Raiganj Final

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

Please Remember…..
• Bold words in the questions are distinct
clues. Try to decipher the clues judiciously.
• Look for the underlined words to answer.
• The icons used in the question slide has
certain meanings :----
Visual Video Audio

What’s in Offer….
 Written Round
 The round is about Rabindra Sangeets
and some not-so-wellknown exponents of
this genre
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 10 marks : (without stake)
+ 15 / - 05 : (with stake)

One of the very few non-Shantiniketani singers of
that era to be given permission to sing
publicly….name her.
Questions by Somnath ChandaChiro Notuner Daake (Final) 07.01.2018I I
*

Kanan Devi*

From being the daughter of a devadasi to a Bharat
Ratna Awardee…..identify her.
1

Not a very familiar name in this genre of music,
identify this budding talent who is trying to get a
foothold in bollywood.
2

Dedicated to a lady named – Gopa, this debut album
has been highly appreciated by the critics.
Identify the singer.
3

A noted student of Bhatkhande Music Institute in
Lucknow, this talented singer made his mark in the
world of movies. After starting with a hindi film, he
had appeared in films of other languages too, including
– Bengali, English and Tamil.
Who?
4

This two-time National Award winner, was also
honoured with the Padma Shri in 2004.
Identify this pretty well known voice.
5

M.S. Subbulakshmi1

Sanam Puri2

Swastika Mukherjee3

Pahari Sanyal4

Hariharan5

 15 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+ 10 marks : (Bounce)
+ 10 / - 05 : (Pounce)
 Half Points available as and when
specified by QM

In the Medieval era, the knights used to re-affirm their
commitment to chivalry by uttering certain words,
originally written for Thibaut de Bar, Bishop of Liège in
1312. The god-fearing Babylonians used to pray so
that they could return borrowed objects and pay
their debts. In the same vein, the Romans offered their
words to their ‘God of Transition’.
During which happy occasion, all these stuffs usually
took place?
*

Happy New Year*

In response to the ‘May Day’ celebrations for
workers and labours, and to foster deep devotion
among Catholics, a certain ‘carpenter’ (vis) was given
a special honour by a gentleman named Eugenio Maria
Pacelli (chronologically the 260th in an illustrated list)
in 1955.
Highly revered in this part of Bengal, who was this
‘carpenter’?
1

1

St. Joseph1

During their adventurous few weeks under the sea at
the German and Japanese submarines, Abid Hassan got
the chance to know more personal details about
Netaji, like his daily routine, food preferences and
others.
Though he was not initially sure, how did he ultimately
come to the conclusion that Netaji was a ‘Bangalee’?
2

He can eat any dish-of-fish
after easily peeling off its bones
2

73-year old Tatsuo Horiuchi found his passion in
digital art 13 years ago. This is one of his highly
appreciated artworks.
What does he use to create his high-tech
masterpieces?
3

3

MS Excel3

Chris Gayle smashed a
few records playing for
Rangpur Riders in the last
BPL. The logo of the team
has an uncanny
resemblance with
someone’s signature
symbol.
Whose symbol?
4

J.R.R. Tolkien4

Considered equivalent to Kashi or Rameswaram, the
temple town in Kumbakonam is highly revered
among the devotees. Lacs of devotees pay their
obeisance to the deity in this temple at Kootanur in
Kumbakonam.
What is so special about this statue of the deity?
5

5

Only statue of Ganesha
with a Human Face
5

Whose flag was introduced thus, in the issue # 246 of
Action Comics?
6

Krypton6

In The Simpsons Movie, when Green Day made an
appeal for environmental action, they were booed and
pelted with trash. To make matters worse, the barge
they were performing on is corroded by the polluted
waters in Lake Springfield, and started to sink. As this
happened, the band members pull out violins and start
playing ‘Nearer My God To Thee’ as the barge sank,
killing them all.
This particular sequence is supposedly inspired from
which reallife incident?
7

Sinking of RMS Titanic7
The song NMGTT is believed to be the last song that the
band aboard the RMS Titanic played as the ship was
sinking.

