ENQUEST QUIZ 2(Mere pyare desh wasiyo-THE POLITICS QUIZ)

Here is the second quiz of ENQUEST QUIZZING PREMIER LEAGUE conducted by Loyola Debating Society and Quiz club.A politics quiz,MERE PYARE DESH WASIYO will lead you to interesting political fundas and facts.Highest point scored was 24 out of a possible 31. The first quiz of the league was an India quiz,which was shared earlier. #happyquizzing

1. MERE PYARE DESH WASIYO!! A Set by : Amal Jose Philip John Alias & Noyel Sebastian.

2. Acknowledgements Loyola Debating Society and Quiz Club Guinea pigs: Denita Treasa , Meenakshi Venugopal and Madhavan Mohan.

3. Rules 26 questions, 31 points at stake. This quiz is based on the assumption that Wikipedia is correct, ceteris paribus For the time being, let Google rest Questions 11-15 are * rated in order to resolve ties. Quiz Master is the Ozymandias , the king of kings. Decisions are final and binding

4. Q.1(A)ID X 'Passive Resistors Soccer Club' ,founded by X was the first step for Independence of the 'Rainbow Nation'. Hint:X sprouted Independence struggle of this country. #simple

5. Mahatma Gandhi

6. Q.1(B) Connect K.Kelappan Jomo Keniyata A.Ariaratna Bamba Amte Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

7. People whose sobriquet is ‘Gandhi’ K.Kelappan - Kerala Gandhi Jomo Keniyata - Kenyan Gandhi A.Ariaratna -Sri Lankan Gandhi Baba Amte - Modern Gandhi Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan- Frontier Gandhi

8. Q.2 What's all this commotion about?! On 24 December 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment released a film for online rental and purchase, followed by a limited release at select cinemas the next day. This happened as major cinema chains opted not to release the film due to terrorist attack threats against cinemas that showed the film.
Earlier in November, the computer systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment were hacked by the group " Guardians of Peace ". The film grossed $40 million in digital rentals, making it Sony's most successful digital release, and earned an additional $11.2 million worldwide at the box office on a $44 million budget.

9. THE INTERVIEW

10. Q.3 Whose Tweet? Referring whom?

11. Shashi Tharoor ; Nithish Kumar

12. Q.4 Whose Pledge? Fe b 3 1966 "I pledge  to surrender my rice ration for the people of Kerala and authorise the central save rice for Kerala committee to send my pledge to the  rationing authorities. My ration of rice may be utilised to meet the rice shortage in Kerala. I also pledge not to eat rice or serve rice till the food situation in Kerala is normal." Sd
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1, Safdarjung Road

New Delhi

Ration Card NO:23/5/ND/52685

13. Indira Gandhi

14. Q.5 ID X. Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi ,a Lahore based lawyer recently filed a fresh petition to prove the innocence of X. X was hanged for killing John P Saunders , but the FIR registered with Anarkali police station , written in Urdu on December 17, 1928 was against two ‘unknown gunmen '. Though his name was not in the FIR , eventually he was handed down the death sentence for the murder. Imtiaz wanted to exercise the principles of review and order the government to honour X with a state award and erect a statue at Shadman Chowk in central Lahore where X was hanged.

15. Bhagat Singh

16. Q.6 What am I talking about? Conceptualised by Ma.Ramamurthy in 1960s, initial form of this was a mixture of yellow colour and a map of an entity with a paddy crown in the center, which was later simplified to its current form- symbolizing auspiciousness and well-being. 

17. Karnataka flag

18. Q.7 Big brother Vishwanathan Anand (ex- Loyolite ) was playing Magnus Carlson on 9th November 2014,Sochi in the second game of World Chess Championship . Anand was determined not to make the errors committed in the third hour of first game and started second game with a solid defensive weapon . But,unforced errors in the third hour of play, again allowed Carlsen to pile pressure on him and demolished Anand to take an early lead in the championship. Critics evaluated that the defensive weapon used by Anand -which owes name to something important in the political history of the world, was a bad omen on the same day because of a certain event that happened exactly 25 years prior to the match. What event? What was the defensive move by Anand ?

