After the phenomenal success of the inaugural edition of Enquest Quizzing League, Loyola Debating Society and Quiz Club are back with the season 2. What more than an India quiz suits when we are just after the I-Day!!! Here is the set. Bouquets and Brickbats are welcome. Email id: noyelaniyara@gmail.com

1. Researched and Hosted by:
Noyel Sebastian

2.  25 questions, 34 points.
 Do not Google. Googlers will rot in hell.
 Do not irritate the sleep deprived and the
hungry quiz master. Decisions are final.
 Acknowledgements : LDSQC,Amal Jose and
John Alias, Netto J.

4.  The occurrence of this astrological phenomenon on 18th July was
not a matter of concern for many. But the sudden developments,
led to the fear of drought, famine and bloodshed as the next
occurrence of the phenomena came into notice.
 This was because the day would under Capricorn which was
thought hostile to centrifugal forces and a resultant division is
unavoidable.
 Civil servant K.M. Panikkar came up with an ‘ingenious’ solution to
this ludicrous problem thereby marking history.
 What problem? What solution?

5.  A simple linear correlation analysis indicates that the Bay of
Bengal sea surface temperature is positively and significantly
correlated with northeast monsoon rainfall.
 The north east monsoon is a significant contributor to the extreme
El- Nino effect which could result in an above normal rainfall in
contrast to the less than normal rainfall brought in by south west
monsoon.
 The extreme El- Nino effect was previously reported in 1982 and
1997 before resulting something in the later half of this decade.
 What ?

6.  The International airport at Thiruvananthapuram
issues a Notice to Airmen( NOTAM) during the tamil
months of Painkuni and Alpassi leading to a
shutdown of the complete system, twice every year.
 What reason?

7.  Claim to fame?

8.  Hooghly Printing Co. ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of
Andrew Yule & Company ltd which was established in
the year 1922.
 Famous for their quality printing, it has the fine record
of printing significant copies of an important
document along with Dehradun Printing facility.
 HPC was also responsible for supplying the
parchment paper for the printing of other copies of
the same.
 What document?

9.  Satya Paul is a potter-artisan who was commissioned
to create the asura idol for the last Durga pooja.
 His creation has irked the Santhal community as they
worship asura and consider Mahishasura as an
egalitarian king.
 The creation was deemed to be a bad interpretation
of their powerful and valiant ancestor for a particular
reason that was the talk of the town during the later
part of the year.
 What reason?

10.  ID the blanked out.

11.  The idea was first conceived in 1919. As per history, Shri
Kolumban, the head of 'OOrali' race during 1922, showed the way
to the Malankara Estate Superintendent and his friend AC Thomas
Edattu, who were on a hunting spree in the forest.
 Mr. Thomas was impressed by the sight of water flow between
the mountains and it was his idea that has materialized in the form
of ____________, which could be used for power generation.
 Recently, after the gap of 26 years when something peculiar
happened, it received wide media attention.
 FITB.
 Image slide follows

13.  Manish Kumar Giri was an Indian Navy sailor. He was
discharged from the service after he took a 3 week
leave but rejoined with in the stipulated time period.
 Giri was later offered a job as a data entry operator in
a private firm working for the government. But Giri
challenged all these and asked to reinstate him.
 Also, sought direction to scrap the discriminatory
Sec.9 of the Navy Act, where enrolment of male
sailors are only allowed.
 What led Giri to all these hiccups?

14.  What is happening here, which was the centre of a
controversy very recently?

15.  Shaikh Paltu was a sepoy .He was promoted to the
position of Jemadar in the Bengal army for his timely
intervention and obedience in the initial days of 1857
at Barrackpore camp.
 This led to huge frenzy among his camp mates and
fellow Indians. Few days later, Jemadar Paltu was
lured to an isolated spot in the cantonment and
murdered by several of his former comrade.
 What act made him unfavourable to his fellow men?

16.  Maharshi Mahesh Yogi is famous for his Transcendental
Meditation and the Maharshi effect, which is said to
"create coherence in the collective consciousness" and
to suppress crime, violence, and accidents.
 He rose into fame in the early 1970s and his Maharshi
effect reached high levels of popularity but only to be
denounced as a result of several sexual allegations
against him.
 This later inspired the song ‘sexy sadie’ and found
mention in a ‘story’ based upon Albert Dock, England.
 What rose him into popularity?

17.  The 1974 Davis cup was a remarkable one. South
Africa won the title, becoming first non- grand slam
nation to lift the title.
 India was the opponent of South Africa in the finals.
But the matches were scratched and South Africa
was declared winner.
 Why?
 Image slide follows.

