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BOOKMARKThe Literature and Lifestyle Quiz
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0.What do the tags represent?
Deaths in the series!
1. Easiest question of the day. Name the novel.
*2. Who ?
3. Identify this shop in London. (Its a literature question.
Youre welcome.)
4. Connect and name a location.
Angora (Ankara). The Angora rabbit, cat and sheep all originated
in Ankara (historically known as Angora). Ankara goats are reared
for their hair, called Mohair, and the rabbit hair is called Angora
wool.
*5.
6.
An author recently panned Ulysses in an interview which drew a
scathing response by Stuart Kelly of The Guardian calling the
author's work as A nauseous broth of egomania and snake-oil
mysticism with slightly less intellect, empathy and verbal
dexterity than the week old camembert I threw out yesterday and
claimed that Ulysses can't be summarised into a sentence long quote
such as : Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find
treasure.
Name the author?
Paulo Coelho
7. Fairplay is a statutory town that is the county seat and the
most populous town of ________ County, Colorado, United States.
Fairplay is located in ______________ at an elevation of 9,953 feet
(3,034 m). The town consists of modern retail businesses along the
highway, as well as a historic town on the bluff above the river
along Front Street. The northern extension of Front Street along
the river has been preserved and has become the site of relocated
historic structures as an open air museum called ____________
City.
What did Fairplay inspire in pop culture?
Fairplay is a statutory town that is the county seat and the
most populous town of Park County, Colorado, United States.
Fairplay is located in South Park at an elevation of 9,953 feet
(3,034 m). The town consists of modern retail businesses along the
highway, as well as a historic town on the bluff above the river
along Front Street. The northern extension of Front Street along
the river has been preserved and has become the site of relocated
historic structures as an open air museum called South Park
City.
8.X was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television
writer, literary essayist and a political journalist.
Two successful collaborations with Govind Nihalani and Om Puri
won him three Filmfare Awards (2 Best Screenplay, 1 Best Story) and
a National Film Award for Best Screenplay. Arguably his most
popular play, a political satire on Shiv Sena which was rising to
power in 1976, used the real-life historical character of Nana
Phadanvis. The film adaptation, for which he wrote the screenplay
himself, is the debut film of Om Puri.
Identify this legend.
VIJAY TENDULKAR
9. Fill In The Blanks.
BURMA
Before becoming a writer, Orwell worked in the Imperial Police
force in Burma.
*10. X was a writer and filmmaker born in 1932, who also had a
PhD in Nuclear Physics from the University of London. He had
directed eight feature films. These films have been screened at
International Film Festivals held at various places such as Cannes,
Sydney, Munich and Toronto. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award
(1976), the Rajat Kamal Award and Padma Shri (2001).
Y is a detective novel written by X when he was still a teenager
and its publication helped him gather the money he required to
travel to Calcutta for higher education.
ID X and Y.
X :Bhabendra Nath SaikiaY: Aatonkor Xexot (1952)
* 11. Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea, in the
region of Dalmatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist
destinations in the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of
Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Its total population is 42,615 (census
2011). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of
World Heritage Sites.
How is it significant in adapted literature ?
12. Hologram of which company/corporation ?
13. A __________________ is a type of cap that is typically worn
in rural areas, often for hunting, especially _________________.
Because of the cap's popular association with Sherlock Holmes, it
has become stereotypical headgear for a detective, especially in
comical drawings or cartoons along with farcical plays and
films.
DEERSTALKER.
*14._________ _________ is a American pickled relish made from a
combination of vegetables. Mainly green tomato, cabbage, chayote,
red tomatoes, onions, carrots, beans, asparagus, cauliflower and
peas are used. These ingredients are pickled in a canning jar and
served cold._________ _________ has become regionally associated
with the Southern United States, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, the
Appalachian Mountains, and soul food. The recipes vary greatly.Name
this pickled delicacy.
CHOW CHOW !
*15. Explain.
16. What are these examples of ? Name the most popular one ?
BAHAI TEMPLES
17. In Roald Dahl's My Uncle Oswald, the title character goes on
a scheme to collect the sperm of the men who are legends, or he
believes have the potential to be legends, in the field of science,
politics and arts. These involve the following :
In the primary wishlist, he mentions the names of two Indians he
thinks will have their sperm in great demand in the future.
Name them.
