Confluence - 2017 (Grand Finale)

Format of the Quiz
• Written Round.(5)
• Mixed Bag.(15)
• Special.(--)
• Written Round II.(5)
• Mixed Bag II.(15)

Please Remember…..
• Bold words in the questions are distinct
clues. Try to decipher the clues judiciously.
• Look for the underlined words to answer.
• The icons used in the question slide has
certain meanings :----
Visual Video Audio

What’s in Offer….
 Written Round
 The round is about inspired works
 Answers are not at all inter-related
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 10 marks : (without stake)
+ 15 / - 05 : (with stake)

One of the most important tourist destinations,
L’Hemisfèric is the centerpiece of the City of Arts
and Sciences at Valencia, Spain.
What acts as the basic inspiration for the design
of this building?
Questions by Somnath Chanda
*

Human Eye
*

This particular
photograph of
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
inspired Satyajit Ray to
design/illustrate what?
1

The signature posture of this mammal inspired
something that won a recent nationwide
contest.
What was thus selected?
2

Which iconic work
of art inspired this
album cover?
3

Amazon removed this Halloween
costume after furious backlash.
Who is said to be the inspiration
behind this costume?
4

What is the source of inspiration for this
strange-looking logo of the Museum of London
created by the ad-agency Coley Porter Bell?
5

Cover Illustration of ‘Banalata Sen’
1

Logo of Bullet Train in India
2

Raphael’s ‘The School of Athens’
3

Oscar Pistorius
4

The growing geographic area
of London over a period of time
5

 15 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+ 10 marks : (Bounce)
+ 10 / - 05 : (Pounce)
 Half Points available as and when
specified by QM

This common English word originating from a
Latin word meaning - ‘act of flowing together’.
In the field of science, it signifies – flowing
together of two or more streams or two or
more glaciers.
Identify this good-word which, with time, has
gained a lot of importance in this part of the
world.
*

Confluence
*

The idea was conceived by an adventurous
engineer Rowland Macdonald Stephenson. During
the middle of the 19th century, work started
accordingly. But the investors backed out, citing
non-profitablity of the project. Franklin Prestage
who was fascinated by the ethereal scenic
beauty of the region, took interest and restarted
the project. Gillanders Arbuthnot and Co.
supervised it and the rest is history.
What is being talked about?
1

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
1

Among the 19 Guinness World Records, some
significant/insignificant ones are - Largest
Greetings Card Mosaic, Largest Vegetable
Mosaic, Largest Finger Painting and Most
People Tossing Coins Simultaneously.
Who is this world-record holder?
2

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan
2

Stages is the title of a Self-Portrait Project by
American photographer Laura Hofstadter. With
her minimal styling and manipulation, she has
succeeded in producing a striking and elegant set
of portraits emulating classical paintings that
maintains the fine balance between seriousness
and humor.
Identify the original work that was created in
1659.
3

‘Self Portrait with Beret and
Turned-Up Collar’ by Rembrandt
3

Mostly found in Jharkhand, Bihar and parts of
Bengal, this primitive tribe celebrates Sohrai,
which coincides with Diwali, by applying dark
coloured karanja oil on their navel, chest and
nose, and eat cucumber. It symbolically represent
the blood that oozed out from the injuries and
subsequent death of their main ancestor.
Which tribe, an expert of rust-free iron smelting
technique, is being talked about?
4

Asur/Asura Tribe
4

This custom-made coffin (vis) was unveiled at
the Funermostra-2017, an annual expo that
showcases the latest products and services
available in the funeral worlds.
Offered to the die-hard fanatics to fulfill their
wish of spending eternity as close as possible to
their beloved ones, which ‘organisation’ is behind
this plan?
5

Real Madrid
5

The troops of Duke Godfrey III of Leuven were
battling against the troops of the Berthouts, in
1142. Considering his tender age, the Duke didn’t
engage in the battle in person but, standing on
top of a tree, ‘helped’ his troops in the only way
he could. In the end, his troops won.
How that ‘brave’ act by the Duke has been
commemorated?
6

‘The Manneken Pis’ in Brussels
6

A noted alumnus of JNU, his professional career
include – a short stint as a social scientist in the
Urban Transport and Pollution Sector with
TERI in New Delhi and as an econometrician and
business analyst in IRI Symphony, Bangalore.
Just connect him with the following songs from
the movies, directed by Aparna Sen, Mainak
Bhaumik and Ravi Kinagi, respectively.
7

