Durga Puja Quiz 2024 | Lake View Club, Maithon.pdf

Audience quiz questions are always a challenge to make, particularly if you have a rainbow audience. I have always found them far more challenging than making a regular quiz to the quizzards. You have to keep the essence of the quiz, you have to push the audience to the edges, yet you have to make sure questions do not left unanswered or people do not go silent.

You could not write an essay and pass it off as a question in an audience quiz, nor you could show off your knowledge. Crisp, to the point and short: are the keys here. I always enjoy making questions for my para audience at Maithon, an uneven mix of natives from at least five states of the Union of India. And this is how I have fared this year.

Suggestions and criticism are welcome from all, quizzards and muggles alike. 🙂

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6. QUIZMASTER CAN CHANGE, TAMPER, DISTORT, RUIN OR DO PRACTICALLY
EVERYTHING WITH HIS QUESTIONS. YOUR JOB IS ANSWERING, NOT NITPICKING.
Please Remember…

4. অ| अ
AsitSainis a Bengali sculptor from Mecheda,
East Midnapore.
Recently, he created afiber-glass sculpture and
named it ‘Cry of the Hour’, which made
headlines due to the person it was dedicated.
To whom the sculpture is dedicated to?

5. অ| अ
ABHAYA
Commissionedbythefellowstudentsofthe
R.G.Karvictim,thesculpturewasinauguratedat
theR.G.KarMedicalCollege&Hospitalon2nd
October.

6. আ| आ
Intheyear1887,Shebecamethefirstever
Indianwomantoearnadegreeinthewestern
medicine.
However,shedidnotpracticeasadoctorand
passedaway22yearsoldin1888.
Onthesameyear,KadambiniGangulybecame
thefirsteverIndianwomantopractice.
Who?

7. আ| आ
ANANDI GOPAL JOSHI

8. ই| इ*
20whitedotsonthebluebackground,forming
anairplane.
Logoofwhichairline?

9. ই| इ*
IndiGo Airline

10. ঈ| ई
He is the half-brother of actor SHAHID
KAPOOR.
After making his debut with UdtaaPunjab,
he is recently been seen with JahnviKapoor
in Dhadak(2018)and in Pippa (2023).
Who?

11. ঈ| ई
ISHAAN KHATTER

12. উ| उ
WeallknowaboutRolexwatches.TheSwiss
companymakehigh-endwatches,andyoumust
spendaroundRs4.5lacsinIndiancurrencytoown
thecheapestRolex.
OnespecialityofRolexwatchesarethattheyare
analogue-only.
ThereisonlyonedigitalRolexwatchintheworld,
whichyoushallfoundinatennisstadium.
Where?

13. উ| उ
WIMBLEDON

14. ঊ| ऊ
YouarelisteningJohnDenver’simmortal
song“CountryRoads”.
Identifythesinger,whoonceusedtosingat
thefamousKolkatarestaurantTrinca’s,
beforebecomingfamousinBollywood.
[AUDIO]

15. ঊ| ऊ
USHA UTHUP

16. ঋ| ऋ
Heisprobablybestknownforhittinga
fourinthe1998IndependenceJubilee
CupFinalagainstPakistan,when3was
requiredinthelasttwoballs.
Hemadehisbest-everFirst-classscorein
2002-03season,scoring290*against
Bihar.ThefutureIndiacaptainM.S.Dhoni
wastheBiharwicketkeeper,andeven
missedastumpingchance.
Who?

17. ঋ| ऋ
RISHIKESH KANITKAR

18. এ| ए*
Id the goalkeeper.
[V I D E O]

19. এ| ए*
EMILIANO ‘EMI’
MARTINEZ

20. ঐ| ऐ
Somecallitbluishgrey;somesettlefor
hazelgreen.GoldieOsuri,anassociate
professoratUniversityofWarwickwrote
apaperaboutitin2008.
Whichspecialfeatureofaparticular
actressarewetalkingabout?

