The Big Bong Theory- Bengali Pop Culture and fandom quiz(Q+A)

The Big Bong Theory
Bengali Pop Culture and Fandom Quiz

GOVB Fest 2.0 - 2019 The Big Bong Theory QMs – Sourav,Avishek,Soumalya
RULES
There will be 40 Questions+1 bonus.
Two parters will have 0.5 points each, and three
parters will have points on the basis of QM’s
discretion.
No Negative points
 In case of tie, the rule of count back will be followed
 দয়া করিয়া গুগল করিবেন না.

Thanks to the valuable gps
Rupam Bhattacharya
Shourjo Sengupta
Sumantra Sarathi Dutta
Shiladitya Roy
And also to Sutanu Banerjee without whose inspiration
and rat poison we couldn’t have compiled this set

SOURAV

Q1
 In Season 7 Episode 18 of the sitcom ‘The Big Bang Theory’,
the character Rajesh played by Kunal Nayyar invented a game
called ‘Murder Mystery Dinner’. When another character
Bernadette easily understood the game, Rajesh called her X.
Bernadette was not aware who X was, so she asked if X was
the Indian Y. Rajesh corrected her by saying it’s the other
way around, Y is the English X.
 X and Y?

Q2
 This four-word Bengali proverb literally means ‘You don’t
have to worry when someone is there.’ Now last month when
Bangladeshi batsmen got demolished by Indian pacers, Kolkata
police came up with this proverb replacing a word in the
proverb with a protection tool.
 Tell me the revised proverb that was used by Kolkata police.

Q3
 Gopal and Nepal are siblings and they belong to a very needy
family. But they get all charged up when they come to know next
Tuesday is X and they will get to eat ____. Identify X, which is a
popular festivity in this part of our country.
 Now couple of years back, X came into news thanks to a creation,
that itself takes its name from another masterpiece, whose
illustration was done by Nandalal Bose. Name the
creation/masterpiece.
 Now this year, a golden leader from West Bengal mistakenly said
that the masterpiece is written by Y, a prominent Bengali who was
the centre point of political collision here in West Bengal. Name
the prominent Bengali.

Q4
 ‘Ami Coconut Man’, ‘Amaro Porano Jaha Chay’, ‘Aguner
Poroshmoni’, ‘Ekti Mosha o Machi’ – these are some of the
notable creation of a versatile man, who is making news
these days very frequently. Identify him.
 Now a teenager who wasn’t interested in any of the
earthly professions, wanted to be _____. But it’s a matter of
question whether he would still be interested in becoming
_____, if he has come across that man in his lifetime. Name
the teenager.

Q5
 In 1855, Edward Dyer, father of Reginald Dyer of
Jalianwalabagh Massacre, set up something in Kasauli to provide
cheap _____ to the British army and officials.
 Now the colloquial term of that thing is making a buzz in
this part of our country.
 How?

Q6
 This cricketer (X) had to play a match against British
Planters Club, so he borrowed a bat which originally
belonged to Ranjit Singhji.
 Another cricketer (Y) scored a century in 2011 against
Nottinghamshire, making him the first Indian batsman to do
something that Virat Kohli achieved in the international
arena last month closer to our home.
 Both these cricketers achieved their respective feats playing
for entities whose abbreviated forms are the same.
 Both the cricketers and the abbreviation.

Q7
Bankura Memes has introduced its Youtube channel. One of its
popular segments is interviewing popular celebs.
Now in the 10th episode, a popular celebrity was asked about a
certain violent activity of him. He explained he got inspiration from
the character Ramesh of X by Sharat Chandra Chatterjee. Like
Ramesh, he thinks about the welfare of society, but when sees any
wrongdoing, he wants to practice that violent activity. Name the
celebrity and the Sharat Chandra classic.

Q8
 In the year 1909, a young 20 year old gentleman from
Bengal, goes for an adventure after he got frustrated
working in a jute mill in Shyamnagar.
 More than 100 years later, a 70 years old retired teacher
and a 7 years old orphan go for another adventure, as they
want to spend some days in peace as well as follow a map to a
certain precious entity.
 Both the adventures lead to two geographical entities. While
the first one is far from home, the latter one is not so far.
 Which two entities?

Q9
 This five-word proverbial saying is attributed to and almost
certainly coined by Lord Byron in the satirical poem ‘Don Juan’
in 1823.
However,this phrase was wrongly used by a mystery novel
writer as he wanted to stop writing his novels after a series of
strange happenings to him and his companions. While using
the phrase he replaced the third word of the phrase with a
more masculine word.
 What is the phrase and how it was wrongly used?

Q10
 Here is a narrative of a drama by Kaushik Sen’s theatre group,
Swapnasandhani.
 Writtik (Riddhi Sen), a bright young man poised to achieve success in life
with his corporate life and his beautiful wife (Surangana Banerjee), but
Writtik seeks professional help pf a psychologist for his mental issues. The
narrative soon introduces X (Anjan Dutt) to revisit the history of his
creations. The parallel narratives of Writtik and X are intertwined – both
are devastated by the grossness of life, both are in search of alternative
reality.
 So this is the plot of which drama with a repetitive name?
 Who is Anjan Dutt portraying here?
 This drama is adopted from which author’s book?

Q11
 This guy has won three Olympic Gold medals till now. One
in shotput, one in discuss throwing. And the last one is an
honorary gold medal in an unusual event. A section of people
serving us day and night would definitely do great in this
particular event.
 So identify this guy who is a subject of a popular hoax.
 Name the event.

Q12
 Launched in November, 2016, X is claimed to be the first of
its kind in Bengali language. Currently,it is owned by Mr. Rajiv
Mehra. The word X is a portmanteau word of a Bengali and an
English word and it literally means ‘a certain period for an
activity in leisure’. Name it.
 More than 25 years ago, a man of versatile talent
opposed an actor to establish the Greek origin of an
activity, which the actor claimed to be of Bengali origin.
Name the man with versatile talent.

Q13
 In the year 1282, a famous Chinese writer San Kao Chi wrote this
famous story. Marco Polo was then working in a salt mine and met the
Chinese writer and collected the manuscript of this story. The Italian writer
Rusticiano then translated that manuscript. The main protagonist of that
story was female.
 Now in the 17th century another writer was about to be hanged for
joining the Monmouth rebellion. But somehow he was saved and he fled to
Madrid and got this manuscript. He changed the protagonist from female to
male and published the adventure book, that got worldwide fame.
 Name the eponymous book.
 Name the person who gave us all these above-mentioned infos.

Q14
 X started her modelling career in 2002 with fashion shows
of Neelanjana Palli. She was the model in the music video ‘Ki
hole ki hoto’ by her cousin Shayan Chowdhury Arnob.
She acted in TV shows like Housefull, X factor, Land phone er
din gulote prem etc. Name the actress.
 Which Pritha Chakroborty directed 2019 hit Bengali
movie name is appropriate to describe this actress since
last week?

Q15
 Rajat Bhattacharya is an energetic young guy, who is a
student of Presidency College. He has a habit of telling lies,
but those lies don’t have any ill or harmful intentions. He often
creates imaginary stories about his dramatic life
experiences.
 So how do we better know this guy?

Q16
 Xs are from the ancient Sandilya gotra, which means all Xs are
descended from Kannauj from the ancient sage Sandilya as per the
Puranas. As per history X literally means “teacher who is head
and only performs the main work aarti or vandana.”
 Most of the Y families were found in the USA, UK, France and
Canada between 1880 and 1920. Michigan had the highest
population of Y families in 1880 and most of them were farmers.
 So name X and Y, that have recently been uttered side by
side.

Q17
 Identify the artist who has painted this drawings under the
title ‘Puchkir Dinraat’.

Q18
 In the Tenida story ‘Dhaus’, when Tenida experimented with his
large-sized kite Dhaus, he started to fly with it. Tenida was scared and
asked if he is going to land in Ganga. Habul said he could land in Howrah
station. Pyala said he could go as far as Bardhaman. Kyabla went one
step ahead and said he could land on top of Qutub Minar. But Pyala
went limitless and said something that would certainly make Pataldanga
proud.
 Don’t know about Pataldanga, but if that something can be possible in
future, a certain 18-year-old girl Alyssa Curson is going to be the
first person to do that before 2033 and make USA proud.
 Put funda.

Q19
 This campaign was launched two months ago here in Bengal,
which was a medium for airing grievances. This is a direct interaction
with commoners in an informal setting. The face of the campaign X is
reaching out to people and inviting them for discussion, debate over
endless cups of tea in X’s Chai pe charcha. According to X, direct
interaction is the key here, not virtual interaction like others.
 So what is the name of the campaign, that is a fitting reply to its
opposite counterpart.

