Quiz on Literature & Arts by the Quiz Master Arnab Choudhury on the programme of Dakshin Dinajpur Quiz Quest - 2019

2.  Total Round = 2
 Type = Fully Written
 Theme = Arts & Literature
 Full Marks = 300
 Maintain Silence and Respect to yourself and
others
 Decision of the QM is final
 Hail to the CHAMPION

3. Lets make it true with a true passionate quiz !!!

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6. My heartiest thanks to Mr. Santunu Chakraborty, our respectable DICO sir, for telling me this
wonderful info in a warm evening. Though it gives me sadness for not knowing the fact and
further adrenaline to study my subject better
The connection between cricket and the arts is well known, and rather better catalogued in Wisden
than one might eXpect. Lets take an eXample:
a. Joseph Wells, the father of H. G. Wells, was a professional cricketer who took four wickets in four
balls for Kent against SusseX in 1862.
b. Spencer Austen-Leigh, the great-nephew of Jane Austen, so providing the only known cricketing
connection between Pride and Prejudice and The War of the Worlds.
c. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's obituary in 1931 points out that "although never a famous cricketer, he
could hit hard and bowl slows with a puzzling flight.
Following other eXamples but a bit eXceptional though, X is the only Nobel literature
laureate who played first-class cricket, at least until Dickie Bird is honoured for his writings. X played
twice for Dublin University in first-class fiXtures, against Northampton shire in 1925 and 1926. In the
latter match he made just four and one, opening the batting with C. M. Deverell, who went on to
become Sir Colville Deverell, Governor of the Windward Islands.
Id X

8. Samuel
Beckett

9. MAIN ROUNDS
INCOMING

11.  10 Questions dedicated to ARTS
 Each Question carry 10 / 5 + 5 marks
 No – ve marks
 Full house gets 50 marks eXtra !!!!!
 That means full marks for this round
is 100 + 50 = 150

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As a people of Dakshin Dinajpur, We feel proud to put questions on
Mahisbathan, as this place of Kushmandi block is the home of the wooden mask
makers better known as Kushmandi masks or in colloquial terms “Mukha”.
But do we actually know its history?
Late X, who recently passed away remained a veteran artist practicing the art of
Gomira mask making for more than 50 years. At the age of 14, he carved his first
wooden mask and after his father’s death chose a career in wood carving.
His father used to mould clay dolls for a living, and somehow looking at his
creativity X wanted to try out his creative techniques on various medium. And
that is when X came across carving wood.
When X moved into the village of Mashisbathan in South Dinajpur, he brought
along with him the artistry of carving wood. In his prime days, he had joined a
street theatre company called Lokojaan. Travelling with the theatre
group provided him a window of opportunity to showcase his talent on a national
platform. Gradually he started receiving contracts for making and displaying his
and his students’ works in various exhibitions and fairs across the country. He
had been the person behind keeping the art form alive by teaching the young
people of the area and has been globally recognized as the one of the most
renowned craftsman of his era.
ID X

