Prashnavali 2017 (Grand Finale)

Format of the Quiz
• Written Round.(5)
• Mixed Bag.(15)
• Written Round II.(5)
• Mixed Bag II.(15)

What the round is all about????
 Written Round
 All the answers are related to this edition
of FIFA U-17 World Cup
 There is no underlying theme between
the answers
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 05 marks (without stake)
+ 10 / - 05 (with stake)

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One of the six venues of this edition, hosted four
international football matches within a span of four days,
just a few years back.
These matches were part of which multi-sports
international meet?
*

2014 Lusofonia Games
*
The stadium is J.L. Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Goa.

This unfortunate incident happened only twice. This
country (vis) had to experience this in the 2009-edition.
Which country faced the same ignominy in 2017?
1.

What is so special about this particular group of
people?
2.

As part of the physical and mental preparation, Chileans
have not left any stone unturned in the bid for their
maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup title. After taking lessons
of Bikram Yoga, a form of hot yoga performed in a hot
environment of 35°C and 95% humidity, Chilean coach
asked for something else which raised a few eyebrows.
What did they do that was also posted on their official
Twitter handle along with this photograph?
3.

The national flag of Niger, one of the debutante nation
of this edition’s FIFA U-17 World Cup, pays tribute to its
geography through it’s designs. As per the common
interpretation, the upper orange band represents the
northern regions of the Sahara Desert and the lower
green band represents the fertile regions of southern
Niger.
What does the central white band represent?
4.

Jonichand, currently playing for Peerless Club in
Kolkata Premier League, is trying very hard to add to
the meagre income of his family. His father K.D. Singh
had to leave his job with the state police in 2015 after
suffering a stroke. The poor family is chiefly dependent
on his mother who is a vegetable-vendor at the
Khwairamband Bazar.
Who is responsible for the sudden change of fortune of
these people and already became a part of history?
5.

Nigeria
1
Nigeria became the first incumbent title holder,
since Switzerland in 2009, to fail to qualify for the 2017
edition.

Female Assistant Referees
2

They watched
‘Chak De India’
3

River Niger
4

Jeakson Singh
5

 15 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
 Clockwise Round
+ 10 marks (for Bounce)
+ 10 / - 05 (for Pounce)
 Half Points will be decided by the QM

The most basic division of the Indian society is of the
Aryans of the north and the Dravidians of the south.
According to this division, nearly 70% of Indians are
Aryans and 30% are Dravidians. Those who prefer to see
mythology as proto-history see a particular story that
retells the epic conquest of fair-skinned cow-loving
Aryans over the dark-skinned buffalo-loving Dravidians.
Which highly celebrated story of Indian mythology is
being referred to here?
*

Battle between
Devi Durga and Mahishasur
*

In the debut novel of sci-fi writer
Philip K. Dick, titled - Solar Lottery,
the plot is centred around a world
dominated by logic and numbers.
Loosely based on a military strategy
employed by U.S. and Soviet
intelligence called Minimax (part of
the game theory), it tells about a new
assassin whose job is to try to kill the
leader of the world government.
By what other name do we better
know this leader?
1.

Quizmaster
1

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2.
The idea was mooted by an adventurous engineer
Rowland Macdonald Stephenson. During the middle of
the 19th century, work started accordingly. But the
investors backed out, citing non-profitablity of the
project. Franklin Prestage who was fascinated by the
ethereal scenic beauty of the region, took interest and
restarted the project. Gillanders Arbuthnot and Co.
supervised it and the rest is history.
What is being talked about?
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Darjeeling Himalayan
Railway
2

3.
As an aftermath of the Las-Vegas Shooting Incident,
this popular slogan by the National Rifle Association -
‘I'll give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from my
cold, dead hands’, came back into public memory.
Originally mentioned in a 1976 Report, the slogan’s
popularity owed to a former President of the NRA who
repeatedly mentioned these words (either fully or
partly) in his speeches till his retirement in 2003.
Who?
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Charlton Heston
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4.
Though the title refers to an European country, the
novel is set in Tokyo during the late 1960s, at a time
when Japanese students, like those of many other
nations, were protesting against the establishment. It
made the author something of a superstar in his
native country. Interestingly, the novel shares its
name with something that is pretty popular among
the quizzers because of an India-connecting trivia.
Which novel is that?
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Norwegian Wood
4