Q20
“Are kichu kichu bostu ache
Aha kichu kichu bostu ache shurutei sesh
Jyamon _______ batting shuru korle
bowler ra boneless.”
 This is the first stanza of a Chandrabidoo song from their 7th
album ‘Hulabila’. The three word name of the song is an
exhibition of our pride as a race.
 Name the song and FITB

AVISHEK
SOUMALYA

Q21
The Railroader's Lament(known to most of us by a different name) is
a folk song popularized in Europe and US during the 1960s folk
revival.
Despite learning to cover the song from his teacher ,a lad failed to
do so after numerous attempts and scolding. But the nicotine clad
fingers played the old piano in the quaint hilly school created a magic
inspiring the student that there's a way but unfortunately he couldn't
live to see the success of his student.
Identify this song(0.5) and also the teacher(0.5) whom the
student paid a tribute by singing the song perfectly.

Q22
The __ ___ Recording Company is a five-member band from New
Delhi. One of the songs from it's recent album "Bismillah", " Where
the money flows" featured a scene which is inspired from a 60s
heroic venture adding a television set on which the protagonist
watches a supposed proclamation against dishonesty.
In the next scene, we can see the protagonist carrying a torch with
an agenda of burning his surroundings. What is the venture which
inspired the scene? What was the video the protagonist was
watching?(0.5)

Q22
The name of the band may confuse us with an establishment closer
home named after a Felidae frequent to the Lord's cricket ground in
the 50s, known for its Persian staple.(0.5)

Q23
On 30th December,2017 , a group of people from Pashchim Bangla
Vigyan Manch armed with torches, digital compasses and cameras,
stationed at the location,50 kms away from the Purulia town with
police protection. This place, touted for a boo-tiful business for the
past few years unfortunately lost it's infamous distinction due to the
above endeavour.
Give me the name of the place, please.

Q24
With the Persian name suggested by the exquisite floral motifs that
adorn this world , it's a two word combination of the old and new
names of the entity, changed due to the Mughal influence . Tagore, in
his poem Banshi describes his beloved attired in this symbol of
aristocracy. 6 Ballygunge Place recently organised a festival featuring
the selected fish dishes from our neighbouring country. What did
they cleverly name the two word festival as a wordplay on the above
mentioned UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and
GI symbol , referencing to the import of the dishes?

Q25
ক্ষীণদেহ খর্বকায় মুণ্ড তাদহ ভারী যদ াদরর কই যযন নরমূর্তব ধারী
While this was a typical Bengali two liner rhyme form the 19th or the
20th century, this was also used for describing bullying a mighty
personality from the age of Bengali Renaissance. In the other reality, this
very poem is used by another short lived man to describe one of his
insane creation. The creator says that though this creation of his had a
bad reputation but he had a sharp intelligence just like the man from
Bengali Renaissance era.
ID both.

Q26
In the late months of 1995 suddenly Paschimbanga Vigyan Mancha's
head office flooded with letters and phone calls with a request to
provide the senders with some sort of visual aid but the demand was
so heavy that they could not provide all with the equipment. Failing
to acquire that many of the people tried to use another medium of
medical science which can be used as the first detector of damage.
In popular culture among this nuisance a certain young man with a
fountain of soccer skills tasted the first touch of love from his
childhood crush. Put funda.

Q27
This company wanted a stop order to restrain Hindu fundamentalist
groups - the Shiv Sena, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the
Bajrang Dal - from 'interfering in the Valentine's Day celebrations and
sales promotions in its showrooms and outlets.
The subject of the book "Romance of the Bamboo Reed", he
charmed the countrymen for the past 70 years with his elegant
offerings.

Q27
With a simple promise to leave smoking or through the subjects
discussed above, a group tried to implant love amongst the 90s
Bengali youth through their Midas touch, rejuvenating our
memories.
ID this creation and the creator spreading the beautiful
message of love and romance.

Q28
This book finds a man, who describes himself as polygamous,
nomadic, and still searching for meaning, come face-to-face with one
of the most recognizable faces in this part of the country, a deeply
inquisitive individual. Structured as a question and answer session, it
is almost akin to a live broadcast, yet not constrained to just sixty
minutes. While one of them is arguably the more popular one right
now, the other man did his part to discover America's radical voices
in the 1980s, but returned home to follow his true calling.
What is the two-word repetitive name of the book?

Q29
If Arabian= Dar Al Maref , French = Casterman , Danish=Egmont
,Italian=Rizolli lizard, then what is the Bengali version of the
series joyfully equivalent to?
The Assamese version of this series is presented to us by an entity
which would've secured the future of many of the famous
personalities but unfortunately the entity wasn't present during their
times.
Name of the entity, please.

