Gyandhara - Mela Quiz Prelims

2. PRELIMS Rules * 25 Questions * Q. 1 – 20 : 1 pointers & Q. 21 – 25 : 2 pointers * No negatives * Q. 1 & multiples of 5 (i.e, 5, 10, 15, 20 & 25) are star-marked questions and will be used to break the ties * All decisions of the QM are final and binding * All the very best……..

5. Q. 1 – 20 1 Pointers

6. 1 || PRELIMS In a memorable speech at the opening of the 2012 Paralympic Games, X had urged the athletes to “look up at the stars and not down at your feet”. In a fitting tribute, X was mentioned as a true inspiration during the closing address of the 2018-Games by International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons. Identify X. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

7. 2 || PRELIMS Some sources say that it is the Finnish soprano Aino Ackte, considered the first international star from the Finnish music. Some say that it is the famous Greek American soprano Maria Callas. What? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

8. 3 || PRELIMS Saumya Joshi is a noted Gujarati language playwright. Known for exploring diversified subjects, one of his plays revolves around an aged father-son jodi where the father is striving to break the world record set by a Chinese man. Which critically acclaimed play that has been made into a yet-to-be released movie (vis) is this? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

9. 3 || PRELIMS MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

10. 4 || PRELIMS What ‘first’, though applied on a trial basis, happened in this match? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

12. 5 || PRELIMS The model for the painting was a little girl Lynda Gunn. She posed for five days, her feet propped at angles with blocks of wood in order to emulate walking. On the final day, Gunn was joined by the Stockbridge Chief of Police and three US Marshals from Boston. What was thus depicted in the Norman Rockwell- painting titled – ‘The Problem We All Live With’? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

13. 6 || PRELIMS As stated by the director, the inspiration was drawn from the happier ending he imagined for the main protagonists of the 1954 horror film Creature from the Black Lagoon (vis). He said : “I had them eating ice cream, on a double bicycle, having dinner”. What came out as a result of that? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

15. 7 || PRELIMS What connects the following clues? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

16. 8 || PRELIMS “Aaj ki raat bahut _____ ____ chalti hai, Aaj ki raat na footpath pe neend aayegi, Sab utho, main bhi uthun, tum bhi utho, Koi khidki isi deewar mein khul jayegi” Just fill in the blanks. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

17. 9 || PRELIMS Originated during the early 1990s in Europe, one of the trademark feature of Gothic Metal songs is the practice of combining aggressive male vocals with melodic female vocals. This particular aspect of this fusion genre earned it a nickame. What is that? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

18. 10 || PRELIMS Arms that were supplied to anti-slavery immigrants in Kansas, was given the name ‘X’s Bibles’ after the abolitionist Henry Ward. It was said, that - “He believed that the Sharps Rifle was a truly moral agency, and that there was more moral power in one of those instruments, so far as the slaveholders of Kansas were concerned, than in a hundred Bibles.” What was Henry’s surname that we may know because of her more famous sibling? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

19. 11 || PRELIMS Later adapted as a film, this is the first novel by American writer Chester Himes. Published during the WWII, it earned him critical acclaim and was considered a ‘protest novel’. What is the unusual source of the title of this novel? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

20. 12 || PRELIMS This 12ft-high gorilla statue features about 40,000 units of a particular entity and has taken almost five months to build at the British Ironworks Centre in Oswestry. It was unveiled in 2014 by Prince Michael of Kent. The artwork, said to be a tribute to someone, has been made using what? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

23. 13 || PRELIMS The sons of former NBA players, these two NBAAll- Stars (vis) won NBA Championships with the Warriors in 2015 and 2017. The duo's ability to _____ the net with the ball, particularly on three-point shots, earned them a nickname which is a play on an older nickname, the Bash Brothers for San Francisco Bay Area baseball players Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. Which nickname is this? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

25. 14 || PRELIMS Thought to have originated in Carnatic music and made popular by Miyan Tansen in the emperor Akbar's court, which raga is being performed here? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

