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THE GENERAL QUIZFinalsVikram Joshi 120316
THE SCHEME OF THINGS TODAYhellip
bull 2 rounds 20 questions eachbull Infinite bounce system (+10)bull Part points at QM discretionbull 1 differential scoring written round 5 questionsbull 1 challenge a team round 8 questionsbull The QMrsquos decision is final when it comes to acceptable answers
bull Good luck
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Q1The cuisine of the Veneto region in northern Italy is very different due to itrsquos reliance on unusual choices in meat vegetables and fish
Vicenza the fourth largest city in the Veneto was an extremely poor city post World War 2 because of both Allied bombing as well as German destruction of the cityrsquos industry
Their cuisine reflected this poverty ndash leading the inhabitants to be called (in the Venetian dialect) magnagati
What does magnagati translate to
A1Cat Eaters
Mangiagatti in Italian
Q2In the late 1960rsquos when Coca Cola wanted to make a splash when they relaunched their brand in Italy the hit upon an innovative (and to all extents iconic) way of advertising the brand
They targeted St Markrsquos Square in Venice and clicked an aerial picture of the Coca Cola logo there for PR purposes
It only cost the ad executives 62000 lire (around $100 then)
How did they use the unique Venetian ldquofeaturesrdquo of St Marks Square to their advantage
A2They spread birdseed on the ground in the form of the Coca Colalogo ndash and the pigeonsthat infest the square did the rest
Q3When caucuses for the Presidential race were held in Kansas recently on Saturday March 5 2016 one group of voters was left out by the rules of the caucus insisting on physical presence at distant caucus venues at 1130am
They were all American citizens ndash and when they brought this to the notice of the 2 parties the Republicans immediately changed some rules to make it possible for them to vote ndash but the Democrats refused (some say because the numbers were so small as to make the effort needed futile)
Which group of voters was this
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
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1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
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Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
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PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
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TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
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NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
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THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
THE SCHEME OF THINGS TODAYhellip
bull 2 rounds 20 questions eachbull Infinite bounce system (+10)bull Part points at QM discretionbull 1 differential scoring written round 5 questionsbull 1 challenge a team round 8 questionsbull The QMrsquos decision is final when it comes to acceptable answers
bull Good luck
CLOCKWISE
Q1The cuisine of the Veneto region in northern Italy is very different due to itrsquos reliance on unusual choices in meat vegetables and fish
Vicenza the fourth largest city in the Veneto was an extremely poor city post World War 2 because of both Allied bombing as well as German destruction of the cityrsquos industry
Their cuisine reflected this poverty ndash leading the inhabitants to be called (in the Venetian dialect) magnagati
What does magnagati translate to
A1Cat Eaters
Mangiagatti in Italian
Q2In the late 1960rsquos when Coca Cola wanted to make a splash when they relaunched their brand in Italy the hit upon an innovative (and to all extents iconic) way of advertising the brand
They targeted St Markrsquos Square in Venice and clicked an aerial picture of the Coca Cola logo there for PR purposes
It only cost the ad executives 62000 lire (around $100 then)
How did they use the unique Venetian ldquofeaturesrdquo of St Marks Square to their advantage
A2They spread birdseed on the ground in the form of the Coca Colalogo ndash and the pigeonsthat infest the square did the rest
Q3When caucuses for the Presidential race were held in Kansas recently on Saturday March 5 2016 one group of voters was left out by the rules of the caucus insisting on physical presence at distant caucus venues at 1130am
They were all American citizens ndash and when they brought this to the notice of the 2 parties the Republicans immediately changed some rules to make it possible for them to vote ndash but the Democrats refused (some say because the numbers were so small as to make the effort needed futile)
Which group of voters was this
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
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D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
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Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
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PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
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NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
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THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1The cuisine of the Veneto region in northern Italy is very different due to itrsquos reliance on unusual choices in meat vegetables and fish
Vicenza the fourth largest city in the Veneto was an extremely poor city post World War 2 because of both Allied bombing as well as German destruction of the cityrsquos industry
Their cuisine reflected this poverty ndash leading the inhabitants to be called (in the Venetian dialect) magnagati
What does magnagati translate to
A1Cat Eaters
Mangiagatti in Italian
Q2In the late 1960rsquos when Coca Cola wanted to make a splash when they relaunched their brand in Italy the hit upon an innovative (and to all extents iconic) way of advertising the brand
They targeted St Markrsquos Square in Venice and clicked an aerial picture of the Coca Cola logo there for PR purposes
It only cost the ad executives 62000 lire (around $100 then)
How did they use the unique Venetian ldquofeaturesrdquo of St Marks Square to their advantage
A2They spread birdseed on the ground in the form of the Coca Colalogo ndash and the pigeonsthat infest the square did the rest
Q3When caucuses for the Presidential race were held in Kansas recently on Saturday March 5 2016 one group of voters was left out by the rules of the caucus insisting on physical presence at distant caucus venues at 1130am
They were all American citizens ndash and when they brought this to the notice of the 2 parties the Republicans immediately changed some rules to make it possible for them to vote ndash but the Democrats refused (some say because the numbers were so small as to make the effort needed futile)
Which group of voters was this
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
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D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
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Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
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PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
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NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q1The cuisine of the Veneto region in northern Italy is very different due to itrsquos reliance on unusual choices in meat vegetables and fish
Vicenza the fourth largest city in the Veneto was an extremely poor city post World War 2 because of both Allied bombing as well as German destruction of the cityrsquos industry
Their cuisine reflected this poverty ndash leading the inhabitants to be called (in the Venetian dialect) magnagati
What does magnagati translate to
A1Cat Eaters
Mangiagatti in Italian
Q2In the late 1960rsquos when Coca Cola wanted to make a splash when they relaunched their brand in Italy the hit upon an innovative (and to all extents iconic) way of advertising the brand
They targeted St Markrsquos Square in Venice and clicked an aerial picture of the Coca Cola logo there for PR purposes
It only cost the ad executives 62000 lire (around $100 then)
How did they use the unique Venetian ldquofeaturesrdquo of St Marks Square to their advantage
A2They spread birdseed on the ground in the form of the Coca Colalogo ndash and the pigeonsthat infest the square did the rest
Q3When caucuses for the Presidential race were held in Kansas recently on Saturday March 5 2016 one group of voters was left out by the rules of the caucus insisting on physical presence at distant caucus venues at 1130am
They were all American citizens ndash and when they brought this to the notice of the 2 parties the Republicans immediately changed some rules to make it possible for them to vote ndash but the Democrats refused (some say because the numbers were so small as to make the effort needed futile)
Which group of voters was this
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
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D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
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Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
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PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
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TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
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NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A1Cat Eaters
Mangiagatti in Italian
