Satyendra Nath Bose's name has been immortalized by bosons, which are particles that follow the new statistics he invented and are named after him. The 1954 FIFA World Cup Final between West Germany and Hungary is considered one of the greatest matches in World Cup history and had a lasting impact on both countries' histories. Tansen was a prominent figure in North Indian classical music who is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions and for writing two classic books on music.

1. Quiz
Session
By- Sam Jacob

2. Rules
1. +40/-40 for pounce
2. +40/0 for direct
3. Total Questions- 20

3. Q1
"Tarānah-e-Hindi" , is an Urdu language song written for children. The
song was published in the weekly journal Ittehad on 16 August
1904. It was later published in 1924 in the Urdu book Bang-i-Dara.
The song has stanzas translated in English as:
“ In a world in which ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome have all vanished
Our own attributes (name and sign) live on today.”
“ There is something about our existence for it doesn't get wiped
Even though, for centuries, the time-cycle of the world has been our
enemy”.
The song writer was a lecturer at the Government College Lahore at
that time, and was invited by a student Lala Har Dayal to preside over a
function. Instead of delivering a speech, he sang
this song. The song is now popularly known as?

5. Answer
 X- Saare Jahan se Achha

6. Q2
In the Liber Abaci, Fibonacci says the following introducing
the Modus Indorum or the X, today known as Y:
“... As my father was a public official away from our home.
He wanted me to be in the study of mathematics and to be
taught for some days....
...There from a marvelous instruction in the art of the Y, the
introduction and knowledge of the art pleased me so much
above all else, and I learnt from them, whoever was learned in it,
from nearby Egypt, Greece, Sicily and their various methods, ...
... But this, on the whole, the algorithm and even the
Pythagorean arcs, I still reckoned almost an error compared to
the X. Therefore strictly embracing the X, and attentive to the
study of it. “
In other words, in his book he advocated the use of Y . What is
Y ?( X for bonus 5 points)

8. Answer
 X- Method of Indians
 Y- Place value system using digits 0 to 9

9. Q3While presenting a lecture on the theory of radiation and the ultraviolet
catastrophe, X intended to show his students that the contemporary
theory was inadequate, because it predicted results not in accordance with
experimental results.
X adapted this lecture into a short article called "Planck's Law and the
Hypothesis of Light Quanta" and sent it to Albert Einstein with the
following letter:
“ Respected Sir, I have ventured to send you the accompanying article for your
perusal and opinion. I am anxious to know what you think of it. You will see that I
have tried to deduce the coefficient 8π ν2/c3 in Planck's Law independent of
classical electrodynamics, only assuming that the ultimate elementary region in in
the phase-space has the content h3 .”
When Einstein met X face-to-face, he asked him whether he had been
aware that he had invented a new type of statistics, and he very candidly
said that no, He was equally candid with anyone who asked. X’s name has
been immortalized in some way. How has it been immortalized?

11. Answer
 X- Satyendra Nath Bose
Bosons are particles that follow his new statistics and
are named after him

12. Q4
In the year 1982,the TIME magazine selected X as the ‘Man
of the Year’.
In winning the nod from Time, the X beat out some
formidable competition, including Ronald Reagan (who
would be named twice), Britain's Margaret Thatcher and
Israel's Menachem Begin.
But as the magazine opined: "There are some occasions,
though, when the most significant force in a
year's news is not a single individual but a process, and
a widespread recognition by a whole society that this
process is changing the course of all other processes.“ X is ?

14. Answer
 X- The Computer

15. Q5
The 1954 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 1954 FIFA
World Cup, the fifth World Cup in FIFA history.
The game was played at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland,
on 4 July 1954, and saw X beat the heavily favoured Y 3–2.
The 1954 final is often listed as one of the greatest matches in World
Cup history, and also one of its most unexpected upsets.
Beyond football, some historians ascribe the match a lasting impact on
both X and Y post-World War II history, contributing in X to a sense of
regained international recognition and Y to discontent with the
communist-authoritarian regime in the run-up to a communist
revolution. In X, the 1954 final is known as the Miracle of Bern .

17. Answer
 X- West Germany ( now Germany)
 Y- Hungary

18. Q6
X was a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical
music. Born in a Hindu family, he learned and perfected his art in the
northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh.
He began his career and spent most of his adult life in the court and
patronage of the Hindu king of Rewa, Raja Ramchandra Singh, where
X’s musical abilities and studies gained widespread fame.
He is among the most influential personalities in North Indian
tradition of Indian classical music, called Hindustani.
His 16th century studies in music and compositions inspired many,
and he is considered by numerous North Indian gharana (regional
music schools) as their lineage founder.
X is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several
new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on
music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.

20. Answer
 X- Tansen

21. Q7
 Bill Robinson got this Long Jump gold medal from an
Olympian as he helped him to get work in Hollywood,
after his retirement. On 9th December 2013, this medal
was sold for nearly $1,414,000, the highest for any
Olympic medal. Name the Olympian who won this
medal.

23. Answer
 Jesse Owens

24. Q8
 X apparently underwent weapons training by Mossad
agents in Ethiopia in 1962 without the Israeli secret
service knowing his true identity, according to an
intriguing secret letter lodged in the Israeli state
archives. Who is X?

26. Answer
 X- Nelson Mandela

27. Q9
 The format of this show was created by David Briggs,
Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight, tentatively known
as Cash Mountain, the show took its finalised title
from a song written by Cole Porter for the 1956
film High Society.
The show is ?

29. Answer
 Who wants to be a Millionaire ?

30. Q10
The X occurs when an event is given contradictory
interpretations by the individuals involved.
The X has been defined in a modern academic context by
Robert Anderson, professor of communication at Simon Fraser
University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, as
"the naming of an epistemological framework—or ways of
thinking, knowing, and remembering—required for
understanding complex and ambiguous situations".
The effect is named after Y's 1950 film of the same name, in
which a murder is described in four contradictory ways by four
witnesses. X and Y are?

