prelims chemathlon 2017 (answers)

General Quiz Chemathlon 2k17Researched and Conducted by

Dr. Aakash Roy

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Prelims

30 QuestionsEach Answer carry 1 point.

Question 26-30 carry 2 points each.

Total 35 points.Questions 16-25 are Star

Marked.Ties after Finals to be broken

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score and stars, Count back method to be applied

1 Suvo Palit, a Salt Lake resident, in 2013, decided to

revive a dying art and he shared his experiences regarding the same in an article in The Telegraph, dated 31st October,2014. Following is an excerpt:

“The process started with buying butter paper, kite sticks for the rim, paraffin and tissue paper to make the fuel and annealed wire to suspend the fuel from. Last year’s experience had taught me that the greatest challenge was striking the right balance between weight and durability.”

What did Suvo Palit produce indigeneously,that has become a craze again in the last couple of years ?

Fanush / Chinese lanterns

2 Sir Ashutosh heard of this

diligent young teacher of Krishnanath Collegiate School, and took him to Mitra Institution where the young man would achieve cult status. He used to live in Rossa Road and then at Gobinda Ghoshal lane from 1964 till his death in 1987.

But, what truly makes him immortal is perhaps his lasting legacy amongst students who he could not teach personally.

Who is this indispensable gentleman?

Keshab Chandra Nag

3

Which venue in an English seaside town is shown here, serving as a makeshift hospital for the wounded Indian soldiers during World War I ?

3

Royal Pavilion/ Brighton Pavilion

4 Potato cultures supplemented with ox-bile

was the recipe used by the two scientists working in Lille in the early part of 20th century. In 1913, when they were nearly ready to test their results, WWI broke out. German occupation of Lille meant, greatly increased cost of potatoes and the difficulty of obtaining suitable ox bile from the abattoir. Yet, they managed to obtain this by grace of the veterinary surgeons of the German occupying force.

Their efforts finally bore fruit in 1921 and they decided to drop an extra ‘B’ which stood for ‘Bile’ from the final name. What recipe is being described ?

BCG Vaccine

5

Born in Joynagar, he was a cousin of Dr. Nilratan Sircar. He founded the City Book Society in 1896 which published Upendrakishore’s “Chotoder Ramayana” and “Chotoder Mahabharata” for the first time.

Who is he/ How has he been immortalised in our popular culture ?

Jogindranath Sarkar

6

Egyptians used to stain their lower eyelids using lamp black/antimony/lead sulphide to enhance their beauty. The Arabic pronunciation of this stain colloquially known as kohl, has given origin to a particular word, being far removed from its initial connotation.

What is the good word ?

Alcohol (from al-kohl)

7

This is a 1912 poster designed by Alfred France for a certain organisation. What was the campaign all about ?

7

London Underground

8

Who is the goalkeeper of this team from the Racing Universitaire d'Alger shown here (front centre),who had to retire from the game prematurely following a bout of Tuberculosis?

Albert Camus

9

FM Rainbow Gold till very recently had a slot for old popular English numbers from pre 1980s every Sunday for an hour in the morning.

The name of the show was borrowed from a 1973 smash hit song by The Carpenter’s, which made it to the billboards’ No. 1 song in no time after its release.

What very aptly named show ?

Yesterday Once More

10

George Lois, who was most famous as the cover artist of “Esquire” designed this commercial for Wolfschmidt’s Vodka. The vodka tells the tomato, “You are some tomato. We could make beautiful ______ ______ together. I am different from those other fellows.

FITB.

Bloody Mary

11What has been described by its

father as “a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be” ?

LSD

12

This is the heart of a plant called Blue Agave, which belongs to the CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) family. What is the most popular product yielded by this plant ?

Tequila

13

The photograph on the next slide was taken by a certain Jarshad Kakkrakandy in his office canteen, and posted on internet on December 5,2016. Since then, this picture has gone viral, with many people lauding this benevolent gesture.

What was the fuss all about ?

The Hindu arranged for free lunches for the on duty Police personnel who had to work overtime for Jayalalithaa's funeral procession and mob control

14

How have these group of men become neighbour’s envy and owner’s pride ?

Onida Devil

15Which two word terminology

(beginning with L/G) connects the following objects?

Logarithmic Spiral / Golden Ratio

16

It was in 1908 that Hemendra Mohan Bose’s Gramophone Company brought out the first collections of “______babur gaan”.

But it was a recording in 1935 by Kanak Das, that for the first time introduced the terminology which, since then, have created ripples in the popular culture of Bengal like none other.

What exact term am I looking for ?

Rabindra sangeet

17

Chemically an acid, this is used to reduce the friction between two gliding discs to facilitate their onward journey, enforced by a heavyweight and larger object of similar shape.

Which common recreational usage is being described in the above paragraph ?

18 A Nawab sitting on the throne and his nobles

positioned at their respective places, a Nawab lying on his bed with a cup of wine, while a girl is dancing supported by the musicians were some popular scenes before 20th century.

In 1957, Akshay Das introduced Ajanta Eldora cave paintings alongside scenes from religious epics and courtly ceremonies.

Which G.I. tagged item is being talked about ?

Baluchari Saree

19 Civilians wear it with the pleats facing up

because they were originally used to hold ticket stubs and similar items , explaining the slang name ‘crumb-catcher’.

US Army Blue Mess and Blue Evening Mess uniforms are worn with the pleats down, as prescribed by Army Regulation 670–1 Chapter 24 Section 10(b).

Which ten-lettered fashion accessory is being referred to ?

Cummerbund

20

Which in-news animal is this ?

Clouded Leopard

21 Which country ?

Holland/ The Netherlands

22 Schultz, the creator of Peanuts was

a huge fan of an actor. That actor’s most memorable movie finds a passing reference in the following Peanuts comics strip from 1973.

What movie was Linus watching ?

22

Citizen Kane

23

Instituted in 1954 as Pahela Varg, Dusra Varg and Teesra Varg, they underwent a name change the following year.

What were the new nomenclature for the above three entities respectively which usually raises a storm in the teacup during Republic Day celebrations every year ?

Padma- Vibhushan, Bhushan, Shri

24 This is inside the very famous Café

Mondegar at Colaba in Mumbai. Whose artwork is seen adorning its walls ?

Mario Miranda

25 This old logo was

revamped in 2015 and the new one featured a famous polymath from Philadelphia dribbling a basketball with a mischievous gleam in his eye.

However, this one has not been used officially by the 76ers,till date.

Who did it feature?

Benjamin Franklin

26

In this “Esquire” cover from the 1960s, the ultimate American Idol, who the college rebels can identify with, has been formulated as an ideal mix of these four cultural icons from the sixties. Who are they (clockwise from left) ? (Picture next slide)

Bob Dylan, Malcom X, JFK, Fidel Castro

27

The following four landforms are produced as a result of erosion by glaciers.

Name them, beginning clockwise from top left.

Cirque, Crevasse, Moraine, Serac

28 What are the

two advising each other ? (FITB with two appropriate words beginning with the same letter)

Rational, Real

29 The cross design represents Christianity,

the characteristic shift of the centre to the hoist side is early modern, first described in a regulation on 11th June 1748, which specified the shift of the cross centre towards the hoist as "the two first fields must be square in form and the two outer fields must be 6/4 lengths of those".

What is being described and which country is an exception despite belonging to this particular group ?

Nordic Cross Flags, Greenland

30

One of the following paintings by Titian(1538) was supposedly the inspiration while the other by Paul Cezanne(1872) was the homage to an immensely controversial work of art which was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1865.

Who was the painter and What is the name of the painting ?

30

Olympia, Edouard Manet

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