Q2In the late 1960rsquos when Coca Cola wanted to make a splash when they relaunched their brand in Italy the hit upon an innovative (and to all extents iconic) way of advertising the brand
They targeted St Markrsquos Square in Venice and clicked an aerial picture of the Coca Cola logo there for PR purposes
It only cost the ad executives 62000 lire (around $100 then)
How did they use the unique Venetian ldquofeaturesrdquo of St Marks Square to their advantage
A2They spread birdseed on the ground in the form of the Coca Colalogo ndash and the pigeonsthat infest the square did the rest
Q3When caucuses for the Presidential race were held in Kansas recently on Saturday March 5 2016 one group of voters was left out by the rules of the caucus insisting on physical presence at distant caucus venues at 1130am
They were all American citizens ndash and when they brought this to the notice of the 2 parties the Republicans immediately changed some rules to make it possible for them to vote ndash but the Democrats refused (some say because the numbers were so small as to make the effort needed futile)
Which group of voters was this
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
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PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
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NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Slide 65
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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A21
Q22
Slide 84
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Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
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Slide 94
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Slide 139
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Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q2In the late 1960rsquos when Coca Cola wanted to make a splash when they relaunched their brand in Italy the hit upon an innovative (and to all extents iconic) way of advertising the brand
They targeted St Markrsquos Square in Venice and clicked an aerial picture of the Coca Cola logo there for PR purposes
It only cost the ad executives 62000 lire (around $100 then)
How did they use the unique Venetian ldquofeaturesrdquo of St Marks Square to their advantage
A2They spread birdseed on the ground in the form of the Coca Colalogo ndash and the pigeonsthat infest the square did the rest
Q3When caucuses for the Presidential race were held in Kansas recently on Saturday March 5 2016 one group of voters was left out by the rules of the caucus insisting on physical presence at distant caucus venues at 1130am
They were all American citizens ndash and when they brought this to the notice of the 2 parties the Republicans immediately changed some rules to make it possible for them to vote ndash but the Democrats refused (some say because the numbers were so small as to make the effort needed futile)
Which group of voters was this
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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35970726
A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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42056942
A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
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PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
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TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
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NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A2They spread birdseed on the ground in the form of the Coca Colalogo ndash and the pigeonsthat infest the square did the rest
Q3When caucuses for the Presidential race were held in Kansas recently on Saturday March 5 2016 one group of voters was left out by the rules of the caucus insisting on physical presence at distant caucus venues at 1130am
They were all American citizens ndash and when they brought this to the notice of the 2 parties the Republicans immediately changed some rules to make it possible for them to vote ndash but the Democrats refused (some say because the numbers were so small as to make the effort needed futile)
Which group of voters was this
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
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1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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Slide 76
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q3When caucuses for the Presidential race were held in Kansas recently on Saturday March 5 2016 one group of voters was left out by the rules of the caucus insisting on physical presence at distant caucus venues at 1130am
They were all American citizens ndash and when they brought this to the notice of the 2 parties the Republicans immediately changed some rules to make it possible for them to vote ndash but the Democrats refused (some say because the numbers were so small as to make the effort needed futile)
Which group of voters was this
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
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D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
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Q22
Slide 84
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Slide 90
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A3Orthodox Jewish voters
Forbidden from driving or participating in most tasks on the Sabbath
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
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1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
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PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
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NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
SCORING
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q4Identify the actress in the movie Izzat opposite Dharmendra
Also identify the singer of the song you hear
(5 points each)
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35970726
A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
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1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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Slide 73
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Slide 76
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A4Jayalalithaa
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
>
>
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34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
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PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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Slide 73
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Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Slide 84
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q5The Savoy-led army entered Rome in September 1870 overthrew the Pope and took over the Papal States ndash leading to the Unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II
However a group of aristocrats called the Black Nobility protested strongly and refused to accept this
In 1929 with the signing of the Lateran treaty some of their privileges were restored ndash including the right to special license plates
Why were they called the Black Nobility
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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42056942
A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
SCORING
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Slide 73
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Slide 76
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
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Slide 84
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A5They mourned the loss of the Pope as their King and so they draped their windows in black barricaded themselves in their palaces and had daily requiem masses sung for the death of the Papacy
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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Slide 73
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ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q6Henry VIII was extremely depressed after the death of his third wife Jane Seymour post childbirth To distract him his advisors got him to design a new Renaissance palace for himself in Surrey ndash which he soon became obsessed with It ended up being the most palatial of his properties - designed to be a celebration of the power and the grandeur of the Tudor dynasty costing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds to buildHenry named it __________ - its name a boast that there was no palace elsewhere equal to it in magnificenceThe palace does not exist todayWhat was itrsquos name
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
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D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
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A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
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Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
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Slide 133
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Q38
Slide 139
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Q39
Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A6Nonsuch Palace
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
>
Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
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Slide 94
