A open to all general quiz conducted by Debapriya on 8th May, 2022 at Agarpara

1. It’s time for the final…

2. Rules…
• Total 3 rounds
• Two mixed bags of 16 questions each
• One special Audio/Video round
• Infinite pounce & bounce available
• -5 for negative pouncing
• Full 10 points for who gets first the entire
two parts question
• All the best

3. Infinite Pounce 1
• Will go clockwise

4. • 1. Name this Anjan Choudhury directed movie
& the male singer. (video)

5. Ans – Mahamilan & Gautam Mitra

6. • 2. This painting was done by X. The painting
contains a bi-meaning signature which are a
field full of flower and a river flowing over it.
2nd meaning is a boy is running on the fields
where the primary colours denoting speed &
in the middle of which is a pair of legs,
coloured blue, in a running stance. Id the
painter X & tell where would you find this
painting?

7. Ans – Duronto Express & Mamata
Banerjee

8. • 3. This is an Indian multinational
technology company, headquartered in Bangalore.
It was founded in 2011 by ___ Raveendran and his
wife Divya Gokulnath. As of December 2021, it is
valued at US$22 billion. In March 2022, it has been
announced as an official Sponsor of the FIFA World
Cup Qatar 2022. Id the company which was named
after the first name of co founder Raveendran.

9. Ans – Buju’s named after Byju
Raveendran

10. • 4. In Greek mythology, Ariadne,
princess of Crete gave a ‘ball of
thread’ called ‘X’ to her love
Theseus, prince of Athens so that he
could retrace his way out of the
Labyrinth of her half brother
Minotaur, a half man-half bull
creature. With the help of it he
could kill Minotaur & know the way
out. This, and similar tales, gave rise
to the use of ’Y’ for anything that
could guide a person through a
difficult place. An English word
frequently used now a days has
come from the word. Id Y.

11. Ans – Clue from Clew

12. • 5. Archibald ___ was a naval surveyor and lieutenant in
the Bombay Marine. In 1780, he was lieutenant on a ship
captured by a French man-of-war off the Cape of Good
Hope. Then he was handed to Dutch who returned him to
the Bombay Marine that same year. In 1803 he received a
government commission in England on all cotton belonging
to the Company and exported from Bombay as the reward
for inventing a machine which made a considerable
improvement in the packing of cotton. Name the capital
city named after his last name.

13. Ans – Port Blair, capital of Andaman &
Nicobar Islands named after
Archibald Blair

14. • 6. This special train was arranged just to carry
this ‘holy thing’ from Delhi to Allahabad, now
Prayagraj. Thousands of people gathered at the
Delhi station to have a look on it. What was
being carried by this special train?

15. Ans – Mahatma Gandhi’s Ashes

16. • 7. In the Satya Yuga, a great storm
started destroying Creation. Lord
Vishnu was disturbed and
performed austerities to appease
the goddess Parvati on shore of
Haridra Sarovar. Pleased with
Vishnu, the goddess appeared and
brought forth her manifestation
_____ from the lake.
_____calmed the storm, restoring
order in the universe. She is one
of the ten Mahavidyas in
Hinduism. Id the deity after whom
a male character from a Bengali
evergreen comedy movie was
named.

17. Ans – Bagala Mukhi/Bagola

18. • 8. Rudolf Christian Karl ___ was a
German inventor and mechanical
engineer. His strange death on 29
September, 1913 is still an unsolved
mystery. According to some people he
was murdered, given his refusal to grant
the German forces the exclusive rights
to using his invention & his boarding in
the ship with the intent of meeting with
representatives of the British Royal
Navy. His invention & the thing needed
for it both are named after him. What’s
his last name?

19. Ans – Diesel & Diesel Engine both are
named after him

20. • 9. This English word, frequently
used in a sports, comes from
the Persian phrase "shāh māt“
means "the King is helpless".
The phrase was mentioned in
Shahnameh, a long epic
poem written by the Persian
poet Ferdowsi for
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.
What is this good word?

21. Ans - Checkmate

22. • 10. Id the name of this child from this funny
ad? (video)

23. Ans - Glycodin

24. • 11. X is a popular character from a famous
Hollywood movie series. X is a mutant like
Spiderman. The actor who was doing the
character of X, knew X was inspired from a more
common animal. But he was rectified by the
director of the movie & was informed that X is a
real muscular carnivore animal. Id X.

25. Ans - Wolverine

26. • 12. Surjit Singh Randhawa, a
former Olympian was a member of
India’s 1975 Hockey World Cup
winning team. He died in a car
accident in 1984. He is part of an
exhaustive list of four athletes.
Capt. BP Singh & Lt. Kelly
Subbanand Rao are first & second
respectively in this list. If Surjit is
third in the list then which more
familiar name is last in this list &
what is this list all about?

27. Ans – Posthmous Arjuna awardee &
KD Jadhav

28. • 13. A Qibla compass is a
modified compass used
by Muslims.
The Yemeni Sultan al-
Malik al-
Ashraf described the use
of the Qibla compass in
the 13th century. What’s
the use of Qibla
Compass?