26. 15 || PRELIMS The lady in the pic wanted to be a writer. She wrote a play, The Claimant, based on a real case, called the Tichborne Case. The play enjoyed a short run but her career could not flourish. Interestingly, she once challenged her sister to write a story. She accepted the challenge and……. Identify the younger sister of the lady. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

28. 16 || PRELIMS According to a popular belief first published by Malcolm Whitman in 1932, the term comes from the Arabic term rahat al-yad, meaning ‘palm of hand’. Modern research however, holds it in a highly questionable light. Instead, the term is more likely to be derived from a Flemish word, meaning ‘to strike back’. Which sporting term is this? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

29. 17 || PRELIMS Named after X, this particular dress was a product of the Italian Renaissance. Popular during the 1800s, it again came back into the public memory in the 1960s after a Franco Zeffirelli film, on a literary subject, was released. Who/what was X? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

30. 18 || PRELIMS The character Darun Mister (vis) in the Street Fighter EX Videogame series is based on him. He also appears in the game Shadow Hearts : Covenant and the Japanese comic book Tiger Mask. Who? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

31. 19|| PRELIMS Identify the group. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

32. 20 || PRELIMS ‘Major Chandrakanth’ is a 1966 Tamil film directed by K. Balachander. It starred Jayalalithaa, Nagesh and Major Sundarrajan in the title role. The actor, encircled in the vis., was A.V.M.Rajan, who played the Major’s son. How was his character’s name became part of filmy folklore? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

34. Q. 21 – 25 2 Pointers

35. 21 || PRELIMS Generally interpreted as a call to remember long-standing friendships, this poem was written in 1788 and later set to tune. Also sung at funerals, graduations and other occasions, the International Boy Scout youth movement, in many countries, uses it to close jamborees and other functions. a) Which poem? b) How do we know it better in this part of the world? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

36. 22 || PRELIMS a) Identify this British crime comedy film. b) Which bolly-film copy-pasted this sequence in it’s climax scene? Spent Quiz (Prelims) I IIT BHU Quiz Fest 2018 I Questions by Somnath

37. 23 || PRELIMS The classic literary work in Russian language – Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, has inspired generations of literary creations. Interestingly, it’s English translation by Charles Johnston inspired one Indian so much that he wrote his first novel using 590 Onegin stanzas with the same rhyme scheme as that of Eugene Onegin. Identify – a) the author and b) his work. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

38. 24 || PRELIMS The song “No Scrubs” is a 90’s classic which came back into public memory in the recent times. a) Which group is this? b) Why the song enjoyed a fresh bout of popularity? Spent Quiz (Prelims) I IIT BHU Quiz Fest 2018 I Questions by Somnath

39. 25 || PRELIMS The Ashok Kumar & Vijaylalitha starred Raani Mera Naam (1972) was a remake of Telegu film Rowdy Rani. a) Contradicting the popular belief, what’s the most interesting trivia associated with the movie that has been trending in the recent times? b) What is the ‘popular belief’? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

42. Q. 1 – 20 1 Pointers

43. 1 || PRELIMS In a memorable speech at the opening of the 2012 Paralympic Games, X had urged the athletes to “look up at the stars and not down at your feet”. In a fitting tribute, X was mentioned as a true inspiration during the closing address of the 2018-Games by International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons. Identify X. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

44. 1 || PRELIMS Stephen Hawking MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

45. 2 || PRELIMS Some sources say that it is the Finnish soprano Aino Ackte, considered the first international star from the Finnish music. Some say that it is the famous Greek American soprano Maria Callas. What? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

46. 2 || PRELIMS Inspiration for Bianca Castafiore MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

47. 3 || PRELIMS Saumya Joshi is a noted Gujarati language playwright. Known for exploring diversified subjects, one of his plays revolves around an aged father-son jodi where the father is striving to break the world record set by a Chinese man. Which critically acclaimed play that has been made into a yet-to-be released movie (vis) is this? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

49. 3 || PRELIMS 102 Not Out MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

50. 4 || PRELIMS What ‘first’, though applied on a trial basis, happened in this match? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

