Presi quiz-2016-final

• 5 questions.5 questions.
• Each question carries 5 marks.Each question carries 5 marks.
• Full house ensure 5 extra.Full house ensure 5 extra.

• Infinite Bounce + Pounce(5)Infinite Bounce + Pounce(5)
• Flat scoring of 10 points.Flat scoring of 10 points.
• Half points, if any, is totally QM’sHalf points, if any, is totally QM’s
discretion.discretion.

1
On 26th January 1988, a particular section under the
jurisdiction of Goa Division was established with
much fanfare. Congratulatory messages were
received from the respective Indian President and
Prime Minister on this occasion. Mr. G. Sudhakar
Rao was appointed as the first ‘In-Charge’, though
Honorary, despite having no experience in this
field.
What was so specialty about the whole affair?

Dakshin Gangotri Post Office was established.
This is India’s first post office in Antarctica.
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2
Arabella Dorman’s artwork Flight, installed at St.
James Church in Central London was inaugurated
with prayers and meditation on Dec, 2015.
What does the dinghy, featured in the artwork,
symbolically represent?
(bigger vis – next slide)

People crossing the Mediterranean during
2015 Refugee-Crisis
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3
Mueller No Glare® Strips are the world’s original
glare-reducing strips with twice the effectiveness as
paste. Designed not to smear or sweat off, the
pressure sensitive strips are easily identified by
their unique kidney-bean shape.
As a case of unique product placement, which
apparently strange place did they choose, for the
last few years, to advertise their product?

Chanderpaul’s Eye Stickers
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4
Pickelhaube is a word coined after combining two
words - pickel meaning ‘point’ or ‘pickaxe’, and haub
meaning ‘bonnet’.
With which group of people would you associate a
Pickelhaube?

Officers in the Prussian and German armies of
the 19th
and early 20th
centuries. It was their
cap.
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5
Bhagavata Purana states that during the creation,
the demons Madhu and Kaitabha stole the Vedas
from Brahma and deposited them deep inside the
waters of the primeval ocean. Vishnu, in his
manifestation as Hayagriva, killed them and
retrieved the Vedas. The bodies of the auras
disintegrated into twelve pieces (two heads, two
torsos, four arms and four legs).
As per the puranas, these twelve pieces are
considered to represent what?

Twelve seismic plates of the Earth
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6
(A) got quite upset after getting to learn properly
about a particular work by (B). The only living
species in the family Odobenidae and genus
Odobenus is said to the cause of bitterness.
Explain.
A B

The walrus from the song ‘I am the Walrus’,
inspired from Carroll’s ‘The Walrus and the
Carpenter. John Lennon was quite upset when
he later realised that the walrus was the villain.
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7
Former curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium and the
aquarium at Edinburgh Zoo, Alec Frederick
Fraser-Brunner was very much interested in the
study of fishes. His interest in the subject inspired
him to design an iconic national symbol which
happens to be one of the major tourist attraction of
a particular country.
What did this British ichthyologist design?

8
The book which originated from the rejected script of
the Cecil B DeMille movie Skyscraper, was rejected
by twelve publishers before editor Archibald Ogden
at the Bobbs-Merrill Company risked his job to get it
published. It has sold more than eight million copies
since its first print in 1943. Interestingly, it probably
wouldn’t have been as big a hit had it been
published with its original title, Second-Hand
Lives.
Which book, later made into a Gary Cooper film, is
this?

9
This 15 metre tall structure (vis) is set to be replicated
in Trafalgar Square and Times Square, among other
iconic places, in 2016. The construction, as a symbol
of defiance, will be the centrepiece of events for
World Heritage Week in April.
Where this structure is originally located?
(bigger vis of the artist’s impression – next slide)

10
Vina Apsara, the leading lady in Rushdie’s ‘The
Ground Beneath Her Feet’ had many parallels to
an yesteryear’s singing sensation X. Like X, Vina
overcame all barriers of race, religion and
language. Like X, she went on a birth control
crusade after making it big in the singing and
social arena and interestingly, also close to a NY-
based artist.
Identify X.

11
B. K. Modi or BhupendraB. K. Modi or Bhupendra
Kumar Modi is the globalKumar Modi is the global
Chairman of Spice Global, anChairman of Spice Global, an
Indian conglomerateIndian conglomerate
headquartered in Singaporeheadquartered in Singapore
and also the Chairman of Asiaand also the Chairman of Asia
Crime PreventionCrime Prevention
Foundation’s India chapter. Foundation’s India chapter.
What nickname did he acquireWhat nickname did he acquire
because of his typical businessbecause of his typical business
strategies?strategies?

12
Commonly known as the ‘Worst Team of the World’
due to their several winless-streaks in the late ‘70s
and early ‘80s, Ibis Sports Club came into limelight
in the recent times because of a letter they have
reportedly written.
Whom was the letter addressed to?
(vis – next slide)

Offer letter to Jose Mourinho
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13
The Guiness Book has recently crowned him as the
actor with most career earnings, so far.
Interestingly, he is the only actor to win a Best
Supporting Actor Award in Cannes (the category
was created only for him in that year).
Who?

14
Olivier Morin, an AFP photographer gave himself
just one percent credit. He said, “This was, I
think, an once-in-a-lifetime moment. In my 25
years as a photographer, I’ve never had an
uncontrollable external element make a photo like
this.”
Which photograph, became an iconic one for
obvious reason, was he talking about?

15
Where can you see the
most artistic
representation of this
particular photo of
Rajkumari Amrit
Kaur, the Health
Minister from 1947-57
in the Nehru Cabinet?

Cover of ‘Banalata Sen’
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• Written Round.Written Round.
• DifferentialDifferential
Scoring.Scoring.
* 16 - if 1 team gets it right* 16 - if 1 team gets it right
* 14 - if 2 teams get it right* 14 - if 2 teams get it right
* 02 - if all the teams get it right* 02 - if all the teams get it right

1
This is Nike’s FIFA World Cup 2014 campaign
video, entitled ‘Winner stays’.
Which group’s song ‘Miss Alissa’ has been used in
this campaign?

2
As a teenager, noted contemporary dancer Akram
Khan performed in Peter Brook’s ‘The
Mahabharata’. His latest production ‘Until The
Lions’, based on the eponymous book by Karthika
Nair tells the story of two warring characters of
that epic – a prince and a princess.
Identify both the characters.

3
On what occasion this ‘brief’ acceptance speech was
delivered?

4
This is the latest ‘victory celebration’ in the tennis
world. Initially made popular by Carolina
Panthers’ QB Cam Newton, this is now doing the
rounds in different social media.
Name the move.

5
This is Frank Sinatra singing a song which has been
covered by many artists before and after him.
How the two most well-known person behind this
popular number is going to be honoured in a very
special way in 2016?

6
What is the bolly-connection of this melodiuos
number?

7
Which popular tv-show hostess is impersonating
Dame Judi Dench?

8
This yesteryear’s movie has been based on two
books by Pearl S. Buck. One is The Good Earth.
Which is the other?

PC won the award for the Favourite Actress in a
New TV Series at the People's Choice Awards
2016 for 'Quantico'.
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• Non exhaustive clues.Non exhaustive clues.
• One try after each clue.One try after each clue.
• Marks for theMarks for the Connection-AnswerConnection-Answer
given in every slidegiven in every slide

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The connection is :----
Real life characters played by Leo
on screen

1
His brothers Rishi and Ranjeet also played the sport
but did not achieve success like he did. At his
best, he won an Olympic gold medal during the
‘80s. He retired soon after and turned his attention
to wood-sculpting and art. A few years ago, in his
50s, he announced a comeback. But it never
happened.
Who?

2
Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader was a Royal Air
Force flying ace during the WWII. He was
credited with 22 aerial victories and was one of the
few British pilots to win the Order of the British
Empire and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
What made his achievements very special?

He lost both legs to a flying accident in 1931,
and made all his kills as a double amputee
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3
A popular student of Satish Chander Dhawan Govt.
College For Boys, Ludhiana was expelled on
disciplinary grounds and settled in Lahore. But he
had to return to India in 1949 after the Pakistan
govt. issued an arrest warrant against him for his
writings in the publication Savera and other
journals.
Who?

4
As per historical records, King Zog of Albania and
most of his family members went to live
in Egypt at the behest of King Farouk in 1946. The
kings were having a discussion between them
about the future of their respective kingdoms.
According to Zog, Farouk said that soon there would
be only five kings left. One was the king of
England.
As per King Farouk, who were the other four?

5
Same Language Subtitling (SLS) refers to the
practice of subtitling tv-shows in the same
language as the audio. It was implemented pretty
successfully by IIM-A to make reading practice an
incidental, automatic and subconscious part of
popular TV entertainment, at a low per-person
cost to shore up literacy rates, especially in rural-
India.
Which weekly programme, hugely popular during
the ‘70’s – ’80’s was the first one to use SLS?

6
It happened on X’s last day of a 2-week trip. When X
arrived at the site, there was a group of about a
dozen young soldiers in uniform who greeted X.
There were
many photographers and journalists also. The
translator told X that the soldiers wanted X to sing a
song for them. X sat down and started to sing a song
called Day Ma Di, written by a group of anti-war
students.
This apparently simple incident turned out to be very
detrimental for X in the days to come.
Which 2-word nickname did X get after this incident?

7
7 teams took part, including – Young England,
Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and an International
XI. With a total prize money of £ 40,000, this
pioneering venture generated a huge amount of
interest during that time.
Which tournament was this?

1st
Women’s Cricket World Cup (1973)
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8
Where would you find them?
Ratnamanjari, Chitralekha, Chandrakala,
Kaamkandala, Leelavati, Ravibhama, Kaumudi,
Pushpavati, Madhumalathi, Prabhavati,
Trilochana, Padmavati, Kirtimati, Sunaiyana,
Sundarvati, Satyavati, Vidhavati, Taramati,
Rooprekha, Gyaanvati, Chandrajyoti, Anurodhvati,
Dharmavati, Karunavati, Jailakshmi, Mrignayani,
Malayavati, Vaidehi, Maanvati, Jayalakshmi,
Kaushalya & Roopmati .

32 dolls in the famous Simhasana which tell
Raja Bhoj the stories about the wit, valour and
kindness of the legendary King Vikram.
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The original ones were made from an antique
Graflex camera flash unit found in an old
photography shop in London by Roger Christian.
He added rubber strips and bits of a calculator for
the handle part. A wooden dowd with reflective
paint was added for the remaining part. Each
piece was priced around 9 sterling. Presently these
are priced between £9.99 to £249.99.
What are these?

10
The English county, bordering Merseyside was
famous for its numerous dairy farms and the
cheese made here was moulded into the shapes of
animals and sold for consumption. The cheese
would be cut from the tail end, and the last part to
be eaten would be the face of the animal, or more
accurately a certain feature of the face.
This is said to be one of the possible reasons for the
depiction of a famous literary character.
Which character am I referring to?

11
Connect with a Biblical reference -
* Subject of a painting by Ruebens
* A song most famously played by the
Grateful Dead
* An opera by Camille Saint-Saëns
* The club mascots of the Sunderland A.F.C.
* Elizabeth Hurley starrer telefilm (1996)

12
In Bangkok, murals at Wat Phra Kaeo depict
Hanuman playing a game in a ring with a troop of
monkeys. Other historical accounts mention the
game earlier during the reign of King Naresuan of
Ayutthaya. The game remained to be played in a
circular arena for a long time and then started to
appear in its present form in few Asian countries.
Which game?

13
The term meaning genuine or a loyal supporter was
also used as the code name given to Margaret
Thatcher’s funeral. But historically the term
gained prominence from the uniforms wore by the
staunch rivals of James IV of Scotland.
Which two word term?
(It also shares its name with a Madonna album apart from
an obvious sporting connection)

14
The Flag of Guinea has three colours – red, yellow
and green, was adapted from those of
Rassemblement Democratique Africaine. Another
country, which had almost similar flag design
decided to change their flag.
What did they add to make their flag different from
that of Guinea?

15
Sir Edward Hyde East, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of India called a meeting of ‘European and
Hindu Gentlemen’ in his house in May 1816. An
Indian gentleman, so impressed by the meeting
decided to donate generously but chose not to
come out publicly for fear of ‘alarming the
prejudices of his orthodox countrymen and thus
marred the whole idea’.
What resulted from that meeting?

Foundation of Presidency College
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