21. ঐ| ऐ
AISHWARYA RAI EYE COLOUR

22. ও| ओ*
Since 2019, OTT platforms have
started a boom and changed our
habit of watching TV.
What is the full form of OTT?

23. ও| ओ*
OVER-THE-TOP

24. ঔ| औ
Knownasthe“TajoftheDeccan”,Biwika
MaqbarawasbuiltbyPrinceAzimShahin1666
inmemoryofhismotherDilrasBegum.
WhichIndiancityyouneedtotraveltoseethis
monument?

25. ঔ| औ
AURANGABAD
Recently renamed as Chhatrapati
Sambhajinagar

26. ক| क
“अ"लाहकेब)दे”fromthefilmWaisaBhiHotaHai-PartII(2003).
Thesingerhimselflip-synchedforthesonginfilm.
Who?
[VIDEO]

27. ক| क
KAILASH KHER
Music & Lyrics: Vishal-Shekhar

28. খ| ख
ThesuccessofIPLhasbroughtforward
franchiseleaguesindifferentsports.Nameslike
HIL,PKLandPBLhasnowbecamehousehold.
UKKisthenewestofsuchleagueswhichwas
startedin2022.6teamsincludingOdisha
Juggernauts,GujaratGiants,TeluguYoddhas
andMumbaiKhiladisplayinthisleague.
Whichsports?

29. খ| ख

30. গ|ग
Connect:

32. গ|ग
GUTKHA BRANDS
Shikhar Dhawan
Smriti Irani as Tulsi
Sir (1992) film poster
Vimal logo
Rajnigandhastick

33. ঘ| घ
If“दागअ%छेह)”isthesloganforSurf
Excel,whichproductusestheslogan
“पहलेइ-तेमालकर23फर5ब7वासकर2”?

34. ঘ| घ
GHADI DETERGENT POWDER

35. চ| च
AmbiliAmmavanwasaTelugu-language
magazineforchildrenlaunchedon15thAugust
1947.
Themagazinebecamefamousforitsdepictionof
Indianmythologicaltales,like‘Betal
Panchavingshati’and‘BattisiSimhasan’andinits
heydayswaspublishedsimultaneouslyin12
languages,includingHindiandBangla.
Inwhichname,themagazineisknowntous?

36. চ| च
চাঁদমামা
चंदामामा

37. ছ| छ
ত"ণমজুমদােররদাদারকীিত.ছিবেতএই3ােবর
েদখােমেল।দুগ.াপুেজাবাবসে;াৎসেবধুমধাম
কেরঅনু@ানকেরনএঁরা।এই3ােবরেসেBটািরর
নামেভাEলভটচায।
েকান3ােবরকথাবলিছ?

38. ছ| छ
ছ"বাণী 'াব।

39. জ| ज
Literallymeaning‘floralvase’inPersian,thisisa
hand-wovenmuslinsaree,foundparticularlyinNarayangunjdistrictofBangladesh.
AlsoknownasDhakai,MughalEmperorshad
patronizedthesareeandmadeitapopular
fashionstatement.
Whichsaree?

40. জ| ज
JAMDANI SAREE
Per.“Jam”= flower
Per.“Dani”= vase

41. ঝ| झ*
BornManikarnikaTambeinBenaresin
theyear1828,shemarriedMaharajaGangadharRaoNewalkar.
ShefoughttheBritishforcesafter
husband’sdeathanddiedofthebattle
woundsin1858.
Inwhichname,sheisbetterknownto
us?

