SCRATCH THY HEAD!........BY SIDDHANT BHARALI & SAYANTAN SAIKIA

QMS: Sayantan Saikia & Siddhant Bharali!

RULES:1. 10 points for each correct answer!2. No negative marks!3. MIB to be followed!4. Our decision is final & irreversible!

Before getting on the intellectual rollercoaster let us hope that Japan, soon recovers from the traumatic situation its facing today!

Lets Begin

SIDS SQUAD!

1.It is one of the incarnations of one of the Hindu Gods taking a flesh form. Here, what it means is that , The Human technology in the future is capable of injecting human intelligence in a remotely located body. What has been explained in the quote?

Avatar, and the quote is the explanation of the Navis.

2.What treasure referred to as the Shyamantaka, traces its origin to more than 5000 years, when Lord Krishna is believed to have obtain it from King Jambavanta ; and would weigh 21.6 gms?

THE KOHINOOR DIAMOND

3. The city is named after a river on whose bank it lies, was renamed after a man whose name meant, Steel. Before reverting to its original name, one of the fiercest battles during World War II saw military operations named after Uranus and Saturn. Name the city?

Stalingrad; Stalin means Steel and the river on whose bank it lies is Volga and is also known as Volgagrad.

4. He died on 25th December, 1977, in Vevey, Switzerland. On March 1, 1978, his corpse was stolen by some Swiss mechanics who waited to extort money from his family. The robbers were arrested later and his retrieved corpse was buried under 2 metre of concrete to prevent further attempts. Whose the person?

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

5. Amul Ad for what?(Put Funda)

The song Jummaah Chummah de de from the film Hum. Can also be described as Munni Badnaam Hui of 1991.

6. In ancient Greece, athletes ate large quantities of X, because it was believed that it would lighten the balance of their blood . Roman gladiators were rubbed down with X to firm up their muscles. In the Middle Ages, X was so important that people would pay their rent with it, and even give them as gifts . Identify X.

ONIONS

7. He was the son of a British couple . His mother died a natural death i.e. sickness ; and his father was killed in Africa by the head of the tribes called Kerchak. The head of the Mangani tribe adopted him ; and his foster mother was named Kala. He was later Christened by John Clayton . He went on to marry Y . Identify X and Y.

X : TarzanY : Jane

8. Xs history dates back to 1865, when a mining engineer Friedrich Idestam, established a ground-wood pulp mill on the banks of the Tammerkoshi rapids in the town of Tampere , and started manufacturing paper in 1868. Idestam built a second mill near the town of X, 15 km west of Tempere, by the X- nvirta river which had better resources for hydropower generation. In 1871, Idestam with the help of his close friend Statesman Les- Michelin , renamed and transformed his firm into a share company thereby finding the X company by which it is still known to us . Simply identify X.

X : Nokia ; after the river, Nokianvirta

9. St. Petersburg rightfully bears the name of the city of museums. There are museums devoted to dolls, railway transportations, banking, political police, even gramophones and pornography. Hence, it is only right that the X museum would be set up here . However, the museum was shifted to Moscow. This transfer from St. Petersburg to Moscow was not by chance. In fact, it was quite symbolic that the museum is now situated in Moscow which is a historical place. The products to be found in the X museum, traces its origin to the 15th Century and is considered as the starting point of its history. The museum was established within the precincts of the Kremlin in Izmailova , a unique historical and architectural complex for pleasure for tourists and guests of Moscow. Identify X.

VODKA MUSEUM

10. X when asked said : Sir, mujhe gussa aa gaya tha. Woh mujhe dekh kar paagalon ki tarah dance kar rahi thi. Main use 1000 rupaiya tak dene ke liye taiyaar tha, phir bhi woh mujhe, aur mere friends ko drinks serve karne se mana kar rahi thi. Mujhe aur gussa aaya. Maine pistol nikaala, aur use goli maar diThese were the words of X about Y. Identify X and Y.

X: Manu SinghY : Jessica Lal

11. It is originally a shallow embayment called Wai Moni or Pu ulao in the Hawaii Islands. In local legend, it is regarded as the home of the Shark Goddess, Ka ahupar. Initially, it was not considered a good place for ships because of its shallow waters. By what name is this place better known to us ?