52. 4 || PRELIMS Application of Concussion-Sub Rule MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

53. 5 || PRELIMS The model for the painting was a little girl Lynda Gunn. She posed for five days, her feet propped at angles with blocks of wood in order to emulate walking. On the final day, Gunn was joined by the Stockbridge Chief of Police and three US Marshals from Boston. What was thus depicted in the Norman Rockwell- painting titled – ‘The Problem We All Live With’? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

54. 5 || PRELIMS Walking of Ruby Bridges, an Afro- American girl, into an all-white public school in New Orleans on Nov 14, 1960 MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

55. 6 || PRELIMS As stated by the director, the inspiration was drawn from the happier ending he imagined for the main protagonists of the 1954 horror film Creature from the Black Lagoon (vis). He said : “I had them eating ice cream, on a double bicycle, having dinner”. What came out as a result of that? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

57. 6 || PRELIMS The Shape of Water MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

58. 7 || PRELIMS What connects the following clues? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

59. 7 || PRELIMS Qutb Minar MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath -It served as the pit stop of the 2nd leg of the second series of The Amazing race Australia. -The logo of IBL was inspired from the Minar. - Dev Anand wanted to shoot the song Dil Ka Bhanwar from Tere Ghar Ke Samne inside the Minar. However, the cameras in that era were too big to fit inside the tower's narrow passage, and therefore the song was shot inside a replica of the tower.

60. 8 || PRELIMS “Aaj ki raat bahut _____ ____ chalti hai, Aaj ki raat na footpath pe neend aayegi, Sab utho, main bhi uthun, tum bhi utho, Koi khidki isi deewar mein khul jayegi” Just fill in the blanks. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

61. 8 || PRELIMS Garm Hava MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

62. 9 || PRELIMS Originated during the early 1990s in Europe, one of the trademark feature of Gothic Metal songs is the practice of combining aggressive male vocals with melodic female vocals. This particular aspect of this fusion genre earned it a nickame. What is that? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

63. 9 || PRELIMS Beauty and the Beast MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

64. 10 || PRELIMS Arms that were supplied to anti-slavery immigrants in Kansas, was given the name ‘X’s Bibles’ after the abolitionist Henry Ward. It was said, that - “He believed that the Sharps Rifle was a truly moral agency, and that there was more moral power in one of those instruments, so far as the slaveholders of Kansas were concerned, than in a hundred Bibles.” What was Henry’s surname that we may know because of her more famous sibling? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

65. 10 || PRELIMS Stowe MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

66. 11 || PRELIMS Later adapted as a film, this is the first novel by American writer Chester Himes. Published during the WWII, it earned him critical acclaim and was considered a ‘protest novel’. What is the unusual source of the title of this novel? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

67. 11 || PRELIMS Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

68. 12 || PRELIMS This 12ft-high gorilla statue features about 40,000 units of a particular entity and has taken almost five months to build at the British Ironworks Centre in Oswestry. It was unveiled in 2014 by Prince Michael of Kent. The artwork, said to be a tribute to someone, has been made using what? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

71. 12 || PRELIMS Table Spoons MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

72. 13 || PRELIMS The sons of former NBA players, these two NBAAll- Stars (vis) won NBA Championships with the Warriors in 2015 and 2017. The duo's ability to _____ the net with the ball, particularly on three-point shots, earned them a nickname which is a play on an older nickname, the Bash Brothers for San Francisco Bay Area baseball players Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. Which nickname is this? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

74. 13 || PRELIMS Splash Brothers MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

75. 14 || PRELIMS Thought to have originated in Carnatic music and made popular by Miyan Tansen in the emperor Akbar's court, which raga is being performed here? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

76. 14 || PRELIMS Darbari/Darbari Kanada MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

77. 15 || PRELIMS The lady in the pic wanted to be a writer. She wrote a play, The Claimant, based on a real case, called the Tichborne Case. The play enjoyed a short run but her career could not flourish. Interestingly, she once challenged her sister to write a story. She accepted the challenge and……. Identify the younger sister of the lady. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

