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Wing Commander GR Mulky Memorial Open Quiz The 6 th Edition 08-05-11 Prelims by Jithin & Hrishi. Prelims Answers.
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Wing Commander GR Mulky Memorial Open Quiz The 6th Edition 08-05-11 Prelims by Jithin & Hrishi
1.Born as Kuttinarayanan in 1978, he went on to achieve fame under a different name a few years later. However, he suffered a crippling injury when he accidentally stepped into a septic tank and spend the rest of his days under considerable medical attention. He died on May 14th, 2005 at Guruvayoor and was given a royal sendoff with hundreds of people turning up for his funeral. How do we better know Kuttinarayanan?
2. The MilliariumAureum (literally, Golden Milestone) was an ancient monument erected by Emperor Caesar Augustus in Rome. It is considered one of the earliest Kilometer Zeros in the world. The names of all the major cities in the Roman empire and their distances from Rome were inscribed on it. All distances in Roman Empire were measured relative to it. What phrase is considered a reference to the monument?
3. He runs a village in rural Maharashtra as if it is his personal fiefdom. He is apparently a fan of Shivaji, and admires him for once chopping off the hands of a man who committed a crime. In that vein, he has passed an order that anyone found drinking alcohol will be tied to a pole in front of the village temple and publicly flogged. He also believes in rigid implementation of family planning, including forced vasectomies. Male labourers in his village are paid Rs 50 a day, while female labourers get just Rs 30. Whose not so flattering biography?
5. X’s only foreign visit to a certain African country in 1968. There, he met Y, still the most famous person from the country. X described Y thus: “He was a military officer. He was young and very energetic then. He was tall and hefty. He had a number of wives. […] The sight of me besides him was like the view of a deer by the side of a camel” Name both.
X – Sri SathyaSai Baba • Y – Idi Amin
6. The USSR joined the Olympic movement only in 1952, earlier avoiding the supposedly capitalist Games. From 1928 till 1952, the Soviet Union held an international sporting event, which took place every four years and modeled on the modern Olympics. From 1956, they were held as X of the Peoples of the Soviet Union and were no more international events. They were named after someone whom Karl Marx considered a hero and a representative of the proletariat. Who?
7. X is a region that lies on the de facto Indo-Pakistani border and is a part of Punjab Province's Sialkot District. It was referred to as “The Akhnur Dagger” before the 1971 war, on account of its shape and perceived danger to Akhnur. However, when Major Gen. MM Bakshi took over, he stated that the name would be henceforth called “X” and that he was soon going to wring it. Most Indians, however, associate “X” with another area. (*)
8. Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski are three Russians sent from the Soviet Union to Paris, in order to sell off some jewels to raise money. After they mess up the affair, a special envoy is sent from Russia to sort out the problem. Who?
9. It is the brainchild Satindar Mohan Bhagat, a professor at the University of Maryland. National Geographic called it a “polite protest to officials” with an aim “to shame or scare”. It is being printed and distributed by 5th pillar, an NGO. It can also be downloaded from the internet. Over a million of these have been distributed since 2007. What? (*)
10. The country X is referred to as FYROM within the UN and other international organizations because of a dispute over its name with a neighboring country Y. Y has consistently opposed the name “X”, citing territorial aspirations and historical concerns. X was also forced to change its national flag after a one year economic blockade by Y during 1994-’95. The national flag that was used till 1995 (image next slide) had a Vergina Star on it, which Y claimed was part of its historical legacy. X and Y?
X = Macedonia • Y = Greece
11.“I thought I would be doing a jolly lot of good”, said the man himself- and an alarmingly large number of people seemed to agree with him. The House of Lords passed a motion in his support. A London newspaper started a drive to raise funds for his retirement - 26,000 pounds were raised. Among those who contributed were Rudyard Kipling. When Sir Edwin Montagu rose in Parliament to condemn him, he was shouted down by anti-semitic insults. In Amritsar, Sikh leaders made him an honorary Sikh, staging a special ceremony at the Golden Temple. What was all this a reaction to?