Here's a bronze-statue of
a Sanskrit Professor from
Sir Parashurambhau
College, Pune. You'll find
this installed at a popular
venue inaugurated in
2012, whose ‘name’ was
unceremoniously left
deserted in 2013.
Just, identify the
gentleman.
8

Prof. D.B. Deodhar8

Taken from the 1955 movie ‘Bandish’…sung by
Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Hemanta
Mukherjee….Whose only (credited) work as
lyricist?
9

Pt. Ravi Shankar9

Introduced into the celebrity hairdresser Antoine’s
Paris salon around 1909, the bobbed hairstyle (vis)
created an immediate impact. The year 1909 also
played an important role to establish X’s role
(supposedly the inspiration) behind this hairstyle. WWI
allied soldiers later carry X’s image with them in the
battlefield. In fact, the style got an informal name also -
‘Coupe a la X’.
Who was X?
10

10

Joan of Arc10

Hakikat Entertainment’s ambitious venture – Online
Gurukul, was launched with much fanfare with the
objective of reviving the forgotten grandeur of
Indian history. ‘Admission’ was supposed to start
pretty soon but the project was stalled midway.
Why?
11

Gurmeet Ram Rahim
is in Jail
11

The book is yet to be published but already a
television drama series has been planned by
Showtime. This political crime thriller, revolving a
sitting President, promises a kinetic experience, one
‘that the book world has salivated over for months’.
Who is going to make his/her debut as a writer
through this eagerly awaited book?
12

Bill Clinton12

Carolina Marin’s campaign at the All England Open
Badminton Championships came to a disappointing
end after she lost to Thailand’s Ratchanok
Intanon in the quarterfinals on March 28, 2015.
Why did this headline, create a bigger headline in
India?
13

Saina Nehwal became the
No. 1 ranked shuttler
13

During Pope John Paul II’s 3rd visit to the USA in
1987, a lot of diplomatic changes took place. He was
officially received as a Head of State by Ronald Reagan.
His 10-day tour -- which included stops in Columbia,
S.C., New Orleans, San Francisco, Detroit and Los
Angeles, where he met with Clint Eastwood - coincided
with bicentennial celebrations of the Constitution.
Also to honour him, a small, but very significant,
deletion was made to an iconic landmark.
What was deleted?
14

One L was deleted from
HOLLYWOOD sign
14

It’s origin is highly debated. Sometimes credit is given
to Al Tucker and his brother Gerald of Oklahoma
Baptist University and sometimes to David
Thompson of North Carolina State University.
What is this move called?
15

Alley Oop15

 Written Round
 The round is about inspired works
+ 10 marks : (without stake)
+ 15 / - 05 : (with stake)

This Coat of Arms of an European city famously
inspired which award/medallion?
*

The Golden Palm
at Cannes
*

The statues installed at the Wimbledon before the 2008
edition was inspired from which work of art,
discovered on 29 March 1974 by some farmers
digging a water well near Mount Li?
1

Which London-born lady having a deep-rooted
attachment to this land, is supposedly the inspiration
behind this character played by Ileana De Cruz in a
recent movie?
2

This cartoon
published in
the New Yorker
magazine in
2015 was
heavily
inspired by
which
painting?
3

This dramatic scene from the recent movie ‘Murder
on the Orient Express’ has been inspired from which
iconic work-of-art?
4

This peppy dance-number by the Turkish group
Ottawan has greatly inspired a portly-gentleman to
create what?
5

Terracotta Army1

Maharani Gayatri Devi2

‘The Death of Socrates’ by
Jacques-Louis David
3

The Last Supper4

5

The original plan was to make a replica of Lucknow’s
Charbagh Railway Station (vis). Because of fund
constraints, the plan was remodelled.
Identify this station which has one of the largest
interlocking route system in the world.
*

Kanpur Central Station*

Mousumi Parial, daughter of an engineer with the
Indian Railways, passed her higher secondary
examination from Sunity Academy, Cooch Behar. Her
life took a turn during a local train journey when she
used to be a student of Visual Arts at Shanti Niketan.
Currently a leading name in her field of expertise, with
which godly-name is she better known to us?
1

Parvati Baul1

Where have one see (or missed to see) the Japanese
sushi recipes scanned from the cookbooks of
Japanese Cuisine of a certain Mrs. Whitley?
2

The Matrix Codes2

During the 1870’s, a severe outbreak of drought took
place in Mysore. A large number of people came into
Bangalore, where relief was available. These people had
to work on the Bangalore-Mysore railway line in
exchange for food and grains. In extreme desperation, the
municipal council even decided to resort to rituals and
prayer. A group of Brahmins stood on the parched bed of
the river Kaveri. On the twelfth day it rained. All these
events ultimately inspired someone to write a novel
which later on won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Name it.
3

