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RULES & REGULATIONS
Mains Date: 21/03/2021
BQLA তথ্যান্বেষী
1. All Total 6 Rounds.
2. +10 on Direct & Pounce.
3. -10 on Negative Pounce
4. +05 for Pass Question.
5. Part Points on QM’s Decision.
6. 6th Round is LVC.( Special Marking for that one)
All The Best || Stay Positive Test Negative

Meet Your Quizmasters
Anirban Sabyasachi

Round 1: MixedBag1.0
QM: Anirban

Q1
The Makkal Needhi Maiam or MNM (People's Justice
Centre) is an Indian regional political party founded by
famous actor Kamal Hassan at Madurai on 21st
February 2018.It is going to contest the upcoming
Tamil Nadu & Puducherry assembly elections with the
symbol 'Torch Light'. Hasan also unveiled the party flag
Mains Qm: Anirban Mukherjee Date: 21/03/2021
which is symbolised by six
interlocked hands.
What does it represent?

I
Prelims Qm: Ashutosh Mondal Date: 21/03/2021

A1
Co-operation between the 5 Southern States of India and
Union Territory Puducherry...

Q2
'X' was allowed to meet Gandhiji in April,1929 at the Sabarmati
Ashram for asking suggestions for his upcoming novel where he
narrated the story that was depicting the love-affair of a boy and
girl.Gandhiji opposed this story and told him to refrain from using
big words and write in a simple language,a straightforward story
about Harijans.He defended his story but later he cut down more
than 100 pages out of 250 pages, and rewrote the novel by staying
at the ashram more than 3 months.Gandhiji gave his approval to it
after listening to the revised version.19 Publishers in London
rejected the script due to the British fear but it finally published in
1935.
E.M Foster wrote the preface of it in the later editions.
Id X and the novel...

A2
Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand

Q3
According to Shastra Parashar Samhita, X was first
married to Suryaputri Survachala.
Later, in a war between Ravana and Varun Dev,X fought
on the behalf of Varun Dev,defeated Lankapati and took
all his sons captive.After losing the battle,Ravana was so
much impressed by his bravery and gave her daughter
Anangkusuma to X.Varun Dev was also extremely happy
for his victory & as a result his daughter Satyavati became
X's third wife.
Instead of having 3 wives, he never lived a married life
with them.
Just Identify X...

A3
Jai Bajrangbali

Q4
Id the Lyricist
Song: Dekho aloy aloy akash

A4
Srijato

Q5
X started his career as a medical student and received
his medical degree in 1953.He along with his friend
Alberto Granado, who later became a famous
biochemist used to travel many places.After that, X
completely changed his course and involved himself in
another field.At the time of his death, British journalist
Richard Gott, was the only person to witnessed X.
In 1997,after 30 years of X's death, his body remains
found during a construction of an Airport at
Vallegrande, a small colonial town in Bolivia.
Identify X

A5

Q6
Who is the only footballer till date to score a hat-
trick in the World Cup Final?

A6
Geoff Hurst against West Germany in 1966

Q7
Connect

A7
Sabko Marks dega re tera Faizal..!!

Q8
Born in Nabadwip,this famous cartoonist once collected money in
his college days (in mid 1940s) at the Bandel-Katwa local with his
friends for the salary of their teachers.He began his career in 'Dainik
Loksevak' newspaper as a journalist in 1951.Then he started
drawing cartoons officially in 1961 and joined Anandabazar Patrika
first for their then English daily "The Hindusthan Standard".He also
designed animation sequence for a colour series of Doordarshan in
the late 1970s. His work was also used in popular advertisements &
social cartoons were awarded in cartoon exhibitions in Yugoslavia,
England, Canada and Japan.He had a great friendship with
contemporary cartoonists like R.K.Laxman, Mario Miranda, Kutti, and
others.His team also made animated movie titles for popular Bengali
movies like Hangsaraj, Dhonni Meye, Mouchak, Charmurti and others.
Identify this famous cartoonist..

Q8

A8
Chandi Lahiri

Q9
What is wrong with this picture?

