G.O.V.B Omnibus: Vol 1

G.O.V.B Omnibus: Vol I
A set of 30 questions from Team GOVB

Team G.O.V.B
Aditya Narayan Sen, Amlan Sanyal, Ankan Ray, Annway Ghosh, Arijit Mondal, Arnab
Mandal, Arunabha Banerjee, Avinash Mishra, Avishek Ghosh, Bodhisattva Basu, Debanjan
Mahapatra, Dipan Adhikary, Fahad Taslim, Indrayudh Ghosh, Piyush Kedia, Prateen Dhara,
Samyo Sengupta, Santonab Chakrobarty, Saswata Acharya, Shamsuddin Haider, Shankha
Ghosh Dastidar, Shiladitya Roy, Soumalya Chakrobarty, Soumya Brata Mahapatra, Soumya
Majumder, Souptik Das, Sourasis Bose, Sourav Bose, Sourjo Sengupta, Subhadeep Sarkar,
Sutanu Banerjee, Thirtharaj Sarkar.

1
The second ﬁlm by director Omar Sakariya is named, _____ Baby. The movie
being shot at Bodrum, south west of Turkey with an apt subtitle, “Sea of
Death.”
Sarikaya told a Turkish news agency that when he ﬁrst saw the photographs,
“I couldn’t sleep for a while. It was always on my mind.”
Who is the movie based on?
Avishek Ghosh

2
Set in the Algerian town of Oran, Albert Camus’ “The Plague” has often been
compared with an absurdist ﬁction published a few decades before Camus'
novel. In the novel, before chaos morphed into the narrative a character was
seen reading that earlier work and he misjudged it to be a detective story.
Which work?
Which neighbourhood in an Indian city - named after a patch of green and
associated with a national ‘fever’- was formed due to a plague outbreak in
1897?
Sourasis Bose

2
The Trial
Shivaji Park
Sourasis Bose

3
For X, Production Designer Samir Chanda created the titular location, in
Sambhar, a Rajasthani town that had similar architecture. It was just the right
amount of clutter and chaos to make the sets seem authentic, but it didn’t
overwhelm the frame. It provided a mix of realism and spectacle for a
blockbuster attempting to deliver a message.
ID X.
In order to make the frames more realistic, which gigantic structure, an
inseparable symbol of the aforementioned locality, was superimposed in the
background?
Arijit Mondal

3
Delhi 6
Jama Masjid
Arijit Mondal

4
Trying to Grow is a semi-autobiographical book by Firdous Kananga, in which
the protagonist, Brit, suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta. If one reason of
naming the protagonist Brit was his mother’s love for Brittain, what is the
other reason?
Kanga’s second book, a travelogue, is titled Heaven on Wheels. Which ‘vehicle’
does “Wheels” signify?
Debanjan Mahapatra

4
Brittle
Wheelchair
Debanjan Mahapatra

5
A 2019 project by Ramesh Indira tells the heartwarming story of a middle aged
man who embarks on a journey in an old Fiat 1100 Delight and discovers a
fresh perspective of life. The movie shares its title with the car, a royal
presence on Indian roads for nearly six decades. As the old car shows itself to
be capable of coping with a new era, it helps the protagonist rediscover
himself.
What is the title of the movie?
In 2013, an Indian city was forced to retire these cars due to the high levels of
pollution being caused by them, ending their iconic association.
Which city and what association?
Amlan Sanyal

5
Premier Padmini
Mumbai Taxi
Amlan Sanyal

6
The treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte is the foundational document of a
particular Duchy, establishing Rollo, a Viking warlord, as its ﬁrst Duke in
exchange for his loyalty to the king of West Francia.
The western border of the territory was the sea, while the eastern border was
the Epte, a river which empties into the Seine not far from Giverny.
In the 1880s, a major civic effort saw a portion of the Epte being broken away
from the main stream and diverted onto the plentiful acreage of a private
property nearby, where the water was allowed to rest and bloom.
Which Duchy is this, coming into news every year on a particular day of the
ﬁrst week of a particular month? What was the purpose of diverting the
Epte? Sourjo Sengupta

6
Normandy;
Claude Monet's Water Lily garden
Sourjo Sengupta

7
This HBO drama show, Spanning more than 100 episodes, creates an
awareness about mental health as well as draws a bigger picture of their life
through sessions of a psychotherapist with his patients.
In an episode(pic) we see a character Sunil, a Bengali widower in his mid-50s
who enters therapy after being transplanted from Calcutta to Brooklyn to live
with his son.
Scriptwriter of this particular episode watched an US-Indian ﬁlm as part of
background research for the series. ‘Name’ the ﬁlm.
X landed in a role as an interpreter of culture for the screenwriter, giving
more insight about bengali people. Who is she?
Also, who portrayed the role of Sunil, a familiar Indian face in Hollywood?
Shamsuddin Haider

7
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
Irrfan Khan
Shamsuddin Haider

8
Disha Noyonika Rindani, aspiring scriptwriter,director given shape to a short
film in 2014 about a topic that was totally undiscovered in that period of time.
Her short film was about a crazy teen who left all the bad things behind to
pursue something that is considered prohibited in his religion. Who is this
guy?
What is the two word name of the short film that was shot in a particular
pincode of the city? The film won best picture in u25 category in Mumbai Film
Festival.
Rindani has another credit in her filmography where she co written the script
of 2016 movie which is based in a Jharkhandi hill village (Image in next slide).
Name the 2016 movie.
Soumya Majumder

8
Naezy
Bombay 70
A Death in a Gunj
Soumya Majumder

9
“Impressing pressure in dialect forms
Ride the spiral seas beyond the storm
Learn and decide, fall 'til you ﬂy
Take a breath and dive” - Lyrics from Katsushika, by Rishloo
Who is Katsushika? Or what is the song referencing?
The manga, “_______ Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen Mae Hashutsujo”, literally
translating to, “This is the ______ _______ in front of Kameari Park in
Katsushika Ward” is set in the town of Katsushika, and is the holder of a
certain Guinness World Record. Due to the massive popularity of this manga
(and its adaptation), several sightseers are often seen in front of a vacant lot in
the region. How do we better know this manga?
Arnab Mandal

9
The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
Kochikame
Arnab Mandal

10
During Mohun bagan club centenary celebrations in 1990, they played a
friendly match against a team named Diamond Club, led by a striker who has
starred for Bastia, Monaco and St Etienne in Ligue 1, but he will be forever
remembered for his heroics on the grandest stage a few months earlier.
Who was this talented marksmen?
Souptik Das

11
In the 2016 Euro ﬁnal, France was the clear favourite against Portugal. But as
we all know Portugal won the ﬁnal 1-0 to win their maiden Euro title. Also they
had beaten France after 41 years. So the very next day the Times of India came
with a humorous headline- “Portugal breaks fast with _____ ______”
Complete the headline with a two word food item originally invented in
Germany.
Sourav Bose

12
Life imitates art – sometimes not in the most positive of circumstances.
The Fukushima Daiichi disaster of March 2011, and Japan’s subsequent
recovery might feel clairvoyant on the part of the creator, but he might have
been drawing inspiration from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the subsequent
resurgence to end up hosting the world about two decades after the
bombings.
Which 1988 work set in a dystopian, futuristic and new metropolis, a post
war world that still smacks of a nuclear-disaster tinged history and the rise of
gangs?
According to the work, what was due to happen in 2020, life imitating art, so
much so that just cancelling it was an option considered before the eventual
deferral?
Arunabha Banerjee

12
Akira ; Tokyo hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics
Arunabha Banerjee

13
The following logo is of the company X of Y though it is based in the UK. The
company is mostly referred to as X which refers to a collection of stories told
by pilgrims on a pilgrimage.
ID X of Y.
Image next slide
Prateen Dhara

13
Canterbury of New Zealand
Prateen Dhara

14
Defects in Sonic Hedgehog Gene pathway causes a disease called:- “cardiac
anomaly, T-cell deﬁcit,clefting and hypocalcaemia for chromosome 22q11.2
microdeletions”.
So, what was the former name of the disease which makes it a MELA
question?
Saswata Acharya

15
Archaeological records fail to lend credence to the use of a particular object as
a weapon by a certain people, but do point to other utilitarian and ceremonial
functions. The most famous specimen of it - its name a derivative of the Proto
Germanic for "crushing" - and its master have been linked together since early
medieval times by several manuscripts, having weathered many a storm
together.
Later, as his people began to embrace Christianity, the object's symbolism
began to converge with and morph into that of a cruciﬁx. Most tellingly, the
same object, altered a bit, became the basis for the swastika in that region,
alluding to its immense power.
What is being spoken of - the exploding popularity of it in recent times,
especially amongst children, having sparked a renewed interest in its history?
Sourjo Sengupta

16
Ramram Basu, a notable scholar and translator of the Bengali language,
worked as a scribe for many European ofﬁcials in 18th
century Calcutta. Basu
ﬁnally joined Serampore Mission Press in 1793.
What was Basu’s designation in Serampore Mission Press, that inspired
Pramath Nath Bishi to write a novel based on his life? The novel includes the
designation in its title.
Arijit Mondal

17
According to a Chinese legend, every spring a monster named Nina would
come out from the forest, and would eat the cattle as well as humans.
However, the villagers soon found out that the monster was scared of burning
bamboo sticks.
Poor villagers could not arrange bamboos to ward off the monster, hence they
came up with something that would imitate the burning bamboo.
What did they create?
Soumalya Chakrobarty

17
Fireworks
Soumalya Chakrobarty

18
After a huge cyclonic storm devastated Philippines in 2011, the then President
called for a better disaster management and mitigation system.
With the help of top institutions of the country, in 2012, the government
launched a multi-part system for the nationwide operational assessment of
hazards, in preparation for such deluges.
What was the one-word title of this prophetic project?
Piyush Kedia

19
The product gets its two-word title from the colloquial term of the plant
Senegalia catechu, as the red dye extracted from this plant was traditionally
used to colour the covers of this product.
Workers from Bangladesh used to come to Kolkata around May and made
these in huge numbers. They would eventually return to Bangladesh on 1st
of
Baishakh. In recent times, however, the demand of this product has dropped
due to high production cost and technological advancements.
Scribble the product name, something from children’s literature, closer home.
Debanjan Mahapatra

19
Kheror Khata
Debanjan Mahapatra

20
The ancient practice of removing the eggs of head lice from the host's hair is a
slow and tedious process as one needs to carefully examine each individual
hair.
Which English word originates from this fussy practice?
Sourasis Bose

21
Question about film & theatre related credits of an artist X.
X worked as a stage designer when this play was staged on Kala Bhavan in
1940’s. It is a tale of a friendly ghost whose exploit as a police officer is long
forgotten and after death he is living with few friendly ghosts in a desolate
stretch dotted with ancient trees, shrubs.
Name the play.(Image Hint on next slide)
Another one is a Bengali film based on a literary work which credits X as a
production designer. It is a story of a young tax collector and a haunted
mansion. One need to watch the movie in order to know whether the rumours
about the mansion is true or a complete lie.
Name the film and the artist. Shamsuddin Haider

21
Bhusundir Mathe
Khudhito Pashan
Ramkinkar Baij
Shamsuddin Haider

22
The petition by the two students from Harvard was in response to the snub in
1991, where Venturi was recognized but his architect wife Scott Brown, his
wife was ignored, demanding that she should also be recognized instead.
Keeping the context in mind, what ﬁrst did the person adjacent achieve in
2004?
What is the name of this woman, almost heartbreaking that she is not related
to Jelena Noura, Isabella and Anwar?
(Image follows)
Avinash Mishra

22
Zaha Hadid becoming the ﬁrst woman winner of the Pritzker Prize. (2004)
Avinash Mishra

23
The French call this condiment 'devil's excrement'. How do we better know it?
Annway Ghosh

23
Asafoetida/Hing
Annway Ghosh

24
X was one of the more successful films from the 80s action era. It was a box
office hit, received plenty of nominations and launched the career of arguably
the biggest star of the decade.
While most of us might not of seen X, we might have come across a movie
from 20 years later which shared the title X with an added subtitle. It was a
similar movie in terms of being a memorable action movie starring a hero with
moustache. Most of us saw it as kids and found out about a physical quantity
which you generally do not study before class 9.
Give me these two films.
Samyo Sengupta

24
Meri Jung
Meri Jung: One Man Army
Samyo Sengupta

25
Drawn by Peter Paul Rubens , this series of masterpiece (image next slide)
alludes to Greek mythological account of the Trojan war and subsequently to
the foundation of Rome. These series of artwork shows ideal feminine beauty.
In this story X, a Trojan mortal had been given the power to judge the fairest
of all and subsequently his judgement led up to a catastrophic event .
However, the name of the above mentioned picture is same with one of the
greatest wine testing competitions of 1976 which was powerful enough to
spark a wine war between the French and the Americans that rages even to
this day. ID X and the event.
Thirtharaj Sarkar

25
Paris
Judgement of Paris
Thirtharaj Sarkar

26
This painting (pic.) has an important place documenting the history of
medicine. It is based on a surgery witnessed by the painter, in which Dr. Gross
treated a young man for osteomyelitis (bone infection) of the femur. It depicts
performing a conservative operation as opposed to an process, which is how
the patient would normally have been treated in previous decades. Which
process?
This painting is often contrasted with painter's later painting The Agnew
Clinic (1889), which depicts a cleaner, comparatively brighter, surgical theater,
with the participants in a signiﬁcant change, a notable transition in 14 years.
What change?
Dipan Adhikary

26
Amputation
White coats
Dipan Adhikary

27
Considered to be the victim one of the most destructive Mongol raids, the loss
due fall of this city resulted in the end of a certain Golden Age in 1258. The
damage caused, all in a single day, is said to be immeasurable, with perhaps
the world's grandest library destroyed, along with dozens others. Some
sources claim that so many books were destroyed and so many people were
killed, that the neighboring river wore a combined color of black and red.
Which city is this, invaded several times in history, most recently in 2003?
Aditya Narayan Sen

28
Carrier Classics are college basketball games that are played in specific
locations. The first such game was held on November 11, 2011.
The “venue” for the first of these games was chosen over other similar venues
probably because of an activity it was involved in, just a few months before the
game that which Obama called “justice,” drawing a rousing ovation from the
crowd, many clad in uniforms not of the basketball variety.
Where are Carrier Classics games held? What specific incident was Obama
talking about?
Sutanu Banerjee

28
Aircraft carriers of US army, Death Of Osama Bin Laden
Sutanu Banerjee

29
This font is called the “Price-Down” font and was designed by a typographer,
Ray Larabie. It was used once in the popular game show “The Price is Right”.
However, school kids might recognize this font for its extensive use
elsewhere.
Where could you have seen this font before?
(Image next slide)
Subhadeep Sarkar

29
Grand Theft Auto
Subhadeep Sarkar

30
This is the poster of a 2006 Thai Sports-comedy that deals with a small
fictional country Arvee’s road to Football World Cup.
Directed by Adisorn Tresirikasem , the film shows how Arvee got a chance to
participate in WC Qualifiers after a qualified team had to drop out of the
tournament for some reasons.
Give me the title of the film, that will remind you of an alliterative sports
term, most recent beneficiary of which is a tall Chennai-born left hander.
(Image next slide)
Soumya Brata Mahapatra

30
Lucky Loser
Soumya Brata Mahapatra

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