quiz quest prelims (a-z)

1. Quiz Quest
DAKSHIN PALLY 2015 SARBOJONIN
DURGA PUJA UTSAV COMMITTEE
Quizmaster- Rudra Chakraborty
9038169210

2. PRELIMS

3. 
26 questions
(A-Z FORMAT)
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EACH QUESTION CARRIES 1 MARK
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QUESTION (A,E,I,O,U) ARE STAR MARKED IN
CASE OF TIE STAR MARK ANSWERS WILL BE
CONSIDERED
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TOP 8 TEAM WILL QUALIFY FOR FINAL

4. QUIZ QUEST
ARE U READY??

5. A*
IDENTIFY THIS BOY IN THE PICTURE. IMAGE IS TAKEN BY NILUFER
DEMIR & QUICKLY SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD,PROMPTING
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES & BECAME AN ISSUE IN CANADIAN
ELECTION 2015.

6. B
IDENTIFY THE LOGO
(DESIGNED BY MAMATA BANERJEE)

7. c
According To Mahabharata X WasAccording To Mahabharata X Was
Formulated For The Treatment ByFormulated For The Treatment By
Ashwini Kumar Brothers Who WereAshwini Kumar Brothers Who Were
Rajvaidhya To Devas & X’s 1Rajvaidhya To Devas & X’s 1stst
Historically Documented FormulaHistorically Documented Formula
Appears In Charak Sanhita, In INDIAAppears In Charak Sanhita, In INDIA xx
is marketed through film stars &is marketed through film stars &
sports person such as BIG-B,SRK,MSD.sports person such as BIG-B,SRK,MSD.
Identify X?Identify X?

8. D.
WHAT WAS THE 1ST
MOVIE
ACTED BY MAHANAYAK UTTAM
KUMAR??

9. E*
This AWARD WAS 1ST
AWARDED IN 1990 IS GIVEN
TO THE BEST SECOND NOVEL
OF THE YEAR & OFTEN
NEGLECTED IN COMPARISON
TO THE ATTENTION GIVEN TO
THE FIRST BOOKS. IN 2014
NEEL MUKHERJEE IS
AWRDED FOR ‘THE LIVES OF

10. F
THE PRINCIPALITY OFTHE PRINCIPALITY OF
X WAS A LOCALX WAS A LOCAL
IRANIAN DYNASTY OFIRANIAN DYNASTY OF
SOGDIANSOGDIAN ORIGIN
WHICH RULED XWHICH RULED X
REGION FROM ANREGION FROM AN
UNKNOWN DATE TOUNKNOWN DATE TO
819AD.819AD.
IN 1494 BABARIN 1494 BABAR
INHERITED THEINHERITED THE
KINGDOM OF X FROMKINGDOM OF X FROM

11. G (UNDERSTAND THE IMAGE) AND
GIVE THIS PICTURE A SUITABLE (RECENT
BOLLYWOD MOVIE) NAME.

12. HIDENTIFY THE PERSON IN THE PICTURE

13. I*
• DR HENRY WALTON, A COLLEGE
PROFFESOR OF ARCHEOLOGY & DID HIS
PHD IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION WHILE
SERVING IN US ARMY AS COLONEL. HE IS
VERY MUCH INFLUENCED BY MARXIST
ARCHEOLOGIST DR. V.C CHILDE HOWEVER
DR.WALTON IS ALSO A FAMOUS TREASURE
HUNTER.
• IDENTIFY?

14. J
PEOPLE SAY IT ISTHE INDIAN
VERSION OF SPANISH BULL
FIGHTING & IT ISA BULL TAMING
SPORT PLAYED IN TAMILNADU ASA
PART OF PONGAL. IT ISNEARLY 1500
YEAR OLD SPORT BUT IN MAY 2014
SUPREME COURT BANNED THIS
SPORT CITING ANIMAL WELFARE
ISSUE. IDENTIFY?(IMAGE NXT SLIDE)

15. J (IDENTIFY THE SPORT?)

16. K
CONNECT & IDENTIFY THE PLACE.
ASHFAQULLAH KHAN
RAMPRASAD BISMIL
RAJENDRA LAHIRI
THAKUR ROSHAN SINGH

17. L
Y IS THE CITY SITUATED IN EAST-CENTRAL
FRANCE,IN THE RHONE ALPS
REGION,SITUATED BETWEEN PARIS &
MARSEILLE.
IT IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE FOR
ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS.
AND FINALLY FAMOUS BECAUSE OF
INTERPOL HEADQUARTERS.
IDENTIFY Y??

18. MIDENTIFY THE MOUNTAIN IN THE PICTURE
WHICH SHARES ITS NAME WITH A GERMAN
MANUFACTURER OF WRITING
INSTRUMENTS,WATCHES & JEWELLERY
GOODS.

19. N
Marc Okrand invented the language Klingon
for Star Trek and J.R.R Tolkien invented
the language Elvish for The Lord of the
rings, What did Paul Frommer invent for
AVATAR?

20. O*
• X IS A SPANISH WORD USED TO
EXPRESS APPROVAL,IT’S MOST USED IN
A BULLFIGHT IN SPAIN EVERYTIME THE
BULLFIGHTER DO SOMETHING &
ESCAPE THE BULL .EVERYBODY
SCREAMMED “X” & “X” BECOME
FAMOUS IN INDIA MAINLY AFTER 1994
WHEN A BOLLYWOOD MOVIE YE DIL
LAGI RELEASED.

