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ASIASWEEP 2015The Arun Veembur Memorial Quiz

Researched byDibyendu DasArul Mani

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Rules: 100 points30 X 1-pointers=30 points30 X 2-pointers=60 pointsTwo themes4X1-pointers+1 for theme=5 points4X1-pointers+1 for theme=5 pointsNo halves. Keywords are underlined.

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Section I30 questions carrying 1 point each

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Started by Yo-Yo Ma, this ensemble uses various instruments from the area, including apipa, a duduk, and amorin khuur, among others. Name the ensemble the choice of instruments should tell you to take a historical guess.Qn 1.

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Silk Road EnsembleQn 1.

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Irans professional racing car driver, Laleh Seddigh, is the only female driver who has been given permission by the authorities to race with the men. Her nickname, Little ___________________, refers to which sporting great ?Qn 2.

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SchumacherQn 2.

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It is the oldest of its kind in China, and was put up in 996 AD, during the rule of the Liao dynasty. It is usually called the Niujie, after the Beijing area where it is located. Look at the two views, and tell us what it is.Qn 3.

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Chinas oldest mosqueQn 3.

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Which real life person have all of them played on screen ?Qn 4.

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Ip Man Also accept Yip Man

Tony Leung in The GrandmasterDonnie Yen in Ip Man & Ip Man 2Dennis To in The Legend is Born: Ip ManAnthony Wong in Ip Man: The Final FightKevin Cheng in Ip Man (TV series)Qn 4.

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It is said to be the oldest living city on Earth. This might be a difficult claim to verify, but it is widely believed the site has been continually inhabited for about 7000 years. The principal architectural marvel of the city is this square where Taiiyeh, a cycle of passion plays commemorating the martyrdom of the third Imam, Hossein were enacted. Name the city.

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YazdQn 5.

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This crime thriller features a villain, Ausi, who is a gifted spin bowler. The character is loosely based on the real-life Omar Saeed Sheikh, a jihadi convicted of killing whom ?Qn 6.

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Kidnapping and killing Daniel PearlQn 6.

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Created by the French luxury furniture company, Roche Bobois, and designed by Hans Hopfer, what is the name given to this iconic sofa ? Use the book on the right as clue.Qn 7.

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Mah Jong Sofa (In The Joy Luck Club, Mah Jong is a recurring theme )Qn 7.

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Considered to be the first armored ships these were used by theRoyal Korean Navyduring theJoseon dynastyfrom the early 15th century up until the 19th century. Their most distinguishable feature was a dragon-shaped head at the bow that could launch cannon fire or flames from the mouth.

Which animal is referenced in the name given to these ships ?Qn 8.

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Turtle ShipsQn 8

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Qn 9. This stamp pays tribute to a Timurid monarch and his achievement. Just name the monarch.

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Ulugh BegQn 9

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In 2012,Shinichi Mochizukireleased a series of four papers, running to 500 pages, containing a claim to a proof of the___conjecture in number theory proposed by Joseph Oesterl andDavid Masser. The official declaration of the proof is not expected before the late 2010s as the experts are still validating it. Mochizuki has estimated that it would take an expert some 500 hours to understand his work, and a maths graduate student about ten years. So far, only four mathematicians say that they have been able to read the entire proof. Fill up the blank that consists of three consecutive letters of the English alphabet.Qn 10.

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The abc conjectureQn 10.

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The plot of this seriesis built around a historic event the Siege of Baghdad by Mongols in 1258. During the battle, so many books were thrown into the Tigris River that the waters were said to have turned black with ink. What the Mongols did not know was that the librarians, thehuras al-hikma, had hidden the librarys ancient knowledge in several mystical gemstones, called the Noor Stones. The huras then took the Noor Stones to safety in Granada. Cut to the present and these stones are possessed by young folks who hold special powers. Which series ? Qn 11.

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The 99 based on the 99 attributes of the AllahQn 11.

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TheGovernment of a certain countryplans to launch a website to crowd-source tips on the whereabouts of about 200 missing artworks that were owned by a person who left abruptly nearly 30 years ago. This includes paintings by Van Gogh, Picasso, Rembrandt, Monet, Alfred Sisley, Raphael,Botticelli,Canaletto,and Michelangelo. Who owns/owned these artworks ?Qn 12.

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Imelda MarcosQn 12.

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Every year theTenggerese Hindu worshippers gather at the crater of Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on Aug. 1, 2015, in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. Offerings of food and livestock or money are made to Hindu gods at the active volcano to ask for blessings and assure a bountiful harvest. The name Bromois derived fromthe Javanpronunciationof?Qn 13.

