1st Bibha Goswami Memorial Quiz Competition conducted on 26th October, 2014. QM - Biswajit Sarma.

2. PRELIMENARY ROUND
 30 QUESTIONS
 THESE ARE THE STARRED QUESTIONS (IN CASE OF A
TIE)
1, 6, 9, 15
 2 MARKS EACH
 NO NEGATIVES
 DO NOT USE YOUR MOBILES/TABS

3.  “___ _____ হ'ল লালুক স ালাৰ স াোঁহাত। লালুকৰ
কললা কু প্ৰবৃত্তিক ৰূপ ত্তিত্তিল ___ _____। স ই কালত
ৰাজপাটত বত্তহবৰ স াগ্য সকাোঁৱৰ কলক ঘূণীয়া কৰাৰ
ভালৰা লালুক স ালাই ___ _____ সক ত্তিত্তিল। নানা
প্ৰকাৰৰ শাত্তি ত্তি ___ _____ সয়ই জয়মতীক সজলৰঙাত
মালৰ। সকালনা নাটযকালৰ এই চত্তৰত্ৰলটা নাটকত ৰূপ
ত্তনত্তিললও এইলটা বুৰঞ্জীমূলক চত্তৰত্ৰ।”
 Which character did Jyotiprasad Agarwala
describe thus?

4.  গাাঁঠি হাজৰিকা, the main villain in the film
Joymoti, and played by Phani Sarma.

5.  In the 1963 Filmfare Awards, Meena Kumari won
the Best Actress Award for her performance as
Chhoti Bahu in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam.
 That year, who were the other two nominated
actresses?

6.  Meena Kumari herself!
 Nominated for Main Chup Rahungi and Aarti.

7.  These are examples of a particular fine art. The
name of this art refers to the material used as its
canvas.
 Give me the name. Bigger pictures in the next slide.

9.  Tortilla art, the material being the
Mexican food stuff.

10.  Although it had been knocking around New York and
the catwalks for a while, the man who popularized
this fashion accessory is Joey from the famous
sitcom Friends in a episode aired in 1999. It featured
a series of running jokes about Joey falling for this
accessory. In the episode, Joey's devotion/fondness
to this item costs him an audition because he is so
reluctant to put the it away that the director believes
he is a bag salesman.
 Which fashion accessory are we talking about?

11.  Man bag.

12.  This song from an 2011 Assamese film is sung by an non-
Assamese singer. Packed with a star cast, this is the
longest Assamese movie so far. Name the movie and the
singer.
 However at the start, the screening of this film was stopped
by the Election Commission prior to assembly election
days. What's the funda there?

13.  Singer is Adnan Sami and the film is Pole Pole Ure
Mon.
 Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi made a cameo role
in the film. The ban happened as a result of complaint by
BJP to Election Commission alleging that the film is
method of propaganda by Gogoi just before the assembly
polls in Assam.

14.  Traditionally, it is served up with a special spoon,
made of inert materials, such as mother of pearl,
gold, animal horn, and wood (like those pictured
below). Metal utensils of any sort are thought to
degrade the taste of the food, but that is just a
myth.
 Which food item?

15.  Caviar.
 It is one of the most costliest foods.

16.  The ____ ______ Chronicle of
the Kings of Burma is the only
English language translation of
the first portions of Hmannan
Yazawin, the standard
chronicle of Konbaung Dynasty
of Burma (Myanmar),
commissioned by
King Bagyidaw in 1829.
 Which 2000 historical novel by
an Indian author derives its
name from this work?

17.  The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh.

18.  This song was released in 2006 and rendered by
Hariharan in lead voice with 40 chorus singers. It
is originally a poem written by a famous Indian
and set to music by a famous composer.
 Identify both the poet and the composer.

19.  Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
 Naushad.

20.  Picture taken on May 10, 2014 in Copenhagen.
 Who are they? Also name the country whose flag they
are holding?

21.  Supporters of Conchita Wurst representing
Austria pose before grand final of the 59th
annual Eurovision Song Contest.

