Quizriosity, The Lonewolf School Quiz :Mains

Yeh Jo desh hai mera
The India Round

Rulebook
• 6 questions.
• +10 for direct and pass, +10/-10 on pounce.
• 3 questions on open pounce +10/-5

Q 1. Which film ??
Predatory dinoflagellates are predatory heterotrophic or
mixotrophic alveolate protists that derive some or most of
the nutients from digesting other organisms. About one
half of dinoflagellates lack photosynthetic pigments and
specialize in consuming other eukaryotic cells, and even
photosynthetic forms are often predatory.
A 2012 film shows the protagonist encountering an island
full of these protists, that was used by the author in a
spiritual way.

‘Life of Pi’.
Talking about the Carnivorous Island.

Q2.
The tagline X was created by SpiceJet co-founder Ajay Singh.
Talking about how X came into place, Singh says "The idea was
to make the slogan find resonance with everyone, which
included a lot of first time_____. We had a new market to tap
into and these stakeholders needed to be communicated
with. There was real anger among people.To counter it all and
attack the existing notion, we, in a team effort, brought out
X".
During the committee meeting when the tagline was being
discussed, senior members the review panel were keen on
words such as swaraj and sushaasan to be included, but Singh
was thinking of appealing to a younger India. Give me X?

Q3. Which incident ??
It is one of the most famous incidents in the Indian Independence
struggle. A ‘smarak’ was made in the names of the peasant martyrs
only in 1993, Sampat Chamar, Abdullah, Vikram Ahir, Meghu Tiwari,
Lal Muhammed, Sahdeo Kahar being some of them. However, the
British made a memorial in the name of the policemen who died
and a famous revolutionary couplet by poet Jagdamba Prasad
Mishra now adorns the place:
Shahidon ke chitaaon par lagenge har baras mele, watan pe marne
walon ka yahi baki nishan hoga

Q4.
It is a cold and sweet beverage made by mixing rose
syrup with vermicelli noodles (sewaiyaan), psyllium
(ispaghol) or basil (sabza/takmaria) seeds, jelly
pieces and tapioca pearls along with either milk,
water or ice cream. What is this beverage and What
Hindi phrase is originated from this beverage?

Q5.
“El Sari Rojo” by Javier Moro is a story written in
2008, about a native young woman X confronted
by the complicated and dangerous world of
politics. It tells the story of a X whose dreams of
home, hearth and anonymous living were struck
down by the hands of fate. Demand was made
for the book’s withdrawal as some faction
claimed of distorted facts and misinterpreted
details. Though with much hurdles it was later
released during early 2015. Who is X ?

Q6.
X is a variant of a otherwise famous sport played on a
smaller field and mainly indoors and for shorter time
durations.
Y is a multi-national X league conceptualised by Indian
entrepreneurs under the entity Y Management Pvt.
Ltd. It was founded by Indian entrepreneurs
Abhinandan Balasubramanian, Dinesh Raj and
Nithyashree Subban, backed by business magnate
Xavier Britto and his wife, philanthropist Vimala Britto.
The Y anthem "Naam Hai X" had its tunes set by two-
time Academy Award winner A.R.Rahman. What are X
and Y?

Q7.
• In 1912 an American biologist devised
scale(something like the pH scale), used for the
measurement of something which is usually
measured by a method that uses high
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This
identifies and measures the concentration of
chemicals necessary for the scaling.
• X topped the this scale from 2007 until February
2012 with an average of 1 million SHU and an
individual highest of 1.5mn.
• What is X?

Q8.
X was born on 1952 in Sibasagar. He has
directed a number of Assamese films along
with Bhabendra Nath Saikia. He has won 9
international awards and several national
awards. He is best known outside Assam for
his Hindi film 'Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara', a
drama which uses the principles of Gandhism
for its thematic back-story. Who is this famous
assamese filmmaker?

Q9.
This place in Assam was named after the
palanquin bearers of the Ahom kings. Today it
is the forefront of an industry of national
significance. This place was recently in news
due a privatization controversy. Which place
am I talking about.

Rulebook
• 6 Questions.
• +10 for direct and pass, +10/-10 for pounce.
• The answer to each question is commodity,
who answers first get that commodity as a
tohfa
• The tohfa is only valid for direct and pass
answer, it is not valid in pounce.

Q1.
The term X has been used as a derogatory
reference to a black person who is perceived or
judged to act in a "white manner." The racial slur
may be levied as an accusation that the person
called "X" perpetuates the "un-level playing field
for blacks." The racial epithet is used to imply that
someone is like the X, "black on the outside and
white on the inside". What is this term X?

Q2.
Arab cookery books of the 10th and 13th Centuries referred
to these pastries as san-i-bhoosaq.
By the early 14th Century, it was not only a part of Indian
cuisine but also deemed food fit for a king. Amir Khusrao,
the prolific poet of Delhi once wrote that the royals seemed
partial to the "______prepared from meat, ghee, onion and
so on”.
The ______obtained a royal stamp during Akbar’s rule with
its inclusion in the Ain-i-Akbari. What am I talking about?

