Alhamdulillah

MY FIRST QUIZ

Researched and conducted by : ABDUL VAHID. P. A

ROUND 1•8 Questions: Clockwise•Bounce + Pounce•+10 for Bounce•+10/-10 for Pounce

• Finland is known as the land of thousand lakes.

• It has 1,87,888 lakes and nearly 1,79,000 islands.

• X lake is the largest lake in Finland and fourth largest freshwater lake in Europe.

• Now a days, the word X is popularly used by malayalees thanks to the debut movie of a young Malayalam actor.

• X please!

ANSWER

•Saimaa

On 2 November,2000, at Malom, a small town near Imphal in Manipur, ten civilians were shot and killed while waiting at the bus stop. The incident known as Malom Massacre was allegedly committed by Assam Rifles. This resulted in the beginning of something that lasted almost 15 years, one of the longests in the world.

What?

ANSWER

• Irom Sharmila’s Hunger Strike

• Chhurim Sherpa was the first person to scale Mount Everest twice in a week.

• She has started her third journey to the top of the world recently, but this time her journey caught a wider global attention. This is because of the fact that in this journey she carries some belongings of a person to pay tribute to him.

• Whom does she pay tribute to?

ANSWER

• Phil Hughes• She carries a bat and two jerseys belonging to

Hughes.

• The following slide gives you an eye-witness account of an incident by George Steer in The Times.

• X was inspired by this eye-witness account and created the world famous Y.

• Identify X and Y.

BILBAO, April 27, 1937

Y, the most ancient town of the Basques and the centre of their cultural tradition, was completely destroyed yesterday afternoon by insurgent air raiders. The bombardment of this open town far behind the lines occupied precisely three hours and a quarter, during which a powerful fleet of aeroplanes consisting of three German types, Junkers and Heinkel bombers and Heinkel fighters, did not cease unloading on the town bombs weighing from 1,000 lb. downwards and, it is calculated, more than 3,000 two-pounder aluminium incendiary projectiles. The fighters, meanwhile, plunged low from above the centre of the town to machine- gun those of the civilian population who had taken refuge in the fields.The whole of Y was soon in flames except the historic Casa de Jontas with its rich archives of the Basque race, where the ancient Basque Parliament used to sit. The famous oak of Y, the dried old stump of 600 years and the young new shoots of this century, was also untouched. Here the kings of Spain used to take the oath to respect the democratic rights (fueros) of Vizcaya and in return received a promise of allegiance as suzerains with the democratic title of Señor, not Rey Vizcaya. The noble parish, church of Santa Maria was also undamaged except for the beautiful chapter house, which was struck by an incendiary bomb.

ANSWER

•X – Pablo Picasso•Y – Guernica

The etymology of the term is often disputed. The term comes from the notion of justice proceeding by leaps like a X. Another possibility is that the term means the court is in someone’s pockets. Merriam Webster defines it as a mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded. A X is often held by a group or a community to give the appearance of a fair and just trial, even though the verdict has in reality already been decided before the trial has begun.Id the term.

ANSWER

Kangaroo Court

• Renowned scientist Max Born joined IISc in 1935 accepting the request of CV Raman. On meeting Born, Diwan Mirza Ismail enquired if he know any trained architect. Born introduced his nephew Otto Konisberger to the Diwan. Upon Born’s suggestion Konisberger was appointed the chief architect and planner of Mysore.

• Konisberger designed various buildings for the IISc, the TATA Institute of Fundamental Research and some parts of Jamshedpur under the vision of JRD Tata.

• Konisberger was also the architect of the Temple City of India. Which is that city?

ANSWER

• Bhubaneswar

Hershey’s X are chocolates produced by American brand Hershey’s. They were introduced in 1905 and had a distinctive shape ; a flat bottomed teardrop wrapped in an aluminium foil with a paper protruding out featuring the name of the brand. They were named X due to the characteristic sound produced when they were deposited by the machine. X?

ANSWER

•Hershey’s Kisses

Kurai Onrum Illai is a Tamil devotional song written by X. The song was written in praise of Lord Krishna and is very popular in South India. It is a regular at Carnatic music concerts. X also wrote a benediction hymn which was sung by M. S Subbalakshmi at the UN General Assembly in 1967. X’s lasting contributions to English literature include translations of Ramayana and Mahabharata which are used by foreign universities for ‘Oriental Studies’.

Identify X.

ANSWER

•C. Rajagopalachari

Round 2•7 Questions : Written•Differential Scoring•Your score = 5 x no of teams who didn’t get it right.

I’m sure that most of you have at least one Orissa Pan in your home. Otherwise I strongly suggest you to have one.

Tell me what exactly an Orissa Pan is?