Srijit Mukherjee as Lyricist
7

Published on 2009, Jeffrey Archer’s ‘Paths of
Glory’ created huge noise in certain island nation.
Interestingly, it contains several significant
factual errors, one of the most obvious being that
the Grands Mulets mountain hut could be
observed from Courmayeur.
However, what established-fact did the book
famously try to counter?
8

It stated that George Mallory
was the first to conquer Mount Everest
8

After making some sports themed tv-serials,
director Sushanta Das is contemplating about
making a biopic. The tentative title of the movie
will remind you about a train plying through the
Nadia district.
Whose life is going to be portrayed on screen?
*

Jhulan Goswami
*

Representing a trustful and reliable
relationship between a buyer and a seller (vis),
this cordial gesture is said to be the real
inspiration.
But in common parlance, an English alphabet is
thought to be the reason.
9

Logo of Hyundai
9

Director Terry Zwigoff (of ‘Bad Santa’ fame), said
that as soon as he saw this popular musical
number from a bolly-movie, he decided to use it
in the opening of his film ‘Ghost World’.
Which hit thriller movie of the 1960s, based on a
famous novel, was this?
10

Gumnaam
10

As part of the Gravity Recovery And Climate
Experiment (GRACE), two small satellites were
launched in March 2002 to investigate the Earth’s
shifting water masses and map their effects on the
planet’s gravitational field. Though it seems that
they are chasing each other, in reality they are
maintaining a constant gap of 200 km.
What are they appropriately nicknamed as?
11

11

Tom & Jerry
11

During the bombing of Lebanon in 2006,
approximately 1,200 civilians were killed, one-
third of them children. Human Rights Watch has
reported that as many as 4.6 million cluster
bombs were dropped by Israel during those 34
days. Someone’s active participation in that
operation has come back to haunt that person in
mid-2017 which resulted in some serious
monetary losses.
What was the issue?
12

‘Wonder Woman’ was banned in Lebanon
12
Gal Gadot used to be a part of Israeli Army during that operation

Started in the 1930s
only ‘for love of the
game’, it got its present
status after this highly
publicised event (vis)
that took place in the 1st
week of Aug, 1998 at
the lawns of world’s
oldest sporting museum.
What?
13

Women’s Ashes
13

Early Muslim name of this
region may have given birth to
the name of it’s inhabitants.
Some scientists argue that it
originates from the Arabic word
‘Raham’ and literally stands for
‘God's blessed people’.
Who are these ‘blessed people’?
14

Rohingyas
14
The term ‘Rohingya’ may come from Rakhanga or Roshanga, the
words for the state of Arakan.

Though this person is not known for any sporting
achievements, only twice his involvement was
recorded in two different sporting fields.
In the first instance, he performed the role of a
coxswains in the Oxford Rowing Team during his
initial years at Oxford. (vis – 1)
And in the second one, he devised some winning
formulas for his country to succeed in the global
stage just a few years back. (vis – 2)
Who? Explain the second occasion.
15

15

Stephen Hawking & England’s World Cup
Winning Formula for 2014 FIFA WC
15

 A Grid with numbers 1-10
 Teams will blindly pick their numbers
+ 10 marks : (direct)
+ 15 / - 05 : (bonus only on pounce)
 There is a special theme associated with
the answers of this round.
 Marks for theme answer is given in the
next slide.

Marks
 After qstn 1 : +20 / -10
 After qstn 2 : +18 / -09
 After qstn 3 : +16 / -08
 After qstn 4 : +14 / -07
 After qstn 5 : +12 / -06
 After qstn 6 : +10 / -05
 After qstn 7 : +08 / -04
 After qstn 8 : +06 / -03
 After qstn 9 : +04 / -02
 After qstn 10 : +02 / -01

Number-Grid
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10

As an aftermath of the Las-Vegas Shooting Incident,
this slogan by the National Rifle Association - ‘I’ll
give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from
my cold, dead hands’, came back into public
memory. Originally mentioned in a 1976 Report,
it’s popularity owed to a former President of the
NRA who repeatedly mentioned these words
(either fully or partly) in his speeches till his
retirement in 2003.
Who?
1

Charlton Heston
1

2
The Nikhileshwar Mahadev Mandir (vis) is a
major tourist place in Silvassa. Located on the
bank of the River Damanganga, it stands on 412
pillars and has been constructed without using
steel. The temple’s speciality is it’s unique
appearance, that can be best appreciated when
viewed from above.
Explain it’s speciality.

