Mythology & India Quiz: The MI-Version 1.0 FINALS

MYTHOLOGY & INDIA QUIZ
The MI-Version 1.0 FINALS
CONDUCTED BY
RISHABH GUHA & PIYUSH CHATURVEDI
GNOSIS QUIZ LEAGUE, MNNIT ALLAHABAD

Riti-Riwaaz
1. Quizmaster is Krishna.
2. Don’t blurt out the answers.
3. Kripya apni kursi ki peti baandh le.
4. Cause 4 rules look cool in a quiz.

ROUND 1 – Bharat Darshan
12 QUESTIONS
POUNCE +20/-10
BOUNCE +10/0
CLOCKWISE

1. From a July 2014 exhibition by the
artist Claire Phillips (the lady on the
right). Who is the person in the
painting (also seen standing next to
Phillips), who became better known in
the eyes of the world later in the year?

2. Speaking about the launch of a political party in Pakistan in
March 2014, its rebellious founder Arslan-ul-Mulk said in his
founding address:
"Is today's Pakistan the same as what Muhammad Ali Jinnah had
envisioned? Is this a state where all are equal and enjoying the
fruits of freedom? The present leadership, both political and
bureaucracy, has lost the essence of why Pakistan was created."
He also announced that the leaders of his party would sit on
strike in front of the Punjab Assembly demanding acceptance of
the Police Reforms and Anti Torture Bill 2014.
What is this party appropriately named?

Aam Aadmi Party
Pakistan(AAPP)

3. X is a product which derives its
name from a Sanskrit word meaning
‘fragrance’. In the world, India and
Pakistan are the exclusive growers and
exporters of this product. India
accounts for 65% of the world market
and rest is Pakistan. It used extensively
in Persian, Arabic, and other Middle
Eastern cuisines, as well.

4. Rashmi Sinha grew up in India and earned a PhD in
cognitive neuropsychology at Brown University. She
later went to University of California, Berkeley for a
postdoc where she switched her focus to human-
computer interaction. She co-founded Uzanto, a user
experience consulting company and worked on projects
for companies like eBay, Blue Shield, AAA etc.
In 2006, she along with her brother and husband co-
founded X which has received 9 million uploads and is
very familiar to us.

5. In 2015, Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade,
who professes "Deshivaad", a somewhat
controversial literary theory that asserts that
writers should look inward and resist
globalisation, got into a spat with writer X after
he criticised X's literary works. X then wrote:
"Grumpy old man. Just take your prize and say
thank you nicely. I doubt you’ve even read the
work you attack“. Who is X?
What "prize" was X referring to?

X- Salman Rushdie
The Jnanpeeth award!

6. Jyoti Prasad Saikia is an Indian journalist,
former civil servant from Assam. Saikia
started his career as a journalist in Tripura
writing on Bangladesh events in 1970-72.
Later, he joined the Government of Assam,
and held numerous senior and vital
positions. However , his claim to fame
comes from words spoken during a radio
talk show in 1972 .
Put funda.

7. In 1977, she wrote The World of Homosexuals, the first study
of homosexuality in India. In the documentary For Straights Only,
she says that her interest in the topic came out of her marriage
to a homosexual man and subsequent desire to look at
homosexuality more closely in order to understand it.
The book, considered "pioneering", features interviews
with two young Indian homosexual men, a male couple in
Canada seeking legal marriage and a temple priest who explains
his views on homosexuality, and a review of the existing
literature on homosexuality.
It ends with a call for decriminalising homosexuality, and "full
and complete acceptance—not tolerance and not sympathy".

8. X , a town at a distance of around 300 km from
Mumbai, has carved a niche for itself by being the
home of low budget spoofs of Bollywood and
Hollywood blockbusters. With budgets ranging from as
little as Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 100,000, films with
noteworthy titles such as X ka James Bond, X ka
Sholay, X ka Don etc. were produced and distributed
locally.
These spoofs, often the brainchild of the owner of a
video rental store named Nasir Shaikh, generated a cult
following and prompted the production of more titles.

