Bangaliyana Quiz (Grand Finale)

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 There are 6 questions that will lead to
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Inspired by the ideas and style of T.S. Eliott, worked
as a professor in many renowned Kolkata colleges,
associated with IPTA, X was also a translator,
academic and art critique in the era of modernism,
post-modernism. Starting off as a symbolist, he won
recognition for the musical quality of his poems,
and forms the post-Tagore generation of Bengali
poets.
Name X.

Beginning in the 1940s his non-romantic,
straightforward approach heralded a new era in
Bengali poetry with many poets adopting his themes.
Conferred Deshikottama by the Viswa Bharati,
Santiniketan, political themes, social unrest, protest by
the common people and their hope and buoyancy
characterize his earlier poems like Padatika,
Agnikona, Chitrakuta.

Martin Scorsese himself has credited a Satyajit Ray
film as a major influence on his work.
The protagonist Narasingh (played by Soumitra
Chatterjee) is seen as a prototype for the character of
the cynical cab driver Travis Bickle (played by Robert
De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).
Identify the story writer of this Satyajit Ray film.

Sometime in 2006, X made a very touching inaugural
speech in some place in Germany which moved
many among the listeners to tears. Inspired by the
famous Raj Kapoor song, she said: “This is truly the
age where the Joota (shoe) is Japani (Japanese),
Patloon (pants) is Englistani (British), the Topi
(hat) is Roosi (Russian), But the Dil (heart) is
always Hindustani (Indian)”.
Name X.

Identify the story writer of this film.

Adim Lata - Gulmomay, Murkho Baro, Samajik
Noy, Baborer Prarthana are among those creations
which have inspired a whole generation due to their
unique form and feeling, and the unique "lyrical and
reflective" style that portrayed a deep "sense of
anguish towards the superficiality of our society
and existence".
Whom am I talking about?

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Bishnu Dey

Subhash Mukhopadhyay

Tarashankar Bandopadhyay

Mahasweta Devi

Ashapurna Devi

Shankha Ghosh

So, the answers are
• Bishnu Dey
• Subhash Mukhopadhyay
• Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
• Mahasweta Devi
• Ashapurna Devi
• Shankha Ghosh
The Connect is :--
6 Bengali authors to win India's highest literary
award - Jnanpith Award

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• Flat scoring of 10 points.
• Half points, if any, is totally
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Built by Raghunath Singha II in 1655 A.D., the
temple is greatly influenced by classical Bengali
architecture. The temple is also known as the
Keshta Raya Temple and is famous for its
construction and terracotta sculptures. The Temple
resembles two hut-like structures with separate
angled roofs held together by a chala(tower) at the
crown.
What is the popular name of this temple?

Jor Bangla Temple

Which sanctuary has been declared by the Limca
Book of Records as the world’s largest breeding
colony of Asian Openbill Stork?
It offers shelter to almost 164 species of birds and
every year around 70,000 to 80,000 migratory birds
visit the sanctuary. Every year these birds migrate
here from across the India and other South Asian
countries to breed.

Kulik Bird Sanctuary, Raigunj

The first GM in South Asia, represented his
country in the Chess Olympiads of 1984,
1990, 1994, 1996, 2002 and 2004, played his
first international competition at Kolkata in
1979.
Name the legendary sportsman who was
awarded the GM title by FIDE in 1987.

Niaz Murshed

If Calcutta was constructed by the British
rulers from three villages — Gobindapur,
Sutanuti and Kolikata, then what came out
from the three rural settlements—
Borkishonpur, Khalisani and Gondalpara?

Chandannagar

Lila Devi , the wife of writer Banaphool said that
there were two creators of taste in Bengal, first
was _____ ______ & the second was
Rabindranath Tagore.
The first _____ _____ opened at North Kolkata
in 1885.
Maharaja of Lalgola, Maharaja of Burdwaman, Raja
of Natore, George the V all were its customers.

Dwarik Ghose

A large part of which film was shot indoors in
Kolkata, but the director Ray was careful that no one
could make out it was not Varanasi and an unique
lighting scheme was created that was used by
Nykvist, Ingmar Bargman’s cinematographer?
10 years later, says Soumendu Ray that was how
bounce light made its debut – a white screen was
created overhead and light was bounced off that. The
idea was that very little light enters rooms of houses
in the narrow congested alleys of Varanasi.

Aparajito

For 5 generations the men of P. P. Dutta & Sons
have been in this business which was started by
Dharani Dhar Dutta.
Though it has become a little more than blind spots
these days, they were installed to remind the natives
of the supremacy of the Raj. The message was clear-
Your time, our hostage.
What business am I talking about, the most feature of
which is clearly visible at BBD Bagh area?

