Quiz Quest-April'2023.pptx

Roof Top Quiz ( Experience open AIR roof top quiz by BQC)
Amadar Barir Chadey Quiz
◦ Date & Venue: 25th March Saturday 5pm-7:00pm
◦ Abhishek Apt. 12A/18 Pashupati Bhattacharya Road,
◦ Kolkata-700034
◦ Solo Quiz
◦ (prelims + Final) Top 6 individuals will participate in Final
◦ 1st- Memento + Book
◦ 2nd-Memento + Book
◦ 3rd- Memento + Book
◦ Books for rest of the finalists (4th, 5th & 6th)
◦ No entry fee & No age limit
◦ 1st Question at 17:05 hours sharp.
◦ Theme: Bangaliyana, cinema & mixed bag.
◦ Next Quiz- 1st April Khela Hobe General Quiz (cash+ trophy) Team- 2 member & No entry fee.
◦ Time: 12pm onwards, Venue: Duroshine Training Room,1 grove Lane. opp. Maharastra Niwas, Hazra Road,Kol-26

KHELA HOBE GENERAL QUIZ
Date & Time: 9th April 2023 (Sunday) 12:45 pm onwards (reporting).
Venue: Duroshine training room,1 groove Rd. opp. Maharastra Niwas, Hazra
Road,Kol-26
Registration of 1st 20 teams will be accepted only [Ping your team name to
9038169210 (WhatsApp)]
Prelims:
Total 25 Q’s ( First Question will be at 1:05-1:10pm sharp)
7 teams Final
Final:
Total 28Q’s
1st- Rs 700/- + Trophy
2nd- Rs 600/- + Trophy
3rd- Rs 500/- + Memento
Rest Finalists will get Rs 100/- only.
For More Info: Rudra Chakraborty 8240419581 [BQC 9038169210(Whatsaap) Quiz Quest
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Roof Top Quiz ( Experience open AIR roof top quiz by
BQC)
Amadar Barir Chadey Quiz VOL 2.0
Date & Venue: 29th April Saturday 5pm-7:30pm
Abhishek Apt. 12A/18 Pasupathi
Bhattacharya Road, Kolkata-700034
Lucky draw of quizzers ( Senior + Junior
players)
◦ All Teams Final ( all 16-20 participants)
◦ 1st- Memento + Book
◦ 2nd-Memento + Book
◦ 3rd- Memento + Book
◦ IPL format ( Local & Star quizzer format)
◦ No entry fee & No age limit
Only 1st 20 registration accepted and you don’t
know which star/local player will be your
teammate.
◦

QUIZ QUEST (Q2)
RESEARCH & CONDUCTED BY RUDRA CHAKRABORTY
Total 25 Questions
Question (1-25)carries 1 mark and
Total 5-star mark questions.
(all multiples of 5 & Q8, Q22)
Top 7 teams will qualify for Finals

Rejected (Prelims from Khela Hobe Quiz)
Satya Prakash Jravata is currently MLA of this Town. Ahirs/ Yadav dominate this area
and situated at the foothills of Aravalli Hills.
Formed in 1804 by British East India Company by 40 villages and rewarded to Faiz
Talab Khan of Pashtun.
Geographical location is 28.32°N 76.78°E and It has an average elevation of
240 metres (787 feet). This town is semi arid area and experiences low rainfall.
Most famous family of this town served in Indian cricket team for two generations and
all the next generations are superstars of Indian cinema and their palace designed
by Robert Tor Russell assisted by the Karl Malte von Heinz.
Just identify the town name.

Q2. (rejected)
◦ Charlie Goodnight, also known as Charlie, was
born with the Texas Revolution. He came to the
state from Missouri the year Texas entered
statehood, and, later, with a handful of men,
invented the chuck wagon.
◦ The chuck wagon was invented by Goodnight in
using an army surplus Studebaker wagon to
is considered by many as the
first__________________________ .
Image of chuck wagon (next slide..)

