the pledge

The Pledge

A General Quiz

Quizmaster: Ashish Thakur (One Half of Twofold Dyslexics)

&

Biswajit Panda (Quizmaster on Special Duty)

• Prelims

• Prelims Answers

• Quarter 1

• Quarter 2

• Quarter 3

• Quarter 4

• Quarter 5

• Quarter 6

• Connect

• Long Visual Connect

1.

• ID the logo.

Openleaks

2.

• Who said about whom ? “The terrorist has got another wicket".

Dean Jones about Hashim Amla

3.

• The Allard Prize for International Integrity is awarded to an individual, movement or organization that has demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in combating corruption, especially through promoting transparency, accountability and the rule of law.

• The inaugural recipient of the Allard Prize for International Integrity is X.

Anna Hazare

4.• ID the documentary.

5*.• Banner of?

Pontifical Swiss Guard

6.• ID the movie.

7*.• Name of the pose?

TO DI WORLD

8.• Name of the region.

Pacific Ring of Fire

9.• ID the personality

Friedrich Nietzsche

10.

• Logo of?

MGM

11*.

• The 1900 Paris Games featured the only Olympic event in history in which animals were deliberately harmed. The controversial event was never repeated in any other Olympics. What was the event?

Live Pigeon Shooting

12.• ID the OST.

Rain Man

13.• ID the book.

तेजस्वी सम्मान खोजते नह ीं गोत्र बतलाके,पाते है जग से प्रशस्स्त अपना करतव दिखलाके।ह न मूल की ओर िेख जग गलत कहे या ठीक,

वीर खीींचकर ह रहते हैं इततहासों में ल क।स्जसके पपता सूयय थे, माता कुन्ती सती कुमार ,

उसका पलना हुई धार पर बहती हुई पपटार ।सूत-वींश में पला, चखा भी नह ीं जनतन का क्षीर,तनकला कर्य सभी युवकों में तब भी अद्भतु वीर।

तन से समरशूर, मन से भावुक, स्वभाव से िानी,जातत-गोत्र का नह ीं, शील का, पौरुष का अभभमानी।

ज्ञान-ध्यान, शस्त्रास्त्र, शास्त्र का कर सम्यक् अभ्यास,अपने गुर् का ककया कर्य ने आप स्वयीं सुपवकास।

Rashmirathi

14.• What does this map depict?

Grand Trunk Road

15.• Logo of?

16*.

• Which company was started in Chicago, Illinois as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928, with its first product being a battery eliminator?

Motorola

17.

• Saeed Anwar

• Zaheer Abbas

• AB de Villiers

• ???

Quinton de Kock

18.• Google Doodle for what?

Focault’s Birthday

19.• ID the place.

MI6’s Headquarter

20

• Which Hindu God is known by the alternate name of Halayudha, referring to his weapon of choice?

Balarama

Quarter 1

• There are 6 questions.

• +15/-5 on pounce

• If the teams don’t pounce within the stipulated time, we will go with Infinite Bounce Forward.

• +10/-0

1.

• As representatives of German Science and Art, we hereby protest to the civilized world against the lies and calumnies with which our enemies are endeavoring to stain the honor of Germany in her hard struggle for existence -- in a struggle that has been forced on her.

• It is not true that Germany is guilty of having caused this war. Neither the people, the Government, nor the "Kaiser" wanted war....

• We cannot wrest the poisonous weapon -- the lie -- out of the hands of our enemies. All we can do is proclaim to all the world, that our enemies are giving false witness against us....

• Have faith in us! Believe, that we shall carry on this war to the end as a civilized nation, to whom the legacy of a Goethe, a Beethoven, and a Kant, is just as sacred as its own hearths and homes.

Manifesto of Ninety-Three

2.• Theme of this painting by George Frederick Watts ?

The Irish Famine

3.

• On June 5, 1960, 4 children - two of them aged 15 and two 18 were camping near a lake by the city of Espoo, close to Helsinki in Finland. They were attacked by someone/or a group of people leaving 3 of them dead and one badly injured. There have been a large number of suspects ranging from local lunatics to KGB spy. The murder will probably remain unsolved. All of this however has been immortalized in popular culture. Put the funda.

4.• The X is a publicly funded government agency in the United Kingdom.

The X was founded in 1913, with its prime role being the distribution of medical research funds under the terms of the National Insurance Act 1911. This was a consequence of the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, which recommended the creation of a permanent medical research body.

• The X focuses on high-impact research and has provided the financial support and scientific expertise behind a number of medical breakthroughs, including the development of penicillin and the discovery of the structure of DNA. Research funded by the X has produced 29 Nobel Prize winners to date.

5.

• The statue is of a robed female figure representing X, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Libertas

6.• ID the bachcha.

Bruce Lee

Quarter 2

• There are 6 questions.

• +15/-5 on pounce

• If the teams don’t pounce within the stipulated time, we will go with Infinite Bounce Reverse.

