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Researched & Conducted by
Dr. Aakash Roy
 4 Rounds. 50 Questions.
 21 Questions Clockwise.
 21 Questions Anti-Clockwise.
 2Written Rounds of 4 Questions each.
 Written Round .
 4 Questions.
 +5 for every correct answer.
 +10/-5 if you are staking.
 Please mark your stakes in a legible manner.
 Who is this genius who
suffered from
Sympathetic
Ophthalmitis in his
formative years ?
 Who is this man of
science after whom
an annual award has
been instituted
since 1958 ?
 Which artist’s
depiction of this
quintessentially
American boy hero
finds a place in this US
postage stamp from
1972 ?
 Which country
celebrating its
Independence from
colonial rule through
this 1966 postage
stamp ?
G 2.0 finals
 Who is this genius who
suffered from
Sympathetic
Ophthalmitis in his
formative years ?
G 2.0 finals
 Who is this man of
science after whom
an annual award has
been instituted
since 1958 ?
G 2.0 finals
 Which artist’s
depiction of this
quintessentially
American boy hero
finds a place in this US
postage stamp from
1972 ?
G 2.0 finals
 Which country
celebrating its
Independence from
colonial rule through
this 1966 postage
stamp ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 21 Questions.
 Infinite Bounce with Limited Pounce.
 A maximum of 15 Pounces for the entire
Quiz.
 +10/-10 on Pounce, +10 on Bounce.
 The 1991 Booker prize nominees did not feature
any female author.This urged a host of concerned
people to come up with the idea of an exclusive
award for BestWoman Prize for Fiction.
 Which telecommunication giant was the title
sponsor of this award ?
 Which Irish product , whose insignia was
supposedly inspired from a London-hotel is the
current title sponsor ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Double helical staircases
are a common feature in
many medieval
European castles.The
turn of the helix was
usually clockwise in
these fortified areas to
account for a
predominance of 90 %.
 Why ?
G 2.0 finals
 Enemies ascending with swords would be at a
disadvantage (considering they are right
handed) compared to those descending with
swords.
 Which mountain range is encountered
during trekking from Manebhanjang (1928
meter) to Phalut (3595 meter) via the highest
point inWest Bengal ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 The third part of “The Raj
Quartet” gets its name from
an age-old practice that
originated in Iran.
 What is the purpose of
these towers of silence ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This series was first published on
sticksuicide.com and currently is being
published in explosm.net.
 The popular title of this series first appeared
in #121, in which one character sells cotton
candy, and explains that it is made of
“________ and __________“.
 Which series is being talked about ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Why was this extinct arthropod fossil from
the MiddleCambrian age named Kootenichela
deppi ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 In the late 19th century Portuguese immigrants
arrived in a country to work in its sugarcane fields.
 They brought with them two instruments from
Madeira, the Machete and the Rajao, which
became a hit amongst the locales and four friends
Nunes, Santo, Fernandez and Dias cashed in on this
to produce a hybrid instrument. Even the royal
family of that place began to play it and patronised
its growth.
 What ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Eugene Delacroix left Paris in 1832 to spend
time in a more primitive civilisation.
 However, on his arrival, he remarked, "The
Greeks and Romans are here at my door, in
the Arabs who wrap themselves in a white
blanket and look like Cato or Brutus…”
 Which city is this ? (picture next slide)
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This is Ivan Denisovich,
a character played by
Tom Courtney in 1970
movie.
 How is ‘a day in his life’
chronicled in the “Novy
Mir” magazine in
November 1962
unique?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Which famous star once said- “I stopped
believing in Santa Claus when I was six.
Mother took me to see him in a departmental
store and he asked for my autograph!” ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 ‘AWinter on the Nile’ by Anthony Sattin chronicles the
lives of two individuals, a Frenchman who had just
written a draft of TheTemptation of Saint Anthony, which
his most trusted literary friends had told him was only fit
for burning and an Englishwoman who had clashed with
her parents over her refusal to marry.
 Curiously, they embarked on the same boat from
Alexandria in the winter of 1849.While one would visit
brothels and harems, the other travelled to Egyptian
temples and dispensaries. Both however would go on
to achieve fame in the years to follow.
 Who are the protagonists of Sattin’s novella ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This structural piece of
stone jutting out from the
wall, responsible for
carrying the super-
incumbent weight gets its
name from the fact it
resembles the beak of a
crow.
 What is the name of this
object in architecture ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, under
the topic of “Galactorrhoea” enlists an
artwork (next slide) that shows Hera feeding
her son Hercules, with Zeus looking on as they
are being driven in a chariot across the night
sky.
 Who is the painter and Whose birth has been
postulated through this artwork ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This is Alisher Usminov, a Russian
billionaire who bought something
from Christie’s at NewYork in
December 2014.
 He returned the object to its
rightful owner and told the media
that, this object reminded him of
the progress in our fight against
cancer, the disease to which he
had lost his father.
 What object did he buy ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Last week, a brand new team was unveiled who
will be making their debut in the IFA Shield this
year. Agnimitra Paul, the noted fashion designer
has beautifully captured the city’s skyline and
incorporated famous landmarks likeVictoria
Memorial and Howrah Bridge on their jersey.
 Which organisation is funding this team and
Which former IFA Shield winner’s picture has
been used in the logo for obvious reasons ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This is the Albion House at
30 James Street. On 18th
January 1868,Thomas
Ismay bought the shares of
a Company originally
founded by J.Piklington and
H.Wilson and saved them
from bankruptcy.
 The new headquarters were
shifted to this place by Mr.
Ismay.
 Which company ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This character begins his disastrous history
exam with the following opening :
 “The Egyptians were an ancient race of
Caucasians residing in one of the northern sections
of Africa.The latter as we all know is the largest
continent in the Eastern Hemisphere.”
 This person’s first appearance was in a short
story in 1945.
 Who ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 V. Balsara in an obscure interview with
Doordarshan in 1981, claimed that he had
created the effect of __________ with a
harmonium in the title track of a 1951 classic.
 FITB with an instrument popularised by the
likes of Enoch Daniels and Kersi Lord in
Bollywood and Identify the 1951 classic.
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Since the turn of the millennium, this MNC
launched an unique project to “…to extend the
dialogue beyond the bread and butter of our
business to help clients discover new ideas, new
people and new thinking.”
 One of their rivals launched a similar project in
2016 to spark conversation among entrepreneur,
endowment and foundation, business-owner and
bibliophile clients worldwide.
 Which company and What annual venture ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Michael Jackson died on June 25,2009. On the
same day a 62 year old lady passed away in Santa
Monica, California, who in the late 70s was a huge
cultural icon in the United States.
 NBC aired a program titled “______ ______- The
Birth and Death of an Angel” on the next day.
 Who is this lady with an alliterative name who did
her bit in selling 20 million copies of an iconic
poster from 1976 ?
G 2.0 finals
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 4 Questions each having 2 parts (A and B)
 The Answers are identical except for a single letter
that forms the keyword of the Answer.
 The Keyword has been made bold in the Answer
slides.
 Every correct part gets you 5 points.
 +10 for a Full House.
 Jam-packed buses in
Kolkata are becoming
rarer by the day.
Passengers of such a
crowded bus can be
compared with a fish,
giving rise to an
English idiom.
 Which fish ?
 A touring team was visiting a prominent
landmark in the city when a few RAAF fighter
planes flew by.The Captain of the tourist side
remarked, “I wish they were the Jaaps, and I
wish they’d bomb that bridge into the
harbour”.
 Who is the speaker ?
 This is JanVan
Riebeeck, a Dutch
colonial administrator
who featured in the
first issue of the
banknotes of a certain
currency, that is legal
in Swaziland, Lesotho
and Namibia apart
from its native land.
 Identify the currency.
 A shop selling this item has been present in
London since 382 B.C.The current proprietor
Garrick ________ was abducted to extract
some valuable knowledge about an item that
was not manufactured by his company.
 What does this shop sell ?
 A German medical graduate, he was
commissioned by the Imperial HealthOffice
in 1877 to serve as an assistant to Robert
Koch.
 Koch’s path breaking works in bacteriology
helped this assistant to an eponymous
invention.
 Who is this person ?
 This is Emir Muhammed
Ben Kalish Ezab who
appears in a couple of
Tintin stories.
 Which UNESCO World
Heritage site served as
the model for his hideout
in ‘The Red Sea Sharks’ ?
 This teleserial by
Rituparno Ghosh
became a slipper hit
launching the career of
Mimi Chakraborty.