12. The terms X and Y are named after the places marked in the map. The events which led to the naming of Y happened in 1996, more than two decades after the more famous events which led to X. In a way, X and Y can be thought of as opposites of each other. X and Y?
X – Stockholm Syndrome • Y – Lima Syndrome
13. This island, historically a part of India, was given to Sri Lanka in 1974. The Tamil Nadu government was not happy with this, and over time has been more vocal with its demands to cancel the agreement and return it to TN. The rich fishing grounds off this island are however, open to Indian fishermen and fishermen of both the nations consider this sacred ground. It is believed that the GOI conceded the island in order to gain the support of Sri Lanka in the UN on a crucial committee that was headed by SL at that time.
14.Sylvia and Klaus were dating for some time during the mid-1950s until Sylvia’s family moved away. In 1957, Sylvia went back to find Klaus’ family and specifically- under strict instructions from her father, Lothar Hermann- to meet Klaus’ father. Her actions kicked off a chain of events that made international headlines 3 years later. So, what resulted from all this? (*)
15. In the early 1900s, it was a slang amongst the blacks, meaning “sexually satisfying lover”. Later on, during WWII, it meant boys employed by GIs to do menial jobs. The kids who coasted through the jobs were thought to have had an “___ ___”. Eventually, young women took up this job and became lovers to the GIs. In the counter-culture era, it referred to women a hippie stayed with (and lived off) for a few days. In 1969, it was adopted for its most famous use, by which most of us have heard of it. What?
16. Mr Pablo Fanque, (born William Darby) was one of the major acts in the mid nineteenth century and the the first black circus proprietor in Britain. A famous showman in his time, his earliest known appearance in the sawdust ring was in Norwich in 1821, as ‘Young Darby’, with William Batty’s company. His circus acts included horsemanship, rope walking, leaping and rope vaulting. In 1841 Pablo left William Batty to begin business on his own account, with two horses. The towns of Lancashire, Yorkshire and adjacent counties became Pablo’s favourite venues. It is believed that X worked for him between 1843 and 1845. Pablo’s visit to Rochdale on the evening of February 14th 1843, was to become both X’s and Pablo’s single claim to immortality. How? (*)
17. Inhabitants of this region were apparently unaware that India had achieved Independence until days after August 15th. Sardar Patel, realizing that Pakistan could claim this area as their own on account of the Muslim majority prevalent there, quickly rushed in the Indian armed forces. When the Pakistan forces arrived, they were met by the sight of Indian flags, and had to retreat. Name this place.
18. This city changed hands several times during the WWII, most famously when captured by Rommel’s AfrikaKorps in early 1941. Although destroyed by bombing, it was rebuilt using the nation’s new found oil wealth. When the country was a Kingdom, it enjoyed the status of a capital city along with _____. However, in 1969, due to a political change, it lost its status as capital. City?
19. Around late 2007, an internet hoax started doing the rounds, that X had converted to Islam. This was conveniently timed to coincide with her visit to Jhulasan, her ancestral village in Gujarat – a much publicized event in the Indian media. Name X, whose real claim to fame is an endurance record she had set a few months earlier.
21.Born and brought up in Sri Lanka, he claims to have been drawn into film-making after watching the shoot of Bridge on the River Kwaias a child. His feature film debut as the cinematographer of Nellu(1974) fetched him a National Award. Id.
23. “I still remember my first meeting with him, way back in 1982. He said he wanted to direct a film in Kannada and I asked him if he had learnt direction from an institute. ‘No,’ he said. Then I asked him if he had assisted somebody in direction. ‘No,’ he replied. So how was he going to direct, I asked. He said if I agreed to be his cinematographer, he was confident that he could direct. I agreed to do the film because I was impressed with the intensity with which he narrated the story to me.” So, this is, er, the guy from two questions earlier narrating how he helped launch the career of X, one of the most famous directors of today. Id X and the movie. No part points.