Q2 (Image of Chuck wagon)
Clue: in the wake of WW2 ice cream and taco industry used this
concept to sell their products now popular everywhere.

Q1. Identify the festival..
The festival is observed in the Indian state of West Bengal, and
in Bangladesh on the last day of the month of Chaitra at midnight.
People believe that by satisfying Shiva, the festival will bring prosperity to
them, eliminating the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year.
The people responsible for the arrangement of the festival go from village to
village to procure the necessary components
like paddy, oil, sugar, salt, honey, money and other items needed for the ritual.
At midnight of Songkranti, the worshippers gather to worship Shiva and Ma
Durga for success. Afterwards a puja, the prasad are distributed.
In Maharashtra Bagad in Andhra pradesh Sirimanu festival also in
Mexico Danza de los Voladores parallel to Indian festival.

Q2.Connection
1. A river that originates in Tripura and joins Meghna river.
2. A footwear company from WB (Director / founder Abul Balagh Mohammad Masud Jamil)
3. Adwaitya Mallabarman
4. A gas distributor of Bangaldesh

Q3.
Kaushik Mukherjee and another co-
founder, current CEO launched X a direct
to consumer brand in 2015 and they
decided to name their brand KickASS
however after lots of discussion with his co-
founder they dropped the idea of KickASS
as Indian consumers may not able to
connect themselves with the name and then
they decided the Brand name as X along
with X another famous brand by this duo is
Fab Bag however X is more popular than
Fab Bag now.

Q5*. Name of the Original Story

Q6. Identify X
◦X was founded in 1937 by GBA or G.B Agarwal.
◦the company's first manufacturing plant was started
in Calcutta (now Kolkata). In 1970, a larger manufacturing
plant was established in Jaipur.
◦In 2014, X was ranked 55th among India's most trusted
brands according to the Brand Trust Report; a study
conducted by Trust Research Advisory.
◦ X is very traditional in terms of advertising and promotions.
However, to be in sync with current times, X tied up with the
2015 Bollywood film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and more than
1.5 crore (15 million) X’s Product packets were printed with
the logo of the film.

Q7.
It involves running at ever-increasing speeds, to exhaustion along with periodic rest intervals.
It has 4 Versions.
• Recovery Level 1 : This is the most popular version focusing "on the capacity to carry out
intermittent exercise leading to a maximal activation of the aerobic system".
• Recovery Level 2: This is a tougher version of "Recovery Level 1". It "determines an
individual's ability to recover from repeated exercise with a high contribution from the
anaerobic system.
• Endurance Level 1: This may be used to test participants in less vigorous sports that usually
last longer.
• Endurance Level 2: This is a tougher version of "Endurance Level 1

Q8*
◦ This is a storytelling and writing method in cinema in which an event is given
contradictory interpretations or descriptions by the individuals involved,
thereby providing different perspectives and points of view of the same
incident. This is used to describe the phenomenon of the unreliability
of eyewitnesses.
Legal use:
In the Queensland Supreme Court case of The Australian Institute for Progress Ltd v The Electoral
Commission of Queensland:
This term describes how parties describe an event in a different and contradictory manner, which
reflects their subjective interpretation and self-interested advocacy, rather than an objective truth. This
term is evident when the event is the outcome of litigation. One should not be surprised when both
parties claim to have won the case.

9. Identify X?
◦ X was born as Nagendranath on 22 February 1906
Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India he was amazed by the
beauty of Himalayan Mountains and natural beauty of Darjeeling, so
Nagen took screen name as X which means resident of Mountains.
He wanted to become a singer, but his acting skills were more
appreciated.
◦ Died on 10 February 1974 (aged 67) Kolkata, West Bengal, India. In
his lifetime along with many others worked in English films such
the Merchant-Ivory venture The Householder.