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Slide 97
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Slide 100
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Slide 142
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Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q7A study conducted by scientists at Londons Queen Mary University claims (March 2016) to have discovered something by using geographic profiling a technique used to catch serial criminals The scientists looked for a correlation between 140 confirmed spots in London and Bristol and 10 commonly touted names The main hotspots included a pub a playing field a residential address in Bristol and three addresses in LondonAfter cross-referencing the hotspots with publicly accessible information on the list of 10 names the researchers found that each of the hotspots were places lived in or frequented by one of themWhat did they discover
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
>
null
42056942
A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
>
Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
>
>
null
34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
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SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
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1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Slide 65
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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D3
Slide 73
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Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q22
Slide 84
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Slide 87
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Slide 90
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A7The anonymous graffiti artist Banksyrsquos identity as Robin Gunningham
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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42056942
A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q22
Slide 84
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Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
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Slide 94
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Slide 142
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Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q8From a book recently released on the Vietnam War this photograph shows a group of Viet Cong village political activists meeting deep in a mangrove forest in the Mekong Delta
Why are they dressed in this unusual manner which was a required part of their uniform during the War
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
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Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
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Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q22
Slide 84
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Slide 90
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Q40
Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A8They had to wear masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation
This way no one could betray the group
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
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42056942
A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
>
Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
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A3
Q4
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Q5
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Slide 20
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A6
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Slide 24
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Slide 27
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Slide 31
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Slide 34
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Slide 37
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Slide 40
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Slide 43
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A13
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Slide 47
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Slide 50
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Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
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Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q9This slow courtly dance style is characterized by movement from side to side while looking into the partnerrsquos eyes There is no touching allowed ndash and dancers stand in two lines facing each otherThe only touching permitted is when the woman grabs the handkerchief being waved at her by her male partner The men wear formal western wear while the women wear pano-bazu (a maroon velvet full sleeved blouse with a white silk veil and a velvet long skirt with Chinese lace and embroidery with an ostrich feather fan and East African tortoiseshell combs)
Identify this dance You hear the music here
>
null
42056942
A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
>
Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
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1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Slide 65
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
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Slide 73
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D5
Slide 76
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q22
Slide 84
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Slide 87
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Slide 90
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A9Mando from Goa
Danced by the Brahmin Catholic community
>
Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
>
>
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34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Slide 65
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
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D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q22
Slide 84
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Slide 87
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Slide 90
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Slide 139
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Slide 142
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Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q10The Australian coat of arms features a Kangaroo and an Emu Apart from the fact that they are native Australiananimals they are often mentioned asbeing chosen for another reason which reflects the motto of the country This has recently been disproved
What would that be
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A10The Aussie motto is ldquoAdvance Australiardquo
When selected these animals were believed to be able to only walk forwards and not backwards ndash this has been disproved as very rarely they have been seen to move backwards for a few steps
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
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D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
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Slide 56
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Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
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Slide 94
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Slide 97
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Slide 100
Slide 101
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Slide 105
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Slide 108
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Slide 111
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Slide 115
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Slide 118
Slide 119
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Slide 122
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Slide 127
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Slide 130
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Slide 133
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Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q11Six hundred guests dined over five and a half hours thus making for the longest and most lavish official banquet in modern history as recorded in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records Among the dishes (catered by Maximrsquos of Paris) were 50 roast peacocks with restored tail feathers stuffed with foie gras accompanied by roast quails and a nut and truffle salad This dish was specially designed by the host to boast about his heritage
The only official Indian guest here (out of 600 other guests) was President VVGiriWhat occasion was this ndash and where
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
>
>
null
34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Slide 65
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
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D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q22
Slide 84
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Slide 87
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Slide 90
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Slide 142
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Slide 145
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A11The banquet to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Monarchy hosted by the Shah and Shahbano of Iran in 1971 in Persepolis