9. When X met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a July
afternoon in 2014, PM was unimpressed with him.
The Indian American waxed eloquent on how he
wanted to use most of his wealth to help poor people,
and Modi remained mostly quiet during the 45
minutes.
Two days after he unveiled a machine to bring power to
dark homes, he said,"He didn't think I was real".
"Uttarakhand is the land of
Badrinath,Kedarnath,Bhagwan Shankar. I want to start
where everything originated."
Identify X and the campaign which has brought him to
light recently.

Manoj Bhargava , Billions in Change

10. Heinrich Himmler, Hitler's trusted lieutenant, was intimate
with the book X and used it to justify the genocide of the Jews,
Roma and Slavs, the subhuman races. Himmler was the man in
charge of the Nazi concentration camps. He is widely held
responsible for the Holocaust, the "Final Solution".
Some sources claim that Himmler always carried a copy of the X
with him and read passages from it every night. He called the
book his "high Aryan canto" and regularly quoted excerpts from
it. He espoused a certain principle of the book which convinced
him that they were warriors who were empowered to kill for a
higher purpose. He particularly referred to conversations
between Y and Z in the book .
In speeches to his people, Himmler drew a parallel between
Hitler and Y and possibly identified with Z himself.

X- Bhagvad Gita
Y- Krishna
Z- Arjuna

11. 1979 saw the release of Star Trek: The Motion
Picture, a 46 million dollar big budget film starring the
cast of the original TV series from the 1960s.
Performing alongside William Shatner and Leonard
Nimoy was one X, a former winner of the Miss India
pageant and a model and occasional actress. X
appeared in the role of Lieutenant Ilia,
the Deltan navigator of the starship USS Enterprise and
a character central to the plot.
X was the first to perform a feat which will now be
replicated by Y in a few days and is giving Y a lot of
publicity.
Give me X and Y. What was the Feat?

X- Persis Khambatta
Y- Priyanka Chopra
Presenting the Academy awards !

12. Something from Makaibari (a place in West
Bengal) was an official partner at the 2008
Beijing Olympics in 2008 and was also served at
the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In Sept 2014, an order
was sold at a record price of $1,850 per kg,
making it one of the most expensive in India.
What is produced at Makaibari?

Tea, it is a tea estate in Darjeeling

ROUND-2 : MAKHANCHOR
KRISHNA!
+10/0

Lionel Messi appointed as the global
brand ambassador for TATA Motors!

British Airways misplaces Sachin’s
baggage.

Uttarakhand farmers use Yo Yo Honey
Singh songs to drive away wild boars .

Jayalalitha’s self promotion on Chennai
flood relief packets.

Bihar to tax samosa and sweets!

Rahul Gandhi called ‘Amul Baby’ by Ex-
Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan.

ROUND-3 : RANBHOOMI
• 12 QUESTIONS
• POUNCE +20/-10
• BOUNCE +10/0
• ANTI-CLOCKWISE

1. According to some sources, one day Sita left
Luv in the custody of Sage Valmiki and went into
the forest to collect firewood. But when the
sage left for his daily prayers, Luv wandered into
the forest and followed his mother. Upon
returning, Sage Valmiki , on not finding the child
, became tensed. He searched for Luv
everywhere but was unable to find him. What
did the sage do next ?

2. After the battle of Kurukshetra , Yudhisthira
performed the funeral rites for all loved ones.
Karna had no sons to perform his final rites as all
of them had been killed. Kunti could not bear
this injustice and revealed the secret that Karna
was her son. Yudhishthira got deeply hurt that
Kunti did not reveal to him earlier that Karna
was his brother. The depressed prince, in turn
did something. What did he do?

He cursed her saying that women henceforth
would never be able to keep a secret .