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দু’বছর আগে ‘ক্রিক্রিজ় ’-এর ক্রিলামঘর থেগে ৪৫ থোটি ডলাগর ক্রবক্রি হওয়ার পগর আর থেউ
থ াগে থদগেিক্রি থেটি। ইক্রিহাগের েব থ গয় দাক্রম ক্রিল্পেমম, ক্রলওিাগদমা দা ক্রিক্রির তিক্রর এই ছক্রব থেই
থেগে ‘ক্রিগোোঁজই’ ক্রছল। ক্রিল্পদ্রবয থব াগেিা েংিান্ত এেটি ওগয়বোইট আটম থিট. েম েম্প্রক্রি
জাক্রিগয়গছ, থেৌক্রদ আরগবর যুবরাজ মহম্মদ ক্রবি েলমগির ক্রবলােবহুল প্রগমাদিরীগি স্থাি হগয়গছ
পাোঁ গিা বছগরর প্রা ীি থেই ছক্রবর।
দা ক্রিক্রির থমািাক্রলো-র েগে এই ছক্রবর প্রিূ ি োদৃগিযর োরগে এটিগে ‘মেল মেোনোললসো’ বলা
হয়। েগবষেগদর দাক্রব, ক্রযশুর এই প্রক্রিেৃ ক্রিটি দা ক্রিক্রির থিষ বড় োজ। ক্রিক্রিগির ক্রিলাগম ক্রবি
েলমগির হগয় ছক্রবটি ক্রেগিক্রছগলি থেৌক্রদর অিয এে যুবরাজ। আবু ধাক্রবর যুবরাজ মহম্মদ ক্রবি
জ় াগয়দগে এই ছক্রব উপহার ক্রদগয়ক্রছগলি েলমি। যাগি লুযির আবু ধাক্রব িাোয় ছক্রবটি রাো যায়।
ক্রেন্তু ছক্রবটি আগদৌ দা ক্রিক্রির আোঁো ক্রে িা, িা ক্রিগয় ক্রবিগেম র থজগর আবু ধাক্রবগি ছক্রবর প্রদিমিী
বন্ধ হগয় যায় েি বছর। দা ক্রিক্রির মৃিু যর ৫০০ বছর উপলগে পযাক্ররগের লুযি-এ প্রদিমিীর জিয
ছক্রবটি াওয়া হগয়ক্রছল। ক্রেন্তু িার পর থেগেই আর এটির হক্রদে থমগলক্রি।
এেটি েূত্র জািাগে, েি ২৬ থম ক্রেিাই উপদ্বীগপর দক্রেগে ক্রমিগরর িারম এল থিে িহগরর োগছ
থলাক্রহিোেগর িােগি থদো যায় ক্রবি েলমগির প্রগমাদিরী ‘ক্রেক্ররি’। থেোগিই ক্রছল ছক্রবটি। আটম
থিট. েম জাক্রিগয়গছ, ক্রিল্পোমগ্রী েংগ্রগহর জিয থেৌক্রদ আরগবর আল-উলায় এেটি োংস্কৃক্রিে ও
ক্রিল্প থেন্দ্র তিক্রর েরগছ থদিটি। যাগে এে েোয় ‘আটম ক্রডজ় ক্রিলযান্ড’ বলগছ ওগয়বোইটটি।
থেোগিই োেগব এই ছক্রব। িার আগে পযমন্ত এটি ‘ক্রেক্ররি’-এই োেগছ।
এখোনন মে ছলিটির কথো িলো হনেনছ তোর নোে লক ?
Picture on the next slide

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WHAT A COUPLE !!!!

17. While studying and analyzing information's on Tabla, Indian Theatres and
Bollywood Film Archive, I came through a very surprising fact about one
Veteran and National Award Winning actor who is an eminent director
and screen play writer as well. This genius began serious theatre in 1986
with roles in plays like A View From The Bridge (Arthur Miller), Look Back in
Anger (John Osborne), Ghashiram Kotwal (Vijay Tendulkar). In 1991, he
joined the NSD Repertoire Company – the professional wing of the National
School of Drama – as actor.
The surprising fact is that his family is as versatile as him. He came
from family of art and music. His father was an distinguished vocalist from
Agra Gharana and his mother was considered as one of the first female
tabla players of India (Please be noted that facts told here are before
Anuradha Pal has been described as the "first professional female tabla
player in the world" by Encyclopedia Britannica and the Limca Book of
Records.)
Give me the name of the famous actor and his very famous mother?
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LINK THE BIO
 Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker, Ceramicist, Stage
Designer, Poet And Playwright
 Spanish Civil War
 Constructed Sculpture
 Cubist movement
 Modigliani - A 2004 drama biographical film
 Tare Zammen Par - 7 as Uncle ki ulti nakh
Whose name am I expecting ?

19. An ancient town was once called the Ekamra Kshetra as the
deity of that town was originally under a mango tree (Ekamra)
as noted in Ekamra Purana, a 13th-century Sanskrit treatise.
The _______temple is active in worship practises, unlike
most other temples in that town (now city) and Shiva is
worshipped here as Harihara. The Temple is the largest
and one of the oldest temples of the area. The temple
represents the quintessence of the Kalinga architecture and
culminate the medieval stages of the architectural tradition.
The temple is believed to be built by the kings from
the Somavamsi dynasty, with later additions from
the Ganga rulers. The temple is built in the Deula style of
architecture.
Give me the name in the blanks
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Id the Cartoonist

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Originally known as sadhir, the Indian classical dance
form of Bharatanatyam owes its current name, to E
Krishna Iyer and X, who has been instrumental in
modifying mainly the Pandanallur
style of Bharatanatyam and bringing it to the global
attention, and removing the eXtraneous sringaar and
erotic elements from the dance, which were the legacy
of its Devadasi association in the past. X, a prominent
Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the
Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an
activist for animal rights and welfare was also the first
woman in Indian history to be nominated a member
of the Rajya Sabha.
ID X