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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Slide 73
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Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q12During a national crisis she chose a wardrobe designed to help raise morale and keep the people going Every day she wore a turban ndash as a tribute to the women making munitions and working with dangerous machinery factories who had to wear turbans for safety reasons She also chose bright colours - particularly flame red - and striking fake leopard skin coats specifically to denote confidence and optimism Her top-button coats became so well-known and so widely copied they were colloquially known into the 1960s as _____________sThe lack of hot water led her to wash her hair in benzene (despite the fire risk) to make it as shiny as possible Artfully applied cosmetics would hide dark shadows from lack of sleep from the nightly stressWho was this woman who realized the value of fashion as propaganda
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
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A3
Q4
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Slide 20
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A6
Q7
Slide 24
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Slide 27
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Slide 31
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Q10
Slide 34
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Slide 37
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Slide 40
A12
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Slide 43
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Q14
Slide 47
A14
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Slide 50
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Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
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A21
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Q38
Slide 139
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Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A12Clementine Churchill
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
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Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
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Slide 94
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Slide 97
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Slide 100
Slide 101
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Slide 127
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Slide 139
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Q39
Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q13The lsquoLandsker linersquo is an imaginary border in the UK that isolates a small portion of Wales from the rest of it The smaller part is derisively known as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo
The Landsker line in the middle ages moved far north during war ndash and back to the south during peace
The image shows the Landsker line as seen in the year 1901 ndash today it has moved far to the north inspite of efforts to keep it stationary
What is the Landsker line demarcating
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
>
>
null
34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
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ANTI CLOCKWISE
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CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A13The Landsker line is primarily a language barrier It divides Wales into English speaking and Welsh speaking regions The region referred to as lsquoLittle England beyond Walesrsquo consist of people of Wales who have chosen to adhere to English rather than speaking Welsh
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q14This French origin star got his break in Hollywood in the 1920s He was nicknamed the ldquomortgage lifterrdquo as the success of his film with Claire Adams ldquoWhere the North Beginsrdquo saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy and liquidation
A popular urban legend around him is that he won the most number of votes for Best Actor at the 1st Academy awards in 1929 ndash but forces from a rival studio got the rules changed in order to let Emil Jannings win
Who was this star and what rule was changed (allegedly)
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
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34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
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A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
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Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
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Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
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Slide 94
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Slide 97
A26
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Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
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Slide 105
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Q29
Slide 108
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Slide 111
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Slide 114
Slide 115
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Slide 118
Slide 119
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Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
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Slide 130
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Slide 133
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Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A14Rin Tin Tin
The rule was allegedly changed to allowing only humans to win Best Actor Academy awards
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
>
>
null
34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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Slide 73
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Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Slide 90
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Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q15Connect the two clips with a ldquostoryrdquo
>
>
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34690792
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A15Schindlerrsquos list ended with a rendition of the song ldquoYerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)rdquo by Naomi Scherner
Audiences in Israel were amused as the song was only written as a folk song in 1967
The song was then replaced by ldquoEli Elirdquo ndash a song written by a Hungarian-Jewish girl shot by the Gestapo in 1943
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
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Slide 11
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Slide 14
A4
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Slide 20
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A6
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Slide 24
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Q8
Slide 27
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Slide 31
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Q10
Slide 34
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Slide 37
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Slide 40
A12
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Slide 43
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A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q16After being named the new face of Louis Vuittonrsquos womenswear line Xrsquos father was asked to comment on the choiceHe said ldquoYou know theres a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage You gotta get out on the edge you have to try things you have to be comfortable doing things that people dont agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail He added And X is 100 percent fearless X will do anything you know So as a parent its scary its really terrifying but X is completely willing to live and die by artistic decisions and X isnrsquot concerned with what people thinkrdquo
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q22
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Q40
Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A17Cities that were originally known as Alexandria Alexandria in Aria or Alexandria Ariana - Herat Alexandria Bucephalous ndashGujrat Alexandria on the Caucasus ndash Bagram Alexandria Arachosia ndash Kandahar Alexandria on the Indus ndash Uch Alexandria on the Oxus ndash Ai Khanoum Alexandria Eschate ndash Khujand Alexandria in Margiana ndash Merv now called Mary
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
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Slide 17
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Slide 20
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Slide 27
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Slide 34
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Slide 59
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Slide 62
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Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
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Slide 136
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Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q18The author chose the name X of a principal character in his award winning book from Edgar Allan Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket In Poes book X is a mutineer who is cannibalized by his ships crew However as the author discovered X is the recurring name of sailors who have died in shipwrecks andor been cannibalized at sea In the authors words - ldquoSo many victimized Xs had to mean somethingrdquo
