MAHESH SRI RAMKRISHNA ASHRAM EX- STUDENTS ORGANISATION

PRELIMINARY ROUND

QUESTIONS: SOUMALYA & DEBANJAN

RULES

30 questions.

1,5,10,15,20,25,30 are star questions. These questions will act as tie-breakers.

In finals in case of tie, these star questions

will decide the winner.

Quizmaster’s decision is final.

Using the internet or any other unfair means

will lead to elimination.

BRACE YOUSELVES.

QUESTIONS ARE COMING...

*1

Some students from MIT calculated X’s speed to be 1800 miles/second. X carries a weight of about 321000 tonnes. Almost 214000 living organisms of a particular species help X to transfer this load to almost 918 million destinations in 32 hours across 24 different time zones. That is on an average, 823 destinations per second.

Identify X.

SANTA CLAUS

2X was a seven times national

steeplechase champion between 1950-

1960 . After a premature retirement from the army, he became a notorious

Chambal Valley Dacoit. In 1981,he was killed by the Indian police. His Biopic, released in 2012, bagged the National

award for the Best Film and Best Actor.

Identify X .

PAAN SINGH TOMAR

3

Merriam-Webster Dictionary has a habit to fact check tweets, and it tried to sit out this new

word.What bewildering new word used by a famous persona had even Merriam-Webster confused about its meaning?

COVFEFE

4

The place has its mention in ancient texts like

Ramayana, Mahabharata, Harivansham, Kalkipurana etc. Historicians have identified

places like Omkareshwar, Mandala, Maheshwar to be its exact location.

Common factor is, all these places are beside river Narmada and currently this place has

become popular due to its mention in a film.

Identify the place.

MAHISHMATI

5*

Mohs surgery, also known as chemosurgery, developed in 1938 by a general surgeon, Frederic E. Mohs, is amicroscopically controlled surgery used to

treat common types of skin cancer.

A popular arcade game character also has visual similarities with the incisions and the

game is named after the incision method.

What are the incisions called?

Incisions look like this.

PACMAN

6

What is this Indian map trying to depict?(bigger picture next slide)

ALCOHOL PROHIBITION

7

X is a stalwart in his Field of work. He has been listed in Guinness Book of World Records for getting the maximum number of credits i.e. 15 credits for the film “Chinese Zodiac” which includes Director, Actor, Producer, Writer, Catering Coordinator

and Stunt Choreographer etc.

Identify X.

JACKY CHAN

8

In this scene from Pulp Fiction, Samuel Jackson says some famous lines from a very famous book. Identify the book.

THE HOLY BIBLE

9

9

This famous scene(especially dialogues) made by Satyajit Ray was a tribute to a great writer X, who had inspired him in several ways.

These dialogues are not-so-subtle reference to one of the characters created by X.

Name either X and the literary piece where these dialogues were taken from.

SUKUMAR RAYHO JO BO RO LO (হ য ব র ল)

10*

Project X was born as a social media movement in 2013. Their motto is, “movement dedicated to presenting hope and love to those who are struggling with depression, suicide, addiction, and self-injury. Xexists to encourage, love, and inspire.”

People, to raise awareness make tattoos of X on their body to show that they could’ve ended their life, but they chose not to.

X being a special punctuation mark, became the logo.

Identify X.

SEMI COLON

11

In 2014, Lufthansa, a German airlines company tweeted this picture and said “ The best extra weight we have ever carried.”

What is the “extra weight” they are talking about?

WORLD CUP

12*

The spider has been named after something(an artifact) from a very famousFantasy series. Identify the series and the artifact after which this spider is

Named?

HARRY POTTERSORTING HAT

13

The city X was constructed by Borkishanpur, Khalisani & Gondalpara.

It was known as Francedongmi when it was a French colony. Some believe it was named after Devi Chandi as there is an ancient temple of her. Some believe Sandalwoodtrading formed its name. Some believe that it was the ‘City of Moon’, due to its situation like a half moon beside river Ganges.

Identify X.

CHANDANNAGAR

14

Identify the singer.

CHESTER BENNINGTON

15*

Identify the personality who has made the videos.

TANMAY BHAT

16

Identify the Film and the singer.

PATALGHORSWAPAN BASU

17

X is a popular Bengali detective-adventure series for children, written by Y.

The idea of this series is based on Western series “Famous five” by “Enid Blyton”. The first story of the series was published in 1981. Id X and Y.

X= PANDOB GOYENDAY= SASTHIPADA CHATTOPADHAYAY

18

Connect this exhaustive list.

REFUGEE TEAM

19

Ultra-Ever Dry, made by Ultratech International is a superhydrophobic and oleophobic coating that will repel most water-based and some oil-basedliquids. Ultra-Ever Dry uses proprietary omniphobic technology to coat an object and create a surface chemistry and texture with patterns of geometric shapes that have “peaks” or “high points”.

These high points repel water, some oils, wet concrete, and other liquids unlike any other coating.

Recently, authorities in Philadelphia followed by San Francisco and Hamburg used this paint for some purpose.

Explain the funda.

PEE BACK PAINT

20*

Clippings from whose biopic?

SAADAT HASAN MANTO

21

As stated in X’s biography “Kothay Kothay Raat Hoye Jay”, X once went to meet his friend Prabodh Chandra Dey in Mumbai. His friend, a self-taught cook, was then busy in the kitchen and requested to wait for him till he finished cooking.

X created Y in that leisure time that became immensely popular later on.

Identify X and Y.

X= PULAK BANDOPADHYAYY= BHOJOHORI MANNA

22

Put Funda.

BENGALI BANDS

23

What is the context of this Amul ad?

JALLIKATTU

24

Put funda.

STORY TITLES OF GHANADA

25*

What is special about this song?

FIRST EVER COMPUTER GENERATED SONG

26

The tribute video was made for X, who made this staus update after his retirement. Identify X.

H C VERMA

27

What are we talking about?

CLASH OF CLANS

28

What has been blacked out?

DUNKIRK

29

Put funda.

POKEMONS WERE INSPIRED FROM THESE ORGANISMS.

30*

Identify the Award and the voice.

SATYAJIT RAYOSCAR RECEIVING SPEECH