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“Young Man with a Skull” is a c.1626 painting by the Dutch Golden
Age painter Frans Hals, now situated in the National Gallery, London.
The painting was first documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910 who
described it as a life-size half-length portrait of Some famous character.
De Groot also wrote that it was exhibited on loan in the Dublin National
Gallery in 1895. He noticed this painting's similarity to another painting
by Hals, and he remarked that in this work the subject's right hand
"formerly rested on a skull which has been painted out". But the
interpretation was questioned and rejected because the presence of that
character had not been recorded in Northern Netherlands in the 1620s. It
is now considered to be a Vanitas, a reminder of the precarious nature of
life and the inevitability of death.
Give me the name of the Character.
If the first interpretation was correct, where very common to us,
would one have seen this work in a Bollywood film around 2014? (
Part Marks available) Picture on the next slide

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X was a towering figure in the field of sculpture who is widely
considered the father of modern sculpture. He originally
conceived Y (a statue) as part of a large commission, begun in
1880, for a doorway surround called The Gates of Hell. Rodin
based this commission on ”The Divine Comedy” of Dante and
some critics believe that Y originally intended to depict Dante.
Many marble and bronze editions of Y in several sizes were
eXecuted during the lifetime of Rodin and even after his death.
However, the most famous version is the 6 feet (1.8 m)
tall bronze statue that was cast in 1904 and that sits in
the gardens of the Rodin Museum in Paris. This sculpture is
one of the most celebrated sculptures ever known. Y was
originally named ”The Poet” and it is often used as an image to
represent philosophy. It is the most famous work of the greatest
modern sculptor.
Id X & Y (Part Marks available)

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Timeline: Roughly between 1886 and 1905
Post-Impressionism is a predominantly French art movement that developed
from the last Impressionist eXhibition to the birth of Fauvism. The movement
was led by Paul Cézanne (known as father of Post-impressionism), Paul
Gauguin, X, and Georges Seurat.
Timeline: Now, Back in 2017
Y is the film, which tells story of X through painting, is being brought to India by
MVP Entertainment. The number of screens showing the movie would be
under ten," as per a statement daily.
Robert Gulaczyk plays X in the film, which is touted to be the world's first fully
painted feature film. This movie is written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and
Hugh Welchman. More than 125 professional oil-painters from all over the
world came to Y studios in Poland and Greece to create 65,000 paintings for
the story.
There are 94 Vincent Van Gogh's paintings that feature in a form very close to
the original.
Crack X & Y WITH THE Catchy Timeline
Picture on the next slide

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29.  10 Questions dedicated to LITERATURE
 Each Question carry 10 / 5 + 5 marks
 No – ve marks
 12,14,16,18,20 are star marked questions
which will give you extra 10/5 (in case of
part answer) marks.
 That means full marks for this round is
100 + 50 = 150

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31. A group of 40 prominent writers and literary figures,
including renowned X, issued a statement endorsing
"proclamation of emergency to curb anti-national and
reactionary forces" in 1975, according to the archives of
the Press Information Bureau.
X, as we can call the founding pillar of the “Nayi Kavita
literary movement”, was also a designated member of
“Hindi Kavi Sammelan”. X is best known for his early
work Y, which is a book of 135 "quatrains": verses of four
lines. Y is highly celebrated for its
deeply Sufi incantations and philosophical undertones
and is an important work in the Chhayavaad (Neo-
romanticism) literary movement of early 20th
century Hindi literature.
Who is X and What is Y here? (P/M)
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32. The major characters of this novel are Dinanath Lahiri, a rich
kindhearted businessman, his nephew, Prabeer Lahiri, a
struggling actor obsessed with his own voice and Mr. Lahiri's
co-passengers on the train: Mr. Naresh Pakrashi, Mr.
Brijmohan Kedia and Mr. G. C. Dhameeja, who is also of
some importance.
Here, in the story, the main character is approached
by an established businessman, Mr. Dinanath Lahiri, claiming
to have mistakenly swapped his suitcase in a train with one
belonging to one of his co-passengers and asks the main
character to return it. This apparently simple problem
takes the main character, his cousin and an eminent writer
to Shimla and into a realm of deceit and mystery involving a
long-forgotten diamond and an old priceless manuscript
titled ”X”, written by Y.
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লননেমোহ, অন্তরঙ্গ সেোজ-ভোষ্যনক আনন্দ-সম্মোন
মগস্কা, ১৯৭৩। প্রা যক্রবদযার আন্তজম াক্রিে েগম্মলি। িারি থেগে এগেগছি িীহাররঞ্জি রায়,
বরুে থদ, থরাক্রমলা োপর এবং আরও অগিগে।
ক্রেোঁক্রড়র মুগে পাক্রেস্তাগির প্রক্রিক্রিক্রধ, থপগিায়ার ক্রবশ্বক্রবদযালগয়র অধযাপে আহমদ হাোি দাক্রির
েগে থদো হগয় থেল বাংলাগদগির এে পক্রিগির। মাত্র দু’বছর আগে স্বাধীি হগয়গছ বাংলাগদি।
দাক্রি োশ্রুিয়গি জক্রড়গয় ধরগলি বাংলাগদক্রিগে, ‘শুিলাম, মুিীরগে িাক্রে ওরা থমগর থেগলগছ।’
ঢাো ক্রবশ্বক্রবদযালগয়র অধযাপে মুিীর থ ৌধুক্রর, িাোঁর লািটিও েুোঁগজ পাওয়া যায়ক্রি।
বাংলাগদি থেগে আো োক্রহিয-েগবষে থেই পক্রিি মািুষটি________। তোাঁর আত্মজীিনীর
নতু ন পিম ‘লিপুলো পৃলথিী’ ১৪২৩ সোনলর আনন্দ পুরস্কোনর সম্মোলনত। মাক্রেম ি যুক্তরাগের
থডািাল্ড ট্রাম্প থেগে িু রগস্কর এগদমাোি, ফ্রাগের মাক্ররি লয থপি-অধুযক্রষি দুক্রিয়াগেও থযি
বাংলা িাষায় থলো এই বই েুদ্র জািীয়িাবাগদর ক্রবপদ থেগে েিেম েগর ক্রদল, যাবিীয়
েীমািা ছাক্রপগয় হগয় উঠল আন্তজম াক্রিে।
শুনযস্থোনটিনত িোাংলোনেনের মকোন লিখযোত পলিত েোনুনষ্র নোেটি িসনি ?