Alfonso XIII( King of Spain) Pierre-Auguste RenoirClaude
MonetIgor StravinskyPablo Picasso Henri Matisse Marcel ProustJames
JoyceGiacomo PucciniSigmund FreudAlbert EinsteinJoseph ConradH. G.
WellsRudyard Kipling George Bernard Shaw
18.
The protagonist may discover in his or her investigation that a
mad scientist or evil genius and his secret organisation are using
futuristic technology to further their schemes. The protagonist may
be issued and use their own futuristic technology such as weapons,
exotic means of transport, and detection devices that have not been
invented as of yet. The setting and the protagonist, may actually
be in the future.Examples of which genre ?
SPY-FI
19.
Ashoka Hall is one of the most opulent rooms in the Rashtrapati
Bhavan. With its hues of gold and rich red - remarkable
particularly for its ceiling portrait of Fateh Ali Shah - it always
inspired stunned silence. Originally designed as a ball room for
the Viceroys, it is now used for ceremonial presentations. Which
significant ceremony takes place in this hall every few years ?
Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Cabinet
*20.
This Sandwich is named after a particular comic character,
because of his love for such sandwiches.
What is the Sandwich called ?
21.
In 1848, the British East India Company sent Robert Fortune on a
trip to Chinas interior, an area forbidden to foreigners. Fortunes
mission was to steal the secrets of _________. The Scotsman
disguised himself as a Chinese merchant and headed into the Wu Si
Shan hills in a bold act of corporate espionage. His efforts
resulted in the shipment of well over 20,000 samples to the
Himalayas. What did he steal something that was later introduced in
India?
TEA HORTICULTURE AND CULTIVATON
*22
MARK TWAIN (Samuel Clemens) in Star Trek : The Next
Generation
23. What is that big, itchy, white accessory on her neck
called?
THE RUFF COLLAR
*24. In ancient Greece the laurel was sacred to the god Apollo,
and was used to form a crown or wreath of honour for poets and
heroes. This custom, first revived in Padua for Albertino Mussato,
was followed by Petrarchs own crowning ceremony in the audience
hall of the medieval senatorial palazzo on the Campidoglio. Because
the Renaissance figures who were attempting to revive the Classical
tradition lacked detailed knowledge of the Roman precedent they
were attempting to emulate, these ceremonies took on the character
of doctoral candidatures. This tradition is still followed in 12
countries of the world. Even though the appointed person has
different official designation in each country their role is
same.
What are we talking about ?
Poet Laureate
*25. Like most men's fashions between the 17th century and World
War I, it was of military origin. In the reign of Louis XIII of
France, Croatian mercenaries were enlisted into a regiment
supporting the King and Cardinal Richelieu against the Duke of
Guise and the Queen Mother, Marie de' Medici. The traditional Croat
military kit aroused Parisian curiosity about the unusual,
picturesque (censored for your benefit). The cloths that were used
ranged from the coarse cloths of enlisted soldiers to the fine
linens and silks of the officers.
What is being talked about ?
The sartorial word cravat derives from the French cravate, a
corrupt French pronunciation of Croate. Croatia today celebrates
Cravat Day on October 18.
CRAVAT
26. Name any one or both the books.
DAS KAPITAL and GITANJALI
27.
Which book series, according to Guinness World Records, is the
best selling copyrighted book of all time ?
28. What do these represent in ancient and medieval
literature?
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS orTHE CAPITAL VICESorTHE CARDINAL SINS
29. This creepy dude lived only for a week.
Name him.
SOLOMON GRUNDY
Born on MondayChristened on TuesdayMarried on WednesdayTook ill
on ThursdayWorse on FridayDied on SaturdayBuried on Sunday
And that, my fellow quizzards, was the end of Solomon Grundy
(unless you followed the DC Comics arc, in which case he rose
again. On a Monday.)
30.The novel is set in a universe parallel to ours with the
authors usual dose of magic realism but this isnt revealed till the
second half. In the novel, many real life incidents are used with
the authors own spin on them. For example, John F Kennedy is shown
to survive his assassination attempt in Dallas but is killed later
alongside Robert Kennedy. The Watergate scandal is a novel
featuring a fictional President Nixon. Many songs are miscredited
like Satisfaction to John Lennon, Roy Orbisons Pretty Woman to The
Kinks. The Who are presented under their original name The High
Numbers.Another musical connect is with U2, who arent mentioned in
the book but have a song written by the author with the same title
as the novel in their 2000 album. Which novel?
Finish