 What was the name of
the character of Arjun
which is same as an
eponymous novel set
in the 19th century ?
 Who is this man of
many credentials,
who, in a way can lay
his claim to being the
sole person from his
country to have
handed the FIFA
World Cup ?
G 2.0 finals
 Jam-packed buses in
Kolkata are becoming
rarer by the day.
Passengers of such a
crowded bus can be
compared with a fish,
giving rise to an
English idiom.
 Which fish ?
 A touring team was visiting a prominent
landmark in the city when a few RAAF fighter
planes flew by.The Captain of the tourist side
remarked, “I wish they were the Jaaps, and I
wish they’d bomb that bridge into the
harbour”.
 Who is the speaker ?
G 2.0 finals
 This is JanVan
Riebeeck, a Dutch
colonial administrator
who featured in the
first issue of the
banknotes of a certain
currency, that is legal
in Swaziland, Lesotho
and Namibia apart
from its native land.
 Identify the currency.
 A shop selling this item has been present in
London since 382 B.C.The current proprietor
Garrick ________ was abducted to extract
some valuable knowledge about an item that
was not manufactured by his company.
 What does this shop sell ?
G 2.0 finals
 A German medical graduate, he was
commissioned by the Imperial HealthOffice
in 1877 to serve as an assistant to Robert
Koch.
 Koch’s path breaking works in bacteriology
helped this assistant to an eponymous
invention.
 Who is this person ?
 This is Emir Muhammed
Ben Kalish Ezab who
appears in a couple of
Tintin stories.
 Which UNESCO World
Heritage site served as
the model for his hideout
in ‘The Red Sea Sharks’ ?
G 2.0 finals
 This teleserial by
Rituparno Ghosh
became a slipper hit
launching the career of
Mimi Chakraborty.
 What was the name of
the character of Arjun
which is same as an
eponymous novel set
in the 19th century ?
 Who is this man of
many credentials,
who, in a way can lay
his claim to being the
sole person from his
country to have
handed the FIFA
World Cup ?
G 2.0 finals
 21 Questions.
 Infinite Bounce with Limited Pounce.
 A maximum of 15 Pounces for the entire
Quiz.
 +10/-10 on Pounce, +10 on Bounce.
 Unlike typical typefaces, these are
designed on a 5 x 5 grid. Furthermore, they
comprise a very limited character-set of
just 9-10 letters.Their height and width are
five times the thickness of the line weight.
 What is the specific name of this typeface
and Where have we seen it ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Kalusha Bwalaya is considered to be his country’s
greatest soccer player and he by a stroke of great
fortune survived a plane crash in 1993 because he
played for PSV Eindhoven, so had been making
his own route to Senegal, at that time.The crash
killed the entire team, barring him.
 How did he & the country’s football team pay
their respect to the victims, through an event in
2012 ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Robert Frank Borkenstein, an American Police
Officer registered a trademark on May
13,1954.Since then, this item has been updated
and modernised and currently employs Infra
Red Spectroscopy to produce results.
 Which item, that has been creating a
hullaballoo in this part of the world over the
last fortnight ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Whose painting, known to us for recreating
something, depicting the north-east section of
Which place ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This is an
example of the
recent
cybercrime that
hit 99 countries a
week ago.
 What is this
known, as per
cryptovirology ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Viktor Korchonoi, the Soviet Grandmaster
defected to the west block in 1976 and began living
inThe Netherlands. Around this time, he met with
another Soviet GM Lev Polugaevsky in the Semis of
a Candidate’s tournament in France.
 Korchonoi did not have the permission to use the
Soviet flag, nor he could use the Dutch flag as he
had been a resident there for merely 9 months. His
seconds, then suggested him to use the ________
________ flag as he was momentarily stateless.
 What ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This 1849 novel by Alexandre
Dumas was loosely based on
an affair involving fraud and
royal scandal that made
headlines.
 The novel shares its name with
the description of a
geographical entity
constructed by Bhagojisheth
Keer & Palonji Mistry.
 What is the name of the
book?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 In 2016, a study conducted by M. Priyamvadha , Assistant
Professor in the Department of Criminology, University of
Madras in Madurai,Virudhunagar andTheni districts
revealed that the practice of Thalaikoonthal is very much
prevalent inTamil Nadu.
 The original meaning of this word is ‘a leisurely oil bath’.
