REVELS'17, MIT MANIPAL, INDIA QUIZ, FINALS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 SANDEEP RAO (MIT)
LOKESH KAZA (NALSAR)
ADITYA BALAJI (MIT)
ABHISHEK BATNI (MIT)

FINALS BREAKDOWN
 5 ROUNDS
CLOCKWISE DRIES :16 QUESTIONS
WRITTEN ROUND: 6 QUESTIONS
ANTICLOCKWISE DRIES :12 QUESTIONS

Clockwise Dries
+10/-10 on the pounce
No negatives on direct
Question moves on to the next team if no teams answer on
the bounce

1.
These particular set of notes were removed from legal tender in the
year 1953 and was enforced in the year 1955. Unfortunately a lot of
these notes remained in circulation for a while with great discomfort
to the ruling government. What led to the demonetization, however
was a certain event that took place in the late 40's, that was
described as a "police action" yet had the Indian Armed Forces
involved.
Give Funda

Nizam’s currency in Hyderabad

2.
In 2014, netizens of the country poured in with logo and
name suggestions (Pics on the next slide) on the Indian
Government website, mygov.in.
What was this in response to?

The Planning Commision being replaced.
(By NITI AYOG)

3.
The sportsperson seen here
was recently part of an
infamous gimmick in India.
Which gimmick?

Andriy Stadnik, ‘lost’ a bout of wrestling to
Baba Ramdev

4.
Madhyama vyayoga is a Sanskrit play attributed to Bhāsa, and derived
from Indian mythology. There is no real consensus regarding when the
play was written, and it has been dated variously from 475 BCE to the
11th century CE. The play essentially depicts the painful reunion of a
father with his long estranged son. Madhyama refers to the middle
one: In this case, the middle sibling in a family.
So, which father and son are we talking about?

5.
After school in Nagpur, X studied psychology and linguistics at Nagpur
University in India. In 1985 he got his doctorate in Marathi and a master's in
psychology. He finished university studies and became a professor at Y in
1998.
X suffered from fits at a young age and was advised against marriage. When
considered cured of the condition later in life he was married. The marriage
lasted for nearly 20 years but ended in divorce after a long separation.
He wrote several short stories in the Marathi language. In 2002, he
received the literary award from Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad for "Paya
Khalchi Hirawal"
X’s story came into public consciousness in 2016 but ideally should’ve
received more attention than it did.
X and Y?

Ramchandra Siras, Aligarh Muslim University

6.
• A very popular dish in Tulu Nadu, it is said to have been created by a
group of cooks in the kitchens of Udupi many years ago.
• The dish was a result of making an attempt to dispose a lot of ripe
bananas, which was added to flour. The makers loved it and soon it
became popular in Udupi and Mangalore and made its way to the
darshinis of Bengaluru.
• The dish curiously shares its name with a type of baked item.

7.
India's highest paid consumer product CEO is not a man
known to grace magazine covers. But he is visually
familiar to a vast swathe of the population. The man we
are referring to is, __ year old Dharampal Gulati
The fifth grade school dropout took home more than Rs
21 crore as salary last fiscal, higher than Adi Godrej and
Vivek Gambhir of Godrej Consumer and Sanjiv Mehta of
Hindustan Unilever.
So, where have we seen Dharampal Gulati?

8.
Which recent
Social Media
have these lines
been taken
from?
“Mujh mein Gita ka saar bhi hai
ek Urdu ka akhbaar bhi hai
sau me se 14 hoon lekin
14 yeh kam nahin padte hain
main poorey sau mein basta hoon
poorey sau mujh mein bastey hain’’
“The essence of the Gita is also in me
so is an Urdu newspaper
I’m 14 out of 100 but
these 14 are not few in number
I reside in the entire 100
the entire 100 reside in me.”

‘HINDUSTANI MUSALMAN’-HUSSIAN HAIDRY

9.
This is an excerpt taken from The Telegraph
“Talking about X there is something funny about the place. India’s high
commissioner in London, Jaimini Bhagwati, who remains unbeaten at
tennis, was at X , as was Rajesh Prasad, his deputy until last week and a
demon fast bowler of yesteryear. The Indian ambassador in Paris, Rakesh
Sood, who came across to give Indian journalists a briefing was — ok,
you’ve guessed — also at X.
There does seem to be a X mafia running the Indian foreign service. I now
recall that many of my classmates at St Xavier’s School in Patna went on
to X in Y.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Salman Khurshid, the external affairs minister,
was at X too. However, it was once said you went to X if you couldn’t get
into Presidency College, Calcutta.”
X?

