QUI9 ANNUAL OPEN QUIZ PRELIMS 2023 .pptx

QUI9 Grand Annual Quiz - Season 11
Glorious 11 years
11th QUI9 GRAND ANNUAL QUIZ
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Elimination Round

Total 25 questions.
All carry +2 marks.
6 star marked questions.
Top 9 teams will be qualified for the final.
Regarding any answer, QM is GOD today!!
Preliminary Segment Open General Quiz
RULES

QUI9 GRAND ANNUAL QUIZ | Season11 1
During Indonesia’s 50th Independence Day, they decided to honor
a foreigner who had played a crucial rule in Indonesian freedom
struggle.
The story goes like this, this person had rescued the first Prime
Minister of Indonesia out of Jakarta amid Dutch forces’ firing in
1947. For his actions, he was awarded an honorary citizenship and
their highest national award- ‘Star of Service’.
Who is this person?

QUI9 GRAND ANNUAL QUIZ | Season11
Biju Patnaik
A

While facing serious challenges in business, adopting
some smart steps helped the company to flourish. Like
using plastic containers instead of the usual ones and
changing the square shape to cylindrical to counter the
very regular rat attack.
ID the pioneer brand.

Ans
A

If the first one is Washington, D.C., what is the other
one of the two world capitals named after a U.S.
President?
Clue - This president was a prominent supporter of the
American Colonization Society.

Monrovia, capital of Liberia named after James Monroe.
A

In ‘Kobigan’ a ‘Kobial’ takes the lead and is supported by
a group of singers who are collectively called X.
X is another ‘group’, the name of which was given by
Aveek Majumdar, a Professor of Jadavpur University. X
means 'chorus'.
Id X.

ID the music director, one of the most rhythmic and melodious one of
the Hindi film industry.

ID the author of this upcoming (2024) book.

Salman Rushdie
A

Whose star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame is unique, being
the only one to be mounted
on a vertical surface because
of the legend’s request that
‘the name’ should not be
walked upon?

Muhammad Ali
A

This is the logo of virtual Living Waters
Museum of Kolkata, an initiative which
aims to look at the city through its
waters. A first of its kind, this museum
make individuals aware of their water
footprint.
‘--- ------ Kolkata’ is a Bengali two word
term aptly given to this initiative that
translates into something like ‘living
and breathing’ in English.
What's the name?

Charak Puja is a Hindu folk festival, held in southern
Bangladesh and West Bengal on the last day of the
month of Chaitra. The festival is actually a centenary
to satisfy ‘Lord Shiva’. Saints of Charak Puja are
called X. From X comes a famous term Y that is used
to express anxiety specially to avoid Misfortune .
ID the phrase.

X- BALA, Y- বালাই ষাট
A

Identify the Voice & the literary piece.

QUI9 GRAND ANNUAL QUIZ | Season11 A

ID the person behind this tweet that has made him/her viral
again for ‘all the wrong reasons’ & costed a huge financial loss.

According to some, it was a place where
small boats were made or repaired. Thus the
name came. Billionaire Umichand had a
garden on the opposite side of the bank.
Name the Place.

Ultadanga
A

Karim Abdul married Mumtaj Jehan Dehlavi, his
ladylove. Though Karim’s parents did not accept
the marriage and refused to attend the ceremony.
But within a month she returned to her house in
Bandra. Their marriage remained under strain
until she died in 1969 of ventricular septal defect.
How do we better know Karim?

Karim is Kishore Kumar.
Mumtaj Jehan Dehlavi is Madhubala’s real name
A

Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the first to introduce Xs around 1809-1814 and
since then Xs are being valued highly.
Around 32 thousand Xs are in India though in recent times because of
Indian government’s certain controversial scheme and Russia-Ukraine
war Russia is X’s favourite destination (many Xs are in the Ukrainian side
too).
It is interesting to see that how something that is considered patriotic is
actually just like a gun that only kills, where the hands are not really
important.
IDENTIFY X?

Which event, recognized for
its running gags and
cheerful ambiance, features
Miss Sweetie Poo, a
character who vocally
protests with ‘PLEASE STOP,
I’M BORED’ in a high-
pitched tone when speakers
surpass their time limits?

Ig Nobel Prize ceremony
A

ID the Movie!
?

Inscription reads
“Rest In Peace, For The Error Shall
Not Be Repeated.”
ID the place.

Hiroshima, A-Bomb dome
A

Titarpur in West Delhi is a neighbourhood famous for artisans
who are specially commissioned to do a very specific task
every year in a particular month. The objects they create
have to be tall, filled with certain chemical compounds able
to spark a certain reaction when required.
The rest of the year they mostly idle away, with occasional
assignments from political parties for making models of
opponents.
What are they famous for creating?

Ravan Effigy
A

What is the name of this layered
shot, made using grenadine, Galliano
or banana liqueur, creme de menthe
& Bacardi 151 or overproof rum?
A rudimentary Google search for the
‘___ ______ (3,6) shot’ will yield
results for a 1970s assassination
attempt instead of the drink.

What is the name of this musical instrument which is made of very
trivial natural stuff?
Some of the portion of this is taken from a regional folklore
collection of Bengal with which Dinesh Chandra Sen’s name is
deeply associated. Which collection?

Patar banshi, Maimansingha Gitika
A

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