34. Yeah !! Food can also be a part of literature.
Born with Misaligned Legs, the doctors thought that X might
never be able to walk properly, but his mother thought otherwise
which act as a blessing in disguise for his life to come. Inspired
by His Grandmother to Start Cooking, Indian Chef, restaurateur,
cookbook writer, filmmaker and humanitarian, X is a working
symbol to represent India in the World of Food. His restaurant,
Junoon, in New York City was one of the first Indian restaurants
of the world to be awarded a star by the Michelin Guide. In 2015,
X became the first chef to launch a book at Cannes. His book, Y,
got a record-breaking magnum opus. Being the most eXpensive
cookbook in the world, it was gifted to every political and
religious leaders of the world. The list includes PM Narendra
Modi to eX-US President Barack Obama, from the Dalai Lama to
Pope Francis, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan also.
The final copy of Utsav was gifted to Queen Elizabeth II.
Spoon out X & Y from the flavours (*)
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35. 15
Fill out the Gap

36. 16

37. 16
 Anonymous is a 2011 German-British period drama film
directed by Roland Emmerich and written by John Orloff.
The film is a version of the life of X.
 X , the 17th Earl of Oxford was
an Elizabethan courtier, playwright, poet and patron of the
arts but was not much known to us for his literary works.
 The most interesting fact about X was that he always
claimed that he was the actual author of William
Shakespeare's plays which was the main theme of this
film.
 After release, this film has not only shook the English
Literary World but was nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction and
Production Design at the Satellite Awards.
ID X (*)

38. 17
With Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
or
How is he popularly known?

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বাংলা োক্রহিয হােয রে ও থেৌিু গের স্রষ্টা ক্রহগেগব ইিার েদর েবমজিক্রবক্রদি। ইিার
জীবিও ক্রছল ইিার থলেিীর মি তবক্র ত্রযময়। অিযন্ত োদামাটা জীবিযাপগি অিস্থ
ক্রছগলি এই মািুষটি l আেুি আমরা ইিার “Bibliography” ক্রেছু অংগির ক্রদগে
এেবার থ াে বুক্রলগয় থিই:
 Bari Theke Paliye [বাক্রড় থেগে পাক্রলগয়]
 Eeshwar Prithibee Valobasa [ঈশ্বর পৃক্রেবী িালবাো]
 Valobasa Prithibee Eeshwar [িালবাো পৃক্রেবী ঈশ্বর]
 Aaj O Agamikaal [আজ ও আোমীোল]
 Ekti Swarnaghotita Apokeerti [এেটি স্বেমঘটিি অপেীক্রিম ]
 Debotar Jonmo [থদবিার জন্ম]
 Jakhan Tara Katha Bolbe [যেি িারা েো বলগব]
-মতো এই লনপোট ভোনলো অথচ লিনরোহী িযলতক্রেী ভরনলোকটির নোে লক ?
(*)