32. Answer
 X- Rashomon Effect
 Y- Akira Kurosawa

33. Q11
On 14 January 1941, Victor de Laveleye, former Belgian Minister of
Justice and director of the Belgian French-language broadcasts on
the BBC (1940–44), suggested in a broadcast that Belgians use X as a
rallying emblem during the Second World War.
Within weeks chalked up X began appearing on walls
throughout Belgium, the Netherlands and Northern France.
Buoyed by this success, the BBC started the “X" campaign, for which
they put in charge the assistant news editor Douglas Ritchie posing as
“Colonel Britton”.
By July 1941, the emblematic use of the X had spread through occupied
Europe.
On 19 July, Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred approvingly to
the X campaign in a speech, from which point he started using the X.

35. Answer
 X- V for Victory

36. Q12
In 1973, X was living in a one-bedroom in Mill Valley when he
directed a low-budget film called American Graffiti. Based on his
childhood in Modesto, California as well as his love for cars, American
Graffiti was a blockbuster.
Emboldened by his early success with Graffiti, X was determined to
follow through on an idea for a “...”(a subgenre) he and his partner, Gary
Kurtz, had been noodling around since 1971. The story was based on
adventures like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers — stories X adored as a
young boy growing up on his family’s walnut farm.
X was determined to make a different kind of movie — one that was
fun and aimed at 14- and 15-year-olds.
“ The reason I'm making Y is that I want to give young people some
sort of faraway exotic environment for their imaginations to run around
in. I want them to want it. I want them to get beyond the basic
stupidities of the moment”
X and Y are ?

38. Answer
 X-George Lucas
 Y-Star Wars

39. Q13
X, is a Japanese media franchise created by Y in 1984. The manga,
written and illustrated by Y, was initially inspired by the
classical Chinese novel Journey to the West.
X is one of the top twenty highest-grossing media franchises of
all time, having generated more than $20 billion in total
franchise revenue as of 2018.
Ian Jones-Quartey, a producer of the American animated
series Steven Universe, is a fan of X, and uses Y's vehicle designs
as a reference for his own.
He also stated that "We're all big Y fans on [Steven Universe],
which kind of shows a bit.”
X and Y are ?

41. Answer
 X-Dragon Ball
Y-Akira Toriyama

42. Q14
The National Security Agency in the US declassified a
document which points to what is likely to be the worst
translation mistake in history. Or, at least, it involves the
mistranslation with the most serious consequences in
history.
The word that can be interpreted in several different ways
but that is derived from the term for “silence”.
Media agencies and translators interpreted the word “treat
with silent contempt” or “take into account” (to ignore), as
the categorical rejection.
The event can have ,this mistranslation, as one of it’s
reasons. The major event is ?

44. Answer
 Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

45. Q15
Rifleman X was serving in the 4th battalion, 4th Garhwal Rifles on 17
November 1962 during the battle of Nuranang, in the North-East Frontier
Agency (now Arunachal Pradesh).
That very day, the 4th Garhwal Rifles had beaten back two enemy charges on
their position.
During a third intrusion, a Chinese medium machine gun (MMG) had come
close to the Indian defenses and was firing accurately at their positions.
Rfn. X, and 2 other men volunteered to subdue the MMG. X with others,
neutralized the Chinese detachment of five sentries, seizing the MMG in the
process.
The battle resulted in 300 Chinese soldiers being exterminated, whereas the
4th Garhwal Rifles lost 2 men and had 8 wounded.
The bravery shown by X was honored by building a memorial at the post
where he fended off the People's Liberation Army. The post which he held was
named “X Garh". Another honor bestowed upon him is ....?

47. Answer
 “ he continues to serve even after death; he has been
awarded promotions as if he is still serving.”
Jaswant Garh

48. Q16
In an interview with The Telegraph, X said on her
separation with Y that the co-incidence was
“so weird”-”Especially playing new parents again, up all
night feeding and everything, because we were
effectively revisiting how it was when we first got
together”
ID X and Y or funda.

50. Answer
X- Amanda Abbington
Y-Martin Freeman
The Watsons’ (Sherlock) real life separation

51. Q17
In an interview with Huffington Post , Janet
Hireshenson, the casting director revealed that X was
gunning to play the friendly half-giant Hagrid in the
Harry Potter films,
he did indeed reached out to the tram but was
rejected because of the producers’ self-imposed Brits
only rule.
Who was X?

53. Answer
 Robin Williams

54. Q18
X is a game of South Asian origin. The game is very popular
in India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and
surrounding areas, and is known by various names in different
languages.
In South Asia, many clubs and cafés hold regular tournaments.
State-level competitions were being held in different States of India
during early part of the nineteenth century.
Serious X tournaments may have begun in Sri Lankain 1935 but by
1958, both India and Sri Lanka had formed official federations of X
clubs, sponsoring tournaments and awarding prizes.
The game has Pakistani , American, Japanese, South African
variations.
It’s international body was formed in 1988 in Chennai.
X is ?

56. Answer
 Carrom

57. Q19
 X was an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled
"the one and only High Energy Rock Band", which was
founded by employees of CERN and performed at
CERN and other HEP-related events. Their humorous
songs are freely available on their website.
X is also known for a major milestone, that is ?

59. Answer
 X- Les Horribles Cernettes
Probably 1st photo uploaded on
Net.

60. Q20 Connect
The World of Apu
Metropolis
The Last Letter
Bandit Queen
The Good Road
Interrogation

62. Answer
 English titles of India’s official submissions to Oscar.