Prelims with answers
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The document provides instructions for a quiz competition, noting there will be 25 questions worth 1 point each for a total of 30 points. It specifies that 8 questions should be marked on the answer sheet. It discusses tie-breaking procedures and resolving ties after the finals.
Prelims with answers
- 1. Researched and Conducted by Dr. Aakash Roy
- 4. 25 Questions Every Answer has 1 point.Total 30 Points. 8 Star Marked Questions. Please mark them on your answer sheet as and when they appear. If teams are tied after Prelims scores, count back method to be applied. Ties after Finals to be resolved with Prelims scores.
- 5. His first book, “Antaranga Chin” was a travelogue. Published in April,1958 it describes his journey as a member of a cultural delegation to China in 1954. In the foreword, he does not hesitate to express his concerns regarding the literary aspirations of a clerk of an Insurance company . Who and What is the name of the last book he wrote?
- 9. Questions of identity reverberate through The Dog, a documentary by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren that chronicles J.Wojtowicz's terribly sad life Why ? (picture next slide)
- 12. ____On Brexit Island, ____Go Gluten free, ____Give up the booze are some of the titles of an immensely popular series which got a jolly millennial makeover, although the parodied versions retain the same characterisation and flavour of the yesteryear books. Which series ?
- 14. LaVie Claire was a French cycling team which took part in Tour de France in the mid 1980s, before Toshiba bought the team in 1989. What/Who was the inspiration for their jersey ?
- 16. Vijay Merchant was baffled with the Indian team’s inability to cope with the seam and swing in English conditions in India’s 1946 tour to England. Back home, he suggested something that revolutionised the epicentre of Indian Cricket. What did Merchant suggest ?
- 18. “Their first movie together was Dastaan. X arrived late on the sets for the mahurat shot. He apologised for the delay. Dilip Saab said that X was not late; he had already given one shot! Bauji was nonplussed. Dilip Saab explained that it was a long shot and he had worn Bauji’s costume and given the shot to save time. Bauji often said that it was a singular honour that Dilip Kumar had worked as his ‘double’”. The above excerpt is from the biography of X, written by his own son. Identify X.
- 20. The painting on the next slide can be found on the cover of “Studio of the South” by Martin Bailley, an art historian where he throws light upon a ghastly incident on the night of 23rd December,1888.He has postulated a new theory that it was a letter from X’s brother,Theo announcing his decision to marry, that triggered X’s despair. What event and Which is the more popular theory behind this unfortunate incident ?
- 23. Narayan Gangopadhyay, creator of Tenida, was a professor in City College in the early 1950s when he once came across one of his B.A. final year students playing the titular role in the play, “Rammohan” in the college’s annual social. The student, who was one of Gangopadhyay’s favourites due to his leftist inclinations, visited the erudite professor next morning for his reviews. Needless to say, his teacher blessed him and prophetically told that, in the coming days, he would become one of the finest actors on stage. Who ?
- 25. He was the Man of the Series in the ICC U-19 World Cup,2016 scoring 242 runs and claiming 12 wickets in 6 matches. But his moment of glory came in the later part of the year at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Contrary to the expectations, he failed miserably with the bat, scoring just 5 in his first 4 innings with an average of 1.25. Who is this cricketer ?
- 27. In this and the following slide, two paired entities have been shown. What/Who are they referring to ?
- 30. This genre of miniature paintings reached its pinnacle during medieval India. Notable schools of art like Mewar, Rajput, Deccan, Mughal nearly everybody produced exquisite art forms of this genre. What are they collectively known to us and Whose autobiography was named after this coinage ?
- 34. The cartoon on the next slide is based on a 1729 satirical work by an author who is popular in this part of the world for another of his pioneering piece of work, which was originally published in 1726. Who is the author in question?
- 39. The only example of this magical chemistry of X andY outside their more popular collaborations between 1969 and 1992, was in 1987. This venture, by the same director was a documentary where X sang forY, who was seen playing the role of Jambuban singing aloud in a battlefield. Which “blessed” duo and Who/What was the subject of the documentary ?
- 41. Both Fables and Parables have been used since time immemorial to impart lessons of morality. What is the basic difference between them ?
- 43. “…My dearest friend Saini and I watching together as X andY wove patterns that would have done MF Husain proud, Mirza Ghalib proud, Shammi Kapoor proud.They did not play.They painted, composed, danced.That was X’s move- the jalebi - in and out, dart here, dart there, stick one way, ball the other… only to meet on the other side of a befuddled defender.” Tom Alter reminiscing about Which legend from the 80s ?
- 45. “When the Moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars“ Above is the description of the Age of Aquarius in a 1969 song by the band “The Fifth Dimension”. Which event of those times was billed to be happening in that age ?
- 49. This is the statue ofTamil poet,Thiruvalluvar, which many of us have seen ,although our destination often is the location, just adjacent to this statue. Which place of interest is being discussed ?
- 52. Pat Metheny's request to Linda Manzer in 1984 was to build a guitar that had "as many strings as possible." Manzer came up with the _______, a guitar with 42 strings and four necks that weighed almost fifteen pounds. How can you connect the name of this instrument with an artwork in the following slide ?
- 55. Costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers built it as part of the Industrial Light & Magic visual effects company but decided to use it in another project. In her words, she wanted 25 yards of fabric to be flowing through the scene, which this creation could achieve. This pop-cult sensation would have been reminisced by people late last year, creating a few hormonal surges in the process. What ?
- 57. This 1975World Championships saw the Men’s Team event gold going to China whereas Yugoslavia and Sweden bagged the silver and the bronze. In theWomen’s section China, South Korea and Japan were the podium finishers, whereas India languished towards the bottom. What was the newly erected venue of this event which rose to prominence due to a non- sporting event in 1997 ?
- 59. TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) is a fictional time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its various spin-offs. Inspired by this, JK Rowling used a similar ‘dysfunctional’ entrance for the Ministry Of Magic in “Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix”. What isTARDIS designed after and How can you connect it to an euphoric man conveying the news of getting a job with a salary of 1100 rupees to his fiancée ?