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11. RULES  30 Questions  5,10,15,20,25,30 are star marked questions  Top 8 teams in the finals  Score of prelims will be considered in any kind of tie in both prelims & finals Count back rule will be applied in case of tied stars  Don’t ask for part stars Please Google as the QM(s) want you to do so Nothing much, happy Quizzing 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | SATYAJIT RAY AUDITORIUM

12. SEQUENCE QUESTION 1-10 BY JACOB QUESTION 11-20 BY KARISHNU QUESTION 21-30 BY KRITADHI 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | SATYAJIT ROY AUDITORIUM

15. 1 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • On 24 May 2020, several activists of Bajrang Dal destroyed a temporary church built for a particular event in Kerala. The event conveys about a tailor and about his father who once used to be a hero in his particular field. A renowned Indian non banking company launched their “Minnate life” campaign to celebrate this occation. • Which event / whom am I talking about? Name the company also ½ + ½

16. 2 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Wami Biratu was one of the most underrated athletes of all time. In a press conference he shares his life-story where he said.. “ One day my grandmother came from Addis, where she bought some coffee, wrapped in a paper” • He also told a story which conveys about an international tournament. He said… “Eight days before our departure I got very sick, at first no one took me to the hospital, and then they just decided I would stay behind.” • what happened after when he remained in hospital which is now a significant part of world sports history?

17. 3 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • X __ andMe, Inc. is a publicly held personal biotechnology company (logo in next slide) best known for providing a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service in which customers provide a saliva sample that laboratory analysed. • FITB.

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19. 4 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Just before the Russian invasion in Kyiv, probably this was the last music video which was shot by any music artist in Russia. After releasing of the video in Youtube, this artist said that he is going to donate his record royalties to an Ukrainian charity for the sake of humanity there. • Identify the artist • Also give me the name of the song which includes more than a single procedure. ½ + ½

20. - 5 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Joseph Salem Lelyveld is an American journalist & Pulitzer Prize- winning author. In 2011 he wrote a book which later won Pulitzer. In his book, he mainly talked about two people. Mr. Hermann Kallenbach, a German bodybuilder and his lover. The lover of that bodybuilder was basically the main subject of this book. In spite of the subject of that book was a renowned person, the book was banned in some places of western India. In fact our PM Narendra Modi conveyed his expressions about this book, it was a simple word “perverse”. • Identify the subject of that book who had a great impact on political world and explain the reason for banning of that legit and a bit queer book which would have helped India to be more tidy. ½ + ½

21. 6 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Le Vélo was a leading sports newspaper from its begining on 1 December 1892 until it stopped publishing in 1904. Mixing sports reporting with news and political comments, it achieved a circulation of 80,000 copies a day. The printing and journalistic rivalry occurred when a circular motion was created by another local newspaper. • Identify the rival newspaper and the motion they created. ½ + ½

22. 7 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • X is a famous Indo-Rus painting by famous Russian artist Y. The painting is on permanent display at Y Museum, New York. The painting contains a Himalayan landscape where someone is playing the flute under a tree in blossom with majestic snow-covered mountains in the backdrop. • Y travelled around the world and spent his last days in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is said that the artwork X is painted by him during his last days living there, strongly influenced by South Asian religion. • Identify X and Y ½ + ½

23. 8 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • According to Dharmashastra, when the common Indian traditional dress Saree was made , it was specifically designed for women to save their dignity, despite the fact that it was made to save their womanhood from cheap men, a particular bodypart remained open. • Though this has become a common joke that it covers all the coverable body parts except this particular area which attracts the opposite gender, inspite of it’s initial objective. • So according to Dharmashashtra, why that bodypart remains uncovered ?

24. 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB 9 • Steven Blake Crowder is an American- Canadian conservative political commentator, media host, actor and standup comedian. He hosts Louder with Crowder, a daily political podcast and YouTube channel, which includes a recurring segment called “ X” . • We normally see him smiling with a cup of drink in his hand, sitting in front of a table with a poster which has written a challenge on it. • Why he has became so sensational in the pop-cult world which made us argumentative against him?

25. 10 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Puro Blanco is a Colombian clothing brand started by Michael Blanco. Blanco started this brand in the memory of his infamous mother. Just identify his infamous mother who was assassinated. • Also give me the name of his mother’s another son from her first husband whose name recalls the name of an American technology company which provides food service as well to consumers.

26. 11 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • Harmonia Rosales is an Afro-Cuban American artist who usually works as a classical painter depicting women and people of colour assuming roles of power and beauty in exquisite imaginings of ancient myths, Afro-Cuban Culture and Renaissance paintings .She thought that there was a huge amount of racism and sexism in famous paintings so she decided to paint black women in famous paintings. The next two visuals are two of her most famous works. • Name both of the actual paintings.

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28. 12 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • The Landlord's Game was created in 1903 by Lizzie Magie as a way to demonstrate that an economy that rewards individuals is better than an economy where people who control the market hold all the wealth. It also had intentions to promote the economic theories by American political economist and journalist Henry George, in particular his ideas about taxation. • This game was an inspiration to what, which was first published by Parker Brothers in 1935?

29. 13 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • The Na'vi language is a fictional constructed language made in 2009. The language was created by Paul Frommer, a professor at the USC Marshall School of Business. Not only the language had to be realistically learnable and pronounceable by the people it was made for,but also it had to not closely resemble any human language. • What was the reason to create this language? / Where did we hear this?

30. 14 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • According to stats, every 1 in 20 on-pitch injuries are caused by players doing this. One of the most notable examples of this happened in the 1978 FA Cup final between Ipswich and Arsenal. In the 77th minute, Ipswich's Roger Osborne got over-emotional while doing this and fainted and had to be substituted. • What causes 1 in 20 on-pitch injuries?

31. 15 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • Nakam was a paramilitary organization consisting about 50 Holocaust survivors who decided to take genocidal revenge after 1945 for the murder of six million Jews. With the leadership of Abba Kovner, the group planned to kill six million Germans as revenge. Give me the alternate name of this group, which reflects their will to equalize the dishonour and pain their people went through and regain their pride. • This band was formed in 1965 and primarily consisted of James Epps, brothers Joseph and Ralph Pruitt and Wallace Childs. In the recent movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Stephen Strange referenced this band while he was told about the namesake entity of this group. Give me the name of the band, which signifies that it consisted a quartet of amazingly talented people. ½ + ½

32. 16 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • Madhubani, an art form from Bihar, which is famous for its beautiful illustrations of hindu deities and dates back as early as the 16th century, has successfully achieved this feat. In 2012 ,dozens of artists painted vibrant masterpieces of Hindu deities on a specific canvas to restrain people from harming those things. The artists hoped that it would deter the god-fearing Indians from harming those particular things and their wishes came true when a single painted 'canvas' wasn't harmed. Today the highway no.52 is a famous tourist destination because of this eco- friendly movement. • What things were used as canvas?/ What was the aim behind this movement?

33. 17 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • In October 2016,the Universal Music Group released a box set commemorating the anniversary of X's death. Each disc included in the box set counted as one CD sold, and each set contained 200 discs. Because of this reason and also the proliferation of streaming, which has significantly damaged CD sales X outsold artists like Adele, Drake and Beyonce that year in terms of most CDs sold even though all of them had Grammy-winning hits that year. • Which person outsold those artists?

34. 18 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • X was founded in 1889 as X Karuta by craftsman Fusajiro Yamaguchi and the company originally produced hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring a legal status as a public company, X distributed its first product which they're known for, the Color TV-Game, in the year 1977.It gained international recognition after a few years and now has become a giant in their field. Recently they've decided to relaunch one of their most famous products. • Which company (X)?

35. 19 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • Ruby is the only hearing member of a deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts. At 17,she works mornings before school to help her parents and brother keep their fishing business afloat. But in joining her high school's choir club, Ruby finds herself drawn to both her duet partner and her latent passion for singing. This is the plot of a movie which recently came into news. Most people aren't aware that the name of the film is actually an acronym, which states that this is a story of the descendants of people who are physically challenged in the way mentioned above. • Give me the name of the film. (Both full name and acronym will fetch you points.)

36. 20 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • In the 2nd half of the 18th century, a rivalry between British politician and writer Richard Brinsley Sheridan and X grew up for a singer named Elizabeth Ann Linley. Elizabeth chose Richard as her husband at the end. Heartbroken X then took a job of British East India Company and came to India in the year 1772. The then 22-year-old person's decision to come to India changed the path of the Bengali language and the printing of Bengali books. • Who is X?

37. 21 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● Primarily, X was named after Dashiell Hammett’s 1934 detective novel and series of movie. Later it was named as an allusion of the novel. ● Round shaped Y was named after Kasper Gutman’s appearance, a character from Hammett’s 1930 novel 'The Maltese Falcon’, which was played by Sydney Greenstreet in the screen adaptation in 1941.(Visual Follows.) ● Name X and Y.

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39. 22 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● This famous bengali book's cover depicts a financially poor lady, in a big group of humans. when the photographer captured her, she hid her face for an obvious reason. what was the reason? ● The book is about a person's perspective on which real life incident,that happened almost three decades ago?

40. 23 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● The X is a type of carnivorous marsupial mainly found in South Australia,in a state named after a famous globetrotter to be specific. ● This animal is known to us from our childhood as a character in Looney toons. ● Name this demonic animal X.

42. 24 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● In one of his books, famous historian Sumit Sarkar said that “The British raj gave two gifts to Bengal on their arrival and departure.” ● What were those two similar gifts?

43. 25 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● In the S11E02 of American comedy animation show 'The Family Guy’, The protagonist Peter Griffin went to a carnival with his family where his son stewie saw a creepy clown doll and stated that it looks like a real life version of an evil literary character written by X. Then the scene cuts away to X, trying to sell his new book. ● Which author(X) was referenced in that episode?(Visual follows)

45. 26 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● In the Centenary Copa America 2016,Colombia and Paraguay faced each other in Group A. ● The captains James Rodriguez and Justo Villar came to toss. Because of this obvious formality, the match was delayed for 15 to 30 seconds. ● What ‘Once in a billion’ incident happened there?

46. 27 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI • According to Urban Dictionary, this is a sarcastic term mainly used to describe North Vietnam during the Vietnam War because it was financially dependant on communists. In the same website, another theory states that 'If the biggest political opponent of USA conquered Vietnam, they would have renamed the country as X. • 'X is a portmanteau word of the names Vietnam and the name of the country(previously existing) that would have renamed it after counquering. • Identify X..

47. 28 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● After an unfortunate incident on 15th April,2019,UBISOFT,the company that created many famous games and movie franchises like 'Assassin's Creed',said that they will donate 500,000 dollars to rebuild the building that got destroyed on that day. But they had only one deal, that they will feature that buliding in their works. ● What happened on 15th April,2019?

49. 29 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● In 1978,DC comics wanted to test Superman’s human traits. The fans requested to feature him against X in a boxing match, to decide who will save earth by facing the villain named Rat’Lar. Celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Carter, Batman were some of the people to watch that live. ● X knocked out Superman and later a spin-off was made by DC where X fought Michael Jordan. ● Identify X who knocked out Superman and Jordan.

50. 30 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● General X: A Self Portrait is a 1974 Multilingual documentary on X by Barbet Schroeder. Though the film depicts many positive things about X, most of the people who had worked under him or with him, thinks that he was nothing but a dictator. ● Who was this brotherly figure, a famous name in the history of African politics?

53. 1 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • On 24 May 2020, several activists of Bajrang Dal destroyed a temporary church built for a particular event in Kerala. The event conveys about a tailor and about his father who once used to be a hero in his particular field. A renowned Indian non banking company launched their “Minnate life” campaign to celebrate this occation. • Which event / whom am I talking about? Name the company also ½ + ½

54. Shooting of minnal murali/ minnal murali, muthoot 1 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB

55. 2 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Wami Biratu was one of the most underrated athletes of all time. In a press conference he shares his life-story where he said.. “ One day my grandmother came from Addis, where she bought some coffee, wrapped in a paper” • He also told a story which conveys about an international tournament. He said… “Eight days before our departure I got very sick, at first no one took me to the hospital, and then they just decided I would stay behind.” • what happened after when he remained in hospital which is now a significant part of world sports history?

56. Bikila was sent to 1960 Olympics. He was the last minute replacement with national champion Wami Biratu. Eight days before the flight Biratu broke his ankle during a football match. 2 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB

57. 3 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • X __ andMe, Inc. is a publicly held personal biotechnology company (logo in next slide) best known for providing a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service in which customers provide a saliva sample that laboratory analysed. • FITB.

59. 4 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Just before the Russian invasion in Kyiv, probably this was the last music video which was shot by any music artist in Russia. After releasing of the video in Youtube, this artist said that he is going to donate his record royalties to an Ukrainian charity for the sake of humanity there. • Identify the artist • Also give me the name of the song which includes more than a single procedure. ½ + ½

61. - 5 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Joseph Salem Lelyveld is an American journalist & Pulitzer Prize- winning author. In 2011 he wrote a book which later won Pulitzer. In his book, he mainly talked about two people. Mr. Hermann Kallenbach, a German bodybuilder and his lover. The lover of that bodybuilder was basically the main subject of this book. In spite of the subject of that book was a renowned person, the book was banned in some places of western India. In fact our PM Narendra Modi conveyed his expressions about this book, it was a simple word “perverse”. • Identify the subject of that book who had a great impact on political world and explain the reason for banning of that legit and a bit queer book which would have helped India to be more tidy. ½ + ½

62. Mahatma Gandhi, the book shows that Gandhi had Gay relationship with this bodybuilder 5 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB

63. 6 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • Le Vélo was a leading sports newspaper from its begining on 1 December 1892 until it stopped publishing in 1904. Mixing sports reporting with news and political comments, it achieved a circulation of 80,000 copies a day. The printing and journalistic rivalry occurred when a circular motion was created by another local newspaper. • Identify the rival newspaper and the motion they created. ½ + ½

64. L’auto ( l’EQUIPE ), tour de France 6 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB

65. 7 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • X is a famous Indo-Rus painting by famous Russian artist Y. The painting is on permanent display at Y Museum, New York. The painting contains a Himalayan landscape where someone is playing the flute under a tree in blossom with majestic snow-covered mountains in the backdrop. • Y travelled around the world and spent his last days in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is said that the artwork X is painted by him during his last days living there, strongly influenced by South Asian religion. • Identify X and Y ½ + ½

66. Krishna ( spring in kullu ) , Nicholas Roerich 7 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB

67. 8 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • According to Dharmashastra, when the common Indian traditional dress Saree was made , it was specifically designed for women to save their dignity, despite the fact that it was made to save their womanhood from cheap men, a particular bodypart remained open. • Though this has become a common joke that it covers all the coverable body parts except this particular area which attracts the opposite gender, inspite of it’s initial objective. • So according to Dharmashashtra, why that bodypart remains uncovered ?

68. Navi is the origin of a new life 8 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB

69. 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB 9 • Steven Blake Crowder is an American- Canadian conservative political commentator, media host, actor and standup comedian. He hosts Louder with Crowder, a daily political podcast and YouTube channel, which includes a recurring segment called “ X” . • We normally see him smiling with a cup of drink in his hand, sitting in front of a table with a poster which has written a challenge on it. • Why he has became so sensational in the pop-cult world which made us argumentative against him?

70. Change my mind meme 9 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB

71. 10 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB • PURE BLANCO is a Colombian clothing brand started by Michael Blanco. Blanco started this brand in the memory of his infamous mother. Just identify his infamous mother who was assassinated. • Also give me the name of his mother’s another son from her first husband whose name recalls the name of an American technology company which provides food service as well to consumers.

72. Griselda Blanco, Uber 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- JACOB 10

73. 11 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • Harmonia Rosales is an Afro-Cuban American artist who usually works as a classical painter depicting women and people of colour assuming roles of power and beauty in exquisite imaginings of ancient myths, Afro-Cuban Culture and Renaissance paintings .She thought that there was a huge amount of racism and sexism in famous paintings so she decided to paint black women in famous paintings. The next two visuals are two of her most famous works. • Name both of the actual paintings.

74. 11 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU

75. The creation of Adam, American Gothic 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU 11

76. 12 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • The Landlord's Game was created in 1903 by Lizzie Magie as a way to demonstrate that an economy that rewards individuals is better than an economy where people who control the market hold all the wealth. It also had intentions to promote the economic theories by American political economist and journalist Henry George, in particular his ideas about taxation. • This game was an inspiration to what, which was first published by Parker Brothers in 1935?

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78. 13 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • The Na'vi language is a fictional constructed language made in 2009. The language was created by Paul Frommer, a professor at the USC Marshall School of Business. Not only the language had to be realistically learnable and pronounceable by the people it was made for,but also it had to not closely resemble any human language. • What was the reason to create this language? / Where did we hear this?

80. 14 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • According to stats, every 1 in 20 on-pitch injuries are caused by players doing this. One of the most notable examples of this happened in the 1978 FA Cup final between Ipswich and Arsenal. In the 77th minute, Ipswich's Roger Osborne got over-emotional while doing this and fainted and had to be substituted. • What causes 1 in 20 on-pitch injuries?

81. Goal celebration 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU 14

82. 15 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • Nakam was a paramilitary organization consisting about 50 Holocaust survivors who decided to take genocidal revenge after 1945 for the murder of six million Jews. With the leadership of Abba Kovner, the group planned to kill six million Germans as revenge. Give me the alternate name of this group, which reflects their will to equalize the dishonour and pain their people went through and regain their pride. • This band was formed in 1965 and primarily consisted of James Epps, brothers Joseph and Ralph Pruitt and Wallace Childs. In the recent movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Stephen Strange referenced this band while he was told about the namesake entity of this group. Give me the name of the band, which signifies that it consisted a quartet of amazingly talented people. ½ + ½

84. 16 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • Madhubani, an art form from Bihar, which is famous for its beautiful illustrations of hindu deities and dates back as early as the 16th century, has successfully achieved this feat. In 2012 ,dozens of artists painted vibrant masterpieces of Hindu deities on a specific canvas to restrain people from harming those things. The artists hoped that it would deter the god-fearing Indians from harming those particular things and their wishes came true when a single painted 'canvas' wasn't harmed. Today the highway no.52 is a famous tourist destination because of this eco- friendly movement. • What things were used as canvas?/ What was the aim behind this movement?

85. Trees / paintings to tackle deforestation 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU 16

86. 17 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • In October 2016,the Universal Music Group released a box set commemorating the anniversary of X's death. Each disc included in the box set counted as one CD sold, and each set contained 200 discs. Because of this reason and also the proliferation of streaming, which has significantly damaged CD sales X outsold artists like Adele, Drake and Beyonce that year in terms of most CDs sold even though all of them had Grammy-winning hits that year. • Which person outsold those artists?

88. 18 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • X was founded in 1889 as X Karuta by craftsman Fusajiro Yamaguchi and the company originally produced hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring a legal status as a public company, X distributed its first product which they're known for, the Color TV-Game, in the year 1977.It gained international recognition after a few years and now has become a giant in their field. Recently they've decided to relaunch one of their most famous products. • Which company(X)?

90. 19 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • Ruby is the only hearing member of a deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts. At 17,she works mornings before school to help her parents and brother keep their fishing business afloat. But in joining her high school's choir club, Ruby finds herself drawn to both her duet partner and her latent passion for singing. This is the plot of a movie which recently came into news. Most people aren't aware that the name of the film is actually an acronym, which states that this is a story of the descendants of people who are physically challenged in the way mentioned above. • Give me the name of the film. (Both full name and acronym will fetch you points.)