• +10/-0

1.

• The original concept was inspired by the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ which portrays a Sikh girl who breaks traditions and plays football in a girls’ team. The aspiration to bend the football around a defensive wall sparked the idea for the two upright curved supports holding up the globe in the shape of a football – a consistent feature amongst almost all of FIFA’s event trophies. The overall elegant and pure appearance of the Official Trophy is characteristic of the nature of how the game is played in this women’s age group.

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup

2.

• In which context Zidane said “Why put another layer of gold paint on the Bentley when you are losing the entire engine?”

Chelsea fans should know this.

Claude Makélélé

3.

• The 1979–80 Copa del Rey was the 76th staging of the Spanish Cup, the annual domestic cup competition in the Spanish football. The tournament was attended by 226 teams from the main categories of Spaniard football.

• The tournament began on 11 September 1979 and ended on 4 June 1980 with the final, held in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.

• Real Madrid emerged as the winner. What was special about this final?

Real Madrid CF faced their reserve team Castilla CF.

4.• ID the logo.

5.

Connet

• Bobby Fischer

• Emanuel Lasker

• Jose Raul Capablanca

• Mikhail Botvinnik

• Mikhail Tal

• Tigran Petrosian

• Alexander Alekhine

Seven hospitality boxes in spectators’ area during FIDE World Championship in Chennai

6.

• At the 1900 Paris Olympics, which amateur British club won the first ever Olympic gold in football?

Upton Park FC

Quarter 3

• There are 6 questions.

• +15/-5 on pounce

• If the teams don’t pounce within the stipulated time, we will go with Infinite Bounce Forward.

• +10/-0

1.

• In the 1870’s, a German archaeologist named Heinrich Schliemann decided to look for the city of X. Within a few years, he found the city in Northern Turkey. Heinrich Schliemann discovered that X was not just one city, but nine cities! Each city was built on the previous one that had been destroyed by natural calamities or war.

Troy

2.

• 0. The Fool

• 1. The Juggler.

• 2. The High Priestess.

• 3. The Empress.

• 4. The Emperor.

• 5. The Hierophant.

• 6. Temptation.

• 7. The Chariot.

• 8. Justice.

• 9. The Hermit.

• 10. The Wheel of Fortune

• 11. Strength.

• 12. The Hanged Man.

• 13. Death.

• 14. Temperance (Time).

• 15. The Devil.

• 16. The Tower.

• 17. The Star.

• 18. The Moon.

• 19. The Sun.

• 20. The Day of Judgement.

• 21. The World.

Tarot Cards

3.• Anantavijaya

• Devadatta

• Manipuspaka

• Paundra

• Sughosa

What are these?

Conch shell of Pandavas

4.Kya connection hai?

• Gandaki, Pokhara about 125 km on the banks of Gandaki river where Muktinath temple is situated, Nepal

• Hinglaj (Or Hingula), southern Baluchistan a few hours North-east of Gawadar and about 125 km towards North-west from Karachi, Pakistan

• Jessoreswari, situated at Ishwaripur, Shyamnagar, district Satkhira. The temple complex was built by Maharaja Pratapaditya, whose capital was Ishwaripur. Bangaladesh

• Manas, under Tibet at the foot of Mount Kailash in Lake Mansarovar, a piece of Stone, Tibet

• Mithila, near Janakpur railway station on the border of India and Nepal, Nepal

• Nainativu (Manipallavam), Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Located 36 km from the ancient capital of the Jaffna kingdom, Nallur. The murti of the Goddess is believed to have been consecrated and worshipped by Lord Indra. The protagonist, Lord Rama and antagonist, Ravana of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana have offered obeisances to the Goddess. Nāga and Garuda of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata; resolved their longstanding feuds after worshipping this Goddess. Sri Lanka

• Near Pashupatinath Temple at Guhyeshwari Temple, Nepal

• On Chandranath hill near Sitakunda station of Chittagong District, Bangladesh.

• Shivaharkaray, a little distance from Sukkur Station from Karachi, Pakistan.

• Shri Shail, at Joinpur village, Dakshin Surma, near Gotatikar, 3 km north-east of Sylhet town, Bangladesh

• Sugandha, situated in Shikarpur, Gournadi, about 20 km from Barisal town, Bangladesh, on the banks of Sonda river.

Shakti Peethas outside India

5.

• It was composed by Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao. Subbarao, a noted author in Telugu and a bureaucrat, composed it while serving as the District Treasury Officer of Visakhapatnam District in 1962.

• It was first read out in a school in Visakhapatnam in 1963 and was subsequently translated into various regional languages.The Central Advisory Board on Education meeting in 1964 in Bangalore, under its chairman M. C. Chagla, directed it be read in schools and that this practice be introduced by 26 January 1965, the next Republic Day.

National Pledge

India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.

I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.

I shall always strive to be worthy of it.

I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders respect and treat everyone with courtesy.

