This is the Finals of the Inter-Collegiate quiz held at Dayapuram College of Arts and Science for Women on 27/10/16.

1.  5 Rounds
 40 questions (excluding List it)
 Round 1 : Infinite Pounce (12 questions)
 Round 2 :Written Round (8 questions)
 Round 3 : Infinite Pounce (12 questions)
 Round 4 : List it
 Round 5 :Written Round (8 questions)

2.  Abhra Das
 Siddhanth Rao
 Rumaiza Fathima

3.  Infinite Bounce/Pounce
 12 questions
 Unlimited Pounce +10/-10
 No Part Pounce

4.  P.D. Kasbekar, a Joint Secretary in the Banking
department attended the meeting convened by
the then PM Indira Gandhi to take a key decision.
Kasbekar had kept aWedding Invitation in his
Shirt Pocket which was Orange in colour with a
dash of Red and Saffron. Indira liked the colour
Combination and chose the colour scheme and
design for 'something'.
 What am I talking about ?

7.  Crossword puzzles first appeared in the NewYork
World in 1913 and soon became a popular feature
in newspapers. In 1924, Simon's aunt, a crossword
puzzle devotee, asked Simon whether there was a
book of these puzzles that she could give to a
friend. Simon discovered that none had been
published and, with Schuster, launched a company
to exploit the opportunity.To attract attention, the
book came with an innovative idea and that
clicked.What was the idea?

9.  The book came along with a pencil.

10.  In his childhood, along with a small band of
followers he raided travelers for goods,
especially animals such as sheep, horses, and
cattle.At around 1363, it is believed that he tried
to steal a sheep from a shepherd but was shot by
two arrows, one in his right leg and another in
his right hand, where he lost two fingers. His
injuries have given him the a certain nickname
by Europeans.
 Who?

13.  Tanaji Malusare also known as Simha was a warrior
and military leader in the army of Shivaji.Tanaji is
famously known for the Battle of Sinhagad in 1670. At
Shivaji's request, he pledged to recapture the fortress
of Kondana near Pune. According to many accounts,
he received the summons while at his son's wedding,
and immediately left the festivities.Tanaji and his
troops scaled the fort ,recaptured the fort from
Udaybhan Rathod, fortkeeper of Jai Singh I.
 What unusual technique was used by him while
capturing the fort?

15.  Tanaji and his troops scaled the fort with the
help of mountain lizards (ghorpad in Marathi),
to whom they tied ropes and sent crawling up
to the top of the ramparts.

16.  The Elephant House is a gourmet tea and coffee
shop located in the heart of historic Edinburgh.
 What ‘s the claim to fame of this coffee shop in the
world of Literature?

19.  What curious event occurred from July 25 to
September 23, 2001 in which the popular media
reported that researchers Godfrey Louis and
Santhosh Kumar proposed a controversial
hypothesis that extraterrestrial beings were
involved (though a later study commissioned by
the Government of India concluded that it had
been colored by airborne spores from a locally
prolific terrestrial green alga from the genus
Trentepohlia)?

23.  In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Reebok was the official sponsor
and all athletes had to wear the Reebok Logo on their vests /
shorts. However, in those days, Linford Christie, the British
Sprinter, was sponsored by rival Puma. He managed to sport
the Puma Logo, leading to huge controversy. What did he do?

26. X was founded in 1976 by Dr. G.Venkataswamy,
and is today the largest hospital of its kind in the
world. At a time when cataract lenses cost nearly
500 dollars, X marketed and sold cataract lenses for
just 4 $, using a proprietary method, driving many
MNCs out of business and forcing them to
accelerate their research. X is named afterY, who
was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter,
major Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi.
Id both.

30.  It was first published between 1768 and 1771.
 Although publication has been based in the United
States since 1901, the X has maintained British
spelling.
 References to the X can be found in one of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle's favourite Sherlock Holmes stories,
"The Red-Headed League".
 Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Carl Sagan and others
have contributed to this publication.
 Writer George Bernard Shaw claimed to have read
the complete 9th edition.
 Identify.

33.  Tom George Longstaff was an English doctor,
explorer and mountaineer, most famous for being
the first person to climb a summit of over 7,000
meters in elevation,Trisul, in the Indian
Himalayas in 1907. During one of his explorations
in 1909, he named a geographical region after
seeing the abundance of widely dispersed rose
plants in the region.
 Which region, considered the superlative of its
kind in the world, did he name thus?

