Panihati Te Proshnoban...Quiz on Feluda!!!

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Welcomes you
to ‘Panihati Te
Proshnoban’!!!

Venue for our Quiz…
Giribala Thakurbari, Panihati!!!

• Heartiest salutes to the legend
who is the sole reason for this
grand occasion!!!
‘Guru Tumi Chile Bolei Amra
Achhi’…

Rules…
• Total 26 Questions are there
• Star Marked questions would be used in case of a ‘TIE’ in
the preliminary
• Each question carries 2 marks
• The points from preliminary would be added to the main
round
• Quiz Master’s ‘Master’, Satyajit Babu’s decision is final
• Play hard but Fairly
• Give Google some rest for couple of hours
• Get ready & have a blast
• Thanks & Here we go!!!

• *1. First question from Feluda himself…

• 2. Apart from Jahangirer Swarndamudra,
which Feluda adventure’s climax did happen
it Panihati?

Ans – Gorosthane Sabdhan.
• Villain Mahadev Chaudhury’s house was in
Panihati.

Amati Violin = Aam Antir Bhepu.
• Ans –
• Lagenda Motor = Puspak Rath
• Gramphone Recorder = Sudarshan
Chakra

• 4. This is a parody comics of Feluda where
Feluda’s character’s name is Keluka. What are
the names of Topshe & Lalmohan babu in this
series?

• *5. This Jaipur University’s
professor was pioneer of works
related with parapsychology in
India. The book contained his
research on real paranormal
stories around the world. Prabhu,
a Rajasthani boy’s reincarnation
story impressed Satyajit Ray to
write the story ‘Sonar Kella’,
based on this.
• Id this author whose name might
inspired Ray to name a character
of the story also.

Ans – Dr. Hemendranath Bandopadhay.
Hemanga Hazra might be inspired from
him.

• 7. Goyendapith Lalbazar is a book which is
written by Supratim Sarkar, consisting of
some iconic mysteries solved by Kolkata
Police.
• Kolkata Police solved the first ever recorded
Card Scheming fraud case (duplicate ATM
Card to withdraw money) way back in 2010.
The investigating officer Soumya Banerjee
was getting confused as this kind of fraud
case was unheralded till then. But while
having some rest in his house, he was
reading his favorite Feluda Samagra again.
The code ‘X’ gave him a big clue to decode a
particular code for MSR (a hardware device
used for scheming). The mystery was solved
then & all the culprits were arrested.
• Which code did help him to solve the case?

Ans –Trinoyon O Trinoyon Ektu Zero!!!

8. Id the singer.
• Song – Man Mera Ram Ram Rache… from
movie ‘Soanr Kella’.

• 9. Famous tourist destinations for Bengalis
are ‘DIPUDA’ (Digha – Puri – Darjeeling).
• The three musketeers also explored all these
three locations. They visited Puri in Hatyapuri
& Darjeeling in Darjeeling Jomjamat. In which
story did they visit Digha?

• *10. Harald Bode was born
in 1909 in Hamburg,
Germany. He was an
engineer by profession. In
1947, he developed
something which was
extensively used (1947-49)
by Werner Meyer-Eppler in
early days of the electronic
studio at Bonn University.
• What did Harald invent in
1947?

• 11. He was born on 13th March,
1892 in Kolkata. On 30th August,
1921 in San Francisco he
achieved worldwide fame.
• His statue was installed and
unveiled at the Azad Hind
Bagh in 1996. Goabagan Street
in North Kolkata has been
named after him.
• Tulsicharan Dasgupta, Math
teacher from Ethenium Institute
was one of his disciples along
with Banamali Ghosh, Jyotish
Charan Ghosh and Biswanath
Dutta etc.
• Id him.

• 12. Name the unpublished manuscript of
Shambhoo Churn Bose, found in the Nepali
box.

Ans – A Bengalee in lamaland.

