Researched and Created by:Arpan Kr. Saha

UG-II , Department of English,Member, Presidency College Society for the

Acquisition of General Knowledge. Presidency University, Kolkata.

Mail: arpans65@gmail.com

Rules:

1. QM’s decision is final.

2. +10/-10 for each correct answer.

3. Infinite pounce.

4. No negative marking (except during pounce).

Round 1.

35 direct questions. Infinite pounce.

1.

Trivia:

Name the first Indian novel written in English. Name the author as well.

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2. Give me the proverb I’m looking for

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Answer.

“Empty vessels make much noise”

3.

• Its design was based on the British-made model of Morris-Oxford III.

• Widely known as ‘The Sick old lady of Indian roads’.

• The latest versions of this currently defunct model include- Grand, Avigo and Encore.

Hint: Yellow and black, nowadays white with blue stripes.

What am I talking about?

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Answer- Ambassador

4.1. Three young and beautiful women.

2. Three old and weird looking women with beards.

3. Three creepy nurses.4. A Japanese female ghost or ‘Kami’

weaving on a spinning wheel.5. two corrupt policemen of Mumbai

making horoscopes with pudina chutney.6. Voodoo priests.

Representation of which fictional character(s) in cinema/theatre

Hint: Think on the lines of Haider…

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Answer.

The three prophetic weird sisters in Macbeth.

5. Id this condiment used commonly in the “tadka” or “phoron” in Indian cooking. Shares its name with a

celebrity chef

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Answer: Nigella

6.

• WHO classifies this medical condition under-

ICD-10 A83-A86, B94.1, G05.

• It derives its name from an Ancient Greek term indicating-“in head inflammation”.

• Some of its variants include- Herpes Simplex, West Nile and Tick Borne.

• Hint: Recently in news.

Identify.

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Answer- Encephalitis

7.

“A six sigma process is one in which 99.99966% of the products manufactured ( or in this case services provided) are statistically expected to be free of defects (3.4 defective parts/million).

The Dabbawaalas of Mumbai have been unofficially awarded a 6-sigma. It was that one mistake which made the difference”

Which recent Bollywood movie was I talking about?

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Answer:

8.

Identify this 2014 flick from its filming locations

(given below):

• Pahalgam

• Kehribal Area, Anantnag

• Mattan, Anantnag

• Aishan Sahab Zaina Kadal Bridge,Old Srinagar

• Nishat Bagh, Srinagar

• Dal Lake

• Qazigund, Anantnag district

• Martand Sun Temple,Srinagar

• Naseem Bagh(Kashmir University Garden), Hazratbal

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Answer- Haider

9.

After selling its premier soda brands (like Thums Up, Citra,

Limca and Maaza) to Coca Cola in 1993, this Indian food and

beverage company re-entered the industry with the launch of

Café Cuba in 2013, which boasted of being the first coffee

flavoured carbonated drink.

Name the Mumbai based company, which is also known for

products like Frooti, Appy, Grappo, Saint Juice, Bailey, Hippo and LMN.

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Answer- Parle Agro

10. Beatles’ album Abbey road. Used in advertising by which Govt

organisation? The caption of the ad is “If they can, why cant you?”

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Answer

11.

Before X's identity as the book's author was revealed, 1,500 copies of the printed book had been sold since its release in April 2013, plus another 7,000 copies of the ebook, audiobook, and library editions. The book surged from 4,709th to the 1st best-selling novel on Amazon after it was revealed on 14 July 2013 that the book was written by X under the pseudonym “Y". Signed copies of the first edition are selling for as high as $4,000–$6,000. Give me X, Y and the book.

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Answer: X- J.K Rowling Y- Robert Galbraith.

12.

If Marc Okrand invented the language Klingon for Star Trek and J.R.R Tolkien invented the language Elvish for The Lord of the rings, What did Paul Frommer invent and for what?

Hint if needed.

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Answer: Na’avi

13.1. His birth name was Yuyudhaan. He was a

Vrishni clansman and a devout follower of Krishna, tutored in divine weaponry by Arjun. He was given the epithet of the

Unconquerable.2. He was the only Yadav who fought for the

Pandavas on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, where his actions had raised many

controversies. He broke Drona’s bowstring 101 times and countered every assault hurled by the guru of the Pandavas. He

killed his own father on the battlefield, the same day Bhim killed his grandfather.

Id the character

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Answer: Satyaki

14. Id the actor whose voiced this character.

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Answer: Robin Williams

15.Born Hirdesh Singh on March 15th

1983 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.

Professions: _____, Music director and actor.

Filmography includes Punjabi movies like Mirza- the untold story,

Tu mera 22 main tera 22 and Zorawar along with Hindi movies,

Boss and The Xpose.

Who?

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Answer

Which news is this girl reading?

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Answer

Pic in next slide

On July 20, 1969, the spaceflight Apollo 11 landed on the moon, and American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface.

17.

Which renowned Irish poet and Nobel Laureate wrote the preface to Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Geetanjali’?

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Answer: William Butler Yeats

18.

• It was conceived and designed by 18 year old Egyptian artist Ahmed Ehmad Eldin. It was turned into a digital artwork by the design studio Stylorouge.