19.  ‘The Girinka’ is an ambitious intiative by Rwanda’s
president Paul Kagame to alleviate poverty and
tackle childhood malnutrition.
 Narendra Modi, in his recent visit to the country,
contributed significantly for the initiative to achieve
the objectives.
 What apt contribution was made by NaMo?

20.  Chand Baori is a century old step well located in the Abhaneri
district of Rajasthan.The stepwell served both as a water
conservatory as well as a cool place to gather during the intense
midday heat.
 The place was open to visitors to walk down to the bottom to
experience the cool air until a tragic incident happened were a
visitor fell and injured.
 This was back in news in the initial period of this decade when a
person concurred the odds by helping himself out of the well after
a few failed attempts.
 Where was this featured in the early 2010s?
 Image slides follow.

24.  Sir Thomas Rumbold was appointed as the Governor of
Madras presidency in 1777.
 He was credited with several infamous records like
corruption and for in effect stealing, the ring of Nawab
of Arcot. He was a classic example of a ‘Nabob’.
 These came into the attention of authorities in 1780,
when someone took the courage to publicize all the
misdeeds through his new venture and made him
answerable to the British parliament. He was removed
from the post in the same year.
 Who/What venture?

26.  Children were advised not to extend their legs beyond the
bed while they sleep in order not to loose strength, thus
goes an old folklore.
 This was inspired by the story of a mythical character
where, the futuristic relative of the character gave a short
bed, in order to reduce his physical prowess.
 He came up with an alternate solution, so that he could
retain his strength, but sacrificed something else which led
to the common misunderstanding that one derives when
they hear about the character.
 Which character? What alternate solution.

27.  A letter addressed to Milton Newberry Frantz of US in 1926, was
sold in an auction by Rabb collections very recently.
 The content of the letter was in response to Frantz, who asked the
person to read one of his recent publication
 The writer speaks on his admire to one of the ‘great teachers of
mankind’ and rejected an invitation made by Frantz and ends the
letter with “I return the stamp kindly sent by you. It cannot be
used in India”.
 Who? What was the invitation?

28.  ID the monument.

29.  In 1984, M.C. Mehta an attorney of UP government and an
active environmentalist moved to the SC to protect Taj
Mahal.
 The writ was accompanied by Varadharajan committee
report of 1978 claiming the adverse impact of Mathura
refinery, coal plants and the Railway shunting yard onTaj.
 This famous case was known by a name were SC
earmarked 10,400 sq.km zone and later on protective
measures were concentrated at this area.
 What name?
 Image slide follows.

31.  TN scored a whopping first innings score of 485 in the 2nd semi-
finals of 1999-00 Ranji Trophy . This match was attributed to the
spectacular batting by a Mumbai batsman who countered the
reverse swing of the ball caused by a ball change.
 This was noticed by Hemang Badani and informed the bowler
about the tactics in Tamil. The earlier days of the player as a pace
bowler in MRF Pace foundation helped him to understand what
Badani told and a sudden change in tactics led to a double century.
 TN conceived a first inninigs lead and there by Mumbai advancing
to the finals and winning the trophy.
 Which batsman?What move?

32.  Joanna Purslow’s one act play in the Laisong village of
Assam directed by Chris Eldon Lee was centered upon a
woman who came as an anthropologist to the Naga hills
and helped to counter the Japanese invasion in Burma in
1942.
 Praised for her “cinema actress look” by Time and the
inspiration for American comic strip ‘Jungle Queen’, she
attained a goddess-like status and was affectionately
called by her interpreter as ‘saipui’ or ‘ female warrior’.
 Who?What famous nickname is attributed to her, which is
a slight alteration of the title of the comic strip?

33.  The initial use of this was reported during the time of Industrial
revolution to relieve excessive pressure from any object.
 In 1856, John Ramsbottom modified the object and became
universal on railways so as to increase the performance.
 Around the same time the use of the concept came up in an
entirely different field. The concept was used to limit the
mounting ‘popular pressure’, through a particular formation and
the success of the same resulted in another remarkable change.
 What concept?What formation?
 Image slide follows.

35.  The Pancharatna kritis ofThyagaraja is a set of five kritis which are
in praise of Lord Rama.
 The first kriti which was composed in Naattai ragam is an
exception to all the other four.
 In 1997, naattai ragam was used in a song in an epic political
drama film which was loosely based on cinema and politics ofTN.
This was back in news recently.
 The song, a Rahman magic was a mix of naattai and Gambhheera
Naattai which was sung beautifully by Bombay Jayasree and P.
Unnikrishnan.
 What exception? Why was the film back in news?Which song?
 Audio

36.  It was his determination along with that of H.C.Mukherjee
that ensured the protection of the rights of minorities. His
contribution to Article 30 of the Constitution provides
minorities with the right to establish and administer
educational institutions.
 A skilled polyglot, he negotiated the transfer of Pondicherry
from the French to the Indian Union and also served 4 times
as a member of India's Delegation to the UN.
 Government of India honoured him on his birth centenary by
issuing a commemorative stamp for his various
contributions.
 Who?