10.
Identify the term,
that has blanked out
by the black box.
Also, give funda.

‘Lady Oriented’, Lipstick Under My Burkha

11.
Excerpt from an article
“Carl Kaufmann made a diving lunge at the finish line, his head crossing the line first.
But it is the torso that counts and Otis Davis, running upright had his body ahead of
Kaufmann. After a suspenseful pause, Davis was ruled the winner. The photo made
further famous after being published in Life Magazine. There were potential
confusion with two athletes in the competition named Malcolm Spence, both
qualifying to the second semifinal. The (one year) younger Malcolm Spence
representing South Africa eventually netted the Bronze medal, while the senior
Malcolm Spence from Jamaica, shortened his name to "Mal" while representing the
British West Indies.”
The analysis of this event also put a widely held myth to rest.
What?

MILKHA SINGH LOOKED BACK IN THE 400m
FINAL

12.
FITB with a term that has
been under discussion in
India and the USA in the
past few months.

13.
The durability of these X is often attributed to the fact that
temperature and humidity remains constant in a Y. The fact that they
have their characteristic colour is due to the fact that these artists
used iron oxides for red ochres and charcoal or manganese oxides for
black.
Which famous site in India is being talked about?

14
X’s marketing skills and strategies have been widely credited for the success of
his novels. To quote,"It’s a fallacy to think that a good book sells itself. I can give
you a long list of books that I think should have been bestsellers but nobody’s
ever heard of them. My management background along with marketing
experience helped me devise effective strategies for promoting my book.“
Before the release of his first book, X printed sample copies of the first chapter
and persuaded bookshops and chains to give them away free to anyone who
approached the cash counter, creating a buzz.
For the promotion of his 2nd book, X created video trailers of film production
quality, complete with visual effects and screened them at multiplexes before
movies such as the Shahrukh Khan starrer Ra.One.
His 3rd book, involved collaborations with major artists for a soundtrack, while
his recently released 4th book involved Youtube trailers. X?

15.
Ittiam Systems is a venture capital funded global technology
company founded by ex-Managing Director of Texas
Instruments' India Srini Rajam in 2001, developing multimedia
solutions for End-to-End Video distribution and delivery,
ranging the complete gamut from content creation to
consumption.
The name "ITTIAM" is derived from the English translation of a
famous quote X by a French mathematician, mathematician
and philosopher.
Give me the English Translation as well as the orginal quote.

“I Think Therefore I am”, “Cogito Ergo Sum”

16)
‘HUNTERS AT DAWN’ are a set
of images created by Robert
Taylor, one of the world’s
premium aviation artists. The
name of this collection,
appropriately enough was the
title of a documentary of a mid
60’s event. This event made it
to celluloid , in the late 90’s in
a huge way.
Which Incident?

INDIAN LITREATURE
 6 Questions in this round.
+10 for each correct answer
Bonus +10 for a full house

1
X is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India. The novel follows
the story of four families over a period of 18 months, and centres on Mrs.
Rupa Mehra's efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter, Lata,
to a “_______ ____". Lata is a 19-year-old university student who refuses to
be influenced by her domineering mother or opinionated brother, Arun. Her
story revolves around the choice she is forced to make between her suitors
Kabir, Haresh, and Amit.
Y is an upcoming novel by ______ ____, which is a sequel to his 1993
book X. The author has has stated that the book will be set in the present,
rather than in 1952 where X finished, and will therefore be what the author
calls a "jump sequel".
X, Y and the author?

2
Which famous work is this the English translation of?
(On the next slide)

• Seeking wine, the drinker leaves home for the tavern.
Perplexed, he asks, "Which path will take me there?"
People show him different ways, but this is what I have to say,
"Pick a path and keep walking. You will find the tavern."
Hark! The wine gurgles and splashes as it falls from the goblet.
Hark! It sounds like the tinkling of bells on the feet of an intoxicated girl.
We have reached there, a few steps are we from the tavern,
Hark! Hear the laughter of the drinkers, as the fragrance of the tavern wafts through the air.
Call it not lava, though it flows red, like a tongue of flame.
Call it not the blistered heart, for it is only foaming wine.
Lost memories serve the wine, that intoxicates with pain.
If you find happiness in suffering, come to my tavern.
He who has burnt all scriptures with his inner fire,
Has broken temples, mosques and churches with carefree abandon,
And has cut the nooses of pandits, mullahs and priests ---
Only he is welcome in my tavern.
Alas, he that with eager lips, has not kissed this wine,
Alas, he that trembling with joy, has not touched a brimming goblet,
He that has not drawn close the coy wine-maiden by her hand,
Has wasted this honey-filled tavern of Life.
THE
TAVERN

