Charmurti Open General Quiz Final!!!

Charmurti General Quiz Final…
• Welcome to the final.
• Total four rounds are here.
• 1st Infinite Bounce, 2nd Infinite Bounce, Theme, 3rd Infinite Bounce.
• Happy Quizzing.
• Best of luck to the all 8 finalists.
• Our venue Giribala Thakurbari…

Infinite Bounce Round 1
16 Questions
Limited Pounce, Maximum Up to 7 Questions
+10 Marks For Every Correct Answer, -10 For
Incorrect Pounce.
+ 15/ - 15 Marks for exclusive pounce.

First set of 16 questions from
Debapriya…

Audience Question…
Connection…(non exhaustive)

• Ans – All these movies were shot in Agarpara.

1
Operation Barbrossa (Germany’s attack on
Russia during World War II) failed miserably.
There were many direct & indirect reasons for
the Germany’s defeat. One of them wasn't a war
tactic but just a random coincidence.
• The Germans attacked the Eastern front, they
had massive issues with supplying their troops
since all the supplies were delivered by
train, but for a reason they couldn’t use the
trains. What was the reason for their inability to
use those trains?

• The Soviets used different track gauge,
rendering the German trains useless.

2
• In the long history of Oscars, seven actors
were nominated twice for playing the
same role. They are:
• Bing Crosby
• Barry Fitzgerald
• Paul Newman
• Peter O’Toole
• Al Pacino
• Cate Blanchett
• Sylvester Stallone
• But how is Barry Fitzgerald unique in this
elite list?

• He is the only actor who has been
nominated twice for both Best
Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the
same performance, in the same film
“Going My Way”.

Ans – Kumbh Mela. These are the four
places where it happens rotationally.
• Ujjain – Sudrak’s Mrichhakatika is based on the city of Ujjain
• Haridwar - Movie Dum Lagake Haisa tells the story of a
married couple from Haridwar.
• Nasik - Laxman cut the nose of Surpanakha here. So the place
is named Nasik.
• Allahabad – Voice of Prayagraj, new name of Allahabad.

4
• The United States Patent & Trademark Office on 25th
October, 2011 issued a patent grant to Apple for an
invention (A) for mobile. The iOS chief Scott Forstall is
credited as one of the inventors. “We wanted
something you couldn’t do by accident …..”, said Steve
Jobs about the invention.
• James B. Miller came with another invention(B) which
was way better than the Apple’s one. Google had got
the patent of it on November 17, 2011 & it become
the integral part of its Android mobile operating
system.
• Identify A & B.

5
• It was July 1, 1941. The Brooklyn Dodgers
were facing off against the Philadelphia
Phillies at Ebbets Field in New York. Before
the first pitch was pitched, all the Americans
across the country witnessed something for
the very first time. It’s officially credited as
the first time ever in the world also.
Nowadays it becomes a crucial part in sports
as well as in other sectors also. What did
happen for the first time on 1st July, 1941?

• The first ever TV commercial. A short &
simple add for Bulova Watch Co.

6
• Ultraman is a fictional Japanese
superhero who first appeared on
television in the 1960s. It’s quite
popular in other South-East countries
like Malaysia. But the Malaysian
Government had banned an edition of
Ultraman comic book (March, 2014)
because it used the word X to describe
the superhero.
• The Home Ministry said in a statement
that it contained elements that can
undermine public security and societal
morals & use of the word can provoke
the community and threaten public
safety.
• What was that controversial word X?

7
• When India became independent most of the princely
states joined either India or Pakistan as per their
ruler’s wishes. But people of three states had the
options to choose their choices. Among them 99% of
Junagar’s voters voted to merge with India. But the
other two states declined the option to become a part
of India.
• X however was annexed controversially by India few
decades later, while Y became a district of Pakistan
after 56.56% casted their votes in favor of Pakistan in
the referendum, held on July 6th, 1947.
• Id X & Y.

Ans – X = Sikkim, Y = Sylhet

• 8. This is one of the most controversial incidents of
Indian Mythology. X, a shudra, was slain by King
Y for attempting to perform penance in violation
of dharma, the bad karma resulting from which
caused the untimely death of a Brahmin's son.
• Mukunda Rao’s book ‘XY’ covers this almost
unheralded story of Indian mythology.
• Id X & Y.

