By Vishnu, Avinash Mudaliar, Subrata Dass, Kapinjal Chaudary, and Dipayan Sen.

2. AJAY
ABIJEET
SMRUTHI
PRIYAMBAD PATTAYANAYAK
ANIL KUMAR K
RAVI MUNDOLI
SWAMY KANNAN
SRIVATSAN
SHRI RAMKUMAR
SAMIR
ADITI MERCHANT
RENUKA DENKAR
RAJA CQF
UMESH KUMAR SAHU
CHINMAY

3. SAMANWAY
JAYASHREE MOHANKA
KINSHUK BISWAS
PURVA
RAHUL
SIDDHARTH
VINOD HARIHARAN
SYLVIAN PATRICK
SANANDAN KRITHIVASAN
SAI KARTHIK
SOUBHAGYA JENA
SAMRAT
RAHUL NAMBIAR
PREM THILAK
PRASUN
ANIRUDH
SHREYAS
SOHAN DUTTA

4. ABHIJIT RAY
PAUSHALI RAY
SHILADITYA GANGULI
ANUPAMA RANGANATHAN
&
TEAM
ANINDIYA
NIRAJ
SHREYA
YOGESH PAI
ABHISHEK KUMAR
GAUTAM GOSH
RISHI RAAJ DUTT
ANANTA NARAYAN
UJJWAL KIRAN DAS
SHOM BISWAS
KALLURI S H S PHANIDHAR

7. 1
Earliest mention of this man-made international
geographic feature in the northern part of
Jambudweepa was in Mahabharata. Its importance
was recognized by two rulers described as “ The
best of Kings” and “ Teacher of Kings”, who built
and extended it to its current state some 1800
years apart.
Due to its long association with multiple trade
settlements, Psephologists point out, that no one
community or caste dominates the belt
surrounding this region.
A. Which belt/geographic feature am I talking
about?
B. The man in the picture was responsible in the
enhancement of this feature. How ?

8. A
A. Grand Trunk Road .
B. IIT Roorkee was started as Thomason’s College to enhance the GT Road

9. 2
Its founder wanted it to be named after the
“maximum city: as it was the only private bank of
the era headquartered in the city. This option was
however voted out, as the resultant acronym
would clash with an entity founded by Maharaja
Sayajirao Gaekwad in 1908.
The Chairman who had a dream to take the bank
to greater heights in the future, opted to name it
as ‘Everest’. However the board settled for the
parent company’s name as it was already a
household name.
Identify the bank and the clashing acronym.
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad

10. A
HDFC Bank | Bank Of Baroda (BOB)
Bank Of Bombay
Bank Of Bombay

11. 3
Thanks to this lady this new fact has come to light. Basis few images
shown by a cosmetologist , a major cinematic decision was taken and
it was the first time this actor was seen in this avatar in South Indian
Cinema.
What images were shown and what decision was taken?

12. A

13. A

14. A
Archana Kalpathi, in a recent interview said that, initially Atlee and
team wanted to cast a senior actor for the father role Rayappan, but
after a Mumbai based cosmetologist Preethi Sri showed them photos
of Sushant Singh Rajput from Chhichhore where he had an old look,
the team was impressed. It was later decided by Atlee and team to
make Vijay himself play the father Rayappan role with old look.

15. 4
Connect these geographical products to a state and their claim to fame

16. A
Naga Tree Tomato, Naga Shawl, Naga Mirch are the only products
to have GI tag from Nagaland

17. 5
Identify these 2 Indian dishes whose spellings may vary by a letter
or two. One may have recently got recent acclaim albeit with a
different spelling.

18. A
It's Akhuni and Akhuri
Akhuni has Naga origins
Akhuri is a Parsi dish
Akhuni is also spelt as Axone.
Now a film about making it and the tribulations
people go through to make it.

19. 6
Considerations of India Affairs is a book by
Dutch-born merchant, active in India.
Throughout his life, he continued to propose
and execute various trading ventures on his
own behalf and in conjunction with various
commercial and governmental partners.
Identify the idea, the result of which most of
us, use everyday, floated by this person,
which saw the light of the day after 12 years
when an eccentric Irishman executed the
idea.