Q30
Unlike his other, more famous, opening line, this one did not bother to
greet those assembled as his own, but jumped straight to the point, saying “
The time is short, but the subject is vast ”. This was the first stop of a
lecture tour that touched on such topics as religion and spirituality as well as
seeking wisdom outside the pages of scriptures, in fresh air, friends, and
mud-caked clothes. The seed for this last idea was planted in his mind by a
man who could rightfully claim to be a master of his field, being among the
first in this country to take a shot at making a living through what was
supposed to be a pastime.
Identify both of these men, the latter of whom hit the headlines this year
when a forthcoming biopic with a divine presence was announced(0.5).
Who'll be playing him in the movie?(0.5)

Q31
The mythical origin of the craft is credited to Lord Shiva for
diminishing Lord Vishwakarma's effort of creating Shiva's wedding
accessories. Shiva flung a lock of hair from his head into the pond,
resulting in a squidgy water plant, Aeschynomene Aspera. He even
plucked a hair from his arm into the same water, resulting in the
evolution of a young man who created the accessories from the plant.
 A cherishable moment of exchange of the nuptial ceremony in this
part of the world could be the reason for naming the young man,
which has been the surname of most of the artisans related to the
crafts produced by this plant.
Name the craft, and the surname, please.

Q32
Getting back from the dead must have been a specialization of this society of
boys. Their celibate father, with his communist ideology, believed in an
armed revolution. They also believed in the return of another great leader
who possessed similar principles. However, after the fall of their leader, his
followers had stubbornly refused to perform the necessary customs insisting
on the fact that he would soon emerge from his "meditative trance".
Another leader,namesake to that much-awaited leader cleared the way of
that father to the next life.
What great debatable scenario from the '90s is being discussed?
The followers awaited the return of which other great leader?

Q33
This is a poster from 70's Kolkata. Though it seems the makers are
predecessors of Garga da but the spelling hardly says so. This was a
brilliant display of satire of the then Hindi aggression along with a
subtle mockery of the Bengali middle class as seen in that scene,
people who were sticking the poster was merely attending to that
issue, instead they were busy singing “Mere samne waali khidki
mein..". All of these takes place while a Holy person visits Kolkata for
the first time to arrange for a remedy of his certain speech disability
for some auspicious occasion. Where all this mumbo jumbo
takes place?

Q33

Q34
Maintained by the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, with a beautiful
view of the Rellie Valley and the Teesta river, the property is located
at the highest point of the town, with a very well maintained garden
and is named after the hill it's located on.
According to Collins English Dictionary, the name refers to a person
chosen or elected to act for or represent another or others,
especially at a conference or meeting.
Identify the property and explain what the place was a host
to, which according to some sources were mere instances of
art exchange?

Q35
Founded in 15th August, 1571 this ancient Bolivian city is thriving
well till today. The locality has a much pleasant weather compared to
the rest of the country and often called the land of eternal spring.
The city gets its name from the fact that it has more than 5 notable
lakes (Quechua) in a plain land (Pampa).
Which famous person from our part of the world visited this
place and made this city known to us? Also Identify the city.

Q36
Aptly headlined as Kolkata's ___ by Deccan Herald, the story
set in a sprawling mansion right next to the city's high street
seemed to be a supernatural mystery with suggestions of incest
and a buffet of several other possibilities. The sexual overtone
in several notes found scattered with a lurid description of
bizarre sexual acts unveiled a complex relationship among the
family members. A guilty of "negligence" and "nuisance", the
victim cited peculiar reasons for the occupancy of the remaining
members of the House of Horrors.
Identify the subject of all these hullaballoo and FITB.

Q37
A mixture of elements from varied cultures, 18, Free School
street was the home to one of the city's heritage
establishments, founded by a trapeze who came to Kolkata with
his circus. He was unable to return to his home country
because of the Iron Curtain. A mixture of ethnic leans, collars
and various other charcuteries made the place a popular one
amongst the culinary enthusiasts of the city. Unfortunately due
to rising production costs, the place had to shut down after a
successful seven-decade run.
Identify this essential place of the city’s culinary
heritage.(0.5)

Q37
Kalkatte kā jo zikr kiyā tū ne ham-nashīñ
ik tiir mere siine meñ maarā ki haa.e haa.e
Being a prolific letter writer, he had written several letters to
his friends and in these letters, he would describe the
surroundings often accompanied by poetry containing keywords
such as Simla Bazar, Gol Talab, Chitpur Bazar. The main agenda
of his travel to the city was to appeal to the government of East
India Company to restore a pension which his family was
receiving after failed appeals at Delhi, Firozpur, Bharatpur,
Kanpur, and Lucknow. Who is the person on whom Free
School street is renamed?(0.5)

Q38
Considered to be the largest in the country, it was first based
at 5.6kms away from its current location.
The original location of the institution is held up by classical
Roman beams and brick vaulting and supported by Corinthian
pillars. The latter structure exemplifies Italian renaissance
overlaid on an ordinary Anglo-Indian building, with its varied
facade, evolved out of the fancies of several historically
distinguished owners.
Identify the institution and where was it previously
based, which has recently gained a lot of fame due to a recent
restoration into a permanent exhibition place displaying the
spirit of Kolkata.