40. 19
While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence
Division during the Second World War, X was in the
planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30
Assault Unit and T-Force. His wartime service and his
career as a journalist provided much of the background,
detail and depth of Y, the greatest creation ever
made in terms of madly action and adventure. The Y
stories ranked among the best-selling series of fictional
books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies
worldwide. As a result, In 2008, The Times ranked X
14th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since
1945“
Name X & Y

41. X was a graduate from IIM-Calcutta (in 1997) and
worked for 14 years in the financial services
industry before turning to full time writing. After
going through a heavenly wonderful writing career,
X was appointed by the Government of India as
the Director of The Nehru Centre, London. X
dreaming career includes block buster books
written under the theme of ancient Hindu
Literature and Mythology and got record breaking
height in case of fastest sell. In 2017, X launched
his first non-fiction book Y, which told the story of
his country.
Id X & Y (*)
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44. 1
As a people of Dakshin Dinajpur, We feel proud to put questions on
Mahisbathan, as this place of Kushmandi block is the home of the wooden mask
makers better known as Kushmandi masks or in colloquial terms “Mukha”.
But do we actually know its history?
Late X, who recently passed away remained a veteran artist practicing the art of
Gomira mask making for more than 50 years. At the age of 14, he carved his first
wooden mask and after his father’s death chose a career in wood carving.
His father used to mould clay dolls for a living, and somehow looking at his
creativity X wanted to try out his creative techniques on various medium. And
that is when X came across carving wood.
When X moved into the village of Mashisbathan in South Dinajpur, he brought
along with him the artistry of carving wood. In his prime days, he had joined a
street theatre company called Lokojaan. Travelling with the theatre
group provided him a window of opportunity to showcase his talent on a national
platform. Gradually he started receiving contracts for making and displaying his
and his students’ works in various eXhibitions and fairs across the country. He
had been the person behind keeping the art form alive by teaching the young
people of the area and has been globally recognized as the one of the most
renowned craftsman of his era.
ID X

46. A - 1

47. 2
দু’বছর আগে ‘ক্রিক্রিজ় ’-এর ক্রিলামঘর থেগে ৪৫ থোটি ডলাগর ক্রবক্রি হওয়ার পগর আর থেউ
থ াগে থদগেিক্রি থেটি। ইক্রিহাগের েব থ গয় দাক্রম ক্রিল্পেমম, ক্রলওিাগদমা দা ক্রিক্রির তিক্রর এই ছক্রব থেই
থেগে ‘ক্রিগোোঁজই’ ক্রছল। ক্রিল্পদ্রবয থব াগেিা েংিান্ত এেটি ওগয়বোইট আটম থিট. েম েম্প্রক্রি
জাক্রিগয়গছ, থেৌক্রদ আরগবর যুবরাজ মহম্মদ ক্রবি েলমগির ক্রবলােবহুল প্রগমাদিরীগি স্থাি হগয়গছ
পাোঁ গিা বছগরর প্রা ীি থেই ছক্রবর।
দা ক্রিক্রির থমািাক্রলো-র েগে এই ছক্রবর প্রিূ ি োদৃগিযর োরগে এটিগে ‘মেল মেোনোললসো’ বলা
হয়। েগবষেগদর দাক্রব, ক্রযশুর এই প্রক্রিেৃ ক্রিটি দা ক্রিক্রির থিষ বড় োজ। ক্রিক্রিগির ক্রিলাগম ক্রবি
েলমগির হগয় ছক্রবটি ক্রেগিক্রছগলি থেৌক্রদর অিয এে যুবরাজ। আবু ধাক্রবর যুবরাজ মহম্মদ ক্রবি
জ় াগয়দগে এই ছক্রব উপহার ক্রদগয়ক্রছগলি েলমি। যাগি লুযির আবু ধাক্রব িাোয় ছক্রবটি রাো যায়।
ক্রেন্তু ছক্রবটি আগদৌ দা ক্রিক্রির আোঁো ক্রে িা, িা ক্রিগয় ক্রবিগেম র থজগর আবু ধাক্রবগি ছক্রবর প্রদিমিী
বন্ধ হগয় যায় েি বছর। দা ক্রিক্রির মৃিু যর ৫০০ বছর উপলগে পযাক্ররগের লুযি-এ প্রদিমিীর জিয
ছক্রবটি াওয়া হগয়ক্রছল। ক্রেন্তু িার পর থেগেই আর এটির হক্রদে থমগলক্রি।
এেটি েূত্র জািাগে, েি ২৬ থম ক্রেিাই উপদ্বীগপর দক্রেগে ক্রমিগরর িারম এল থিে িহগরর োগছ
থলাক্রহিোেগর িােগি থদো যায় ক্রবি েলমগির প্রগমাদিরী ‘ক্রেক্ররি’। থেোগিই ক্রছল ছক্রবটি। আটম
থিট. েম জাক্রিগয়গছ, ক্রিল্পোমগ্রী েংগ্রগহর জিয থেৌক্রদ আরগবর আল-উলায় এেটি োংস্কৃক্রিে ও
ক্রিল্প থেন্দ্র তিক্রর েরগছ থদিটি। যাগে এে েোয় ‘আটম ক্রডজ় ক্রিলযান্ড’ বলগছ ওগয়বোইটটি।
থেোগিই োেগব এই ছক্রব। িার আগে পযমন্ত এটি ‘ক্রেক্ররি’-এই োেগছ।
এখোনন মে ছলিটির কথো িলো হনেনছ তোর নোে লক ?