PEARL HARBOUR

12.Connect!

The connect is Wings of Fire!1.Jimmy Shergill starred in the movie Agnipankh !2. A..P.J Abdul Kalams autobiography Wings of Fire!3. Motto of Squadron No. 426 of the Canadian Air Force is Wings of Fire!

13. On July 15, 1814 , X surrendered on the HMS Ballerphone to Captain Friedrich Maitland and was transported to Torbay. Maitland received strict orders from Adam Lord Keith to prevent every person from whatever comes onboard . In response to his orders, Maitland refused to allow the suppliers to come onboard . However, a sailor on one of the lower boats set adrift a small bottle containing a message that X was onboard, and the news quickly spread everywhere. Who was X?

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

14. X is a character known for his corrupt deeds . He calls himself as bad and corrupt as Y. Xs main enemy is a local goon , who works as the youngest candidate in the ministry of Sri Pandit Dayal, or better known as Dayal Babu ; named as Sarvashest Yuva Samiti. Xs name comes from the word for restless and Zs name comes from the word for holes. Identify X,Y,Z.

X : Chulbul PandeyY : RobinhoodZ : Chedi Singh

LONG VISUAL CONNECT!SCORING PATTERN :1ST Slide : +40,-30!2nd Slide : +30, -20!3rd Slide : +20, -10!4th Slide : +10!

Lets Begin..

The films of Akshay Kumar :1.Joint Hands + London Dreams : Namastey London2.Kings XI Punjab : Singh is Kinng!3. Inspiration from Monty Panesar led to the making of Patiala House!4. Joker from Batman : Joker is his upcoming film.5. John Players : Khiladi!6.Love Damned Love : Kambakhht Ishq!7.He is portraying the role of Dawood Ibrahim in Once Upon a Time in Mumbai 2!

SAYANTANZZZ.

1.One day X was relaxing under a shady tree after a futile hunt in the hot afternoon. A person named Imam Wirdi approached X , with a safed teetar (grey partridge), held in one hand . Wirdi was confused about the sex of the bird, and therefore hesitatingly asked X, as what was its sex. Its a female,, X said confidently, passing the cackling bird back to Wirdi. When the bird was killed and her stomach cut open, to confirm the truth, some eggs were found, pure proof that the bird was female. Who was X?

MUGHAL EMPEROR JAHANGIR

2. X witnessed the first major industrial dispute in India, in 1939, when over 10,000 workers of Y, refused to work ,for the redressal of their grievances. But before any settlement could be arrived at, the Second World War broke out and the area was immediately made a protected area under the War Ordinance. The leaders of this dispute were either arrested or forced to leave X. Identify X and Y.

X : Aamar DigboiY : AOC ( Assam Oil Company)

3. What is there contribution to the security of the citizens of the US?

They are Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson who founded the Smith & Wesson Company , the largest manufacturer of handguns in 1852 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Smith & Wesson revolvers and pistols are used by armed forces throughout USA and the world. They were popularised by Clint Eastwood in movies such as Dirty Harry.

They are Dr. Louis & Mary Leakey who shook the world with their discovery of the skull of the Australopithecus on 17July,1959, in the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. They were the genus of the extinct Hominids, who thrived in this planet from circa 5 million years to 1.8 million years ago, and are said to be the ancestors of modern man ( Homo Sapiens).

5. He was born on 6 June, 1799 in Moscow. Born into a aristocratic family, he began his literary career while being a student in the Imperial Lyceum at Tsarskoye Selo. His first major literary works were the romantic poems Ruslan and Ludmila (1820).After being banished to several places, he published a series of romantic poems , thus establishing himself as the leading Russian poet of his time. After Nicholas I allowed him to return to Moscow in 1826 , he abandoned his revolutionary sentiments and turned to figures like Peter The Great in poems such as The Bronze Horseman ( 1837). He died young, at the age of 37, after being forced into a duel. Often regarded as Russias greatest poet. Identify him.

ALEKSANDR PUSHKIN

6.X worked as a military nurse in Canada during World War I and later as a social worker in Boston. In 1928, X became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a plane, though as a passenger. In 1932, X accomplished that feat alone. In 1937, X set out with a navigator called Fred Noonan to fly around the world; they had finished two-thirds of the distance when Xs plane suddenly disappeared without a trace in the central Pacific Ocean. Identify X.

