2. Rules.
25 questions.
+10 for bounce.
+10/-10 for pounce.
Last three questions carry 15 points each.
Part points will be given according to the questions.
All the best.
3. 1.
The front cover of this band’s first song features a
black-and-white image of an incident happened in
1937. The image refers to the origin of the band's
name itself: When the band members were discussing
the idea of forming a group, one of them joked, "It
would probably go over like a lead balloon", and
others reportedly replied, "a ______”, .
Identify the band and the incident.
6. 2.
These three new species
of beetles were
discovered in South
America. Entomologist
Brett Ratcliffe who
discovered these beetles
gave them the names
Gymnetis _____,
Gymnetis _____ and
Gymnetis _____. What
are the names?
9. 3.
When X told Khushwant Singh about X’s plan of
writing an autobiography, Singh laughed and took
‘Y’ and showed it to X and said: “The story of your
life is so inconsequential and tiny that it can be
written in the white space on the backside of this”.
Keeping this joke in mind and as a challenge to it, X
penned an autobiography and entitled it ‘Y'.
Identify X and Y.
15. 5.
This is an illustration of the
Sherlock Holmes short story ‘The
Five Orange Pips’, one of the
two stories in which Holmes’s
client dies. In this story, the client
receives an envelope with five
orange pips enclosed in it.
Three letters were written on
the envelope indicating the
name of an organisation. Which
organisation?
18. 6.
This house is 10050 Cielo
Drive in Benedict Canyon Beverly
Hills, California. In 1994, the
house was demolished, a new
house was constructed on the site
and the house address was
changed to 10066 Cielo Drive.
An incident was happened in
1969 in this house . Recently, this
house and the incident came to
news again. How? What is the
incident?
21. 7.
In his diary in an entry headed "Nice 22 January
1892", X wrote: “I was walking along the road with two
friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned
blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned
on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire
above the blue-black fjord and the city – my friends
walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety –
and I sensed an infinite _____ passing through nature”.
Identify X. Fill the blank which refers to one of X’s
creation.
24. 8.
What is the name of
this album by ‘The
Folkswingers’ featuring
Harihar Rao which was
given after a term
quoted by American
band ‘The Byrds’.
25.
26.
27. 9.
This is a popular art form which started very earlier , but
gathered popularity only from 1800.
Using objects that were available in plenty post voyages
and of little commercial value then, the art form involved
smoothening and polishing the surface before needles or
knives could begin etching and it was a common leisure
activity during the voyages .
What is the name of the art form, which is now severely
restricted?
Which 19th century literary work brought the art form
into public consciousness?
Image on next slide
28.
29.
30. Srimshaw, Moby Dick.
Srimshaw arts are
most commonly
made out of bones
and teeth of sperm
whales.
31. 10.
Identify the person
in the doodle. A
2005 Malayalam
satirical movie has
repeated
references to him.
Which movie?
37. 12.
Traces of the X are found in Egyptian and Hebrew
archaeology. X got its name from Latin and was
originated as a religious practice. One of the
earliest recorded practitioners is Pythia, a priestess
in Delphi. Eurycles of Athens was one of the most
famous practitioners of X in Greece, where it was
called gastromancy. Many people-Zulus, Maoris, and
Eskimos also practise X for the same purpose.
Identify X.
40. This is the sculpture of a mythical creature in temples, often
sculpted onto the pillars and portrayed as part lion, part
elephant and part horse. Its Tamil name is slightly different from
its name in Malayalam and the name of the string instrument on
the right came from the Tamil name due to its resemblance with
the sculpture. Identify both sculpture and instrument.
13.
43. _____’s tale is subsidiary part of
Mahabharatha . It is not the central
theme. A writer of fiction would be
guilty of transgression if he made
any basic change in the character
of Rama and Sita or Krishna and
Draupadi . But the same rule does
not hold in respect of secondary
characters...It is not for this reason
that the Sakunthala of Kalidas is a
little different from that of Vyas.