Which book and who is X
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
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Slide 94
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Slide 97
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Slide 100
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Slide 105
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Slide 111
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Slide 118
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Slide 136
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Slide 139
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Slide 142
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Slide 145
Slide 146
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A18The Life of Pi
Richard Parker
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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D3
Slide 73
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ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q19When King Herod the Great of Judea decided to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem the High Priest pointed out that entering the Inner Courts of the temple and the Holy of Holies were sacrilege to any ordinary ritually impure Israelite or Gentile
Herod then took a year off from the building plan to put into motion an idea he had both to avoid sacrilege as well as to make sure Israelites still had full access to the non-stop daily sacrifices at the temple
What did he do
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
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85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
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A3
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Slide 24
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Slide 59
A18
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Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
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Slide 94
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Slide 97
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Slide 100
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Slide 105
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Slide 118
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Slide 122
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Slide 133
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Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A19Herod had 1000 temple priests trained as masons carpenters and builders so that they could rebuild the entire interior of the Temple without involving profane hands
At the same time sacrifices could continue non-stop as well as they could also double-time as priests
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
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D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Slide 90
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q20This school was founded by Richard Bourke Viceroy of India (1869-1872) with the intention that it should be the Eton of India Its coat of arms includes the following ndash a shield with the Panch Rang ndash five sacred colours the arms of the founder and a fort This shield is supported by a Bhil archer and an armed warrior A khanda is above a peacock is perched on it The motto is the English translation of Fiat Lux This school has many distinguished alumni including two Sultans of Oman Which school
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
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Slide 20
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Slide 27
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Slide 62
A19
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Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
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Slide 90
Slide 91
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Slide 100
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Slide 115
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Slide 118
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Slide 122
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A33
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Slide 127
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A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
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Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A20Mayo College Ajmer
Richard Bourke was Lord Mayo
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
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A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
SCORING7-8 teams right ndash 0 points for each
5-6 teams right ndash 2 points for each
3-4 teams right ndash 5 points for each
2 teams right ndash 7 points each
1 team right ndash 10 points
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
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Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
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Slide 90
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Slide 133
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Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
D1In which city would you find the following statuemonument
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
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Q2
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
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Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
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Slide 94
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Q38
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Q39
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
D2What is so special about the Hollywood talkie ldquoAn Alpine Romancerdquo produced by Universal Pictures Corp released in India on December 22 1928
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
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A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
D3Connect the following Non-exhaustive (51 in all)
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
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A3
Q4
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Slide 90
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Q40
Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
D4Michael Faraday has been credited with most discoveries pertaining to Electromagnetism In reality he worked on the theories propounded by the Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz
The scientific community therefore decided to do something additional to honor Lenzrsquo contribution as he had already been honoured by naming 2 laws after him
What did they do
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
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Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
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Slide 24
A7
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Slide 27
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A8
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Slide 31
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Slide 34
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A11
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Slide 40
A12
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A13
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Slide 47
A14
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Slide 50
A15
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Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
D5He was first created as a villain to The Green Arrow but he spilled into the Batman universe much later (after the creation of the popular Batman and Robin TV show) because of the similarities between his profile and a curious feature that was employed for the first time in the aforementioned TV Show
Name the villain
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
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Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
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Slide 94
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Slide 139
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Q39
Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
ANSWERSD1 Baghdad
D2 First movie to be censored by Indian authorities
D3 The infamous Time magazine Devilrsquos Horns covers
D4 The L symbol for Inductance
D5 Onomatopoeia
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
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A5
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A6
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Q17
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Q18
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Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
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Q25
Slide 94
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Slide 97
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Q27
Slide 100
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Slide 105
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Q30
Slide 111
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Slide 114
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Q32
Slide 118
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Slide 136
