RONGALI BIHU QUIZ

A SET OF QUESTIONS SET EXCLUSIVELY ON BIHU FESTIVAL OF ASSAM

1. RONGALI BYTES HUB QUIZ BY QUIZZICAL FORUM....... QUIZ MASTER Parthapratim Choudhury BARPETA, SUNDAY , 16 TH APRIL, 2017

2. RONGALI BYTES

3. ROUND-1 RONGALI BYTES

4. RULES : 6 QUESTIONS PLUS 10 PLUS5 NO NEGATIVES RONGALI BYTES

5. Q-1 IDENTIFY...................................... RONGALI BYTES

6. AND THE ANSWER IS..... RONGALI BYTES

7. RONGALI BYTES

8. Q-2

9. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

10. KOPOU PHOOL IS FOXTAIL ORCHID

11. Q-3 IDDENTIFY THE FESTIVAL

12. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

13. CHITHIRAI THIRUVIZHA OF TAMILNADU WHICH IS HELD AROUND THE SAME TIME AS BOHAG BIHU

14. Q-4 X IS PERHAPS THE OLDEST FORM OF ORGANISED BIHU CELEBRATION OF ASSAM. IT WAS ORIGINATED IN ‘HABUNG’. NOW IT IS FAMOUS AS ?

15. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

16. FAAT BIHU

17. Q-5 WHEN IS RATI BIHU CELEBRATED ?

18. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

19. From the first night of the month of Chot ( Chaitra ) to the night of URUKA OF BOHAG BIHU.

20. Q-6

21. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

22. TOKOU TREE

23. EXTRAA WHAT IS THE NAME OF GOGONA USUALLY PLAYED BY MEN ?

24. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

25. RAMDHAN GOGONA.

26. ROUND-2 RONGALI BYTES

27. RULES : 6 QUESTIONS POUNCE 20 PLUS 10/5 INFINITE BOUNCE RONGALI BYTES

28. Q-1 RONGALI BYTES THIS IS XUN. A CHINESE INSTRUMENT. A SIMILAR INSTRUMENT IS USED IN BIHU. WHAT IS IT?

29. AND THE ANSWER IS..... RONGALI BYTES

30. XUTULI RONGALI BYTES

31. Q-2 MEKHELA AND JEEBHA ARE PARTS OF ?

32. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

33. GOGONA

34. Q-3 IN THE BWISAGU FESTIVAL, THE SECOND DAY , THAT IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR THE DAY STARTS WITH A PARTICULAR TUNE OF FLUTE( CHATRAWLI) . WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THIS TUNE IN OUR LIFE?

35. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

36. IT DESTROYS THE EGGS OF THE SNAKES!!!!!

37. Q-5 IN BARPETA REGION PEOPLE CHEW LENTILS AND NEEM LEAVES IN THE FIRST THING OF THE MORNING OF 1 ST BOHAG, OR BOR DOMAHI. WHAT IS THE POPULAR BELIEF BEHIND THIS PRACTICE?

38. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

39. IT PREVENTS FROM SNAKE BITING AND CURES WORM INFECTION!!!!!!!

40. Q-6 This is a folk song of Barpeta region relating to a custom in association with Bohag Bihu . What is the occasion ?

41. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

42. Q-7 In 1941 THE THIRD ASSAMESE MOVIE , DIRECTED BY ROHINI KUMAR BARUAH WAS RELEASED. IT WAS BASED ON A FAMOUS ASSAMESE NOVEL BY X. X HAS A VERY CLOSE RELATION WITH BIHU. IDENTIFY X

43. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

44. RAJANIKANTA BARDOLOI AUTHOR OF MANOMATI, HE COINED THE TERM ‘BAPOTI SAHON’

45. EXTRAA IN BODO CULTURE TWO TYPES OF PUJAs ARE HELD IN RELATION TO HARVESTING. ISSWNW X & ASHW X. X IS CLOSELY RELATED TO BWISAGU. WHAT IS X ?

46. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

47. KHERAI.

48. ROUND-3 RONGALI BYTES

49. RULES : 6 QUESTIONS PLUS 10 PLUS5 NO NEGATIVES RONGALI BYTES

50. Q-1 X IS A FESTIVAL CELEBRATED IN MANY PLACES OF LOWER ASSAM, PARTICULARLY IN THE OLD KAMRUP DISTRICT IN THE MNTH OF BOHAG. THERE IS NO FIXED DATE OF THIS FESTIVAL. THE ONE CELEBRATED ON THE 6 TH / 7 TH OF BOHAG IN RAMDIYA IS MOST FAMOUS. IDENTIFY X RONGALI BYTES

51. AND THE ANSWER IS..... RONGALI BYTES

52. BHOTHELI RONGALI BYTES

53. Q-2 RUNGTUK AND BASEK ARE DEITIES OF WHICH TRIBE OF ASSAM ?

54. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

55. RABHAS

56. Q-3 SIUHLUNG X MIDANG X OI X THE THIRD ONE HAS A VERY CLOSE RELATION WITH BIHU. IDENTIFY X

57. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

58. SIUHLUNG NITOM MIDANG NITOM OI NITOM FOLK SONGS OF THE MISHINGS

59. Q-4 In 2013 A ROYALE DELEGATION FROM THAILAND VISITED A MONASTRY BROUGHT ROYAL KATHINA CLOTHES FROM THE KING OF THAILAND TO THE MONKS THERE. THIS GESTURE WAS A RE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIKNAGES TO THE AHOM PEOPLE OF ASSAM WHO MIGRATED FROM THAILAND. NAME THE MONASTRY.

60. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

61. NAMPHAKE MONASTRY IN DIBRUGARH DISTRICT, ASSAM

62. Q-5 THIS SONG IS CATEGORISED AS.......

63. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

64. Q-6 ABOTANI OR ABU TANI IS CONSIDERED AS THE ANCESTOR OF APATANI. NYISHI, GALO, THE ADI AND THE TAGIN TRIBES OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH. WHICH DOMINANT TRIBE OF ASSAM IS BELIEVED TO HAVE THE SAME ANCESTOR ?

65. AND THE ANSWER IS.....

66. MISHINGS

67. THANK YOU