This document discusses Republic Day 2014 and provides information about various topics related to it, including a Panama hat, a Holocaust memorial in Budapest honoring Jewish victims, and the dismissal of awards to Ghulam Mohammed and Meena Kumari in 1973. It also includes questions and answers about these topics.

1. REPUBLIC DAY 2014

2.  Written Round
 Clockwise – Infinite Pounce
 Written Round
 Anti-clockwise – Infinite Pounce

3. The Montecristi Foundation grading system begins with a single
number called the Montecristi Cuenta. To determine the
Montecristi Cuenta, we need to count the number of rows and
columns weaved, in a square inch. The product of 2 numbers is
called the Montecristi Cuenta for this particular entity.
The rarest and most expensive can have as many as 1600–2500
weaves per square inch. What's been graded ?

4. ANSWER

5. PANAMA HAT

6.  This is a memorial concept created by filmmaker Can
Togay with the sculptor Gyula Pauer on the banks of the
Danube river in Budapest. Who is honoured through this
memorial and why the shoes?

8. ANSWER

9. The memorial is for all the Jews who were killed by the Arrow
Cross Nazi soldiers. Before they were shot, the Jews were asked
to remove their shoes and shot, so that they would fall into the
Danube and get washed away. The memorial honors the Jew
victims by showing the shoes that were left behind by the
victims.

10. In 1973, since certain people weren’t recognized/awarded on
flimsy grounds, the actor Pran refused to accept the Filmfare
award for the Best Supporting Actor for Be-Imaan. Who were
they & why weren’t they awarded ?

11. ANSWER

12. In 1973 , the trophies had been denied to Ghulam Mohammed
for the Best Music Director and Meena Kumari for the Best
Actress, both for Pakeezah, on the flimsy ground that the awards
could not be presented posthumously.

13. In 1959 Mali’s constitution, adopted a flag with equal vertical stripes of green-
yellow-red with a black stylized human figure in the centre with his arms raised
towards heaven. This symbol, known as the kanaga, originated with the Dogon
people of Mali and was given a modern meaning by the Negritude movement of
Western Africa and the Caribbean. In 1960, when Senegal and Mali split into
separate countries, the emblem was dropped from the Mali flag, and the plain
tricolour flag was adopted.
Why was the emblem dropped ?

14. ANSWER

15. Mali is about 90% Muslim. The figure was removed due to the
Aniconic beliefs of Islam, which prohibits the making of pictures
with human figures.

16. The above patterns are named after a German scientist/satirist
who is famous for his discovery of these strange tree-like
patterns. Id the pattern and what “experience would help” you to
get such patterns?

17. ANSWER

18. Lichtenberg Figures named after Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
The Person with scars are Lightning Survivors.

19. In 1941, a day before Sarat Chandra Bose was arrested by the
Britishers, this Sahitya Akademi winner quit his job and joined the
All India Radio. Later, he shifted to England and was honored with
the title of Commander of Order of the British Empire. The CBI
had investigated the role of this person in the arrest of SC Bose
but kept the report a secret.
In late 1967, Indira Gandhi requested the CBI to show the file on
SC report but the then CBI chief DP Kohli refused, stating that the
contents were extremely volatile and if the information was made
public, the writer's life would be in danger.
Id this writer ?

20. ANSWER

21. Nirad C Chaudhuri

22. When you see someone wearing such a ring, what will you
infer?

23. ANSWER

24. Ringstone symbol is designed by Abdu'l-Bahá who is
Bahá'u'lláh's son and successor. It is the most common
symbol found on rings worn by Bahá'ís

25. Buddhadeb Dasgupta's “Painter of eloquent speech” is a
biopic of this late Kolkata painter, showing his works and how
he was inspired. Id the painter and which specific event that
took place on the 9th of December 2013 brought this painter
back in the news.
http://youtu.be/b0rI0tJ9b04

27. ANSWER

28. Ganesh Pyne & Christies First Auction in India (Mumbai)

29. Spitzen Gebel, the oldest townhouse
in Bremen, was a wine house and
tavern till it was taken over by the
united piano movers association. The
piano movers were not allowed to
drink during work; however they
figured out a way to drink without
anybody noticing. This is now
celebrated as a tradition and the
same method is used to greet visitors
to the place today. What is this
tradition?