3. According to Hindu mythology, Apasmara was a
dwarf who represented ignorance and epilepsy.
In order to preserve knowledge in the world, Apasmāra
could not be killed; to do so would throw out the
balance of knowledge and ignorance, as to kill
Apasmāra would mean attaining knowledge without
effort, dedication and hard work. Consequently, this
would lead to the devaluing of knowledge in all forms.
Where have we seen and ignored Apasmara?

Beneath Lord Nataraja’s feet!

4. X was considered to be the fiercest warriors on the field. X was gifted the
three infallible arrows by Valmiki, which had the capacity to destroy and save
everything on its path. But the invincible X was bound by a principle - that he
could only fight for the weaker side. But Krishna realized it was a faulty
principle . So, Krishna asked for X's head as charity and avoided his
participation in the war.
In Hinduism, Y is a name and manifestation of X . This manifestation is
especially popular in the Indian state of Rajasthan and Haryana. X had
obtained a boon from Krishna to the effect that he would be known by
Krishna's own name in the Kaliyuga era.

5. After visiting X’s place ,Y was on his way back when he saw
Sheelnagar, bright in its colors for the princess’s swayamwar. The
princess was a woman named Vedavathi in her previous birth. Y
was star-struck on seeing the princess and requested X for ‘’a
unique transformation’’ to participate in the swayamwar. Y then
entered the swayamwar where he was laughed at and rejected.
Enraged, Y cursed X for ‘’the unique transformation’’ and this
curse gave birth to an important event in indian mythology.
Id X and Y , and what was the curse.

X- Vishnu
Y- Narada
Curse- You will be separated from your wife
and will have to take help of a vanar to rescue
her. Thus the inception of Ramayana

6. In Hindu History, X is the crescent-shaped irresistible
and most destructive personal weapon
of Kali and Shiva, discharged by the mind, the eyes,
words, or a bow. Never to be used against lesser
enemies or by lesser warriors, X is capable of
destroying creation and vanquishing all beings. X was
used in Mahabharata war by Arjun to kill Jayadratha
and in Ramayana X was used by Meghnada against
Laxmana.

7. According to a study in Ramcharitamanas, X was
continuously growing in size due to a boon by Narada.
To temper the vanity of X , sage Agastya travelled with
his family to the south of India. X bowed in reverence
for the great sage upon which Agastya half heartedly
asked if X could stay like that till he came from the trip
to the south.X agreed and stayed that way till now
because we all know that sage Agastya never returned
from the south.

8. Contrary to popular perception, Dhritarashtra had 103 children. The 102nd
and 103rd (X and Y ) were from a Vaishya woman in a fear that Gandhari’s
pregnancy may not yield a favourable result.
These sons were the righteous ones among the Kauravas. While X acted as an
informant for the Pandavas during the war due to his support for Dharma at
all costs , Y chose not to leave the side of his brothers because of his
unflinching loyalty to them inspite of his devotion to dharma.
The pair has a parallel in Ramayana in the form of Vibhisana and
Kumbhakarna.
When the Pandavas retired to the Himalayas, they made Parikshit the king
and left the day to day administration of kingdom in charge of X.
Who are X and Y ?

9. Although the person in question got entry into
heaven, there are very few temples dedicated to him.

12. X is a character in Hindu mythology. X is commonly
referred to through mention of “X's heaven". The word
X has come to denote a middleground or limbo
between one's goals or desires and one's current state
or possessions.
The story of X is told in the Bala Kanda portion of the
Valmiki Ramayana. In astronomy, X corresponds to the
constellation of Crux, also known as the Southern
Cross.

Rules:-
• As it is already told Quizmaster is equivalent
to Krishna, Krishna is about to say something
as important as the Bhagavad Gita. Be as
attentive as Arjuna.

