Bibha Goswami Memorial Open Quiz Competition

Prelims

Acclaimed as one of the greatest novelists in English literature Joseph Conrad’s works includes  Almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, Heart of Darkness, Lord jim, The Shadow Line etc. One of his popular book “Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel” is set in Genoa in early 1815.

Why this book is much peculiar?

Q16.

This is the last novel of Conrad which remained unfinished, was published posthumously and as the name suggests readers will always be in suspense as the book is unfinished..

ANS.

2) ______ was coined by J. B. H. Savigny, which  is a phenomenon of experiencing seeing light, without light actually entering the eye when we rub our close eyes. This term is almost similar to a colorless , flammable and toxic gas which was shown in Breaking Bad,used by Walter White to attack some gangsters.

Fill the blanks..

Q17.

Phosphene (and that chemical compound is Phosphine)

ANS.

In a certain book the writer transformed William Congreve's original line “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast” to “Music is said to "calm a wild bosom.” and Keats' ,“A thing of beauty is a joy forever” to “A charming thing is a joy always”, for a special reason.

Which book and who’s the writer ?

Q18.

Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright

ANS.

This innovative graphic designer died on May 14,2014 in Manhattan. Once he described his most famous creation as “Stark white letters torn and seemingly pasted together against a black background to resemble a ransom note — was intended to illustrate typographically the homicidal madness of the protagonist.”

What’s his famous creation?

Q19.

He is Tony Palladino who designed the typographic titles for  Robert Bloch’s novel Psycho which was later adapted by Hitchcock.

ANS.

Who will be in the blank picture ?

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Q20.

Sania Mirza..They are her mixed doubles partner while winning Grand Slam title. ANS.

This tweet is credited for the reveal of what ?

Q21.

J.K. Rowling is Robert Galbraith..

ANS.

Once he said -“We had only one cow for the entire family and we had to divide the milk among five people. Sometimes my mother would feed us peanuts with the milk. That was our only food for the whole day.”He was often asked by his teacher to stand outside the class because he asked 'difficult questions' in mathematics. He was twice rewarded with a double promotion – from class 1 to class III and from VI to VIII.Who’s this college dropped out scientist am I talking about?

Q22.

Uddhab BharaliANS.

Plan time table of what ? Q23.

 Shifting from analogue to digital systems or digitization of Cable television..

ANS.

Marvel created this character in honor of Anthony Smith, a hard-of-hearing 4-year-old comic book fan who refused to wear hearing aids because according to him, "superheroes don't wear hearing aids." 

Name this character

Q24.

Blue EarANS.

German call them Kampfwagen 

Arabians -- Dabbāba

In Italian, it is known as “Carro Armato"

Norway uses the term Stridsvogn 

Japanese uses the term Sensha 

What is its common name ?

Q25.

Tank or Panzer ANS.

After their break-up this band performed together three times only. The first time was at X's wedding in 1979, the second was when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1993, and the third was in 2005 when they reunited to play 4 shows.

But now we will never have the fortune to witness them together for what reason?

Q26.

One of the members of Cream band, Jack Bruce died yesterday..

ANS.

Craig MacTavish  is a former ice hockey player who played center for 17 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues, winning the Stanley Cup four times.

In August 1979, then president of the National Hockey League (NHL), John Ziegler announced something which helped him to earn his unique claim. What was the announcement and his claim to fame?

Q27.

Wearing headgear in hockey match was made compulsory after the announcement and thus he became the last NHL player to play without the helmet..

ANS.

Anant Khasbardar of Kolhapur, Maharashtra has won the logo design contest and Bhagyasri Sheth of Rajkot, Gujarat emerged successful in the contest for tag line, defeating Total 1,636 people for logo and 5,168 for the tag line.

Logo and tagline of what ?

Q28.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

ANS.

Agni, Aakash, Bijli, Jal, Lehar, Megh, Sagar, Vayu

How can you connect these words ?

Q29.

These are contributions from India to the cyclone name

ANS.

Winner of the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, despite using a weapon, she is Captain Pratima Dharm.

What’s her claim to fame ?

Q30.

She is the first Hindu Indian priest of the United States Army..

ANS.

Round 5

ConnectQ1.

And the answer is..

All the paintings are based on the epic poem “The Faerie Queene” by  Edmund Spenser

ANS.

She along her husband live with X. X’s diet exclude sugar as it was made through the exploitation of indentured labourers. He was also against drinking milk as he thought its only for children,not suitable for adults. Being fed up with X’s concern with what not to eat, she told X that A man should be judged by what came out of his mouth not what he put in it..

Identify both of them..

Q2.

And the answer is..

Millie Polak and Mahatma Gandhi.. She kept Gandhi’s campaign in South Africa running while Gandhi and her husband Henry Polak was in prison..

ANS.

 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, master of woodblock printing and painting drew this series of paintings (1885–1892). How commonly this series of painting is known as ?

Q3.

And the answer is..

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

ANS.

 This brand was founded in 1902 by Chr. Bjelland & Co. It was given special royal permission to use X’s name and likeness on a line of sardine products. X ruled the United Kingdoms of Norway and Sweden from 1872 until 1905.To this day, this brand remains the only brand in Norway with a “Royal Permission.”

Which brand ?

Q4.

And the answer is..

King Oscar brand named after King Oscar II

ANS.

Since at least the mid-15th century this term was the name of a very narrow window in a fortified castle that an archer could shoot arrows through without exposing himself to enemy fire. Thus, it was a small gap in a stone wall exploited by a warrior to gain an advantage. But now we use this term in a different field.

Give me the word

Q5.

And the answer is..

Loophole

(an inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security)

ANS.