20. A
First newspaper of India, Hicky’s Bengal Gazette

21. 7
This is a traditional sweet from the Levant which is made using a technique
called wringing . In it’s native language, it means “Golden Twist”. The two
words which make up the sweet’s name might remind the Indians of a
traditional female attire and a neighbour whose greatest import to India
had a “Face that could launch a thousand ships” . Name the Sweet.

22. A
Sari Burma

23. 8
Lord Hanuman quietly sneaked in into
Lanka and destroyed the entire capital city
of the demon Ravana.
What “vote worthy” phenomenon did this
escapade of Hanuman inspire?

24. A
Operation Bandar | Balakot Airstrike

25. 9
This place had two twin mosques . One was named as the “ The Mosque which
mirrors the world” .
The other was named after a lady from Agra who built it. One of these was
destroyed by the British as a punishment for the war of 1857. The other still
exists.
What can you gather from my ramblings? Name both the mosques

26. A
Jama Masjid near Red Fort and the Akbarabadi Mosque near Subhas Park

27. 10
This GI product has been in existence since 15th century, although in
different forms. The present and popular spherical form has taken shape
only in 1940 under the Madras Government.
A rich organization incurs a loss of 10-35Rs on every piece sold because of
its varied selling price to customers, depending the mode of their transport
or the services they are paying for.
The place associated with this product has been a bone of contention during
a first of its kind bifurcation in 1953.
Which product?

28. A
Tirupati Laddu

29. 11
Although originally popularized in India by
Mughal emperors, the modern version was given
shape by 2 British soldiers , Robert and Shearer
who organized a tournament for this sport, in the
mid nineteenth century in an area named after
the Dimasa kingdom.
Played by 7 members of each team, the team
scoring 7 goals the quickest was declared the
winner then.
The rules have changed since then, and this sport
is now played across the world.
Which “Sport: is this whose first club in the world
was set up at a place whose name translates to
“Stony Bank” ?

30. A
POLO, Silchar

31. 12
His father was of Burmese origin and became a English teacher and a
prominent art critic. His mother was an iconic figure in Indian theatre and
a professor at DU.
The son worked with both Ray and Richard Attenborough. The son came
into prominence in 1975.
Larger pic on next slide
What was the son’s 1984 achievement which horrified many?

32. 12

33. A
Father - Richard Lawrence Bartholomew, was an Indian art critic,
photographer, painter, poet, and writer. Mother - Rati
Bartholomew. Son - Pablo Bartholomew, the famous photographer
of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy.
Pablo Bartholomew

34. 13
This is one of the several Mughal gardens in Delhi, located in a bowl
like topography surrounded by the highlands of Delhi ridge. It’s
name comes from the fact that there existed a pond at the end of
this garden. Identify the place which also houses a famous stadium.

35. A
TalKatora

36. 14
Where are these borders used?

37. A
Nakshi kantha
It is a type of embroidered quilt and is a centuries-old Bengali art
tradition in Bangladesh.
It is believed to be over 500 year old tradition.
It also carries a GI in India.

38. 15
The film (1) had a profound influence on the Hong Kong film industry,
and later on an international scale. It was a landmark film, credited
with setting the template for the heroic bloodshed genre, which was
considerably influential in Hong Kong action cinema, and later
Hollywood.
The Film (2)
Identify the film (2) which was inspired by film(1) which in turn was
inspired by another film (D) familiar to all of us. Identify that film too.
Pics next Slide

39. 15
film (2)
film (1)

40. A

41. A
The Brothers (Film 2) is a remake of Indian action crime-drama film (D)
Deewaar (1975), written by Salim–Javed. In turn, The Brothers inspired
John Woo's A Better Tomorrow (Film 1) and played a key role in the
creation of the heroic bloodshed crime genre of 1980s Hong Kong
action cinema.