38.  The occurrence of this astrological phenomenon on 18th July was
not a matter of concern for many. But the sudden developments,
led to the fear of drought, famine and bloodshed as the next
occurrence of the phenomena came into notice.
 This was because the day would come under Capricorn which was
thought hostile to centrifugal forces and a resultant division is
unavoidable.
 Civil servant K.M. Panikkar came up with an ‘ingenious’ solution to
this ludicrous problem thereby marking history.
 What problem? What solution?

40.  A simple linear correlation analysis indicates that the Bay of
Bengal sea surface temperature is positively and significantly
correlated with northeast monsoon rainfall.
 The north east monsoon is a significant contributor to the extreme
El- Nino effect which could result in an above normal rainfall in
contrast to the less than normal rainfall brought in by south west
monsoon.
 The extreme El- Nino effect was previously reported in 1982 and
1997 before resulting something in the later half of this decade.
 What ?

42.  The International airport at Thiruvananthapuram
issues a Notice to Airmen( NOTAM) during the tamil
months of Painkuni and Alpassi leading to a
shutdown of the complete system, twice every year.
 What reason?

44.  Claim to fame?

46.  Hooghly Printing Co. ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of
AndrewYule & Company ltd which was established in
the year 1922.
 Famous for their quality printing, it has the fine record
of printing significant copies of an important
document along with Dehradun Printing facility.
 HPC was also responsible for supplying the
parchment paper for the printing of other copies of
the same.
 What document?

48.  Satya Paul is a potter-artisan who was commissioned
to create the asura idol for the last Durga pooja.
 His creation has irked the Santhal community as they
worship asura and consider Mahishasura as an
egalitarian king.
 The creation was deemed to be a bad interpretation
of their powerful and valiant ancestor for a particular
reason that was the talk of the town during the later
part of the year.
 What reason?

50.  ID the blanked out.

52.  The idea was first conceived in 1919. As per history, Shri
Kolumban, the head of 'OOrali' race during 1922, showed the way
to the Malankara Estate Superintendent and his friend AC Thomas
Edattu, who were on a hunting spree in the forest.
 Mr. Thomas was impressed by the sight of water flow between
the mountains and it was his idea that has materialized in the form
of ____________, which could be used for power generation.
 Recently, after the gap of 26 years when something peculiar
happened, it received wide media attention.
 FITB.
 Image slide follows

55.  Manish Kumar Giri was an Indian Navy sailor. He was
discharged from the service after he took a 3 week
leave but rejoined with in the stipulated time period.
 Giri was later offered a job as a data entry operator in
a private firm working for the government. But Giri
challenged all these and asked to reinstate him.
 Also, sought direction to scrap the discriminatory
Sec.9 of the Navy Act, where enrolment of male
sailors are only allowed.
 What led Giri to all these hiccups?

57.  What is happening here, which was the centre of a
controversy very recently?

60.  Shaikh Paltu was a sepoy .He was promoted to the
position of Jemadar in the Bengal army for his timely
intervention and obedience in the initial days of 1857
at Barrackpore camp.
 This led to huge frenzy among his camp mates and
fellow Indians. Few days later, Jemadar Paltu was
lured to an isolated spot in the cantonment and
murdered by several of his former comrade.
 What act made him unfavourable to his fellow men?

62.  Maharshi Mahesh Yogi is famous for his Transcendental
Meditation and the Maharshi effect, which is said to
"create coherence in the collective consciousness" and
to suppress crime, violence, and accidents.
 He rose into fame in the early 1970s and his Maharshi
effect reached high levels of popularity but only to be
denounced as a result of several sexual allegations
against him.
 This later inspired the song ‘sexy sadie’ and found
mention in a ‘story’ based upon Albert Dock, England.
 What rose him into popularity?

64.  The 1974 Davis cup was a remarkable one. South
Africa won the title, becoming first non- grand slam
nation to lift the title.
 India was the opponent of South Africa in the finals.
But the matches were scratched and South Africa
was declared winner.
 Why?
 Image slide follows.

67.  ‘The Girinka’ is an ambitious intiative by Rwanda’s
president Paul Kagame to alleviate poverty and
tackle childhood malnutrition.
 Narendra Modi, in his recent visit to the country,
contributed significantly for the initiative to achieve
the objectives.
 What apt contribution was made by NaMo?