An exercise in love and health given to newborn children,
at the ceremonial beginning of festivals, and the universal
answer to pitiless summers.
 What is Thalaikoonthal and How an item of abundance
in Coastal areas play a part in it ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 The image shows the
effect of Dementia
_______ which is seen
in men of a certain
profession.
 FITB with a
scientifically sounding
name or Identify the
common noun that is
derived from Latin for
‘fists’.
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 While it can’t be proven definitively, it’s likely that
the phrase originated at the US fairgrounds in 19th
century. Booths would be set up and fair workers
would host nearly-impossible-to-win games for
happy fairgoers to try. Games of strength, accuracy,
and skill were played by men and women, and,
occasionally- just enough to keep people
interested- an individual would win.
 Which phrase, any QM’s favourite and a quizzer’s
nightmare, was coined centred around the prizes
given in these games ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Published in late 80s and early 90s in Suktara,
this series by Anil Bhaumik was about a group of
adventure loving friends embarking on long sea
voyages to unknown lands in search of hidden
treasures. In a way, Harry, Shanko, Maria
became close friends for a kid growing up in the
90s in a Bengali household.
 Who is the titular character of this series and
What was his nationality ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Olfactory Habituation is the ability of our olfactory system
to take any initially strong, and consistent smell and deal
with it by taking it in as part of our normal background.
 Our nose has the ability to perceive infinitely and when we
are sniffing things there is no limit to what we can sniff from
a biological standpoint.
 From a psychological standpoint it is more akin to the kid in
the candy store syndrome as we have a bounty of options
and we just don’t feel like having any of them in particular.
 What practice in departmental stores can hence be
explained ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This institution opened its doors in 1947, the
year of India’s independence. It was started
by a Parsi family in 1947 and till this day, it is
run by a Parsi lady named Ms Z STangdi. It is
ironic that a host of youngsters have been
coming here in search of freedom over the
last 70 years.
 Which place ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 These are fruiting
bodies of a
subterranean Ascomycet
e fungus, predominantly
one of the many species
of the genusTuber.They
are kind of fungi and are
therefore usually found
in close association with
tree roots.
 What are these objects,
nicknamed “diamond of
the kitchen” by a French
gourmet ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This game originated at the Dartmouth University in the
1950s,where paddles were used to guide ping pong balls
into empty glasses after having a drink or two.
 In the late 70s and early 80s, at the Lehigh University a
variant of the game involving throwing the balls was
introduced.There was an analogy between the ping-
pong balls flying across the table and landing on the
opponent’s side and the political crisis in an Asian
country where President Reagan had intervened.
 What alternative name did this game get ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 Ons Dien MetTrots – ‘We serve with Pride’ is
engraved at the entrance of this former Leper
colony of the 19th and early part of 20th
century.This place was also used as
fortification by Allied forces duringWW-II.
 Which place of interest, that finds a museum
tour dedicated to it in Google Arts and
Culture section ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 This is the statue of a
Scottish historian of
repute who became the
Governor of Bombay in
1819.
 What practice, a symbol
of pride and pomp in
present day Mumbai was
started by this man?
 How was he remembered
in Kolkata through the
antics of a certain Parsi
that has ceased to exist ?
G 2.0 finals
G 2.0 finals
 X was born on December 12, 1915, in an upstairs
tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New
Jersey. He was the only child of an immigrant couple. X
weighed 6.1 kg at birth and had to be delivered with the
aid of forceps, which caused severe scarring to his left
cheek, neck, and ear, and perforated his ear drum,
damage that remained for life.
 Y was born in the Polish town ofWadowice. He was the
youngest of three children. His brother Edmund was a
physician and died contracting Scarlet Fever.
 What three member exhaustive list are they part of and
Who will be the third entrant in it ?
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 This is Amitabh
Bachhan from Ribhu
Dasgupta’s “Te3n”.
 This structure shares
its name with
another structure on
the next slide.
 Identify both.
G 2.0 finals
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 His middle name, "Wilberforce", is the doing
of his father, who won money on a horse
namedWilberforce in the Grand National the
day before he was born and insisted on his
son carrying that name.
 Which gentleman who did his schooling
from Malvern House Preparatory School,
located in the town of Bramley-on-Sea ?