92. 20 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KARISHNU • In the 2nd half of the 18th century, a rivalry between British politician and writer Richard Brinsley Sheridan and X grew up for a singer named Elizabeth Ann Linley. Elizabeth chose Richard as her husband at the end. Heartbroken X then took a job of British East India Company and came to India in the year 1772. The then 22-year-old person's decision to come to India changed the path of the Bengali language and the printing of Bengali books. • Who is X?

94. 21 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● Primarily, X was named after Dashiell Hammett’s 1934 detective novel and series of movie. Later it was named as an allusion of the novel. ● Round shaped Y was named after Kasper Gutman’s appearance, a character from Hammett’s 1930 novel 'The Maltese Falcon’, which was played by Sydney Greenstreet in the screen adaptation in 1941.(Visual Follows.) ● Name X and Y.

96. ● X=Little Boy Y=Fat Man 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 21

97. 22 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● This famous bengali book's cover depicts a financially poor lady, in a big group of humans. when the photographer captured her, she hid her face for an obvious reason. what was the reason? ● The book is about a person's perspective on which real life incident,that happened almost three decades ago?

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99. 23 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● The X is a type of carnivorous marsupial mainly found in South Australia,in a state named after a famous globetrotter to be specific. ● This animal is known to us from our childhood as a character in Looney toons. ● Name this demonic animal X.

101. Tasmanian devil 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 23

102. 24 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● In one of his books, famous historian Sumit Sarkar said that “The British raj gave two gifts to Bengal on their arrival and departure.” ● What were those two similar gifts?

103. 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 24 The famines of 1943 & 1770

104. 25 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● In the S11E02 of American comedy animation show 'The Family Guy’, The protagonist Peter Griffin went to a carnival with his family where his son stewie saw a creepy clown doll and stated that it looks like a real life version of an evil literary character written by X. Then the scene cuts away to X, trying to sell his new book. ● Which author(X) was referenced in that episode?(Visual follows)

106. Stephen king 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 25

107. 26 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● In the Centenary Copa America 2016,Colombia and Paraguay faced each other in Group A. ● The captains James Rodriguez and Justo Villar came to toss. Because of this obvious formality, the match was delayed for 15 to 30 seconds. ● What ‘Once in a billion’ incident happened there?

108. ● The first toss landed straight.So they had to toss for the second time. 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 26

109. 27 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI • According to Urban Dictionary, this is a sarcastic term mainly used to describe North Vietnam during the Vietnam War because it was financially dependant on communists. In the same website, another theory states that 'If the biggest political opponent of USA conquered Vietnam, they would have renamed the country as X. • 'X is a portmanteau word of the names Vietnam and the name of the country(previously existing) that would have renamed it after counquering. • Identify X..

110. Sovietnam 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 27

111. 28 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● After an unfortunate incident on 15th April,2019,UBISOFT,the company that created many famous games and movie franchises like 'Assassin's Creed',said that they will donate 500,000 dollars to rebuild the building that got destroyed on that day. But they had only one deal, that they will feature that buliding in their works. ● What happened on 15th April,2019?

113. 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 28 Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire

114. 29 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● In 1978,DC comics wanted to test Superman’s human traits. The fans requested to feature him against X in a boxing match, to decide who will save earth by facing the villain named Rat’Lar. Celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Carter, Batman were some of the people to watch that live. ● X knocked out Superman and later a spin-off was made by DC where X fought Michael Jordan. ● Identify X who knocked out Superman and Jordan.

115. Muhammad Ali 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 29

116. 30 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI ● General X: A Self Portrait is a 1974 Multilingual documentary on X by Barbet Schroeder. Though the film depicts many positive things about X, most of the people who had worked under him or with him, thinks that he was nothing but a dictator. ● Who was this brotherly figure, a famous name in the history of African politics?

117. 25 TOPO KI SALAMI | U25 GEN | PRELIMS | QM- KRITADHI 30

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