5.
As part of the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
(GRACE), two small satellites were launched in March
2002 to investigate the Earth’s shifting water masses and
map their effects on the planet’s gravitational field.
Though it seems that they are chasing each other, in
reality they are maintaining a constant gap of 200 km.
What are they appropriately nicknamed as?
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Siliguri Quiz Club Q.M. - Somnath
5.
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Tom & Jerry
5

6.
Widely known for developing Amazon’s Kindle line of
e-readers and tablets, Lab126 is the research and
development wing of Amazon.
What is the funda behind the number 126 in it’s name?
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The name derives from
the arrow in Amazon's logo
6
It points from A to Z — the 1st and 26th letters in the
English alphabet

7.
The only film written by the Munshi Premchand in
which he also played a cameo, Majdoor (1934) courted
controversy owing to one particular sequence where the
sister incited the workers of a mill to strike against her
own brother who was the owner of that mill. It evoked
inflammatory responses across the country and the film
had to be pulled out of the theatres, in many cases,
through the use of force. Interestingly, workers at one
press in Benares were inspired by this film and called
for a strike against non-payment of wages.
Who was the owner of that well-known press?
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Munshi Premchand himself
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Identify the ‘poet’ of this accidentally-written poem,
which would make the Vogons of the Douglas Adams’
fictional world, proud.
*

Google AI Project
*

8.
An international friendly took place in Budapest on
2nd June 1990 where Hungary defeated Columbia 3-1.
Played in front of just 4,000 odd fans, the match is
remembered for some of the craziest antics ever seen
on football ground and another absolutely stoic
reaction by Carlos Valderrama during the ‘crunch
moment’.
What happened on the pitch?
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One-of-a-kind Kick Off
8

9.
Recently, it came into notice that practising
something regularly improve the strength of the
tongue muscles and reduce the ‘fat pads’ in the
throat. This in turn reduces snoring and eases the
symptoms of obstructive sleep apnoea. This quirky
discovery helps that thing to come into mainstream
although Indians are pretty familiar with it because of
a much-talked-about superhit 2001 movie.
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Didgeridoo
9

10.
In January 1952, a young copywriter for Esquire left his
job after he was denied a $5 raise. In the very next year,
he took out a mortgage, arranged for a bank loan and
took donations from several ones to kickstart his dream
venture. School teacher Grace Caroline also supported
her son ‘not because she believed in the venture, but
because she believed in her son’.
What was thus started?
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Playboy
10

11.
Gimp Disco, Split Dickslit, Bitch Piglet and Blood
Fart were all rejected. These were found to be not up
to the mark as head-turners (and strangely, not
enough crowd-repelling).
What was thus finally selected?
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Limp Bizkit
11

12.
As per the Indian mythology, there is a detailed
underlying meaning to it. One has to take a boat while
crossing a river. But sometimes the river is so shallow
that one can simply walk across. This type of
waterbody is called a Ford, but metaphorically
represent a ____. So as per the mythological beliefs,
____ is crossing from one bank to the other without
anyone’s help.
Just fill in the blank.
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Tirth or Tirthyatra
12

13.
Just a few years ago, an entire collection of paintings,
wood carvings and katum kutum (made from twigs
and branches) of an amateur artist were donated to the
Indian Museum by his family members on the
occasion of his 115th birth anniversary.
Identify this person whose artistic talent was
overshadowed by his other well known talent.
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13.
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Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
13

14.
The opening line of this 2016-blogpost about the
participation of girls in quizzing is inspired from which
classic?
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Pride and Prejudice
14

15.
Often cited as one of rock music’s first ‘concept
albums’, this debut studio album by the American
group the ‘Mothers of Invention’, famously inspired a
‘project’ which got both critical and commercial success.
Identify that award-winning project where Gandhiji and
Hitler, along with few others, had their bit roles to play
as per the original plans but were finally debarred.

Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band
15

 Written Round
 All the answers are related to pop-artish
references in the cartoon-world
 There is no underlying theme between
the answers
+ 05 marks (without stake)
+ 10 / - 05 (with stake)

This Rick & Morty scene is inspired from a series of
artworks created by C.M. Coolidge for the ad. company
Brown & Bigelow. Works from that series like A Bold
Bluff, and Pinched With Four Aces, were later
reproduced as posters, and calendars also.
What is the name
of that series?
*

Dogs Playing Poker
*

During the recent Syrian
crisis, The Spectator
magazine joined the chorus
of protest with its own
powerful cover.
This cover-art is a direct
reference to ‘what’?
1.

Highly criticised
for it’s racy and
sexual content,
what is the
name of this
ongoing
serialised
graphic novel?
2.

Before the release of the 2011
movie Thor, Marvel celebrated by
releasing a ‘Thor Goes to
Hollywood’ variant line, with
parody works depicting Thor in
homage to earlier hit films.
Identify the inspiration behind
this artwork.
3.

Sandra Woosan, debuted in
Richard Dragon, Kung Fu
Fighter, is a martial arts
grandmaster and one of the
most skilled combatants in
the DC Universe.
An assassin-for-hire, a
specialist in killing her foes
with bare hands, how is she
better known?
4.

Ma Beagle and her sons, known as the Beagle Boys are a
notorious clan in the comics universe. They were based
on the real life gangster Mrs. Kate and her sons who were
described by former FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover as ‘the
most vicious, dangerous and resourceful criminal brains
of that era’.
In the world of pop-culture, how is that lady being
immortalised other than the character of Ma Beagle?
5.

‘Guernica’ by Picasso
1

Agent Rana
2

Saturday Night Fever
3

Sandra Woosan, debuted in
Richard Dragon, Kung Fu
Fighter, is a martial arts
grandmaster and one of the
most skilled combatants in
the DC Universe.
An assassin-for-hire, who
specializes in killing her
targets with her bare hands,
how is she better known?
4.

Lady Shiva
4

‘Ma Baker’ by Boney M
5

 15 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
 Anti-Clockwise Round
+ 10 marks (for Bounce)
+ 10 / - 05 (for Pounce)
 Half Points will be decided by the QM

*
Romanian govt., to stop certain crimes, decided for a
remedial measure. As a part of that plan, an official
announcement was made in Feb, 2017. But after huge
protests from different quarters, the decision was
reversed.
What did the Romanian govt. want to implement that
also made them a kind of laughing stock to others?

Legalised Bribes
*
Bribes upto €50,000 were legalised

1.
As promised to a merchant named Raj Kumar
Shukla, Gandhiji along with a band of lawyers
decided to visit in a non-descript district on April 10,
1917. What followed thereafter had a great impact in
the days to come.
To celebrate the centenary of that momentous
occasion, India Post has issued these stamps.
Explain, the appropriateness of the
colour-scheme of these stamps.
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1.
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Indigo coloured stamp
for the Indigo Satyagraha at Champaran
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2.
Representing a trustful and reliable relationship
between a buyer and a seller, this cordial gesture is
said to be the real inspiration.
But in common parlance, an English alphabet is
thought to be the reason.
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The Logo of Hyundai
2

3.
Probably, in an
unique instance in
the world history,
how are these two
15th century
monuments – one
in Chittorgarh and
another one in
Mandu, connected
to each other?
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Built by the opposing rulers who
both claimed victory in the same battle
3
Though history books suggest that Rana Kumbha
decisively defeated Mahmud Khilji in the Battle of
Mandalgarh and Banas in 1443
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4.
These non-veg heavy thalis (vis), containing a huge
variety of dishes of chicken, fish etc. are especially in
demand in North Indian restaurants during the time
of Dusshera.
What’s the catchy name given to this type of Thalis,
taking some reference from Hindu mythology?
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4.
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Ravana Thali
4

