Pick your poison

RULES
• This round will have 16 questions.
• This is a hybrid Pick Your Poison with Pounce Round.
• Each team will receive 2 direct questions. For them, the marking will be +10/0. After
the QM has read out the question, the team who has the direct question has 60
seconds to think about the answer, after which they have to speak out the answer.
• For the team who wants to pounce, must tag the moderator in the WhatsApp that
they want to pounce in the first 15 seconds after the QM finishes reading the
question. They will have additional 45 seconds for writing the answer. If the team fails
to write any answer in those 45 seconds, they will get -10 points. The marking
scheme for pouncing teams in +15/-10.
• Once the window closes, no answers will be accepted. Remember, answers are
accepted as long as the question is displayed on the screen.
• In case of any dispute, QM is God, and his decision will be final.

POISON
1.MELA
2.Etymology
3.Food
4.Biz-Tech
5.International
Relations
6.It Happens Only in
India
7.Famous
Personalities
8.Monuments

1. I am a village that everybody knows of but I don't exist. The
predicaments here, ranging from religious missionaries to little kids
arguing over toys like spinning tops and cowrie shells, although
fictional were not unheard of at that time and that's what attracted
visitors from all over the country irrespective of their language
backgrounds. But guess what? Most of the residents here are fluent
in only one language. Who am I?

2. A connoisseur of powerful words, X ranks among the
prolific poets and stalwarts of the Hindi language. X's pen
dipped in the ink of veer rasa aided her fight against social
injustice and colonial rulers. She was one of the first women
to be jailed for Satyagrah. X was very vocal about the caste
discrimination around her. Infact, she encouraged one of the
first openly intercaste marriages of her daughter with the
son of Y, a contemporary of hers, known for his Hindi-Urdu
works and having equally liberal ideas for his time. Identify X
and Y.

X – Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
Y – Danpat Rai (Munshi Premchand)

3. X is believed to get its name from Y who is believed to
have settled and discovered X first. The literal meaning of
X’s Sanskrit version translates into Y’s lake or Y’s mountain.
Identify X and Y.

X -- Kashmir
Y -- Sage Kashyap (Rishi Kashyap)

4. CEC Sukumar Sen was outraged by the practice, which he
described as "a bizarre useless legacy of the past," and
ordered his officials to amend the rolls by putting the
women's names "instead of simple descriptions of such
voters." Nonetheless, 2.8 million female voters had to be
removed off the list. Sen saw the uproar over their omission
as a 'positive thing,' because it would help the identity bias
fade away before the next elections. What was the social
practice discussed here?

The practice of naming women as
“Chintu Ki Mummy” or “Danpat Ki Beti”

5. X is a dense, sweet confection originating in the Middle
East and Central and South Asia. It is also served in the
Balkans, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Malta, North Africa,
the Horn of Africa, and in the Jewish diaspora. In some
Indian cultures, the dish is known as a soup-based sweet. X
is actually derived from an Arabic word Y whose literal
meaning is " sweet confection". Identify X.

6. A famous Indian multinational company X started way
before independence was named on the household name of
its founder. It had its first manufacturing plant in Kolkata.
Recently, it came into controversy because a foreign country
Y, finding it unhealthy and harmful, banned its products. But
when tests were carried in different parts of India, nothing
harmful was found. Hence, there was a little bit of outrage
on social media sarcastically trolling Y & its citizens. Identify
X & Y.

7. America was engulfed in a bloody Civil War in the early
1860s. Subsequently, the cotton crop in America suffered a
significant failure in 1846. Textile merchants in the United
Kingdom were forced to look for other markets as a result.
Traders in the United Kingdom then focused their attention
on the cotton harvest in India, one of the British colonies at
the time. The migration of Great Britain's principal supplier
from America to India heralded the commencement of one
of India's largest companies. Since then, it has been a vital
part of the country. X, a self-sustaining social welfare system
that has become a nation's lifeline, has knitted a
subcontinent together and brought the concept of united
India to reality. Identify X.

8. After the announcement of a major policy in 2016 to
complement it the then Indian government had launched an
application named Y which is also the popular name by
which a scholar, who played a prominent role in fighting
against caste-based discrimination. The underlying principle
of Y is X which was so innovative that tech giants such as
Google, Facebook, etc have made their own application
based on X.

X is a business entrepreneur of Indian
origin. His father was a captain in the
Indian army & mother worked for the
central bank of India. He briefly worked
for Apple Computer as a hardware
engineer. He along with his colleague
created a web app on America’s
Independence day symbolizing
“freedom” from a conventional method
of communication. Later, Microsoft
acquired the app & X worked for
Microsoft for some time. Then, he left
Microsoft and developed many other
communication services. ID X.