A9
He only had just one ear

Q10
Received his PhD degree just at the age of 22,this great
German Physicist introduced the 2nd and 3rd quantum
numbers. They're important because of their use in
determining the electron configuration inside an atom.
Apart from these he pioneered X-Ray Wave Theory and
had more than 40 notable students including Werner
Heisenberg, Peter Debye, Wolfgang Pauli, Karl Meissner,
William Lenz,Linus Pauling etc. He was nominated for 84
times in the Noble Prize for physics but surprisingly he
never won in any of the occasion.
Continue with next slide

Q10
Traveled around the world in 2 years(1928-1929) with
major stops in India, China, Japan and the US,he passed
away in a road accident in 1951 in Munich after getting
hit by a truck while he was walking with his
grandchildren.
He wrote to Einstein shortly after Hitler took power: "I
can assure you that the misuse of the word ‘national’ by
our rulers has thoroughly broken me of the habit of
national feelings that was so pronounced in my case."
Identify this Genius..

A10
Arnold Sommerfield

Q11
Just Identify the shooting
Location? (video)
Chennai Express Waterfall Scene

A11

Q12
Born on 11th December,1920 in the Patiala State,
Prithipal Singh Gill was a passionate flyer and a good
hunter according to his wife.He earned a flying
licence at Walton Airport in Lahore and his father
Harpal Singh Gill, was an Army Officer.
As, he became centenarian last year,Punjab Chief
Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, congratulated him
on his birthday.
But he had achieved an unique feat as an Indian.
Just Id the feat.

Q12

A12
Only Indian to served in all the armed forces i.e
Indian Army, Navy & Airforce.

Round 2: Special Round
(Questions Contributed by the Finalists)
Host : Anirban

Round 3: Audio& Visual
QM: Sabyasachi

Q1
Find the Connection among the cities..?
Mains Qm: Sabyasachi Chatterjee Date: 21/03/2021

A1
UNESCO World Heritage Cities of India
CMC (Vellore), Gwalior Fort, Hawa Mahal (Jaipur)
Ramraja Temple (Orchha), Narendra Modi Stadium (Amedabad)

Q2
Which Bollywood patriotic song is copied from this?
(This is the national anthem of Israel)

A2

Q3
Name the character potrayed by Radhika Apte (Video)
A call to Spy trailer

A3
Noor Inayat Khan

Q4
Identify this voice of a cricket lover..

A4
Satya Nadella

Q5
Connect to a person

A5
Business ventures by Virat Kohli

Q6
Name this hindi spin off a famous Indian Film. (Video)

A6

Round 4: MixedBag 2.0
QM: Sabyasachi

They are the only five in a Certain List till now. Just Connect
them & Find the odd one out from them.
Q1
Mains Qm:SabyasachiChatterjee Date:21/03/2021

A1
Only five to score 99 in an T20I.
(Luke Wright, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Md Hafeez &
Devon Conway)
Alex Hales is the only player to be dismissed on the
score 99.

Q2
Zazu is a major character in Disney’s animated
feature film,The Lion King. He is an uptight,
red-billed hornbill that served as King Mufasa’s
(and later Simba’s) royal advisor. Zazu is
charged with giving a daily Morning Report of
Pride Land to the king.
John Oliver has given the Voice of Zazu in 2019
Film.
Who has given the Voice in 1994’s The Lion King
Movie?
The actor is much more famous for a sitcom
globally who is an Electrical Engineer by
Profession in his Early Days.

A2
Rowan Atkinson

Q3
“Perhaps the fact that he/she is
unschooled in art, gives him/her the
freedom to express himself/herself
so boldly in colour. His/her choice of
colour juxtaposition is inimitable. You
can compare his/her to Tagore, who
too was an untrained painter. X is
able to give some form to him/her
deepest feelings through him/her
landscapes and forms - both animate
and inanimate.”-- Famous painter
Jogen Chowdhury said all these about
whom?

A3
Mamata Banerjee

Q4
There are all together 3 instance where Amul girls has
been seen crying.
Second instance was in 2018 after the Kathua & Unnao
Molestation case.
Third instance was in 2019 after the Srilanka Terrorist
attack.
Which was the first instance in 2012?

A4
Death of Dr. Verghese Kurien

Q5
After Independence, Raghunath Saran, an Indian freedom
fighter from Punjab was persuaded by India's first Prime
Minister Jawharlal Nehru to invest in a modern industrial
venture. So, he founded the company X, named after his son.
In 1954, the company merged with Y, a British motor
company which was founded by Sumner and Spurrier
families in the town of Y in North West England. After 1954
the company is known as XY still today which is owned by
Hinduja Group.
Just Name the company XY.

