Keep them guessing
- 1. Monday 19th Oct 9-10 pm
- 2. Round 1 : ACROSTIC QUIZ
- 3. Q1 : A fine powdery phosphorus based binary chemical compound that prevents breakage of acetylcholine. In a previous usage, when applied on the office phone of a certain influential banker, this substance caused his deathfollowedby his secretarys in 1995. Recently, the compound is in news again. Hint: It shares thesame alphabet in Englishlanguage as the victims name, and the organisation that univocally prohibits its use.
- 4. Answer : Novichok Navalny NATO Name of the banker was Ivan Klemeida and His secretary was Zara Ismailova
- 5. Q2 : Cronutt is a sea lion in California whichrecently got a brain surgery done to reverse epilepsy. Interestinglymany more sea lions and otters are fallingvictimto epilepsy because of climate change. With the climate getting warmer and warmer, the more X blooms which create toxins when they are eaten by fish like anchovies. When these fish are eaten by sea lions their brains get damaged, resulting in epilepsy. What is X?
- 7. Q3 : It has been a practise of Mattel to release a line of BarbieSheroes since 2015. The Sheroes are one of a kind(OOAK) dolls, usually hailing those women/girls whoma childshouldlook up to and aspire to be. There have been few Indians in the BarbieSheroes list - gymnast Dipa Karmakar, actress Katrina Kaif, etc, to name a few. On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl child, on 9th Oct 2020, Mattel has created a BarbieShero OOAK doll on another Indian athelete. Name her and name the sport.
- 9. Q4 : An alumnus of Jamia Milia, she started her career as an assistant to director Prakash Jha. Her first directorial debut in 2011 was not received very well. Herclaimto fame came, however withthe black comedy she wrote and directed. The censor board delayed the release of this movie till 2017, and when releasedthe movie shatteredthe stereotypical moralityof middleclass Indian women and even got nominatedfor the Filmfare. She continues her trend of dismantling claustrophobic middle class milieuwith her recent Netflix venture. Name this writer- director, her 2017 movie , and her recent Netflixrelease.
- 10. Answer- Alankrita Srivastava Turning30 (2011 movie) Lipstick under my Burkha (2017) movie Dolly, Kitty aur who ChamakteSitare (2020) Netflix release
- 11. Q5 : This formof art, like the Pattachitra of Odisha, is done in scrolls. The painter/artist used to prepare the canvas withkhadi cotton, white mud, boiled tamarindseeds and gumwater. Vivid colors like red, yellow, green , white and brown were used to depict mythology and folklores as Krishna Leela, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Shiva Puranam, Markandeya Puranam and stories of communities like Gauda, Madiga. These scrolls were then passed on to the storytellers who enthralled the masses. Over time, these narrative scrolls have found places as modern day wall adornments as the storytellers dwindled in number. Originating fromCheriyal, Warrangal, what is the art formknown as?
- 13. Q6 : It all started with an Angolan dance group Fenomenos de Semba members dancing to the tunes of this song while holding a plate of food. The lead dancer Adilson Maiza opined that this song and dance symbolises that its important to be happy even withlittle foodon plate and little water to drink. The SouthAfrican president Cyril Ramaphosa urgedhis countrymen to live up to the ______ challenge. Name this Gospel influenced House fusion in Zululanguage composedby 24 year old DJ Master KG and sung by Nomcebo Zikode which hasalso been referred unofficially as an African Anthem.
- 15. Q7 : Johnson and Johnson announcedthat it is goingto halt clinical trials of its Covid19 vaccine as a participant fell ill. Almost a monthago, Astra Zeneca also statedthat it was suspending its clinical trials. Boththese vaccines are basedon a harmless modified virus that instructs human cells to produce vaccine proteins. Name this virus, whichderives its name fromthe fact that these were initially isolatedfroma human gland
- 17. Q8 : This word, X, was coined in 2003, and has foundrenewedusage recently. The WHO used this termto refer to the damage causedby Covid 19 related misinformation. Thoughtill recently, the onus of curbing of X restedon social media platforms, like Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp, now we see entities like Flipkart, Tata Trusts as well as some content creators too joining the debunking bandwagon. What is X that I am talking about?
- 19. Q9 The writer never sold the rights of the series to be made into films during his lifetime because he felt no cinematography would do justice to the fantasy that he has weaved as well delineate the characters realistically. His stepson actually saw the computer generatedimagery (CGI), got convinced, and then gave a go ahead for the movie series. The movies swept theaudiences once released. The first of the series was shot mainlyin New Zealand, and some parts in Poland, Czech Republic and UK. Interestinglythe protagonist was a non-human, yet a King, the voice of whomwas immortalisedby another famous actor, who shot to fame in a Stephen Spielberg classic. Identify the movie. Brownie points for identifying the author and the protagonist as well as his voice over
- 20. Answer- Narnia C W Lewis Aslan LiamNeeson, Schindlers list
- 21. Answer of the Acrostic Quiz N ovichok A lgae M ansi Joshi A lankrita Srivastava N akashi J erusalema A denovirus I nfodemic N arnia
- 22. Round 2
- 23. Ilenia Matilli was a 19 yearold footballer withLazios womens teambut a great fanof city rivals Roma, was left in a coma last December by a car accident in which her friend was killed. Her friend suggested her father Stefano Matilli to contact the legendfootball player X and record a message of encouragement for her, which he graciously complied. Former WorldCup winner X had recorded a video message a few months ago, urging: Ilenia dont give up, youll do it, we are all with you. Matilli finally emergedfromthe coma and as promised X, visited her in Romes Gemelli hospital where she is undergoing rehabilitation. Identify this football legend. Hark the herald Angels sing # 1
- 25. We remember how great paintings like the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci have been used in memes to convey the message of social distancing. Why did visitors to the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscowsay that such morphings and alterations were unnecessary in the Last Supper there, done by the artist Natalia Nesterova? "Glory to the new-bornKing! # 2
- 26. At Tretyakov the apostles and Jesus are in seperate panels. so already socially distanced Answer
- 27. Peace on Earth and Mercy mild # 3 Where do youfind this statue ? Whose statue is this ? There was another incident where an ancient relic was stolen relatedto what you see. Where was that from?
- 28. Answer : Pope John Paul II Statue is at Warsaw, Poland The relic stolen was a vial of Popes bloodfromSpoleto, Italy
- 29. Lord and Sinners Reconciled # 4 In a muchpublicisedcase of London in 1950, a famous reporter X and the convict Y shared the same last name. The convict wasaccusedof killing his wife and infant daughter. Thoughhe maintained his innocence and statedit was his neighbour who did it, the neighbour was howevertheprosecutors witness and helpedin giving himthe death sentence. There was a lack of forensic expertise in the police case. In 1961 , a regional newspaper Northern Echo of whichX was a part of, established that it was a miscarriage of justice and Y was innocent. X in later life became famous as the whistle-blower for a number of famous cases due to his investigative journalism. The incident also ledto a 1971 movie starring Richard Attenborough. Identify X, Y and the Movie
- 30. Miscarriage of Justice # 1 X = HaroldEvans Y = Timothy Evans Movie = 10 Rillington Place