30. ANSWER

31. Filling a lamp with Schnapps and getting drunk.

32. When Ellis R. Dungan & T.R. Sundaram hired M. Karunanidhi
as the writer for this movie, Karunanidhi placed a
recommendation which was initially rejected by the duo citing
a reason. After a few brainstorming sessions, a compromise
was finally reached.
Id the recommendation, disagreement and the compromise
with help of this video ?
http://youtu.be/u52KzwSS5Es

33. ANSWER

34. Karunanidhi recommended that his friend MGR be made hero
for the new film. Sundaram reject the suggestion mainly for
MGR's non photogenic double chin. Hence MGR had to hide
his chin behind a beard in order do the role.

35.  This trophy features a
stylised version of the
Olympic God Hermes by
Giovanni Da Bologna as a
silver figurine astride a
winged wheel. It is given to
the winner of an annual
event that is made possible
due to provisions accorded in
the Act of Tynwald. Which
event and name the Trophy.
http://youtu.be/zYDdc_qrN6E

36. ANSWER

37.  Isle of Man TT
 Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars

38. Snake worship, is an old religion that predates Buddhism in
Kashmir. Jahangir's memoirs include notes on snake worship in
this town and the spring was used as a sacred site long before
Emperor Jahangir selected it as his own retreat. It was originally
enclosed by a circular wall and the emperor Jahangir had the
shape changed to the favored Mughal octagon in 1620. It is
believed to be the starting point of the 725 kilometer journey
taken by Goddess Vitasta.
Id the spring/the town which is approximately 80 km from
Srinagar and how do you better know Vitasta :-

40. ANSWER

41. Verinag Spring and Jhelum

42. Despite the fact that this award was presented to only players of
European nationality until 1997, the award was presented to two
players who represented the Argentine National team before
1997.
Which award?
Who are the two players?
How were they awarded this, despite playing for Argentina?

43. ANSWER

44. Ballon D’Or
Omar Silvi
Alfred Di Stefano.
European countries allowed dual citizenship , due to which both
of them played for european national teams as well. Omar --
Italy , Alfred for Spain and were thus eligible as European citizens
as well.

45. In 1897, When the first Blackwall tunnel & subsequently other
tunnels in London were built under the Thames, they had to be
curved, rather than straight. Why ?

46. ANSWER

47. It was designed mainly for horse-drawn carts and carriages
& the horses would bolt if they saw the light at the end of
the tunnel. The Curvature prevented horses from seeing
daylight at the end of the tunnel, too early.
Pure animal instinct !!!

48. The Hebrew word means "flood, stream," or "ear of corn". It was
the password used by the Gileadites to distinguish their own men
from fleeing Ephraimites. What’s the good word and connect it to
following scene :-
http://youtu.be/TkCFlHMpCqA

49. ANSWER

50. Shibboleth and that ‘s how German count 3...

51. Its origin is rooted in ancient times, when a group of visiting artists
peeved by the demands of the local settlers killed them while they
were engrossed in watching their performance. Since then it is
performed as an act of atonement for that past event.
It is a ritualistic folk theatre based on mythological stories from
Ramayan and Mahabharat and performed in the Sattari Taluka of
North Goa and Sanguem Taluka of South Goa. Also in border villages
of Karnataka & Maharastra.
Set against a backdrop of singers who stand in a straight line to form
the actual backdrop, with traditional musical instruments like the
ghumat and kasale, the act begins with a ‘naman’ where different
gods are invoked.
Id this performing art, which derives its name from the local word for
"battle" and "torch" that’s used as a source of light during the
performance ?