49. A - 2

50. While studying and analyzing information's on Tabla, Indian Theatres and
Bollywood Film Archive, I came through a very surprising fact about one
Veteran and National Award Winning actor who is an eminent director
and screen play writer as well. This genius began serious theatre in 1986
with roles in plays like A View From The Bridge (Arthur Miller), Look Back in
Anger (John Osborne), Ghashiram Kotwal (Vijay Tendulkar). In 1991, he
joined the NSD Repertoire Company – the professional wing of the National
School of Drama – as actor.
The surprising fact is that his family is as versatile as him. He came
from family of art and music. His father was an distinguished vocalist from
Agra Gharana and his mother was considered as one of the first female
tabla players of India (Please be noted that facts told here are before
Anuradha Pal has been described as the "first professional female tabla
player in the world" by Encyclopedia Britannica and the Limca Book of
Records.)
Give me the name of the famous actor and his very famous
mother?
3

52. A - 3
Name of the Actor - Saurabh Shukla
&
His very famous Mother - Jogamaya
Shukla

53. 4
LINK THE BIO
 Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker, Ceramicist, Stage
Designer, Poet And Playwright
 Spanish Civil War
 Constructed Sculpture
 Cubist movement
 Modigliani - A 2004 drama biographical film
 Tare Zammen Par - 7 as Uncle ki ulti nakh
Whose name am I expecting ?

55. A - 4

56. A - 4

57. An ancient town was once called the Ekamra Kshetra as the
deity of that town was originally under a mango tree (Ekamra)
as noted in Ekamra Purana, a 13th-century Sanskrit treatise.
The _______temple is active in worship practises, unlike
most other temples in that town (now city) and Shiva is
worshipped here as Harihara. The Temple is the largest
and one of the oldest temples of the area. The temple
represents the quintessence of the Kalinga architecture and
culminate the medieval stages of the architectural tradition.
The temple is believed to be built by the kings from
the Somavamsi dynasty, with later additions from
the Ganga rulers. The temple is built in the Deula style of
architecture.
Give me the name in the blanks
5

59. A - 5

60. 6
Id the Cartoonist

62. A - 6

63. 7
Originally known as sadhir, the Indian classical dance
form of Bharatanatyam owes its current name, to E
Krishna Iyer and X, who has been instrumental in
modifying mainly the Pandanallur
style of Bharatanatyam and bringing it to the global
attention, and removing the extraneous sringaar and
erotic elements from the dance, which were the legacy
of its Devadasi association in the past. X, a prominent
Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the
Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an
activist for animal rights and welfare was also the first
woman in Indian history to be nominated a member
of the Rajya Sabha.
ID X

65. A - 7

66. 8
“Young Man with a Skull” is a c.1626 painting by the Dutch Golden
Age painter Frans Hals, now situated in the National Gallery, London.
The painting was first documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910 who
described it as a life-size half-length portrait of Some famous character.
De Groot also wrote that it was exhibited on loan in the Dublin National
Gallery in 1895. He noticed this painting's similarity to another painting
by Hals, and he remarked that in this work the subject's right hand
"formerly rested on a skull which has been painted out". But the
interpretation was questioned and rejected because the presence of that
character had not been recorded in Northern Netherlands in the 1620s. It
is now considered to be a Vanitas, a reminder of the precarious nature of
life and the inevitability of death.
Give me the name of the Character.
If the first interpretation was correct, where very common to us,
would one have seen this work in a Bollywood film around 2014? (
Part Marks available)