9. Naida Caves & Jalandhar Beach are
two of the few tourist attractions of
this city/district. Id it.

10. In a certain logic someone should have been in
the place of question mark. Who & what logic?

• First captains of Bengal to win the Ranji, Vizay Hare
& Mustaq Ali T20 Trophy respectively.
• TC Longfield – Captain of Ranji champion Bengal in 1938/39 (in pic).
• Sourav Ganguly – Captain of Vijay Hazare Champion Bengal in 2011-
12
• Manoj Tiwary – Captain of Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy
champion Bengal in 2010-11.

11
In 1826, Syed Ahmad Shaheed
Barelvi provided an Islamic
challenge to an expanding Sikh
empire when he arrived
in Peshawar, with a few hundred
disciples, to establish an Islamic
state Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen
under Shah Ismail. The Sikhs,
under Maharaja Ranjit Singh
fought and won the defining
battle against them on May 6,
1831 at the Battle of X.
What is X?

12
• Noida’s Brigadier
Chitaranjan Sawant is a
filmmaker and also an
Advocate of the Supreme
Court of India.
• People of India are
accustomed with his voice
every year since 1974
uninterruptedly.
• What does he do on a
particular day of every year?

• Brigadier Chitaranjan Sawant
has been doing the running
commentary of the India’s
Republic Day Parade for
Doordarshan from 1974.

13
• Belgian designer Olivier
Debie designed the logo of
Théâtre de Liège, in Belgium.
But in August, 2015, he filed
a plagiarism lawsuit over a
logo by Kenjiro Sano.
Though he had to withdraw
the case for legal cost, but
this controversy forced the
officials to scrap the logo of
Kenjiro Sano and a brand
new logo was launched in
April, 2016. Logo of what
had to be changed?

14
• The Expandables 2 is
a Sylvester Stallone,
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
starrer 2012
American action
movie where this
song was played. The
tune of the song was
simply copied from a
hit number of 1996.
• Id the original
number & the music
composer of it.

• 15. Two neighboring countries X & Y share
almost same name. However naming origins of
these two countries are different.
• Columbus is said to have passed the island ‘X’
on Sunday 3 November 1493, and the island's
name is derived from the Latin for ‘Sunday’. The
country ‘Y’ is named after the saint in picture.
• X’s flag is the only national flag in the world
containing the color purple, while Y’s flag is the
only national flag which has Bible on it.
• Id X & Y.

• X = Dominica, Y = Dominican Republic,
named after Saint Dominic.

16
• The Fall of a Nation is a 1916
American silent drama film directed
by Thomas Dixon, Jr. based upon a book,
written by the director himself. It is an attack
on the pacifism of William Jennings
Bryan and Henry Ford and a plea for
American preparedness for war. The film is
associated with something first in the history
of films. It’s nowadays very much popular
worldwide. What’s that?

• The Fall of a Nation is considered to be the
first ever film sequel. It’s the sequel of 1915’s
film ‘The Birth of a Nation’!!!

16 Questions
Incorrect Pounce.

2nd set of 16 Questions from Gopal…

1
• X is used to enable the shooter
to make aiming perfect by
making the projectile trajectory
visible to the naked eye during
daylight, and very bright during
night time. In World War II US
naval and marine aircrew used
this for emergency signaling.
• It is also used in sporting
parlance particularly by a well
known sportsman.
• What are we talking about?

(4)
• Identify two countries
from the flags shown
in picture which are
helmed by
Adenoid Hynkel and
Benzino Napaloni as
the head of state.
2

Charlie Chaplin as as
Adenoid Hynkel, the main
antagonist. Hynkel is the
Dictator of Tomainia (a parody
of Germany and Adolf Hitler
main antagonist.)
Jack Oakie as Benzino Napaloni,
Dictator of Bacteria, a parody of
Italian dictator Benito
Mussolini.

3
Believed to be the birthplace of Coffee in India, this
place traces its naming origin from a Dravidian
word meaning “Younger Daughter’s Town”. Story
goes that “It“ has been given as a dowry to the
Youngest daughter of King RUKMANGADA, the
legendary chief of SAKHARAYPATTANA.
Name the town which is a major tourist
destination for paying tribute to one of the
legends of India.

4
• Emilie Charlotte Langtry, a British-
American actress & producer, best
known for her relationship with
Nobel men including Prince of
Wales, The Earl of Shrewsbury and
Prince Louis of Battenberg. She
got widespread media attention
for being the first Woman to
endorse PEARS SOAP.
• However, she will always be
remembered in the world of
fiction for What specific reason?

• Langtry is speculated to be
an inspiration for Irene
Adler a character in
the Sherlock
Holmes fiction of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyl in A
Scandal in Bohemia Adler
bests Holmes, perhaps the
only woman to do so.