Q39
Started as a propaganda mouthpiece of the society, it aimed at reshaping the
youth of Bengal and went on to lend its name to the Western Bengal wing of
the society. The era defining entity took its name from a political novel of the
same name by Shivnath Sastri. The entity, please.
A periodical by the same author is referred to as a pioneer in children’s
literature. The periodical shares its name with a cult character of pop culture
who came to Page 3 a few years back because of a mistaken accusation
leading to the disappearance of an evil man. The news was not taken lightly
by someone, described as one who comes in a sandal and goes out with a
scandal. The name and the funda, Please.

Q40
It is an ongoing project which since 1996 has brought together artists and
the communities of Melbourne (Australia) & Kolkata (Calcutta, India) to
explore their cities. In the context of rising environmentalism and debates
about the impacts of globalization, the project has demonstrated how new
linkages can be made through a public arts practice of inter-cultural
collaboration. Through a time where Kolkata’s struggling heritage has
faced a persistent threat of closure and the operation of Melbourne’s has
been privatized and automated, the project has sought to provoke a
broader, global engagement in the culturally enriching and environmentally
sustaining contribution that the entities can make to these cities.
Give me the name of this project starring the journey of this
heritage.

Q40

Q41
__ __ ___ is a dra-medy Bengali serial that has been
airing since Dec 2018. The show title is a pun on a
1958 laughter riot that is named after its protagonist.
The title of the serial switches his name with that of
its own protagonist who incidentally shares her name
with a much trolled nightingale of Bengal.

Q1
 In the Season 7 Episode 18 of the sitcom ‘The Big Bang
Theory’, the character Rajesh played by Kunal Nayyar invented
a game called ‘Murder Mystery Dinner’. When another
character Bernadette easily understood the game, Rajesh called
her X. Bernadette was not aware who X was, so she asked if
X was the Indian Y. Rajesh corrected her by saying it’s the
other way around, Y is the English X.
 X and Y?

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GOVB Fest 2.0 - 2019 The Big Bong Theory QMs – Sourav, Avishek,Soumalya
A1

Q2
 This four word Bengali proverb literally means ‘You don’t
have to worry when someone is there.’ Now last month when
Bangladeshi batsmen got demolished by Indian pacers, Kolkata
police came up with this proverb replacing a word in the
proverb with a protection tool.
 Tell me the revised proverb that was used by Kolkata police.

42
A2

Q3
 Gopal and Nepal are siblings and they belong to a very needy
family. But they get all charged up when they come to know next
Tuesday is X and they will get to eat ____. Identify X, which is a
popular festivity in this part of our country.
 Now couple of years back, X came into news thanks to a creation,
that itself takes its name from another masterpiece, whose
illustration was done by Nandalal Bose. Name the
creation/masterpiece.
 Now this year, a golden leader from West Bengal mistakenly
said that the masterpiece is written by Y, a prominent Bengali who
was the centre point of political collision here in West Bengal.
Name the prominent Bengali.

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A3
Talnabami, Sohoj Path/Sohoj Pather Goppo,
Vidyasagar

Q4
 ‘Ami Coconut Man’, ‘Amaro Porano Jaha Chay’, ‘Aguner
Poroshmoni’, ‘Ekti Mosha o Machi’ – these are some of the
notable creation of a versatile man, who is making news
these days very frequently. Identify him.
 Now a teenager who wasn’t interested in any of the
earthly professions, wanted to be _____. But it’s a matter of
question whether he would still be interested becoming _____,
if he has come across that man in his lifetime. Name the
teenager

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A4
Roddur Roy, Amalkanti

Q5
 In 1855, Edward Dyer, father of Reginald Dyer of
Jalianwalabagh Massacre, set up something in Kasauli to provide
cheap _____ to the British army and officials.
 Now the colloquial term of that thing is making buzz in
this part of our country.
 How?