• Anthony Barnes of the Press Association described it as depicting "a young man in open shirt punting across a sea of clouds towards the glow of the sun“.

• In the news and will remain in the news for some time now… what.

• Album art of whose what?

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Answer:

19.

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Answer: Golden galleons, silver sickles and bronze knuts; the currency used by the wizarding world in the Harry

Potter series

20.

•X originally started off making musical instruments.

•Later they started making motorcycles, and they became so successful, that people almost forgot that they still made musical instruments.

•Their logo, a combination of three tuning forks was designed for this reason.

• X?

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Answer

21: Question in next slide

Very iconic piece of furniture, belonging to an equally iconic figure. Writer of numerous books and critiques, many of which changed the way we perceive literature, ourselves and others. Given the epithet of Father of Psychoanalysis. His seminal work was “Interpretation of Dreams” where he talks about how dreams are projections of one’s own desires. He has become the de facto face of Psychological and behavioural studies across the world and a true definition of genius.Born: May 6th 1856, Czech Republic. Nationality: Austrian. Died: September 23rd 1939, London.Name the personality.

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Answer: Sigmund Freud

22.

1. The franchise started out with 151 original _______, in 1996.

2. After 16 seasons and the 17th going on, the number has risen to 719 (including the ones in the games).

FITB.

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Answer: Pok’emon

23.

Indie artist from Bangladesh. Name: Shayon Chowdhury popularly known

as Arnob. The name of one of his albums became unexpectedly famous

in 2014. Name the album.Hint: Jadavpur University, 2014.

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Answer: Hok Kolorob

24.

Mas a Tiera was the former name of a South Pacific island where a sailor Alexander

Selkirk was marooned. Today it is known by a whole different name owing to a famous

work of fiction. What is the new name?

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Answer

Identify the personality.

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Question 26

• Beloved Sir, I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly is too much swelling with jackfruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just I doing the nuisance that guard making whistle blow for train to go off and I am running with lotah in one hand and dhoti in the next when I am fall over and expose all my shocking to man and female women on platform. I am got leaved at Ahmedpur station.

This too much bad, if passenger go to make dung that dam guard not wait train five minutes for him. I am therefore pray your honorto make big fine on that guard for public sake. Otherwise I am making big report to papers.

Yours faithfully,----Okhil Chandra Sen

• Letter that led to the __________________.

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Answer

Introduction of toilets in trains in India.

27.European: Evil, winged, Lizard-like or

Feline, Whisker-less, Fire.

Chinese: Benevolent, Kingly, Lizard-like, whiskers or even moustaches,

Water.

One word that fits both descriptions.

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Answer: Dragons.

28.The Elgin Marbles were a collection of Greek

artefacts, displayed in London. John Keats among many others drew poetic inspiration

from the pieces of art.A certain Nathaniel Cook was especially inspired by a sculpture of a horse; a stallion with its head

facing ahead and the wind blowing its mane back.

He designed __________ keeping this in mind.FITB.

Hint: Everyone has seen this commonplace item. Try to visualise the bust of a horse.

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Answer: The Chess Knight

29.

It’s a sweet and cold beverage made by mixing Vermicelli noodles with rose syrup, tapioca pearls and milk with ice cream and/or cream

Varieties include kesar, pista, plain or gulab etc.

Name the sweet dish and the popular Hindi phrase originating from it.

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Answer: Izzat ka falooda.

30.

• It was called the “Pearl in the necklace of forts in Hind”. The place is also famous for the last stand of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi.

• The discovery of a small tablet recording the establishment of a small 9th Century hindutemple discovered here roused a lot of excitement all over the world. The tablet was the earliest record of existence of_______.

• Pic in next slide. Id the fort and FITB.

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Answer: The Gwalior Fort where the tablet with the oldest recorded

existence of the number ‘0’ was found.

31.

1. Abul Fazal

2. Faizi

3. Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana

4. Hamim Humam

5. Raja Todarmal

6. Raja Maansingh

7. Shaikh Mubarak

Complete the list with two more names.

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Answer

• Raja Birbal

• Tansen

32.

Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Telengana, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

What is common to the administrative machinery of these

states as of 2014.

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Answer

Bicameral Legislature or the existence of a “Vidhan Parishad” or Legislative Council.

33

• Cinnamon

• Basil

• Tamarind

• Oregano

• Saffron

• Fennel

• Rosemary

• Which company's assets are named thus?

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34Born in 1905, X graduated from Scottish Church College,

Kolkata. During his career, X was a broadcaster, playwright, actor and a theatre director. X wrote plays including Mess No. 49, and directed a theatre production, Sahib Bibi Gulam. In 1952, he dramatised Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's Subarna Golak. In spite of this, X is famous for something very different, and on a “special” day in 2006, X’s daughter got a cheque worth Rs 50917 from SaregamaIndia Ltd as royalty for her father's most famous work. Id X or the famous work.

P.S : the special work has become an integral part of the Kolkatar Bangali ethos.

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Answer

Birendra Krishna Bhadra ; Mahishashura Mardini

35.

• Where would one find these ships over the years?• The Friendship

• John Wesley

• Propontis

• The Grand Turk

•Maria Teresa

• Sooloo

• Star of the West

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Answer

End of Round 1. More coming up