22.  This famous Sanskrit mantra is from the
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad, section I.iii.28, which is
one of the older, mukhya Upanishads.
 The song ‘Navras’ by Goan trance band Juno
Reactor contains mantra and was used in The
Matrix trilogy movies.
 Name the mantra.

23.  असतोमा सद्गमय। तमसोमा ज्योततर ्गमया।
मृत्योमाामृतं गमय॥ ॐ शांतत शांतत शांतत।
 "Asato mā sad gamaya
Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya
Mṛtyormā amṛtam gamaya
Aum śānti śānti śāntiḥ”
 "From ignorance, lead me to truth;
From darkness, lead me to light;
From death, lead me to immortality
Aum peace, peace, peace."

24.  Srimanta Sankardev and Maharaja Naranarayana’s
mutual friendship is well known. One day, the King
gave a task to Sankardev and other Brahmin pandits
to compile a brief analysis on Sri Krishna’s character.
Later, Sankardev completed the task and compiled
his analysis into the famous book “Gunamala”, and
then put it into a _______ and gave it to
Naranarayana.
 Thus born the famous Assamese proverb X which
replaced another Assamese proverb Y.
 Give me X, Y.

25.  X - হাতী মাৰি ভু িুকাত ভৰিাৱা।
 Y - জ াৰ াঙাত াৰি।

26.  X, meaning "to set", is a 400-year-old art of jewelry started
under the patronage of Maharawat Samant Singh in the
Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan. The invention of this at is
credited to Nathu ji Soni in 1767, whose family kept the craft a
secret to be passed from father to son only. Some pieces
about 250 years old can still be seen in the collection of
Queen Elizabeth. Even Prince Charles was gifted a special
item on his marriage, by the Government of India.
 “Very curious and prettily wrought” this is how British
described about this art in the Rajputana Gazetteer in the
early 20 th century.
 Name the art, X.

27.  Thewa jewelry.

28.  This is the cover of the ninth
studio album by British
progressive rock band Porcupine
Tree.
 According to Steven Wilson,
founder of the band, the title of
this album is a direct reference to
a 1990 hip-hop album, which is
one of the greatest albums of the
genre. While race relations were
a major issue in the 1980 album,
this album is about coming to
terms with information
technology and...the 21st
century.
 Name the albums.

29.  Fear of a Blank Planet
 Fear of a Black Planet.

30. এৰকই আকাশ
এৰকই মাটি
এৰকই জমঘি বৃৰি
এৰকই জভাক
এৰকই ৰিয়াহ
এৰকই দুখি চকুিানী
িৰিচয় আমাি
মানৱ াৰত
 This song was written by Debajit Khanikar for an
album called ‘Debadaru’.
 What is the significance of this song?

31.  It is the last Assamese song
sung by Bhupen Hazarika.

32.  One of the five tallest waterfalls in the country, its name
derived from a tragic legend. The story starts with a woman
who lost her husband almost immediately after giving birth to
their first child. When she remarried a man, her second
husband became jealous for treating her daughter with so
much love; perhaps more than him. In a fit of rage, when the
mother was away at work, he killed the girl, and cooked her
for dinner. The woman, unwittingly ate the child. When she
realized what she had done, she couldn’t cope with the horror,
and jumped off a cliff to her death. The cliff and its falls came
to be known as ________, literally translated as “jump of X”,
X being the name of the woman.
 Name the waterfall.

33.  Nohkalikai Falls, in Meghalaya.

35. Round 3
 Infinite Bounce
 +10, -10 on pounce
 +10, no negative on direct/passed
question

36.  On writing which song did which famous author
comically said, “That SOB! He put down in one
night what it took me 2 years to write.” about
Woody Guthrie after he wrote the song in one
night in April, 1940 in NYC?

38.  The Ballad of Tom Joad, John Steinbeck.
 The song was based on Steinbeck’s book
The Grapes of Wrath.

39.  Although, this practice has been in existence for about 1,500
years, but Bangladesh is perhaps its last bastion. One ancient
Hindu community in Bangladesh still use this, as it has been a
traditional practice in families, passed down through the
generations.
 According to experts, the use of this practice has also helped
preserve an endangered species in Bangladesh, known by its
scientific name Lutrogale perspicillata.
 Which practice am I talking about? And how does it help in
conservation of the above mentioned species?