ANSWER

Fr. Abel was a catholic CMI priest from Kerala. He had a thirst to become a good journalist and took Doctorate in Political Science and Journalism from University of Rome. After returning to Kerala, he started translating ancient Christian texts and devotional songs. During this work, an idea arose in his mind – why not write original devotional songs in Malayalam? He soon started the work and wrote more than 1000 devotional songs. In order to perform these songs on stage, he started an institution in 1969 and organised many concerts of Christian devotional songs. Also another programme was staged as ‘fillers’ between the songs. Eventually these ‘fillers’ became the masterpiece of the organisation and a lot of artists shot to limelight through these programmes.

Identify the institution.

ANSWER

Kalabhavan

• In Which We Serve is a 1942 British patriotic war film directed by Noel Coward and David Lean. It was made during the second world war with the assistance of the Ministry of Information.

• The film was inspired by the exploits of X, who was in command of the destroyer HMS Kelly when it was sunk during the Battle of Crete. X was also the longest serving official to head the British armed forces.

• The film also witnessed the acting debut of Y, who later became a director and went on to bag supreme awards like Oscar, BAFTA, golden globe etc.

• Identify X and Y.

ANSWER

•X – Louis Mountbatten•Y – Richard Attenborough

Udaan (meaning flight) was a Hindi serial aired on DD national during 1989-91. This claims to be the first Indian serial on women empowerment. The serial was inspired by the real life of X who also made guest appearance in the serial. However the female lead was played by her sister Kavitha who also directed the serial. X went on to become the first woman in India to hold a certain office when she achieved the feat in Uttarakhand.

Identify X.

ANSWER

•Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya• First Indian woman to become DGP.

The X lake was constructed by engineer John Rennie for the Trent and Mersey Canal Company to feed the Caldon Canal at X, Staffordshire, a village named after X, a local man reputed to have killed Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth Field. Sometime in 1863, a man and a woman, John and Alice, met and courted at X lake who later became married. Appealed by the serenity of the location, they named their first son after this lake.

Name the famous son mentioned above.

(Pic in next slide)

ANSWER

Rudyard Kipling

Mrugaya is a 1989 Malayalam film written by Lohithadas and directed by IV Sasi. The film features a leopard which was loaned by animal tamer Govindarajan Naidu.

Where was the film shot?

ANSWER

•Nelliampathy

1Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine

29-May-1873

grandson

2The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

28-Mar-1884

son

3Prince Heinrich Friedrich of Prussia

26-Feb-1904

great grandson

4 Lord Leopold Mountbatten23-Apr-1922

grandson

5 Prince Rupert of Teck15-Apr-1928

great grandson

6 Infante Gonzalo of Spain13-Aug-1934

great grandson

7 Alfonso, Prince of Asturias6-Sep-1938

great grandson

8 Prince Waldemar of Prussia2-May-1945

great grandson

PUT FUNDA

ANSWER

• Descendants of Queen Victoria who died of haemophilia.• The reason why it’s called Royal Disease.

ROUND 3•8 Questions: anticlockwise•Bounce + Pounce•+10 for Bounce•+10/-10 for Pounce

• Benjamin Franklin once wrote an essay to the Royal Society of Brussels, named “_________ proudly” also called “A Letter to a Royal Academy”. The essay was never submitted, but was sent as a letter to Richard Price, a renowned welsh philosopher at that time.

• The essay argues the need to launch independent studies about __________. It calls for a detailed research about effect of various food items on this and reminds the need of a new drug to improve it.

• Franklin also sent a copy of the essay to Joseph Priestly who was then researching on gases.

• What was Franklin’s essay all about? Or FITB.

ANSWER

•വളി�•Blank : Fart

PUT FUNDA

ANSWER

• Longest kissing scene ever in any Indian film. It lasts up to 4 minutes.

• This scene is from the 1933 movie Karma, the first English talkie by an India.

• Himanshu Rai kisses Devika Rani.

• Marjarin – Medicine for increasing life span of cats.• Miracurall – A drug capsule that cures all ailments except

common cold.• Robu – A robot made with very cheap materials which is

programmed to answer any question asked to it.• Batika Indica – A pill made from banyan tree sap that can ward

off the need for food and water for 24 hours.• Snuff Gun – A gun that on firing induces snuffing for 30 hours.• Linguagraph – A translator that can translate any earth

language to another including animal languages.• Compudium – A device that helps to contact departed souls.• Omniscope – A combination of telescope and microscope that

can be worn as spectacles.• Ornithon – A device to educate birds.

IDENTIFY THE INVENTOR

ANSWER

Professor Shonku

On July 12,1959, an Indian Airlines plane Viscount c/n 295 was flying from Rangoon, Burma to Dum Dum Airport, Culcutta. On that evening Captain Waseem Pina was summoned by one of the travellers and something, first time ever in India, happened at 4. 15 pm. This triggered a lot of discussions in the media analysing the pros and cons of the event. Subsequently, Indian Airlines came up with a new tradition which was later abandoned due to widespread misuse.

