2. Prelims.
15 Questions.
Top 10 teams progress to the next round.
No negatives.
Starred questions will be used to break ties. If it fails, the tied
teams may wrestle it out.
Honesty is the best policy.
Quizmaster is the Boss, and the Boss is ALWAYS Right.
15. •
On October 11, 1980, the Indian Express
published a news item "10 undertrials blame
police for losing sight." It concerned a
habeas corpus petition moved in the
Supreme Court on behalf of undertrial
prisoners in Bhagalpur jail in Bihar who
"alleged that the police deprived them of
their eyesight by using acid". Which National
award winning movie took inspiration from
this incident?
13.
16. •
This village was occupied by the Bhanjara (local
community) of the Periya clan, which used to live
in the houses made of mud and other raw
materials available in the forest. This community
made a wall or mound of yellow mud around
their locality in order to secure their house from
wild animals, as that area was a dense forest,
and hence its name. Name please?
14.
43. •
On October 11, 1980, the Indian Express
published a news item "10 undertrials blame
police for losing sight." It concerned a
habeas corpus petition moved in the
Supreme Court on behalf of undertrial
prisoners in Bhagalpur jail in Bihar who
"alleged that the police deprived them of
their eyesight by using acid". Which National
award winning movie took inspiration from
this incident?
13.
44.
45. •
This village was occupied by the Bhanjara (local
community) of the Periya clan, which used to live
in the houses made of mud and other raw
materials available in the forest. This community
made a wall or mound of yellow mud around
their locality in order to secure their house from
wild animals, as that area was a dense forest,
and hence its name. Name please?
14.
53. X is a fried or baked pastry with a savory filling, such as
spiced potatoes, onions, peas, lentils, ground lamb, ground
beef or ground chicken.
Its size and consistency may vary, but typically, it is
distinctly triangular.
Etymology suggests that the word X is derived from the
Persian word Sangbosa.
58. The Bharat Mata temple at Varanasi is the
only temple dedicated to Mother India. It is
located in the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi
Vidyapeeth campus. The Bharat Mata temple
was built by Babu Shiv Prasad Gupt and
inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936.
What is so peculiar about this temple?
59. Name: Ranjana Sonawane
Age: 40 years
Address: Tembhli village,
Nandurbar district, Maharashtra
Education: Class IV (illiterate)
Marital status: Married, 3
children
Husband’s name: Sadashiv
Children: 3 (Umesh (11 years);
Hitesh (5 years); Mangesh
(toddler))
Profession: Daily wage
agricultural labourer
Income: Rs. 50 per day
House: kuchha
Claim to fame: ?
61. While Gordon Ramsay could only
manage one before giving up,
Anandita Dutta Tamuli went through
51 of them in a minute, disappointed
that she could have done more. The
occasion took place in Jorhat, Assam.
What did she do?
62. •
She ate 51 Bhut Jolokia chillies in a minute, which
measures 1,001,304 units on the scoville heat
scale
64. Dorothy Round Little- 1936
Angela Mortimer Barett – 1961
Virginia Wade – 1977
Ladies singles Wimbledon champions b/w Fred Perry in
1946 and Andy Murray in 2013
65. •
What “in-the-news” word was
popularized by Veer Savarkar in
an ideological pamphlet written
while imprisoned in Ratnagiri jail,
smuggled out of the prison, and
published in 1923 by his
supporters under his alias
“Mahratta”?
67. Bloopers from what?
The Kashmiri boatman topples over. The
tractor develops engine trouble. The Taj aerial
view accidentally captures the Sand mafia
stealing cartloads of sand from the Yamuna
banks. Hirwani is stung by a jellyfish as he walks
on the beach. The elephant with the mahout
decides to sit down and roll in the mud. All of the
Bengalis walking out of the metro are smoking
Charminar cigarettes. One of the kids in the white
coloured dress is wearing a “Che Guevara” shirt
while running in to form the tricolour.
69. This town is the residence of one of the 52 Shakti
Peethams or one of the 52 body parts of Goddess
Shakti, each reincarnated as a seperate Goddess.
The temple in this town is dedicated to the tooth of
Goddess Shakti, thus giving this town its name.
It is also rumoured to have given shelter to Lord
Rama, and was known as Dandakaranya in
mythology.
This town today, however is famous for completely
different reasons, nothing of which is auspicious.
Id X?
71. •
This was possibly the first-ever India-
specific marketing campaign. Put together
in 1939 by Harvey Duncan of Lintas, the
campaign ensured that the palm tree logo
became familiar across the country. The
campaign also featured innovative
packaging - a square 10-pound tin, a round
5-pound tin and a special 1/4 pound tin for
sampling, all in a distinctive green-and-
yellow combination. For which venerable
Indian product was this campaign
launched?
72.
73. •
Her real name is Nilanjana Sudeshna. A
schoolteacher, who found her given name
too long, used her nickname instead and it
stuck. She wrote under that name; her first
work has a character who was supposed to
have a “good name” sent by his
grandmother in India which gets lost in the
mail. Who it is?
84. •
The world's highest cricket ground
in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in
1893 after levelling a hilltop, this
cricket pitch is 2444 meters above
sea level.
85. •
During World War One, large
reserves of a particular commodity
accumulated in Karnataka
because they could not be
exported to Europe. On the advice
of Sir M Visweshwariah, Nalvadi
Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the
Maharaja of Mysore established a
factory in 1916 to manufacture
what brand of products?
91. This world heritage site was built
between 1879 and 1881. About 86
kilometres long, it was built to take
advantage of the differential
pricing of potatoes between two
towns, New Jalpaiguri and Siliguri.
Which world heritage site?
93. During former times, a captive bird
would be released by the local ruler on
occasion of a festival like Dussehra and
Durga Puja. It is a common bird in the
plains of India and also the state bird of
Odissa. Name the bird. What is the local
name of the bird?
95. Originally, the name of this Indian city is
derived from the local word for paddy land.
Traveller Hieun Tsang accounts for its
existence during his travels, narrating the
existence of a powerful kingdom, which
comprised the district and the adjoining areas,
ruled by Sasanka. Which city?
99. His name is Bobby Tufts. Give me his claim to fame.
100. Bobby was only three when he won
election last year as the head of
Dorset in Minnesota, which has a
population of 22 to 28, depending on
whether the minister and his family
are in town.
103. Mega Connect
11 slides. Each slide displays a city.
Connect the cities to get the final answer.
Points on Individual slides : +10/-5
Points for Final answer displayed on each slide.
Partial Marks and second chances on QM’s discretion
115. 1. Amsterdam
2. Los Angeles
3. Berlin
4. London
5. Helsinki
6. Melbourne
7. Tokyo
8. Moscow
9. Rome
10. Mexico City
11. Munich
Mega Connect -
Indian Hockey Team winning Gold medal in Olympics in these
cities.