10*“poor man’s
Garry sobers”
◦ x would take no nonsense from anyone, which
Australians could relate to,” says Kersi Meher-Homji,
proud Parsi-Australian and author of 16 cricket books.
“He was a brilliant cricketer – an elegant left hander
who could bat like a millionaire, bowl like a miser and
field like a superman. He was like a panther on the
prowl.”
◦ X was labelled “the poor man’s Garry Sobers”, a
reference to his ability to do anything on the cricket
field. He was left-handed like Sobers and a captain’s
dream – a bowler capable of opening – swinging,
seaming and even spinning the ball – and batting
anywhere in the order. He was also a brilliant outfielder,
slips fielder and brave close to the bat.
◦ He became the first and only Indian Test player to play
in the Sheffield Shield. When he retired, X decided to
become an Australian and stayed in Queensland,
working as a cricket coach for another 35 years.
Source : The Guardian

11. Who is he?
◦ He grew up in Kolkata and was educated at South Point High School. He
completed his bachelor's degree from University of Calcutta.He worked in
advertising for many years in India, Maldives and Sri Lanka. He is the founder
and CEO of the indie film production company, Oddjoint Art Pvt. Ltd. His
rapper persona Doctor _____ has released several hit tracks as part of two
albums. Though he is fond of classics like Ritwick Ghatak but
despises Satyajit Ray .
◦ Started his film career as director in 2004 “Le Pocha” which is a A quirky take
on the history of Bengali urban alternative music from the seventies With
Anindya Chatterjee, Indraadip Dasgupta, Rupam Islam, Shilajit Majumdar.

12. Identify India’s
oldest indigenous alcohol
◦ Known as the “Spirit of the forest”.
◦ The flowers are used to produce
an alcoholic drink in tropical
India. This drink is also known
to affect animals.

13. What was the decision?
In the book “Kitne Ghazi aaye aur kitne Ghazi gaye” my life story by
Lt Gen. KJS (tiny) Dhillon he wrote one morning I received call from
Home Minister Amit Shah to visit his place around 2pm and I was
specially summoned to come fast as he made Aloo Paratha and
famous Gujrati Dhokla for lunch and also to decide something very
special now while eating aloo paratha and dhokla we took the
decision jo “itihaas ban gaya” .

14.
Ramdas Padhye, a ventriloquist,
puppeteer and puppet maker created
this bunny character around 1978-
79. Back then, the ventriloquist
hosted the show of a puppet couple
called
‘Ardhavatrao” on Doordarshan.
That's how X team came across his
work.
One senior person from X team
“Pote, mai tera Doordarshan pe show
dekhta hu aur X ke liye kaam karni
hain tera husband-wife character k
sath”
After success Padhye said “As an
artist, it's a pride that people
don’t know me as much as they know
my character”

15* Identify.(Image on next slide..)
◦ X was a British-French Special Operations
Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and
a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her
second mission into occupied France, X was captured by
the German army, interrogated, tortured and deported
to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany, where
she was executed at age of 23.
◦Born 26th June 1921
◦Death 05th February 1945

Q16. Identify..
◦Born on 16th December 1879 X was a brilliant student of
Sanskrit. X graduated in Sanskrit from the Punjab
University with a gold medal. He also topped the M. A.
examination from the Oriental College in 1903.
◦X was awarded a "Rai Bahadur" medal in March 1920 by
the Governor of Punjab at a durbar in Rawalpindi .
◦He wrote only few books in his 60 years of lifetime, and
one is “Guide to the Buddhist Ruin of Sarnath” .

Q17.
X is an art form begin with a description of basic techniques
including Moutain, Valley & Squash also further inside reverse ,
outside reverse, petal , book , Sink, triangle and the pleat and
crimp.
In 2010 video game Heavy Rain has an antagonist known as this
X killer.
In Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword, Scooby and Shaggy
learnt X.
In House of Cards season 1, episode 6, Claire Underwood was
very inspired by X.
Upal Sengupta of Chandrabindu is a master of X.