42. 16
In Latin retroflex means to “bent back. “
Although the natives are all comfortable
with these retroflex approximants, the
problem arises when these are read by
non natives. Thanks to the English
intervention!
A recent ordinance by a state
government has widened the problem to
a larger extent among the non natives.
What are retroflex approximants and
what problem?
Subapical retroflex plosive

43. A
Letters which require the tongue to be curled backwards to
pronounce.
Tamil is written as Thamizh. And many other
Tami(ழ)l/Malayalam(ഴ) words where “ZH” represents the L sound

44. 17
In his book Modi Effect, this is how Lance Price mentions about
Congress and it’s leadership:
“Mrs Gandhi had been famously unwilling to enter politics at all until
she was press-ganged into it by the Congress Party, which had long
since translated Henry Ford’s ‘... ….. .. …. .. … ….’(famous quote) into ‘...
…… .. …. .. … . Gandhi’.”
Original quote and the modified one?

45. 17

46. A
Any colour so long as it’s black
Any leader so long as it’s a Gandhi

47. 18
The facial complexion of these individuals contributed to which
long lasting motif?

48. A
The flag of Jainism has five colors: orange or red, yellow, white,
green and black or dark blue.
It is believed that the complexion of all the 24 Tirthankaras was of
one of these 5 colors.

49. 19
KSR Bengaluru Railway station lies enroute the original Bengaluru
city(Bangalore fort etc.,) towards the then capital city, hence the
station code SBC. Expand SBC.

50. A
Seringapatnam side of Bangalore City

51. 20
Connect all 3 and explain

52. A
All movies and names inspired by Dostoevsky
Mysskin
Iobinte Pustakam – Brothers Karmazov
Crime and Punishment – Phir Subah Hogi
The second is Iyobinte Pusthakam (The Book of Job) where Aloshy, Ivan
and Dimitri are named after the characters from the classic The Brothers
Karamazov. Shanmugha Raja known professionally as Mysskin is an
Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, singer and producer. He chose
Mysskin or Myshkin as his assumed name inspired by Prince Myshkin,
the protagonist in Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot. So, Fyodor Dostoevsky
is the connect.

53. 21
Sultan Cem , was the half brother of Bayezid II and the
grandfather of Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman
dynasty. He was a pretender to the Byzantine Throne and
ultimately fled to a city by the river Tiber.
His brother Bayezid paid the local religious authority enormous
amounts of money to keep him as a hostage. The rivalry between
the brothers and the resulting bribes that his elder brother paid
,resulted in something , which is seen as the glorious example of a
movement whose reverberations were felt as far as India ,
especially in the East .
What was the bribe money used for ? What happened in Eastern
India inspired by this movement ?
For Bonus points identify the typically Ottoman but horrible
tradition, which was also followed by the Mughals, that resulted
out of this enmity between the two brothers .
Sultan Cem

54. A
Sistine Chapel , Bengal Renaissance, Fratricide

55. 22
The effect named after this person can be seen in the artworks at Shirdi
and other Sai temples. The phenomenon was pretty much brilliantly
showcased in a recent movie considered to be the last work of a legend.
Which particular set of scenes from which film and what can be seen at
Shirdi?

56. A
Angrezi Medium | The scene where Irrfan Khan’s brother keeps
taking Jilebi from boiling oil.
People say Sai Baba used to do this as well.
(This is the result of Leidenfrost effect.)

57. 23
During the Early days of the Raj - it is said that English were so poor back in
their country that they defined their daily life with an alliterative phrase (5
words) having two adjectives which basically mean “weariness” and “loss”.
These same Englishmen when they reached India and its untold riches would
describe their live using a “Seven word phrase” which was a pun on the
above phrase and had two words
• one denoting a certain amount of money in India, which as per a Bengali
proverb “a dead elephant can fetch”
• the other word was a subtle hint to the exploitation of women they
carried out in India. Just give me the two phrases.