To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. In their well-being and prosperity alone lies my happiness.

6.• ID the country.

• July 22, 2013 issue.

Quarter 4

• There are 6 questions.

• +15/-5 on pounce

• If the teams don’t pounce within the stipulated time, we will go with Infinite Bounce Reverse.

• +10/-0

1.

• ID the incident.

Beating of Rodney King

2.• ID the advertisement.

3.

• Born mentioned this situation “jokingly” to a friend who was departing on a trip to New York; he was incredulous when, a few weeks later, a postcard arrived simply saying that he should write to Xand giving the address:

“At first I took it for another joke, but on reflection I decided that an attempt should be made. . . . nice letter was composed and dispatched, and soon a most charming reply arrived and a cheque for some hundreds of dollars. After X’s cheque had saved our experiments, the work [on the Stern–Gerlach experiment] went on successfully.”

Henry Goldman

4.• X is a term coined by Peter Benenson in a 28 May 1961 article ("The

Forgotten Prisoners") for the London Observer newspaper. Most often associated with the human rights organization Amnesty International, the term can refer to anyone imprisoned because of their race, religion, or political views. It also refers to those who have been imprisoned/persecuted for the non-violent expression of their conscientiously held beliefs.

Prisoner of Conscience

5.• ID the place.

6.

• Put the funda.

India’s first AADHAR is being received by Ranjana Sonawane.

Quarter 5

• There are 6 questions.

• +15/-5 on pounce

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• +10/-0

1.• ID the logo.

2.• The X is the name commonly given to a World War II-era set of

proposals for the development of the post-independence economy of India. The X, published in 1944/1945 by eight leading India industrialists, proposed state intervention in the economic development of the nation after independence from the United Kingdom (which occurred in 1947).

• Titled A Brief Memorandum Outlining a Plan of Economic Development for India, the signatories of X were Jehangir RatanjiDadabhoy Tata, Ghanshyam Das Birla, Ardeshir Dalal, Sri Ram, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff, Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas and John Mathai.

Bombay Plan

3.• Put the funda.

Betting advertisements are illegal in Turkey

4.

• X is a trademark of the company Y, and one of the core components of Y's brand. The slogan was coined in 1988 at an advertising agency meeting. The founder of Wieden+Kennedy agency, Dan Wieden credits the inspiration for X to Gary Gilmore’s last words.

5.• Brands of which company?

6.

• Ad of?

Quarter 6

• There are 6 questions.

• +15/-5 on pounce

• If the teams don’t pounce within the stipulated time, we will go with Infinite Bounce Reverse.

• +10/-0

1.• Id the logo.

OPCW

2.• What does this map show?

Nations that had a national serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations

3.• Time person of year in 2006?

4.• Sharbat Gula (born ca. 1972) is an Afghan woman who was the

subject of a famous photograph by journalist Steve McCurry. Gulawas living as a refugee in Pakistan during the time of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan when she was photographed. The image brought her recognition when it was featured on the cover of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine at a time when she was approximately 12 years old. Gula was known simply as “X" until she was formally identified in early 2002. The photograph has been likened to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa and is sometimes popularly referred to as "the Afghan Mona Lisa".

The Afghan Girl

5.

• The logo of X was copied from Queen Victoria 1 Mohur. However, while adopting this design, one important change was made - the lion on the British Mohur was replaced by tiger because it was thought that the lion is too British, while the tiger would be more Indian.

Reserve Bank of India

6.

Panda Mazaa Liya

1.

• Which Indian city faced ‘Chakra Satyagraha’, a people’s movement to protest ban of cycling in the city?

Kolkata

2.

• Which automobile company was founded by Adolf Hitler & Ferdinand Porsche?

Volkswagen

3.

• In earlier days, you had to pump your brakes to stop on a slippery road. Today, because of this system brakes are automatically pumped, so you can decelerate at faster rate and can steer while stopping. What is this system?

ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)

4.

• John Hertz (in 1915) opened the first yellow cab company in X. To unify his fleet, Hertz had commissioned a study to a local university to determine, which colour stands out strongest at a distance and the survey showed yellow. Which university was it?

University of Chicago

5.

• Which bike did Aamir Khan ride in Dhoom 3?

BMW K 1200R

Connect +30

Cavendish Professors of Physics

Long Visual Connect

• The number written in the oval box is for individual identification

1.+8 +35

Gary Gilmour

2. +30/-5+8

Mike Hendrik

3.+6, +0 +25/-5

Geoff Allott & Shane Warne

4.+6 +20/-5

Craig McDermott

5.+6 +18/-5

Roger Binny

6.+0 +15/-5

Wasim Akram

7.+0 +12/-5

Glenn McGrath

8.+0 +10/-5

Zaheer Khan & Shahid Afridi

9.+1 +10/-5

Chaminda Vaas

10.+0 +5

Anil Kumble

Highest wicket takers in World Cup