Clock Tower

The term ‘Bargee Danga’ has been derived from
Bargee, which was a name given by the bengalees to
the Maratha warriors. Built by the ancestors of
Shri Safallya Narayan Kundu, one of such
Maratha warriors in 1766, efforts are being taken
now to restore the glory and all efforts are being
made to maintain the royal heritage through regular
upkeep.
‘Bargee Danga’ is the other name of what in WB?

Itachuna Rajbari

This place known as the ‘Company Bagh’ used
to be the residence of Warren Hastings, Sir John
Shore and other British high ranking officials.
Nothing remains of it except the mosque named
“Kala Masjid” and some graves including that
Nawazish Muhammad Khan himself.
Which tourist place am I talking about?

Motijheel, Murshidabad

The 17th Viceroy and Governor-General of India, at the
time, had wished to invite a pioneering Bengali/Indian
industrialist to dine at X and, when the discriminatory
policy was thus exposed, a decision was taken to form Y
with a membership policy not dictated by race.
Y remains a popular social hub for the wealthy in the city.
Ironically, despite its origins as a reaction to
discrimination, Y has historically restricted
membership to men. However, this was changed in 2007
and started admitting women members.
Name X and Y.

X – Bengal Club; Y – Calcutta Club

Which teacher at the Department of Drama
at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, acted in
films such as Satyajit Ray’s Teen Kanya (’61)
and Tapan Sinha’s Sagina Mahato (’70), apart
from designing sets and costumes, and writing
two popular plays, Ujan Beye (’52) and
Kimbadanti (’70)?

Kumar Roy

Connect.
• Chharpatra (ছাড়পত্র) - (Certificate, 1948)
• Ghum Nei (ঘ নেই) - (Sleepless, 1950)
• Purbabhas (পর্বা াস) - (Premonition, 1950)
• Abhijan (অভ াে) - (Expedition, 1953, a play)
• Mithe-Kadha (ভ ঠে-কড়া)- (Sweet and sour 1951)
• Giti Guccha (গ ভিগুচ্ছ) - (Songs 1965)

Books by Sukanta Bhattacharya

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 Written Round
 All the questions are on illustrations
 Answers are not at all inter-related
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 05 marks (without stake)
+ 10 / - 05 (with stake)

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Explain the political incident.

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Formation of Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress
by Pranab Mukherjee and Shishir bose in
1987

Identify this potbellied
character from Bengali
literature, in one of his
earlier appearances.

Identify the novel from these illustrations.

Id. this personality from the
world of music.
(A lively portrait by Bimal Das)

A very well circulated
print-ad during the
1940s.
What has been edited
out?

Id. the
sporting
personality,
celebrating his
achievements.

Ghanada

Saptapadi

Tarapada Chakrabarty

HMV

Mihir Sen

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This is an interview taken within a film.
Identify, both the movie and the interviewer.

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Padatik & Simi Garewal
Questions by Indranil (QLoK)

The statue at Shyambazar crossing
is a poor copy of another statue
of a famous British personal X .
Netaji on horseback is a far
fetched idea , hence the sculptor
thought Statue of X would help
him. This illustration by Kutty
satires that issue of plagiarism . X
is demanding the copyright fee
from Mr. Bose. Id. X whose
character was incidentally
portrayed by an Oscar winning
actor.

General James Outram

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The composer of this song of 1920’s was probably
influenced by the folk tunes of Middle East, which he
may had listened during his brief military stint in WW-I.
The end part of the prelude [mukhra] has an uncanny
resemblance with the 1978 chartbuster from the album
titled, “Night Flight to Venus”, which too said to be
inspired by the Turkish folk song Katibim.
Id. both songs.

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Long before the publication of ‘Two States’ by Mr. Bhagat,
this Bengali novel (vis) was written by X, in a semi-
autobiographical description of his love and courtship
with his future wife Y and obviously, it became a
best-seller.
Id. both X and Y.

Buddhadeb Guha & Ritu Guha

The man in pic. was undefeated until his death despite
numerous attempts of European enemies, whose motto of life
was do or die. After almost two hundred fifty years, two
intrepid youth, Dr. ____ _____ and Lt. George Albert
____ had started a historic journey that began on February 1,
1969 from Kolkata with the same motto and returned back
after fifty six days after creating a world record. This incident
created a huge inspiration in Bengal. The duo had made the
tribute to this man possibly for the first time in this part of
world, who was almost an unknown figure in Bengal till then.
Id. the duo and how did they pay their tribute
to this man?