58. A
The first phrase to describe their life in England was "Alack and Alas
the day " - the second to describe their Life in India was "A Lakh
and A Lass a day"
Basically life in England was sad, and In India they could earn a Lakh
and get a girl whenever they wanted

59. 24
Born in to a family of industrialists who owned Killick Nixon, she was
mocked about her ambition to enter the celluloid industry due to her being
afflicted by the Hansen’s Disease.
An offer for the lead role in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Guddi was rejected due
to father’s reluctance towards her entry into the world of glamor. Amazed
by her beauty, a family friend convinced her father to cast her in his
upcoming venture and rest is history.
Who are we talking about ? What venture ? Who is the family friend?

60. A
Dimple Kapadia, Raj Kapoor, Bobby
Dimple Kapadia Raj Kapoor

61. 25
Started via two private stations from Bombay and Calcutta in 1923,
the company behind this broadcasting service went bankrupt in
1927. It was later re-launched under Department of Industries and
Labor.
In 1936 it was renamed to its current avatar, that same year a Dutch
electronics company came up with an idea of utilizing their service
to bring live commentary of a sporting event to India for the first
time.
What service and which event?

62. 26
Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer, who had been sent to
Sudan to orchestrate the evacuation of Khartoum due to the rebellion
occurring there. Upon arrival, however, he declared that he would not
evacuate and would instead fight the rebels, resulting in a siege situation. A
rescue team was organized by the British government and “a company” was
asked to guide the team up the Nile.
Never one to miss a chance for profit, a “visit to Khartoum” as an excursion
from Cairo (and part of a wider trip from India to the Middle East) and “an
opportunity to form a relieving force to bring Gordon out of Khartoum” was
advertised by this company in India , where “Messrs. X will arrange the
transport and commissariat and give the whole expedition the air of a
holiday trip”.
Who is X and what did they name this trip in their advertisements
(something which has now become a tradition for the Bengalis )

63. 26
Charles George Gordon

64. A
Thomas Cook / Durga Puja Trips

65. 27
This food was very popular with the British, so much so that we find its
references in the accounts of Anglo Mysore War and in the cook book
of Sake Dean Mohammed . Dr. David Livingstone carried cans of this
to Africa . Even Heinz sells a version of it in England still now .
So popular was it with the British Civil servants from the Madras
Province that a particular word which also means “To Think“, was
given as a special sobriquet to the members of the service .
This word also forms a part of the food being described.
What are we talking about ?
Also give me the word which was used describe members of the civil
service.

66. A
Mulligatawny Soup and “Mull”

67. 28
This person was addicted to chess, and he had many books on Chess,
which he had to sell to raise money to shoot the pilot footage for his
first project.
Nirmal Babu was a stocky Bengali, who had his own collection of
rare books, prints, maps, manuscripts and other materials in his own
bookshop near Entally, in Calcutta.
He depended on Nirmal for research for one his movies.
He paid tribute to Nirmal by making him the inspiration for a similar
character in his own novels .
Id this chess addict and the character which he created inspired by
Nirmal

68. A
Satyajit Ray and Sidhu Jyatha , the movie being Shatranj ke Khiladi
Satyajit Ray Sidhu Jyatha

69. 29
These are a set of Tuscan pillars 20 in number . On the top you can see temple
bells inspired by the Moodbidri temple in Karnataka.
Where would you find these pillars ? What superstition led the the building of
the bells in their present form ?

70. A
Rashtrapati Bhavan - The bells are clapperless intended to
counteract the Hindu belief that bells tolled the knell of dynasties .
And the british intended for the British dynasty to roll on for
another 1000 years

71. 30
In the 1800s this scion of Tipu purchased
a plantation and then slowly started
divesting his assets to a banker with
other ideas.
How would you connect that to "The
Creek" as seen in the picture.
The Creek was named after a person
what was literally tagged as Ferdinand
De Lesseps of his city of adoption.

72. A
Tollygunge Club, established in 1895, derives its name from the
neighbourhood of Tollygunge, that in turn got its name from William
Tolly, a colonel in the British Army in 1767.

73. Thank You!