Prahelika finals

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Grand Finale

Rounds

• Written (5) • Mixed Bag (18)• SVC• Written (5)• Mixed Bag II (18)

Round1

Getting Inspired• 5 questions. • Each question carries 5

marks.• Full house ensure 5 bonus.

For the Audience

Which entertainer

modelled his look after getting

inspired from this toon-character?

A quiz by Somnath Chanda

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The Answer

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Elvis Prisley

Two simpleton peasants, Tahei and Matashichi in the Kurosawa’s The

Hidden Fortress, supposedly, inspired a filmmaker to create which two

iconic movie characters?

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Which iconic artwork is said to have been

inspired by the melting of a Camembert Cheese after getting

exposed to the sun?

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What did this recruitment poster of WWI, reportedly,

inspire?

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Who is said to be the inspiration for the physical features of the Super-

Clone in ‘Asterix and the Falling Sky’?

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On 23rd July 2013, Yeovil

Town FC announced

the signing of Alan Tate on

loan from Swansea City.This peculiar

way of announcing

the signing is inspired from which age-old

tradition?

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Exchange

papers

Two simpleton peasants, Tahei and Matashichi in the Kurosawa’s The

Hidden Fortress, supposedly, inspired a filmmaker to create which two

iconic movie characters?

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R2D2 & C3PO

Which iconic artwork is said to have been

inspired by the melting of a Camembert Cheese after getting

exposed to the sun?

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‘Persistence of Memory’ by Dali

What did this recruitment poster of WWI, reportedly,

inspire?

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Climactic scene from Dr. Strangelove, where Major Kong straddles the

atomic bomb

Who is said to be the inspiration for the physical features of the Super-

Clone in ‘Asterix and the Falling Sky’?

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

On 23rd July 2013, Yeovil

Town FC announced

the signing of Alan Tate on

loan from Swansea City.This peculiar

way of announcing

the signing is inspired from which age-old

tradition?

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Buckingham Palace’s traditional way of announcing the birth of the

‘Royal Baby’

Round2

Mixed Bag• 18 questions. • Infinite Bounce + Pounce.• Flat scoring of 10 points.• Half points, if any, is totally

QM’s discretion.

For the Audience

Though its roots can be found in a noted institution based in Central Kolkata, it was relocated to a new

address named ‘Amrapali’ in the early ‘50s.

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The Answer

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Indian Statistical Institute

To please Ganesha’s constant demand of marriage, Brahma created two

beautiful women – Riddhi (representing wealth and prosperity) and Siddhi (representing intellectual

and spiritual powers). Who are the two sons of Ganesha from them representing auspiciousness and

profit?

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The Answer

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Shubh - Labh

The question was – “What do you know about the textile heritage of India and

what’s your wardrobe like?” The answer was – “As far as I know, the

textile heritage of India dates back to Gandhi and the khadi movement. And no, my wardrobe has no khadi in it,

although I love ethnic clothes”.What was decided by this apparently,

not-so-intelligent answer?

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The 1994 Miss India winner was decided.

Sush prevailed over Ash, courtesy this reply

Fill in the blank with a 10-letter word from this

extract from the Holmes’ story ‘The Musgrave Ritual’, which came into news

in the recent times : He (Sherlock) lifted bundle after bundle in a tender, caressing sort of way. “They

are not all successes,Watson,” said he. “But there are some

pretty littleproblems among them. Here’s the

record of the Tarleton murders, and the case of Vamberry, the wine merchant, and the adventure of the old Russian woman, and the singular affair of the

aluminium crutch, as well as a full account of Ricoletti of the club-foot, and

his _____ wife.”

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Abominable

Using techniques typically used to solve crimes, retired medical artist Richard Neave recently created a

portrait of a person whose original physical description is not found in

any written records.Whose portrait did he create?

(vis – next slides)

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Jesus Christ

Just a few years back, Aditya Pratik Singh went to attend the wedding

reception of one of his relatives in a remote village in Haryana. Amidst all

the fun and frolic in that Punjabi-wedding, he saw an old lady was

feeling very irritated and vehemently requesting the village musicwala to play a particular Hayanvi folk song.

What came out of this funny incident?