Dr Pinaki Ranjan Chatterjee and Lt George
Albert Duke.
The name of their boat was KANHOJI
ANGRE.

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What’s the significance of this climax-scene of the
movie, for which the debutant director of the movie gave
acknowledgement to another famous movie
personality of Kolkata.?
Id. this movie also.

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Director of the movie, Uttam Kumar shot this
particular segment at the set of the movie
Nayak after taking necessary permission
from ……..you know who…...

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This polymath, was a globe-trotter too. During his travel
to imperial China, he faced the Russo-Japanese War on the
first decade of the 20th century. In his accounts, he
described the daily life and social customs of the Chinese
people in great detail.
It is believed that his observation of street vendors in
China, has given him the idea to invent and market a
product, whose compact arrangement and portability
made it popular among bachelors, at least during the first
fifty years of the 20th century in Kolkata.
Id. him and his invention.

Indumadhab Mallick & Icmic Cooker

Thomas Stockman – the chief protagonist of ‘En
Folkefiende’ was the source of influence in this part of
cultural hemisphere at several times. Firstly, X by the legend
of Kolkata theatre on 06.12.1952. Second one is the most
popular and well-known creation in 1989. And the last one,
Y in 2016, where a massive improvisation made by changing
the gender of the protagonist and found a namesake with
a critically acclaimed Om–Nasir movie of 1990s.
Identify X and Y.

Dashachakra & Drohkaal

The tune of this song has been borrowed from a cult
Bengali song, though the real source of the tune is the old
American folk song ‘Oh By Jingo!’.
Id. the hugely popular Bengali song.

Since the revival of the Sandesh magazine, under the
editorship of Satyajit Ray in 1961, only once the cover
illustration of the periodical was done by someone other
than the members of the Ray-clan. In the 1970 May- June
issue of Sandesh, we have found a different illustrator, who
had designed the cover page with a full page comics.
Who is that illustrator?

Dipak Chakraborty

Untold brave story of an unknown bengali
Over two hundred Indian soldiers on a United Nations
Peacekeeping Mission were taken hostage by rebels and the
international community advocated patience and restraint in
the face of a volatile hostage crisis, ultimately, the Indians had
no choice but to take matters into their own hands to extricate
their soldiers and so OPERATION KHUKRI was launched
10,000 km away from India under the leadership of a Bengali,
Major Ajoy Mukherjee to rescue the 223 Gorkha Regiment
soldiers from the trigger happy rebels.
In which country Indian military conducted one of their
successful mission overseas?

Sierra Leone

Connect.

Adaptation of Narendranath Mitra’s stories

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 All the answers contain the
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 Answers are not related to any particular
theme
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+ 05 marks (without stake)
+ 10 / - 05 (with stake)

Questions by Somnath (QLoK)Bangaliyana Quiz (Grand Finale) I IFAQ-2017, CMC, Kolkata
It is said to be applied for the very first time on Lord
Shiva and Sati to make them look beautiful. Later adopted
in the Indian subcontinent as a ritual during a particular
occasion, it is still being continued with much pomp.
What is being talked about?

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Gaye Holud

I am looking for a ‘colourful’ venture (1957-58) of a
former dermatologist of Calcutta Medical College.
(Clue – These three noted gentlemen)

This not-so-happening 2013 film
came into news when a
particular group of people
claimed that the title was
inspired by one of their iconic
creations. In fact, presence of
one actor among the movie’s
cast made the case pretty
interesting.
What inspired the title of this
movie?

This former post-master
in Serampore Head Post Office
was later awarded the
prestigious title of ‘Rai
Bahadur’ by the British
Govt. for services rendered at
the Battle of Lushai.
What’s his biggest claim to
fame?

It’s history traced back to a
certain gentleman named
Balaram who added a few
ingredients to the recipe of the
eternal-favourite one to come
up with this particular variety.
What has thus been
originated?
(Vis – Logo of an organisation
associated with the family of
Balaram)

Sharing the title of this
Prasenjit-starrer,
which eco-friendly
scheme/initiative has
been launched with
much fanfare by the
Govt. of W.B. in
2015-16?

Kalo Bhramar

Holud Pakhi

Nil Darpan

It’s history traced back to a
certain gentleman named
Balaram who added a few
ingredients to the recipe of
the eternal-favourite one to
come up with this particular
variety.
What has thus originated?
(Vis – Logo of an organisation
associated with the family of
Balaram)

Komola Bhog

Sabuj Sathi

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Probably Kolkata’s oldest permanent-mandap for
Durga Puja, it became the venue of an all important
meeting which took place more than 300 years ago.
How is this mandap-area commonly known to us?