42. ঝ| झ*
ঝাঁিসররানীল-ীবাঈ
झाँसीक=रानील?मीबाई

43. ট| ट
Four songs will be played
1. “2441139” by Anjan Dutta
2. “म"यहाँतूवहां” by Amitabh Bachchan
3. “जलतेहैिजसके2लए” by Talat Mahmood
4. “हेलो, हेलोजी” by Kishore Kumar
What’s the connection?
[A U D I O]

44. ট| ट
TELEPHONE SONGS

45. ঠ| ठ
EstablishedbytantricUdaynathBrahmachari,
thisKaliidolwasdatedbackto1703.
CollegeStreetlocalitywasadenseforestback
thenandtherewereconstantfearofpilgrims
beinglootedbytherobbers.
Thesebaitsofthistempleusedtowarnthe
pilgrimsbyringingthetemplebells.Thenameof
thislocalitycamefromthesounditself.
WhichlocalityofKolkata?

46. ঠ| ठ
THANTHANIA

47. ড| ड
Bipashawas a 1962 Bangla film based upon the
novel by TarashankarBandyopadhyayof the
same name.
ThetitlecharacterwasplayedbySuchitraSen,
whenUttamKumarplayedtheroleofayoung
engineerworkingforaNehruerastate-owned
company.
Which company?

48. ড| ड
DVC / DAMODAR VALLEY
CORPORATION

49. ঢ| ढ
ThesnackwasinventedbyMilanKanti
Deyin1972ofthefamousMilonda’s
CanteenatJadavpurUniversity.
Preparedbystuffingmeatintoabread
jacketanddeep-frying,itsooncaughtthe
imaginationofthestudents,whonamed
itafteroneBengaliidiom.
What?

50. ঢ| ढ
DHOPER CHOP

51. ত| त
Theyearwas1942,theQuitIndiamovementwas
goingstrongandsoisBritishrepression.
MadanGopalGuptausedtoownasweet-shopin
Varanasi’sThatheriBazarthosedays,inspiredby
Gandhi’scallofDoorDie,Guptadecidedto
createasweetthatwouldserveasasymbolof
defianceandunity.
Whichfamoussweetwasborn?

52. ত| त
TIRANGI BARFI
In2024,thesweetwasaccordedaGeographical
Indication(GI)tag,recognizingitshistoricaland
culturalimportance.

53. থ| थ
Currently,therearenotrainconnection
betweenIndiaandPakistan.Butuntil2019,Twonos.oftrainsusedtorun
betweenthetwocountries.
Oneofthemwasmorepopular
SamjhautaExpress,whichstartat
AttariJunctioninAmritsarandendat
Lahore.
Whichwastheother?

54. থ| थ
THAR LINK EXPRESS
Between Bhagat Ki Kothi in Jodhpur to Karachi
Cantonment.

55. দ| द
DevashishBhattacharyawasaNational
InstituteofDesign,Ahmedabadstudentin1974,
whenhecreatedthislogo,basedonthe
HUMANEYE.
ThethenPrimeMinisterIndiraGandhiapproved
thedesignin1975,anditwasshownforthe
firsttimeonApril1,1976.
Whichfamouslogo,Iamtalkingabout?

56. দ| द

57. ধ| ध
IdentifytheBengalisong
toldinthepictures.

59. ধ| ध
“ধনধান1পু4ভরা/ আমােদরএইবসু:রা”

60. ন| न
Ad jingle sung by Shankar Mahadevan.
Id the brand.
[A U D I O]

61. ন| न

62. প|प
Alsoknownasashvatha,thesacredfigisa
treefoundintheIndiansubcontinent.
GautamBuddhawassaidtoattainhis
bodhibeneaththistree.
India’shighestcivilianhonour,theBharat
Ratnamedallionisalsoshapedlikealeave
ofthistree.
WhichtreeIamtalkingabout?

63. PEEPAL
(Ficus religiosa)
প|प

64. ফ| फ
ThisrailwaystationissituatedintheJaipur-
AhmedabadmainlineoftheNorth-WesternRailway,andisrepresentedbythestationcode
FL.
Thestationservesthenearbytownofthesame
nameinJaipurdistrictofRajasthan.
Theoncesleepytownbecamefamouswhenweb
seriesPanchayatcameintoAmazonPrime.
Whichstation?

