the quiz 27 sept 2014

THE QUIZ 27 SEPT 2014

Who(in coat) is imitating whom?

Shushant Singh as Byomkesh Bakshi in Dibakar Baneerjee’s latest.

Every religion has it’s code and conduct. You see here Sudreh, kind of vest, and Kusti, religious thread. One would be a follower of which faith if wearing the two?

Zoroastrianism

The Japanese have the oldest.

The Spanish have the wordless.

The Cypriots (of Cyprus) have borrowed from the Greeks.

What?

National Anthem

Connect - a classic dice game for two or more players requiring the ability to deceive and detect an opponent's deception having its roots in South America - to an Indian movie.

India’s entry for Oscars this year.

It was written on the occasion of the first Republic Day, 26th January 1950. But it became synonymous with the times of emergency (1977). Though the title was Jantantra ka Janm. But it’s popular by the last line of first stanza.

Give me the popular line.

Dinkar’s singhasan khali karo ke janta aati hai..

It’s a scene from the 1994 hit, Quiz Show was in contention of the 1995 Oscar’s Best Motion Picture. This famous gentleman played a cameo in the movie. Who is he?

Film-maker Martin Scorsese

He had set out to be a politician who got entangled in fraud charges several times in his life. But had to take up the pen to pay off his debts. Then came his best-selling debut which actually sold only 3,000 copies globally and his wife advised him that he should rather take up a regular job. Though it is as an author that we know him best but he has also been a parliamentarian and an athlete. Who?

If you are visiting the Maha Vishnu of Mount Road in Chennai, then what are you visiting?

When he was being honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in the House of Lords recently, he remarked on a lighter note-

"I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy they gave us the game of cricket, which they can't play very well, and the English language, which I can't speak very well."

Who?

The director described the philosophy of the last scene as –

“In this case, it’s about adversity and the possible outcome as a rebirth. It’s the optimistic scenario, the Darwinian chart at the end. She comes from the primordial soup, crawling out into the mud, and then she’s on all fours, and then she’s standing up

curved like an ape, until she goes completely erect.”

Can you guess the movie being talked about.

Director Alfonso Cuarón describing the last scene of Gravity

Yes that’s Camp Nou, home of FC Barcelona . But I’m interested in the two men. One on the (L) won a medal in 2010 Asian Games and the one on the (R) won it this time in Incheon, in a discipline in which India least expects a medal. Name the two.

L- Veerdhawal Khade (2010) R- Sandeep Sejwal (2014)Both have won a Bronze in swimming at the Asian Games

India traded twelve villages in 1961 along the Ferozpur border to get back this place. The retreating Pakistani forces after the 1971 war damaged this place hurting the sentiments of Indians. Now this spot has become a place of an annual fair in the memory of the martyrs called the Shaheedi Mela.

Name the place.

Hussainiwala is the place where the last rites of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev and later of BK Dutt and Bhagat Singh’s mother were performed.

The area where this battle was fought is said to have acquired the name due to the colour of the soil present there. The king, mightier in strength, sent his envoy for a peace treaty. The insult of the envoy became one of the cause of the battle. But the most interesting fact about the battle is that it ended in about half an hour. Which battle can you think of?

The name of this Marvel Comic character means – “literal or metaphorical force regarded as

mercilessly destructive and unstoppable”.

Connect the name to the state of Odisha, India

The character is named Jaggarnaut which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word Jagannath and therefore connects to Jagannath Puri.

SCORE BOARDJibin- 2.5

Rajarshi Chanda- 2.5

Souvik- 2

Akash Anurag Jha- 1.5

Sivakumar- 1

Depak Soni-1

Tyagi-1

Peeyush Kumar-1

Nayan- 1

Akash Lionel Seal- 0.5