5. In a certain logic who will be in the
place of question mark?

1983: Filmfare Award best
Story: Samaresh Basu for
Namkeen.
1964 Filmfare Award for
Best Story Jarasandha for
Bandini.
1978: Filmfare Best Story
Award for Sharat Chandra
Chatterji for Swami.

(2)• 6. This piece of information
in the trenches of World
War I reflects the ideals of
our daily business life by
saying if “the British
TOMMY, as the CLEANEST
FIGHTER IN THE WORLD
welcomes X in their
trenches then Why don’t
You Welcome X at your
home?”
• What does ‘X’ Indicate?

7
• Charles George Gordon served in the Crimean War
as an officer in the British Army. He had been sent to
a city X in 1884 with the instructions to secure the
evacuation of loyal soldiers and civilians in a serious
revolt broke out there.
• The historical significance of the above story is
portrayed in a 1966 epic film which deals with the
siege of the city X.
• I am looking for the name of this movie or place, both
are same, whose etymological journey derived from
the Arabic which means narrow strip of land
extending between the Blue and White Niles?

8
• ROBERT OWEN, a social
reformer, worked in the COTTON
INDUSTRY in Manchester during
18th century before setting up a
large textile mill at NEW
LANARK in SCOTLAND. In 1810
this brave man started a
campaign to raise a demand and
which was implemented first by
FORD MOTOR COMPANY in 1914
and now become a global
standard for a certain group.

• Owen raised the demand for
an eight hour work day in
1810, and instituted the
policy at New Lanark. By
1817 he had formulated the
goal of the eight-hour
workday and coined the
slogan: "Eight hours labour,
Eight hours recreation, Eight
hours rest.”

9
• This warrior was considered to be the most
celebrated legendary hero in Iranian
mythology. Immortalized by the 10th century
Persian poet Ferdowsi in a long epic poem
Shahnameh for his tragic fight with
Esfandiar where he performed an event in
such a way that nobody believed his
efficiency for the same.
• In present days his name is used as a phrase
with a prefix which means “a simple person
who accomplishes a great achievement?”
• Identify the phrase.

• Rustam and chhupa
rustam.
• In English,the equal word is
‘Dark horse’ .

J.D. Salinger got the name for Holden
Caulfield in The Catcher in the
Rye when he saw a marquee for the
film Dear Ruth starring
William Holden andJoan Caulfield.
The Guns N' Roses album Chinese
Democracy includes a song called
"Catcher in the Rye" in which the
narrator debates a violent fantasy.
Mark David Chapman remained
standing and began reading J. D.
Salinger's novel The Catcher in the
Rye until he was arrested by police.

11
• Colonel HENRY WATSON
arrived at Calcutta in 1764 as
a chief engineer of Bengal
and impressed with the
necessity of dock
accommodation at Calcutta
and obtained a grant of land
to set up the first dockyard
in Bengal.
• This pioneering ship builder
is still remembered to us for
What specific reason?

• Watgunge is named
after Colonel Henry
Watson (1737-1784),
who set up the first
dockyard in Bengal.

12
• Initiated by Prince Harry, this multisport event
first took place in London in 2014. Since then
it is being held annually with participation of
wounded or sick armed services personnel in
several disciplines like wheelchair
basketball, sitting volleyball, indoor rowing
etc.
• Name the event with a motto “ I AM”.

13
• When repeatedly failed in battle
against X, Y had joined forces with
many major King around the city
including Damghosha, Rukmi, Vind
and Anuvinda. Anticipating obvious
defeat X immediately decided to
ran away and thus Sobriquetted as
Z means “one who had run away
from a battle field”.
• The present significance of Z is still
alive due to this beautiful temple in
Dakor, Gujrat.
• Identify X alongwith the Sobriquet
which has a naming similarities
with a late 2000 movie character?

• X = Lord Krishna, Y =Jarasandha.
Rannchhod
• Aamir Khan: Ranchoddas 'Rancho'
Shyamaldas Chanchad, Phunsukh Wangdu
in 3 idiot’s.

14
• In 1962, a certain revolutionary project was first
given to a company name HAMILTON STANDARD
who started its own prototype and named it
TIGER but it was rejected by the project
Authority. As the Authority urgently needed it
they Choose PLAYTEX for the project out of two
other companies who also submitted their
prototype. Working round -the –clock for six
weeks finally they finished the project with the
name AX5L and the rest is history.
• What is being talked about?

