Round-1 Etymology and Origins

The Authors note of X states that Many of my native friends used to visit me frequently and seeing me reading novels, they started asking me the plot. One of them liked Henrietta Temple by Lord Beaconsfield and started pestering me for its translation. But soon after I proceeded, I found that it is worthless. So I promised the above mentioned friend to write a novel in the manner of English novels, causing this book to be born. Thus I started writing this from 18/6/1886 and stopped on 17/8/1886. ID X.

And the answer is...Indulekha

Xs discoverer first thought that Xs presence cannot support life but in turn, cause harm to life. So he First named it Azote which in French means One which opposes life. But with later experiments with X, he found that all his previous conclusions about X were false and therefore gave it the current name. ID X.

And the answer is...Nitrogen

The inspiration for the title of this book supposedly comes from the arrangement of his study table in the alphabetical order into halves with the first half in i.e.: from A to M to the left of a division and the second half to the right. Which book am I talking About?

And the answer is... The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

What English Term, originally German means the apparition or ghost of a living person ?

And the answer is...Doppelganger

Which Indian mythical Characters name literally means difficult to slain or difficult to control ?

And the answer is...Dusshasana

The tile of this book is now an everyday term, referring to big unforgettable mistakes that we commit. This book is about a military and strategical mistake committed by India during the 1960s and is written by a person who had a hand in that mistake. What is the term or the title of the book?

And the answer is...Himalayan Blunder

X is a term related to ladies apparel. It earned this name because it looks like a series of bangles lying close to a particular body part. ID X

And the answer is...Churidhar

Reach out your finger and touch my hands, and reach your hand here and thrust it into my side and do not be faithless but believe. , because you have seen me you have believed. Blessed are they who have not seen, yet have believed. This is an excerpt from the Bible. Fill in the blanks to get a household phrase.

And the answer is...Doubting Thomas

The ancient Phoenicians worshipped the pagan god, Beelzebub. This pagan god had an epithet referring to the belief that flies which caused deadly diseases, were never allowed into his temples. What classic novel got its title from this aspect of Beelzebub?

And the answer is...The lord of the flies by William Golding.

is a popular phrase for a certain ceremony in the Roman Catholic church in which the officiating clerk closes his book, quenches a candle by throwing it to the ground and then tolls a bell. This ceremony is performed when the church excommunicates a person. Fill in the blanks.

And the answer is... Bell, book and Candle.

The play began life as a short radio play broadcast on 30 May 1947 called Three Blind Mice in honour of Queen Mary, the consort of King GeorgeV. The play had its origins in the real-life case of the death of a boy, Dennis O'Neill, who died while in the foster care of a Shropshire farmer and his wife in 1945.The play is based on a short story, itself based on the radio play, but the author asked that the story not be published as long as it ran as a play in the West End of London. The short story has still not been published within the United Kingdom but it has appeared in the United States in the 1950 collection Three Blind Mice and Other Stories.

And the answer is...Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

Round 2ID

Xs wifes autobiography stated that when her father first met her husband, he was wearing a scarlet-red shirt. Much to the amusement of his future father-in-law, He strongly said that he is a pure communist and is going to start an orphanage with communist ideology. He also initially tried to distance his future wife by saying that he is never going to be rich and he can never give his wife the facilities that she enjoys now. ID X, who contradicted everything given here...

And the Answer is...N R Narayanamurthy

Which famous children's classic was first told to the Liddell sisters as a story in a summer afternoon in July 1862, later made into a book?

And the Answer is...Alice in wonderland

Id.

And the Answer is...The Tudor rose, which is the cover Image of Hilary Mantels Wolf Hall.

Xs History, Origin and rules are described in a book by Kennilworthy wisp, which still remains the basic ledger for the solving of disputes in it. Id X which is a very famous sport.

And the Answer is...Quidditch!

Identify this cartoon character who is a dupe of both another famous cartoon scientist and also a person from the puranas.

And the Answer is...Dr. J (He is duped after Richie Rich fame Prof. Keenbeen and also Jarasandha, Kansas father-in-law.

Identify this family, which is the indianised version of a popular cartoon series.

And the Answer is...The Singhsons (indianised version of the Simpsons.)

X is awarded by the Columbia university every year for excellence in various fields and is named after a media tycoon. Currently, of the total 25,14 awards are given for journalism, 6 in the field of literature, 1 for music and the remaining 4 are fellowships. Chinita Macri of the Angels and Demons fame had this award fixed as her biggest ambition.

And the Answer is...Pulitzer Prizes.

Id this book which made news recently.

And the Answer is...The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton which won this years Man Booker Prize.

X and Y were born in the city of Hanau in 1785 and 1786 respectively. During their studies, they found interest in collecting Folktales. They spent 6 years talking to villagers and writing down those stories which were handed through the generations. These were popular among both Children and adults. They also become active in liberal politics, especially for the freedom of press and saw the foreign culture as a threat to their own and the stories collected were expressions of a pure national spirit. They considered their project of collecting folktales as a wider effort to oppose colonialism and create a national identity. ID X &Y.

And the Answer is... X= Jacob Grimm Y= Wilhelm Grimm

Id him whose autobiography is titled Magical me.

And the Answer is...Glideroy Lockhardt.

X is a love poem which begins with the last meeting of the Lotus and the Sun. In the poem, the Lotus and the sun were friends from childhood and the lotus had loved the sun without his knowledge and had destined herself to marry only him. When she came to know that her parents had fixed another marriage for her, she ran away and led the life of an ascetic in the forest. Meanwhile the Sun had become radiant and youthful. After their last meeting, the lotus withers and dies. ID X and its writer.

And the Answer is... Nalini by Kumaranasan.

Round 3- Indian Literature

These are lines from a song sung by a character named Ayesha in a famous Malayalam novel. Name the novel.

And the answer is... By Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

The translation of which Hindi novel starts thus,When you have to carry the feet of the noble on your shoulders, why not massage them too ?

And the answer is... Godan by Munshi Premchand.

He was born in the outskirts of the village where the world famous travel Littrateur S.K Pottekad was born and thus grew up in admiration of the renowned writer. On writing his first story, he published it under the name of V.N Thekkepatt in honour of his role model. Who am I talking about?

And the answer is... M.T Vasudevan Nair.

May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in still, dust green trees. Red bananas ripen. Jackfruits burst. Dissolute bluebottles hum vacuously in the fruity air. Then they stun themselves against clear windowpanes and die, fatly baffled in the sun.Id the Indian novel which starts this way.

And the answer is...The God of small things by Arundathi Roy.

Id the poem

And the answer is... -

He is considered one of the greatest Hindi writers of modern India and the father of Hindi Literature. A recognized poet, he was also a trend setter in Hindi prose-writing. As an author of several dramas, life sketches and travel accounts, He represents the agonies of the people, country's poverty, dependency, inhuman exploitation, the unrest of the middle class and the urge for the progress of the country. He wrote under the pen name "Rasa".

And the answer is...Bharatendu Harishchandra

In which famed Hindi novel can we find characters named Chandramukhi, Parvati, Chunnilal, Harimati and Mahendra?

And the answer is...Devdas

Many are of the opinion that X may be Coimbatore, with a river on one side, forest on the other, and many similar buildings and lanes like Lawley road, Variety Hall, Bombay Anand Bhavan, etc. It is also speculated that it may be Yadavgiri in the erstwhile state of Mysore. But as per one of the writings in Ys book, he loved Malleshwaram and Basavanagudi, two prominent and old areas of Bangalore and may have used few letters from Malleshwaram and last few letters of Basavanagudi to create X. Agumbe, a small village on the Western Ghats served the screening of most of the episodes of a TV serial based on X. ID X& Y.

And the answer is...X= Malgudi Y= R.K Narayan

X, literally translated to the story of anklet that depicts the life of Y, a chaste woman who lead a peaceful life with her husband in Puhar, then the capital of Cholas. Her life later went astray by the association of her husband with an another woman Madhavi who was a dancer. The duo started resurrecting their life in Madurai, the capital of Pandyas. Ys husband went on to sell the anklet of Y to start a business, but was beheaded having been held guilty of stealing it from the queen. Y went on to prove the innocence of her husband and was believed to have burnt the entire city of Madurai by her chastity. Id X &Y.

And the answer is...X= ChilappathikaramY= Kannagi

Identify the script.

And the answer is...Modi (The language is Marathi)

Round 4Connect

And the answer is...They are the first 5 women Nobel prize winners for literature and are,Selma Lagerlf, Grazia Deledda, Sigrid Undset, Pearl S Buck and Gabriela Mistral .

And the answer is... They are the default fonts installed by Microsoft in Windows XP for various Indian Languages.

And the answer is...These are the only authors to win the Man Booker prize twice .They are Peter Carey, J G Farrell, J M Coetzee and recently, Hillary Mantel.

And the answer is...They all represent Fictional dogs; Cherry is for Montmorency (Montmorency in French= Cherry). Then we have Pluto (Mickeys dog), Snow (Rather snowy from Tintin) Timothy Dalton stands for Timmy from Famous 5 and Diamond (Newtons rumoured Dog).

_ _ _ _

And the answer is... Draco dorminus nunquam tittilandus=Never tickle a sleeping dragon from Hogwarts.

And the answer is... Narnia

And the answer is...Frankenstein

And the answer is...They are the only Sahitya Akademi fellows from Malayalam.

And the answer is...Aslan

And the answer is...They all Fought against Taliban.

AmpersandSolidusTildeGraveEllipsisCIRCUMFLEXVINCULUM

And the answer is...They all are symbols on the keyboard!

Round 5Cartoons

He is known as Topolino in Italy, Musse Pig in Sweden and Michael Sourrie in France. Who am I talking about?

And the answer is...Mickey Mouse.

Which cartoon character is often credited with the introduction of oxymorons like Security Blanket and Good Grief?

And the answer is...Charlie Brown from Peanuts.

The last unfinished story of X saw him embroiled in the world of modern art and the story ends as he is about to be killed, encased in perspex and presented as a work of art. Although it is unknown whether he really dies at the end of the story, as the creator died on 3rd March 1983 leaving the story unfinished. ID X.

And the answer is...Tintin

ID

And the answer is...Obelix (Asterix fame)

Id.

And the answer is...Chacha Chaudhary by Pran.

Give me his breed, not his name.

And the answer is...Beagle (The Dog is Snoopy from Peanuts).

What do you call this kind of Cartoons?

And the answer is...Manga

What is the name of the fakir in Asterix & the Magic Carpet?

And the answer is...Whatzisname.

X was the first cartoon Sunday supplement to an American newspaper. With Xs merchandising success as an advertising icon the strip came to be used more as an advertisement icon. The two newspapers which ran X, Pulitzer's World and Hearst's Journal American, quickly became known as the yellow kid papers. This was contracted to Y and later shortened to ________, describing the two newspapers' editorial practices of taking (sometimes even fictionalized) sensationalism and profit as priorities in journalism.

And the answer is...X= The Yellow KidY= Yellow kid journalism/ Yellow Journalism.

What is the specialty of this Pocket cartoon named ?

And the answer is...It is the first pocket cartoon in Malayalam to be printed in a Daily.

Id the cartoonist.

And the answer is...Bal (Balasaheb) Thackeray, The Founder of Shiv Sena.

Id the cartoon strip.

And the answer is...Hagar the Horrible.

Id the duo.

And the answer is...Morty and Ferdie, Mickey mouses Nephews.

Who have I erased here?

And the answer is...Elmer Fudd.

Whose statue is this?

And the answer is...The common Man by R K Laxman.

