SPQC (13 sep,2012)

Sardar Patel Quiz Club (2012-2013)
- Aayur Kaul

- Sixth Quiz of this Semester

NEW RULE :

Pranit’s Team will start with (-10) marks. :-P

Abusive language to be used in case of emergencies only.

“I have had but one good Idea in my life”
Amul man X , who pioneered milk cooperative
movement and steered India’s milk revolution, passed
away in Gujarat on 9 september 2012.

ID X?

Who is He? And what is he famous for?

D. Udaya Kumar
For the new Indian Rupee symbol.

The major biologically active compound in X is delta 9-
tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly referred to as THC.
Humans have been consuming X since prehistory, although in
the 20 century there was a rise in its use for recreational,
spiritual or religious and medicinal purposes. It is estimated
that about 4 percent of the world’s adult population use it
annually 0.6 percent daily.
Identify X.

Who won the only Paralympics medal for India in
London Paralympics this year?

The largest city in Morocco is also the name of
an Oscar winning movie and has a famous port.
Which city?

A plaque at a famous landmark in this city has an
inscription saying “Urbs Prima in Indus”
(the landmark was founded 100 years ago)
Which city?

Mumbai
This plaque is at the Gateway of India, whose founding
stone was laid in March 1911 to commemorate the arrival
of George V that year

Which famous Hindi story begins thus:

The writer Dilip Chitre published a translation of this saint's poems from
Marathi into English.
Which saint?

He died in Bristol, England
in 1833 while on a visit to
that country.

This statue, sculpted by
Calcutta-based sculptor
Niranjan Pradhan, was
erected in Bristol in 1997.

Whose statue?

A poster for which corporate entity?

5th November 2011 was declared a state holiday in Orissa
by the state government to celebrate Presidential assent
to two significant changes.
Name them?

Orissa → Odisha
Oriya → Odia

The Mullaiperiyar dam is located in Kerala, but has been
leased to Tamil Nadu after a 1886 treaty between the
then Travancore State and the Madras Presidency.
For how many years is this lease?

Who are the only father-son pair to have each (i.e.
independently) won the Dadasaheb Phalke award?

Singer Himanshu Joshi and percussionist Tuheen
Chakraborty are the two most recent (though not fully
permanent) members of which Indian group?

This is a long-running popular show on Vividh Bharati,
which features stories in radio play form. It shares its
name with a Jaipur landmark.
What show?

There are several Birla Mandirs in the country, each with
a presiding deity. At which of these temples, in Rajasthan,
is the deity the goddess Saraswati?

People of this North Eastern state speak 20+ different
local languages, so a mixture has emerged as a link
language. The name is a portmanteau word made of the
main ethnic group in the state and a language of a
neighbouring state.
What is this name?

A very famous Indian personality famous for his style
of speaking, he won the 1999 Screen Award as the Best
Lyricist in the Non film Music category for his album
‘Nai Disha’. Identify the person.

”In days of yore, it was compulsory for those in the
services to have nonvegetarian food to allegedly
increase their stamina to face the rigours of combat.”
What did this practice eventually evolve into?

____ is a form of folk theatre ,said to have originated in
Maharashtra in the 18th century.The plays originated
as entertainment for encamped armies.The word
literally means drama in several Indian
languages.Which word?

Gandhi told him to refrain from using big words and
write in a simple language and transliterate what the
`harijans' say. He rewrote the novel at Gandhi's
ashram. Nineteen publishers in London rejected the
script, but with E.M. Forster's preface, it was accepted
by a publisher.. Identify the Novel that went on to
become a classic and the Author

Mulk Raj Anand – the untouchable

X was considered a very tough leader. By his orders in 1960,
a demonstration by the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti was
fired upon by the police resulting in the deaths of 105
demonstrators. This led to public outrage that shook the
central government and eventually to the formation of the
present State of Maharashtra.
X’s reign introduced India to coalition politics.
Accused India’s Research & Analysis Wing of being a guard
of his main rival and closed down most of the agency.
Despite all this, he is the only person to have received the
highest civilian awards of both India (Bharat Ratna) and
Pakistan (Nishaan-e-Pakistan).
Who?

India is the only country to have won all the
international paegents it participated in, (Miss
Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific) in the
same year (2000). Name all three winners.

Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra, Diya Mirza

This word has been discussed recently in the Bangkok Post, the
Times of India and other Asian newspapers. A search suggests it
has been in use in the USA for about the past year but is only
now beginning to appear in print.
It refers to people who have been laid off from a multinational
because their job has been moved to India — a business practice
designed to save money that is arousing passions in some
countries, especially Britain and the United States. When this
piece first appeared, in the newsletter, many subscribers
immediately connected it with the X torpedo, a tube packed with
explosive used by troops for blowing up wire entanglements,
which got its name because it was invented in that city.
One Web site is selling T-shirts with the slogan “Don’t Get Xed”
as a way of telling people about the issue.

What was introduced in 1988 and named to
commemorate the 100th year of the birth Jawaharlal
Nehru?

The popular Indian lore says that on pilgrimage to
Mecca in the 16th century, Baba Budan, a revered
Muslim holy man from India, discovered for himself
the wonders of X. In his zeal to share what he’d found
with his fellows at home, he smuggled seven ________
out of the Yemeni port of Y, wrapped around his belly.
On his return home, he settled himself on the slopes
of the Chandragiri Hills in Kadur district, Mysore State
(present day Karnataka). This hill range was later
named after him as the Baba Budan Hills and one can
see his tomb even today near Chikmagalur.

There is a wide range of products produced under this
brand. This includes paper files, clothes, bread and
furniture.It’s factory has amongst others, a carpentry,
chemical and tailoring units. It even has a baking
school. What brand?

 The current squad of the club is as shown:
 Sanjib Sanyal (captain)
 Anustup Majumdar
 Suvomoy Das
 Abhijit Sikdar
 Eklak Ahmed
 Arindam Ghosh
 Rajkumar Pal
 Naved Ahmed
 Md. Sami
 Priyankar Mukherjee
 Abhlim Ghosh
 Ahbishek Jhunjhunwala
 Wridhiman Saha
 Iresh Saxena
 Sultan Ahmed
 Debabrata Das
 Bunty Gwala
 Coach: Palash Nandy
 Bowling coach: Satinder Singh
 Other players who have played for the club include Virat Kohli, Lakshmipathi Balaji and Chaminda Vaas.
Identify the club.

The person on the left wrote a book about an Indian city
called.. “Looking for X”. X is the guy on the right. ID X

 2006 Farah Khan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shilpa Shetty
 2007 Urmila Matondkar, Jeetendra, Shiamak Davar
 2009 Saroj Khan, Vaibhavi Merchant, Juhi Chawla
 2010 Remo D‘Souza, Malaika Arora Khan, and who?

Just as Mumbai is said to have got its name from
the goddess Mumbadevi (from “Mumba aai”),
what suburb of Mumbai is associated with the
goddess Padmavati?

Highest Run Getters in an Innings in Respective world
cups.

If you work in these places, you may be operating
under ‘bagan time’, an unofficial time zone
introduced during British times. This is one hour
ahead of Indian Standard Time. Where would you
be working in?

Which author made his feature film acting debut in
the upcoming film “Saat Khoon Maaf” directed by
Vishal Bhardwaj?

If Benson, Flynn, Wesson, North, Yardley, Russell,
Harrison, Brooks, Willis, Burton, and Smith made up
the opposing XI, who captained the representative
Indian side?

This daily activity involving the Pakistan Rangers
and the Indian Border Security Force since 1959 has
now been ‘toned down’ on the request of a top
Rangers official. Where does this activity take
place?

Also known as Meenakshi, the name of which
mythological figure means “large or winnow-like
nails” in Sanskrit?

This is an image from a
1946 play. Who is the
actor in the image?

This Organization/Club/Group was started by three
individuals from a college in 2009. It is a non-profit
Organization/Club/Group. It has no exact records of how
many members it has and hosts an event every week for
its members. Its description says “We are a group of
miscreants who meet every _______ to share and spread
gyaan”
What are we talking about?

Which word, derived from the Urdu words for
“tying” and “binding”, and meaning “organization”
or “arrangement” is often used in relation to
certain duties of Indian police forces?

The Paisley pattern is often used in designs across
the world. Though it originated in the Middle East
and India, it gets this name from the Scottish town
of Paisley, because their weavers were once the
leading producers of shawls bearing this pattern. In
India, this motif is associated with a fruit which it
closely resembles. Which fruit?