42
A5

Q6
 This cricketer (X) had to play a match against British
Planters Club, so he borrowed a bat of Ranjit Singhji.
 Another cricketer (Y) scored a century in 2011 against
Nottinghamshire, making him the first Indian batsman to do
something that Virat Kohli achieved in international
arena last month closer to our home.
 Both these cricketer achieved their respective feats playing
for entities whose abbreviated forms are same.
 Both the cricketers and the abbreviation.

42
A6
Tarini Khuro, Rahul Dravid, MCC

Q7
Bankura Memes has introduced its Youtube channel. One of its
popular segment is interviewing popular celebs.
Now in the 10th episode, a popular celebrity was asked about a
certain violent activity of him. He explained he got inspiration from
the character Ramesh of X by Sharat Chandra Chatterjee. Like
Ramesh, he thinks about the welfare of society, but when sees any
wrong doing, he wants to practice that violent activity. Name the
celebrity and the Sharat Chandra classic.

42
A7
Ranjit Mullick, Pallisamaj

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A8

Q9
 This five word proverbial saying is attributed to and almost
certainly coined by Lord Byron in the satirical poem ‘Don Juan’
in 1823.
However this phrase was wrongly used by a mystery novel
writer as he wanted to stop writing his novels after a series of
strange happenings to him and his companions. While using
the phrase he replaced the third word of the phrase with a
more masculine word.
 What is the phrase and how it was wrongly used?

42
A9
Truth is stranger than fiction
Truth is stronger than fiction

Q10
 Here is a narrative of a drama by Kaushik Sen.
 Writtik (Riddhi Sen), a bright young man poised to achieve success in life
with his corporate life and his beautiful wife (Surangana Banerjee), but
Writtik seeks professional help pf a psychologist for his mental issues. The
narrative soon introduces X (Anjan Dutt) to revisit the history to revisit the
history of his creations. The parallel narratives of Writtik and X are
intertwined – both are devastated by grossness of life, both are in search
of alternative reality.
 So this is the plot of which drama with a repetitive name?
 Who is Anjan Dutt portraying here?
 This drama is adopted from which author’s book?

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A10
Taray Taray, Vincent Van Gogh, Srijato

Q11
 This guy has won three Olympic Gold medals till now. One
in shotput, one in discuss throwing. And the last one is an
honorary gold medal in an unusual event. A section of people
serving us day and night would definitely do great in this
particular event.
 So identify this guy who is a subject of popular hoax.
 Name the event.

42
A11
Batul the Great, Terrorist catching

Q12
 Launched in November, 2016, X is claimed to be the first of
its kind in Bengali language. Currently it is owned by Mr Rajiv
Mehra. The word X is a portmanteau word of a Bengali and an
English word and it literally means ‘a certain period for an
activity in leisure’. Name it.
 More than 25 years ago, a man of versatile talent
opposed an actor to established the Greek origin of an
activity, which the actor claimed to be of Bengali origin.
Name the man with versatile talent.

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A12
Addatimes, Manmohan Mitra

Q13
 In the year 1282, a famous Chinese writer San Kao Chi wrote this
famous story. Marco Polo was then working in a salt mine and met the
Chinese writer and collected the manuscript of this story. The Italian writer
Rusticiano then translated that manuscript. The main protagonist of that
story was a female.
 Now in the 17th century another writer was about to be hanged for
joining the Monmouth rebellion. But somehow he was saved and he fled to
Madrid and got this manuscript. He changed the protagonist from female to
male and published the adventure book, that got worldwide fame.
 Name the eponymous book.
 Name the person who gave us all these above mentioned infos.

42
A13
Robinson Crusoe, Ghanada

Q14
 X started her modelling career in 2002 with fashion shows
of Neelanjana Palli. She was the model in the music video ‘Ki
hole ki hoto’ by her cousin Shayan Chowdhury Arnob.
She acted in tv shows like Housefull, X factor, Land phone er
din gulote prem etc. Name the actress.
 Which Pritha Chakroborty directed 2019 hit Bengali
movie name is appropriate to describe this actress since
last week?

42
A14
Mithila Rashid, Mukherjjee Dar Bou

42
A15
Jojo

Q16
 Xs are from the ancient Sandilya gotra, which means all Xs are
descended from Kannauj from the ancient sage Sandilya as per the
Puranas. As per history X literally means “teacher who is head
and only performs the main work aarti or vandana.”
 Most of the Y families were found in USA, UK, France and Canada
in between 1880 and 1920. Michigan had the highest population of Y
families in 1880 and most of them were farmers.
 So name X and Y, that have often been uttered side by side.

