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- 1. Special Theme Quiz Compiledby- PG Quizhouse (Partha Gupta) Date:7th March, 2021 Time: 10 pm onwards Hello, this is your quiz-friend Partha Gupta. Over the years I have conducted so many quiz contests and got your illustrious presence and appreciation. In this grim situation of Lockdown due to Covid- 19, I have started an online quiz series in my Facebook page titled ‘Theme Quiz Journey’ which has been going on since 10th May, ‘20 the birthday of ‘Father of Indian Quiz’- Neil O’Brien. So, I am going to place a Special Theme Quiz (10 qsn.) in my FB link: https://www.facebook.com/partha.gupta.56. Time- 10 pm. Onwards. Plz give your answer only through WhatsApp-7687842417 or SMS- 9830318721 or in my Messenger. Answering time- 1 hour. So friends, gear up to answer the questions as the earliest!
- 2. In thisset you will get 10 questions. Firstly, try to answer them. All the answers have a centralized connection. When you connect the answers, will automatically get the theme or centralized answer. For each correct answer of the regular question you will get 5 points each. If you crack the theme, will be rewarded with the same bonus points i.e; 50 points. Make sure about the 100% correctness of the theme answer otherwise, your score sheet will be nullified! Read through the questions first and try to answer them and finally check out the explanations of the theme. +50/-25, +40/-20, +30/-15, +20/-10 & +10/-5 for Theme answer after the 2nd, 4th , 6th , 8th & 10th question. Single attempt. Time: 10 pm onward. Give the Ans. only through SMS 98 30 31 87 21 or WhatsApp- 76 87 84 24 17 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/partha.gupta.56 E-mail: parthagupta_dmq@yahoo.co.in
- 3. Special Theme Quiz “X’is a world famous educational institution. ‘X’ was formed by King Henry VIII in 1564. Two members of the British royal family and six British prime ministers have studied at ‘X’. 32 people have won Nobel prizes from ‘X’. Famous people who have studied there included Isaac Newton and Ludwig Wittgenstein. ‘X’ has more students than any other college and the wealthiest in UK. The first time that the rules of association football were written down was at ‘X’ in 1848. Identify ‘X’.
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- 5. Special Theme Quiz ‘X’was only 27 years old when the first issue of ‘Y’ came out in 1953. ‘X’ wanted to name the ‘Y’ as 'Stag Party' but then (thankfully!) realised that the same name already existed. Marilyn Monroe was on the cover of the first issue of ‘Y’. Identify both the ‘X’ and ‘Y’.
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- 8. Special Theme Quiz After‘X’s separation with her husband over religious issues, she became a famous writer and a speaker for the National Secular Society (NSS). She was the leading speaker for the Fabian Society as well as the Marxist Social Democratic Federation (SDF). She was actively involved in the London match girls strike in 1888. She set up a committee seeking better pay and conditions for the women. She came to India in 1898 with her theosophy work. In 1902, she helped establish the Central Hindu College. After a few years, she was able to establish various lodges in several parts of the British Empire. She was declared a World Teacher after her lecture on Theosophy in 1926. Identify ‘X’.
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- 10. Special Theme Quiz In1952 the brand ‘X’ was founded by JRD Tata as a 100% subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills. JRD named it after the French opera ‘X’, by Leo Delibes, a tragic love story set in 19th Century. British India. The word ‘X` is the French pronunciation of Sanskrit word for a Hindu goddess. Identify ‘X’.
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- 14. Special Theme Quiz Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, Pisan Cantos, by Ezra Pound, Conversations with Myself, by Nelson Mandela, The Travels of Marco Polo, by Rustichello da Pisa, Profundis, by Oscar Wilde and History of the World Volume 1 by Sir Walter Raleigh.
- 15. Special Theme Quiz Thismulti-sport event was the successor of the Far Eastern Championship Games. It was originally scheduled to be held in 1950, but postponed until 1951 due to delays in preparations. It was celebrated from 4 to 11 March 1951. A total of 489 athletes representing 11 countries participated in 57 events from eight sports and discipline. Name this sports event.
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- 18. Special Theme Quiz ‘X’was born on August 18, 1900, in Allahabad and later became one of the world’s leading women in the 20th century. In 1921, after receiving a private education in India and abroad, she got married to Ranjit Sitaram Pandit and changed her name. She was arrested and imprisoned thrice by the British in the years 1932- 1933, 1940 and 1942-1943 in connection with civil disobedience movements. In 1953, she became the first woman to be elected president of the UN General Assembly and she headed the eighth session. In the late 1960s, though she left politics due to personal reasons, her commitment brought her back in 1970s by protesting against the Emergency rule (1975) imposed by Indira Gandhi. Her own writings include -- 'So I Became a Minister' (1939) and 'Prison Days' (1946). Identify ‘X’.
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- 20. Special Theme Quiz Drawingon the principles agreed at the Bandung Conference in 1955, ‘X’ was established in 1961. After the United Nations, ’X' is the largest group worldwide including 120 states from developing world. Currently every African country (except South Sudan and Western Sahara) is a member of it. Identify ‘X’.
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- 23. Special Theme Quiz Thistrain was introduced in 1988, by then Railways Minister Madhavrao Scindia. This all-air-conditioned superfast train clocks a maximum speed of 150km/hr. on the Faridabad- Agra section. It also has the highest commercial speed - 89.87 km/hr. and covers the 704 km. New Delhi - Bhopal stretch in 7 hours 50 minutes. Can you name this train?
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- 25. Special Theme Quiz ‘X’sfather was a Kotwal in Delhi during Bahadur Shah Zafar's rule but when the Revolution of 1857 took place, he left Delhi and moved to Agra where ‘X’ was born in 1861. When ‘X’s father was died prior to his birth, his elder brother Nandlal, the Diwan of Khetri in Rajasthan and had taken care of him as his own heir, financing his education by sending him to the University of Cambridge where he graduated with a Law degree, becoming one of the first Indians to get 'Western education’. Identify ‘X’.
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- 30. 1. Pandit JawaharlalNehru went to Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1907 and graduated with an honors degree in natural science in 1910. 2. Pandit Nehru was featured in the October, 1963 issue of the Playboy magazine. 3. He was a great admirer and supporter of Annie Beasant and became a member of the Home Rule League founded by Annie Beasant in 1916. 4. In 1952, Tatas started the Lakme brand of cosmetics as an outcome of a request from Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s Office.
- 31. 6. Pandit Nehrupresented his speech from which organisers of the 1951’s Asian Games adopted the official motto of the Games— "Play the game, in the spirit of the game". 7. Pandit Nehru had two more siblings, both of whom were girls. The name of her elder sibling was Vijay Lakshmi Pandit and the other was Krishna Hutheesing. 5. ‘An Autobiography’, also known as Toward Freedom (1936), is an autobiographical book written by Jawaharlal Nehru while he was in prison between June 1934 and February 1935, and before he became the first Prime Minister of India.
- 32. 9. The name"Shatabdi" means centenary in Sanskrit. The first Shatabdi Express This train was introduced in 1988, by then Railways Minister Madhavrao Scindia to commemorate the birth centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime Minister of India, between New Delhi and Jhansi Junction. 10. Motilal Nehru was the father of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. 8. In the 60s, Pandit Nehru played a key role in the formation and operation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
- 33. Thank U forparticipating in this session. Congratulation! Today’s podium finishers are— :Result: 1st: Ankit Padmanabhan. 2nd: Dilwar Hussain. 3rd: Bhaibhav Rai. Special Theme Quiz
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