THE WOMENSTRUATION QUIZ

There are 30 questions 15 Clockwise. 15 Anti-Clockwise10 points each No negatives.. Guess all you want!Infinite Bounce/ Finite PounceThe Quizmasternis are very sweet; ask a hint nicely and they may oblige

However do not test their patience or they will turn into Angry Indian Goddesses

Lets Get Quizzing!!

Q1•These have been mentioned as early as the 10th century, in the Suda (a massive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia of the ancient Mediterranean world), where Hypatia (a Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in Egypt), who lived in the 4th century AD, was said to have thrown one of her used ones at an admirer in an attempt to discourage him.

•Earlier and even today in some places use of rags as a substitute for the modern version led to the origin of a phrase which is used colloquially to refer to the situation in which it is used.

•10 points for the phrase

“On the rag”

Q2•Kiron Kher had a unique credit in the titles of X for title-writing as she suggested the title X.

•Which cult movie?

DDLJ

Q3•This beauty brand was started in 1952 famously, because the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was concerned that Indian women were spending precious foreign exchange on beauty products and personally requested JRD Tata to manufacture them in India.

•It is named after the French form of Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth who is renowned for her beauty.

Q4

•Id this owner of a very familiar and sensuous voice

•Think TV

Atul Kapoor, Voice of Bigg Boss

Q5It was patented by X in the year 1871 as an alternative to suspenders for vests, pantaloons, or other garments requiring straps. Id X ?

Pic following

Hint: Friend of Nikola Tesla went for a swim in the deep river.

Mark Twain

Q6Name this record breaking cricketer who earned the sobriquet "Lady Bedi" as during her playing days, she used to receive bowling tips from Bishan Singh Bedi.

•Diana Edulji

Q7 Connect•X is an extremely combative variant of the card game Whist that is popular in the United Kingdom and is similar to the North American game Hearts. Commonly played among large groups of players, typically 8 to 10, using two decks of cards, or it can be played by as few as three players using a single deck. Takes its name from the highest valued card- The Queen of Spades.

•Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located in South Carolina. It is nicknamed X and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition.

•X has a relation to Indian Entertainment Industry as well.

The Black Lady

Q8

•Upon arrival, the nurse who took care of the family could not get into the flat, but eventually gained access with the help of a workman. They found X dead of carbon monoxide poisoning with her head in the oven, having sealed the rooms between her and her sleeping children with wet towels and cloths. At approximately 4:30 am, X had placed her head in the oven, with the gas turned on. She was 30 years old.

• Name this poetess who was famously married to another famous poet.

Sylvia Plath

Q 9 Id this Beauty with Brains

Reita Faria, First Indian Miss World

Q10•The Coccinellidae are generally considered useful insects, because many species feed on aphids or scale insects, which are pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places. Within the colonies of such plant-eating pests, they will lay hundreds of eggs, and when these hatch, the larvae will commence feeding immediately. However, some species do have unwelcome effects; which are plant eaters.. They occur in practically all the major crop-producing regions of temperate and tropical countries.

•Coccinellids are, and have been for very many years, an insect of interest and favour for children. The insects had many regional names (now mostly disused) in English, such as variations on Bishop-Barnaby, Barnabee, Burnabee, the Bishop-that-burneth, and bishy bishy barnabee. The etymology is unclear, but it may be from St. Barnabas' feast in June, when the insect appears, or a corruption of "Bishop-that-burneth", from the fiery exterior.

•What is their more common name?

The Lady Bug

Q11She is among the prominent females who figure in the Upanishads. She was as knowledgeable in Vedas and Upanishads as men of the Vedic times and could very well contest the male-philosophers in debates.Her name appears in the Grihya Sutras of Asvalayana. She had even awakened her Kundalini (indwelling spiritual energy). In her dialogue with Pandit Mandan Mishra on the subject of sex she had won her arguments as she was a realized soul. She was a leading scholar who also made rich contributions to propagate education.Who am I talking about?

•Gargi Vachanakavi

Q12•On October 24 1975, 90% of Iceland's women refused to work, cook or look after children. The effect was incredible.

•It was a spur to action and many feel that the solidarity women showed that day paved the way for the election five years later of Vigdis Finnbogadottir, the world's first democratically elected female president. Finnbogadottir firmly believes that too. "After October 24, women thought it was time a woman became president," she says. "The finger was pointed at me and I accepted the challenge.“

•30 years later in 2015, women of the country decided to stage a protest to highlight discrimination at the workplace by leaving their work at exactly 2:08pm.

•Why that odd timing?

To draw attention to the Gender Pay Gap

Q13 What does the map indicate?

Sex Ratios around the world

Q14

Connect

Smriti Irani

Tyeb Mehta, painted Kali

Anjali Gopalan, Alumni of JNU

Q15•Born in Ninteen Sixty Seven•Can give you a taste of heaven•Am the wittiest kid on the block•And I wear a pink polka dotted frock!

