The complete set of Quiziyapa, the online quiz series conducted as a part of Guwahati Quiz Festival-2

2. 1. He was a Nasrani, a
rationalist who came in the
limelight for his endeavor to
expose several God-like fake
people in India and Srilanka. An
NGO declared an award by his
name for the secular artists
wherein Kamal Hasan was the
first recipient.
 He is known for his paranormal
challenge to anyone, where he
announced a hefty sum for
anybody who proves God or
supernatural powers.
 What recent wonder/hit did this
person inspire?

3. Aamir’s character as in PK!
(He is doctor Abraham Thomas
Kovoor)

4. 2.When he was just a ten-year-old lad, he showed
interest in cricket. One nice morning, he was
taken by his father who was working in Pakistan
at that time to watch a local match. It happened
to be the one in which Hanif Mohammad scored
the mammoth 499, a record for first-class cricket
that stood until 1994, when Brian Lara hit 501 not
out forWarwickshire against Durham at
Edgbaston.
 Identify the person associated withWarwickshire
then who experienced both the instances.

5. BOBWOOLMER

6. 3. Connect these Hollywood films

7.  All these films are inspired from John
Grisham’s novels.
 The Chamber, The Client, The Pelican
Brief, Skipping Christmas, The Rainmaker, The
Runaway Jury, ATime to Kill andThe firm!

8. 4.The use of nitrate of Mercury dominated the
manufacturing process of felt hats in the 18th
century. Mercury was a chemical that could soften
stiff rabbit fur hairs while keeping them joined
together – a process that made the fur flexible,
tractable, and easily molded but the element of
poison can never be neglected.
 Thus mercury spread out the felt and as users
inhaled felt dust and licked the points of finishing
brushes, the poisonous substance used to mix
with their blood and they used to feel become
insane.
 Which phrase originated thus?

9. Mad as a hatter/ Mad hatter

10. 5.This man on the left invented something and named
it after a place (Flag of the place on the right) where
nuclear explosion testing was done in the mid 1940’s.
He expected an explosive commercial and cultural
reaction for his invention.
 What was the invention?

11. Bikini

12.  6.The name of this place is said to be derived
from the Sanskrit term Malav, which means
“part of the abode of Lakshmi”.This is
a natural region in west-central
northern India occupying a plateau of volcanic
origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally
refers to the volcanic upland north of
theVindhya Range.
 Which great Indian’s ancestors belonged from
this region and hence were called by a surname
and still holds till date?

13. Malaviyas
Madan Mohan Malaviya

14. 7. First Person is an ex-Mexican President. Second and
third person were famous Italian social activists.
 Which world famous political leader was named
after these three personalities?

15.  Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini.
 They are respectively,
 Benito Juárez
 Andrea Costa and
 Amilcare Cipriani

16. 8. He kept X for 18 years before passing away in
2010. His family has been holding the position to
keep X since pre-islamic times and currently his
brother is entrusted to keep it.
 What is X and what is it meant for?

17.  He is Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheibi belonging
from Bani Shaiba tribe who are entrusted to
hold the keys to the Kaaba.

18. 9.Which 21 year old sports
record did these athlete
break in 2014 ?
(It was held in the same
place where the previous
record was made and the
competition is founded
by the previous record
holder himself)

19.  He is Renaud Lavillenie, who has broken Sergey
Bubka's 21-year-old pole vault world record
(indoor) of 6.15 m with a leap of 6.16 m last
year.

20. 10. She received the Golden X
award for her contribution to
the Mexican food industry and
inventing a world famous
Snacks item.
 Which food item?

21.  She is RebeccaWebb Carranza who invented and
popularized the triangle shaped tortilla chip.

22. 11.This country had to change it’s National flag
from (I) to (2) after they found that their flag is
similar to another country’s flag when they took
part in an International event in mid 1930’s.
 Which country?
(I) (2)

23. Liechtenstein
 In 1936 summer Olympics, they found that
their flag is exactly same as that of Haiti and
thus the change in the national flag in the
next year.

24. 12.This painting is an ornamental portrait of a second
empireVictorian home by an American artist.
 What pop culture icon did these painting serve as
the inspiration for?

25.  The famous Norman Bates’s house in the film
psycho inspired from Edward Hopper’s
painting “House by the railroad”

26. 13.ThisVase is located in
Golders Green
Crematorium and
Mausoleum which was the
first crematorium to be
opened in London.
 What does thisVase
contain?

27.  TheVase contains the ashes of Sigmund Freud
and Martha Freud

28. 14.What Russian entity didY carve out from a
design made by X inspired from a Japanese
entity?

29. Matryoshka doll
 X is Sergey Malyutin
 Y isVasily Zvyozdochkin
 The concept of the entity inspired from the
Japanese Daruma Doll.

30. 15.This is the logo of an American company.
What recent phenomenon came into existence as
a result of an experiment performed by them in
the 80s?

31. VAPE, Oxford’s word of the year,
2014.
Nabisco came up with the word
when they first experimented with
smoke less cigarettes thus giving
the wordVape.

32.  16.This kid played a small role in Batman Begins but
after 7 years from the release of the film, he played a
famous character in aTV show.
 The character he played in theTV show was inspired
from this roman empire shown.
 Name the character he played.

33.  He is Jack Gleeson who played the character
of Joffrey Baratheon

34.  17. She is a former former Miss
USSR and a Russian business
woman known for her affair with
a French banker (became famous
when he was found dead after a
BDSM bondaged session).
 Whom did she marry recently?

35.  She is Julia Leminova who married Martina
Navratilova recently.

36. 18.This was an Italian aircraft used in the second world
war.
 What entity linked with animation industry is named
after it ?

37.  The name Ghibli for Studio Ghibli of the
Japanese Animation Legend Hayao Miyazaki
got inspired from Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli, the
Italian aircraft used inWorld War II.

38. 19.Which major airline carrier in the world presents
all it’s world business class passengers with this
miniature traditional houses?

39.  KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines), the flag carrier
airline of the Netherlands presents it’sWorld
class passengers with these Delf Blue Houses.

40. 20. Connect these entities (non-exhaustive list)

41.  Hipgnosis, the English art design group who
designed all these album covers.

42. 21.These checked jackets were designed byVivienne
Westwood who is an English fashion designer and
businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing
modern punk and new wave fashions into the
mainstream.
 After which English artist is the Jacket named after?

43.  David Hockney

44.  22.This is a novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with
attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy
moustache. First marketed in 1940s, they are often
used as a shorthand for Slapstick.
 What?

45. Groucho Marx

46.  23.The lady on the left kept X’s marble set ( shown in the right
pic) for 70 years and returned it last year to a local Museum.
 X, 14 then came to the lady and asked her to keep the marble
set for a little while as she was scared that those might fall in
wrong hands
 Identify X.

47. Anne Frank

48.  24.This profession lasted during the industrial
revolution in Britain and Ireland.They used baton,
bamboo and pea-shooter mostly. Even Great
Expectations by Charles Dickens finds it’s mention.
 Which profession?

49.  A knocker up or a Human Alarm.

50. 25. Who or which class of
people wears these shoes?

51.  Ballet Dancers.