Space suit worn by astronaut
Neil Armstrong, Commander of
the Apollo 11 mission, which
landed the first man on
the Moon on July 20, 1969. ...
NASA transferred
the spacesuit to the National
Air and Space Museum in 1971.

15
• This is a still from a movie
considered as the only neo-
realist film produced in Pakistan
in 1959, the movie won a gold
medal at Moscow International
Film festival, as well as selected
for official entry for best foreign
language film at 32nd Academy
Awards.
• Directed by AJ Kardar, the movie
received huge critical acclaim.
Name the movie and on whose
original story the movie was
based?

Jago Hua Savera
film based on Padma Nadir Majhi

16
• Though this Psychological term was first used by the
British writer Agatha Christie in her detective
story Hickory Dickory Dock, but “IT” gained much
media attention When Colette Dowling wrote about
women's hidden fear of independence in her 1981
bestselling book by the same name where a woman
is beautiful, graceful, polite, hardworking,
independent but must be supported by a Male and
the urge for support becomes prominent when she
grows older.
• Id this Psychological term now being a part of Medical
Dictionary.

Rules for thematic round
• Every question carries four marks & bonus ten
marks for a full house.
• No negative marking for wrong answers of each
individual question.
• Points for theme answer are given in respective
slides.
• Number of attempts is no bar.
• All the answers, either laterally or directly
converge to a specific theme.
• The list is not exhaustive.
• Lets play…….

1. (+50/-25)
• The term "little red dot" was first used
by Indonesian President B. J. Habibie to refer to X
in the Asian Wall Street Journal in 1998 in a negative
light, saying: "All the green is Indonesia and that red
dot is X." The remark caused an outcry as it was
perceived as a disapproval of X. But the term was
quickly adopted by X with pride and a sense of
success of sorts despite its physical limitations.
• What is being referred here by the little red
dot?

2. (+45/-22)
Based on the eternal love story of two mythical characters of the
north east India , this dance form is the part of the signature
dance style of a particular place in India.
Identify the place and name the dance form.

3. (+40/-20)
• King Harish Chandra, was believed to act as a
slave here by Yama and when his wife brought
his dead son for cremation, he stood by his duty
and refused to cremate unless she paid the
taxes. As per Hindu belief human’s soul finds
salvation if cremated in this place which led to
the myth of eternal flame.
• Identify the place which traced its naming origin
from an ornament.

4. (+35/-17)
• X was elected to the Lok Sabha from Meerut
constituency in the first general election of
India and held the portfolio of Deputy Minister
of Railway and Transport. During the 1965 war,
his son Mahmud was a Pakistan Army Officer
and the opposition demanded his removal from
the government but Lal Bahadur Shastri, as
Prime Minister, did not agree. Who is X?

5. (+30/-15)
Connect for a proper noun

6. (+25/-12)
Identify the movie, a cult classic of
the fifties and the singer

7. (+20/-10)
• Popularized by Chempakaraman Pillai this
two word phrase was used as the first
commemorative postmark of Independent
India. The phrase is used on All India Radio at
the end of a broadcast and in March 2019, Air
India has instructed its flight crews to end
each in-flight announcement with an
emphatic pronunciation of this phrase.
• Identify the phrase.

8. (+15/-07)
• Simply identify the music composer (song –
kadam kadam badaye jaa…)

9. (+10/-05)
Name the place where would you find this heartbreaking epitaph
carved on this war cemetery . The epitaph has become world
famous to be known as _____ poem after the name of the place.

10. (+5/ No negative)
• Born in the Burdwan, West Bengal in 1886 this
revolutionary was implicated in Alipore bomb
case and worked as Head clerk at Forest Deptt at
Dehradun for a very short stint after release. Later he
managed to escape from India after failed bomb
attempt on Lord Hardinge.
• Identify the unsung hero of the Indian freedom
struggle who was honored with the title ‘Second
Order of the Merit of the Rising Sun’ by a foreign
country.

2.
• Moirang and Khamba Thoibi dance

Indian National Army…
1 Singapore:------ Birth place of INA
2. Moirang:--------First Indian flag hoisted by INA in Indian main land
3. Manikornica: --------Rani Lakshmi bai after whom Jhansi Brigade was named
4. Shahnawaz Khan --
5. Red Fort : --------Trial of INA
6. Pahela Admi:--- Based on Netaji Subhas Bose
7. Jai Hind :-----------Battle Cry of INA
8. Ram Sing Thakuri: --- Composer of INA anthem
9. Kohima: ---------- Battle of Kohima
10. Rashbehari Bose – One of the founders.

