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The IISc Quiz Club PotPourri Quiz July 10, 2011 QM: Sumeer For feedback : sumeer.kumar@gmail.com Cell: 9900 266 539. Rules. Infinite Bounce Each question carries 6 points. Some questions have 2 parts and some are 3 parts. For 2 part answers - each part carries 3 points
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The IISc Quiz Club PotPourri Quiz July 10, 2011QM: Sumeer For feedback : sumeer.kumar@gmail.com Cell: 9900 266 539
Rules • Infinite Bounce • Each question carries 6 points. • Some questions have 2 parts and some are 3 parts. • For 2 part answers - each part carries 3 points • For 3 part answers - each part carries 2 points. • No negatives ! So feel free to Guess, Guess and Guess. • Only one answer per team per question. In case of multiple answers, ONLY the first answer will be accepted. • The Quiz Master's decision is FINAL ! Disclaimer : Any resemblance to any persons living or dead is purely intentional.
About Clues • Most questions carry some clue(s). • Clue(s) will be provided only as long as no team has an objection . • If any team does NOT want a clue they can use their veto power to say so, and no clue shall be provided to anyone.
VINTAGE INDIA ROUND Educational round on typical Indian obsessions (mostly) - Politics,Cinema and Cricket. Same rules apply
Warm-upper What “brand name” is being advertised. Just fill blanks !
Q • Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) was a pioneer industrialist and founder of the Dalmia-Jain Group. • Starting with a bullion business, he built several sugar mills, and went on to acquire Bennett and Coleman, (the Times of India group). • At the time of India's independence, he was among the wealthiest and most powerful men in India, with good contacts with most political leaders. At one point his name was being considered for India's finance minister. • However, in December 1956 the firebrand socialist _________ exposed in parliament how Dalmia, as chairman of a publicly traded bank and an insurance company,had illegally transferred nearly a crore rupees to his mill in order to fund the Bennett and Coleman acquisition. • In 1956 he was sentenced to two years in Tihar jail. • So who exposed Dalmia in parliament?
Feroze Gandhi • Feroze Jehangir Gandhi was an Indian politician and journalist, and publisher of the The National Herald and 'The Navjivan' newspapers from Lucknow. • He became a member of the provincial parliament (1950–1952), and later a member of the Lok Sabha. • In 1942 he married Indira Nehru and they had two sons, Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi, and thus became part of the Nehru dynasty.
Q • The X Group is an Indian business conglomerate with a presence across several segments of the industry including consumer durables, pharmaceuticals and supplements, bio-medical devices, maps and atlases, consular visa services, virtual assistant services and health care services. • It was started in 1928 by X and is largely owned by the family. • The X Group has been associated with several brands, which are now household names in India, such as: • Kohinoor condoms • Prestige pressure cookers • Woodward's gripe water • What group named after its founder ? • And connect with previous question.
TTK Group named after T. T. Krishnamachari. • T.T.Krishnamachariar,popularly known as TTK,was the Indian Finance Minister from 1956–1958 and from 1964-1966. • He was also a member of drafting committee,and entrepreneur and congress leader. • In 1958,Feroze Gandhi raised the Haridas Mundhra scam issue in parliament - the first big financial scandal of free India. • Haridas Mundhra was a Calcutta-based industrialist and stock speculator who was found guilty and imprisoned. • The Mundhra scandal exposed rifts between the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his son-in-law and also led to the resignation of India's Finance minister T. T. Krishnamachari.
Q This is Tollywood actress Ankita Jhaveri. She made her movie debut in 2002 with a Telugu film, "Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo" acting alongside the likes of Hari Krishna and Bhanupriya. After her debut movie became a hit, Ankita went on to do several hit movies like "Simhadri" starring opposite Jr. NTR and "Vijayendra Verma" opposite Balakrishna. In the mid 1980s she became famous across Indian households. How?
The Rasna girl. • In the mid 1980s, this TV ad for Rasna was a huge hit thanks to the cute girl who came to be known as the Rasna girl.
Q • The picture is of a motorcycle model called the Rajdoot GTS made by Escorts in the 70's. • It acquired a very popular nickname due to its (some say deliberate) use in a 1973 Bollywood blockbuster where the hero-heroine use it to ride around and to elope from their parents. • What nickname ? (see pic)
Directed by Raj Kapoor,the film represented the début role for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor. • The movie is known to be a trend-setter in its own right. It introduced in Bollywood, the genre of teenage romance with a rich-vs-poor clash as a backdrop. • Numerous movies in the following years were inspired by this plot.