19. Berlin Wall Demolition; Berlin Defense

20. Q.8 C.P joshi , former union minster, was the then CM candidate during the 2008 Rajasthan assembly polls.But he lost the election to BJP's Kalyan Singh Chouhan and earned a dubious distinction in the election history only to be the second after A.R.Krishnamoorthy .(Image slide follows) What rare distinction is owned by C.P Joshi and A.R krishmoorthy in the electoral history of India?

21. Lost by a single vote (So close yet too far)

22. Q.9 What Act? Taxi Driver  is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. Set in New York City following the Vietnam War, the film stars Robert De Niro , and  Jodie Foster. The reason for this to be in today’s quiz is that, John Hicknley Jr . in order to impress actress Jodie Foster, over whom he had developed an obsession after seeing her in the film, committed a (in)famous act that gained worldwide attention in the early 1980s.

23. Assassination attempt on U.S. president Ronald Reagan

24. Q.10 Put Funda . O n 5th August 2017, two Chinese tourists were spotted by police officers on a routine patrol, snapping smartphone pictures of each other posing with a gesture outside the historic landmark Reichstag in the heart of the German capital city Berlin . They were arrested and a probe on suspicion of using the symbols of anti-constitutional organisations was opened against these two Chinese men, aged 36 and 49.

25. Nazi Salute

26. Q.11* Gimme the term The term was coined by Edward Everett Hale in his 1863 book 'The children of the public'. The term refers to the government spending that is targeted to benefit the residents of a certain constituency in return for their political support and as a result of competitive populism. Boston's Big Dig highway tunnel and Alaska's Bridge are few examples of the term

27. Pork Barrel

28. Q.12* Dola Indidis , a lawyer and former spokesmen of the Kenyan judiciary recently came into limelight after suing Republic of Italy and State of Israel with certain other non existing people for a particular act. Italy and Israel were sued because they followed the laws of the then entity which led to the particular act that violated all the human rights through judicial misconduct , abuse of office, bias and prejudice. Why did he sue or What is the particular act?

29. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

30. Q.13* What effect/What alternate name? During early 1980s,a news was spread that Nelson Mandela had died in prison and many people believed.The problem with that memory is that it never happened; Mandela died in 2013 This phenomenon- False memory was initially investigated by psychological pioneers Pierre Janet and Sigmund Freud. This can be traced as the collective misremembering of the classic children's book characters the "Berenstain Bears".The cause of this effect is unknown, but one factor may be that people consider their memories to be more reliable than they actually are.

31. Mandela Effect

32. Q.14*Put Funda The process for this particular act is as such; There is a cast-iron stove that is about 3-feet high and about 19 inches in diameter . Certain after use things are made to burn in the older stove , which triggers an electronic, smoke-producing device outfitted on a second, more modern stove, which came into effect from 2005. The device releases a cartridge holding five "containers of one of the two chemical mixtures which joins with the by-product of old stove and resultant symbolizes hope or despair . Hint: last seen in 2013

33. Black & White smoke of Papal Conclave

34. Q.15* What am I talking about? It was represented as a "Christ-like" visage, with some of the last visitors even surreptitiously clipping locks of his hair as divine relics. British art critic John Berger later observed that it resembled two famous paintings: Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp and Andrea Mantegna's Lamentation over the Dead Christ.[Image follows in the next slide ]

35. Che Geuvera’s corpse

36. Q.16 ID X? During the 2015 same-sex marriage referendum . X became the first openly gay Irish government minister and is the first minister of Indian origin.Following the retirement of  Enda Kenny, X was elected as Leader of the Fine Gael Party on 2 June 2017. On 14 June, X was nominated as Taoiseach ( prime minister ) by  Dáil Éireann  and this nomination was approved by the President of Ireland. Upon his election as the Prime Minister, X aged 38, became the youngest person to hold the office, as well as the first person from a minority ethnic background to do so. X is also Ireland's first and the world's fourth openly gay head of government in modern times.