29. Ans- To know the direction of Mecca
during prayer

30. • 14. It’s a non sovereign island territory. On 18 July 1995, the
previously dormant volcano Soufrière Hills became active.
Eruptions destroyed its capital city of Plymouth. Plymouth
is a ghost city now & a new capital, named Little Bay is on its
way. This island is a part of West Indies cricket team. But till
now only one cricketer from this island went on to play for
the West Indies. That cricketer Lionel Baker played 4 Tests,
10 ODI & 3 T20I for them. Id the Caribbean island.

31. Ans - Montserrat

32. • 15. Karuna Banerjee was was a winger
who played for Mohun Bagan along with
Gostha Pal, Umapati Kumar etc. He was
one of the most vital players for
Mohun Bagan when they won their
first ever CFL title in 1939. ‘Karuna
Banerjee Award’ is given to the best
player of Mohun Bagan in every season.
On 11 July 2015 Mohun Bagan conferred
the "Mohun Bagan Ratna" to him. Apart
from these he is mainly remembered for
another feat in late 1930s which none can
repeat?

33. Ans - He was the first captain of the first
FIFA recognised Indian national football
team. In 1938 the match was played
against Australia in Sydney.

34. • 16. Ananta Lal Singh was an Indian
revolutionary & a follower of Master
da. He participated in the Chittagong
armoury raid in 1930. In 1960s he
founded an extremist group which
conducted a number of bank
robberies in Calcutta in order to raise
funds for buying arms and
ammunitions. But in between India’s
independence & building the
extremist group, he produced
something which became eternal. Id
it.

35. Ans – Jamalaye Jibanta Manush

36. Written Audio/Video ‘Namesake’ Round…
• 1. Total six questions
• 2. Each questions carry 5 marks
• 3. For full house bonus 5 points would be
given

37. • 1. Name an actor from this song. He is a
namesake of a MP from Bengal. (video)

38. Ans – Abhishek Banerjee

39. • 2. Id the Rabindra Sangeet singer who is a
namesake of a former Kolkata Police
Commisioner as well as a former CAB
president. (song – akash bhora surja tara)

40. Ans – Prasun Mukherjee

41. • 3. Id the ‘head of the nation’ who is a
namesake of this former Pakistani cricketer

42. Ans – Yaseer/Yasir Arafat

43. • 4. He has been unable to use either of his
arms or his right leg. As such he produces
digital art and canvas painting using his feet.
This artist is the namesake of this ‘Singer’. Id
him. (song – kanu kahe rai)

44. Ans – Uttam Kumar

45. • 5. Id the music composer who is a namesake
of a Bengali actor. The actor mostly did
negative roles. (song – aakash pathe prem
korechi)

46. Ans – Soumitra Banerjee

47. • 6. Name one of the male actors from this song
who is a namesake of this LSG cricketer. (song –
zindegi ki taalash main)

48. Ans – Mohsin Khan

49. Infinite Pounce 2
• Will go anti clockwise now

50. • 1. ‘______ Ki ____’ is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide
historical step well in New Delhi. It is believed that it was
originally built by a legendary king after whom it was
named , and the present architecture hints at it being
rebuilt in the 14th century during
the Tughlag or Lodi period of the Delhi Sultanate. With 108
steps, it is among a few of its kind in Delhi. Id it where films
like PK & Sultan were shot.

51. Ans – Agrasen Ki Baoli

52. • 2. It is a historical region in India, mentioned in the Ramayana. It
is identified in present day Chhattisgarh state & roughly
translates from Sanskrit to "The Jungle of Punishment ". It was
the location a Kingdom of the Rakshasa tribes & was state of
the Lanka Kingdom under the reign of Ravana. Ravana's
governor Khara ruled this province. It was here that the
Rakshasa Khara attacked Lord Rama who lived with his wife and
brother. Khara was killed by Rama when he attacked him after
Lakshmana cut off Shurpanakha's nose. Id the area.

53. Ans - Dandakaranya

54. • 3. _____ meaning "little horn" in Italian. The _____ is
an early wind instrument that dates from
the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods,
popular from 1500 to 1650. It is also an Italian brand
of dessert which is manufactured and owned by the
Anglo-Dutch company Unilever due to its shape,
similar with a horn. The demand of it reaches skyhigh
during summer. Id it.

55. Ans - Cornetto

56. • 4. X, a legendary figure from Santhal community invented
Y which was missing for centuries. To make it acceptable
to his community, he had written a play, named Bidu-
Chandan in 1942. In the novel, he described how Bidu
(god) and his wife Chandan (Goddess) who came to earth
as human beings, invented the Y in order to express their
love for each other. It worked & Y became popular. Even
today Santal community worships Bidu-Chandan as the
God of Knowledge on the confluence of two rivers Jual and
Bhangra near Jhargram. Id X & Y.

