General Quiz by Rudra Chakraborty (Quiz Quest) in Behala, Kolkata Feb'2023.

1. QUIZQuest 2023
Sponsored BY: Peace Philately
QM: Rudra Prasad Chakraborty
8240419581/ 9038169210(whatsapp)
Date & Time: 4th FEB’2023, 5pm
Venue: NABAPALLY SPORTS & RECREATION CLUB, Behala, Charaktala
General Open to All Quiz
Entry Fee- Rs 30 INR/team (2mem/team) No entry fees for U25 teams
Quiz Consists of 2 rounds (Prelims & Main)
8 Team Final
• Top 8 teams will qualify for finals
• 1st Prize: Rs 600/- + Trophy
• 2nd Prize: Rs 400/- + Trophy
• 3rd Prize: Rs 200/- + Medals
• 4th Prize: Rs 100/- + Medals
Also, Topper in Prelims will get another INR 200/-
Venue Direction:
2 mins walking distance from Behala Charaktala Auto Stand.
From Newalipore Petrol Pump take Jhilpaar Auto or from Behala 14no. Bus stand or from Tollygunje Metro
take caharaktala auto then 2mins of walking towards venue.
• Nearest Landmark is Santibabur PUKUR

2. We are Thankful to
Peace Philately
Nabapally Sports & Recreation Club

3. PRELIMS
No A-Z Initials or Club/ Area name
Format Answers
Out of 25 Qs 5 Qs are Star Mark
Questions in nature
(3,6,9,15,22,23)
Full Marks = 25*2 = 50 Top 8 teams will be considered for
final rounds.
If there is a tie team with more
correct Star answers will get
advantage further QM’s discretion

4. Q1
ASIT BARAN famous Bengali Actor born in 1915
and died in 1984 aged 69 though he had all the
qualities to become “HERO” but we have seen
him mostly as character actor however he was
equally famous for his acting skills as Theatre
Artist.
Most Importantly he created one theatre group
called “RangaRosh” which was famous for
spreading information and teachings of one
particular person X.
Identify X…

5. Q2 Connect:

6. Q3*. Identify the flavor?

7. Q4. Connect..

8. Q5. Identify..
This company specializes in providing
strategy consultation services to the senior
management of major organizations and
governments.
• Founders: Michael Porter, Joseph B.
Fuller, Mark B. Fuller
• Headquarters: Cambridge,
Massachusetts, United States
• Founded: 1983
Before joining fulltime politics, Rahul
Gandhi, worked at this Company in 2002
London office.
The company was officially bought out by X
on January 11, 2013.

9. Q6*.
Author
and Book
please….

10. Q7.Connect…
• Ditio Innings er Por
• Stopper
• Striker
• Minu Chinur Trophy
• Empiyaring
• Biswa-jora Biswacup
• Cricket er Ayne Kanun
• Nonida Not Out
• Shivar Phire Asa

11. Q8 Identify the movie from trailer

12. Q9*. What is X?
Started in 1908 by S Mannaji Rao, and it has been run by three
generations of the Rao family named after Shivaji Maharaj is one of such
kind of Hotels and many others of such type can be seen mostly western
and central-southern part of India.
The terms vegetarian and non vegetarian were not popular. So, restaurants
serving non vegetarian food were identified with the special name where
they served meat. Hence restaurants serving such food were called X.
In over 100 years of its existence, this type of hotels has seen its share of
ups and downs.

13. Q10. Identify the
documentary from
review

14. Q11 Identify

15. Q12.
• X is a parasitic disease that is found in parts of the tropics,
subtropics, and southern Europe. It is classified as a neglected
tropical disease (NTD)
• X is is fatal if left untreated in over 95% of cases. It is
characterized by irregular bouts of fever, weight loss,
enlargement of the spleen and liver, and anemia. Most cases
occur in Brazil, east Africa and India.
• Sukumar Ray died on 10 September 1923 in Kolkata from X.
Parasitic Life Cycle on Next Slide……..

16. Q12. Image

17. Q13. Who is the Singer

18. Q14.
India was always a very good team in FIH
(8 gold medals in Olympic) at least till
1980’s however it is very unfortunate that
India has managed to win FIH World CUP
just once in 1975 under the captainship of
Ajit Paul Singh and mentorship (officially
manager) of great Balbir Singh Sr. against
team X in a tight match in Malaysia.
My question is against which team India
has won their only FIH WC?

19. Q15*. Identify…
• Born 24 october 1936 in Kolkata, India is an Indian Bengali novelist
and writer of short stories. His style is characterized by use of short
satirical sentences mixed with very lively language.
• The subjects of his fiction are mostly families living in Calcutta city.
Within the confines of these homes, he challenges the moral values
of the fast-changing middle class of the city.
• Won Ananda Purashkar (1981) Sahitya Akademi Award (2018)
• One of his criticized work in recent time is Bottle-le Gangajal Pete
Alcohol (image next slide…..)