G 2.0 finals
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 Medical College Quiz Club
 Shagnik and Indranil for arranging theVenue
 Babu da for theTechnical Know-How
 Central (formally known as Sumantrasarathi Datta) for being
a guinea pig
 Baneswar and Samanway for selfless promotion on
Facebook
 Abir and Somnath da for back up laptops
 All the Quizzers in attendance and the audience
 Whose sketch of a 20th
century tragedy?
 What tragedy?
G 2.0 finals
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G 2.0 finals

  • 1. Researched & Conducted by Dr. Aakash Roy
  • 2.  4 Rounds. 50 Questions.  21 Questions Clockwise.  21 Questions Anti-Clockwise.  2Written Rounds of 4 Questions each.
  • 3.  Written Round .  4 Questions.  +5 for every correct answer.  +10/-5 if you are staking.  Please mark your stakes in a legible manner.
  • 4.  Who is this genius who suffered from Sympathetic Ophthalmitis in his formative years ?
  • 5.  Who is this man of science after whom an annual award has been instituted since 1958 ?
  • 6.  Which artist’s depiction of this quintessentially American boy hero finds a place in this US postage stamp from 1972 ?
  • 7.  Which country celebrating its Independence from colonial rule through this 1966 postage stamp ?
  • 9.  Who is this genius who suffered from Sympathetic Ophthalmitis in his formative years ?
  • 11.  Who is this man of science after whom an annual award has been instituted since 1958 ?
  • 13.  Which artist’s depiction of this quintessentially American boy hero finds a place in this US postage stamp from 1972 ?
  • 15.  Which country celebrating its Independence from colonial rule through this 1966 postage stamp ?
  • 18.  21 Questions.  Infinite Bounce with Limited Pounce.  A maximum of 15 Pounces for the entire Quiz.  +10/-10 on Pounce, +10 on Bounce.
  • 19.  The 1991 Booker prize nominees did not feature any female author.This urged a host of concerned people to come up with the idea of an exclusive award for BestWoman Prize for Fiction.  Which telecommunication giant was the title sponsor of this award ?  Which Irish product , whose insignia was supposedly inspired from a London-hotel is the current title sponsor ?
  • 22.  Double helical staircases are a common feature in many medieval European castles.The turn of the helix was usually clockwise in these fortified areas to account for a predominance of 90 %.  Why ?
  • 24.  Enemies ascending with swords would be at a disadvantage (considering they are right handed) compared to those descending with swords.
  • 25.  Which mountain range is encountered during trekking from Manebhanjang (1928 meter) to Phalut (3595 meter) via the highest point inWest Bengal ?
  • 28.  The third part of “The Raj Quartet” gets its name from an age-old practice that originated in Iran.  What is the purpose of these towers of silence ?
  • 31.  This series was first published on sticksuicide.com and currently is being published in explosm.net.  The popular title of this series first appeared in #121, in which one character sells cotton candy, and explains that it is made of “________ and __________“.  Which series is being talked about ?
  • 34.  Why was this extinct arthropod fossil from the MiddleCambrian age named Kootenichela deppi ?
  • 37.  In the late 19th century Portuguese immigrants arrived in a country to work in its sugarcane fields.  They brought with them two instruments from Madeira, the Machete and the Rajao, which became a hit amongst the locales and four friends Nunes, Santo, Fernandez and Dias cashed in on this to produce a hybrid instrument. Even the royal family of that place began to play it and patronised its growth.  What ?
  • 40.  Eugene Delacroix left Paris in 1832 to spend time in a more primitive civilisation.  However, on his arrival, he remarked, "The Greeks and Romans are here at my door, in the Arabs who wrap themselves in a white blanket and look like Cato or Brutus…”  Which city is this ? (picture next slide)
  • 44.  This is Ivan Denisovich, a character played by Tom Courtney in 1970 movie.  How is ‘a day in his life’ chronicled in the “Novy Mir” magazine in November 1962 unique?
  • 47.  Which famous star once said- “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a departmental store and he asked for my autograph!” ?
  • 50.  ‘AWinter on the Nile’ by Anthony Sattin chronicles the lives of two individuals, a Frenchman who had just written a draft of TheTemptation of Saint Anthony, which his most trusted literary friends had told him was only fit for burning and an Englishwoman who had clashed with her parents over her refusal to marry.  Curiously, they embarked on the same boat from Alexandria in the winter of 1849.While one would visit brothels and harems, the other travelled to Egyptian temples and dispensaries. Both however would go on to achieve fame in the years to follow.  Who are the protagonists of Sattin’s novella ?