40.  The practice is Otter fishing.
 A Hindu community still uses this practice of using
otters (smooth-coated otter) for fishing, thus, it has
helped preserving the endangered species.

41.  The attached song titled ‘Pitol Soku’ by Joy Barua and his
band was composed for a documentary named ‘Riders of
the Mist’, produced Kahini Media and directed by Roopa
Barua.
 The documentary is about a 130 year old tradition of Assam.
What tradition?

42.  The bareback horse riding (on wild horses)
tradition, in Jorhat and Sivsagar, Assam.

43.  Name the lady, whom
Life magazine featured
in their cover in
September 1960, on
her 100th birthday?

44.  Grandma Moses, the American artist.

45.  In Love with Meher Baba
is a cover story published
on November 26th, 1970
issue of Rolling Stone. In
it, the writer talks on the
influence of the Indian
mystic. This article was
responsible for bringing
Baba to the attention of
large numbers of young
spiritual seekers.
 Identify the writer.

46.  Pete Townsend, guitarist for The Who.
 Meher Baba partly inspired the song “Baba
O’Riley” that Townsend wrote for his band.

47.  This term X was coined by the poet Guillaume Apollinaire and
had first appeared, on 18 May, 1917, in Apollinaire's
programme note for the ballet Parade. This new alliance of all
the arts, X, Apollinaire announced, had “given rise, in Parade,
to a kind of X. In my view this is just the first of many
manifestations of the New Spirit now abroad.’ He added
characteristically, “We may expect it to bring about profound
changes in our arts and manners through universal
joyfulness.”
 He went on to define X by means of an example: `When man
wanted to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does
not look like a leg. Without knowing it, he was a X.
 Give me the term X.

48.  Surrealism .

49.  In the early 1970s, a cult director wanted to make a film
adaption of an epic sci-fi novel (first in a series), after having a
bizarre dream almost identical to the broader plot of the novel.
After hearing about a book of almost exactly the same story
as his dream, he resolved to make a movie based on his
dream, with bits of the book. Comic artist Moebius and fellow
writer/artist Dan O'Bannon worked on concept art and
designs, as well as designer H. R. Giger. Interestingly,
Salvador Dali was cast as the Emperor and Pink Floyd had
agreed to provide the score. Sadly, and inevitably, it fell apart.
A documentary was released in 2014 as a look into what it
might have been. Ultimately, he turned the script into an
original graphic novel, The Saga of the Metabarons.
 Name the novel/series and the director.

50.  Dune/Dune saga by Frank Herbert,
 Alejandro Jodorowsky (known for bizarre films
such as El Topo and The Holy Mountain and
equally strange comic books).

51.  This is Shyam Lal Gupt, an Indian freedom
fighter and was imprisoned three times.
In1921 he pledged that he would remain
barefoot, would not use umbrella in rains till
India got freedom, which he followed.
 However his claim to fame rests on a song
which he wrote in 1924, for which he was
also awarded the Padma Shri in 1973.
Enthused by patriotic fervor he took just one
night to compose it. After the song was first
sung officially at the 1938 Haripur Congress
Session, it became an integral and
inseparable part of freedom movement.
 Which song?

52.  “ Vijayi Vishwa Tiranga Pyara, Zanda
Ooncha Rahe Hamara.”, also known as Zanda
song/Flag song.

53.  Although, not the author's magnum opus, on its publication in
1774, this semi-autobiographical novel gained an instant cult
following. Napoleon Bonaparte considered it one of the great
works of European literature and carried it with him on his
campaigning to Egypt.
 Although there is little evidence to back it up, legend has it that
the novel inspired a rash of suicides across Europe. Young
men and women were taking their own lives with copies of this
novel in their pockets. In fact, the term "_______ Effect", which
refers to imitative suicidal behavior transmitted via the mass
media, derived its name from the hero, who shots himself after
he is rejected by the woman he loves. This was the reason the
novel was banned.
 Name the novel and the author.