Atchala (at Sabarna Roy Chowdhury residence)

Nabin Bhaskar, of Daihaat, Burdwan, was once assigned
a very prestigious project of completing three similar
assignments. Almost simultaneously, he finished his job and
got duly credited. Lovingly, two of them – Kripamoyee
and Brahmamoyee came to be known as ‘Masi’ (sister of
one’s mother).
Who or what, the most well-known among them, came
to be known as ‘Maa’?

Bhavatarini Kali Maa of Dakshineswar

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Krishna Kripalani in his book
‘Tagore : A Life’ wrote that
Tagore created the character of
Gora after closely observing X
who was said to be more
Hindu than a born-Hindu.
Identify X, a former school
teacher who was much admired
and liked by Tagore for
sincerity and dedication.

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Sister Nivedita

Sarada Charan, doyen of a very well-known family was
a multitalented personality. He had varied interests,
ranging from sports (being a member of the Indian
weight-lifting delegation at the Melbourne
Olympics in 1956) to Bengali art and culture. But mostly
known for his business interests, he tried to keep up the
family legacy intact by establishing a company in 1946.
What is the ‘appropriately named’
family-residence of this gentleman?

Rosogolla Bhavan

This is the director’s imaginative
sketchwork of something which
added it’s own mystical aura during
one of the iconic moments on
the silver-screen.
Where have you noticed (or failed
to notice) the final product based
on this sketch?

Panchanan, the son of poet Parameswar Gangopadhyay had
a checkered career. He was one of the Generals of the
Humayun’s army which defeated the army of Sher Shah Suri
and got the title ‘Shakti Khan’. He was also awarded the
jageer of more than 40 villages and founded different
settlements after bringing people of several occupations
from the other parts of the country. Accordingly, the area
occupied by the Baids (or Doctors) from Bikrampur, Dhaka
came to be known as Baidyabati.
How do we presently know the area where the goldsmiths
settled down?

Kanchrapara
(original name was ‘Kanchan Pally’)

This former Sheriff of Kolkata who breathed his last
during the 2nd Quarter of 2017, once commandered a
few good men and performed a fantastic job in the early
‘70s which is regarded as one of the best of it’s kind in
the post-Independence era.
Which great achievement that has a
patriotic feel to it, has been hinted at?

East Bengal defeated Pas Club of Iran to win
the IFA Shield in 1970 under the captaincy of
Shanto Mitra

This popular movie-character, created by director Amjad
Hussain Chaudhuri, has been the subject of his latest
docu-fiction ‘____-ra Ekhon Kothay’. First seen on a
‘Train’ in 1978, she was later found in ‘Dhaka’ in 1995 and
finally she went to ‘Bilet’ (in England) in 2010. Though not
interconnected, the three afore-mentioned movies garnered
enough critical appreciation and awards.
What is the name of this fictional character
that, reportedly, annoyed the supporters of
Khaleda Zia a little?

Golapi

This architectural marvel was built by Maharaja Teja
Chandra Bahadur in 1809 on the occasion of transfer and
ownership of his royal estate. A combination of two
concentric circles having a certain number of
‘elements’, has been decided with auspicious
considerations and largely inspired from the highly
revered item shown in the vis.
Which major tourist attraction is this?

108 Shiva Temple Complex at Ambika-Kalna
(the number of temples signify the number
of beads in a rosary)

Lillian, the daughter of a senior Regimental Sergeant Major
in the British Indian Army, was born in Calcutta in 1904. A
very strict disciplinarian, she tried to inculcate the army-values
in her son. And shortly after the end of the WWII, her only
son was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps as
a Second Lieutenant. He was an officer in the Combined
Services Entertainment Section and eventually became
a Captain, commanding a small depot in West Germany. But
later getting bored with his Army life, he left it.
How do we better know the son of Calcutta-born Lillian?

Roger Moore

Two great sons of
Bengal….Who was being
caricatured by whom?

Cartoon of P.C. Roy by Gagan Thakur

Considered a ‘God-gifted’
remedy, what was being
highlighted through these
signboards, once very
commonly displayed in
strategic locations like post
offices and busy railway
stations?

Distribution of Quinine to cure Malaria

This hit song from the 1996-movie ‘Yash’ was supposedly
inspired from the tune of which evergreen folk-song of
Bengal, made popular by Swapna Chakravorty?

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