36.  It was invented in 1818 by an English engineer
named SirWilliamCubitt, son of a miller. Noting
idle prisoners at Bury St Edmunds gaol, he
proposed using their muscle power to both cure
their idleness and produce useful work.
 Now its is available as a household equipment for a
totally different utility.
 What?

40.  Selaginella bryopteris is a plant that grows on the hills of
tropical areas, particularly in the Aravali mountains.
 The plant has traditionally been used as a remedy for several
ailments for centuries by tribal peoples.
 It has been the subject of several scientific speculations and
researches, though any conclusive proof hasn’t been
produced yet.What was this considered as?

42.  It is believed to be Sanjeevani as mentioned in
the Ramayana.

44.  What began when Julius _____ took over his
father's mill, aiming to improve the
nutritional intake of worker families?
_____was the first to bring protein-rich
legume meal to the market, and followed up
with a ready-made soup based on legume
meal in 1886

46.  In what way is this photo of Lord Pethick-
Lawrence and MahatmaGandhi, taken on
April 18, 1946 significant even now?

48.  Written Round
 8 questions
 10 points each
 Topic :- Biopics(Biographical films)

49.  Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, a medical doctor by
profession, was born in Kenya, was
of Gujarati decent. His paternal father was a spice
trader who had moved from India to Zanzibar, where
Rahitmulla lived until moving to Britain at the age of
14.There, he married Anna Lyna Mary (born
Goodman), an actress and model who appeared in
films in the 1920s and 1930s.
 However , A few months later they had their first
child , who they named Krishna Pandit Bhanji.
 How do we better know Krishna Pandit Bhanji and
tell how he fits in to this topic.

50.  Based on the bookThe
InvisibleWoman by
ClaireTomalin, the film
is about the secret love
affair between X and
NellyTernan, which
lasted for thirteen years.
 Identify the author X.

51.  Who as whom? From a 2012 Biographical film.

52.  The 2008 Biopic based on whose life?

53.  Kirk Douglas as whom in the film Lust for Life?

55.  Saving Mr. Banks is a 2013 period drama film directed by
John Lee Hancock. Centered on the development of the
1964 film Mary Poppins, the film stars EmmaThompson as
author X andTom Hanks asY. Identify both.

56.  Paul Muni as which famous scientist? Muni won
an AcademyAward for Best Actor for this role.

59.  Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, a medical doctor by
profession, was born in Kenya, was
of Gujarati decent. His paternal father was a spice
trader who had moved from India to Zanzibar, where
Rahitmulla lived until moving to Britain at the age of
14.There, he married Anna Lyna Mary (born
Goodman), an actress and model who appeared in
films in the 1920s and 1930s.
 However , A few months later they had their first
child , who they named Krishna Pandit Bhanji.
 How do we better know Krishna Pandit Bhanji and
tell how he fits in to this topic.

61.  Based on the bookThe
InvisibleWoman by
ClaireTomalin, the film
is about the secret love
affair between X and
NellyTernan, which
lasted for thirteen years.
 Identify the author X.

63.  Who as whom? From a 2012 Biographical film.

65.  The 2008 Biopic based on whose life?

67.  Kirk Douglas as whom in the film Lust for Life?

71.  Saving Mr. Banks is a 2013 period drama film directed by
John Lee Hancock. Centered on the development of the
1964 film Mary Poppins, the film stars EmmaThompson as
author X andTom Hanks asY. Identify both.

73.  Paul Muni as which famous scientist? Muni won
an AcademyAward for Best Actor for this role.

75.  Infinite Pounce/Bounce
 12 questions
 Pounce :- +10/-10
 No Part pounce

76.  Ashok Kheny is an MLA from Bidar South and the
Managing Director of Nandi InfrastructureCorridor
Enterprises, which is best known for the construction
of Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project.
 Which reel-life character was actually modeled on
Ashok Kheny’s real-life story ?

79.  The Imagine PeaceTower is a memorial to X
from his widow and is located onViðey Island
near Reykjavík. It consists of a tall "tower of
light", projected from a white stone monument
that has the words "Imagine Peace" carved into
it in 24 languages.
 Whose memorial?

83. “Save as _____, Save aTree” is the tagline for this new file
type.
Technically _____ is same as PDF format with the print option
is completely blocked.The aim behind developing new file
format is to stop documents being printed out unnecessarily.
Identify the three letter extension.