Chuno Parth!
• Business
• Sports
• Geography
• Bollywood
• Literature
• Politics
• History
• Music
END

What did he find in the year 1926 in the city of
'Bombay'?
He was an Indian industrialist, a philanthropist,
and Indian independence fighter. He was also a
close associate and follower of Mahatma
Gandhi. Gandhi is known to have adopted him
as his son.
Pic on next slide

Jamna Lal Bajaj/ Bajaj Group of Companies
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X, the title of the first definitive writing of Mahatma
Gandhi continues to evoke critical interest the
world over even now. This small book of about
30,000 words was written in Gujarati, in November
1909, on board the ship during Gandhi's return trip
from England to South Africa after an abortive
mission. When he developed writers cramp in his
right hand he switched to the left hand. In the
foreword hi said : I have written because I could not
restrain myself.

In the second volume of President Pranab
Mukherjee’s memoirs – The Turbulent Years
(1980-1996) an excerpt reads:
I am not a mass leader like say, Ajoy Mukherjee
was or Mamta is, and I have admitted that I
should not have attempted this. It was all a
fiasco.
What is he talking about?

Floating his own party –
Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress
Back

Radhanath Sikdar, born in 1813, was a Bengali mathematician who worked for
the Surveyor General of India and was one of many thousands of Indians who
were employed in the 19th century as part of the Great Trigonometric Survey
of India. As a precocious 19 year old with a particular talent for spherical
trigonometry, he was recommended to the then Surveyor General, George X,
by his mathematics professor at the Hindu College (now Presidency) in
Calcutta. X was so impressed with his new apprentice’s performance that he
refused to let him transfer out of his department.
In 1852, Sikdar was stationed at the survey's headquarters at Dehradun. X had
retired in 1843 and Sikdar was now serving under Andrew Waugh, a student
of X.
Sikdar then made a discovery which was a major breakthrough and he and
Waugh named the discovery after their mentor as a commemoration.
Give me X?

In 2008, X made a cameo appearance in the film Halla Bol. In 2012,
he directed his first film, Avataar, starring Govinda. Before the 2014
general elections, he produced the viral campaign called "Har Har
Modi, Ghar Ghar Modi", supporting Narendra Modi.
Y is a highly revered Indian film director, cinematographer,
screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Hindi cinema. He
has been the recipient of six National Film Awards (India), and five
Bollywood Filmfare Awards .His most popular works include movies
like Ardh Satya, Aakrosh and Tamas. In 1996, his script
for Drohkaal was adapted by Kamal Hassan for
its Tamil remake, Kuruthipunal which subsequently became India's
official entry for the 68th Academy Awards Best Foreign Language
Film category.
X and Y are brothers, Give me X and Y.

"Million Dollar Arm" was a 2008 reality TV show
that sought to discover baseball pitching talent in
India. It was the subject of a 2014 film as well.
Sports agent J.B.Bernstein, the brain behind this
show, launched a new show in 2014, which in some
sense is the geographical and sporting opposite of
the Million Dollar Arm.
So what was his new show a Million Dollar quest
for?

Million Dollar Bat
It seeks to find a baseball batter who can play in
India's IPL.
Back

X is credited for creating a genre called "Rabbabi", which is a
combination of Thumri, Sufi and rock and creating an
instrument called "Swar Mandir" which is an instrument that
combines influences from
the Rabab, Swarmandal and Tanpura. The instrument was
crafted by Master Sanjay Rikhi Ram from Delhi and was
launched on 10 February 2012 by the Indian classical
music maestro, Bharat Ratna awarded Pandit Ravi Shankar. X
has created interest on the internet with his “Y" music video,
as various YouTubers have impersonated him. This was taken
into consideration by the video game company Blizzard
Entertainment who incorporated the Y dance in their
multiplayer role playing game World of Warcraft.

Daler “Tunak Tunak Tun” Mehndi.
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Confusion prevailed over the exact number of
participants in a significant historical event during India’s
independence struggle. Many records mentioned that 78
people were involved, however two more were
discovered – Kharag Bahadur Singh Giri from Nepal and
Satish Kalelkar from Maharashtra, which completed the
profiling of 80 unsung heroes for an art memorial,
opened for public display within IIT Bombay premises in
February 2014.
Which historical event was commemorated with an art
memorial within IIT Bombay in February 2014?

The Dandi Salt March of 1930.
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