What happened at 4.15 pm? What new tradition was introduced?

ANSWER

•A child was born on air•He was named Viscount Viman Rao• Indian Airlines declared free air tickets for those were born on air for lifetime which was later abandoned.

This is the model of a device used to lift boats over shoals. It was designed by X for which he gained US patent number 6469. Nevertheless, the device was never manufactured. As of now, he remains the only patent holder to hold a coveted position.

Identify X.

ANSWER

•Abraham Lincoln

Studying in England was the greatest dream of this men. After the younger earned enough money and ordered his passport and travel tickets, the postman delivered them to the elder thanks to the same initials they shared. Upon this, the elder insisted on travelling with those documents actually meant for the younger, pointing out that it would be socially criticized that an older brother followed the lead of the younger. Respecting the elder despite the obvious cruelty of fate on his own hard work, the younger allowed him to proceed to England and even paid for his stay.

Identify this famous freedom fighter siblings.

ANSWER

Vithalbhai and Vallabhai Patel

 1. A _______ may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.2.A _______ must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.3. A ______ must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

Three laws of???

ANSWER

•Robotics

• She did her LLB, LLM (first rank holder) and PhD from Kerala Law Academy, University of Trivandrum. She serves as a member of Kerala State Film Censor Board since 2005. In 2007, she became the principal of Kerala Law Academy, Trivandrum.

• She served DD Malayalam as a news reader between 1986 and 1988. When Kairali TV was launched in 2000, she did a new programme, which was one of the first programmes in the channel. That was a new beginning for her and the rest is history.

• Just identify her.

ANSWER

• Dr. Lakshmi Nair• Cookery show fame

Round 4• 7 Questions : Written• Choose your score round• Along with answer, write an even number

from 6 to 20 within braces.• If your answer is right, you win the points

written in the bracket and loses half of it if your answer is wrong.

• Bogorad’s Syndrome is a disease first described by F. A Bogorad in 1926. The disease involves the initiation of a certain physiological process on taking food. The disease is also called ________ ________ Syndrome.

• The disease is named so because of a myth involving similar behaviour by a certain animal. Actually the animal initiates this physiological process not on feeding, but as a mechanism for lubrication and salt loss.

• Thus ________ _________ became a common usage to describe a certain behaviour.

FITB

ANSWER

•Crocodile Tears

Barong Tagalong is an embroidered formal dress from Philippines. It is worn untucked over an undershirt and is lightweight. It was popularised as a formal dress by a famous person who was initially an automobile mechanic who later led guerrilla forces in World War II.

Who?

ANSWER

Ramon Magsaysay

His key field of specialisation did not dissuade him from studies. He secured good grades. He participated in the Quit India movement in 1942. On 15th August 1947, he took a resolution which he achieved 5 years later. He had no money to go abroad for this and the government did not come to help. Subsequently, he along with his family resorted to begging to raise enough funds. This prompted the principal of his college Khardikar to mortgage his house for raising a sum of Rs. 7000 for his student. He was one of the most neglected Indians in his field even after achieving the feat which was an unbelievable one at that time.

Who?

ANSWER

•KD Jadhav

• X is a Thailand-born British-American software designer and publisher who founded several companies in United States and elsewhere. All members of his family where fluent in Tamil language and his family had several Indian servants. He attended Presentation Convent School at Kodaikanal till Class 6 after which the family relocated to England.

• X started his own publishing house named after himself which was later acquired by McGraw Hill. He also published a best-selling memoir “Hypergrowth” in 1984.

• In 1983, he bragged about two advanced new computers his company was developing. These statements decreased the consumer demand of the earlier product of his company, which claimed a first in the history of computers. Thus this phenomenon, the pre-announcement of a product causing a catastrophic collapse in the demand of older ones, came to be known as X affect.

• X returned to India in the later days of his life and died at Kodaikanal.

• Identify X.

ANSWER

• Adam Osborne• Created Osborne-1, first commercial

portable computer.

“We wanted an age related title. Other than being feminist the film is about being proud of your age. I’m proud of my age. There was opposition but this seemed apt. I’m sure I will be more proud when I’m 50”

This an excerpt from a recent interview. Just identify the speaker.

ANSWER

• Jyothika• 36 Vayadhinile

• Rika Hiraki won the Australian Open mixed doubles title in 1997 becoming the first Japanese player to win a grand slam.

• Her male partner also became the first player to win a grand slam from his country.

• Who was her male partner? Which country did he represent?

ANSWER

• Mahesh Bhupathi• India

This is a teakettle that entered market some years ago. It was released by JC Penney Corporation, the American mid-range departmental stores based in Plano, Texas.

Why did this teakettle create controversy?

ANSWER

• Resemblance with Adolf Hitler