responsibility for his team.Differ from this theory, is there any better
example than this player & his team ?
• A club from Bristol, Bradley Stokes FC signed this player two years
ago.This 23 year old centre back later confessed in an interview that he
attempted in the trial for this club knowingly it would be cool if he plays
for this club.
• Identify the player ?
 (Think easy)

3. Answer
• Bradley Stokes
• The player’s name & his club name are namesake of
each other.

4. Warm-up Question- 2
• The mango man from UP, Haji Kalimullah is famous for growing different
varieties mango in a same tree using grafting method of propagation.One
eye-catching activity that he practises often after developing new variety
he named it after famous celebrities.
• In last year he developed a mango variety & named it after X referring
‘good in weight & taste’.
• Guess the personality who is currently missing his dream event due to
COVID-19 attack & is able to set different events in a order of their
occurence.

5. Answer
• Amit Shah (Shah Mango Variety)

6. Warm-up Question-3
• Connect these pictures according to today’s topic.

7. Answer
• Twin cities of India & Pakistan.

8. Question- 1
• Let’s start with a namesake of places...
• Agriculturally very fertile(falls under gangetic alluvium) this place is one of
the major contributor of foodgrain production of an Indian state. According
to mythological point of view it is believed Pandavas during their exile
period,had stayed here.One of the wildlife sanctuary located here,
Bhimbandh wildlife sanctuary is named after Bhima & it elucidates the
mythological fact as well.The city is also famous for a lake. However the
name of city would misguide anyone with another city, located nearer to us
& also more popular than this one. The more popular city is well known for
it’s diversified culture & one of it’s famous institution.
• Name the city ?
(If you know today’s QM, it might help you)

9. Answer
• Kharagpur.

10. Question- 2
• Although the name of this social media sounds similar to an Indian
obsolete service but it is developed by two Russian brothers Durov & co.
later they shifted to Germany.In this year it has amassed 400 million
monthly active users.Earlier when it was launched, it didn’t gain so much
popularity but in recent times it sees major growth for high quality
security over personal data & also for providing pirated watching stuffs
through different channels
• The old Indian service was last time used 7 years ago by one Ashwini Misra
when he wanted to contact with one Indian Politician who once claimed of
turning potato into gold in one of his famous speech.
• Just identify any of the above mentioned communication service.

11. Answer
• Telegram (India’s Last Telegram was sent to Rahul Gandhi in 2013)
If you did not get the last hint, see this

12. Question- 3
• If you have watched Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’,
you would remember that Betsy’s co-worker partner
Tom or you can remember the voice of Marlin in
‘Finding Nemo’. This actor who turned into a
director later had changed his surname to avoid
some confusion with another world famous
personality.
• In one interview, when he was asked about the
issue, he replied jokingly, “The real ____________
changed his name to sound more intelligent”.
• Guess what is his birth name or the Intelligent man
mystifying behind his name ?

13. Answer
• Albert ‘Brooks’ (Birth name - Albert Lawrence Einstein)

14. Question- 4
• In USA, two cities are namesake of each other, one is located in the
state of Texas & the other in Tennessee. The interesting fact is both
the city named after another city which is located in other continent.
• Now for the Tennessee’s city, they claimed that they named so just to
pay tribute a foreign military officer named Marquis de Lafayette who
fought for American civil war. Not only naming the city the citizens also
made a replica of the most famous landmark of that foreign country.
Not like original 540 ft, they made the replica of 70 ft.
• On the other hand, City of Texas exactly did the same earlier but they
made the replica few feet short compared to Texas city. So,they put a
gigantic cowboy hat on top of their replica to equal the height of the
other replica located in Tennessee.
• Now give me the name of city ? (Similar name for both cities)

15. Answer
• Paris
• Paris, Texas & Paris, Tennessee

16. Question- 5
• In 2018, he became 10th cricketer to play ODI for two
international teams.Earlier when he was playing for his own
country he scored century on his ODI debut which is the
first instance of scoring debut century in ODI by any
associate nation cricketer.
• Now if you read his name & you are a rock music lover then
you would surely have some hateful grudges on his
name.But his middle name will remove your confusion as
it’s different from other person.Again if you only read his
first & middle name, you will find similarity with a fast &
furious actor.
• Can you guess his name here ?
 (if you don’t know the player,you can work it out from 2nd
part only ,think about an assasinator)

17. Answer
• Mark Sinclair Chapman
Real Name – Mark SinclairHis full name – Mark David Chapman

18. Question- 6
• Now coming to this part of the world, going with the topic I need to
ask Namesake questions tonight.So, based on a Romantic saga Ajoy
Kar directed one Bengali film in the 60’s which was exactly
folllowing the real narrative.
• The story revolves around how a bantering relationship between a
matured man and an orphan girl grows into a matured relationship
after long years & finally they got united after a lot of drama.In
older version,Soumitra Chatterjee,Mousumi Chatterjee played the
protagonist role.
• In the same name another movie came in last year where the
adaptation of the story is not so exact but the director tried to tell
the story in his own way(which is rare for him) & as a result the
movie got acclamation from the critics as well.
• Which movie/romantic saga I am talking about ?

19. Answer
• Parineeta (It was adapted 3 times in Bollywood as well)

20. Question- 7
• The delicious chicken is cooked in an onion gravy with
whole spices, saffron and buttermilk on it.In Mumbai, if
a food lover visits Noor Mohammadi resturant,
opposite to the Bhendi Bazaar he would love to taste
this dish. The origin of this dish is still unknown but it
can be guessed that it has a slight influence from a
Punjabi woman born in Kolkata who used to cook this in
her chicken. Seeing his mother, her son inculcated the
habit of cooking delicious dishes in off time.
• Now the interesting part is this delicious item is actual
brainchild of this famous son who loves to order “Nalli
Nihari” from that resturant.One day he gave the detail
recipe to the owner of the resturant & the owner paid
tribute to him by naming this item on his popular name.
Since then it is called as Chicken ___X___.
• Give me the name of this item or name the personality
whom I referred here.

21. Answer
• Chicken “Sanju Baba”.

22. Question- 8
• Do you know how many namesakes do you have
in real life ? Well, it may never be known to
you.But you can tap your name on facebook to
find those people around you.In 2009, A 20 year
old lady from Florida, Kelly Hildebrandt one day
did the same,decided to tap her name into the
facebook search to see if anyone shared it.
• As she wished, she found her namesake &
overnight her life turned into a fairytale as media
highlighted her life into public. After that She &
her namesake were invited by different TV shows
to share their story.
• How ? (Can you guess the incident which led her
to be a part of something very unique)

23. Answer
• From facebook, She met with her real life partner who shares
his name with her.

24. Question- 9
• Identify this Legend footballer.
• On his prime days, he was fondly called as “El Arquitecto” for his perspective
passes & explosive shooting ability. He was world’s most expensive player in
the 60’s when he was transferred to Inter Milan from a Spanish club.He won
3 Serie A, 2 La-liga’s & also one European championship for his country.Till
date, he is the only footballer from his country to win Balan D’Or.
• This generation may not know him but they will surely know his namesake
player who came into limelight after
2010 FIFA WC & was involved in a
bizarre incident 3 times & got punsihed
for each offence.

25. Answer
• Luis Suarez

26. Question- 10
• At the end of the session, I will ask about two of the greatest of their
particular field & their common name.One of them took the name before
starting his journey which doesn’t go with his religion & the other disliked the
name so, he changed his religion to take another name.
i. After a dispute with his father when he reached Mumbai, he met with one of
the founders of Bombay talkies & she requested him to change his birth
name. Soon after the same studio cast him as a lead actor in his debut film &
the rest is history. He went on to rock bollywood industry with his classical
acting & till date he holds the record of highest no of filmfare awards as a
lead actor.
ii. His father’s untimely death had put financial pressure on him & that made
him more dedicated towards his field. Since then he had fascination towards
Sufism & that led him to change his name. What to say about his talent, he is
not only one of the greatest of his field in his country,whole world shows
obeisance to this man.
• Now tell the Name which they share each other ?

27. Answer
• Dilip Kumar.
Birth Name :- Muhammad Yusuf Khan Birth Name :- A.S.Dileep Kumar

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