57. Ans – X = Raghunath Murmu, Y = Ol
Chiki Script

58. • 5. He was born at undivided 24 Pargans in 1936 &
completed his graduation from St. Xaviers. But during
1964’s communal riot he left Kolkata for Dhaka. He
was a sports journalist there & associated with
newspapers like Dainik Azad, Banglar Bani, Dainik
Iteefaq etc. In 21st July, 2020 at the age of 84 he died in
Dhaka’s Apollo’s hospital after a prolonged illness. His
mortal body may left the world but how is he still
remembered by Bengalis across the border?

59. Ans – Maidul from Dhaka in ‘Coffee
House’ song

60. 6. What will happen next? (video)

61. Ans – The umpire raised finger to
settle his hat

62. • 7. ‘Janitou’ is a cult classic of Algeria
like Sholay of India & Beder Meye
Jyotsna of Bangladesh. Though the
movie was a foreign one but was
repeatedly shown there during the
period of intense political and social
scenario of the 80s. The film became
an overnight sensation. In fact such
was the craze of this film or track in
Algeria that Amine Hattou, an
independent Algerian filmmaker has
recently made a documentary, named
‘Searching for Janitou’. How do you
know this movie in India?

63. Ans – Aa Gale Lag Jaa, the Algerian
version was named after superhit
song ‘Jane Tu Ya Jana’ from the movie

64. • 8. Hal Mohr was a famed Hollywood
movie cinematographer. He is known for
his two Oscar winning works on the 1935 film, A
Midsummer Night's Dream & The Phantom of
the Opera in 1943. But his Oscar win in 1935 is
unique in the history of Oscar & it couldn’t be
repeated again. What’s unique about his first
Oscar?

65. Ans – He won Oscar without being
officially nominated

66. • 9. We often see Olympic medalists get their medals
stripped off after they found guilty for violating the
doping regulations. But Malaysia’s Muhammad Ziyad
Zolkefli Gold Medal in the men's shot put F20 category
was stripped off for a unique reason during the Tokyo
2020 Paralympics Games. What was the reason which
created a huge uproar among the Malaysia public &
government?

67. Ans – He was 3 minutes late when the
event had started

68. • 10. Ravana defeated and controlled all Navagraha
and order them to be at specific place at the time of
birth of his son Meghnad, so that Meghnad become
immortal. All of the Navagraha sat at the right place
but just before Meghnad's birth, Shanidev moved
from his place so that Meghnad couldn't be
immortal. As a result what did Ravana do which is a
common sight but generally we overlook that?

69. Ans – He kept Shanidev under his feet
so that he can’t move

70. • 11. Jumma Khan was one of the
greatest defenders ever from
India. He was one of the main
reasons for Mohammedan’s
consecutive 5 CFL titles in 1930s.
In 1938 he did something to
become the very first athlete from
undivided India. However this
credit is often wrongly given to
someone else from other sports.
He did the same three years later.
What did Jumma Khan do first
among Indian athletes?

71. Ans – First to endorse a brand.
Cricketer CK Nayudu did this later

72. • 12. It is an Arabic term which Shias use idiomatically to
mean a lineage of authentic Masters. In particular, it may
be translated as "spiritual genealogy" where one Sufi
Master transfers his khilafat to his khalîfa, or spiritual
descendant. In Urdu, it means saga. This word is
frequently used in Hindi language. A 1981 Yash Chopra
directed movie had the same name. Id the term.

73. Ans - Silsila

74. • 13. In Greek Mythology, he was a hero of the Trojan War.
He was being held by the heel by his mother Thetis when
she dipped him in the River Styx as a baby to render his
body invulnerable. As the heel by which she held him was
not touched by the water, it was his one vulnerable spot
and he was eventually killed by a poison dart to the heel.
Hence this tendon in leg was named after him in 1693.
Injuries in _____ Tendon are common among cricketers &
footballers. Id this hero.

75. Ans – Achilles Tendon named after
Achilles

76. • 14. She was the queen of Ullal who
fought the Portuguese in the latter
half of the 16th century. She
belonged to the Chowta
dynasty who ruled over parts of
coastal Karnataka, India. The
Portuguese made several attempts
to capture Ullal but she repulsed
each of their attacks for over four
decades. Id the queen who
sometimes regarded as the 'first
woman freedom fighter of India'.

77. Ans - Abbakka

78. • 15. Id the music composer. For this she
received Filmfare nomination. Till now only
two female individuals nominated for this
prestigious award. The other being Sneha
Khanwalkar for Gangs of Wasseypur. Id her.
(song – shayed meri shaadi ka khayal)

79. Ans – Usha Khanna

80. 16. This is an non exhaustive list of 2021.
• Syria - Al-Qudoud al-Halabiya
• Senegal - Ceebu Jën
• Tajikistan - Falak
• Bahrain - Fijri
• Indonesia - Gamelan
• Seychelles – Moutya
• Malaysia - Songket
• Morocco – Tbourida
• India - ?

81. Ans – Durga Puja