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Though men’s list is pretty longer, women’s list has only two names -

Canada-born Nicola Payne and New Zealand-born Rowan Milburn.

What is the eligibility criteria to get into this list?

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The Answer

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Played cricket for two different countries

On the penultimate day of the Kurukshetra War, after Arjuna killed Karna, Kunti requested the Pandavas to perform the rites for Karna. When they protested, she revealed the true identity of Karna. They were shocked

to find that they had committed fratricide. Yudhishtira, furious with

his mother, then cursed all the women of this universe.

This story is said to be the reason behind what common

saying/occurence?A quiz by Somnath

Chanda

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The Answer

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Women would never be able to keep a secret

Said to have been invented in the 1860s by British potter Harvey Adams,

this new item spread all over the European continent and soon, every

famous potter-house was making them. Some of the well-known

manufactories were Meissen, Royal Crown Derby, Imari, Royal Bayreuth

and Limoges. Which common health-related hazards did these items help to prevent during

that era?(vis – next slide)

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These were Moustache Cups Often, moustache wax was applied to the

moustache to keep it nice and stiff, with every hair in place. When steaming hot cups of tea or coffee

were carried up to the mouth for sipping, the steam melted the wax and sent it right into the

cup and caused stomach-ache.

In May, 2015, accepting an invitation by a Turkish band to sing a ‘last song

for peace’ at a dinner hosted by Turkey near the Mediterranean city of Antalya, foreign ministers from

NATO’s member states linked arms on a stage and sang a karaoke rendition of a song which won three Grammy Awards, one American Music Award, and a People’s Choice Award among

many others.Which song is that? A quiz by Somnath

Chanda

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The Answer

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For the Audience

Which animal is being de-skinned by Laxmana, as depicted in this

mythological painting?

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The Answer

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Blackbuck

In the world of sports, what lasted 14 seconds (on Feb 28), 34 seconds (on

Aug 1) and 59 seconds (on Nov 14) in 2015?

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Ronda Roussey’s fights

Akbar Shah II was the penultimate Mughal

Emperor of India. After he was ill treated by the EIC, he had sent

someone to the British Parliament to argue on

his behalf. In the process, he did

something for which he is mostly

remembered. What’s his most

important contribution?

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The Answer

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Conferred the title ‘Raja’ to Rammohan Roy

These are some of the paintings depicting Mughal period by a painter who had not met any Mughals in his

entire life. Identify him.

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Rembrandt

This multi-faceted French started his career as a silk weaver, then worked as an armyman in the French Army and

later in the British East India Company and also rose to the rank of Major

General. He was the chief architect of a major north Indian city. Later in his life

he became a successful indigo merchant and a self taught surgeon.

Despite all these, he is mostly remembered as the founder of a noted

chain of institutions which is also found in Kolkata.

Who was he? Also, identify the institution.

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Claude Martin & La Martinier Schools

Prakash Vir Shastri, an Arya

Samaj leader and a noted

parliamentarian, was actually the first Indian to do

something unusual in the world stage but the credit is

wrongly attributed to another UPwala.What’s his claim to

fame? A quiz by Somnath

Chanda

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The Answer

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First Indian to speak in Hindi at the UNO

As stated by the lyricist, the inspiration behind the lovely lyrics is his wife, a pretty successful lady in

her own right.Identify the lyricist.

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Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Founded in 1668, it is the 3rd oldest of its type to be still in operation. It’s motto

literally means - Herefore strength

and safety. What did it decide to

do as part of the celebration of its

300th anniversary?

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The Answer

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Constituted the Nobel Prize for Economics

This former Man U and Barca player, who played alongside Eric Cantona

during his hey days, is now the Sports Director of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Apart from

appearing for his own country, he played a few matches for Catalonia

also. But despite all his moderate records,

why he is keenly followed by the media worldwide?

(vis – next slide) A quiz by Somnath Chanda

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The Answer

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Jordi Cryuff, son of Johan Cryuff

Filmmaker Anant Mahadevan said about a particular sequence of The

Xpose, “We have a similar scene where producers of a particular movie

release an actress’ last recording which was originally dubbed by a

dubbing artiste. The resultant ‘sympathy wave’ for that leading lady

made their film a hit.” This particular sequence was actually

based on which real life incident?A quiz by Somnath

Chanda

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The Answer

‘Pakeezah’, which flopped initially got an impetus after the release of a tape which was supposedly the ‘last recorded message’ of Meena

Kumari. But in reality, it was dubbed by Padma Khanna.

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Round3

Loose Connection• Not part of any selective

group.• One try after each clue.• Marks for the Connection-

Answer given in every slide

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+35/-15

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+30/-12

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Anyone trying???

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+25/-09

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+20/-06

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Anyone trying???

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+15/-04

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+10/-02

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+05/-01

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Anyone trying???

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Seven Days

Round4

Impersonation• 5 questions. • Each question carries 5

marks.• Full house ensure 5 bonus.

For the Audience

Which Oscar winner is being mimicked by Matt Damon?

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The Answer

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Matthew McConaughey

Who is Sonu Nigam impersonating?

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Which actor, named the third greatest male screen legend of the Golden Age

Hollywood by the AFI, is being mimicked by Spacey?

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Which former great is being mimicked?

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Who is impersonating Bob Dylan?

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Absolutely hilarious one…..Djoker at his best….who is he mimicking?

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Exchange

papers

Who is Sonu Nigam impersonating?

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Kumar Sanu

Which actor, named the third greatest male screen legend of the Golden Age

Hollywood by the AFI, is being mimicked by Spacey?

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Jimmy Stewart

Which former great is being mimicked?

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Michael Holding

Who is impersonating Bob Dylan?

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Jimmy Fallon

Absolutely hilarious one…..Djoker at his best….who is he mimicking?

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Serena Williams

Round5

Mixed Bag II• 18 questions. • Infinite Bounce + Pounce.• Flat scoring of 10 points.• Half points, if any, is totally

QM’s discretion.

For the Audience

Manmohan Desai wanted to ‘recreate a golden page from India’s thrilling past’ with Rajesh Khanna and Hema

Malini. But all his efforts proved futile and the film was unfortunately

shelved. Why that particular jinxed project

came into news recently?

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The Answer

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Bajirao Mastani

For the Audience

In paleontology, a ____ taxon is a taxon that disappears for one or

more periods from the fossil record, only to appear again later. The term

refers to the biblical story in which Jesus Christ performed a

miraculous job.The term again came back to public

memory because of an emotional reason.

What is that one-word term?A quiz by Somnath

Chanda

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The Answer

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Lazarus

Syrian rebels in the town of Kafranbel had such a realistic grasp of the

workings of publicity that they hold up a giant banner in 2015 addressed to X, offering to rename their city in ‘her’

honour if they could be free.Who is X?

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Caitlyn Jenner

As per folklore, King Trishanku became suspended between heaven and earth

because of ego hassles between Viswamitra and Indra. But, Vishwamitra

knowing that Trishanku would eventually fall to earth unless held up

by physical means, propped him up with a long pole. The pole eventually turned into the stem of a tree and Trishanku’s head became its fruit. The fibre around the fruit is his beard. After peeling the fruit, one can see his eyes peering at

him. This is supposedly the origin of which

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Coconut

Stephen Harper, the pianist and lead vocalist of the band The Van Cats once said that he coined the name after the address of his one-time residence 24

Sussex Drive. What is so special about this naming?

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The Answer

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Stephen Harper was the former PM of Canada.

The no. 24 in French is Vingto Quarte which sounds similar to Van Cats.

The US Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva, Michael Punke allegedly came up with the idea to

write his most popular novel while on an airplane, after reading a couple of lines in a history book about real-life braveheart. The book took a total of

four years to complete and he actually caught pneumonia at least four times during the painstaking research work.

Which book did he write?(It came into news in the recent times)

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The Answer

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The Revenant

Just a few weeks ago, scores of whale death were reported in Tuticorin due to beaching (stranded out of the water).

Apart from natural causes like El Nino, there have been some other factors like

- pollution, SONAR activities etc also associated with beaching.

As reported by the Indian Express, which major subcontinental crisis caused last such mass beaching of whales on the shores of Tuticorin?

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The Answer

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1971 Indo-Pak War

This organisation, the second largest after the United Nations in terms of international representation, employ

these celebrities as the brand ambassadors to highlight different

causes. Who is the first and till date the only

Indian to get that honour?

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The Answer

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An iconic photograph taken from the Cricinfo archive……what is being, reportedly,

said by the ‘deshbhakt’

spectator to the amused batsman

Brijesh Patel?

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The Answer

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Requested Patel to tell Sunil Gavaskar to score a little quickly

during his landmark innings of 36*

After learning classical vocal music for 15 years, he got mesmerised by a radio recital of Pandit Bholanath and decided to change his track. As per the legend goes, to pursue his new dream, he shoplifted from a local

musical-instrument shop and started his practice.

Identify this maestro who was once a disciple of Annapurna Devi.

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The Answer

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Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

For the Audience

Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (vis) was one of the most popular comedians of the silent film era. He made nearly 200

comedy films, both silent and ‘talkies’, between 1914 and 1947. He is best

known for his ‘Glasses Character’ (often named ‘Harold’ in the silent films), a

resourceful, success-seeking go-getter who was perfectly in tune with 1920s

era America. He, however, is remembered for what

reason in the pop culture?(vis – next slide) A quiz by Somnath

Chanda

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Reportedly, the physical appearance of Clark Kent is based on him

Because of all the hype and hoopla, the project was kept under wraps. Relatives of Doubleday employees

were hired as couriers to deliver of the portions of the book from the

company’s head office in Manhattan to the printing plant in Fairfield,

Pennsylvania. It was given the codename ‘Neil Armstrong’ for

obvious connection.Which project was this?

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The Answer

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Moonwalk – autobiography of Michael Jackson

19 years older than the oldest political party of India, it started its operation

on 2 Jan, 1866. The numbers 1 Up/2 Dn bore signs of its early

service. It’s most famous hour came when Netaji used it during his Great

Escape from his house arrest in Kolkata in 1941.

Also featured in a short story by Satyajit Ray, what am I talking about?

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Kalka Mail

In 2015, Anand and Punita Baid of Bengaluru, along with their kids Yash (12) and Dhriti (8), went on an epic trip exploring through 11 countries

over 111 days in a FIAT Linea. What did this Indian family-of-four

christen themselves?

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LIFE (Little Indian Family of Explorers)

This title-track and also the title of this recent family drama is said to be

a tribute to which well-known song?

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The 100th Amendment to the Indian Constitution came into force since the

1st of August 2015.Because of this amendment, more

than 30,000 people will legally get the right to celebrate the Independence

Day on 15th of August.What the amendment is all about?

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The Answer

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Land distribution between India & Bangladesh

Apparently the characterizations, namely - ‘sharp’, ‘principal’ and ‘diffuse’ were devised first by the

British chemists George Liveing and Sir James Dewar in the 1870s.

‘Fundamental’ was added later, due to the work of Arno Bergmann around

1907.What are these?

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The Answer

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spdf Orbitals

When Saint Patrick went to Ireland to convert the Druidic peoples to

Christianity, he was challenged by a local chief to the Christian idea of the

Trinity, three gods in one person. In that hour of crisis, how did Saint

Patrick convince him?

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He plucked a Shamrock from the ground and pointed to its three

leaves growing from one stem. The rest is history…….

Tom Cruise’s Top Gun was one of the first films that made heroes out of

fighter pilots. In the film, Tom Cruise and his squadron squared off

successfully against the Soviet MiG 28 aircrafts.

What was the most glaring mistake in the military action?

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The Answer

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MiG fighter planes were always denoted by odd numbers 15, 17, 19,

21, 23, 27, 29 and 31

On a trip to the hills, Rabindranath Tagore noted that a lady from his

touring entourage was purchasing a miniature elephant statue made of black wood. When the poet queried, she replied that his husband had a

habit of collecting these. Gently Tagore looked at the dark

complexioned and rather healthy looking lady and quipped, “Well now I

know why he married you”!Who was the husband-wife duo?A quiz by Somnath

Chanda

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The Answer

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P.C. Mahalanobis & Nirmalkumari Devi

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