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The Hindu deity BrahmaQn 13.

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Whose 108-month reign as the World No. 1 was ended by this Egyptian player named Raneem El Weleily?Qn 14.

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Squash Champ Nicol David of MalaysiaQn 14.

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What is being collected from plants of the genus Toxicodendron , for use as the principal element of a traditional craft in Japan?Qn 15.

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Lacquer (Sap) being collected for LacquerwareAKAShikki OR Urushi-nuri Qn 15.

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A Common Manis a 2013 thriller film starringBen Kingsley andBen Crossand directed bySri Lankanfilm makerChandran Rutnam. The film is an official remake of __ ____________, with the locations of interest being a public bus, a shopping mall, Polgoda police station, an intercity train, and theKatukurunda Airfield. Fill in the blank.

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A WednesdayQn 16.

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Inspired by her childhood, The Sandwich Swap tells of two girls, Lily and Salma, who are best friends. They share everything except lunch. One has a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the other a hummus and pita sandwich, and they both think the others food looks gross! They argue over this and it gets a little bit messy, but eventually they overcome their differences and embrace diversity. The book was a New York Times bestseller, reaching the number one spot for childrens books in 2010. Name the author who is a first lady.Qn 17.

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Queen Rania of JordanQn 17.

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Whose collaborations with Louis Vuitton, Kanye West and Pharell Williams ?Qn 18.

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Takashi MurakamiQn 18.

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The point of dispute was whether the 30-year-old celebrity and her husband-to-be, a billionaire businessman, should have the airspace above their 2015 nuptials at a resort (shown below) closed to all but a fleet of five drones, two helicopters and a hot air balloon. The request by the couple sparked a series of public recriminations between the transport minister, and the aviation authority head. Name the celebrity.Qn 19.

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Israeli Supermodel Bar RefaeliQn 19.

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Qn 20. In which Asian capital city would you find this statue?

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Dili, capital of Timor Leste

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Qn 21. The stamp pays tribute to a species that takes part of its name from the only peninsula in Asia where it is found, and part from a Greek word meaning pick-axe, a reference to its pointed horns. What is the two-word name?

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Arabian OryxQn 21.

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Qn 22. Kenji Ekuan, the designer behind the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle, has written a book-length essay about a certain artifact.

Visually it offers a mandala for contemplation, while its four-part structure may also remind the user of the seasons, or even variations of landscape in the archipelago. It highlights system as a means of problem-solving, and symbolises a culture where limited space calls for the elimination of excess.What is this artifact?

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The Bento LunchboxStrictly speaking, Makounochi Bento, but well allow just BentoQn 22.

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Qn 23. The Mongols relied on a borrowed innovation which allowed them the stability to shoot in any direction.

As Paul Theroux puts it, The Mongols reached the eastern limits of China. They rode to Afghanistan. They rode to Poland. They sacked Moscow, Warsaw and Vienna. They had X--they introduced X to Europe (and in that they made jousting possible, and perhaps started the Age of Chivalry).

What was this innovation?

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StirrupsQn 23.

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Qn 24. The objects shown here have the dual function of celebrating agriculture and harvest, and serving as reminder of days of wandering. One of them requires close scrutiny for beauty.In which festival?

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SukkotOrFeast of the TabernaclesQn 24.

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Qn 25. Those who appear in this ad campaign must have been actual users. They get no paymentbut donations to their favourite charities, and discounts on future visits.

It is a campaign of many firsts. When it was launched in 2000, it was the first to be shot digitally. The baseline refers to the logo, and to the great loyalty the celebrity feels to the business.

Those whove appeared in the campaign include Sophie Marceau and Michelle Yeoh, fashion designers Vivienne Tam and Christian Louboutin, author Frederick Forsyth, architect I.M. Pei, musicians Bryan Ferry and Hlne Grimaud and actress Caterina Murino.

Campaign for whom?

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Mandarin Oriental HotelsThe He/Shes a Fan campaignQn 25.

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Qn 26. What buzzword, often heard in connection with doing business in China, do these characters represent?

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Guanxi (connections)Qn 26.

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Qn 27. The term generally denotes a shaking off, as in dust from ones feet or, water off ones back.

Apart from the three specific events of 1987, 2000 and 2014-15 to which it is applied, it may also be used to describe events in Lebanon following Rafiq Hararis assassination that led to Syria pulling out.

It has also been used for the 1991 uprisings against Saddam in Iraq, and for the successful bits of the Arab Spring. What term?

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IntifadaQn 27.

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Qn 28. Leonid Kulik, who led the first team to reach the location in 1927, found that locals did not want to talk, in spite of the many years that had passed. They believed that the 1908 event was a visitation by the angry god Ogdy.