  • 53.  This structural piece of stone jutting out from the wall, responsible for carrying the super- incumbent weight gets its name from the fact it resembles the beak of a crow.  What is the name of this object in architecture ?
  • 56.  Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, under the topic of “Galactorrhoea” enlists an artwork (next slide) that shows Hera feeding her son Hercules, with Zeus looking on as they are being driven in a chariot across the night sky.  Who is the painter and Whose birth has been postulated through this artwork ?
  • 60.  This is Alisher Usminov, a Russian billionaire who bought something from Christie’s at NewYork in December 2014.  He returned the object to its rightful owner and told the media that, this object reminded him of the progress in our fight against cancer, the disease to which he had lost his father.  What object did he buy ?
  • 63.  Last week, a brand new team was unveiled who will be making their debut in the IFA Shield this year. Agnimitra Paul, the noted fashion designer has beautifully captured the city’s skyline and incorporated famous landmarks likeVictoria Memorial and Howrah Bridge on their jersey.  Which organisation is funding this team and Which former IFA Shield winner’s picture has been used in the logo for obvious reasons ?
  • 66.  This is the Albion House at 30 James Street. On 18th January 1868,Thomas Ismay bought the shares of a Company originally founded by J.Piklington and H.Wilson and saved them from bankruptcy.  The new headquarters were shifted to this place by Mr. Ismay.  Which company ?
  • 69.  This character begins his disastrous history exam with the following opening :  “The Egyptians were an ancient race of Caucasians residing in one of the northern sections of Africa.The latter as we all know is the largest continent in the Eastern Hemisphere.”  This person’s first appearance was in a short story in 1945.  Who ?
  • 72.  V. Balsara in an obscure interview with Doordarshan in 1981, claimed that he had created the effect of __________ with a harmonium in the title track of a 1951 classic.  FITB with an instrument popularised by the likes of Enoch Daniels and Kersi Lord in Bollywood and Identify the 1951 classic.
  • 75.  Since the turn of the millennium, this MNC launched an unique project to “…to extend the dialogue beyond the bread and butter of our business to help clients discover new ideas, new people and new thinking.”  One of their rivals launched a similar project in 2016 to spark conversation among entrepreneur, endowment and foundation, business-owner and bibliophile clients worldwide.  Which company and What annual venture ?
  • 78.  Michael Jackson died on June 25,2009. On the same day a 62 year old lady passed away in Santa Monica, California, who in the late 70s was a huge cultural icon in the United States.  NBC aired a program titled “______ ______- The Birth and Death of an Angel” on the next day.  Who is this lady with an alliterative name who did her bit in selling 20 million copies of an iconic poster from 1976 ?
  • 82.  4 Questions each having 2 parts (A and B)  The Answers are identical except for a single letter that forms the keyword of the Answer.  The Keyword has been made bold in the Answer slides.  Every correct part gets you 5 points.  +10 for a Full House.
  • 83.  Jam-packed buses in Kolkata are becoming rarer by the day. Passengers of such a crowded bus can be compared with a fish, giving rise to an English idiom.  Which fish ?
  • 84.  A touring team was visiting a prominent landmark in the city when a few RAAF fighter planes flew by.The Captain of the tourist side remarked, “I wish they were the Jaaps, and I wish they’d bomb that bridge into the harbour”.  Who is the speaker ?
  • 85.  This is JanVan Riebeeck, a Dutch colonial administrator who featured in the first issue of the banknotes of a certain currency, that is legal in Swaziland, Lesotho and Namibia apart from its native land.  Identify the currency.
  • 86.  A shop selling this item has been present in London since 382 B.C.The current proprietor Garrick ________ was abducted to extract some valuable knowledge about an item that was not manufactured by his company.  What does this shop sell ?
  • 87.  A German medical graduate, he was commissioned by the Imperial HealthOffice in 1877 to serve as an assistant to Robert Koch.  Koch’s path breaking works in bacteriology helped this assistant to an eponymous invention.  Who is this person ?
  • 88.  This is Emir Muhammed Ben Kalish Ezab who appears in a couple of Tintin stories.  Which UNESCO World Heritage site served as the model for his hideout in ‘The Red Sea Sharks’ ?