3.
_______ 3392AD is a graphic novel that takes place in a dystopian
future, and follows the exploits of the last remaining humans, who are
fighting for survival against the demons that have taken over. The
protagonist of the series is a human prince, X who, along with his
brothers, forms the forefront of the resistance.
After X is exiled and following the death of his father (the Chief
Councillor of Amragarh), his younger brother Y takes charge. To combat
the demons, Y attempts to reconcile with his other brothers, but a
particular seer made him join up with X as a travelling partner. X and Y,
then combine together to bring down the demons.
This is a retelling of a famous story, but without the initial premise of
the original story.
FITB

4.
The Glass Palace is a 2000 historical
novel by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. The novel is set
in _____, Bengal, India, and Malaya, spans a century from
the fall of the Konbaung Dynasty in Mandalay, through
the Second World War to modern times. Focusing mainly
on the early 20th Century, it explores a broad range of
issues, ranging from the changing economic landscape of
_____ and India, to pertinent questions about what
constitutes a nation and how these change as society is
swept along by the tide of modernity.
The name of the novel derives from the Glass Palace
Chronicle, which is an old historical work from _____
commissioned by King Bagyidaw in 1829.
Because of this, Amitav Ghosh was a consultant on which
recent entity?

5.
• The person shown on your right
currently serves as the spokesperson
of the Ministry of External Affairs for
India. Back in early 2009, he was
denied a invite to a event, which
should have been a crowning glory
for his alternate profession.
• Which event are we talking about?

6.
Born as Dhanpat Rai, his uncle used to call him ‘Nawab’. So, that led
him to initially adopt the pen name ‘Nawab Rai’. Initially schooled in a
Madrasa and taught by a maulvi, led him to being an accomplished
writer in Urdu. His switch to Hindi was a result of Urdu not having a lot
of takers in the publishing world.
How do we better know Dhanpat Rai who’s later pen name carried a
Persian origin Britsh era title for teachers and clerks?

‘A Suitable Boy’, ‘A Suitable Girl’, Vikram Seth

‘Madhushala’-Harivansh Rai Bacchan

OSCARS, ‘Q&A’ Author: Vikas Swarup

_/_
Written Round
6 Questions
+2 for each correct answer
+8 for a full house
Filler Written Round, Quiz Ko Decent Length ka banane ke liye kuch bhi
karega.

Anti-Clockwise Dries
• +15/-10 on the pounce
• No negatives on direct unless you wish to pounce on your
own direct . In that case +15/-10
• Question moves on to the next team if no teams answer
on the bounce

1.
The Nasrani are a community is Kerala that
have descended, according to various sources
from Nambudiri Brahmins of Kerala. However
they trace the origins of their culture to the
Evangelical Activities of ______.
Indian Ocean sometime ago came up with a
song that is based on one of their prayers.
What is the more commonly used term for the
Nasrani and which language is this song in ?

2.
Burhanpur is a mid-size city in Madhya Pradesh. It is situated on the
north bank of the Tapti River, 340 kilometres southwest of Bhopal and
540 kilometres northeast of Mumbai. It was for a long time under the
control of the Mughals before being finally taken over by the Maratha
armies by lead by Shambhaji and then finally by Bajirao. For a while it
served as a resting place for a person originally named Arjumand Banu.
This was however to change later in a rather dramatic fashion. Who is
Arjumand Banu and what change am I talking about?

3.
Rohan ‘X’ Bopanna has always tried to promote peace through his
tennis, especially with him teaming up with Y for a good number of
tournaments. Funnily enough nickname ‘X’ derives from the fact that
Bopanna has a powerful style of play with hard hitting shots. The
nickname comes from something that came into public limelight and
admiration in the late 90’s despite being embroiled in an ugly
controversy in the 80’s.
X and Y?

Rohan Bofors Bopanna, Aisam Qureshi

4.
• April 4 – June 22, 1944 will always be remembered in the annals of Northeast
history as the period where the most bitter fight took place. The battle of the
______ _____, howsoever absurd it may sound was one of the fiercest battles
witnessed in this region at that time.
The advance of the World War II Japanese army towards India was halted in
Kohima in April 1944 at this very place in Kohima and the world witnessed the
most brutal hand to hand fighting that actually took place in the garden of the
Deputy Commissioner’s bunglow, around a ______ _____.
• The Japanese attacked in waves resulting in incessant volleys of attacks from
either side.
• Ironically, it is not clear who won this battle and it is said to have ended in a
stalemate.
• Fill in the blanks

5.
• Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri, apart from being a Malayalam poet
and Vedic scholar, was the melshanthi (chief priest) at the Sri Vallabha
temple, Tiruvalla, in Kerala.
• Reputed for his knowledge of the four Vedas, was invited to address
the Millennium Conference On Integration On Science and
Consciousness, in the year 1997, in Britain.
• So Namboodiri went, addressed the conference, and came back only
to find the temple doors closed for him
• Why was he relieved of his duties as Temple Priest?