The team eventually described their arrival at ground zero in the evocative phrase a forest of telephone poles. Limbs and bark had been ripped off the trees in this area.

What event?

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The Tunguska Explosion Qn 28.

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Qn 29. Her stage-name illustrates the interplay of ethnicities in the region. Born Faegeh Atashin, her parents were of Azeri origin, from the former Soviet Union. The stage-name comes from a childhood playmate of Armenian origin. She couldnt legally take the name because it was a boys name, but could perform using it. What is this name?

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The Iranian singer GoogoshQn 29.

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Qn 30. They began in 1986, and were first held at a city that had also hosted the Olympics. The next edition, in 2017, will be held in the same city. Either name the city or identify what we are talking about.

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Winter Asian GamesOR SapporoQn 30.

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Section II30 questions carrying 2 points each

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For Chinese college going students, succeeding in the Gaokao entrance examination is compared to this Asian fish jumping over the Dragon Gate. According to myth when this fish in the Yellow River jump over the Dragon Gate (which is a grand waterfall), they transform into dragons. Identify this fish. Also name the fictional character based on the same fish (part of a hugely popular card game and series).Qn 1.

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Asian Carp; Magikarp OR Fish PokemonQn 1.

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In a room in the hotel shown below, which Booz Allen analyst talked to Laura Poitras over a period of 8 days and what resulted ?Qn 2.

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Edward Snowden and the documentary CitizenFourQn 2.

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Overlooking the Alborz Mountains, this region is known as the Valley of the _____. The lady on the right brought attention to the region through her travels and a book she wrote in 1934. Fill the blank and name the lady. Qn 3.

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Valley of the Assassins; Freya StarkQn 3.

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The creator took down his popular gamefrom Apple'sApp Store andGoogle Play in 2014 with this Twitter message : "I am sorry ___ ____' users, 22 hours from now, I will take ____ ___' down. I cannot take this anymore. However, he came back with a new game later in the year called Swing Copters. Name the creator and fill up the blanks.Qn 4.

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Dong Nguyen; Flappy BirdsQn 4.

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Considered the most formidable spy of all time by Tom Clancy and Ian Fleming, he was the leader of a Tokyo Spy Ring in the mid-1930s, passing on information to Soviet Union. But his brilliant spying career came to an end in 1941, when Japanese counterintelligence exposed his operation and arrested him, along with 34 members of his ring. He was finally hanged in 1944. Soviet Union issued a stamp in his honor a rarity for a spy. A) Name him B) Name the manga creator who used the spy as part of his book Adolf.Qn 5.

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Richard Sorge; Osamu TezukaQn 5.

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Who connects all these Asian clubs and which Asian club is missing from the list ?Qn 6.

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Zico coach/manager ofKashima AntlersFenerbachceBunyodkorAl Gharafa

Club missing: FC GoaQn 6.

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These strange-looking trees are endemic to which island on the Arabian Sea ? Which country is this island a part of ?Qn 7.

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Socotra; YemenQn 7.

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Qn 8. The IATA code for this airport is still SGNit hasnt changed to reflect shifts of political power or ideology.

Which city? Explain what this is about.

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Ho Chi Minh City&Called Saigon before the Communists took over.Qn 8.

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Qn 9. When Granta asked him to write a piece about how to write about his country, he produced a list which began must have mangoes, must have maids who serve mangoes, and maids must have affairs with men who steal mangoes.

Who is this author?The title of this book of essays riffs on a famous 1929 books title. Name the author of that book as well.

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Mohsin Hamid&Sigmund FreudQn 09.

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Qn 10. Originally applied as a racial term in Roman times for those from the Mauretania region, it exists in English as well now.

A form of the word is today applied in an Asian country to people from Sulu and Palawan, who happen to be connected by ethnicity but separated by religion.

What is the English term?Name either the Asian country, or the term used there.

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Moor& MoroOR The Philippines.Qn 10.

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Qn 11. Two excerpts from the volume Memory for Forgetfulness, his response to the traumatic events of 1982.

The sky of X is a huge dome made of dark sheet metal. The horizon is like a slate of clear gray, nothing coloring it save the playful jets. I can, if I want, take chalk in hand and write whatever I wish on the slate. A whim takes hold of me. What would I write if I were to go up to the roof of a tall building? They shall not pass? Its already been said. May we face death, but long live the homeland? Thats been said before. Hiroshima? That too has been said. The letters have all slipped out of my memory and fingers. Ive forgotten the alphabet. All I remember are these six letters _ _ _ _ _ _.Yet how she resists the joining together of words, even those with similar meter and rhyme: _ _ _ _ _ _, yaqoot, taboot: _ _ _ _ _ _, , sapphire, coffin!: Name the writer. Also identify the city.

