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MELAS QUIZ HQFResearched and Conducted by
Dr. Aakash Roy
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Prelims 25 Questions
Every Answer has 1 point. Total 30 Points.
8 Star Marked Questions. Please mark them on your answer sheet as and when they appear.
If teams are tied after Prelims scores, count back method to be applied.
Ties after Finals to be resolved with Prelims scores.
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1 *
His first book, “Antaranga Chin” was a travelogue. Published in April,1958 it
describes his journey as a member of a cultural delegation to China in 1954.
In the foreword, he does not hesitate to express his concerns regarding the literary aspirations of a clerk of an
Insurance company . Who and What is the name of the last
book he wrote?
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2 Whose Obituary ?
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3 * Questions of identity reverberate through The Dog, a documentary by
Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren that chronicles J.Wojtowicz's terribly
sad life
Why ? (picture next slide)
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Inspiration behind Al Pacino’s Sonny
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4
____On Brexit Island, ____Go Gluten free, ____Give up the booze are some of the titles of an immensely popular
series which got a jolly millennial makeover, although the parodied
versions retain the same characterisation and flavour of the
yesteryear books.
Which series ?
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Famous Five
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5
La Vie Claire was a French cycling
team which took part in Tour de
France in the mid 1980s, before
Toshiba bought the team in 1989.
What/ Who was the inspiration for
their jersey ?
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Piet Mondrian
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6
Vijay Merchant was baffled with the Indian team’s inability to cope with the seam and
swing in English conditions in India’s 1946 tour to England.
Back home, he suggested something that revolutionised the epicentre of Indian
Cricket.
What did Merchant suggest ?
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Kanga League
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7 “Their first movie together was Dastaan. X arrived
late on the sets for the mahurat shot. He apologised for the delay.
Dilip Saab said that X was not late; he had already given one shot! Bauji was nonplussed. Dilip Saab explained that it was a long shot and he had worn
Bauji’s costume and given the shot to save time. Bauji often said that it was a singular honour that Dilip
Kumar had worked as his ‘double’”. The above excerpt is from the biography of X, written
by his own son.
Identify X.
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Madan Puri
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8 The painting on the next slide can be found
on the cover of “Studio of the South” by Martin Bailley, an art historian where he
throws light upon a ghastly incident on the night of 23rd December,1888.He has
postulated a new theory that it was a letter from X’s brother, Theo announcing his
decision to marry, that triggered X’s despair. What event and Which is the more popular
theory behind this unfortunate incident ?
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Van Gogh mutilating his ear, He had a quarrel with Paul Gauguin
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9 Narayan Gangopadhyay, creator of Tenida, was a professor in City College in the early 1950s when he
once came across one of his B.A. final year students playing the titular role in the play, “Rammohan” in the college’s annual social.
The student, who was one of Gangopadhyay’s favourites due to his leftist inclinations, visited the
erudite professor next morning for his reviews. Needless to say, his teacher blessed him and
prophetically told that, in the coming days, he would become one of the finest actors on stage.
Who ?
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Soumitra Chattopadhyay
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10 He was the Man of the Series in
the ICC U-19 World Cup,2016 scoring 242 runs and claiming 12
wickets in 6 matches. But his moment of glory came in the later
part of the year at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Contrary to the expectations, he
failed miserably with the bat, scoring just 5 in his first 4 innings
with an average of 1.25. Who is this cricketer ?
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Mehedi Hassan Miraj
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11 * In this and the following slide, two
paired entities have been shown. What/Who are they referring to ?
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Ami ek jajabor….
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12 This genre of miniature paintings reached its
pinnacle during medieval India. Notable schools of art like Mewar, Rajput, Deccan, Mughal nearly everybody
produced exquisite art forms of this genre. What are they collectively known to us and Whose
autobiography was named after this coinage ?
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Ragamala Paintings, Pandit Ravi Shankar
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13Connec
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Only three natural water bodies to serve as venues for Swimming in Olympics
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14 *
The cartoon on the next slide is based on a 1729 satirical work by an author who is popular in this part
of the world for another of his pioneering piece of work, which was
originally published in 1726.
Who is the author in question?
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Jonathan Swift
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15 Who is being honoured ?
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Douglas Adams
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16*
The only example of this magical chemistry of X and Y outside their more popular collaborations between 1969
and 1992, was in 1987. This venture, by the same director was a
documentary where X sang for Y, who was seen playing the role of Jambuban
singing aloud in a battlefield.Which “blessed” duo and Who/What
was the subject of the documentary ?
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Anup Ghoshal singing for Tapen Chattopadhyay , Sukumar Ray
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17
Both Fables and Parables have been used since time immemorial to
impart lessons of morality.
What is the basic difference between them ?
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Fables use inanimate objects/plants/animals/forces of nature whereas Parables use human beings as examples in its structure
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18 “…My dearest friend Saini and I watching
together as X and Y wove patterns that would have done MF Husain proud, Mirza
Ghalib proud, Shammi Kapoor proud. They did not play. They painted, composed,
danced. That was X’s move- the jalebi - in and out, dart here, dart there, stick one
way, ball the other… only to meet on the other side of a befuddled defender.”
Tom Alter reminiscing about Which legend from the 80s ?
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Mohammed Shahid
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19 * “When the Moon is in the seventh house and
Jupiter aligns with Mars then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars“
Above is the description of the Age of Aquarius in a 1969 song by the band “The
Fifth Dimension”.
Which event of those times was billed to be happening in that age ?
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Woodstock 1969
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20 The beautiful garments are part of the Summer 2016 collection from Russian designer Alena Akhmadulina. What is it inspired
from ?
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The Great Wave of Kanagawa
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21
This is the statue of Tamil poet, Thiruvalluvar, which many of us have seen ,although our destination often is the location, just adjacent to
this statue.
Which place of interest is being discussed ?
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Vivekananda Rocks
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22
Pat Metheny's request to Linda Manzer in 1984 was to build a guitar
that had "as many strings as possible." Manzer came up with the _______, a guitar with 42 strings and
four necks that weighed almost fifteen pounds.
How can you connect the name of this instrument with an artwork in
the following slide ?
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Pikasso Guitar and The Old Guitarist by Picasso
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23 * Costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers
built it as part of the Industrial Light & Magic visual effects company but decided to
use it in another project. In her words, she wanted 25 yards of fabric to
be flowing through the scene, which this creation could achieve.
This pop-cult sensation would have been reminisced by people late last year, creating
a few hormonal surges in the process. What ?
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Princess Leia’s Golden Bikini
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24 * This 1975 World Championships saw the
Men’s Team event gold going to China whereas Yugoslavia and Sweden bagged
the silver and the bronze. In the Women’s section China, South
Korea and Japan were the podium finishers, whereas India languished
towards the bottom. What was the newly erected venue of
this event which rose to prominence due to a non-sporting event in 1997 ?
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Netaji Indoor Stadium
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25 TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) is a
fictional time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.
Inspired by this, JK Rowling used a similar ‘dysfunctional’ entrance for the Ministry Of Magic in “Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix”.
What is TARDIS designed after and How can you connect it to an euphoric man conveying the news of getting a job with a salary of 1100 rupees to his fiancée ?
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Public Telephone Booths, Bela Bose
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