20. Q15. Image book cover
(Book Cover)

21. Q16. Guess the
Name….

22. Q17.
Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (44
hectares or 110 acres).With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is
the most visited in the world.
It is very important for Indian Tourists as well because of X’s grave
which is just beside Oscar Wilde’ s one and another adjacent is Jim
Morrison.
Holy words Humat, Hukht and Huvarast (Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good
Deeds) written in Gujarati embodies the essence of the centuries-old history in X’s
place to sleep for eternity.

23. Q18. Identify the Product
It was introduced in 1932 by the British company Reckitt. In Germany,
it is sold under the name Sagrotan.
contains chloroxylenol (48 g/L), terpineol, and ethyl alcohol.

24. Q19. Identify the singer of Bengali Version..

25. Q20. Identify the Movie…

26. Q21. Identify the Award..
It is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more
outstanding Y It is named after the Norwegian X (1802–1829) and
directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes.
History dates back to 1899, when its establishment was proposed by
the Norwegian Sophus Lie when he learned that Alfred Nobel's plans
for annual prizes would not include a prize in this Subject. In
1902, King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway indicated his willingness to
finance the creation of a prize to complement the Nobel Prizes.
John F Nash jr. is one of the famous recipient of this Award in 2014.

27. Q22*.
• After school, he earned a commission in the Indian Army, earning
the rank of Captain. He spent eight years in the army and fought in
the 1971-72 Bangladesh Liberation War.
• As per his memoir Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey he had a visionary
to start flight services for middle class Indians who can’t afford
flight tickets because of his visionary many middle-class Indian
started taking benefit of low-cost flight services however after
successful few years they had to close business due to financial
issues.
• 2007 - Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (France)
• The 2020 Indian Tamil-language film Soorarai Pottru was partly
inspired by events from the life of him. (movie poster next slide…)

28. Q23*. Name of The Town please…
• is a statutory town in Moffat County, Colorado, United States As of
the 2020 census, the population was 243 down from 339 at the 2010
census.
• This town was originally known as "Baxter Springs", owned by Art and
Fanny Baxter. It was renamed "Artesia" for its valued water supply when a
town was platted to accommodate the oil boom in the 1940s. The current
name was adopted in 1966, to capitalize on the town's proximity to a
Famous National Monument.
• AS Per QM “ Residents of this township might be fan of one of the most
important character of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 SCI-FI movie. ”

29. Q24 Funda (specific answer only)
• In the history of FIFA World cup Third place play-off match had never generated
any interest among soccer fans because of next Big match “FIFA world cup
Final” however it can’t be said true for the 29th June 2002 third-place play-off as
Turkey played co-hosts South Korea.
• Not so popular Turkish footballer did something unique against hosts just after the
start of the match that suddenly generated interest among all fans even if someone
missed the full match tried to watch initial few seconds specifically.
Why those Initial few seconds were so important ?

30. Q25 Identify the Place shown in the Video

31. Answers

32. Q1
ASIT BARAN famous Bengali Actor born in 1915
and died in 1984 aged 69 though he had all the
qualities to become “HERO” but we have seen
him mostly as character actor however he was
equally famous for his acting skills as Theatre
Artist.
Most Importantly he created one theatre group
called “RangaRosh” which was famous for
spreading information and teachings of one
particular person X.
Identify X…

33. Answer

34. Q2 Connect:

35. Answer

36. Q3*. Identify the flavor?

37. Answer

38. Q4. Connect..

39. Answer

40. Q5. Identify..
This company specializes in providing
strategy consultation services to the senior
management of major organizations and
governments.
• Founders: Michael Porter, Joseph B.
Fuller, Mark B. Fuller
• Headquarters: Cambridge,
Massachusetts, United States
• Founded: 1983
Before joining fulltime politics, Rahul
Gandhi, worked at this Company in 2002
London office.
The company was officially bought out by X
on January 11, 2013.

41. Answer

42. Q6*.
Author
and Book
please….

43. Answer
• Ashneer Grover
• Doglapan

44. Q7.Connect…
• Ditio Innings er Por
• Stopper
• Striker
• Minu Chinur Trophy
• Empiyaring
• Biswa-jora Biswacup
• Cricket er Ayne Kanun
• Nonida Not Out
• Shivar Phire Asa

45. ANSWER : Moti Nandi

46. Q8 Identify the movie from trailer

47. Answer:
•OPPENHEIMER

48. Q9*. What is X?
Started in 1908 by S Mannaji Rao, and it has been run by three
generations of the Rao family named after Shivaji Maharaj is one of such
kind of Hotels and many others of such type can be seen mostly western
and central-southern part of India.
The terms vegetarian and non vegetarian were not popular. So, restaurants
serving non vegetarian food were identified with the special name where
they served meat. Hence restaurants serving such food were called X.
In over 100 years of its existence, this type of hotels has seen its share of
ups and downs.