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Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish,

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In response to the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

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Qn 12. The name comes from a local word for grinding and refers to a process of slow cooking, accompanied by non-stop churning/turning.

The combination of coconut milk and spices like garlic, galangal, turmeric leaves, lemongrass and ginger serves to preserve the meat from microbial action.

What is this name? Also identify the Indonesian community who perfected this method.

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Rendang&MinangkabauQn 12.

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Qn 13. When the New York Times asked her about this trademark preference, she said it is a gesture she makes in honour of her assassinated father, who was killed in 1947, when she was 2 years old. She apparently remembers him threading them in the head for her.

Who? What preference is this?

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Aung San Suu Kyi&Her habit of wearing flowers in her hair.Qn 13.

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Qn 14. They take their name from the Greek for rose tree. Which countrys flag, by specification, must match the red of these blossoms?

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Rhododendron&NepalQn 14.

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Qn 15. Small groups are found in the river Mahakam of Indonesian Borneo, the Mekong Delta of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. They are also reported in isolated brackish-water bodies, such as Chilka Lake in India and Songkhla Lake in Thailand. The species name refers to the rather short beak that it has.

The French term for this species is also the name for the zero-emission ship designed by the firm Wallenius Wilhelmsen. This craft use sails, solar panels and wave energy converters to further extract hydrogen from water with the aid of fuel cell technology. Visual follows.

Which species? What is the alternative term?

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The Irrawaddy River Dolphin&OrcelleQn 15.

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Qn 16. A famous prisoner once quoted these lines while talking about how he found the Himalayas inspiring:

Flocks of birds have flown high and away A solitary cloud too has gone wandering on And I sit alone with the Ching Ting peak towering beyond We never grow tired of each other the mountain and I.

The poet who wrote these lines used a name meaning White Plum A later poet who admired his gifts, wrote under the pen-name Tosei, meaning Green Peach, in tribute.

Identify both poets, and for a bonus point, name the prisoner.

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Li Po & BashoThe prisoner was Jawaharlal Nehru.Qn 16.

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Qn 17. Smoked Omul fish and Baltica beer are one of the cheaper ways of dealing with the rigours of confinement, according to regulars. The Omul is found only in one water-body. Regulars where? And where is the Omul normally found?

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On the Trans-Siberian Railway&Lake BaikalQn 17.

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Qn 18. The one ascending bears a name meaning black, and the other is known by a name meaning parent because of its high nutrient content. Their encounter produces conditions that make life livable , in more ways than one, in the entire region. What are we talking about?

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Kuroshio & Oyashio ocean currents in Japan and beyond.Qn 18.

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Qn 19. Two views of a tomb devoted to a writer who may have defined his nations sense of self. The tomb is located in a town where the Imam Reza was martyred, and where a king with a connection to India based his capital. Name the writer and the town or the king with the India connection.

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Ferdowsi of Shah Nameh fame & Mashhad.The king was Nadir ShahQn 19.

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Qn 20. The area in dark green was traditionally known by a name meaning barrier, while the other, marked in light green, was known by a name meaning raised, perhaps because it was dominated by a plateau. These names continued to be bandied about among students of world affairs til the 1930s. What are these two names?

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Hejaz, meaning barrier&Najd, meaning raised.Qn 20.

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Qn 21. What you see is the poster for a Russian version of a 1959 socialist epic, titled Jaago Hua Savera. Directed by AJ Kardar, with cinematography by Walter Lassally, and music by Timir Baran, it was a West-meets-East venture in more ways than one. This resulted in its being a bit of a linguistic flop, according to some, though it was the first film from this country to win international recognitionat the Moscow Film Festival.

Who wrote the script and the dialogues for this film? And what well-known novel was it based on?

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz&Padma Nadir MajhiQn 21.

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Qn 22. While the two terms refer to unrelated items from neighbouring cuisines, they may be etymologically linked.

One school holds that a Pali term for bringing disparate elements together is the source, while another believes that a Tamizh word meaning to grind and make a paste out of is the link.

In English, the two terms usually have at least four letters in common. Name both.

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Sambar & SambolQn 22.

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Qn 23. Who does this stamp pay tribute to? What event does it also refer to?

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Commodore Perry & The opening up of JapanQn 23.

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Qn 24. This community forms one of the stray remnants of a once-proud religious and intellectual tradition. They are found in small numbers today in Iran and Iraq, and take their name from the Aramaic word for knowledge.