The Amul Girl

Q16•Rosalie Duthe was a celebrated French courtesan and a companion of French kings and European nobility

•In Parisian society Duthé developed a certain "reputation by adopting the habit of pausing for extended periods of time before speaking“ which made her appear X in two senses of the word. One of them being “temporarily unable or unwilling to speak”

•This gave rise to the popular stereotype XY•The picture should give you a clue

Dumb Blonde

Q17•X was invented by Theophilius Van Kannel in 1881 and patented as "Tür ohne Luftzug“

•Van Kannel was reportedly motivated by his phobia of _________for others, especially women

•The original patent diagram on the next slide

The Revolving Door

Q18•Uma Thurman’s character Mia Wallace wore this cosmetic product in the iconic movie Pulp Fiction.

•The shade was originally called Rouge Noir and flew off the shelves. There was even a 3 month waiting period at one point. This led the makers to introduce other products in the same line.

•The product was worn again by Madonna in her 1994 music video for “Take a Bow”

•What is this product?

Nail Polish

Q19

UN Women

Q20 Id The Lonely Lady

Mirabai

Q21•X’s clients include Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in his fight against extradition. X has also represented the former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, and Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.

•However she garnered huge media attention after her marriage.

• The bloggers at the Business Women were perhaps a bit disappointed for they wrote “X, a 36 year old London-based dual-qualified English barrister and New York litigation attorney who has long been a high-profile figure in international refugee and human rights law has gone against the trend for professional women in her field and married… an actor”

• Id this very famous Oxonian.

Amal Alam Uddin

Q22X was Pixar's first female lead character in their thirteenth movie , and she appeared in a blaze of self-possession. While on paper she was a princess, she had absolutely no intention of settling quietly into married life with a handsome prince. X knew her own mind, and set out to make sure she could keep her independence. Though X's journey starts out as a stereotypical princess-in-a-castle fairy story, it escalates into a dark folk tale about dangerous magic, fate, and the changing relationship that every growing teenage daughter has with her mother. Who is this one of the more empowered Disney princesses?

Merida

Q23•Behind every successful man there is a woman.•X’s contribution to her husband’s work is quite a debatable subject, even today. Particularly, with regards to the Annus Mirabilis papers.

•Though, it is not known how - Y, her husband , claimed that his wife always solved his mathematical problems. In fact, Y had said that he married X because he loved her and needed her. He even claimed to owe his success to X and she being his “general source of inspiration, protective angel” in both life and science. But how much of a physicist this lady was, remains a mystery.

•In the letters Y sent to his wife , he used “our” work and “our” theories, clearly showing that somewhere she was his right hand . However, X’s tale is that of a forgotten hero.

•ID the couple.

X-Mileva MaricY – Albert Einstein

Q24Considered one of the most iconic female centred works of literature of all time, this book had several working titles such as "Tomorrow is Another Day," "Not in Our Stars", "Bugles Sang True" and "Tote the Weary Load". The most famous one was, "Ba! Ba! Black Sheep".

The final title was, however, the blanked out portion of this poem by Ernest Dowson I have forgot much, Cynara! ____ ____ ___ ____, Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng, Dancing, to put thy pale, lost lilies out of mind; But I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, all the time, because the dance was long; I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

Q25•ID the Indian mythological characters in the following posters

Q26 What timeline?

Q27•During the WWI since most men were joining the military, women in the UK were required to fill factory jobs formerly occupied by men. The government used slogans like 'National Service' or 'Women's Land Army' to encourage young women to join the work force.

•_________ were the United Kingdom's female trinitrotoluene (TNT) shell makers of WWI. The nickname arose because exposure to TNT is toxic, and repeated exposure can turn the skin an orange-yellow colour reminiscent of the plumage of a bird, the X which itself was used by miners to detect toxic carbon monoxide in coal mines.

•They were also referred to by the nickname “munitionettes”.

Canary Girls

Q28 ID the minimal

Q29•Kavera Muni, a great sage, selected Brahmagiri in Coorg as a place suitable for meditation and there prayed to Lord Brahma for children. Brahma gave him Lopamudra for a daughter.

•Lopamudra, also known as Kaveri, married sage Agastya on the condition that her husband shall not leave her alone at any time. On one occasion, sage Agastya put his wife in his kamandala (water pot) and went for a bath. Enraged by the betrayal, Kaveri spills out of the pot and flows away as a raging river. Agastya tries to stop her.

•Mythological origin of what common practice?

Coorgi Saree

Q30Human and Killer Whale females are the only species known to live at least a few decades past this biological milestone. While some scientists believe this phenomenon in humans is simply due to the advancement in medicine and technology, research suggests that there may be evolutionary advantages to it Name the milestone

Menopause

Q31•X was born as Rose Dawn and hails from Essex in the U.K.. X was an extra in 3 Harry Potter films - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Identify X and tell why is X in limelight in recent times.