OM
2

Though the title refers to a forest in an
European country, the novel is set in Tokyo
during the late 1960s, at a time when Japanese
students, like those of many other nations, were
protesting against the establishment. It made the
author something of a superstar in his native
country. Interestingly, the novel shares its name
with something that is pretty popular among the
quizzers because of an India-connecting trivia.
Which novel is that?
3

Norwegian Wood
3

Who made his/her acting debut in this Pavan
Kaul directed video-movie ‘Abhishek’?
(The star cast included Aditya Pancholi, Nitish
Bharadwaj, Archana Puran Singh and many others)
4

Farah Khan
4

This famed 14-year old rivalry, considered by
some to be the ‘Greatest’, saw 38 encounters so
far. Their fans saw a friendly partnership
between these two eternal rivals in the recent
past which culminated in a sweet victory for
them.
Where did this unthinkable actually happen?
(It is scheduled to take place in Chicago in 2018)
5

Laver Cup
5

The term refers to the utilisation of latest
technologies in order to facilitate peer to peer
transactions, often bypassing the role of centrally
planned corporations. It also minimises the
distance between the provider and customer of
a service. The rating system for the quality of the
service provided is also used to run it better.
Identify this 21st-century term derived from a
premier company of the recent times.
6

Uberisation (from Uber)
6

On July 17, 2017 Empire
State Building was lit up in
a special shade of yellow.
What did it celebrate?
7

Emojis
7

A part of the Dharmasastras, a collection of
legal maxims, this text is purely juridical in
character. It is the only Dharmasastra text to not
cover areas such as righteous conduct and
penance.
After which expert in dharma, also portrayed
as an instructor of law and politics, this highly
revered text in different South Asian countries
has been named?
8

Narada
8

As part of the physical and mental preparation,
Chileans tried their bit to win their maiden U-17
World Cup title. After taking lessons of Hot Yoga,
performed in an environment of 35°C and 95%
humidity, Chilean team management demanded
for something else which raised a few eyebrows.
What did they do just 2 days before the start of the
tournament that was also posted on their official
Twitter handle along with this photo?
9

‘Chak De India’
9

In this group of 72 luminaries, some of the noted
ones are -- Pierre-Simon Laplace (astronomer &
mathematician), Antoine Lavoisier (chemist), Paul
Broca (anthropologist) & Charles-Augustin de
Coulomb (physicist). But none of the fairer sex is
part of this ‘highly placed’ group.
Where would you find them all together?
10

10

Eiffel Tower
10

The Answers are
1. Charlton Heston
2. Om
3. Norwegian Wood
4. Farah Khan
5. Laver Cup
6. Uberisation
7. Emoji
8. Narada
9. Chak De India
10. Eiffel Tower
Theme

 Written Round
 The round is about the first/last member
of any list
 Answers are not at all inter-related
+ 10 marks : (without stake)
+ 15 / - 05 : (with stake)

This ever-increasing list has more than 200
entries. Some of them are –
Which is the first one in this list?
*

Darjeeling Tea
*
India’s GI Products

Which is the first one in this list of 7?
1
2 3 4
7 6 5

Just 4 out of 15 in this list are shown here.
Which is the first one to start this trend?
2

Till date, this list has 12 illustrated names. Some
of them are :--
Who is the first member of this list?
3

Till date, this has been achieved 11 times by 9
Indians.
Who is the last one to record this feat?
4

Who ended this chain?
5

Bal Kanda
1
7 Kandas of ‘The Ramayana’

Maine Pyar Kiya
2
Salman Khan as ‘Prem’

Lal Bahadur Shastri
3
Posthumous Bharat Ratna winners

Ajinkya Rahane
4

Mumtaz Mahal
5
Names mentioned in the Memory Game sequence of the movie
‘Aranyer Dinratri’

A much-used (or abused!!!) song of the recent
times….who is the singer of this version?
(Taken from the 1989 movie ‘Billoo Badshah’ whose
music was composed by a gentleman named Jagjit
Singh)
*

Govinda (himself)
*

Just a few years ago, an entire collection of
paintings, wood carvings and katum kutum
(made from twigs and branches) of an amateur
artist were donated to the Indian Museum by his
family members on the occasion of his 115th birth
anniversary.
Identify this talented artist who was
overshadowed by his other well known talent.
1

Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
1

Romanian govt., to stop certain criminal
practise among the officials, decided for a
remedial measure. As a part of that plan, an
official announcement was made in Feb, 2017. But
after huge protests from different quarters, the
decision was reversed.
What did the Romanian govt. want to
implement that also made them a kind of
laughing stock to others?
2