18.
Who is manufacturer
of this Bollywood
inspired Jeera Masala
Soda?

19.
His journey to Kolkata, or erstwhile Calcutta made a huge difference in his
literary journey. He came to the city of joy and fell in love. His love for Kolkata
is depicted in one of his creations, “Safar-e-Kalkattah” where he talks about his
stay in his humble abode, Haveli No 133 situated in the Simla Market Area
during his stay in Kolkata.
He realized that the literary circle of Calcutta was very different from his known
world. During his stay in Kolkata, he attended many literary gatherings which
were not courtly in nature unlike Delhi.
He referred to the city as a place which offered a remedy for everything except
death and also praised the talented people of the city.
Who is He?

20*.
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-
noir psychological drama thriller film directed
by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and
starring Robert De Niro.
The film talks about Travis Bickle (De Niro), a
veteran working as a taxi driver, and his
deteriorating mental state as he works nights in
the city.
Which Bengali Movie inspired Scorsese to make
Taxi Driver in 1976.

21. Only X & Y not required
◦ The name “X" was coined by ESPN Cricinfo UK editor Andrew Miller on an
episode of the Switch-Hit podcast.
◦ This approach, Steve McMorran wrote in Associated Press, meant he
managed “to upend the traditional conservative approach and underdog
mindset”.
◦ First three letter of “X” is the nickname of Y however Y himself has voiced
concern that the term can’t express the nuances of the team’s approach or his
management style.
◦ The name “X” has picked up increasing use across the wider cricketing media
and most teams eager to adapt it.

Q23. Connection ( Specific)
◦GOOGLEE
◦WILLOW
◦DAZZLER
◦MELLOW
◦STUMPY

Q25*.
◦ X is a 182-carat (36.4-g) cabochon-cut star sapphire originating in Sri Lanka. The violet-blue gem
was given to silent film actress Mary Pickford by her husband, Douglas Fairbanks. She bequeathed it
to the Smithsonian Institution.
◦ originates from Sri Lanka and is one of the largest star sapphires which have names unrelated to
their origin, it is the namesake of a popular British gin.
◦ In 1979, Mary Pickford died and bequeathed it to the Smithsonian Museum. One of the
representative from Museum said it is much brighter than other stones and pried it from the
clasps. The gem is currently displayed in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, in
the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals.
◦ In a 1935 advertisement, it has been described as "In all the world the only one"

Q1. Identify the festival..
The festival is observed in the Indian state of West Bengal, and in Bangladesh on the last day
of the month of Chaitra at midnight.
People believe that by satisfying Shiva, the festival will bring prosperity to them, eliminating
the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year.
The people responsible for the arrangement of the festival go from village to village to procure
the necessary components like paddy, oil, sugar, salt, honey, money and other items needed
for the ritual. At midnight of Songkranti, the worshippers gather to worship Shiva and Ma
Durga for success. Afterwards a puja, the prasad are distributed.
In Maharashtra Bagad in Andhra pradesh Sirimanu festival is a religious festive tradition also
in Mexico Danza de los Voladores parallel to Indian festival.

Answer
Charak Puja / Charak Mela

Q4. Identify the City (18 feet Statue)

Answer
Karnal, Haryana ( City
named after Karna)

Answer
◦Angti Chattujer Bhai by Manoj
Basu
◦ ( Palatak Movie)

Q6. Identify X
◦X was founded in 1937 by Ganga Bishan Agarwal.
◦the company's first manufacturing plant was started
in Calcutta (now Kolkata). In 1970, a larger manufacturing
plant was established in Jaipur.
◦In 2014, X was ranked 55th among India's most trusted
brands according to the Brand Trust Report; a study
conducted by Trust Research Advisory.
◦ X is very traditional in terms of advertising and promotions.
However, to be in sync with current times, X tied up with the
2015 Bollywood film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and more than
1.5 crore (15 million) X’s Product packets were printed with
the logo of the film.