86.  In the Bombay vs. Karnataka RanjiTrophy semi-final
of 1981-82 season, Karnataka’s Raghuram Bhatt had
flattened Bombay with his orthodox left arm spin. He
took 8/123 in the first innings in which Bombay scored
271. In reply, Karnataka posted 470. On the fourth and
final day, the track was spinning square and Raghuram
Bhatt was unplayable. Sunil Gavaskar walked in at
number 7 and soon Bombay lost another wicket to
slump to 160/6 with Bhatt wrecking havoc with 4
wickets. Gavaskar did something unusual against
Raghuram Bhatt which later drew lot of criticism. But
he batted for an hour staying unbeaten on 18 with the
match ending in a draw.What did Gavaskar do?

89.  This style of moustache is characterised by whiskers
that are thick, bushy, and drop over the mouth. It
enjoyed immense popularity among men in the
latter part of the 19th and early years of the 20th
centuries and was sported by people such as
Friedrich Nietzsche,Theodore Roosevelt and Mark
Twain.
 It gets its name due to its resemblance to the
whiskers of a mammal that belongs to the genus
Odobenus, which derives its name from the Greek
words for teeth and walk, based on the observation
that they use their tusks to pull themselves.
 What is this style of moustache called?

93.  This building is opened twice a year for a special
cleaning ceremony.The keys to the building are
held by the Bani Shaiba tribe, whose members
greet visitors, usually dignitaries and foreign
diplomats, to the inside of the building on the
occasion of the cleaning ceremony.The governor of
this city leads the honoured guests who ritually
clean the structure, using simple brooms.The
washing is performed with a mixture made from the
Zamzam water,Taif rosewater and expensive
Agarwood oil that is traditionally used in perfume
making.
 What is this the cleaning ceremony of?

96.  In 2010,it was announced that X andY were
abandoning their attempts at bidding for co-
hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics.The mayors
of the cities had a Mayors for PeaceVision 2020
plan, a road map for world peace and nuclear
disarmament by 2020. Although the bid itself was
lauded for the message it meant to propagate, it
was rejected by the country’s Olympic
Committee, on the technicality that IOC rules
state that co-hosting is not possible.
 Name the two cities.

99.  Subbaraya Shastri, the son of Syama Shastri, was
born in 1803 and died in 1862. In a Carnatic
tradition that relies on and recognises the guru-
shishya tradition extensively, what unique
distinction in the history of Carnatic music, does
Subbaraya Shastri hold?

101.  The only known artiste to have studied under
each of theTrinity: Muthuswami Dikshitar,
Syama Sastri, andThyagaraja.

102.  MichaelGross, rated amongst the greatestGerman
swimmers ever received what well punned and
earned nickname due to his incredibly long arms
which gave him a wing-span of 2.13 metres?

105.  They were traditionally made from bone, quill,
ivory or gold and silver, if you could afford such
ostentation. Mass production is traced to the
American entrepreneurCharles Forster who
noticed young boys selling similar objects made of
Spanish willow while travelling through Brazil. He
returned to Boston in 1870 and set up a factory
that used white birch as raw material because it
was tasteless.
 What business did Forster thus begin?

108.  In the film “Bhopal – A Prayer For Rain”, the director
Ravi Kumar added a fictional character Rekha played
by FagunThakrar who loses her husband to Union
Carbide’s chemicals .
 What was his inspiration for this character’s looks?

110.  TheAfgan Girl.

111.  This lake in Ahmedabad was built by Sultan
Qutbuddin in the 15th century. The work was
completed in 1451 CE and was known as "Qutb Hauz"
or "Hauz-i-Qutb.” At one point of the circular lake,
there opens a walkway which later merges into a
garden called Nagina Wadi (‘beautiful garden’ in
Urdu) that is located in the centre of the lake.
 Which lake?
 How did Shekhar Kamat of the National Institute of
Design use it as an inspiration in 1971 to replace what
was previously just a banyan tree?

114.  Kankaria Lake.
 Logo of SBI.

115.  Written round
 Total of 3 minutes
 Eight entities to be listed
 +3 for each answer and +6 for getting
everything
 A total of 30 points at stake

116.  There were originally eight affiliate/ associate
banks of the State Bank of India based on the
princely states they were for. Some of these were
late merged into one another, and some acquired
by SBI over the years, leaving five existing as of
now
 List the original eight.

118.  State Bank of Hyderabad
 State Bank of Patiala
 State Bank ofTravancore
 State Bank of Mysore
 State Bank of Bikaner
 State Bank of Jaipur
 State Bank of Saurashtra
 State Bank of Indore

124.  INFO FEST ROUND
 8 questions
 10 points each
 Each answer starts with the alphabet in INFO
FEST in that order.
 For eg :- First answer starts with I , second
answer with N and so on.