• 13. We all know that Feluda was a decent
cricketer & was a useful spinner for Kolkata
University against BHU & Lucknow university
in the Rohinton Baria Trophy. But he couldn’t
reach to the state or national level.
• But in which sport he was crowned as the
national champion?

Ans – Shooting. He became the champion
in the Rifle event.

• 14. Albert Hoffman, a Swiss
discovered this on November
16, 1938 in Basel, Switzerland.
This was used twice in Feluda
series. Feluda himself used it
once.
• Id it.

*15. Video Question…This sequence
(Running Hot water) was copied by
another Bengali director for his super hit
Bollywood movie of 2012. Id the
Bollywood film.

Ans – Kahaani (Sujay Ghosh director).

• 16. This was the gum which
was used to stick the
threatening letter, written
by Tinkari Mukhopadhay in
Feludar Goendagiri. Tinkari
babu was very much
impressed when Feluda
identified the Gum
correctly.
• Id this paper adhesive.

• 17. He was born at Chhota Jagulia
in 24 Parganas in the year 1865.
From his student life, he took
keen interest in physical culture.
Later he founded his
own akhada in Simulia. Swami
Vivekananda, his neighbour used
to train in this akhada. He also set
two other akhadas, one in his
ancestral village & other here in
Agarpara.
• But we remember him for some
other reason. His name & work is
very much mentioned in one
Feluda story.
• Id him.

Ans – Priyanath Bose. He founded Great
Bengal Circus.

• 18. All but one Feluda stories were published
first in either Sandesh or Desh. But which is
the only story that saw the first day light in
Anandamela?

Ans – Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahasso.

• 19. It is a Tibetan
Buddhist painting
on cotton, silk appliqué,
usually depicting
a Buddhist deity, scene,
or mandala. Feluda was
looking for it in a curio
shop in Darjeeling. What
is the name of this cotton
with drawing?

• *20. Rajiv Lochan Roy was the general of Gajapati
Mukundadeva, ruler of Kalinga. In the battle of
Triveni, he showed remarkable valour and bravery. He
had literally annihilated the Pathan Sultanate of Gour.
• After the battle, he fall in love with Gour sultan
Sulaiman Karreni’s daughter. But Mukundeva was
strongly against this marriage. It made Rajiv crazy. He
led a troop against the king. They defeated & killed
king Mukundadeva.
• What is the more popular name of Rajiv Lochan Roy?

Ans – Kalapahad. Nickname Raju from
Rajiv.

21. Video Question…What are they
shooting for in Kailash Temple in the
movie (in book it was different as
shooting of Crorepati was happening
there) ?

• 22. In ‘Shakuntalar Kanthahar,’ we
read about the story of an Anglo-
Indian silent film actress, named
Shakuntala Devi. Her 1930 movie
Kapalkundala was shown in the
anniversary party of her elder
daughter.
• In reality an Anglo-Indian
actress Renee Smith (1912 – 1983)
acted in Priyanath Ganguly’s 1929
movie KapalKundala.
• By what name we know this early
star of silent films in the Indian film
industry?

• 23. More than three & half years after the
sad demise of Satyajit Ray, a Feluda story was
published for the very first time.
• Name it.

Ans - Indrajal Rahasya. (it was found in a
manuscript by Sandip Ray).

• 24. In Gangtokey Gondogol , Satyajit Ray
introduced a character which brought some
comic relief for the readers in a thriller. The
readers also liked it. This probably insisted to
Satyajit Ray to induct a permanent comic
character in the Feluda series. As a result
Lalmohan Ganguly aka Jatayu joined Feluda &
Topshe in the very next adventure ‘Sonar Kella’.
• Id the character who probably created the path
for Jatayu’s inclusion.

• 25. Though we find names of different
Bollywood movies but only one song is there
in the Feluda series. You’ve to tell the names
of the Music Director & the Lyricist of this
super hit song.
• Song – Ye Jo Mohabbat Hain…

Ans – RD Burman & Anand Bakshi.

