New Year Quiz 2020

1. Organized By:
KATHA SHILPOCHARCHA KENDRA
Birnagar, Nadia

3. Conducted By:
SOURAV KR PODDER
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4. • Katha Shilpocharcha Kendra
• Dr. Pinaki Sarkar
• Subham Kr Piplai
• All the Participants
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7. •Mixed bag (12 ques)
•List It (6 ques)
•Mixed Bag II (12 ques)
•Audio- Video (14 ques)
:Todays Menu:

8. 1

9. 1.
• A 1983 National award
winning movie featuring
naseeruddin Shah,
Farookh Shaikh & Deepti
Naval in the lead roles.
The story is based on S.
G. Sathye’s Marathi play
‘Sasa Ani Kasav’.
• Name the movie.

11. Answer.
• Katha

12. 2.
• Connect.

14. Answer.
• The movie is a tribute to
Ramkinkar Baij.
• ‘Asur’ community
• Pavel, the Director

15. 3.
• To whom they give Salute & Namoskar?
• Which movie?

17. Answer.
• Bruce lee
• Tintoretto Jishu

18. 4.
• This cartoon
depicted what?
• Id the artist also.
(No part marks)

20. Answer.
• Bhopal gas tragedy
• R. K. laxman

21. 5.
• Ushnisha is a three- dimensional oval,
which was not described initially in the
physical characterstics of X. We have
witnessed Ushnisha being an important
feature of X, but there is no actual
evidences which can give us a clear
picture about it.
• Where we see this ‘Ushnisha’?

23. Answer.

24. 6.
• Few months ago this
15 year old Delhi boy
had achieved
something by
defeating Lev
Yankelevich.
• Id him & the
achievement.

26. Answer.
• Prithu Gupta
• 64th Grand Master of India

27. 7.
• An onavillu is a simple, short, bow-shaped
musical instrument in Kerala. According to
legend, when X was being punished by Lord
Vishnu, he asked that each year he could be
allowed to visit his native land and to see the
Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu granted him the boon,
but said that the X would be able to see him and
his avatars only as painted images.
Lord Vishvakarma was ordered to paint images
on pieces of kadambu wood. This was the origin
of the onavillu.
• Id the mythological incident behind the origin of
‘Onavillu’.

28. 7.

30. Answer.

31. 8.
• This place is
known as Farid
Shah's Dargah
(Mosque). At
present, this tomb
is under
supervision of
the Archaeological
Survey of India.
• Whose tomb?

33. Answer.

34. 9.
• It is also known as "the
working man's drink", is
a tequila-based cocktail. This
drink is most commonly
prepared by mixing tequila,
lime juice, and a grapefruit-
flavored soda such
as Fresca, Squirt,
or Jarritos and served on the
rocks with a lime wedge.
• Name this cocktail. (Clue- A
bengali singer)

36. Answer.
• Paloma

37. 10.
• She is Masaba ____,
was born to a cricketer
& an Indian actress.
She is an fashion
designer.
• Her parents never
married & she was
raised by her mother.
• Id her parents.

39. Answer.

40. 11.
• X is a very well known famous book
written by a Nobel laureate Y. It is also a
coctail which is inspired by the book. The
book is based on a very well known
country & its one of very exclusive
national sports.
• Id X & Y.

42. Answer.

43. 12.
• Passport of which nation?
• Don’t spread clues.

45. Answer.

46. 1.

48. List it
• There are 6 Miss World winners from
India.
• Write down their names.
• Each answer 5 marks.
• +5 for full house.
• +5 for chronological order.
• Total 40.

49. Answer
• Reita Faria 1966
• Aishwarya Rai 1994
• Diana Hayden 1997
• Yukta Mookhey/ Mukhi 1999
• Priyanka Chopra 2000
• Manushi Chillar 2017

50. 1.

51. 2

52. 13.
• X is a 2008 Indian Malayalam action thriller film
directed by Joshiy. The film stars Mohanlal,
Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram and Dileep
and was produced and distributed by actor
Dileep through Graand Production and
Manjunatha Release.
• The film was produced on behalf of
the Association of Malayalam Movie
Artists (AMMA) as a fundraiser to financially
support actors who are struggling in the
Malayalam film industry.
• The name X will spent a dozen of months with
us.

54. Answer.
• Twenty 20

55. 14.
• Malaiswami, this 70 yrs
old man from Tamilnadu
was in news a few months
ago.
• He wanted to marry X, for
which he appealed to the
D.M. And also said he will
kidnap X, if she refuses
the proposal.
• Id her.

57. Answer.

58. 15.
• She was the first Indian woman to
perform in a circus and was known for
her daring acts with the tigers at the
Great Bengal Circus.
• Name her.

60. Answer.
• Sushila Sundari Devi

61. 16.
• Anthony De La Torre is an
American actor, singer,
songwriter and guitarist,
known for Lords of Chaos,
Johnny Gruesome, Go Diego
Go! & others.
• In 2017,Torre starred as the
young X in the blockbuster
fantasy film Y.
• Id X & Y. (Need exact
answer)

63. Answer.

64. 17.
• Yogyakarta is the capital of
the Yogyakarta Sultanate and served as
the Indonesian capital from 1946 to 1948
during the Indonesian National
Revolution.
• Yogyakarta is named after an Indian city.
Yogya means "suitable, fit, proper", and
karta means "prosperous, flourishing"—
thus, "a city that is fit to prosper".
• Name the Indian city.

66. Answer.

67. 18.
• X’s mother was unhappy because she had not
born any children to Y while all other wives of Y
were blessed with many children. She
approached Y to find a solution. Advised by the
sage Upamanyu, Y started to pray to the Shiva.
• Pleased with the austerities, Shiva finally
appeared before Y as X, the half-female, half-
male form of the god, asked him to ask a boon. Y
then sought a son from his wife, which was
granted. A son was born soon thereafter who was
named as X, the form Shiva had appeared before
Y.
• Id X & Y.

69. Answer.
• Samba
• Shree Krishna

70. 19.
• X is a village in the East
Khasi Hills district of the
Meghalaya state in North
East India.It is notable for its
cleanliness.
• The travel magazine Discover
India declared the village as
the cleanest in Asia in 2003,
and the cleanest in India in
2005.
• Name the village.

72. Answer.

73. 20.
• A visiting faculty of
Jadavpur University,
Nandini Bhowmik is the 1st
__ __ of Bengal.
• Y is an upcoming Bengali
movie (2020), directed by
Aritra Mukherjee. It’s 1st
teaser shows that the lead
actress perform this
unique activity.
• Id both.

75. Answer.
• 1st female priest
• Brohmma Janen Gopon kommoti

76. 21.
• Id these two Barbie’s.

78. Answer.
• J. K. Rowling
• Dipa Karmakar

79. 22.
• Chivaraku Migiledi is a 1960 Telugu
film, written and directed by Gutha
Ramineedu. The film was a remake
of 1959 Bengali film X.
• The Bengali film X was a huge
critical and commercial success.
Impressed by the story line, director
G. Ramineedu remade the Bengali
film into Chivaraku Migiledi.
• Another remake in Hindi was made
by Asit Sen, Khamoshi at the same
time.
• Id the Bengali movie.

81. Answer.

82. 23.
• A book titled ‘Fortune
Turners: the Quartet that
spun India to Glory’ was
published in previous
year.
• The book is written by
Aditya Bhusan & Sachin
Bajaj and is based on
India’s four spin legends.
• Name any 3 for full
marks.

84. Answer.
• Bishan Singh Bedi
• Erapalli Prasanna
• Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
• S. Venkataraghavan

85. 24.
• The X’s are a community found in the state of West
Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha in India and
parts of Bangladesh. Some Xs are Hindus, while
others are Muslims.
• It is believed that most Xs are actually converts
from Hinduism to Islam. Today, they practice customs
that are both Hindu and Islamic in nature. They may
have also been Buddhist at various points in time.
• Scholars argue that the Xs, originally Hindus, were
cast out of the Hindu society for not following
canonical proceedings in pursuing their trade. They
are also known as Patigar.
• Which Community?

87. Answer.
• Patua

88. 1.

89. 1.