Legalised Bribes
2
Bribes upto €50,000 were legalised

Puliyattam is a folk art dance of the Tamil people.
Once pretty popular, the performers are
painstakingly painted by the local artisans in
vibrant colours to evoke awful reaction from the
crowd.
How this dying-art form experienced a little
revival of interest among the present generation
because of a dragon-taming spectacle?
3

Mrs. Stanley ___ ______, a specialist in the economic
anthropology, created microcredit programs while
working as a consultant for the United States
Agency for International Development. In
Indonesia, her research helped to formulate the
largest microfinance program in the world.
Despite all these, she (vis) is mostly known for her
more famous son.
Identify her son.
4

Barack Obama
4

Tianchisaurus is a dinosaur genus from the
middle-Jurassic period that was unearthed in
the early 1990s in China. The unlikely name –
Nedegoapeferima has been proposed by the
person who has funded the entire research
project.
What was the funda behind that strange species
name?
5

The main cast of the movie
‘Jurassic Park’
5
Named after combining the names of - Sam Neill, Laura Dern,
Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Robert Peck, Martin
Ferrero, Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello

Identify the lyricist of this U2 number taken from
the OST of the Mel Gibson starrer The Million
Dollar Hotel.
6

Salman Rushdie
6

Aashad Ka Ek Din is considered to be the first
Modern Hindi play and has been made into a
critically acclaimed film in 1971.
The story of the play/movie is based on the life of
which noted person?
(The title may act as a clue)
7

Kalidasa
The title of the play derives from the second verse of the Kalidas’
play ‘Meghadutam’
7

Probably, in an unique instance in the world
history, how are these two 15th century
monuments – one in Chittorgarh and another
one in Mandu, connected to each other?
8

Built by the opposing rulers who
both claimed victory in the same battle
8
Though history books suggest that Rana Kumbha decisively
defeated Mahmud Khilji in the Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas
in 1443

Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, the
newest genre of this field - ‘Reggaeton’ has
gained currency in the recent months.
Which is the first well known sample of this
genre that ‘slowly’ captures the #1 slot in the
U.S.?
*

On this coin of 1 Ngulutrum (vis) in Bhutan, the
following icons/symbols are present :
‘Dharmachakra’ (Wheel of the law) on one side
and a group of 8 highly revered icons on the
reverse.
With which name is that ‘group of eight’ known
to us?
9

9
1 2
3
4
56
8
7

Ashtamangala
9

During the 18th century, theatre performers of a
particular age-group were called by this term. It
appeared in the 1828 OED to characterize a fun-
loving wealthy person. By the end of the 19th
century it also implied the connotations of
‘gambler’ and ‘musician’.
Irish playwright J.M. Synge gave the term it’s
present definition. The post-WWII years saw a
boom in it’s popularity.
Identify this in-the-news one word term.
10

Playboy
10

It all started in 1869 as Friedrich Miescher took
some bandages soaked in blood and pus from
Prussian soldiers in a local hospital and mixed
them with ezymes from a pig’s stomach. The
following experiment was discarded by others
after commenting that it had merely ‘enhanced the
understanding of pus’.
All these ‘failed’ experiments came to light after a
Nobel-winning discovery in the 20th century.
Which landmark discovery was this?
11

DNA
11

Claimed to be the Chauhan Rajputs, who took to
the occupation of acrobatics to escape persecution
and attempts to forcefully convert them to Islam
during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb, this gypsy
community has now been granted Scheduled
Caste status in Haryana, Punjab and UP. They
suddenly came into the public conscience during
the 1990s for a different context.
Identify this group of people.
12

Baazigar
12

The batsman missed the milestone by 4 runs of
scoring centuries in both the innings of a test
match when he got out in this fashion.
Why this particular dismissal in this drawn test
match was a very significant one for the quizzers?
13

Sunil Gavaskar’s only Test Victim – the
batsman was Zaheer Abbas
13

The only film written by the Munshi Premchand
in which he also played a cameo, Majdoor (1934)
courted controversy owing to a sequence where the
sister incited the mill-workers to strike against
her own brother who was the owner of that mill. It
created huge news across the country and shows
were cancelled in many places. Interestingly,
workers at one press in Benares were inspired by
this film and called for a strike against non-
payment of wages.
Who was the owner of that well-known press?
14

Munshi Premchand himself
14

Once during a voyage, Maharaja
Krishnachandra’s (of Nadia) ship got stuck at a
nondescript ghat. He was adviced to offer his
prayers to god. With the help of local rice traders,
a makeshift-arrangement was done near the ghat
at Nichupatty. Thus started the tradition which
was assisted by the local French govt. in the
initial years.
15

Jagatdhatri Puja at Chandannagar
15

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