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Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q21Depicted in the Greek style this man is shown seated dressed in a toga with one arm raised and pointing to the sky The other holds a sheathed sword the point of which is facing him This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people to keep or remove him
Though not his most famous depiction as a Greek it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History
Name him
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A21George Washington
Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
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A4
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Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
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Q25
Slide 94
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Slide 97
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Q27
Slide 100
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Slide 105
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Slide 111
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Slide 114
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Q32
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Q38
Slide 139
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Q39
Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q22There is only one bank open in the entire country of France on July 14th every year (Bastille Day)
This is due to not wanting certain people involved in an event from any inconvenience
Which bank is this Or who does it service
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A22The travelling bank with the Tour de France
ndash Credit Lyonnais (now owned by Credit Agricole)
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q40
Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q23X declared its independence from Britain on the 4th of May 1776 It acquired its name from the combination of the two main colonies that made up its territory The main colony got its name from explorer da Verrazanorsquos impression that the vegetation reminded him of a Greek island
In November 2010 a referendum was held to determine whether the name X should be retained or shortened to dispel misunderstandings about Xs support for slavery 78 of the population voted against and the original name remains
What is X the original (and current) name
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
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Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A23The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
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Slide 65
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Slide 84
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Slide 90
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Q40
Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q24Once found at regular intervals (every 8 miles) between Calcutta and Benares ndash today they are only found in rural West Bengal ndash with the rest having being mined for bricks or collapsed into ruin
These 70 feet towers were built by the British for a particular reason in 1816-1830 However the introduction of something into India from England in 1854 led to these towers being obsolete
What was the use of these towers
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A24Semaphore towers using mirrors and a telescope to send signals
With the introduction of the telegraph this scheme was abandoned
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
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D3
Slide 73
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D5
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ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
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Slide 90
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Slide 145
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A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q25The India Office in London possesses a diary with the entry for 25 November 1676 noting It was thought fit to set up _______ __________s for all such English in the Companys Service as belong to their Sloopes amp Vessellsrdquo The ________ __________rsquos as we know them were first erected in the 1840s and provided cheap refuge for the British Lockwood Kipling described them as about as handsome as a stack of hay and forming a kind of ldquoirreducible minimum of accommodationrdquo and one of the ldquohazards of upcountry liferdquo
FITB each of these was officially located 12-15 miles from the other on all major routes specifically in North India
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
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Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
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Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
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Slide 31
A9
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Slide 34
A10
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Slide 37
A11
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Slide 40
A12
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A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
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Slide 50
A15
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Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
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A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
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A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A25Dak Bungalows
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
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Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
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Slide 40
A12
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Slide 43
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A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
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A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
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Slide 97
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Slide 100
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A27
Q28
Slide 105
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Slide 108
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Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
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A31
Q32
Slide 118
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Slide 122
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A33
Q34
Slide 127
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Slide 130
A35
Q36
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Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q26Watch this entertaining clip
Who played the role of Miss Casswell
What term originated in the description of Miss Casswell (as an attractive woman escorted by a man with whom she need not have any relationship) in the Chicago Tribune of 21 August 1992 by the journalist Marcia Coburn
>
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A26Marilyn Monroe in All About Eve
The apt term used to describe her was arm candy
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q27Lady Gaga is the current face for the Japanese beauty brand Shiseidorsquos 2015 ad campaign The campaign features some 50 different photographs of her
What is remarkable about the photo series
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
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Slide 20
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A6
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Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
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A8
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A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
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A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
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A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
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Slide 50
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Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
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Q29
Slide 108
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Q30
Slide 111
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Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
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Q32
Slide 118
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Q33
Slide 122
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A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
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Q36
Slide 133
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Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A27All selfies from her Instagram account
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q28Before X and Y began their participation in a certain event they were required to go through makeup X refused the offer in the earshot of Y ndash who then followed saying as a man he had no need of makeup
Meanwhile X snuck off into the air conditioned make up room and submitted to using Max Factor makeup and stayed there till 5 minutes before the event began Oblivious Y instead spent his time walking around meeting his friends and talking to the audience
Who were X and Y ndash and what was this the story behind
