Q1. In Anjathey, Myskkin sourced lines from a Bharathiyar's poem for the title song. This poem is Bharthiyar's take on a form of poetry. Which form is it and with whom would you famously associate such form of poetry ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1rKW9xYl0w

Q2. After she moved to the USA, she forged a friendship and professional relationship with a famous gentleman who changed the history of modern art in America. She encouraged him to collect nonobjective art, and in particular the artistic works of Bauer and Kandinsky, both of whom she had great esteem for. Later she served as the first director of a famous institution which opened in 1939 and in 1943 she selected Frank Lloyd Wright to design a permanent venue for the same. Id the lady and the institute.

Hilla Rebay , Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ‘s first Curator

3. A) These are female figures that serve as the architectural support for the entablature of a building. The most likely derivation of their name is from the young women of Sparta who danced every year in honour of Artemis. The most famous ones are found in The Erechtheion or Erechtheum, an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis. B) A sculpture of a woman, displaying stylized feminine features, standing near a tree and grasping a branch are found in Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapura and Toranas of Sanchi Stupha. The name of these figures comes from the Sanskrit word meaning 'breaking a branch of a Shorea robusta'. Id these figures that serve as support and ornamental carvings.

A. Caryatids B. Salabhanjika

4. Id the golfer who was more renowned for a different sport.

Althea Gibson

5. ‘Made in Dagenham‘ is a dramatization of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists’ strike that led to a famous act in the UK parliament in 1970. Connect the strike and Patricia Arquette's acceptance speech.

Demand for Equal Pay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLrDrvyhNDc

6. She was one of the first licensed female architects in the world, and is considered an original member of the Prairie School. During her 14 year tenure with F.L.Wright, she became one of his primary designers. Her drawings in the Wasmuth Portfolio, which is a compendium of Wright’s designs published in Germany in 1910, not only established F.L. Wright as America’s reigning architectural genius but also influenced European Modernists like Le Corbusier. She spent her most productive years in a country, where she and her husband designed a plan for the new city in 1911. Id the Female architect and the city.

Marion Mahony Griffin , Canberra

7. Patent for which popular style among the women in the 1920s?

Marcel / Marcelling

8. Laura Keene was a successful English actress who settled in New York City in 1855. Later, she became the first woman to manage her own theatre and theatrical company. More than her, the world remembers a three-act play written by English playwright Tom Taylor, which first premiered at Keene's Theatre in 1858. Id the play and why do we remember it ?

‘Our American Cousin’. The play Abraham Lincoln was attending in Ford's Theatre when he was assassinated.

9. Which Oscar winner made an acting debut in this 1983 feature ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIcEu2tkLeM

Kathyrn Bigelow

10. This Polish-born make-up entrepreneur emigrated to Australia in 1902 without money or the ability to speak English. She went on to create one of the world’s first cosmetic companies after mixing lanolin with scented flowers - making her one of the world's richest women in the process. She also offered women the first waterproof mascara (1938) and the first modern mascara (1958). Id the lady and what is the source of Lanolin ?

Lanolin - Sheep Wool Fat Helena Rubinstein For Bonus Points – ID the artist of her Portraits ?

Andy Warhol Picasso

11. She was in the bathroom one day when the shower curtain caught her eye and a lightbulb went off in her head. Before you could say waterproof material, the curtain was missing a panel and she was up in the attic at her sewing machine. Three years and many shower curtains later she came up with the "Boater" made of surplus nylon parachute cloth. She made another major advance in the same technology by replacing the optimistically placed safety pins with plastic snaps. The Boater was rejected by the manufacturers she approached, so she made and marketed the product herself. After receiving her patent in 1951, she sold the rights to Keko Corporation that same year for $1 million. Id the lady and what was “boater” that got her inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015 ?

Marion Donovan, Disposable Diaper

12. It is also a family name which originated in a Mongol Khanate that comprised the lands ruled by the second son of Genghis Khan, and his descendants and successors. The word also refers to a classical Turkic literary language which was employed most effectively in the 16th century by Bābur, in both his divan (collection of poetry) and his prose autobiography, the Bābur-nāmeh. We are more familiar with this word/term due to which famous Indian who won a Filmfare award in 1975?

Ismat Chugtai Chughtai / Chagatai has reference to Chagatai Khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan

13. Shonali Bose's Latest movie is a gentle coming-of-age story of a young Indian woman affected with cerebral palsy (played by Kalki Koechlin) and it also explores the sexuality of disabled people. Id this movie (English Title) which get its name from the unique way Laila (Kalki's character) orders her drink.

14. It is a popular term for a style of clothing collar. It is named after the collar of Maude Adams's costume in her 1905 role, although similar styles had been worn before this date. The first official version of this collar was designed by John White Alexander and his wife in collaboration with Maude Adams for the 1905 production. Neither the original book or play nor the original 1904 London production starring Nina Boucicault, had featured a similar design. This Adams's collar proved a fashion success in the United States and United Kingdom and retained its association with her role. Id the Collar or the role played by Maude Adams.

Peter Pan Collar / Peter Pan

15. In the 1920s and ’30s, Gulshan Mahal a sprawling Victorian-Gothic bungalow on Mumbai's Peddar Road would draw the cream of society to its musical soirées and cultural gatherings. It was home to India’s earliest female documentary filmmaker Khurshid Rajabally, who was later turned out of it as a Partition evacuee and saw her bungalow confiscated by the Indian government. Eighty years later, this bungalow on the Films Division campus on Peddar Road is set to open its doors to culture once again. What will be housed in Gulshan Mahal for the public and what was the subject of this Muslim lady's documentary ?

First National Museum for Indian cinema Documentary was on Haj pilgrimage

16. Very little is known about her despite her significant contributions to the growth of Indian cinema. She has been involved in all aspects of film making such as art direction, costume designing, script writing, direction, etc. Born in a culturally rich family, her mother started a Hindustani theatre group in 1940. Inspired by her mother, she pursued her chosen art form as a career which spanned across multiple feature films, many short films and television documentaries. Her association with films brought her in contact with eminent filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, M. S. Sathyu and others. Id this Lady.

Shama Zaidi

17. This was originally built in 1790 as a church. In 1791, the National Constituent Assembly ordered a change in the functioning of this building. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, a scholar and early leader of the French revolution was the first person to be honoured in this building. Out of 73 people honoured, there is only one woman to be honored for her own merits. Id the woman and what was the honour ?

Marie Curie Buried in Paris Pantheon

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19. Id the photographer; 66 such photos were included in a 2006 reissue of which book?

Margaret Bourke White Train to Pakistan

19. Martin Scorsese considers it to be one of his favourite films of all time. This film was hugely influential upon Wes Anderson's 2007 film, The Darjeeling Limited, as it inspired Anderson to make a film about India. Id this film and the dancer who was one of the first students of Kalakshetra and former president of the Theosophical Society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCd0u9fFTlE

Radha Burnier The River

20. This Roman Catholic church in Sardhana (Meerut) is a Minor Basilica and a pilgrimage spot for Christians in North India. The Church was built by the only Catholic ruler in India, who ruled the Principality of Sardhana in 18th and 19th century. Id this ruler whose inherited property worth 18 billion Deutsch Marks is still under dispute.

Begum Samru She was baptized to Joanna Nobilis