5.
After fighting in the Italian Wars, Juan Sebastián
Elcano became a merchant ship captain. After breaking
laws by surrendering a ship to Genoan bankers in
repayment of a debt, he sought a pardon from the
Spanish King Charles V, by signing on as a subordinate
officer for a first of it’s kind project. Though, he was the
one to have completed it, he was completely
overshadowed by someone else and almost became a
forgotten figure in the world history.
Who got the credit instead?
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Ferdinand Magellan
5

6.
Prof. Otto Lindenbrock, with the help of his nephew
Axel cracked the above-mentioned runic cryptogram.
As a result of that, what started in Snæfellsjökull, an
old stratovolcano with a glacier on its summit and
ended in Stromboli, another volcanic island, popularly
known as the ‘Lighthouse of the Mediterranean’?
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6.
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Journey to the Centre
of the Earth
6

7.
Identify the poet.
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Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
7

*
After a short and whirlwind marriage in the 1950s, Mary
Louise Bell – ‘a platinum blonde with a penchant for
high heels and tight clothes’, asked for divorce. She
wrote in her complaint that ‘he begins working calculus
problems in his head as soon as he awakens. He did
calculus while driving, while sitting in the living room
and while lying in bed at night.’
Who was that genius husband?
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Richard Feynman
*

8.
The idea of building this arena, the second-largest ice
hockey arena in Europe, came on the heels of the
‘golden era’ of Czech ice hockey : winning the gold
medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and three golds in a
row at the World Championships. The construction was
finally finished in time to host the 2004 Men’s World
Championships.
What happened in this ice hockey stadium for three days
in the month of September, 2017?
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8.
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Laver Cup
8

9.
Once her idols can be found at the doors of nearly every
temple and beside city gates (vis). Described as a very
beautiful woman, voluptuous and fecund, carrying a
pot of water in one hand, she is also depicted in the
symbol of Makara rashi, Capricorn.
Who?
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9.
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Ganga
9

10.
This custom-made coffin (vis) was unveiled at the
Funermostra-2017, an annual expo that showcases the
latest products and services available in the funeral
worlds.
Offered to the die-hard fanatics to fulfill their wish of
spending eternity as close as possible to their beloved
ones, which ‘organisation’ is behind this plan?
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10.
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Real Madrid
10

11.
It was the early ‘50s. Meetings between the music-team
of ‘Shri 420’ was taking place almost regularly. One day
when they were driving past a bus-stop, one half of the
composer-duo, Jaikishen saw a pretty girl. He turned
around instinctively to take a look. Lyricist Shailendra
said Jaikishen not to do that again and immediately
started writing down few lines.
Which song was thus born on road?
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Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh
11

12.
The troops of Duke Godfrey III
of Leuven were battling against
the troops of the Berthouts, in
1142. Considering his tender
age, the Duke didn’t engage in
the battle in person but, standing
on top of a tree, ‘helped’ his
troops in the only way he could.
In the end, his troops won.
How that ‘brave’ act by the
Duke has been commemorated?
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The Manneken Pis in Brussels
12

13.
Held in the Italian town of Consonno, the 2017 edition
of ‘Nascondino World Championship’ is a much talked
about event. A team from Italy won the gold after
defeating around 80 teams from 5 continents.
Which ‘childhood pasttime’ is being played in this
championship?
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Hide-and-Seek
13

14.
Operation ___ ____ was the post-WWII operation by
the War Shipping Administration to repatriate over 8
million US Army personnel from the European, Pacific
and Asian territories.
Operation ___ ____ was an operation between June
1949 and September 1950 that brought 49,000 Yemenite
Jews to the new state of Israel.
As featured in literature, movies and video games, ___
____ is used to transport humans very quickly to their
destination.
FITB.
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Magic Carpet
14

15.
Sir Rajendranath Mukherjee, a noted alumnus of 1883
batch of this institute, was a pioneering industrialist.
Co-founder of Martin & Co., he was the Chief
Engineer of the Howrah Bridge, and also the Victoria
Memorial. His name is associated with another iconic
structure (not as a designer but as a donor) which has
since become the identity after it was installed in 1921.
What is being described?
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The Clock Tower
of IIEST, Shibpur
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