Q7.
It involves running at ever-increasing speeds, to exhaustion. However, a crucial difference is it
has periodic rest intervals, thus simulating the nature of exertion in stop-and-go sports.
It has 4 Versions.
• Recovery Level 1 : This is the most popular version focusing "on the capacity to carry out
intermittent exercise leading to a maximal activation of the aerobic system".
• Recovery Level 2: This is a tougher version of "Recovery Level 1". It "determines an
individual's ability to recover from repeated exercise with a high contribution from the
anaerobic system.
• Endurance Level 1: This may be used to test participants in less vigorous sports that usually
last longer.
• Endurance Level 2: This is a tougher version of "Endurance Level 1

Answer: YO YO Test
◦YO YO Intermittent Test

Q8
◦ This is a storytelling and writing method in cinema in which an event is given
contradictory interpretations or descriptions by the individuals involved,
thereby providing different perspectives and points of view of the same
incident. This is used to describe the phenomenon of the unreliability
of eyewitnesses.
Legal use:
In the Queensland Supreme Court case of The Australian Institute for Progress Ltd v The Electoral
Commission of Queensland:
This term describes how parties describe an event in a different and contradictory manner, which
reflects their subjective interpretation and self-interested advocacy, rather than an objective truth. This
term is evident when the event is the outcome of litigation. One should not be surprised when both
parties claim to have won the case.

9. Identify X?
◦X was born as Nagendranath on 22 February 1906
Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India he was amazed
by the beauty of Himalayan Mountains and natural beauty of
Darjeeling, so Nagen took screen name as X which means
resident of Mountains. He wanted to become a singer, but
his acting skills were more appreciated.
◦Died on 10 February 1974 (aged 67) Kolkata, West
Bengal, India. In his lifetime along with many others worked
in English films such the Merchant-Ivory venture The
Householder.

10*. Who
was labelled
as “poor
man’s Garry
sobers”
◦ x would take no nonsense from anyone, which Australians
could relate to,” says Kersi Meher-Homji, proud Parsi-
Australian and author of 16 cricket books. “He was a
brilliant cricketer – an elegant left hander who could bat
like a millionaire, bowl like a miser and field like a
superman. He was like a panther on the prowl.”
◦ X was labelled “the poor man’s Garry Sobers”, a
reference to his ability to do anything on the cricket field.
He was left-handed like Sobers and a captain’s dream – a
bowler capable of opening – swinging, seaming and even
spinning the ball – and batting anywhere in the order. He
was also a brilliant outfielder, slips fielder and brave close
to the bat.
◦ He became the first and only Indian Test player to play in
the Sheffield Shield. When he retired, X decided to
become an Australian and stayed in Queensland, working
as a cricket coach for another 35 years.
Source : The Guardian

Answer: Rusi Surti
(Rusi Framroze Surti)

11. Who is he?
◦ He grew up in Kolkata and was educated at South Point High School. He completed
his bachelor's degree from University of Calcutta.He worked in advertising for
many years in India, Maldives and Sri Lanka. He is the founder and CEO of the
indie film production company, Oddjoint Art Pvt. Ltd. His rapper persona Doctor
_____ has released several hit tracks as part of two albums. Though he is fond of
classics like Ritwick Ghatak but despises Satyajit Ray .
◦ Started his film career as director in 2004 “Le Pocha” which is a A quirky take on
the history of Bengali urban alternative music from the seventies With Anindya
Chatterjee, Indraadip Dasgupta, Rupam Islam, Shilajit Majumdar.

12. Identify India’s oldest
indigenous alcohol
◦ Known as the “Spirit of the forest”.
◦ X The flowers are used to
produce an alcoholic drink in
tropical India. This drink is also
known to affect animals.

Answer: Mahua
(Madhuca Longifolia)

13. What was the decision?
In the book “Kitne Ghazi aaye aur kitne Ghazi gaye”
my life story by Lt Gen. KJS (tiny) Dhillon he wrote
one morning I received call from Home Minister Amit
Shah to visit his place around 2pm and I was specially
summoned to come fast as he made Aloo Paratha and
famous Gujrati Dhokla for lunch and also to decide
something very special now while eating aloo paratha
and dhokla we took the decision jo itihaas ban gaya.

14 (Image on next slide)
Ramdas Padhye, a ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet maker
created this bunny character around 1978-79. Back then, the
ventriloquist hosted the show of a puppet couple called
‘Ardhavatrao” on Doordarshan. That's how X team came across
his work.
One senior person from X tam “Pote, mai tera Doordarshan pe
show dekhta hu aur X ke liye ad karni hain tera husband-wife
character k sath”
After success Padhye said “As an artist, it's a pride that
people don’t know me as much as they know my character”

Q16. Identify..
◦Born on 16th December 1879 X was a brilliant student of
Sanskrit. X graduated in Sanskrit from the Punjab
University with a gold medal. He also topped the M. A.
examination from the Oriental College in 1903.
◦X was awarded a "Rai Bahadur" medal in March 1920 by the
Governor of Punjab at a durbar in Rawalpindi .
◦He wrote only few books in his 60 years of lifetime, and one
is “Guide to the Buddhist Ruin of Sarnath” .

Q17.
X is an art form begin with a description of basic techniques
including Moutain, Valley & Squash also further inside reverse ,
outside reverse, petal , book , Sink, triangle and the pleat and
crimp.
In 2010 video game Heavy Rain has an antagonist known as
this X killer.
In Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword, Scooby and Shaggy
learnt X.
In House of Cards season 1, episode 6, Claire Underwood was
very inspired by X.
Upal Sengupta of Chandrabindu is a master of X.

18.
Who is manufacturer of
this Bollywood inspired
Jeera Masala Soda?

19.
His journey to Kolkata, or erstwhile Calcutta made a huge difference in his literary journey. He came to the city of joy
and fell in love. His love for Kolkata is depicted in one of his creations, “Safar-e-Kalkattah” where he talks about his
stay in his humble abode, Haveli No 133 situated in the Simla Market Area during his stay in Kolkata.
He realized that the literary circle of Calcutta was very different from his known world. During his stay in Kolkata, he
attended many literary gatherings which were not courtly in nature unlike Delhi.
He referred to the city as a place which offered a remedy for everything except death and also praised the talented
people of the city.
Who is He?

20*.
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama thriller
film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and
starring Robert De Niro.
The film talks about Travis Bickle (De Niro), a veteran working as a taxi
driver, and his deteriorating mental state as he works nights in the city.
Which Bengali Movie inspired Scorsese to make Taxi Driver in 1976.

21. Only X & Y not required
◦ The name “X" was coined by ESPN Cricinfo UK editor Andrew Miller on an episode of the Switch-Hit podcast.
◦ This approach, Steve McMorran wrote in Associated Press, meant he managed “to upend the traditional
conservative approach and underdog mindset”.
◦ First three letter of “X” is the nickname of Y however Y himself has voiced concern that the term can’t express the
nuances of the team’s approach or his management style.
◦ The name “X” has picked up increasing use across the wider cricketing media and most teams eager to adapt it.

Answer:
◦ BazBall ( BAZ- Nickname of Brandon Macullum)

22*. Connect
these images
with
Tapan Singha

22. Answer: Mastermoshai apni kichu
Dekhenni

Answer: Mascots of ICC ODI WC
( ICC used mascots only from ‘96 – 2011 ODI WC)

Q25*.
◦ X is a 182-carat (36.4-g) cabochon-cut star sapphire originating in Sri Lanka. The violet-blue gem
was given to silent film actress Mary Pickford by her husband, Douglas Fairbanks. She bequeathed it
to the Smithsonian Institution.
◦ CLUE :originates from Sri Lanka and is one of the largest star sapphires which have names
unrelated to their origin, it is the namesake of a popular British gin which is a subsidy of
Bacradi..
◦ In 1979, Mary Pickford died and bequeathed it to the Smithsonian Museum. One of the
representative from Museum said it is much brighter than other stones and pried it from the
clasps. The gem is currently displayed in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, in
the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals.
◦ In a 1935 advertisement, it has been described as "In all the world the only one"

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