  • 89.  This teleserial by Rituparno Ghosh became a slipper hit launching the career of Mimi Chakraborty.  What was the name of the character of Arjun which is same as an eponymous novel set in the 19th century ?
  • 90.  Who is this man of many credentials, who, in a way can lay his claim to being the sole person from his country to have handed the FIFA World Cup ?
  • 92.  Jam-packed buses in Kolkata are becoming rarer by the day. Passengers of such a crowded bus can be compared with a fish, giving rise to an English idiom.  Which fish ?
  • 93.  A touring team was visiting a prominent landmark in the city when a few RAAF fighter planes flew by.The Captain of the tourist side remarked, “I wish they were the Jaaps, and I wish they’d bomb that bridge into the harbour”.  Who is the speaker ?
  • 95.  This is JanVan Riebeeck, a Dutch colonial administrator who featured in the first issue of the banknotes of a certain currency, that is legal in Swaziland, Lesotho and Namibia apart from its native land.  Identify the currency.
  • 96.  A shop selling this item has been present in London since 382 B.C.The current proprietor Garrick ________ was abducted to extract some valuable knowledge about an item that was not manufactured by his company.  What does this shop sell ?
  • 98.  A German medical graduate, he was commissioned by the Imperial HealthOffice in 1877 to serve as an assistant to Robert Koch.  Koch’s path breaking works in bacteriology helped this assistant to an eponymous invention.  Who is this person ?
  • 99.  This is Emir Muhammed Ben Kalish Ezab who appears in a couple of Tintin stories.  Which UNESCO World Heritage site served as the model for his hideout in ‘The Red Sea Sharks’ ?
  • 101.  This teleserial by Rituparno Ghosh became a slipper hit launching the career of Mimi Chakraborty.  What was the name of the character of Arjun which is same as an eponymous novel set in the 19th century ?
  • 102.  Who is this man of many credentials, who, in a way can lay his claim to being the sole person from his country to have handed the FIFA World Cup ?
  • 104.  21 Questions.  Infinite Bounce with Limited Pounce.  A maximum of 15 Pounces for the entire Quiz.  +10/-10 on Pounce, +10 on Bounce.
  • 105.  Unlike typical typefaces, these are designed on a 5 x 5 grid. Furthermore, they comprise a very limited character-set of just 9-10 letters.Their height and width are five times the thickness of the line weight.  What is the specific name of this typeface and Where have we seen it ?
  • 108.  Kalusha Bwalaya is considered to be his country’s greatest soccer player and he by a stroke of great fortune survived a plane crash in 1993 because he played for PSV Eindhoven, so had been making his own route to Senegal, at that time.The crash killed the entire team, barring him.  How did he & the country’s football team pay their respect to the victims, through an event in 2012 ?
  • 111.  Robert Frank Borkenstein, an American Police Officer registered a trademark on May 13,1954.Since then, this item has been updated and modernised and currently employs Infra Red Spectroscopy to produce results.  Which item, that has been creating a hullaballoo in this part of the world over the last fortnight ?
  • 114.  Whose painting, known to us for recreating something, depicting the north-east section of Which place ?
  • 117.  This is an example of the recent cybercrime that hit 99 countries a week ago.  What is this known, as per cryptovirology ?
  • 120.  Viktor Korchonoi, the Soviet Grandmaster defected to the west block in 1976 and began living inThe Netherlands. Around this time, he met with another Soviet GM Lev Polugaevsky in the Semis of a Candidate’s tournament in France.  Korchonoi did not have the permission to use the Soviet flag, nor he could use the Dutch flag as he had been a resident there for merely 9 months. His seconds, then suggested him to use the ________ ________ flag as he was momentarily stateless.  What ?
  • 123.  This 1849 novel by Alexandre Dumas was loosely based on an affair involving fraud and royal scandal that made headlines.  The novel shares its name with the description of a geographical entity constructed by Bhagojisheth Keer & Palonji Mistry.  What is the name of the book?
  • 126.  In 2016, a study conducted by M. Priyamvadha , Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Madras in Madurai,Virudhunagar andTheni districts revealed that the practice of Thalaikoonthal is very much prevalent inTamil Nadu.  The original meaning of this word is ‘a leisurely oil bath’. An exercise in love and health given to newborn children, at the ceremonial beginning of festivals, and the universal answer to pitiless summers.  What is Thalaikoonthal and How an item of abundance in Coastal areas play a part in it ?