53. ANSWER

54. Ranmale
'Rann’ which means battle and ‘Male’ the traditional torch

55. Tiger moth/Bertholdia trigona have evolved to hear a bat closing
in on them. They take evasive action, often resulting in a
dramatic aerial acrobatic contest between the predator and prey
which most often the bat would win.
Over a period, the moths got smarter and evolved what
defensive trait?

56. ANSWER

57. This tiger moth, Bertholdia trigona, is the first animal known to
defend itself by jamming the sonar of bats.
They emitted the sound back to the bat, often emitting as many
as 450 clicks in 1/10th of a second. Such action effectively jams
the bat’s sonar and confuses them, allowing the moth to fly.

58. One of his famous paintings featured a crowded hexagonal domed
room in one of the offices for the Florentine magistrates, which
earned him the displeasure of Queen Charlotte.
He found himself out of favour and new commissions were not
forthcoming. In search of a job, he landed in India in September
1783. For six years he travelled between Calcutta and Lucknow,
producing a vast number of canvases and sketches that provide an
intimate look at the complexities of British rule in India in the 18th
century, like the picture shown in next slide.
Id the artist and the famous controversial painting that literally put
him out of business :-

60. ANSWER

61. Johan Zoffany , Tribuna of Uffizi
(Uffizi means Office)

62. Id this Cricketer :-
What highly coincidental events happened on his birthday
December 10, 1988 and Oct 30, 2013 ?

63. ANSWER

64. Dhawal Kulkarni, Sachin Tendulkar's last Ranji Trophy
partner was born on day SRT made his debut.

65. CLOCKWISE ENDS

66. 1. From what we know there will be 133 actors playing
major political figures in this upcoming TV series, the
cast includes Neeraj Kabi who was seen earlier as the
monk Maithreya in The Ship of Theseus as MK Gandhi,
Tom Alter as Maulana Azad, Utkarsh Mazumdar as
Sardar Patel, Dilip Tahil essaying Pandit Nehru and
Sachin Khedekar reliving Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Id the TV Series and what is this about?

67. 2. Which photographer immortalized in a 1968 song
took this picture

68. 3. Traditionally this delicious dish would be made with a
small round iron called the salamander which was
heated and placed on the dish. The use of the
salamander is supposed to have caused the dish to
burn slightly rather than merely cook it.
What dish is it?

69. 4. The word was originally
used by sailors to denote big
clumsy birds such as the
albatross. After the
appearance of the pictured
character and her tribe in
Popeye comics it was used to
denote a slow witted but good
natured person.

70. 5. This is the cover of M S Subbulakshmi’s Surdas
Bhajans. She gave away the proceeds from the sale of the
cassettes and CDS to a certain organization.
Identify the organization

71. 5. Where was it shot ?
http://youtu.be/96Ja4RMwzW
8

72. ANSWERS

74. 2. Julian Lennon

75. 3. Crème Brulee

76. 4. GOON

77. 5.

78. 6. Nalanda

80. This Australian player was famous for a cricketing first which
involved Tom Kendall & Alfred Shaw. Wisden & Co claims George
Pinder of Yorkshire, Tom Plumb of Buckinghamshire and Dick
Pilling of Lancashire are some of the early players to perform a
brave act before this Australian Player. ID him, the cricketing first
and the brave act.

81. ANSWER

82. ○ Jack Blackham
○ Made the first Test-Match stumping, when he
dismissed Alfred Shaw off the bowling of Tom Kendall.
○ Close-up wicket keeping for Quicks

83. The Element X was supposedly separated from pitchblende residues
left by Marie and Pierre Curie after they had extracted radium. It was
christened with the Greek equivalent of radium.
In 1917 the German physicist Lise Meitner isolated a more stable
isotope Y of another element and chose a somewhat awkward
sounding name which was eventually abbreviated.
The name she chose refers to the fact that this element is the
ancestor of the above radioactive element X, which is formed when
the element Y decays via the loss of an alpha particle.
Id the both elements.