According to the Limca Book of Records 1991 and
the Landmark Review, this book was the best-
selling Indian hardcover for at least 3 months in
1990.
Its next edition featured the likes of V. Anand, Usha
Narayan, Jasmin Arethna, Ghayab, and Dakshin
Gangotri on its cover.
Which publication?

The outer gates of which fort are
Fateh, Bahmani, Mecca, Patancheru, Banjara,
Jamali, Naya Qula and Moti?

The livery of each coach is painted in bold primary
colours and is based on the paintings of Mamta
Banerjee.
Also seen are a pair of running legs in blue among
greenery, to indicate “speed”. This was introduced
in 2009.
What?

What is the joint venture between Priya Exhibitors
Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited
called?

“I never dared to break the glass of his house while
playing cricket as I used to be extremely scared of
him.”
Virender Sehwag talking about which former
childhood neighbour of his from Najafgarh?

Which radio show sponsored by Cadbury began
airing on April 12, 1972 and was hosted first by
Hamid Sayani and later, by Ameen Sayani, his
brother?

What happened for the first time in India on July
30, 1995, and involved the then West Bengal CM
Jyoti Basu and the then Union Minister Sukh Ram?

First ever cellphone call in India

Sukumar Sen was a gold medal winning
mathematician educated in Calcutta and London. A
member of the Indian Civil Services, he rose to
become Chief Secretary of West Bengal. In 1950, he
was deputed to the Centre to become the head of
which newly set up organisation?

Two very prominent communities among the small
Jewish population in India are usually named after
two cities: one in India, one outside India.
Which two cities?

This is the masthead of the Times of India on Dec 2nd
in 2010. What product was being advertised on the
front and back pages that day?

In the 1983 Hindi film “Agar Tum Na Hote”, Rajesh
Khanna played an industrialist, the owner of a
cosmetic company. The film displayed products of a
Calcutta-based company. The company thus claims
to be one of the first in India to make product
placements in films. Which company?

This is the logo of
which government
initiative that began in
Tamil Nadu in the 60s?

In 1931, when M. K. Gandhi visited London to
participate in the 2nd Round Table Conference, this
famous person wanted to meet him. But Gandhi
declined the offer as he had never heard of him or
seen his work. However, on learning that the
person originally came from a poor family in
London’s East End, Gandhi received him. His first
question to Gandhi was about his attitude to
machinery. Journalist Louis Fischer describes it as
an encounter ‘between toothless and toothsome
smiling’. Which person?

The Sanskrit version of what resource is sub-titled
as “swatantravishwavigyaanakoshaha”?

This author won The
Hindu’s award for Best
Fiction in 2010 for his book
“Serious Men”. Identify
him.

Manu Joseph, editor of
Open Magazine

His description according to the official website:
“A bachelor bear of indeterminate age. Lives in the
forests of India and loves to tell stories. Has a huge
repertoire of tales, fables and myths from India and
from all over the world. Not a trained musician, but
can sing very well. A pure vegetarian, he loves
honey. Good friends of Meera the monkey and
Dhondu the donkey. Much loved by all forest
animals and by children everywhere.”
Who is this?

X born as Y has been an important figure in Bollywood
Industry. X studied in Don Bosco School and Khalsa
College in Mumbai, supposed to have started his work
as a waiter in Bangkok, X returned to India after
learning Z there and started modeling. In 2008, the
university of Windsor conferred an Honorary Doctorate of
Law, in recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema.
The following year he was awarded the Padma Shri by
Govt. of India. Additionally, X is also the brand
ambassador of Canada Tourism.

X= Akshay Kumar
Y= Rajiv Bhatia
Z= Taekwondo

The Connect is names of Airport’s after famous
personalities/religious persons.

Now The Answers :

LokNayak JayPrakash – Patna Airport

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar – Nagpur Airport

Netaji S.C. Bose - Kolkata Airport

Devi Ahilyabai – Indore Airport

Rajiv Gandhi – Hyderabad Airport

Sardar VallabhBhai Patel – Ahemdabad Airport

Veer Savarkar – Port Blair Airport

Swami Vivekanada – Raipur Airport

Indira Gandhi – Delhi Airport

Guru Ram Das Ji – Amritsar Airport

Gopinath Bordoloi – Guwhati Airport

Biju Patnaik – Bhubneshwar Airport

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj – Mumbai Airport

That’s All Folks !!!
Hope you Enjoyed !!!

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