A5
Ashok Leyland

The year was 1983 and 13-year-old Viswanathan Anand was
part of a junior chess team, the Madras Colts. They were in
trouble, on the verge of dropping out of the National Team
Championship, because the Madras District Chess Association
(MDCA), had no money to fund the participation of it’s Junior
Players. It's when X stepped in, volunteering to sponsor the
team. Anand beat 9-time national champion Manuel Aaron in
that tournament and eventually ended up winning the top
board prize.
X was awarded Padmavibhushan Posthumously in 2021.
Just Identify X who is famous in an entirely different field.
Q6

A6
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam
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Q7
Currently Kraig Brathwait is one of the key players in West Indian
Test team. In his childhood days he was subjected to bullying
especially in his school bus. However, he had a friend who always
had his back. X was four years senior to him but was always there
to protect him from being bullied by the other
students during their school days. X used to
make him sit on her lap in order to protect
him from falling prey to the pranks pulled off
by other students.
X later became very famous in a different field
who was in news just 1-2 months ago in India.
Identify X whose first name is Robyn.

A7
Robyn RIHANNA Fenty

Q8
Ramappa Temple also known as the Ramalingeswara temple, is
located 209 km from Hyderabad in Telangana. An inscription in the
temple dates it to the year 1213 CE and says it was built by a General
Recherla Rudra Reddy, during the period of the Kakatiya ruler
Ganapati Deva.The temple is a Sivalayam, where Lord
Ramalingeswara is worshipped. Marco Polo, during his visit to the
Kakatiya Empire, allegedly called the temple "the brightest star in
the galaxy of temples".
The temple is the only of it’s kind in India. Just name the uniqueness.

A8
Only Temple named after it’s sculpture

Q9
William Moulton Marston also known by the
pen name Charles Moulton was an American
psychologist who, with his wife Elizabeth
Holloway, invented an early prototype of the
lie detector. Basically he was the creator of
the systolic blood pressure test, which
became one component of the modern
polygraph invented by John Augustus Larson.
Apart from this he is well known to us as a
‘creator’ of X.
Just Identify X.

A9
Wonder Woman

Q10
Shiv Kumar Batalvi was an Indian poet, writer and playwright of
the Punjabi language.He became the youngest recipient of the
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967, at the age of 28.As per reports,
Shiv Kumar Batalvi fell in love with famous Punjabi writer
Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari’s daughter. But Gurbaksh was opposed to
marriage because of caste difference between them. He married
his daughter to an NRI and she left for the
US. This incomplete love story of his led him
to write the poem ‘__ ____’(3,4).The poem
later used as a song in a 2016 A rated film.
Identify the movie as well as the name of the
song __ ____ (3,4).

A10
Udta Punjab & Ikk Kudi

Q11
The Arnhem was a Dutch East Indiaman sailing
vessel that was shipwrecked 12 February 1662 off
Mauritius on the Saint Brandon Rocks. On 11
February 1662, the fleet was scattered by a violent
storm. Volkert Evertsz and other survivors of the
wreck survived by piloting a small boat to a nearby
island. The food that they did live on was enough to
last them until the rescue ships arrived.
What food did they have that marked this incident
as an important event in the history of biodiversity?

A11
Dodo

Q12
Brother of Ila Arun and Prasoon Pandey, Piyush Pandey is now the
Chief Creative Officer Worldwide and Executive Chairman India
of Ogilvy. Under his leadership, Ogilvy India has been ranked the
No.1 Agency for 12 consecutive years. He made numerous ad
campaigns for various companies that we still now
cherish as our nostalgia. One of his ad‘s tagline was
inspired from a romantic moment between him &
his newly wed wife Nita Pandey when she pulled his
cheeks and said ___(6) ___(6) ___(5). That tagline
become synonymous with the product & whenever
we saw the product anywhere the jingle/tagline
automatically starts ringing in our mind.
Which Ad Jingle is this or identify the tagline.

A12

Round 5: MixedBag 3.0
QM: Anirban

Q1
Originated in Pune this popular dessert drink is
named after a historical character X who was
the daughter of Maharaja Chhatrasal & Ruhaani
Bai Begum.This dish resembled a lot like
Mango Falooda,has different kinds like
Sitaphal,Pineapple,Vanilla ,Orange and
Rose,Pista, Chocolate,Mango etc. One famous
legend is, that X was so beautiful, that when
she would chew a paan (stuffed betel leaf), the
red juice from the pan would be seen going
down her throat in a streak.This dish perfectly
looked like that.