16 Questions
Incorrect Pounce.

Final set of 16 questions from Sofiul
Alam…

1
• According to legend, a Sepoy of the Indian
Army named Jaswant Singh Rawat fought
alone against the Chinese soldiers during the
1962 Sino-Indian War. A tribal woman who
had brought food and water to him is said to
have killed herself upon seeing the dead
body of the Sepoy. He was posthumously
awarded the Maha Vir Chakra and the place
was named after her. Which well attractive
tourist’s destination is this?

2. This is 4th ODI between India & Engalnd
at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 23rd
October, 2011. But why did Billy Bowden
get crazy while signaling the boundary?

3
The deity is worshipped
without any traditional shrine
by the devotees at a
biosphere reserve in Kerala , a
declared UNESCO heritage site
wherein construction of
temple is strictly prohibited.
Identify the deity who is
supposed to be the creator of
Tamil language and author of
hymns of Rig-Veda.

4
• This is well known all around the world for its
simple and elegant designs and its fine woolen
fabric and manufacturing quality. These are mostly
made of three types of wool: Merino wool, Angora
wool and Local sheep wool. This item got its GI tag
in 2009. ID this product, invented
by indigenous Kullvi people from that area.

5
• First recorded revolt by the soldiers against
the British took place as early as in 1806. The
immediate causes of the mutiny revolved
mainly around resentment felt towards
changes in the sepoy dress code. Hindus were
prohibited from wearing religious marks on
their foreheads while on duty, and Muslims
were required to shave their beards and trim
their moustaches. Where was this revolt took
place?

6
• Id the signature
voice and the
film in which it
has been used.

• Rani Mukherjee
• Hey Ram

7
• On Jewish tombstones
we can see this symbol
known as Kohanim
Hands.
• What did this inspire in
the entertainment
world which means
“live long and
prosper” ?

8
• In 1998, while X was a member of the 12th
parliament and became Chief minister of
Odisa in February 1999. Two months later,
there was a vote-of-confidence against the
BJP government and X still went to the
parliament to vote against the government
despite the fact that he had to quit either CM
or MP office within 6 months. The
government lost power by just 1 vote. Id X.

9.
• In an interview with Hindustan Times,
AR Rahman stated that he had
emphasized the folk-classical genre as
the film X brings out a fascination
for Benaras through the music. He had
used the sounds of Y in almost every
song, thereby paying a tribute to Z.
Identify X & Z.

Ranjhanaa
• Sehnai
• Bismillah Khan

10
• Abacá (Musa textilis), grown
as a commercial crop in the
Philippines, Ecuador, and
Costa Rica. The plant, also
known as X hemp, has great
importance, being harvested
for its fibre, extracted from
the leaf-stems. What is the
most important and talked
about use of this fibre?

11
• During the 1990s,
this Rajasthan state
government employee tried to
prevent child marriage as part
of her duties as a worker of the
Women Development
Programme. She was then
tortured brutally and
subsequently this incident led
something pioneering in India.
• Id her with the pioneering
guidelines.

•Bhaonri Devi
•Bisakha Guidelines

12. Connect these in respect of a
specific geographical feature.

Countries with contiguous borders
that span more than one continent:
Egypt, Turkey, Russia and
Kazakhstan.

13
Michael Phelps became the
most decorated athlete in
the history of Olympics when
he won his 13th individual
gold medal at Rio Olympics
in 2016 and thus shattered a
2000 year old stellar record
of X of 12(twelve) individual
golds in four successive
Olympics from 164 BC to152
BC.
Identify the ancient Greek
legend who has a namesake
with a soccer legend of the
thirties.

14
• Time magazine had prima facie selected both X and
Y in the year 2004 to be featured on their cover as
the “Time Persons Of the Year” for their phenomenal
projects. But due to some unknown reasons Y, an
Oscar awardee refused the offer to pose for a joint
photograph along with X, another legend and Oscar
winner which finally cost the opportunity for both of
them and George W Bush became the Time Man Of
the Year.
• Name both X and Y in right order.

Ans
X ---Michael Moore Y---- Mel Gibson

15
This initiative is said
to be "a bid to enhance
regional connectivity
and embrace a brighter
future". But the rest of
the world however,
thinks it to be a push
for dominance of a
particular nation in
global affairs
Name the initiative

• Haridhan Mukhopadhyay.
• Fuleswari

•That is the end
of our quiz,
thank you all.

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