Round 6Poetry

Teri aankhon ki namkeen mastiyan Teri hansi ki beparwaah gustakhiyaan Teri zulfon ki leharaati angdaiyaan Nahi bhoolunga main ___________________________ Tera haath se haath chhodna Tera saayon se rukh modna Tera palat ke phir na dekhna Nahin maaf karunga main ____________________________ Baarishon mein bedhadak tere naachne se Baat baat pe bewajah tere roothne se Chhoti chhoti teri bachkani badmashiyon se Mohabbat karunga main __________________________ Tere jhoothe kasme vaadon se Tere jalte sulagte khwabon se Teri be-raham duaaon se Nafrat karunga main _______________________

And the answer is...Jab tak hai Jaan by Yash Chopra.

Which classic poem begins with these lines?

The boy stood on the burning deckWhence all but he had fled;The flame that lit the battle's wreckShone round him o'er the dead.

And the answer is...Casabianca by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.

I am the Indian oceanSurge of my waves and their mystical themeEmbracing Bombay and Dar-es in holdWe all belong to the cradle of earthSame human civilization pervades us all.- Identify the poet who is also famous in other fields. His other poems include Rakhi day is Righteous day and Our mission is water.

And the answer is...Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

His poems include Oonchai which he recited after receiving Padmavibhushan in 1992. An ode to his favorite holiday spot is Bulati tumhen Manali. Set to music, his poems have been sung by Lata Mangeshkar. He is not much known as a poet. Who am I talking about?

And the answer is...Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Shut up in a lonely mansion with police night and dayPatrolling the gardens to keep the assasins away He got down to work, to the task of settling the fate of millions.... W H Auden wrote these lines about which person, who played a significant role in Indias maps after 1947?

And the answer is...Cyril Radcliffe (Radcliffe line separating India and Pakistan)

In which famous poem can we find characters like Minnehaha, Wenonah, Nokomis, Mudjekeewis and Nanabozho?

And the answer is...The song of Hiawatha by Henry wordsworth Longfellow.

___________________________ shall standIn the great history of the landA noble type of good,Heroic womanhood.- This is an excerpt from the poem Santa Philomena by Longfellow. Fill in the blanks to get the synonym of a personality associated with palliative care.

And the answer is...________- A Lady with the lampPerson- Florence nightingale

This form of poetry, also a very popular form of music among Hindustani lovers is said to have originated from Amir Khusrau. It is a short poem of rarely more than a dozen couplets in the same metre. Its name is of persian origin and means the art of talking to women. What am I talking about?

And the answer is...Ghasal

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.This poem is the favourite of our ex-PM Jawaharlal Nehru and its last line is very meaningful, which it gives emphasis to. Give me its title.

And the answer is...Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening by Robert Frost. The last line is Miles to go before I sleep.

It is biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; it mostly pokes fun at famous people.It has four lines of irregular length and metre (for comic effect).The rhyme structure is AABB; the subject matter and wording are often humorously contrived in order to achieve a rhyme, including the use of phrases in Latin, French and other non-English languages. The first line contains, and may consist solely of, the subject's name. An example of this style is:Sir Christopher WrenSaid, "I am going to dine with some men.If anyone callsSay I am designing St. Paul's.

And the answer is...Clerihew by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.

Round 7 Do the Doodle

And the answer is...Pablo Nerudas Birthday

And the answer is...Oscar Wilde's 156th Birthday

And the answer is...Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th Birthday

And the answer is...Jules Vernes 183rd Bday

And the answer is...Charles Dickens 200th Bday

And the answer is...Albert Camus 100th Bday

And the answer is...Mark Twains 176th B'day

And the answer is...Anant Pais 82nd Birthday

And the answer is...End of the Mayan Calendar

And the answer is...200th anniversary of the Grimms Fairy tales.

And the answer is...Douglas Adams 61st Bday

Louis, I think this is the end of a wonderful quiz.Louis, I think this is the end of a wonderful quiz