Q1
In 1728, Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash invaded
Chhatrasal's kingdom, defeated him and besieged his
capital.X sought help from Y to intervene.
Later,Y defeated Bangash at Jaitpur near Kulpahar in
present UP. In gratitude, Chattrasal gave Y the hand of
his daughter X and also dominion over Jhansi, Sagar
and Kalpi - amounting to a third of his kingdom. After
marriage, he also gifted Y with 33 lakh gold coins and
a gold mine.
I'd Y...

A1
Mastani

Q2
After a long struggle,he successfully established himse
lf in Bengali film industry when his film X was release
d in 1987 in theater and ran for 75 weeks.After that,he
was selected among 345 actors for the lead role in the
blockbuster Hindi film Y which he had rejected as he g
ot so many offers from Tollywood.Second reason for re
jection of that film was his love towards Bengali Film I
ndustry.He tried then to prove himself as a actor to re
move the Nepotism tag.
Later,he also rejected the film Sajaan.
I'd him, also X & Y .

A2
Prasenjit Chatterjee
X- Amar Sangi, Y-Maine Pyar Kiya

Q3
This Civil Servant stood 1st in ICS Examination
in 1905.He served in various districts of Arrah,
Hooghly, Pabna, Bogra, Jessore, Faridpur,
Comilla, Dacca, Barisal, Khulna, Birbhum,
Bankura, Howrah and Mymensingh, before
coming to Calcutta.
According to R.N.Tagore,in 1920 without
him(then he was posted as DM there)the
development works of Viswa Bharati wouldn't
have been taken place.He also started
Bangalakshmi magazine in 1925 & Gramer
Daak Magazine in 1929 that dealt with agrarian
and rural matters of concern.

Q3
In 1929,he refused to lathi charge as a magistrate and also denied
firing order against the agitators who opposed the salt act under
the leadership of M.K.Gandhi and ultimately as a matter of fact
was transferred from Mymensing to the less important district of
Birbhum by telegraphic order.
In 1930, he discovered the Raibeshe folk dance, a martial dance of
undivided Bengal,in Birbhum.
He revived the Jaari dance, being inspired by the secular nature of
the dance and its spirit of unifying both Hindus and Muslims, at a
time when communal tensions were running high.
I'd him & for what major contribution in the field of social &
spiritual improvement he was famous for ???

A3
Bratachari & Gurusaday Dutta

Q4
Achint Thakkar, a graduate from Mithibai
College,Mumbai is a composer & guitarist.He
started his musical journey with the band
Rosemary.After it was disbanded in 2011,he
released his first solo album Shalimar in 2015
& subsequently Achint & The Khan Brothers in
2018.He worked with composer Mikey
McCleary in the "Four More Shots Please"
webseries.Jai Mehta,his college friend offered
him to work as a composer for his upcoming
project.He created something which
surprisingly leads him to a social media
sensation.
Id his creation...

A4
Answer (video)
The Scam 1992: Harshad Mehta Story
Background Music

Q5
Connect..

A5
‘Desh’
DeshPriyo, DeshRatna, DeshPran,
DeshBandhu, DeshNayak...

Q6
'Kailashpati' is a farmhouse located in Ring Road at Sembo village,
somewhere in India .Strawberries, watermelons,cabbage,tomatoes,
broccoli, peas, hock and papaya are extensively cultivated in about
10 acres of the 43-acre farm house by organic farming process.
It includes a gymnasium, a swimming pool, a huge lawn and a beau
tifully landscaped garden.Even the state Agriculture Department of
that state has taken the responsibility of sending the vegetables ab
road specially in Dubai. You can find over 2000 variety of Kadaknat
h chicken(GI Tag) meat which is famous for its delicious taste & 72
cows in dairy, which are of Sahiwal breed of France.
In upcoming days, you will find cows of Denmark based breed also.
My question is,who is the owner of this farmhouse?

Q6

A6
Thala

Round 6: Long Visual Connect
QM: Sabyasachi

Q
+80
-40

Q
+70
-35

Q
+60
-30

Q
+50
-25

Q
+40
-20

Q
+30
-15

Q
+20
-10

Q
+10

A
Pankaj Tripathi
as manager
PR Maan Singh
Boman Irani
as
Farookh Engineer
Chirag Patil
as
Sandeep Patil
Harrdy Sandhu
As
Madan Lal
Tahir Raj Bhasin
As
Sunil Gavaskar
Saqib Salem
as
Mohinder Amarnath
Deepika Padukone
As
Romi Dev
Ranveer Singh
As
Kapil Dev

A

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