The Guide3

In a recent interaction, when asked about the
futuristic world dominated by robots, X replied ‘not to
watch too many hollywood movies and also not to
listen too much of Elon Musk’. On a tour to different
cities, X also visited India and enthralled the audience
appearing in traditional attire.
Who is X?
4

Sophia – the humanoid
Robot
4

Padma Bhusan Prof. S.P. Chatterjee, considered to be
the doyen of Indian Geography, was the Founder-Director
of National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization.
During his days at Sorbonne, he wrote a thesis on a
particular plateau in India. The climate of this region
prompted him to refer to it by a certain name using
Sanskrit root words. Officially that very name was
accepted by the central authority as the name of that
region.
What name, thus owes its origin to a scientific thesis?
5

Meghalaya5

Since long time, the weight loss companies are doing
pretty brisk business. One such company was the Reduco
Corporation who had offices in New York City and
Boston. It’s only known product – ‘Obesity Slayer’,
gained recognition in 1944 and 1948 especially and
forever etched in memory of the fans.
Who was their only brand ambassador?
6

Alfred Hitchcock6

Couple of months before the Rio Olympics, the
implemented move was meant for goodwill but it
ultimately snowballed into a controversy. Entire drama
has been beautifully depicted by this Amul ad.
What was the issue?
7

Appointment of Salman Khan
as Goodwill Ambassador
7

The language Ramasee was active in the Indian
subcontinent since the 1500s and in its heydays, had
about 100,000 speakers. But it became extinct by the
1850s, after a heavy crackdown upon its speakers.
Which particular group of people used to speak
Ramasee?
(The group itself is responsible for the creation of a word
in English language)
8

Thugees8

Fabian Escalante, after his years of experience as a
Diplomat has written quite a few number of books on
some eventful chapters of his professional life. In
one of his books, titled ‘Executive Action’ he vividly
described more than 600 failed methods that had
been employed to execute a particular task. The
methods included the application of a sea-shell, a
customised diving suit and botox.
What was that book all about?
9

Assassination Attempts
on Castro
9

This budding artist (vis) pursued a five-year course in
Fine Arts from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai through
distance as a private student, so that he could apply as a
drawing teacher at schools, but he discontinued.
Which elderly gentleman whom everyone came to
know for the first time in 1971, gave him his reason
for immortality?
10

Chacha Chowdhury10

The alluringly dusky-voiced American soprano Nicole
Piccolomini is playing whom in this opulent stage
production?
11

Padmavati11

The landlocked nation has officially never undertook
the job on its own and uses the data as procured by one
of it’s neighbours in 1954. The job-in-question involves
an iconic entity, considered most central to the
country’s economy, which also found it’s rightful place
in the national symbol. The confusion regarding the
exact value started in the wake of a natural disaster
which took place in the recent past.
Targeted to be completed within next two years, which
ambitious project is that?
12

Measurement
of Mt. Everest by Nepal
12

This melodious song from the film Sangdil became the
signature song of the singer, rendered in what appears
to be his own, effortless style. But as per the filmy
folklore, it required 17 retakes to record it perfectly as
he fluffed his lines repeatedly. It prompted the music
composer Sajjad Hussain to dub him ‘_____ ________’,
rhyming after his name.
What did Hussain call him?
13

Galat Mahmood13
Galat Mahmood

The site, having a deep cultural and historical
significance, is located near a rille popularly called ‘U.S.
Highway Number 1’. It is on the Heritage Register of
California and New Mexico. Although Texas, despite
having a closer connection, couldn’t incorporate it into
it’s Heritage List as it is located way outside it’s
geographical boundaries.
Which place is this?
14

The Tranquility Base14

15
During the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in
London, a Food-Festival had been organised by IOC.
Committed to deliver a tastier, healthier & greener
Games, a food-vision, with themes like Food safety and
hygiene & Environmental management, had been
chalked out. During the course of the Games, more than
14 million meals, across 40 different locations were
served.
Like many other partner nations who sent lot of
indigenous food items for this cause, what was the most
noted contribution of Indian Govt. to that food festival?

Tulaipanji Rice15

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