69.  Chand Baori is a century old step well located in the Abhaneri
district of Rajasthan.The stepwell served both as a water
conservatory as well as a cool place to gather during the intense
midday heat.
 The place was open to visitors to walk down to the bottom to
experience the cool air until a tragic incident happened were a
visitor fell and injured.
 This was back in news in the initial period of this decade when a
person concurred the odds by helping himself out of the well after
a few failed attempts.
 Where was this featured in the early 2010s?
 Image slides follow.

75.  Sir Thomas Rumbold was appointed as the Governor of
Madras presidency in 1777.
 He was credited with several infamous records like
corruption and for in effect stealing, the ring of Nawab
of Arcot. He was a classic example of a ‘Nabob’.
 These came into the attention of authorities in 1780,
when someone took the courage to publicize all the
misdeeds through his new venture and made him
answerable to the British parliament. He was removed
from the post in the same year.
 Who/What venture?

79.  Children were advised not to extend their legs beyond the
bed while they sleep in order not to loose strength, thus
goes an old folklore.
 This was inspired by the story of a mythical character
where, the futuristic relative of the character gave a short
bed, in order to reduce his physical prowess.
 He came up with an alternate solution, so that he could
retain his strength, but sacrificed something else which led
to the common misunderstanding that one derives when
they hear about the character.
 Which character? What alternate solution.

81.  A letter addressed to Milton Newberry Frantz of US in 1926, was
sold in an auction by Rabb collections very recently.
 The content of the letter was in response to Frantz, who asked the
person to read one of his recent publication
 The writer speaks on his admire to one of the ‘great teachers of
mankind’ and rejected an invitation made by Frantz and ends the
letter with “I return the stamp kindly sent by you. It cannot be
used in India”.
 Who? What was the invitation?

83.  ID the monument.

85.  In 1984, M.C. Mehta an attorney of UP government and an
active environmentalist moved to the SC to protect Taj
Mahal.
 The writ was accompanied by Varadharajan committee
report of 1978 claiming the adverse impact of Mathura
refinery, coal plants and the Railway shunting yard onTaj.
 This famous case was known by a name were SC
earmarked 10,400 sq.km zone and later on protective
measures were concentrated at this area.
 What name?
 Image slide follows.

88.  TN scored a whopping first innings score of 485 in the 2nd semi-
finals of 1999-00 Ranji Trophy . This match was attributed to the
spectacular batting by a Mumbai batsman who countered the
reverse swing of the ball caused by a ball change.
 This was noticed by Hemang Badani and informed the bowler
about the tactics in Tamil. The earlier days of the player as a pace
bowler in MRF Pace foundation helped him to understand what
Badani told and a sudden change in tactics led to a double century.
 TN conceived a first inninigs lead and there by Mumbai advancing
to the finals and winning the trophy.
 Which batsman?What move?

90.  Joanna Purslow’s one act play in the Laisong village of
Assam directed by Chris Eldon Lee was centered upon a
woman who came as an anthropologist to the Naga hills
and helped to counter the Japanese invasion in Burma in
1942.
 Praised for her “cinema actress look” by Time and the
inspiration for American comic strip ‘Jungle Queen’, she
attained a goddess-like status and was affectionately
called by her interpreter as ‘saipui’ or ‘ female warrior’.
 Who?What famous nickname is attributed to her, which is
a slight alteration of the title of the comic strip?

92.  The initial use of this was reported during the time of Industrial
revolution to relieve excessive pressure from any object.
 In 1856, John Ramsbottom modified the object and became
universal on railways so as to increase the performance.
 Around the same time the use of the concept came up in an
entirely different field. The concept was used to limit the
mounting ‘popular pressure’, through a particular formation and
the success of the same resulted in another remarkable change.
 What concept?What formation?
 Image slide follows.

95.  The Pancharatna kritis ofThyagaraja is a set of five kritis which are
in praise of Lord Rama.
 The first kriti which was composed in Naattai ragam is an
exception to all the other four.
 In 1997, naattai ragam was used in a song in an epic political
drama film which was loosely based on cinema and politics ofTN.
This was back in news recently.
 The song, a Rahman magic was a mix of naattai and Gambhheera
Naattai which was sung beautifully by Bombay Jayasree and P.
Unnikrishnan.
 What exception? Why was the film back in news?Which song?

97.  It was his determination along with that of H.C.Mukherjee
that ensured the protection of the rights of minorities. His
contribution to Article 30 of the Constitution provides
minorities with the right to establish and administer
educational institutions.
 A skilled polyglot, he negotiated the transfer of Pondicherry
from the French to the Indian Union and also served 4 times
as a member of India's Delegation to the UN.
 Government of India honoured him on his birth centenary by
issuing a commemorative stamp for his various
contributions.
 Who?