The taboo of Kala Paani for Hindus. He “crossed
oceans” London which resulted in his becoming
“impure and unfit” to be the head priest.

6.
On February 5,2017 the 32 fishermen set out on a fishing expedition on two
fishing vessels Al-Ameen and Mermaid and it was learnt that they were
detained in the BIOT.
Fishermen from TN and Kerala appealed to the state and central governments
to take measures in releasing the detained fishers. A group of fisherwomen
met fisheries minister D Jayakumar in Chennai seeking government help. "We
appeal to the central government to secure the release of fishermen since we
believe that they would have drifted along the current while fishing and
entered into BIOT," said Antony.
Expand BIOT

British Indian Ocean Territory

7.
• "I watched the Marathi production when I was young. I love and admire
it. It had great actors like Mohan Agashe on stage. But in my production,
I have staged it according to my own vision and outlook," said
Mukhopadhyay, who has also translated the play into Bengali from the
English translation, along with Abanti Chakraborty.
• "The play is in essence a political drama. So of course politics is hugely
important in any production of X. But it is also a musical. The
importance of dance is also marked here, and so is that of sexuality.
Because of the timeless appeal of the play, a few changes have also
been made in dialogue and set design, so the audience can relate to it,
and yet not lose the original vision of the play," he said.
• ID X which is the timeless original Marathi play. Or the director of the
original Marathi version of the play

X-Ghanshiram Kothwal
Vijay Tendulkar

8.
A few months ago, the Left
parties in West Bengal on
Saturday decided to fly the red
flag at half mast for three days
at their respective offices across
the state.
Why was this being done?

9.
• The picture in the previous slide is a Jain Temple in Kidanaganad, X
town, Wayanad Dist, Kerala.
• In the 18th century, this temple was subject to the Mysore Invasion
and converted to the Mysore Prince’s armory. X is a two word name
of the town the second word of which means armory or ammunition
store.
• X is also the name of an area in Mangalore which was originally used
by the Mysore princes and Kings as a watch tower and Ammunition
Store.
• X?

X-Sultan’s Battery or Sulthan Battery used by Tipu
Sultan as ammunition stores and watchtowers

10.
X is an equestrian event consisting of speed pattern racing and also a
number of timed speed events such as barrel racing, pole bending,
keyhole race and key race. It also shares it’s name with an Indian term
which originally referred to a ‘place of assembly’, afterwards it changed
track to a place where skill based contests were held. Funnily enough,
it’s more modern usage might be described as ‘Place of Assembly of
Gentlemen’.
Which term is this?

11. The Title of this article was “ X Y turn harder on Wallets”. X being somewhat of a
antonym to Harder. X Y?
X Y is the only commodity traded at the Agricultural Produce Marketing
Committee (APMC) yard in this town, located on the Bengaluru-Mysuru
highway. Indeed, it is the country’s largest market for X Ys, with trading
volumes totalling around 17 crore in 2016.
The Maddur yard attracts ___ from within a radius of about 100 km, and
supplies them as far as Jammu, Delhi, Mumbai and Nagpur.
Even as the soaring mercury triggers demand for X Ys,, market arrivals at
Maddur have dropped considerably in recent weeks. This is being blamed on
successive droughts and the declining water table impacting output in the
Cauvery basin.
The decline in production has seen prices surge, with wholesale rates about 20
per cent higher this year, touching a high of ₹16-25 per nut. The nuts are then
sold at to consumers at ₹30-50 apiece.
“X Ys produced in the Cauvery basin are in high demand for their unique sweet
taste,” said Prakash, a trader. But production has almost halved in the region
this year.

12.
Archaically called “White Town”, these residential neighbor were
developed during the British Raj for its senior officers. These townships
were built all over the Indian subcontinent and were allotted to officers
in cities like Allahabad, Bareilly, Kanpur, Delhi, Rawalpindi and Karachi.
These neigbourhoods are called by a different name which is pretty
common. The first word refers to the type of officers housed in these
neighbourhoods.
Which two word term?

Civil Lines, from Civil Officers

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