X, a world famous politician freaks out in confined spaces and is much more comfortable remaining outdoors in a tent than checking into a hotel.

While attending a United Nations General Assembly meeting in 2009, he tried to set up his tent in New York city in several different locations. At last Donald Trump offered him some land to use..Who’s X ?

Q6.

And the answer is..

  Muammar Al-GaddafiANS.

___________________ is the common name of a proclamation endorsed by prominent German scientists, scholars and artists, declaring their unequivocal support of German military actions in the early period of World War I. Some llines from this are as follows-

It is not true that Germany is guilty of having caused this war

It is not true that we trespassed in neutral Belgium

And it ended with “For this we pledge you our names and our honor”

Ernst Haeckel was one of them.

Fill in the blanks..

Q7.

And the answer is..

Manifesto of the Ninety-Three ANS.

Round 6

X was the Mongol capital during Genghis Khan’s reigns and became known as the empire of the steppe.X is also a Turkic term meaning black gravel. The name was first applied by local traders but,the Early European travellers, including William Moorcroft and George Hayward, started using the term Muztagh (meaning, "Ice Mountain") for the range.Give me X

Q1.

And the answer is…

Karakoram/KarakorumANS.

“In ______ did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree :Where ______,the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to manDown to a sunless sea.”

This is a excerpt from the famous poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Just fill in the blanks with two geographical objects

Q2.

And the answer is…

Xanadu and Alphs ANS.

With a dedicated indoor area of 1.76 million square meters, what is the world’s largest building measured by floor space ?

Q3.

And the answer is…

New Century Global CenterANS.

What is so peculiar about this film and give me the name of a classic adventure novel with the help of this movie title..

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Q4.

And the answer is…

“Around The World” was India's first film to be released in 70mm and the novel is Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

ANS.

During World War II, In Blackett Strait Japanese destroyers Amagiri hit and destroyed a patrol torpedo boat PT-109 where X was also got injured. He along his crew swam to this particular island.

Though informally it is known as Plum Pudding Island, the correct local name is Kasolo Island. But how is it more popular ?

Q5.

And the answer is…

Kennedy IslandANS.

The X is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The team represents the North Otago, Otago and Southland unions. Theytake their name from the Scottish immigrants that helped found the Otago, North Otago, and Southland regions in the 1840s and 1850s.

 X is also a person from the Scottish mountain range.

Why this term is circulating these days ?

Q6.

And the answer is…

North East United FC is nicknamed as The Highlanders..

ANS.

This phrase is used in many countries including India also.

The earliest recorded use of the phrase in New Zealand was as the title of a poem written by Thomas Bracken titled “God Defend New Zealand”.  Later John Joseph Woods gave music to it and was declared the country's national hymn in 1940, and made the second national anthem of New Zealand along with God Save the Queen in 1977.

Name the phrase and the Indian state.

Q7.

And the answer is…

God's Own Country and Kerala

ANS.

Round 7

Psychohistory is a fictional science which combines history, sociology, and mathematical statistics to make general predictions about the future behavior of very large groups of people, such as the Galactic Empire. It depends on the idea that, while one cannot foresee the actions of a particular individual, the laws of statistics as applied to large groups of people could predict the general flow of future events.

Who created this branch for which famous book ?

Q1.

And the answer is..

 Isaac Asimov and Foundation 

Barry Commoner  was an American biologist, college professor, ecologist and politician. He is known for four laws of ecology, published in ”The Closing Circle” which are as follows –

Everything is connected to everything else. 

Everything must go somewhere

Nature knows best

_____________________________

What was the last law ? (This phrase is now used in various field)

Q2.

And the answer is..

There is no such thing as a free lunch/There ain't no such thing as a free lunch

Despite being skilful in seven forms of Indian classical dance - Manipuri, Bharatnatyam, Kathakali, Mohiniattam, Sattriya Nritya, Kuchipudi and Odissi, she is most acknowledged all over India as a pioneer in the revival and international projection of the Mahari (Devadasi of the Shri Jagannatha temple at Puri, Orissa) tradition of the Odissi style. She was also the first woman to have been taught the sacred Sattriya Nritya of Assam.

Who is she and her famous grandfather ?

Q3.

And the answer is..

Ritha devi and Lakshminath Bezbaroa

A famous event was first reported in 1757 by Giuseppe Baretti in his book “The Italian Library” as --

“The moment he was set at liberty, he looked up to the sky and down to the ground, and, stamping with his foot, in a contemplative mood, said, Eppur si muove, that is,________.”

This phrase was really spoken by him or not will always remain a mystery though it was also found inscribed in a painting also.

Who is he and what’s the phrase?

Q4.

And the answer is..

Galileo Galilei and the phrase was “Yet it moves” which was a reference to the fact that the earth will always move no matter what is believed by us which means simply fact is fact..

This is 433 Eros, S-type near-Earth asteroid , the second-largest near-Earth asteroid after 1036 Ganymed. It was discovered in 1898 and was the first near-Earth asteroid discovered.

Craters on Eros are named after some famous lovers..

Which two Indian characters have craters named after them ?

Q5.

And the answer is..

Shahjahan and Mumtaz Mahal

Hampi traditionally known as Pampa-kshetra, Kishkinda-kshetra or Bhaskara-kshetra is derived from Pampa, which is the old name of the X River on whose southern banks the city is built. Over the years, it has also been referred to as Vijayanagara and Virupakshapura (from Virupaksha, the patron deity of the Vijayanagara rulers). This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for the the ruins of Vijayanagara.Just give me the current name of the Pampa river.

Q6.

And the answer is…

Tungabhadra RiverANS.