Q • The story goes that when she walked into the studio of photographer Dhiraj Chawda, he asked her what was she going to wear for the shoot. • She simply took out a bathing suit from her purse. • With that she became the first Indian actress to get into a bikini for a magazine cover. • Created quite a hullabaloo when the magazine hit the stand, the matter was even questioned in the question hour of the parliament. • The year was 1966. • Which magazine and actress?
Filmfare • Sharmila Tagore
Q • Why did the Indian Express carry the following message in its obituary section? “O’Cracy: D.E.M. O’Cracy, beloved husband of T. Ruth, Father of L. I. Berty, father of Faith, Hope and Justice, on June 25.”
Due to the imposition of Emergency. • The Indian Emergency of 25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977 was a 21-month period, when President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, upon advice by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, declared a state of emergency • under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, effectively bestowing on her the power to rule by decree, suspending elections and civil liberties. It is one of the most controversial times in the history of independent India. • Similarly a library in Calcutta issued a notice in the Statesman in December 1975, stating: “On and from 1st January 1976, newspapers will be found in the fiction section.”
Q • Near Chotila village, around 20 km away from Pali en route to Jodhpur,Rajasthan,is a shrine on the highway. • Every day nearby villagers and travellers stop and pray to the "deity" and to Om Singh Rathore fondly known as Om Banna. • It is said that a person who does not stop to pray at the shrine is in for a dangerous journey. • So who is the “deity”?
A Royal Enfield Bullet 350 motorbike! • The story goes that in 1991 Om Bana was returning from Pali to his native Chotila on his Bullet 350 when it skidded and hit a tree, killing him on the spot. • Villagers say after Om Bana’s death, the motorbike was taken to a local police station. But the next morning, it was found at the same accident spot. • Police initially thought it was a prank and after emptying the fuel tank they brought the bike back to the station. However, the motorcycle was again at the accident spot the next day. • As soon as the story spread, people in the nearby village built a platform on the spot where the death occurred and started offering prayers. • Many nearby shops offer incense sticks, flowers, coconut and red thread meant for offering prayers.Some drivers also offer a small bottle of country liquor at the site. • Local people sing folk songs in the name of Om Bana. The tree is ornamented with offerings of bangles, scarves and rope. • The temple even has its own priest who has been in-charge of the upkeep of the shrine for two decades.
Q • X is a 1969 film written and directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. • X won the 1970 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, and Lyric-Writer Of The Best Film Song On National Integration for Kaifi Azmi. • The film portrays the heroic story of seven Indians who attempt to liberate Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule. The cast included Utpal Dutt, Madhu, A. K. Hangal and Y who made his debut with this film. • Y played the role of a Muslim poet, Anwar Ali Anwar, and one of the Indians captured by the enemy as a POW. • Y won the National Film Award for Best Newcomer for this role. • X and Y?
X - Saat Hindustani • Y - Amitabh Bachchan
Q • Madan Mohan Malaviya went to the Nizam of Hyderabad (one of the richest men in the world at that time) to request him for funds. • The Nizam was furious,'How dare you come to me for funds and that too for a ___? • He roared with anger and took off his footwear and flung it at Malviya. • Malaviya picked up the footwear and left silently. He came directly to the market place and began to auction the footwear. As it was the Nizam's footwear, many came forward to buy it. The price went up. When Nizam heard of this, he became uneasy. • He thought it would be an insult if his footwear were to be bought by someone for a pittance. • So he sent one of his attendants with the instruction, 'Buy that footwear no matter what the bidding price be!' Thus, Malaviya managed to sell the Nizam's own footwear to him, for a huge amount. • What did Malviya use that money for ?
To establish the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). • BHU was founded in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.He also remained the Vice Chancellor of BHU from 1919–1938. • BHU is a public university located in Varanasi and is the largest residential university in Asia, with over 12,000 students living on its campus. • The campus spread over 1350 acres (5.5 km²) was built on land donated by the Kashi Naresh, the hereditary ruler of Banaras. • Apart from the main campus, the Rajiv Gandhi South Campus covering 2,760-acre (11.2 km2) is at Barkatcha near the city of Mirzapur, about 80 kilometers from Banaras. • Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861–1946) was an Indian politician, educationist, and freedom fighter notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and his espousal of Hindu nationalism.
Q • This is an ad from the 80s. Identify the two child actors.