They are usually a persecuted religious minority since they choose to revere Adam, Seth, Noah, but don't accept Abraham, Moses or Jesus as authority-figures. Name the community. What Greek equivalent of the Aramaic term would once have been applied to them?

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The Mandaeans&GnosticsQn 24.

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Qn 25. In tribute to Abu Jafar Mohammad ibn Musa, a statue with his visage stands outside the Mohammad Aminkhan Madrasa, named after the ruler who had the ambition of building the biggest Madrasa in Central Asia.

How do we know Abu Jar ibn Musa better? Which city in Central Asia paid tribute to him thus?

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Al-Khwarizmi & KhivaQn 25.

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Qn 26. He won the James Tait Black prize in 2015 for his first novel In the Light of What We Know. Characters in the book share a fascination for this idea: "Within any given system, there are claims which are true but which cannot be proven to be true. Reviewing the novel in The New Yorker, James Wood wrote that this elegant proof hangs over the novel like an intellectual rainbow.

Name the writer. How do we better know this idea?

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Zia Haider Rahman & Kurt Godels Incompleteness TheoremQn 26.

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Qn 27. This dainty creature is both the logo and the shape and name of the award given out at a film festival held religiously every year from 1 Feb to 11 Feb in honour of events precipitated by the arrival of an Air France flight in 1978.

Which film festival? What is the award/logo based on? And for bonuses, what did Air France do?

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The Fajr International Film Festival, Iran&The Simurgh

For bonuses, Fajr, meaning Dawn, is the term now applied to the Islamic Revolution which began with the return of Ayatollah Khomeini from France. Qn 27.

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Qn 28. The partnership between this actor-director duo began with a 2009 film that takes its title from a rite of passage that involves making a journey .

Name either actor or director. Also name the 2009 film. For bonuses, name the martial art style that their films brought international recognition to.

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Gareth Evans OR Iko Owais&Merantau (2009)

BonusPencak SilatQn 28.

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Qn 29. The 19-century strategist who coined the term meant it to apply only to modern Iran.

Valentine Chirol, who made it popular, applied the term to Iran, Iraq, the east coast of Arabia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

Around World War I, as a survey of Churchills letters might reveal, the term indicated the Suez Canal, Sinai, Arabia, and the newly created states of Iraq, Palestine, and Trans-Jordan.

What term? Who was the strategist who coined it?

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Qn 30. He writes under the name Shobashakti. His autobiographical first novel, Gorilla, features an alter-ego named Rocky Raj who lives in a European city, washes dishes in fast-food joints, and works in supermarkets.

Who? Why has he been in the news otherwise?

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Anthonythasan JesuthasanStarred in Jacques Audiards Palme-DOr-winning DheepanQn 30.

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Section IIIThemes

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Qn 1. Which series does this book bring to an end?

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Qn 2. What name has been blanked out here? What historical event do these panels purport to represent?

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Qn 3. What empire, in its heyday around AD 850?

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Qn 4. Identify this species, often considered the biggest freshwater fish in the world. Two-word answer required.

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ANSWERSQn 5.

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ANSWERSNarnia (1 point)Reza/Reza Shah; The conspiracy to set up the Pahlevi dynasty (1+1)The Khazar Empire (1)Beluga Sturgeon (1)

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ANSWERSTHEME: CASPIAN SEA (1 point)

The Narnia series features a book titled Prince CaspianRezas coup was launched from the town of Qazvin in Iran, named after the Caspian Sea.The alt. names Hazar/Xazar Denisi for the Caspian Sea come from the Khazar Empire.The Caspian is one of the major habitats of the Beluga Sturgeon

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Qn 1. A Greek term meaning things chosen has come to be the default name for a volume whose title Lunyu, would translate as edited conversations.

What is this Greek term? Who wrote the Lunyu?

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Qn 2. A province in the Philippines shares, quite accidentally, its name with an ancient kingdom in Indias east. What is this name?

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Qn 3. This 15th century king has the title the great attached to his name. Probably well-deserved, for he took an unusual step in 1446 to unify his country. Who? What did he do?

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Qn 4. Portugal issued this stamp to honour the 1000th anniversary of his Canon of Medicine. Who?

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ANSWER theme under Q. no 5Qn 5.

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ANSWERSAnalects and Confucius/Kung Fu TzuKalingaKing Sejong. Created HangulAvicenna/Ibn Sina

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ThemeUNESCO Prizes

Confucius Prize and King Sejong Prize for promoting literacyKalinga Prize for popularising ScienceAvicenna Prize for promoting ethics in Science

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