68. A - 8

69. 9
X was a towering figure in the field of sculpture who is widely
considered the father of modern sculpture. He originally
conceived Y (a statue) as part of a large commission, begun in
1880, for a doorway surround called The Gates of Hell. Rodin
based this commission on ”The Divine Comedy” of Dante and
some critics believe that Y originally intended to depict Dante.
Many marble and bronze editions of Y in several sizes were
executed during the lifetime of Rodin and even after his death.
However, the most famous version is the 6 feet (1.8 m)
tall bronze statue that was cast in 1904 and that sits in
the gardens of the Rodin Museum in Paris. This sculpture is
one of the most celebrated sculptures ever known. Y was
originally named ”The Poet” and it is often used as an image to
represent philosophy. It is the most famous work of the greatest
modern sculptor.
Id X & Y

71. A - 9

72. 10
Timeline: Roughly between 1886 and 1905
Post-Impressionism is a predominantly French art movement that developed
from the last Impressionist eXhibition to the birth of Fauvism. The movement
was led by Paul Cézanne (known as father of Post-impressionism), Paul
Gauguin, X, and Georges Seurat.
Timeline: Now, Back in 2017
Y is the film, which tells story of X through painting, is being brought to India by
MVP Entertainment. The number of screens showing the movie would be
under ten," as per a statement daily.
Robert Gulaczyk plays X in the film, which is touted to be the world's first fully
painted feature film. This movie is written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and
Hugh Welchman. More than 125 professional oil-painters from all over the
world came to Y studios in Poland and Greece to create 65,000 paintings for
the story.
There are 94 Vincent Van Gogh's paintings that feature in a form very close to
the original.
Crack X & Y WITH THE Catchy Timeline

74. A - 10

76. 11

77. A group of 40 prominent writers and literary figures,
including renowned X, issued a statement endorsing
"proclamation of emergency to curb anti-national and
reactionary forces" in 1975, according to the archives of
the Press Information Bureau.
X, as we can call the founding pillar of the “Nayi Kavita
literary movement”, was also a designated member of
“Hindi Kavi Sammelan”. X is best known for his early
work Y, which is a book of 135 "quatrains": verses of four
lines. Y is highly celebrated for its
deeply Sufi incantations and philosophical undertones
and is an important work in the Chhayavaad (Neo-
romanticism) literary movement of early 20th
century Hindi literature.
Who is X and What is Y here? (P/M)
11

79. A - 11

80. The major characters of this novel are Dinanath Lahiri, a rich
kindhearted businessman, his nephew, Prabeer Lahiri, a
struggling actor obsessed with his own voice and Mr. Lahiri's
co-passengers on the train: Mr. Naresh Pakrashi, Mr.
Brijmohan Kedia and Mr. G. C. Dhameeja, who is also of
some importance.
Here, in the story, the main character is approached
by an established businessman, Mr. Dinanath Lahiri, claiming
to have mistakenly swapped his suitcase in a train with one
belonging to one of his co-passengers and asks the main
character to return it. This apparently simple problem
takes the main character, his cousin and an eminent writer
to Shimla and into a realm of deceit and mystery involving a
long-forgotten diamond and an old priceless manuscript
titled ”X”, written by Y.
12

82. A - 12

83. 13
লননেমোহ, অন্তরঙ্গ সেোজ-ভোষ্যনক আনন্দ-সম্মোন
মগস্কা, ১৯৭৩। প্রা যক্রবদযার আন্তজম াক্রিে েগম্মলি। িারি থেগে এগেগছি িীহাররঞ্জি রায়,
বরুে থদ, থরাক্রমলা োপর এবং আরও অগিগে।
ক্রেোঁক্রড়র মুগে পাক্রেস্তাগির প্রক্রিক্রিক্রধ, থপগিায়ার ক্রবশ্বক্রবদযালগয়র অধযাপে আহমদ হাোি দাক্রির
েগে থদো হগয় থেল বাংলাগদগির এে পক্রিগির। মাত্র দু’বছর আগে স্বাধীি হগয়গছ বাংলাগদি।
দাক্রি োশ্রুিয়গি জক্রড়গয় ধরগলি বাংলাগদক্রিগে, ‘শুিলাম, মুিীরগে িাক্রে ওরা থমগর থেগলগছ।’
ঢাো ক্রবশ্বক্রবদযালগয়র অধযাপে মুিীর থ ৌধুক্রর, িাোঁর লািটিও েুোঁগজ পাওয়া যায়ক্রি।
বাংলাগদি থেগে আো োক্রহিয-েগবষে থেই পক্রিি মািুষটি________। তোাঁর আত্মজীিনীর
নতু ন পিম ‘লিপুলো পৃলথিী’ ১৪২৩ সোনলর আনন্দ পুরস্কোনর সম্মোলনত। মাক্রেম ি যুক্তরাগের
থডািাল্ড ট্রাম্প থেগে িু রগস্কর এগদমাোি, ফ্রাগের মাক্ররি লয থপি-অধুযক্রষি দুক্রিয়াগেও থযি
বাংলা িাষায় থলো এই বই েুদ্র জািীয়িাবাগদর ক্রবপদ থেগে েিেম েগর ক্রদল, যাবিীয়
েীমািা ছাক্রপগয় হগয় উঠল আন্তজম াক্রিে।
শুনযস্থোনটিনত িোাংলোনেনের মকোন লিখযোত পলিত েোনুনষ্র নোেটি িসনি ?