42
A16
Banerjee/Bandhopadhyay, Duflo

42
A17
Upal Sengupta

Q18
 In the Tenida story ‘Dhaus’, when Tenida experimented with his large
sized kite Dhaus, he himself started to fly with it. Tenida was scared and
asked if he is going to land in Ganga. Habul said he could land in Howrah
station. Pyala said he could go as far as Bardhaman. Kyabla went one
step ahead and said he could land on top of Qutub Minar. But Pyala
went limitless and said something that would certainly make Pataldanga
proud.
 Don’t know about Pataldanga, but if that something can be possible in
future, a certain 18 year old girl Alyssa Curson is going to be the
first person to do that before 2033 and make USA proud.
 Put funda.

42
A18
Landing on Mars

42
A19
Dada Ke Bolo

42
A20
Sehwag, Amra Bangali Jati

Q21
The Railroader's Lament(known to most of us by a different name) is
a folk song popularized in Europe and US during the 1960s folk
revival.
Despite learning to cover the song from his teacher ,a lad failed to
do so after numerous attempts and scolding. But the nicotine clad
fingers played the old piano in the quaint hilly school created a magic
inspiring the student that there's a way but unfortunately he couldn't
live to see the success of his student.
Identify this song and also the teacher whom the student
paid a tribute by singing the song perfectly.

42
A21
500 MILES, MR HALL

Q22
The __ ___ Recording Company is a five-member band from New
Delhi. One of the songs from it's recent album "Bismillah", " Where
the money flows" featured a scene which is inspired from a 60s
heroic venture adding a television set on which the protagonist
watches a supposed proclamation against dishonesty.
In the next scene, we can see the protagonist carrying a torch with
an agenda of burning his surroundings. What is the venture which
inspired the scene? What was the video the protagonist was
watching? Name the band.

Q22
The name of the band may confuse us with an establishment closer
home named after a Felidae frequent to the Lord's cricket ground in
the 50s, known for its Persian staple.

A22 NAYAK,DEMONETIZATION SPEECH
PETER CAT RECORDING COMPANY

A23
BEGUNKODOR STATION

A24
DHAKAI AMDANI

Q25
ক্ষীণদেহ খর্বকায় মুণ্ড তাদহ ভারী যদ াদরর কই যযন নরমূর্তব ধারী
While this was a typical Bengali two liner rhyme form the 19th or the
20th century, this was also used for describing bullying a mighty
personality from the age of Bengali Renaissance. In the other reality, this
very poem is used by another short lived man to describe one of his
insane creation. The creator says that though this creation of his had a
bad reputation but he had a sharp intelligence just like the man from
Bengali Renaissance era.
ID both

A25
Pagla Dashu,Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

42
A26 Riddhi Sen(Foara) in OTB,
Last Solar eclipse of 20th century

42
A27 Bhalobasha mane archies gallery,
Paras Pathar

42
A28
Sumane Sumane

Q29
If Arabian= Dar Al Maref , French = Casterman , Danish=Egmont
,Italian=Rizolli lizard, then what is the Bengali version of the
series equivalent to?
The Assamese version of this series is presented to us by an entity
which would've secured the future of many of the famous
personalities but unfortunately the entity wasn't present during their
times.
Name of the entity, please.

42
A29
Ananda Publishers, Chhaya Prokashoni

Q30
Unlike his other, more famous, opening line, this one did not bother to
greet those assembled as his own, but jumped straight to the point, saying “
The time is short, but the subject is vast ”. This was the first stop of a
lecture tour that touched on such topics as religion and spirituality as well as
seeking wisdom outside the pages of scriptures, in fresh air, friends, and
mud-caked clothes. The seed for this last idea was planted in his mind by a
man who could rightfully claim to be a master of his field, being among the
first in this country to take a shot at making a living through what was
supposed to be a pastime.
Identify both of these men, the latter of whom hit the headlines this year
when a forthcoming biopic with a divine presence was announced. Who'll
be playing him in the movie?

42
A30
Swami Vivekananda, Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary
Mahanayak

Q31
The mythical origin of the craft is credited to Lord Shiva for
diminishing Lord Vishwakarma's effort of creating Shiva's wedding
accessories. Shiva flung a lock of hair from his head into the pond,
resulting in a squidgy water plant, Aeschynomene Aspera. He even
plucked a hair from his arm into the same water, resulting in the
evolution of a young man who created the accessories from the plant.
A cherishable moment of exchange of the nuptial ceremony in this
part of the world could be the reason for naming the young man,
which has been the surname of most of the artisans related to the
crafts produced by this plant.
Name the craft, and the surname, please.