125.  Through an online auction held in January 2014,
it was sold for ₹60 crore.The Supreme Court
dismissed litigations challenging the sale both
before and after the auction. It remained in
Darukhana, Mumbai till November 2014 when it
finally got all clearances. It was featured in
ABCD2, and also gained wide notoriety earlier
this year due to a tribute paid by a business
giant.What is being talked about?

126.  After he won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg
brewery gave him a gift – a house located next to
the brewery.It had a direct pipeline to the brewery
so that he had free beer on tap whenever he
wanted.
 Who?

127.  This exam is often dubbed as the toughest exam in
the country that offers it.With a pass percentage
of around 35%, it certainly lives up to its
reputation.The selection process begins with a two
or three year apprenticeship before aspiring
candidates can give the exam.The exam itself
comprises a written test, a fish-identification test,
and a practical test. If an applicant passes, he
receives a license that looks like this.
 What is this test a certification for?

129.  Morbid jealousy or delusional jealousy, is a psychological
disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought
that their spouse or partner is being unfaithful without
having any real proof,along with socially unacceptable or
abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts.
 After which character is this syndrome popularly known
as?

130.  This is Charles Best. He never
won the Nobel Prize, but he
still got half the money
because the guy who won it
was so miffed that the Nobel
committee ignored him, that
he gave half the prize money
to him.
 What is Charles Best known as
the co-discoverer of? And who
was the righteous and
generous Nobel winner?

131.  Peter Piot about a 1976 decision: "We didn't
want to name it after the village,Yambuku,
because it's so stigmatising.You don't want
to be associated with that."After consulting a
not-so-detailed map of the area, they chose
an entity close by.What?

132.  Identify this one-time Director of SportsTiming and
Public Relations at Longines in the 1960s, a former
regimental commander of emergency drills and was
known as the ‘Uwe Seeler of UpperValais’ for his football
club FCVisp.

133.  What often-in-the-news term was originally coined
in the wake of the 1789 French revolution to
describe the government’s bloody campaign
against counter-revolutionaries and eventually
acquired its modern, more negative connotation in
the late 19th century?

135.  Through an online auction held in January 2014,
it was sold for ₹60 crore.The Supreme Court
dismissed litigations challenging the sale both
before and after the auction. It remained in
Darukhana, Mumbai till November 2014 when it
finally got all clearances. It was featured in
ABCD2, and also gained wide notoriety earlier
this year due to a tribute paid by a business
giant.What is being talked about?

137.  After he won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg
brewery gave him a gift – a house located next to
the brewery.It had a direct pipeline to the brewery
so that he had free beer on tap whenever he
wanted.
 Who?

139.  This exam is often dubbed as the toughest exam in
the country that offers it.With a pass percentage
of around 35%, it certainly lives up to its
reputation.The selection process begins with a two
or three year apprenticeship before aspiring
candidates can give the exam.The exam itself
comprises a written test, a fish-identification test,
and a practical test. If an applicant passes, he
receives a license that looks like this.
 What is this test a certification for?

142.  Morbid jealousy or delusional jealousy, is a psychological
disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought
that their spouse or partner is being unfaithful without
having any real proof,along with socially unacceptable or
abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts.
 After which character is this syndrome popularly known
as?

144.  This is Charles Best. He never
won the Nobel Prize, but he
still got half the money
because the guy who won it
was so miffed that the Nobel
committee ignored him, that
he gave half the prize money
to him.
 What is Charles Best known as
the co-discoverer of? And who
was the righteous and
generous Nobel winner?

146.  Peter Piot about a 1976 decision: "We didn't
want to name it after the village,Yambuku,
because it's so stigmatising.You don't want
to be associated with that."After consulting a
not-so-detailed map of the area, they chose
an entity close by.What?

147.  Ebola river, after which the virus was named.

148.  Identify this one-time Director of SportsTiming and
Public Relations at Longines in the 1960s, a former
regimental commander of emergency drills and was
known as the ‘Uwe Seeler of UpperValais’ for his football
club FCVisp.

150.  What often-in-the-news term was originally coined
in the wake of the 1789 French revolution to
describe the government’s bloody campaign
against counter-revolutionaries and eventually
acquired its modern, more negative connotation in
the late 19th century?

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