65. ফ| फ

66. ব| ब
MehdiHassansings“बहुतख़ूबसूरतहै
मेरासनम”fromthePakistanifilm
Abshar(1978)
ComposedbyM.Ashraf,whichfamous
Indianfilmsongcopiedthetune?
[AUDIO]

67. ব| ब
“बहुत +यार करते ह0 तुमको सनम”
From Saajan(1990)
MD: Nadeem-Shravan

68. ভ| भ*
Logoofanautomobile
company.
Whichcar?

69. ভ| भ*
VOLKSWAGEN

70. ম| म*
Bornon2002inJhajjar,Haryana,sheinitially
tookupskating,tennisandevenboxingbefore
shiftingtothesportthatmadeherfamous.
ShevisitedSreebhumipujapandalforaquick
pandalhoppinginherrecentKolkatatour.
Who?

71. MANU BHAKER
Winneroftwobronzemedals
inshootingintherecently
concludedParisOlympics.
ম| म*

72. য| य
NaveenKumarGowdaisanIndianactorbornin
1986.
SonofaKarnatakaStateRoadTransport
Corporationbusdriver,hereceivednationwide
famein2021,afterKGFCh.1wasreleased.
Howdowebetterknowhim?

73. YASH
য| य

74. র| र
Foundedin1889,JohnsHopkins
Hospitalwasuniqueinmanyways,
includingitsdistinctoctagonal
patientward.
DrWilliamOsler,oneofthe
hospital’sfirstphysician-in-chief
wouldoftenvisitfrombedtobedin
theoctagonalward,interactingwith
patientsdirectly,discussing
symptomsandtreatmentswitha
humanetouch.
Whichmedicaltermcameoutofthis
practice?

75. র| र
ROUNDS
Asthewardwasoctagonal,
DrOslerhadtomovein
roundstomeetthe
patients.
Therefore,theterm.

76. ল|ल
2BrideswastheworkingtitleofthisHindi
filmduringtheshoot.
Thedirectorforcedthestar-producerto
giveanauditionwhenheseekforapart,
ultimatelyrefusinghimtocast.
WhichfilmIamtalkingabout?

77. ল| ल

78. ব| व
India’slongestrunninggoodstrainwasrunon
2January2021bytheRaipurdivisionofSECRZoneofIndianRailways.
ThetrainwasrunfromBhilaiD-cabintoKorba
station,andits3.5kmlengthwaspulledby4
engines.
Thetrainwasnamedafteroneofthesnakes
fromHindumythology.
Whichsnake?

79. ব| व
VASUKI

80. শ| श
JubinNautiyal&AseesKaur
aresinging“काटूंकैसेराता
सुनसाँवरे”
Themusicisgivenby
TanishkBagchi,Idthefilm.
[A U D I O]

81. শ| श

82. ষ| ष
ThisHindufolk-goddesswasworshipped
inIndia,NepalandBangladeshasthe
benefactorandprotectorofchildren.
Sheridesadomesticcatand
DevsenapatiKartikeyaisherhusband.
Whichgoddess,Iamtalkingabout?

83. ষ| ष
ষ<ী=দবী

84. স| स*
If“6दमागकेब9ीजलादे”is
thesloganforMentos,
whichproductusesthe
slogan“6हलाकेरखदे”?

85. স| स*
CENTER SHOCK
CHEWING GUM

86. হ| ह
Onewordrandomconnect.
ConnecttheGreekphilosopher
SocrateswithfilmdirectorSrijit
Mukherjee.

87. হ| ह
HEMLOCK
Socrates died drinking the hemlock
extract.
SrijitMukherjee directed a film called
Hemlock Society.

88. Teaser
Connect

90. Teaser
Tata Nano | Only movie Ratan Tata ever produced
| Jaguar | Corus Steel | Pet dog Goa | Taj Mahal
Hotel | Air India

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