AMELIA EARHART

7. Assam , our Assam, is lovely soHer gifts, too, make her glowThe land where the sun rises, Of Bharats eastern marges

This is the first paragraph of a song written by Pradip Acharya , retired professor of Cotton College. This is the translation of an original Assamese number by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika. Name the original number.

Axom aamar rupohi gunoru naai xex, Bharatore purba dixor xurjya utha dex!

8. Connect!

The connect is Robinhood :1. Salman Khan in Dabangg acted as Robinhood Pandey!2. Howard Pyle, the author of The Merry Adventures of Robinhood 3. The bird Little Red Robin Hood!4. In Tees Maar Khan, Akshay Kumar denoted himself as Aadha Robinhood, as he stole from the rich, but didnt distribute the loot among the poor!

9.The author?

Colonel Muammar Al Gaddafi!

Green Book is where he lists his political ideologies !

10. He was born on November 5, 1892, at Oxford and he grew up in his fathers laboratory in the house. Very early in his childhood he began to toy with scientific apparatus and by the age of 8 began to help his father in experiments. His brilliance in maths enabled him to win the Russell Prize at the age of 16. During World War I, he was popular among his troops as Bombo . It is said that he used to sneak into enemy camps and return with valuable information. Once, when he heard something nasty being told about Britain, he dropped a bomb in anger and returned back under heavy fire. He was the first to use mathematics in genetics. Among his significant contributions is an estimate of the rate of mutation of human gene. One of the most peculiar scientists, he used to conduct horrifying experiments upon his own body to test how it behaved in different conditions. He died of cancer at Bhubaneshwar, at the age of 71. Identify him.

J.B.S Haldane

11. Chota Who?

JOSEPH STALIN

12. Where on Earth would you find the following words?When Ivo goes back with the ___, the ___;Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;The welkin will ring loud,The great crowd will feel proud,Seeing Barlow and Bates with the ___, the ___;And the rest coming home with the ___.

Fill in the Blanks and youll get the answer!

ON THE ASHES URN

The term Ashes was first used after England lost to Australia - for the first time on home soil - at The Oval on 29th August 1882. A day later, the Sporting Times, an English newspaper carried a mock obituary to English cricket which concluded that "In Affectionate Remembrance of ENGLISH CRICKET, which died at the Oval on 29th AUGUST, 1882, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances R.I.P. N.B. The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.." A few weeks later, an English team, captained by the Hon Ivo Bligh [later Lord Darnley], set off to tour Australia. The side lost the first of the three scheduled Tests but won the next two, prompting a group of Melbourne ladies (including Miss Florence Rose Morphy - Bligh's future wife) to burn one of the bails used in the Third Test, put it in a small brown urn, and present it to Bligh. He subsequently took the urn back to England, where it is now owned and displayed (at Lord's) by MCC

Inventors of musical instruments :

1. Adolphe Sax : Saxophone!2. Bartholomew Cristofori : Piano!3. Charles Wheatstone : Accordion!4. Johann Christoph Denner : Clarinet!

14. X was born in Dhaka on 31 January, 1909. Xs father was an army officer , who later became the aide-de-camp to the governor and also was honoured with an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire). X matriculated with distinction and joined the St. Pauls College for post-matriculation in 1926. X had also been selected to captain the college cricket team . In 1928, X moved to Ripon College for his degree course in science and assumed the captaincy of his college football team. X was associated with Y in his socio-cultural pursuits till X joined the CPI in 1945 and when the party was banned , X was an underground worker from 1948 to 1952. X was a sincere worker. X along with Xs wife were arrested and jailed in 1952. After his release, in 1955, X rejoined the CPI. X died of cancer on 19 June, 1969. Identify X ( Bonus points for identifying Y)!

X : Bishnu Prasad RabhaY : Jyotiprasad Agarwalla

15. Symbol of which deadly organisation?

BLACK HAND OR UNION OF DEATH!

A Serbian terrorist organization that had planned the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, through Gavrilo Princep ,leading to the First World War!

16. Amul Butter ad for what?

BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY!