THE FINALS

ROUND – 1

THE ‘FIRST’ ROUND!

ROUND - 1

10 (Ten) Questions on the ‘First’s (CW).

Bounce / Pounce.

+10 / 0 on Bounce

30 sec. for direct or pouncing / no extra time for bounces

+10 / -10 on Pounce.

Maximum 5 (five) Pounces for a team in the round.

QM’s decision regarding any doubts would be the FINAL .

The picture shows the first exampleof its kind in the world.

What is it?

World’s first photocopy

The man in the picture is William Gilbert, who is oftenregarded as the “Father of Electrical Engineering”. He hasfirst used a daily used term, and is credited to be theoriginator of this particular term. He has used this termin his book ’De Magnete’ (1600).

What is the often used term William Gilbert used for the first time?

Electricity

Very recently an Indian movie has earned thedistinction of being the first movie in the world tohave its trailer launched at the Eiffel Tower.

Which movie?

India’s first Banking Robot is introduced bythe City Union Bank (CUB).

Name the Robot.

The flower shown in the picture isdistinctly a ‘First’ of its kind.

What’s so special about the flower?

First flower to bloom in theInternational Space Station, hencemaking it the first flower to bloom inouter space.

This is the first selfi taken inouter space.

Who took the selfi?

Identify the film In which this song was first used.

This is the first ever e-mail log sentever.

Who sent the email(s)?

Herodotus wrote his first bookon History in the 5th Century B.C.

Name the book.

Marathi film ‘Bindhast’ is the firstIndian film to earn a distinction.

Why is it a ‘first’ ?

First Indian Feature-Filmwith an all-lady cast.

ROUND – 2

A ROUND OF TWO!

ROUND - 2

Written Round.

There would be 2 (two) two-part questions.

Each question carries 10 marks.

Exchange answer-sheets after each question.

+10 for a Full-House.

Total 50 Marks at stake.

QM’s decision regarding any doubts would be the FINAL .

‘Akila Rajkot’ is a Gujarati evening-newspaper, which came into prominence oflate because of its ‘April Fool’ prank itpublished on its 1st April, 2016 edition.

What was the ‘April Fool Prank’?

The ‘Demonetization’ of the Indian Currency

Before 2016, Indian Currency wasdemonetized in 1978.

Who was the Prime Minister when India demonetized its currency in 1978?

This Mumbai-born Indian politician’sbirth anniversary is celebrated as‘Sadbhavna Divas’ and deathanniversary as ‘Anti-Terrorism Day’.

Identify the personality.

Small screen big star Karanvir Vohra has turnedproducer for a short film, where he plays the role ofRajiv Gandhi. The film explores the love storybetween the two extremely popular political figures –Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.

Name the film.

ROUND – 3

MIXED BAG ROUND

ROUND - 3

10 (Ten) Questions / Mixed Bag (ACW).

Bounce / Pounce.

+10 / 0 on Bounce

30 sec. for direct or pouncing / no extra time for bounces

+10 / -10 on Pounce.

Maximum 5 (five) Pounces for a team in the round.

QM’s decision regarding any doubts would be the FINAL .

Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed upcoming perioddrama film ‘Padmavati’ is said to be based on the epicpoem ‘Padmavat’, written in 1540 in Awadhi language.This epic poem is a fictionalized version of the blockadeof Chittor by Alauddin Khilji in 1303 AD, after hearing ofthe beauty of King Rawal Ratan Singh’s wife Queen RaniPadmini.

Who is the famous poet of the ‘Padmavat’?

These people are from a voluntary non-profit organization inIndia which helps and protects couples in love fromharassment and honour killing. They provide housing, legalaid, and protection to couples seeking their aid who are beingpersecuted by family and society for wanting to marry basedsolely on mutual attraction and love.

What is the name of the NGO?

World’s largest outline of a country’s map is shownin the picture. The map was drawn on the sands ofSambhar, Rajasthan, as a part of the advertisementcampaign.

Ad campaign of which particular product ?(specific answer would fetch full credit)

Sushmita Sen had won the Miss India 1994 pageantand Aishwarya Rai was crowned the Runner-up in thecontest. The other lady in the picture won the SecondRunner-up position.

Who was the lady ?

Francesca Hart

Former Team India Captain MS Dhoni hadgot only one wicket in his ODI career.

Whose wicket was it?

Travis Dowlin

In the three slides from the Salman Khan – KareenaKapoor hit ‘Bodyguard’, a lady actor is seen sharingthe screen presence. The lady is in news in theIndian media for a complete different reason of late.

Identify the lady.

Identify the voice, often referred to as the

‘Father of Indian Rap Music’.

Identify the female voice singing with Yesudas.

Identify the voice, singing Frank Sinatra’s

great hit ‘Strangers in the Night’

Identify the voice, singing ‘Something is there’

in the 2017 Disney movie ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

ROUND – 4

VIRAL FOUR!

ROUND - 4

Written Round.

There would be 4 (four) questions on Viral videos/posts.

Each question carries 10 marks.

+10 for a Full-House.

Exchange answer-sheets after all the questions are asked.

Total 50 Marks at stake.

QM’s decision regarding any doubts would be the FINAL .

Post 2016’s Demonetization of INR,the following video from a film gotviral in the social media.

Name the film.

The Olympic medalist in the picture, AndriyStadnik had recently became a part of aninfamous viral gimmick in India.

What was the viral gimmick?

Recently a BSF Jawan’s video post hadbecome viral in the social media.

Identify the Jawan.

Nariphon is a tree in Buddhist mythology which bears fruit in theshape of young female creatures. The maidens grow attached bytheir head from the tree branches. The allegedly fake pictureshave got viral in social medias. According to Buddhist beliefs,this tree is believed to be grown at a mythical forest where thefemale fruits are enjoyed by the Gandharva who cut the fruitsand take them away.

What is the name of the mythical forest?

Post 2016’s Demonetization of INR,the following video from a film gotviral in the social media.

Name the film.

The Olympic medalist in the picture, AndriyStadnik had recently became a part of aninfamous viral gimmick in India.

What was the viral gimmick?

Andriy Stadnik ‘lost’ a bout of wrestling to Baba Ramdev

Recently a BSF Jawan’s video post hadbecome viral in the social media.

Identify the Jawan.

Tez Bahadur Yadav

Nariphon is a tree in Buddhist mythology which bears fruit in theshape of young female creatures. The maidens grow attached bytheir head from the tree branches. The allegedly fake pictureshave got viral in social medias. According to Buddhist beliefs,this tree is believed to be grown at a mythical forest where thefemale fruits are enjoyed by the Gandharva who cut the fruitsand take them away.

What is the name of the mythical forest?

Himmapan forest(The Nariphon is also mentioned in the VessantaraJataka in which Indra placed these trees around the grovewhere the Bodhisattva Vessantara meditated.)

ROUND – 5

BEST OF FIVE SETS!

ROUND - 5

10 (Ten) Questions of 5 (five) sets, eachset comprising 2 (two) questions of sametype / category (CW)

Only on Bounce / No Pounce.

+10 / -10 on stake (No Negative in case ofa Pass)

30 sec. for direct / no extra time forbounces

QM’s decision regarding any doubtswould be the FINAL .

As per ‘The Telegraph’, London, “Born and raised in rural Indiana, a childhoodlove of art and comics led the garrulous and friendly Ryan Germick to studyillustration and creative writing in New York, before spending several monthssign painting and learning remedial Tamil in South India in the early 2000s.There he created his first website to share photographs he'd taken on his SonyDigital Mavica floppy disc camera with family and friends. … … … He overseesin-house 10 artists, and works with four engineers and two producers whocoordinate with the 100 or so people they work with across the world, as wellas making sure the creation process runs as smoothly as possible.

Ryan Germick and his team is behind which almost everyday ‘phenomenon’?

The Google Doodle commemorating Bangladesh’sIndependence Day (March 26) features the hand-painted picture of a bridge.

Name the bridge. (Yamuna Setu will not be taken as a correct answer)

Connect

Winners of Grammy and Noble

Connect

HairwormCoral reef basslet

Spangled datrerTrapadoor Spider

Puffbird

African cichlid

HairwormCoral reef basslet

Spangled datrerTrapadoor Spider

Puffbird

African cichlid

Species of animals scientifically named after Barrack Obama

Hairworm(Paragordiusobamai )

Coral reef basslet(Tosanoidesobama)

Spangled datrer(EtheostomaObama)

Trapadoor Spider(Aptostichus

barackobamai)

Puffbird(Nystalusobamai )

African cichlid(Teleogrammaobamaorum)

Shown in the picture is the famous ad-campaign “Don’t Emoji and Drive” of anautomobile giant.

Which company?

In the field of endorsement, former IndianSkippers Kapil Dev and Sourav Ganguly goes withSRMB and Captain Brands respectively.

With which iron company is the present Captain of Team India, Virat Kohli associated?

The beautiful golden bosun bird featuresprominently in the flag of this small island,lying south of Java, Indonesia, under theAustralian territory in the Indian Ocean.

Identify the island nation.

During the Rio Olympic 2016, the athletes of a certain entity took part in the game under this flag.

Flag of which entity?

The Refugee Olympic Team

Amul ad criticising one certain MP onhitting AI staff member with his slipper isdepicted here.

Who is the ill-famous MP?

Amul ad is saluting a specific film.Which film?

ROUND – 6

NOT A DOZEN!

ROUND - 6

10 (Ten) Questions on Feluda at everyother question. (ACW)

Only on Bounce / No Pounce.

+10 / -10 on stake (No Negative in case ofa Pass)

30 sec. for direct / no extra time forbounces

QM’s decision regarding any doubtswould be the FINAL .

X is an organisation, of the Department of Revenue, Controlled bythe Ministry of Finance, India. It comprises officers of the IndianRevenue Service, Indian Police Service and the IndianAdministrative Service. The prime objective of X is depend on twokey Acts of the Government of India namely, the Foreign ExchangeManagement Act 1999 (FEMA) and the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act 2002 (PMLA). The Headquarter of X is in New Delhi,which is headed by the Director of X. There are five Regional officesat Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Delhi, which areheaded by respective Special Directors of X.

Name the Organisation.

There is a specialty in the name of theFeluda adventure ‘Hatyapuri’, whichnone other of the series has.

What is the specialty?

It is the only Feluda adventure with a single-word name.

Identify the film from the minimalist poster

The sketch shows that an elderlyperson has been murdered in‘Napoleaner Chithi’.

Who is the victim?

Parboticharan Halder

‘Bisarjan’, a Bengali movie, has wonthe Best Bengali language regionalmovie National Award.

Who is the director of the film?

Feluda used to read ‘IllustratedWeekly’ while visiting his barber.

Who was Feluda’s barber?

Yeasin

Identify the Indian actor.

Jatayu had dedicated one of hiscreation to Albert Einstein.

Which book of Jatayu?

‘Anabik Danob’

The lady in picture has won the NationalAward for best supporting actress.

Identify her.

Zaira Wasim

Feluda stays on Rajani SenRoad.

Where does Sidhu Jyatha stay?

Sardar Shankar Road