• *26. In Jai Baba Felunath Sashi Pal was
making the Durga idol. But for the film, the
shooting team needed a real Durga idol. So
they contacted with two (kumor) potters
from Ganesh Mahalla. If one of them was
Bangshi Pal then who was the other one (his
nickname is required here)?

• For Audience Only…
• This is probably the only medium where would
find both Feluda & Byomkesh together. Just name
this 2014 movie.

1. Who has given the voice for Jatayu
in Radio (Sunday Suspense – Ebar
Kando Kedarnathe)?

• 2. The climax of ‘Bhuswargo Bhoyankar’ was
happened in this picturesque location of Kashmir.
All the characters of this story including Feluda set
tents just beside the river originates from Kolhoi
Glacier near Sonmarg and joins the Jehlum River.
Id this 73km long river which has crystal bluish
water.

• 3. David McCutchion, popularly known as ‘Davidbabu’ made a
major contribution to the study of Hindu terracotta and brick
temples of Bengal.
• Around 1960 McCutchion met and developed an important
friendship with Satyajit Ray. It was while on a project
in Birbhum in 1962, that McCutchion developed a fascination for
the brick temples scattered across the Bengal landscape.
• After his early death at Kolkata, Satyajit babu as a tribute
mentioned this good friend’s name & work in his Feluda’s story
‘Robertsoner Ruby’.
• What was the project ‘Davidbabu’ associated with in Birbhum?

Ans – Abhijan (Ray’s film).
• He was translating the movie Abijan’s
dialogue from Bengali into English in 1962.

• 4. There are two similatiries between fake Bilas
Majumdar (Mr. Sarkar) & Mohinder Amarnath.
What Sarkar told in Hatyapuri that almost same
thing was done by Amarnath during 1983 World
Cup. Though later it was proved by Feluda that the
words of Sarkar were also false.
• What did Sarkar do in imagination & Amarnath in
reality?

Ans – Bilas babu told that he grew beard
to cover his wound. Amarnath played the
1983 World Cup with a moustache to hide
the 25 stitches.

Video Question…
• 5. Id the actor who is doing the role of Sidhu
Jytha. Also name the movie.

Ans – Dibya Bhattacharya & Golapi Mukto
Rahasso.

• 6. Feluda first made his appearance in
a Bengali children's magazine
called Sandesh in 1965, under the editorial
ship of Satyajit and X.
• Now id X with the help of these clues &
explain at least two of them.

Ans – Poet Subhash Mukhopadhay.
• Padatik Express was named to
honor him as he is called
‘Padatik Kobi’.
• Image of ‘Kobi Subhash’ Metro
station (New Garia).
• He is a recipient of Gyanpith
award.

• 7. Lalmohan Ganguly met Feluda &
Topshe during Sonar Kella. From
then he became an integral part of
Feluda series. Yet in three
occasions we missed him during
Feluda’s adventures after Sonar
Kella. If Golokdham Rahasso is the
third one in this list then which are
the first & second respectively?

Ans – Samaddarer Chabi & Ghurghutiyar
Ghotona.

• 8. These three are extremely rare postage
stamps. In childhood Feluda had a fascination
to have all these three. If the first one
belongs from Cape of Good Hope, then tell
the origins of the other two stamps.

Ans – Mauritius & British Guiana.

• 9. Tagore’s songs sung by Jatayu…
• Golapi Mukto Rahasso – Aloker ei Jharna
dharay dhuye dao…
• Chinnamastar Abhishaap - Fagun er nobin o
anonde
• Napoleoner Chithi - ?

Ans – Aj Jyotsna Raate Sabai Geche Bone.

• 10. This is the
memorial of X who
was killed here. We
read about both X &
the place in Feluda
Samagra.
• Id X (be specific) & the
location.

Ans – X = Sir Henry Lawrence & The
Residency in Lucknow.

• 11. Sunil Gvaskar & Mohinder
Amarnath made their First Class
debut for Vazir Sultan ___ Colts
XI in 1966-67 in the Moin-ud-
Dowlah Gold Cup. Nawab Pataudi
was the captain of the team. This
team used to give chances to the
youngsters who were doing well
at school and inter-university
level.
• Apart from producing the young
talents in cricket what do they
produce most?

• 12. ’Alliteration’ is a English word
which is from the Latin word littera,
meaning ‘letter of the alphabet’, it
was first coined in a Latin dialogue
by the Italian humanist Giovanni
Pontano in the 15th century. The
use of Alliteration could be found
again & again in Feluda stories.
• What is Alliteration?

Ans - Alliteration is the conspicuous
repetition of identical initial consonant
sounds in a group of words. It is also
called initial rhyme.
• Jatayu is an expert user of
Alliteration. Vancouvere Vampire,
Bombiyer Bombete,Honoluluye
Hahakar etc. are few of his books.

• 13. Originally, this belonged to
Peshwa Baji Rao (could be
seen in Bajirao Mastani movie
too) who acquired it for INR
___. In 1901, Maharaja
Rameshwar Singh of
Darbhanga - the landlord from
Bihar bought it from Dhir
Shamsher Rana who was short
of fund and urgently needed
money.
• What am I talking about &
what was the price of it?

Ans – Naulakha Har. It priced 9 lakhs
hence it got its name.
• In 1857, it was sold by Peshwa Nanasaheb to Rana Jung
Bahadur of Nepal for a pittance.

• 14. He acted as Dr. Dibakar in Jato Kando
Kathmandute Teleseries. His father is associated
with something which has a very special place in
the hearts of all Bengalis. Even Satyajit Ray himself
mentioned it in his Feluda’s adventure Golokdham
Rahasso.
• Id this actor & his father (5 points). Also tell about
that special thing of Bengalis.

Ans – Indrajit Deb & Amiyo Deb. Kolkata
Derby where Amiyo Deb scored the first
ever hat-trick.
• Kolkata Derby was mentioned in Golokdham
Rahasso. Even Satyajit babu also knew the
eternal truth

15. Id this music instrument.
(Recognized by UNESCO as the
Cultural Heritage).

Video Question…
• 16. This actor who happened to be the Ambika
Ghoshal in Jay Baba Felunath too. He was the
uncle of a respected well know personality in
India.
• Id them both.

Ans – Bimal Chatterjee & Somenath
Chatterjee.

INFINITE POUNCE TWO
WILL GO ANTI CLOCKWISE…

Another one for the audience…
• According to Sidhu Jytha…
• 1. Parapsychology = Para Chhai Cholo Jai
• 2. Exhibition = Iss Ki Bhishon
• 3. Impssible = Aam Poche Bell
• 4. Dictionary = Dakosh Nari
• 5. Governor =

1. Id this favorite (probably) author of
Feluda…talking about Western Music
in English!!!

Ans – Nevile Cardus. (Feluda was looking
for his book on cricket).

• 2. ‘The Door Between’ was purchased from Wheeler’s by
G.C. Dhameeja & it was there in his briefcase.
• During the screen adaption of the story, director Sandip Ray
couldn’t find a copy of ‘The Door Between’. So he used an
Agatha Christie’s book for the movie.
• Id the author of ‘The Door Between’ & the name of Agatha
Christie’s book.

Ans – Ellery Queen & They Do It With
Mirrors.

• 3. On July 1st, 2014, All India Radio –
Akashvani proudly shared on their official
‘Facebook’ page how they once helped
Feluda to solve a mystery by doing something
or nothing.
• How did they help Feluda?

• Ans – Bikash Sinha in Joy Baba Felunath told
Feluda that he was listening Akhtari Bai’s songs on
Lucknow Radio. But they didn’t play Akhtari songs
on that day. It created doubt on Feluda’s mind
about Bikash.

• 4. It is a hill station and a municipal
council in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. It is
Asia's only automobile-free hill station & only the
second Municipal/Corporation to have active hand-
pull rickshaw services as transport along with Kolkata.
• The train used in Bomabiyer Bombete’s shooting
(according to Satyajit babu) had come from there to
Khandala.
• Id this tiny hill station.