42
A31
Shola, Malakar

Q32
Getting back from the dead must have been a specialization of this society of
boys. Their celibate father, with his communist ideology, believed in an
armed revolution. They also believed in the return of another great leader
who possessed similar principles. However, after the fall of their leader, his
followers had stubbornly refused to perform the necessary customs insisting
on the fact that he would soon emerge from his "meditative trance".
Another leader(Z) namesake to that much-awaited leader cleared the way
of that father to the next life.
What great debatable scenario from the '90s is being discussed?
The followers awaited the return of which other great leader?

42
A32
Balak Brahmachari, NSC Bose

Q33
This is a poster from 70's kolkata. Though it seems the makers are
predecessors of Garga da but the spelling hardly says so. This was a
brilliant display of satire of the then Hindi agression along with a
subtle mockery of the Bengali middle class as seen in that scene,
people who were sticking the poster was merely attending to that
issue, instead they were busy singing “Mere samne waali khidki
mein..". All of these takes place while a Holy person visits kolkata for
the first time to arrange for a remedy of his certain speech disablity.
Where all this mumbo jumbo takes place?

42
A33
Rabi Ghosh in Dhanyi Meye

42
A34
Delo Tourist Lodge, Shri Ramkrishna’s wife

42
A35
Cochabumba, Prof Shonku

42
A36
Partho Dey, Psycho

Q37
A mixture of elements from varied cultures, 18, Free School
street was the home to one of the city's heritage
establishments, founded by a trapeze who came to Kolkata with
his circus. He was unable to return to his home country
because of the Iron Curtain. A mixture of ethnic leans, collars
and various other charcuteries made the place a popular one
amongst the culinary enthusiasts of the city. Unfortunately due
to rising production costs, the place had to shut down after a
successful seven-decade run.
Identify this essential place of the city’s culinary
heritage.

Q37
Kalkatte kā jo zikr kiyā tū ne ham-nashīñ
ik tiir mere siine meñ maarā ki haa.e haa.e
Being a prolific letter writer, he had written several letters to
his friends and in these letters, he would describe the
surroundings often accompanied by poetry containing keywords
such as Simla Bazar, Gol Talab, Chitpur Bazar. The main agenda
of his travel to the city was to appeal to the government of East
India Company to restore a pension which his family was
receiving after failed appeals at Delhi, Firozpur, Bharatpur,
Kanpur, and Lucknow.
Who is the person on whom Free School street is
renamed?

42
A37
KALMAN COLD STORAGE
MIRZA GHALIB

Q38
Considered to be the largest in the country, it was first based
at 5.6kms away from its current location. Considered to be the
largest in the country, the original location of the institution is
held up by classical Roman beams and brick vaulting and
supported by Corinthian pillars. The latter structure
exemplifies Italian renaissance overlaid on an ordinary Anglo-
Indian building, with its varied facade, evolved out of the fancies
of several historically distinguished owners.
Identify the institution and where was it previously
based, which has recently gained a lot of fame due to a
recent restoration into a permanent exhibition place
displaying the spirit of Kolkata.

42
A38
Metcalfe Hall, National Library

Q39
Started as a propaganda mouthpiece of the society, it aimed at reshaping the
youth of Bengal and went on to lend its name to the Western Bengal wing of
the society. The entity took its name from a political novel of the same name
by Shivnath Sastri. The entity, please.
A periodical by the same author is referred to as a pioneer in children’s
literature. The periodical shares its name with a cult character of pop culture
who came to Page 3 a few years back because of a mistaken accusation
leading to the disappearance of an evil man. The news was not taken lightly
by someone, described as one who comes in a sandal and goes out with a
scandal. The name and the funda, Please.

A39
Jugantor,
Mukul-Ora Dushtu Lok( Ambikesh Mahapatra)

Q40
It is an ongoing project which since 1996 has brought together artists and
the communities of Melbourne (Australia) & Kolkata (Calcutta, India) to
explore their cities. In the context of rising environmentalism and debates
about the impacts of globalisation, the project has demonstrated how new
linkages can be made through a public arts practice of inter-cultural
collaboration. Through a time where Kolkata’s struggling heritage has
faced a persistent threat of closure and the operation of Melbourne’s has
been privatised and automated, the project has sought to provoke a
broader, global engagement in the culturally enriching and environmentally
sustaining contribution that the entities can make to these cities.
Give me the name of this project starring the journey of this
heritage.

Q41

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