21. P
ON AUGUST 24 ,79 AD MOUNT
VESUVIAS LITERALLY BLEW ITS
TOP,SPEWING TONS OF MOLTEN ASH &
SULPHURIC GAS.
THE SURROUNDING AREA
SUFFOCATING THE INHABITANTS OF
THE NEIGHBORING ROMAN CITIES OF
__________ & HERCULANEUM.
FILL THE BLANK.

22. Q.
IDENTIFY THE PERSON?

23. .
R

“X” IS A EPIC POEM & THE UNIQUE
THING IS THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE
4 LETTERS S,T,R,M IS PRESENT IN
EVERY LINE,”X” FOR THE 1ST
TIME IN
THE HISTORY OF NORTH INDIA,MADE
AVAILABLE STORY OF RAMA TO
COMMON MAN TO SING. X?

24. S.
• Identify the movie.

25. TT

IN SARADINDU BANDOPADHYAY’S
‘MAKORSHAR ROSH’ AN OLD MAN
NANDADULAL BABU WAS ADDICTED TO
________ SPIDER VENOM EVEN UNDER
THE CONSTANT SUPERVISION OF HIS
FAMILY & AJIT WAS SENT BY BYOMKESH
TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE AS BYOMKESH
WAS BUSY WITH ANOTHER CASE.(IMAGE
IN NEXT SLIDE)

26. T
•IDENTIFY.

27. U*
HE WAS AN AGRICULTRE ENGINEER FROM
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON & ADMITTED TO
PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY BUT HE WAS
LATER RUSTICATED FOR HITTING A
BRITISH PROFESOR. HE WAS A MEMBER
OF THE JUGANTAR & EXPERT IN BOMB
MAKING.BOMB USED BY KHUDIRAM WAS
MAUFACTURED BY HIM.
CURRENTLY TWO ROADS IN KOLKATA &
SILCHAR IS NAMED AFTER HIM.
IMAGE (NEXT SLIDE)

28. U

29. V
CONNECT THIS PERSON WITH RIO
OLYMPIC 2016.

30. WW
• HARISCHANDRA SEKHARAM
BHATWADEKAR WAS CREDITED FOR
MAKING INDIA’S 1ST
REALITY FILMS.THE
FILM WAS TAKEN IN NOVEMBER 1899,
WAS OF A WRESTLING MATCH AT THE
HANGING GARDENS IN BOMBAY & WAS
SENT BACK TO LONDON FOR PROCESSING.
• IDENTIFY THE MOVIE?

31. X
‘X’ IS A CHEMICAL ELEMENT WITH
ATOMIC NUMBER 54,DISCOVERED BY
RAMASAY & TRAVERS IN 1898. X IS
USED IN FLASH LAMPS & ARC LAMPS
& ALSO AS A GENERAL
ANESTHETIC,SIGNIFICANT NEUTRON
ABSORBER IN NUCLEAR REACTORS.
 IN SPANISH THE MEANING OF
WORD X IS : RECIEVER OF LIFE FROM

32. Y
IN THE FILM ‘2 STATES’ DIRECTED BY SIDDHARTH
ANAND WHICH IS BASED ON CHETAN BHAGAT’S
‘2STATES:THE STORY OF MY MARRIAGE’ THE LEADING
CHARACTER KRISH (ARJUN KAPOOR) STUDENT OF IIM
AHMEDABAD IS RECRUITED BY X & CONFIDENTLY TELLS
THE HR OF X THAT HE WANTS TO JOIN X BECAUSE THEY
ARE ‘THE BEST’ .
X IS ACTUALLY FOUNDED BY RANA KAPOOR & ASHOK
KAPOOR IN 2004 & ITS HEADQUARTERS IS IN
MUMBAI,RANA KAPOOR IS CURRENTLY MD & CEO OF X.

33. Z
• ON WHAT OCCASION (AMUL POSTER) PUBLISHED
THIS AD?

34. Quiz quest
DAKSHIN PALLY SARBOJONIN
DURGAPUJA UTSAV 2015
QM-RUDRA CHAKRABORTY
CONTACT-9038169210
GENERAL QUIZ

35. ANSWERS

36. ANSWERS
A*-> AYLAN KURDI
B-> BISWA BANGLA

37. ANSWERS
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C->CHAWANPRASH
D->DRISHTIDAN

38. ANSWERS
•E*-> ENCORE AWARD
•F-> FARGHANA

39. ANSWERS
G-> GULAAB GANG
H-> HARRY HOUDINI

40. ANSWERS
I*-> INDIANA JONES(INDY)
J-> JALLIKATTU

41. ANSWERS
K-> KAKORI CONSPIRACY
L-> LYON

42. ANSWERS
M-> MONT BLANC
N-> NAAVI

43. ANSWERS
O*-> OLE
P-> POMPEI

44. ANSWERS
Q->QUENTIN TARANTINO
R-> RAMCHARITMANAS

45. ANSWERS
•S-> Shatranj ki khilari
•T-> TARANTULA

46. ANSWERS
U*-> ULLASKAR DUTTA
V-> VINICIUS DE MORAES
(RIO OLYMPIC MASCOT)

47. ANSWERS
W-> WRESTLER
X-> XENON

48. ANSWERS
• Y-> YES BANK
• Z-> ZAHEER KHAN

49. PRELIMS
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