84. ANSWER

85. Proactinium , Actinium
It was earlier called Protoactinium (later Protactinium, the
progenitor of actinium).

87. ANSWER

90. ANSWER

92. http://youtu.be/vgbNrwSe0P8

93. ANSWER

94. http://youtu.be/Wzjhb6B7MpE

96. ANSWER

99. ANSWER

100. http://youtu.be/GMC9TxQdBXk

101.  The picture above is of a UNESCO World Heritage site in
France, an island commune which was built over centuries and
incorporates different architectural styles. Additionally the
island is situated in a bay which is the theatre for the greatest
tidal changes in Europe. All this has helped this island get a
nickname. The nickname lends itself partially to a 2013 film,
which is also famous for being the last in someone’s long
career which began in 1967. Give the nickname, the 2013 film
and whose career.

103. ANSWER

104.  Mont St. Michel which has the nickname ‘The Wonder of the
Western World’.
 The nickname lends itself in the title of Terrence Malick’s 2013
film ‘To the Wonder’ which was the last film reviewed by
Roger Ebert.

105. Mont St. Michel also inspired the design of which fictional
city, which was brought to life in the movies?

106. ANSWER

109. ANSWER

110.  Crowd funded movies.
 Amma Ariyan by John Abraham was funded by screening Charlie
Chaplin’s the Kid in villages.

111. Where would you have heard the lines spoken in this Apple ad ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jiyIcz
7wUH0

112. ANSWER

113. Dead Poet’s Society- what will your verse be
scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_zsMwCOoEs

114. John Buntin, the writer of “LA Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of
America’s Most Seductive City “ on which the Frank Darabont TV
series Mob City is based, thinks that along with post-war
pessimism, the presence of Hollywood, the mob and X were the
main factors which made Los Angeles an ideal setting for most
film noir, and hence the association of the city with Noir itself.
X was identified as major problem in early to mid 20th century in
the major cities of the world. So what is X?

115. ANSWER

116.  Smog

117. Says Holmes in the Sign of Four “To the trained eye there is as
much difference between the black ash of a X and a white fluff of
a bird's eye as there is between a cabbage and a potato" Give X
named after a south Indian city which was one of India's biggest
export to the world in Victorian Times.

118. ANSWER

119.  Trichinopoly cigars

120. Scholars have long held the view that the Ramayana was a text
written by a single author and the Mahabharatha compiled over
the years.
Author Bibeik Debroy suggests that this could be substantiated
by the usage of two terms which appear in the respective epics,
the sanskrit meaning of one of which means trunk or solidity
signifying single author and the sanskrit meaning of the other
which denotes limbs or joined thereby signifying multiple
authors.
Give the two sanskrit terms.

121. ANSWER

122.  The Ramayana is divided into Kaands/Kaandams
 The Mahabharatha is divided into Parvas/Parvams

123. “Lived in London” by Emily Cole is a book that traces the history
of which scheme believed to be the oldest running in the world.

124. ANSWER

125.  The London Blue Plaques

126. The meaning of this phrase is to be in a bad condition but just
managing to get the job done. The origin of this phrase might
have been influenced by bombed WWII fighter planes
completing their missions and limping back home. Give the
phrase.

127. ANSWER

128. On a Wing and a Prayer

129. Buzzfeed recently hired Isaac Fitzgerald as its books’ editor.
Buzzfeed will now do book reviews, but have categorically
stated that they will not be publishing negative reviews and
wasting words in sniping down books and authors
To achieve this, Fitzgerald would follow something which he
calls as the X rule, where X is a 1942 animated film. But online
pundits were quick to point out that it was actually called the Y
principle/rule/law, where Y is a supporting character in the
above mentioned animated film.
So what is the Y principle and also give X.

130. ANSWER

131. X : Bambi
Y : If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all
Thumper’s principle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGt9jAkWie4