85. A - 13

86. Yeah !! Food can also be a part of literature.
Born with Misaligned Legs, the doctors thought that X might
never be able to walk properly, but his mother thought otherwise
which act as a blessing in disguise for his life to come. Inspired
by His Grandmother to Start Cooking, Indian Chef, restaurateur,
cookbook writer, filmmaker and humanitarian, X is a working
symbol to represent India in the World of Food. His restaurant,
Junoon, in New York City was one of the first Indian restaurants
of the world to be awarded a star by the Michelin Guide. In 2015,
X became the first chef to launch a book at Cannes. His book, Y,
got a record-breaking magnum opus. Being the most eXpensive
cookbook in the world, it was gifted to every political and
religious leaders of the world. The list includes PM Narendra
Modi to eX-US President Barack Obama, from the Dalai Lama to
Pope Francis, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan also.
The final copy of Utsav was gifted to Queen Elizabeth II.
Spoon out X & Y from the flavours (*)
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88. A - 14

89. 15
Fill out the Gap

91. A - 15

92. 16
 Anonymous is a 2011 German-British period drama film
directed by Roland Emmerich and written by John Orloff.
The film is a version of the life of X.
 X , the 17th Earl of Oxford was
an Elizabethan courtier, playwright, poet and patron of the
arts but was not much known to us for his literary works.
 The most interesting fact about X was that he always
claimed that he was the actual author of William
Shakespeare's plays which was the main theme of this
film.
 After release, this film has not only shook the English
Literary World but was nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction and
Production Design at the Satellite Awards.
ID X (*)

94. A - 16

95. 17
With Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
or
How is he popularly known?

97. A - 17

98. 18
বাংলা োক্রহিয হােয রে ও থেৌিু গের স্রষ্টা ক্রহগেগব ইিার েদর েবমজিক্রবক্রদি। ইিার
জীবিও ক্রছল ইিার থলেিীর মি তবক্র ত্রযময়। অিযন্ত োদামাটা জীবিযাপগি অিস্থ
ক্রছগলি এই মািুষটি l আেুি আমরা ইিার “Bibliography” ক্রেছু অংগির ক্রদগে
এেবার থ াে বুক্রলগয় থিই:
 Bari Theke Paliye [বাক্রড় থেগে পাক্রলগয়]
 Eeshwar Prithibee Valobasa [ঈশ্বর পৃক্রেবী িালবাো]
 Valobasa Prithibee Eeshwar [িালবাো পৃক্রেবী ঈশ্বর]
 Aaj O Agamikaal [আজ ও আোমীোল]
 Ekti Swarnaghotita Apokeerti [এেটি স্বেমঘটিি অপেীক্রিম ]
 Debotar Jonmo [থদবিার জন্ম]
 Jakhan Tara Katha Bolbe [যেি িারা েো বলগব]
- মতো এই লনপোট ভোনলো অথচ লিনরোহী িযলতক্রেী ভরনলোকটির নোে লক ?
(*)

100. A - 18

101. 19
While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence
Division during the Second World War, X was in the
planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30
Assault Unit and T-Force. His wartime service and his
career as a journalist provided much of the background,
detail and depth of Y, the greatest creation ever
made in terms of madly action and adventure. The Y
stories ranked among the best-selling series of fictional
books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies
worldwide. As a result, In 2008, The Times ranked X
14th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since
1945“
Name X & Y

103. A - 19

104. X was a graduate from IIM-Calcutta (in 1997) and
worked for 14 years in the financial services
industry before turning to full time writing. After
going through a heavenly wonderful writing career,
X was appointed by the Government of India as
the Director of The Nehru Centre, London. X
dreaming career includes block buster books
written under the theme of ancient Hindu
Literature and Mythology and got record breaking
height in case of fastest sell. In 2017, X launched
his first non-fiction book Y, which told the story of
his country.
Id X & Y (*)
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106. A - 20