49. Answer:
•Military Restaurant
• Etymology. Shortened
from earlier Hindu
military hotel, named
so because they
originally catered to
Hindu non-vegetarians
of the military

50. Q10. Identify the
documentary from
review

51. Answer
• INDIA THE MODI QUESTION
(Exact answer only)

52. Q11 Identify

53. Answer

54. Q12.
• X is a parasitic disease that is found in parts of the tropics,
subtropics, and southern Europe. It is classified as a neglected
tropical disease (NTD)
• X is is fatal if left untreated in over 95% of cases. It is
characterized by irregular bouts of fever, weight loss,
enlargement of the spleen and liver, and anemia. Most cases
occur in Brazil, east Africa and India.
• Sukumar Ray died on 10 September 1923 in Kolkata from X.
Parasitic Life Cycle on Next Slide……..

55. Answer
• leishmaniasis also known as kala-azar

56. Q13. Who is the Singer

57. Answer:
Satyaki
Banerjee

58. Q14.
India was always a very good team in FIH
(8 gold medals in Olympic) at least till
1980’s however it is very unfortunate that
India has managed to win FIH World CUP
just once in 1975 under the captainship of
Ajit Paul Singh and mentorship (officially
manager) of great Balbir Singh Sr. against
team X in a tight match in Malaysia.
My question is against which team India
has won their only FIH WC?

59. Answer:
Pakistan (1-2)
India

60. Q15*. Identify…
• Born 24 october 1936 in Kolkata, India is an Indian Bengali novelist
and writer of short stories. His style is characterized by use of short
satirical sentences mixed with very lively language.
• The subjects of his fiction are mostly families living in Calcutta city.
Within the confines of these homes, he challenges the moral values
of the fast-changing middle class of the city.
• Won Ananda Purashkar (1981) Sahitya Akademi Award (2018)
• One of his criticized work in recent time is Bottle-le Gangajal Pete
Alcohol (image next slide…..)

61. Image (Book Cover)

62. Answer

63. Q16. Guess the
Name….

64. Answer: Cadbury (Richie Rich’s Buttler: Cadbury)

65. Q17.
Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (44
hectares or 110 acres).With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is
the most visited in the world.
It is very important for Indian Tourists as well because of X’s grave
which is just beside Oscar Wilde’ s one and another adjacent is Jim
Morrison.
Holy words Humat, Hukht and Huvarast (Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good
Deeds) written in Gujarati embodies the essence of the centuries-old history in X’s
place to sleep for eternity.

66. Answer: JRD TATA

67. Q18. Identify the Product
It was introduced in 1932 by the British company Reckitt. In Germany,
it is sold under the name Sagrotan.
contains chloroxylenol (48 g/L), terpineol, and ethyl alcohol.

68. Answer : Dettol

69. Q19. Identify the singer of Bengali Version..

70. Answer: Bhupen
Hazarika

71. Q20. Identify the Movie…

72. Answer: Kancher Swarga

73. Q21. Identify the Award..
It is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more
outstanding Y It is named after the Norwegian X (1802–1829) and
directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes.
History dates back to 1899, when its establishment was proposed by
the Norwegian Sophus Lie when he learned that Alfred Nobel's plans
for annual prizes would not include a prize in this Subject. In
1902, King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway indicated his willingness to
finance the creation of a prize to complement the Nobel Prizes.
John F Nash jr. is one of the famous recipient of this Award in 2014.

74. Answer
•ABEL PRIZE for Mathematicians

75. Q22*.
• After school, he earned a commission in the Indian Army, earning
the rank of Captain. He spent eight years in the army and fought in
the 1971-72 Bangladesh Liberation War.
• As per his memoir Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey he had a visionary
to start flight services for middle class Indians who can’t afford
flight tickets because of his visionary many middle-class Indian
started taking benefit of low-cost flight services however after
successful few years they had to close business due to financial
issues.
• 2007 - Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (France)
• The 2020 Indian Tamil-language film Soorarai Pottru was partly
inspired by events from the life of him. (movie poster next slide…)

76. Q22.Poster

77. Answer
• G R GOPINATH

78. Q23*. Name of The Town please…
• is a statutory town in Moffat County, Colorado, United States As of
the 2020 census, the population was 243 down from 339 at the 2010
census.
• This town was originally known as "Baxter Springs", owned by Art and
Fanny Baxter. It was renamed "Artesia" for its valued water supply when a
town was platted to accommodate the oil boom in the 1940s. The current
name was adopted in 1966, to capitalize on the town's proximity to a
Famous National Monument.
• AS Per QM “ Residents of this township might be fan of one of the most
important character of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 SCI-FI movie. ”

79. Answer : Dinosaur

80. Q24 Funda (specific answer only)
• In the history of FIFA World cup Third place play-off match had never generated
any interest among soccer fans because of next Big match “FIFA world cup
Final” however it can’t be said true for the 29th June 2002 third-place play-off as
Turkey played co-hosts South Korea.
• Not so popular Turkish footballer did something unique against hosts just after the
start of the match that suddenly generated interest among all fans even if someone
missed the full match tried to watch initial few seconds specifically.
Why those Initial few seconds were so important ?

81. Answer: Fastest FIFA World Cup Goal ( 11th Sec)

82. Q25 Identify the Place shown in the Video

83. Answer :
Mars