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
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Slide 34
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Q17
Slide 56
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Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
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A27
Q28
Slide 105
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Q29
Slide 108
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Q30
Slide 111
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Q32
Slide 118
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Slide 127
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Slide 136
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Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A28John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon
The TV debate between the two was won by Kennedy as audiences found him looking fresh relaxed and young ndash while Nixon looked haggard and tired
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q29How Long Is the Coast of Britain Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension is a paper by X first published in Science in 1967 The paper examines the coastline paradox the propertythat the measured length of a stretch of coastline depends on the scale of measurement Empirical evidence suggests that the smaller the increment of measurement the longer the measured length becomes Who was Xwhat term did he come up with to solve this
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A29Benoit Mandelbrot
Fractal
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
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A13
Q14
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Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
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Q29
Slide 108
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Q30
Slide 111
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Q31
Slide 114
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Q32
Slide 118
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Q33
Slide 122
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A33
Q34
Slide 127
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Q35
Slide 130
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Q36
Slide 133
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Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q30It began with ldquoPrince of Hastinapur is named Bhisma after he gives up sex amp inheritance so that his father can marry an ambitious fisherwomanrdquoContinued with ldquoOrphaned Pandavs return to palace with Kunti and raised alongside resentful Kauravs Bhisma appoints Drona as joint tutorrdquoand ended with ldquoYudhishtir finds Kauravs in paradise He is furious until he realises as long as he clings to rage heaven can never be hisrdquo
What project comprising three dozen units was thisWhich eminent personality undertook it in 2014
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A30
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
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A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
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Q22
Slide 84
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Q23
Slide 87
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Q24
Slide 90
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Slide 145
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Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q31The art style on the next slide is called gyo-taku and originated in 19th century Japan Today it is rare to find and only a few artists in Japan and Hawairsquoi carry out this techniqueIt uses a non toxic sumi-e ink which is commonly used in writing and painting and is easily wiped off
This basic technique developed to overcome a certain deficiency in then technology backwardness ndash later on n the 20th century it became purely ornamental
What were gyo-taku used for
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
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Q14
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A14
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A15
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A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A31Gyo-taku or ldquofish rubbingrdquo were used to keep a record of fish caught by sports fishermen ndash in the days before video and camera proof
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q32This is Benjamin Wests painting of two groups of people on September 3 1783We can see the Americans - John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin
What event was he trying to capture (need name of event)The painting was clearly not completed - Why
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
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Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
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Slide 94
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Slide 97
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Slide 136
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Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A32The Treaty of Paris giving independence to the USA by the British
The British delegation was so upset at being sat with the Americans they refused to pose for the painting and walked off
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
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Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
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Q13
Slide 43
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A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q33One of the last divided cities in the world this city is divided by more than 100 ldquopeace wallsrdquo extending up to 18 feet in height with moats and with broken glass and barbed wire on topMost of them hermetically seal off entire areas in the city ndash with the rare solitary gate being opened only at specific times of the day ndash and with the agreement of all parties involved only
The peace walls started going up in the early 1970s and ironically increased in number following a 1998 agreement between all sides
Which city is this
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A33Belfast
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
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Slide 62
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Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
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Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
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Q30
Slide 111
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Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
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Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
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Slide 122
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Slide 127
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Q38
Slide 139
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Q39
Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q34Delhi only has a community of 250 people ndash out of which nearly 200 are international diplomats
However over 25000 tourists visit a specific building ndash the only one of itrsquos kind in North India every year
Thanks to such low numbers it took over 50 years for a specific event to be held in Delhi in 2012 ndash chances are it will be another 10 years before the next such event
What event was this
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A34The first Indian Jewish wedding (between Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar and Sharon Pinhas Bhalkar) to be held in Delhi since 1962
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q35Jonathan Goldsmith is making his final appearance on television on Thursday evening 10th March 2016
The 77-year-old is shown headed for a one-way trip to Mars leaving the impression that he will never come back He delivers his classic line ldquo________ ________ _______ _______ aboard a rocket ship as the campaigns familiar voiceover states that his only regret is not knowing what regret feels like Before he takes off he bids farewell to characters who have appeared with him over the years
FITB and what am I talking about
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
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Slide 53
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Q17
Slide 56
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Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
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Q26
Slide 97
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Slide 100
Slide 101
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A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
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Q30
Slide 111
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Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
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Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
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Slide 127
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Slide 136
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Q38
Slide 139
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Q39
Slide 142
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Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A35Stay Thirsty My Friends
Dos Equis is retiring his character
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
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A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q36Identify the singer and the writer of this thumri
>
null
85290306
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A36Kundanlal Saigal singing Babul Mora by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
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A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
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A34
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Slide 130
A35
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Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q37The Fundamental Rights are a charter of rights contained in the Constitution of India They guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace amp harmony as citizens of India Articles 14 to 32 of the Indian Constitution deal with these Fundamental Rights
When the Constitution of India was being enacted Article 17 was passed by the Constituent Assembly with cries of ldquoMahatma Gandhi ki jai Mahatma Gandhi ki jairdquo
What specific thing does Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deal with
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
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Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A37
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q38The singer used her own experiences over her 5 tumultuous marriages in her lyrics to her hit song
She used experiences like telling her (then) husband in front of her four year old son that she was leaving him ndash and then trying to shield her son from understanding what was happening
She used a common trick in the song ndash imitating what parents do to shield their children from bad news
Name the singer and what she did in her song
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A38Tammy Wynette (singing DIVORCE)
>
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
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A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q39Shrove Tuesday is the last Tuesday before the season on Lent ndash when Catholics fast for a month to fulfil religious obligations
Like Jews before Passover Catholics empty out the house of rich foods like eggs sugar and milk along with other ldquotemptationsrdquo before they begin the Lenten fast
One way of doing this has given rise to the common name for this Tuesday ndash especially in UK and the white Commonwealth
How is this day better known there
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A39Pancake Tuesday
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Q40Events which give photographers great pleasure in clicking images take place once a year in Japan
Though these events are compulsory no one knows when and where they will happen on any given day ndash only that they will happen once a year
What is happening here
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
A40Zoos have to compulsorily showcase rapid response to animal escapes
To do this they have to test using an employee in furry costume who tests all the responses (corralling tranquilizing capture etc) of the zoo
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
CHALLENGE A TEAM+10 to team if team you pick answers it and you get -5-5 to team if team you pick canrsquot answer and you get +10 if you answer
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
Parliamentary strangeness
Literature
Traditions
Modern Indian History
Textiles
The Vatican
National Film Awards
Famous speeches
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSWhat happenedhad just happened here
>
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
PARLIAMENTARY STRANGENESSJohn Bercow had just been elected Speaker of the House of Commons
According to tradition the newly-elected MP must show extreme reluctance to take up the post and be dragged to the chair by other MPs
BACK
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYBrajesh Singh or Kunwar Brijesh Singh (died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar and his cousin Dinesh Singh was a minister and a prominent Congress politician
In 1963 while recuperating from bronchitis he fell in love with somebody and this led a few years later to an international controversy that led to massive diplomatic embarrassment for India
Who did he meet and what happened
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
MODERN INDIAN HISTORYSvetlana Alliluyeva ndash daughter of Joseph Stalin ndash who came to India to immerse his ashes in the Ganges and then used the chance to defect to the USA
BACK
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
TRADITIONSThe Ramnamis are a small Hindu sect from central India As leather-workers they are on the lowest rung of the caste-system and are considered untouchable Traditionally this status meant that they were prevented from entering Hindu temples along with the other castes
So in an expression of their own proud religious convictions what did the Ramnamis begin to do to show their faith to Ram and prove they had no need of temples to show their devotion
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
TRADITIONSThey began the practice of tattooing the name of Ram all over their faces and bodies ndash including on the tongue and inside the eyelids
BACK
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
LITERATUREThis work by Banabhatta can be claimed as one of the first novels in the world
In fact Kannada and Marathi use the title of this work as a generic term for a romance or a novel
What work whose central thread is that of a romantic attachment (and eventual union) between the hero Chandrapeeda and the heroine who lends her name to the title
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
LITERATUREKadambari
BACK
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
TEXTILESIt contains 15 kg of gold threads and consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14m long and 101 cm wide It is made of 670 kg of pure silk bout 658 sqmeters long
Traditionally embroidery was done manually but now it is aided by computer to improve the speed of finishing
It costs about 45 million dollars and is made once a year only to a fixed design What am I talking about
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
TEXTILESKiswah ndash the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca
BACK
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
FAMOUS SPEECHESIn October 2000 proof that Winston Churchillrsquos most famous radio speeches were not made by him surfaced
They were made by a voice actor Norman Shelley with Churchillrsquos only contribution to the radio speeches being his final approval on the voice
Why was Shelleyrsquos voice broadcast over the radio for Churchillrsquos best self-written speeches ldquoWe shall fight them on the beachesrdquo and ldquoTheir finest hourrdquo
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
FAMOUS SPEECHESBoth speeches were originally delivered by Churchill in the House of Commons which at that time was not wired for sound recording
BACK
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSConnect with a two-time National Film Awardee
>
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
NATIONAL FILM AWARDSDolly Ahluwalia
She won the National Film Award twiceBest Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012)
BACK
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
THE VATICANThe underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith the Pope said One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies
Excerpt from a speech that Pope John Paul II made on Oct 31st 1992 sharing the results of a decades long investigation What was the occasion
THE VATICANThe Vatican acquitted Galileo of charges of blasphemy and finally acknowledged that the world is indeed spherical and not flat
BACK
THANK YOUhellipkonkaniboy on TwitterVikram Joshi on Facebookvikjoshi on Instagram
The General Quiz
The scheme of things todayhellip
CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
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The General Quiz
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CLOCKWISE
Q1
Slide 5
A1
Q2
Slide 8
A2
Q3
Slide 11
A3
Q4
Slide 14
A4
Q5
Slide 17
A5
Q6
Slide 20
Slide 21
A6
Q7
Slide 24
A7
Q8
Slide 27
Slide 28
A8
Q9
Slide 31
A9
Q10
Slide 34
A10
Q11
Slide 37
A11
Q12
Slide 40
A12
Q13
Slide 43
Slide 44
A13
Q14
Slide 47
A14
Q15
Slide 50
A15
Q16
Slide 53
A16
Q17
Slide 56
A17
Q18
Slide 59
A18
Q19
Slide 62
A19
Q20
Slide 65
Slide 66
A20
Differential scoring
SCORING
D1
D2
D3
Slide 73
D4
D5
Slide 76
ANSWERS
ANTI CLOCKWISE
Q21
Slide 80
Slide 81
A21
Q22
Slide 84
A22
Q23
Slide 87
A23
Q24
Slide 90
Slide 91
A24
Q25
Slide 94
A25
Q26
Slide 97
A26
Q27
Slide 100
Slide 101
Slide 102
A27
Q28
Slide 105
A28
Q29
Slide 108
A29
Q30
Slide 111
A30
Q31
Slide 114
Slide 115
A31
Q32
Slide 118
Slide 119
A32
Q33
Slide 122
Slide 123
Slide 124
A33
Q34
Slide 127
A34
Q35
Slide 130
A35
Q36
Slide 133
A36
Q37
Slide 136
A37
Q38
Slide 139
A38
Q39
Slide 142
A39
Q40
Slide 145
Slide 146
Slide 147
Slide 148
A40
CHALLENGE A TEAM
Slide 151
Parliamentary strangeness
Slide 153
Parliamentary strangeness (2)
Modern indian history
Slide 156
Slide 157
Modern indian history (2)
traditions
Slide 160
traditions (2)
literature
Slide 163
literature (2)
textiles
Slide 166
textiles (2)
Famous speeches
Slide 169
Famous speeches (2)
National film awards
Slide 172
National film awards (2)
The vatican
Slide 175
The vatican (2)
THANK YOUhellip
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