  • 129.  The image shows the effect of Dementia _______ which is seen in men of a certain profession.  FITB with a scientifically sounding name or Identify the common noun that is derived from Latin for ‘fists’.
  • 132.  While it can’t be proven definitively, it’s likely that the phrase originated at the US fairgrounds in 19th century. Booths would be set up and fair workers would host nearly-impossible-to-win games for happy fairgoers to try. Games of strength, accuracy, and skill were played by men and women, and, occasionally- just enough to keep people interested- an individual would win.  Which phrase, any QM’s favourite and a quizzer’s nightmare, was coined centred around the prizes given in these games ?
  • 135.  Published in late 80s and early 90s in Suktara, this series by Anil Bhaumik was about a group of adventure loving friends embarking on long sea voyages to unknown lands in search of hidden treasures. In a way, Harry, Shanko, Maria became close friends for a kid growing up in the 90s in a Bengali household.  Who is the titular character of this series and What was his nationality ?
  • 138.  Olfactory Habituation is the ability of our olfactory system to take any initially strong, and consistent smell and deal with it by taking it in as part of our normal background.  Our nose has the ability to perceive infinitely and when we are sniffing things there is no limit to what we can sniff from a biological standpoint.  From a psychological standpoint it is more akin to the kid in the candy store syndrome as we have a bounty of options and we just don’t feel like having any of them in particular.  What practice in departmental stores can hence be explained ?
  • 141.  This institution opened its doors in 1947, the year of India’s independence. It was started by a Parsi family in 1947 and till this day, it is run by a Parsi lady named Ms Z STangdi. It is ironic that a host of youngsters have been coming here in search of freedom over the last 70 years.  Which place ?
  • 144.  These are fruiting bodies of a subterranean Ascomycet e fungus, predominantly one of the many species of the genusTuber.They are kind of fungi and are therefore usually found in close association with tree roots.  What are these objects, nicknamed “diamond of the kitchen” by a French gourmet ?
  • 147.  This game originated at the Dartmouth University in the 1950s,where paddles were used to guide ping pong balls into empty glasses after having a drink or two.  In the late 70s and early 80s, at the Lehigh University a variant of the game involving throwing the balls was introduced.There was an analogy between the ping- pong balls flying across the table and landing on the opponent’s side and the political crisis in an Asian country where President Reagan had intervened.  What alternative name did this game get ?
  • 150.  Ons Dien MetTrots – ‘We serve with Pride’ is engraved at the entrance of this former Leper colony of the 19th and early part of 20th century.This place was also used as fortification by Allied forces duringWW-II.  Which place of interest, that finds a museum tour dedicated to it in Google Arts and Culture section ?
  • 153.  This is the statue of a Scottish historian of repute who became the Governor of Bombay in 1819.  What practice, a symbol of pride and pomp in present day Mumbai was started by this man?  How was he remembered in Kolkata through the antics of a certain Parsi that has ceased to exist ?
  • 156.  X was born on December 12, 1915, in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was the only child of an immigrant couple. X weighed 6.1 kg at birth and had to be delivered with the aid of forceps, which caused severe scarring to his left cheek, neck, and ear, and perforated his ear drum, damage that remained for life.  Y was born in the Polish town ofWadowice. He was the youngest of three children. His brother Edmund was a physician and died contracting Scarlet Fever.  What three member exhaustive list are they part of and Who will be the third entrant in it ?
  • 163.  This is Amitabh Bachhan from Ribhu Dasgupta’s “Te3n”.  This structure shares its name with another structure on the next slide.  Identify both.
  • 168.  His middle name, "Wilberforce", is the doing of his father, who won money on a horse namedWilberforce in the Grand National the day before he was born and insisted on his son carrying that name.  Which gentleman who did his schooling from Malvern House Preparatory School, located in the town of Bramley-on-Sea ?
  • 171.  Medical College Quiz Club  Shagnik and Indranil for arranging theVenue  Babu da for theTechnical Know-How  Central (formally known as Sumantrasarathi Datta) for being a guinea pig  Baneswar and Samanway for selfless promotion on Facebook  Abir and Somnath da for back up laptops  All the Quizzers in attendance and the audience
  • 172.  Whose sketch of a 20th century tragedy?  What tragedy?