Q3.
With reference to the recent price hike and
inflation, criticizing the Modi Government,
TMC MP Derek O’ Brien sir said, it’s a race
between Dollar, Petrol and X, we just have to
see which cross the ‘100’ mark first. What is
X?

Q4.
This international company was formed when its
founder N. K. Fairbank patented a breakthrough
hydrogenation process in its formulation, leading to
self-activating alkylbenzene sulfonates, which, when
combined with the use of chemical "builders? cancels
the effects of hard water. It now has operations in
United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, India,
Israel, Morocco, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and
Vietnam
The name of this company is a also the name of a
source of a new found type of renewable energy.
Which company?

Q5.
Established in 1958, Hindustan _____ Pvt. Ltd. are
the largest ______ manufacturer in India. Besides
being a household name in India, their brands X
& Y are exported to over 50 countries.
Their state-of-the-art manufacturing units with
latest machinery set up daily produce 8 million
_______s.
X is named after an avatar of famous Hindu God.
What is X?

Q6.
X has started its operation in 1981 as a
processors fruit and vegetable in Bangladesh.
Over the years, the company has not only grown
in stature but also contributed significantly to the
overall socio-economic development of the
country.
Y is the flagship product of X and has been
famously popular amongst kids since the last 10
years .
What are X and Y.

Rulebook
• 6 questions.
• 2 questions on open pounce +10/-5

Q1.
We all know about the theme music of Game of
Thrones. Name the instrument setting in which
this tune is played in the video.

Q2.
Name the poet and the claim to fame of the
song ( P.S: All songs of this poet are famous,
but this one has a specific reason, give me the
reason.) (ei mor xex gaan)
Song

Poet: Bishnu prasad rabha
This was his last song, he wrote it
in his deathbed

Q4.
This particular version of this famous
Bollywood song was sung by young Pakistani
ghazal singers Ustad Imtiaz Ali Hussain and
Ustad Riaz Ali Hussain, in tribute to its original
singer. Name this song and its original singer
audio

Song : Baahon Main Chale Aao Na
Original Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

Q 5.
When ______ first appeared in 1939,
Over the years, it has undergone multiple
changes, with curves appearing and
disappearing, the head becoming more
prominent and the shape and size changing.
The latest avatar, is taller and thicker when
compared to the previous one.

Q6. Name this famous Hindi poet
audio

Worlds First Photograph
• The photo was taken by Joseph Nicephore
Niepce. The above image was taken in 1826
and was taken by a daguerreotype.

Q8.
Name all Bharat Ratna recipients who were
not Indian citizens by birth.

Khan Abdu Ghaffar Khan
Nelson Mandela
Mother Teresa

Rulebook
• 6 questions.
• 6 questions clockwise and 6 questions
counter- clockwise.

Q1.Identify
After tweeting this photo, she said “….
this is by far the most exciting utilization
of the two years I’ll be away….”. Who am
I talking about?

Q 2. Name the writer and X
This writer is credited with using the word for the first time
in the Book “Run Around”.He talked of 3 laws for them
1.A 'X' may not injure a human being or, through inaction,
allow a human being to come to harm.
2.A 'X ' must obey the orders given to it by human beings,
except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3.A 'X' must protect its own existence as long as such
protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Identify the writer and X( Half point each for identifying
writer and X)

Isaac Asimov and his 3 laws of
robotics

Q3.
Species of Banyan figs, such as Ficus elastica or Rubber
Figs are used for this purpose. It was started by the
War Khasi and War Jaintia people of the mountainous
terrain along the southern part of the Shillong Plateau.
The local Khasi people do not know when or how the
tradition started. The earliest written record is by
Lieutenant H Yule, who expressed astonishment about
them in the 1844 Journal of the Asiatic Society of
Bengal. Ummunoi, Umkar, Mawsaw are some places
where we can find them.
What am I talking about ??

Q4.
“X” was at first a lecturer in Economics in
Debicharan Barua Girls College, Jorhat in
1956. “X” was elected member of the Assam
Assembly in 1972, 1978, 1983, and 1991. in
1988 “X” was nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
In 1991, “X” was appointed to the post of
Minister for Agriculture in Assam. Who is “X”?

She was found as a stray wandering the streets of
Moscow when she was chosen. She was eleven pound by
weight and was three years old. Soviet personnel named
her Kudryavka, Zhuchka and Limonchik and at last, finally
‘X’. The American press called her As ‘Muttnik’ and ‘curly’.
Who am I talking about ??
Q 5.

‘X’ is a nickname for the South Bay portion of the San
Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. It
is home to many of the world`s largest technology
corporations, as well as thousands of small startups. The
term ‘X’ was coined by Ralph Vaerst, a successful Central
California entrepreneur. Its first published used is credited
to Don Hoefler, a friend of Vaerst`s, who used the phrase
as the title of a series of articles in the weekly trade
newspaper Electronic News. What is X?
Q 6.

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