79. 15 || PRELIMS Agatha Christie MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

80. 16 || PRELIMS According to a popular belief first published by Malcolm Whitman in 1932, the term comes from the Arabic term rahat al-yad, meaning ‘palm of hand’. Modern research however, holds it in a highly questionable light. Instead, the term is more likely to be derived from a Flemish word, meaning ‘to strike back’. Which sporting term is this? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

81. 16 || PRELIMS Racket / Racquet MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

82. 17 || PRELIMS Named after X, this particular dress was a product of the Italian Renaissance. Popular during the 1800s, it again came back into the public memory in the 1960s after a Franco Zeffirelli film, on a literary subject, was released. Who/what was X? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

83. 17 || PRELIMS Juliette MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

84. 18 || PRELIMS The character Darun Mister (vis) in the Street Fighter EX Videogame series is based on him. He also appears in the game Shadow Hearts : Covenant and the Japanese comic book Tiger Mask. Who? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

85. 18 || PRELIMS Gama Pehelwan MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

86. 19|| PRELIMS Identify the group. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

87. 19|| PRELIMS Osibisa MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

88. 20 || PRELIMS ‘Major Chandrakanth’ is a 1966 Tamil film directed by K. Balachander. It starred Jayalalithaa, Nagesh and Major Sundarrajan in the title role. The actor, encircled in the vis., was A.V.M.Rajan, who played the Major’s son. How was his character’s name became part of filmy folklore? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

90. 20 || PRELIMS Shivaji Rao was given the name ‘Rajinikanth’ after this character’s name MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

91. Q. 21 – 25 2 Pointers

92. 21 || PRELIMS Generally interpreted as a call to remember long-standing friendships, this poem was written in 1788 and later set to tune. Also sung at funerals, graduations and other occasions, the International Boy Scout youth movement, in many countries, uses it to close jamborees and other functions. a) Which poem? b) How do we know it better in this part of the world? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

93. 21 || PRELIMS a) Auld Lang Syne MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

94. 21 || PRELIMS b) _______ MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

95. 22 || PRELIMS a) Identify this British crime comedy film. b) Which bolly-film copy-pasted this sequence in it’s climax scene? Spent Quiz (Prelims) I IIT BHU Quiz Fest 2018 I Questions by Somnath

96. X-Quiz-it (Prelims) I #Equinox8, IIM-Raipur I Questions by Somnath 22 || PRELIMS a) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

97. X-Quiz-it (Prelims) I #Equinox8, IIM-Raipur I Questions by Somnath 22 || PRELIMS b) Phir Hera Pheri

98. 23 || PRELIMS The classic literary work in Russian language – Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, has inspired generations of literary creations. Interestingly, it’s English translation by Charles Johnston inspired one Indian so much that he wrote his first novel using 590 Onegin stanzas with the same rhyme scheme as that of Eugene Onegin. Identify – a) the author and b) his work. MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

99. 23 || PRELIMS a) Vikram Seth; b) The Golden Gate MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

100. 24 || PRELIMS The song “No Scrubs” is a 90’s classic which came back into public memory in the recent times. a) Which group is this? b) Why the song enjoyed a fresh bout of popularity? Spent Quiz (Prelims) I IIT BHU Quiz Fest 2018 I Questions by Somnath

101. 24 || PRELIMS a) TLC

102. X-Quiz-it (Prelims) I #Equinox8, IIM-Raipur I Questions by Somnath 24 || PRELIMS b) _______

103. 25 || PRELIMS The Ashok Kumar & Vijaylalitha starred Raani Mera Naam (1972) was a remake of Telegu film Rowdy Rani. a) Contradicting the popular belief, what’s the most interesting trivia associated with the movie that has been trending in the recent times? b) What is the ‘popular belief’? MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

104. 25 || PRELIMS a) First hindi film appearance of Sridevi MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

105. 25 || PRELIMS b) Julie MELAS Quiz (Prelims) I Gyandhara 2018, IIEST I Questions by Somnath

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