This document is a quiz announcement posted on Facebook by Partha Gupta announcing a "Mixed Bag Quiz" on September 20, 2020 at 10pm. It provides the details of the quiz including instructions for participants to send their answers via WhatsApp, SMS, or Facebook Messenger within 1 hour of the start time. The quiz will contain 10 mixed-topic questions.
Mixed Bag Quiz: Shaunak Das, Pramila, 18k gold nugget, Birmingham City, Kothari brothers, X mirror images, iconic album cover, proposed map, Issac Newton, off-shoulder necklines
1. Mixed Bag Quiz
Compiled by- PG Quizhouse (Partha Gupta)
Date: 20th September, 2020
Time: 10 pm onwards
Hello, this is your quiz-friend Partha Gupta. Over the years I have conducted
so many quiz contests and got your illustrious presence and appreciation. In
this grim situation of Lockdown due to Covid- 19, I have started an online quiz
series in my Facebook page titled ‘Theme Quiz Journey’ which has been going
on since 10th May, ‘20 the birthday of ‘Father of Indian Quiz’- Neil O’Brien.
So, today I am going to place a Mixed Bag Quiz (10 qsn.) in my FB link:
https://www.facebook.com/partha.gupta.56. Time- 10 pm. onwards. Plz give your
answer only through WhatsApp-7687842417 or SMS-9830318721 or in my
Messenger. Answering time- 1 hour.
So friends, gear up to answer the questions as the earliest!
2. Mixed Bag Quiz
Shaunak Das, hails from
Sreerampur in Hooghly, has
bought something new as
the first person from Bengal
on 2nd of August, 2020.
What did he buy?
3. Mixed Bag Quiz
This is Pramila, also named Esther Victoria
Abraham. She was born in Calcutta as an
India Jew. She went to England to be
Educated at Cambridge University and
became a skilled teacher.
In what way, she became the first in India?
5. Mixed Bag Quiz
At the age of just 16 years and 38 days Birmingham
City’s Jude Bellingham made his debut against
Portsmouth in August 2019 (in the EFL Cup) and
became club’s youngest ever player. That beat a
record set by Trevor Francis in 1970. A couple of
weeks later, he scored a deflected winner against
Stoke City in the league to become the club’s
youngest ever goalscorer, too. He scored only 4 goals
in 44 matches. He then moved to Borussia Dortmund.
How Birmingham City made this
teenager’s transfer so memorable?
6. Mixed Bag Quiz
Theses Kothari brothers (Ram
Kothari- 22 years and Sharad
Kothari- 20 years) from Kolkata
came into news headlines in 1990s. In
2020, they got very special attention
in print, electronic and social media.
What was the claim of their fame or media attention?
7. Mixed Bag Quiz
If you place two mirror
images of ‘X’ side-by-
side, an alien’s face
becomes clearly visible.
Identify ‘X’.
8. Mixed Bag Quiz
The cover of this iconic music album was
designed by design by John Kosh. It resembled
a funeral procession. The First one led the way
in a minister’s white outfit, second followed in
a black undertaker’s suit, third signified his
death with a cigarette and no shoes and fourth
wore the blue-collar denim of a gravedigger.
Name this music album.
10. Mixed Bag Quiz
‘X’ himself often told the story that he was inspired to
formulate his famous ‘Y’ by watching the ‘Z’. The story
is believed to have passed into popular knowledge after
being related to Catherine Barton, ‘X's niece. In his
1727 “Essay on Epic Poetry,” Voltaire wrote that ‘X’
“had the first thought of his ‘Y’, upon seeing ‘Z’.”
Identify ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Y’.