• 5. TNT (Tarak Nath Thakur) had a habit of collecting
unique living items. He travelled around the world to
collect those. When he visited the continent Africa, he
collected Gawangi (a giant shaped man) from Uganda.
He must visited another African country to collect the
Black Parrot who could talk in three languages. This
bird is found exclusively in this country. It’s also the
national bird of this country. Name it.

• 6. If you solve the three equations you would get three
characters (AGR) who are indirectly very important figures
in a Feluda Story. Name all. (5 points for story, another 5 for
naming at least two characters.)

Ans – Dr. Munsir Diary. Three
controversial characters (A,G,R)
mentioned in the diary.
• 1. Arun Sengupta = Arun Jaitley + Rudraprasad
Sengupta
• 2. George Higgins = George Clooney (actor) +
Michael Higgins (current President of Ireland)
• 3. Raghunandan Tiwary = Raghunandan Panshikar
+ Saurabh Tiwary

• 7. In ‘Ebar Kando Kedarnathe’ we see Jatayu reciting a
Tagore’s poem, called ‘Nadi’(ore tora ki janis keu…)
after being amazed by the beauty of the river on their
way to Kedarnath.
• When Tagore wrote the poem, a famous personality
drew the pictures for it.
• Id the river of Uttarakhand which made Jatayu crazy &
the person who drew for Tagore.

Ans – Mandakini River & Upendra Kishore
Roy Chowdhury.

8. Id the singer from Joy Baba
Felunath (played on Radio)!!!

• 9. Feluda once solved the mystery of
‘Kharagpurer Jora Khoon’. The paid killer was
recruited to kill only one person. But he killed
two people. What was the reason to kill the
second person?

Ans – They were twins so the killer
couldn’t decide whom to kill.

• 10. If Rajani Majumdar & Nishinath Sen are
watching this play & they would meet for the
very first time during interval then which play
are they watching?
• Also tell who is the author of this play?

Ans – Major Barabara by George Bernard
Shaw.

11. Video Question… Id the 28th book
of Jatayu (in film only).

• 12. Two districts in two different states shares
the same name. These are also only two
identical named Loksabha seats of India. Feluda
had to visit both the districts to solve two
different mysteries. If one of them is
Lakhaipurer Jora Khoon (mentioned in Nayan
Rahasso) then which is the other one?
• These two districts/Lok Sabha seats are named
after a person who is very much related to
another Feluda story. Id the districts/LK seats.

Ans – Kailashe Kelenkari & Aurangabad,
named after Aurangazeb whose ring was
the topic of Badshahi Angti.

13. These two gentlemen are somehow connected with each
other. If the left one is Sagar Bhowmik from Dumdum Cantt.
then who is the person on the right & how are they connected?

Ans – Tintorretto. Both of them are the
painters of Jesus. Sagar Bhowmik drew
the Jesus picture for the movie ‘Tintoretor
Jishu’.

• 14. Runa once compained that Topshe tells a lots
of lies. She told that Topshe intially introduced
Feluda as his Maternal cousin brother while later
he described him as his paternal cousin.
• Apart from this, Topshe in another story told a lie
as he had wrote that they never visited this place
before. But in an earlier adventure, Sonar Kella, he
mentioned that he along with Feluda visited there.
• Name the second story & where did they visit?

Ans – Aditya Bardhaner Aviskar & Taj
Mahal.

15. Video Question…Name this ‘Jatra’
of Bharat Opera.

• 16. Jatayu never drives his own green
Ambassador as it may effect his novel’s plot. So
Haripada babu always drives them to the
different parts of Bengal or sometimes even
outside. But once he took a 10 days’ leave. So
Feluda had to drive the car to reach the
destination. This was one of only two cases
where Feluda himself drived. The other was
during their trip to Hazaribagh.
• Now tell where were they going in the first case?

Ans – Panihati, Amravati House.

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