The Rambhadra of Bhavabhudhi is
not the Rama of the first poet. Thus
it is that ____, the novel is different
from ____ the character in
Mahabharatha.
As I said, my play _____ was
about myths . And the first play I
wrote on my way to England,-----
is very much like Antigone,
although at that time it seemed to
be that I picked up the theme
from nowhere. Now I find it had a
certain relevance. The relevance
was that it is about adults, the
elder generation demanding of
younger generation that the
younger generation should
sacrifice itself, should give its use.
In 1959, X wrote: In 1961, Y wrote:
Identify X&Y.
14.
46. 15.
In Greek mythology, Xs were dangerous creatures,
who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music
and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of
their island ‘X scopuli’.
Greek epic Odyssey says that only the ships of Jason
and Odysseus passed them without any problem. The
crew of Odysseus’s ship put melted wax to their ears
and passed them without hearing their music. Chiron,
the centaur advised Jason to include Y in his famous
ship Argon in order to pass them.
Identify X&Y.
49. 16.
‘Latrodectus ’is a broadly distributed
genus of spiders . These small spiders
have an unusually potent venom
containing the neurotoxin latrotoxin, which
causes the condition latrodectism, both
named after the genus. The prevalence
of sexual cannibalism, in which female
spiders eat the males after mating is seen
in them. This behaviour may promote the
survival odds of the offspring. What is
the name of this spider?
55. 18.
In Hindustani music, X is a medium- to fast-paced song
which is used to convey a mood of elation and is usually
performed towards the end of a concert. It consists of a
few lines of poetry with soft syllables set to a tune. The
singer uses these few lines as a basis for fast
improvisation. It is said that Amir Khusroe invented this
vocal form during a music competition.
The Y in Carnatic music is based on X, which is
generally performed at the end of a concert and
widely used in dance performances.
Identify X&Y.
61. 20.
This is the poster of Yamakinkarudu,
a 1982 Telugu movie starring
Chiranjeevi. The story of the movie
is inspired from a 1970s Hollywood
movie. Even though the storyline is
almost same, there was a significant
difference between these movies
regarding the main character.
Which Hollywood movie? What is
the difference?
62.
63. Mad Max. Instead of a car, bike was used
in the movie by Chiranjeevi’s character..
64. 21.
The name on the board of this banana plantation and the local name of
the tree (scientific name- Cavanillesia platanifolia) which is seen in the
hometown of a novelist are same and said to have inspired him to give
the name to a fictional entity in his novel. What is the name?
67. 22. FITB.
A _____ at a Las Vegas casino used to cost $2, the
same amount as a standard bet. So, if you won a
bet, you won a _____.
However, David Guzman, author of a book on craps
lingo, has said that the term comes from back-alley
gamblers during the Great Depression of the
1930s. These desperate gamblers would bet
whatever they had in hopes of winning a ______.
What?
68.
69.
70. 23.
From 1939 till the Cuban Revolution, X lived near to
a production unit of this company in Havana, Cuba. In
his Nobel winning novel Y, X honoured the company
by mentioning one of the products of this company
which was produced in that production unit. After
winning the Nobel prize, the company arranged a
treat to X. X has mentioned the company’s products
in his other novels also. Identify X,Y and the company.
73. 24.
This is the photo of X
performing a concert in a
place on 16 January, 1980.
Later, Y from another field,
mentioned him in a famous
quote related to this place
and an incident which
happened there 30 years
before this concert. Identify
X, Y and the place.
74.
75. X- Frank Sinatra,Y- Alcides Ghiggia,
Place- Maracana
“Only three people have ever silenced 200,000 people
at the Maracana with a single gesture – Frank Sinatra,
Pope John Paul II and me.” – Alcides Ghiggia on
Maracana disaster.
76. 25.
X is the third most populous city and a famous
tourist centre in Ukraine which was the site of a
large Greek settlement from 6th century BC. The
city became famous through a 1925 film Y. A
sequence of this film in this city has been assessed
as a classic and one of the most influential in the
history of cinema. Z, a Malayali started an
initiative in 1984 in Kochi which is named after X.
Identify X,Y and Z.