37. Leo Vardakar

38. Q.17 Who is the “person”? Vir Bhumi features a huge, stone-carved lotus in full bloom. It is surrounded by 46 lotuses. They connote something related to the person who is immortalised through this memorial. The site also features rocks from different states of India spread around it. Every year, prayer service is held on August 20th, the birth anniversary of the person, and on May 21st which commemorates the person's death anniversary.

39. Rajiv Gandhi

40. Q.18 In August 2012, the Australian Parliament debated a motion to provide a posthumous apology to Peter Norman(silver medalist,200m,1968 olympics ). They apologised to Peter Norman for the wrong done by Australia in failing to send him to the 1972 Munich Olympics, despite repeatedly qualifying; and belatedly recognising the powerful role that Norman played in furthering Human rights and equality. Also apologising for the  treatment he received upon his return to Australia, and the failure to fully recognise his inspirational role before his untimely death in 2006. What was the subject for all these which made an end to Norman's sports career and turning him to be a hero for Human Rights activists

41. Black Power Salute

42. Q.19 In 1974, this venue was renamed in honour of the late dictator X of an African country following a speech he gave at the 2nd Organisation of the Islamic Conference meeting held in this country in favour of it's right to pursue nuclear weapons. The venue was very much in news last month following it hosting something after 8 long years . What did the venue play host to and gimme X ?

43. Gaddafi Stadium; Independence Cup between Pakistan and World XI

44. Q.20 What condition? Trashigang Dzong, situated at the confluence of the Ghamri and Drangme rivers in Bhutan, has been a religious centre as well as an administrative area since 17 th century, and fortified monasteries known as Dzongs were constructed to protect people from Tibetan invaders. After the 1962 Indo-China war, Bhutan due to its diplomatic relations allowed Indian troops returning home to pass through East Bhutan subject to a single and simple condition which matters their internal security and confines to the sanctity of the Dzong. Image slide follows.

45. To deposit Indian army’s rifles at the armory of Dzong

46. Q.21 Gimme X and FITB. During the ________ ____protests of 1989, X played an important role in changing the course of events, especially its April 26 Editorial that provoked great tension between the government and the students when the movement was slowly abating after Hu Yaobang’s memorial on April 25. This week, X which is the mouth piece of the ruling party went online after launching its app in english .

47. Tiananmen Square protests; People’s Daily

48. Q.22 Volumes of whose autobiography? The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years  (2014) The Turbulent Years: 1980 - 1996 (2016) The Coalition Years: 1996-2012 (2017)

49. Pranab Mukherjee

50. Q.23 AK49 refers?

51. Arvind Kejriwal

52. Q.24 During his long career in politics, he held many important posts in government such as: Chief Minister of Bombay State, Home Minister, Finance Minister and 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of India. X's unmatched achievements and distinctions in the annuals of history got him the highest civilian awards from both India and Pakistan i.e. the Bharat Ratna and the Nishaan -e-Pakistan. X had stated that urine therapy was the perfect medical solution for the millions of Indians who cannot afford medical treatment.He also attibuted his longevity to drinking urine - which he called "the water of life" . In a statistical or pure sense, X would have celebrated only 23 birthdays in his entire life. Who is this former Prime minister of India?

53. Morarji Desai ( leapling )

54. Q.25 ID X? The Mughalsarai railway station is the largest marshalling yard in Asia and  considered as one of the oldest railway stations was constructed in 1862 when the East India Company linked Howrah to Delhi by rail. On 14th October 2017, the UP government renamed the station after X. The state government had pointed to the mysterious death of X at this very railway station as a reason for renaming the station. Who is X?  Hint: His name can be seen in the commerce building of Loyola College .

55. Deen Dayal Upadhyay

56. Q.26 Put Funda Several Municipalities in the United States started doing this in June 2015, in the wake of Charleston Church Shooting. But this gained further momentum in August 2017 as a Rally in Charlottesville turned violent . This decision of municipalities were driven by the belief that 'X'   glorify white supremacy and memorialize a government whose founding principle was the perpetuation and expansion of slavery.

57. Removal of Confederate Statues.