54.  The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe.

55.  The two paintings that you can see in the next slide are by
the same person, who was a British Pre-Raphaelite
Romantic painter. Most of his work is based on Ancient or
Medieval myth and legend.
 Both the paintings were created around the same time, in
1908/09, and both paintings were inspired by a 17th century
poem written by Robert Herrick. The paintings were titled
after the first line of the poem, that is familiar to many movie
fans.
 Name the painter and the paintings (same name).

57.  John William Waterhouse.
 “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.” – This line was quoted by
Robin Williams (as John Keating ) in the film Dead Poets Society.
 "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" is the poem.

58.  This is the video of the song Suhana Safar Aur Ye Mausam
Hasin from the hit movie Madhumati, Name the location
where this song was shot?

59.  Khandala ghats.

60.  “Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not
use X. They are transvestite hermaphrodites
representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show
you’ve been to college.”
 This is a quote by the author Kurt Vonnegut and is
considered the best one in the history of quotes
related to punctuation. Give me X.

61.  Semicolons.

62.  This famous street food item XY may owe its origins to the Indian
immigrants who arrived in South Africa in the second half of the 19th
Century. One theory is that it began as a means for the laborers to take
lunch onto the work in the days before disposable containers. Another
similar theory suggests that XY originated in Durban’s Indian community
during the apartheid. From 1948 to 1994, the laws forbid blacks from
entering restaurants or cafes, so they took to ordering meals from the sides
or backdoors. The most popular dish at the time was roti and beans, but
roti, a thin bread, fell apart easily if not eaten immediately, and thus XY was
born as an alternative to this.
 In both stories, the unusual name X is a permutation of the word Z, an
Indian caste of merchants who sold the curries. The word Z itself came
from the Sanskrit word for “trade”.
 Give me the name of the food item XY and Z, the caste.

63.  XY – Bunny Chow,
 Z – Banias.

64.  These artworks depicting events from the Bible were created
by a famous Indian painter, who is famous for his folk art that
forged a new modern Indian art. His talent was recognized
early and some European collectors had exhibited his works
in London and New York. At the age of 67, the government of
independent India conferred on him the Padma Vibhushan
and after this his works were acquired for a permanent
collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
 The visual objectification of these works was derived not so
much from the folk art as from another painter, of the West,
who was arguably the most passionate Christian artist of the
20th century. He was also known for his works associated
with Fauvism and Expressionism.
 Name both painters.

66.  Jamini Roy,
 Georges Rouault.

68. ROUND 4
 Infinite Pounce
 +10, -10 on pounce
 +10, no negative on direct/passed
question

69.  This 2004 Mark Knopfler song is based on the life and times
of this businessman pictured here, who was included
in Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.
 Who is he and which company was he the leader and the
driving force behind its success of?

71.  Ray Kroc,
 He joined McDonald's in 1954 and
built it into the most successful fast
food operation in the world.

72.  A Passage to India (1924) written by E. M. Forster is one of
the greatest English language novels. The story revolves
around four characters: Dr. Aziz, his British friend Mr. Cyril
Fielding, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Adela Quested. The fictional
Marabar Caves served as a central location in the novel.
 The Marabar Caves were modeled on which actual caves?
 Sixty Years later David Lean made a film based on the book.
The next slide shows some stills from the film, featuring the
Marabar Caves scene.
 Which hill, the largest monolith hill in Asia, served as the
location?

76.  Barabar caves in Bihar,
 Savanadurga in Karnataka. It was also one
of the locations used in Sholay.

77.  This is the video of the song ‘Hey Prano Bondhu’ from the
singer’s recently released album 'The Sacred Scriptures of
Monikut‘.
 This song is dedicated to a temple of 400 years old, which is
also used as the location for the music video.
 Name the singer and the temple.

79.  Kalpana Patowary,
 Madhupur Satra/Dham, in Cooch Behar,
West Bengal.

80.  Contrary to some people’s belief, this object was not
named after the ____ Mustang fighter plane.
However the company which produced the object,
took advantage of the coincidence by comparing it
and the plane in its advertising. (picture in the next slide)
 The object was named " __ " to mark 1939, the
company's __st year of existence, during which
development was completed.
 What object am I talking about, which took 11 years
to develop?

83.  The Parker 51 pen!

84.  In Maharastra, on Makar Sankranti (14th January) every year,
this particular traditional sweet is prepared by the Maratha
people. Its an occasion to visit near and dear ones and
distribute this sweet saying “_____ ghya, god god bola” that
means "Take a _____ and talk sweet as it". The under-lying
thought in the exchange of it, is to forget the past ill-feelings
and hostilities and resolve to speak sweetly and remain
friends. The name of this sweet refers to the two ingredients
which it is a mixture of.
 Name the sweet.

86.  Tilgul, it is mixture of seasame seed (called "Til"
in Marathi/Hindi) and jaggery (called "Gul" in
Marathi/Hindi)

87.  “Under Brazilian law the maximum sentence is 30 years. But
my imprisonment has been for 50 years” – this man
commented thus on his 79th birthday, shortly before his death
in 2000, about a ‘crime’.
 Who is he and what ‘crime’?

89.  He is Moacir Barbosa, the goal-keeper for the Brazilian
football team in the 1950 World Cup final match against
Uruguay, where he failed to save Alcides Ghiggia’s
winning goal.

90.  How would you connect the video clip from
the movie Inside Llewyn Davis with the
islands located on the off the west coast of
Ireland? Explain.

92.  Aran sweaters/jumpers.
 This style of sweaters takes its name from its home the Aran
Islands in Ireland, and the Irish quartet performing in the film
is a notable reference to The Clancy Brothers band, who
was one of the major forces behind these sweaters
popularity and high sales.

93.  Based on the Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata, this five-act tragedy
begins on the last day of the Great Mahabharata War. It was
written in the years following the 1947 partition of India. It was
the only play written by its writer, which earned him the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Playwriting (Hindi) in 1988.
 Originally a radio play, Ebrahim Alkazi's production of the play
made history in modern Indian theatre, when he staged it in
1963, first amidst the backdrop of the ruins of Feroz Shah
Kotla, Delhi and then Purana Quila's tiered steps in the 70s.
 Just name the play and the writer.

95.  Andha Yug by Dharamvir Bharati.

96.  Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya accredited
the British company Martin and Burns to construct
what, that finished in 1930, being inspired by
Mughal Style of architecture?
 It is the largest of its kind and one of the only two in
India. What is the other one?

98.  Neermahal in Tripura and Jal Mahal in Rajasthan.
 These are the only two water palaces in India.

99.  Vistara is an Indian airline company, established as
a joint venture between India's Tata Sons and
Singapore Airline.
 What is the company’s slogan?

101.  Athithi Devo Bhav.

102.  Which 1854 famous poem was this
Iron Maiden song inspired by?

104.  The Charge of the Light Brigade by
Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

105.  James Gillray was an English caricaturist and printmaker, known in the art
world as the "father of the political cartoon." He was famous for his sharp,
satirical drawings of fat-cat politicians, corrupted judges and often
gruesome-looking members of the King's Court.
 The appearance of which fictional race was in part inspired by his works?

108.  The Vogons in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Galaxy movie.

109.  The most prominent item of dressing in this state,
every major tribe of the state has its own unique
____ pattern that depicts its unparalled design
and color. Some different varieties of this are -
Tsungkotepsu, Sangtam Rongsu, Lohe, Kaksi
nei, Silang nei, Tobu nei, Yimchunger, Aneak &
Mokhok khim etc.
 What am I talking about?

111.  Naga Shawls.

112.  According to most sources, X gets its name from
shape of the geographical feature. However,
some people belief that, the name is derived
from the founder of Gova Kingdon, Govaraja ___
Singha, as the the Gova kingdom has very
strong relation to X.
 What?

114.  Jonbeel mela.