ID the Stock which is being talked about
in this meme.

9. X is a technique used by Y which India has been the
primary subject of X's implementation. X is based on the
principle of changing the status quo and then acting like it
has been this way since time immemorial, ultimately leading
to actually the new status quo is considered as a fact. Y has
now expanded X's implementation to countries to its south
lying in the pacific ocean Identify X and Y.

X – Salami Slicing
Y – PRC (People’s Republic of China)

10. X a country claiming to be Z which India also recognized
for a brief period of time. Owing to international pressure
and a UN technicality India revoked X’s recognition and
instead recognized Y which also claims to be Z, as a
legitimate country. Although coming from the same ethnic
backgrounds both lie at the opposite ends of political
systems running their respective countries. Identify X and Y.
(No part points)

X – Taiwan
Y – People’s Republic of China
Z = X + Y = Republic of China

11. Six Sigma (6 Sigma) is a collection of methodologies and
tools for improving processes. Bill Smith, an American
engineer who worked at Motorola at the time, was the first
to introduce it in 1986. A six sigma process is one in which
99.99966 percent of all opportunities to generate a feature
of a part are expected to be defect-free statistically. X is a
famous Indian organization which is a certified Six Sigma. In
the late 1800s, a rising number of migrants arrived in a
Metropolitan city X, from all across the country, and fast
food and canteens were not readily available. All of these
people went to work early in the morning and often went
hungry for lunch. They came from diverse communities and,
as a result, had different tastes, which created a difficulty for
roadside food sellers to cater their needs. Organization X
was born out of this necessity. Identify X. A famous movie Y
by an internationally acclaimed actor was made by this
organization, based on one of the rare errors the
organization has ever made. Identify X, Y and the rare error.

X – Dabbawallahs
Y – Lunchbox
Rare Error – Lunchbox gets delivered to the
wrong address

12. Before the advent of electricity, the Britishers tackled
extreme Indian climate by hiring Xs in government offices
and their mansions. Their entire job was to perform just a
single function. After the revolt of 1857, the Britishers were
very careful about hiring X, and having a certain impairment
was one of the primary requirements for the job. Identify X,
the impairment and why it was necessary. (3 points each for
X and impairment, 4 points for necessity).

X – Pankhawallah
Impairment – Deaf
Reason – They can’t hear confidential talks
happening in the offices/houses.

13. In the early 19th century, Jews were being persecuted
from Europe, when a famous Indian freedom fighter X also
took their stand, fought for them & described them as
“Untouchables of Europe”. But when they were trying to seek
shelter in an Arab region(famous as Palestine at that time),
there was a conflict between them, & when X was asked
about his say in their conflict, he took the Arabs stand &
stated that it would be immoral to obstruct Jews on Arabs.
Identify X.

14. X, a social entrepreneur, born in South India, known for
revolutionizing the Y industry of the country & making India
oil-sufficient. His visions were extraordinary and he was
known for honesty & fearless nature. Inspired by the prime
ministers' methods on setting up cooperatives and plants,
Indira's intervention in fruits and vegetables, and Rajiv's
intervention in oilseeds and edible oil markets, he started
various brands resulting from these, which have become
common household names. Back when in a press conference
in Mumbai, X told a story that showed his aweless character
was about India’s feud with a particular industry of New
Zealand. A New Zealand official rudely dismissed India’s
products’ export, to which X replied if all of the Indians
decide to spit on New Zealand, it would drown their island
country. No other man at his position would risk saying such
things, but then it was fearless of him. ID X & Y.

X – Dr. Verghese Kurien
Y – Dairy Industry

15. Situated in the flat rocky plains of the Western Ghats
also known as the Deccan Traps, X is a group of monuments
designated as a world heritage site. Among the cluster of
structures a unique structure Y stands which holds the title
of being Z. Y is a temple dedicated to one the 3 supreme
deities from the Hindu mythology. X provides a glimpse of
the social and cultural construct of Indian society from
around 6th century - 10th century CE.

X - Ellora Caves
Y - Kailasa Temple
Z - Largest monolithic structure in the world

16. In India, X is a twin temple from the 11th century. Like
most Hindu and Jain temples in this region, it is positioned
near a Y Fort and is dedicated to Vishnu in his Padmanabha
form. There are three entrances to this temple, each from a
different direction. A room that is now closed can be found
in the fourth direction. X is a perpetual, never-ending feud
between the two parties, as shown in popular culture. "The
One With a Thousand Arms" is what X actually stands for.
Determine who X is and what the conflict is. (5 points for X,
5 for identifying the quarrel)

X – Sas Bahu Temple
Quarrel – “Sas Bahu” Quarrels

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