KALASPANDANA – 2016

QUIZ FINALS

ROUND 1FINE ARTS

ZAKIR HUSSAIN IS A TABLA PLAYER WHO WAS AWARDED PADMA BHUSHAN AWARD IN 2002.

TRUEORFALSE

True

A.R. REHMAN COMPOSED THE MUSIC OF THE MOVIE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

TRUEORFALSE

True

PANDIT BIRJU MAHARAJ IS A LEADING KATHAK DANCER.

TRUEORFALSE

True

SONAL MANSINGH IS A RENOWNED SITAAR PLAYER.

TRUEORFALSE

False

PANDIT SHIV KUMAR SHARMA IS THE SANTOOR MAESTRO OF INDIA.

TRUEORFALSE

True

ROUND 2SPORTS

WHICH HOCKEY PLAYER WON THREE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS (IN 1928, 1932, and 1936)?

DHYAN CHAND

WHICH INDIAN ATHLETE IS ALSO REFERRED AS ‘THE FLYING SIKH’?

MILKHA SINGH

Javagal Srinath recalls:

“My first and only hundred came 18 years ago in the Pentangulars. That hundred, which went to the score-books, ball by ball, was entered by a young X. That was way back in 1988, when Mysore zone was playing against the Bangalore zone. X was 15 years then the youngest in the side. He was not happy with that job given to him.” Who is X?

RAHUL DRAVID

For 24 yrs. it was known as the Auckland Cross garden . How do we know it today?

Eden Gardens

England tour of India (1981-82), Madan Lal is dubbed 'The Punjab Mail'. What nickname was given to Kapil Dev?

'Haryana Hurricane'

When Sachin played his debut match against Pakistan, He did not sign the BCCI contract.. Why….??

When he made his debut he was only 17years old. One can sign a contract only when one crosses 18. So his father signed the contract

ROUND 3ENTERTAINERS & PERSONALITIES

NAME THE ACTRESS WHO IS A BHARATNATYAM DANCER AND IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE ‘DREAM GIRL’ OF BOLLYWOOD.

HEMA MALINI

NAME THE VETERAN ACTOR WHO ESTABLISHED THE R.K.FILMS STUDIO.

RAJ KAPOOR

A Pakistani Girl who raised her voice for Woman’s education. Attacked by Taliban and got treatment in London. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon commemorated November 10 for woman education in her name

Malala Yusafzai

In 1928, the British Government increased taxes in Bardoli Taluk in Surat District despite severe floods and famine. X urged the farmers not to pay, and urged them to go on a Satyagraha. This led to a chain of events which culminated in the peaceful return of the lands to their rightful owners. This brought X’s leadership qualities to the fore and led to a certain honorific being conferred on him. Id X.

Sardar Patel

WHICH ACTRESS WON THE MISS WORLD PAGEANT IN 1994?

AISHWARYA RAI

Identify

Kalpana Chawla

Identify these child actors

Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia

ROUND 4VISUALS

This is a restaurant in Cambridge, England What happened here on a day in 1965 ?

“Dabbawallas”

Designed by R K Laxman this character was used by a company for its promotion.What was it popularly known as?

Gattu

Currency of which place?

Goa

Fort Aguada, Goa

Guru Nanak

ROUND 5BUSINESS

Made of generous amounts of ghee, sugar, gram flour, and often cardamom, ________ was first prepared in the kitchens of Amba Vilas palace by a palace cook named Kakaasura Madappa.

MYSORE PAK

Nicobar Island

ISKCON

This company was founded in Zlin, Czechoslovakia in 1894. It is currently headquartered at Don Mills, Ontario. Name this company which has a major presence in India also.

Bata

If the stock exchange is on Wall Street in the US, What street is it in Mumbai?

Dalal Street

India's first Iron and Steel Mill was built at

Jamshedpur

ROUND 6MIXED BAG

It seemed to have originated at Golconda in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It has belonged to various Mughal, Persian and British rulers who fought bitterly over it at various points in history and seized it as a spoil of war time and again. It was finally seized by the East India Company. What am I talking about?

The Kohinoor Diamond

The time at which place is considered as Indian Standard time:

Allahabad

The Kannada word for novel is derived from the name of a book written by the Sanskrit author Banabhatt. What was the book called?

Kadambari

This is the logo of which organization?

ISRO

This product can be sold only to government of India though it is grown on private land. What is the product….?

Sandalwood

River Yarlung Zangbo is the name of a River in Chinese. How is it called in India….??

Brahmaputra

*Okhil Babu's letter to the Railway Department in 1909*

"I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly is toomuch swelling with jackfruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just I doing the nuisance that guard making whistle blow for train to go off and I am running with 'lotah' in one hand and 'dhoti' in the next when I am fall over and expose all my shocking to man and female women on plateform. I am got leaved at Ahmedpur station.

This too much bad, if passenger go to make dung that dam guard not wait train five minutes for him. I am therefore pray your honour to make big fine on that guard for public sake. Otherwise I am making big report to papers."

It is on display at the Railway Museum in New Delhi. Any guesses why this letter was of historic value?

It apparently led to the introduction of toilets on

trains.

ROUND 7Google doodles round+ 10 Or Double your score or -5+ 5 for a pass

Hint – This doodle relates to an event

Discovery of water on the moon

We can all recognize this famous Indian on the Google Doodle below. Why was this Google Doodle unique among the other Indo-centric doodles?

This was the first Global Google Doodle that was Indian-Centric. Till then, all Indian-related Google Doodles were restricted to “www.google.co.in” pages. This was the first Indian Doodle to feature on the global “www.google.com” page.

Rukmini Devi’s 112 Birthday29th February

Dr Varghese Kurien’s 94th Birthday 26th November

India's first passenger train journey on 16th April 1853

India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.

I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.

I shall always strive to be worthy of it. I shall give respect to my parents, teachers and elders and treat everyone with courtesy. To my country and my people, I pledge my

devotion.In their well being and prosperity alone, lies

my happiness.Who wrote the Indian National Pledge ?

The Indian National Pledge was written by Swami Vivekananda.

TIME COVER PAGE DATED: Feb. 22, 1937. Identify his name, title & the reason why he was on the cover page.

Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam (or ruler) of the

Princely State of Hyderabad and of Berar.

During his days as Nizam, he was reputed to be the richest man in the world, having a fortune estimated at

US$2 billion in the early 1940s. At that time the treasury of the newly

independent Union government of India reported annual revenue of US$1

billion only. He was featured on the cover of TIME

magazine & believed to have remained as the richest man in South Asia until

his death in 1967.

Chaturanga the precursor of _____

originated in India during the Gupta dynasty (c. 280 - 550 CE). Both the

Persians and Arabs ascribe the origins of ______to the Indians. Chaturanga in Sanskrit literally means an army of

four divisions or four corps referring to four divisions of an army, viz.

elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry.

CHESS

Srinivasa Ramanujan 1887-1920 contributions to mathematical

analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions