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Chapters Topics

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Write Brothers

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• 5 questions on the – ‘Postage Stamps featuring Literary Creations’.

• Written Round.

• Flat scoring @ 10 marks.

• Full House will give 15 extra.

• Total (50+15) 65 Points at stake.

Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath Buzzer Bees

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This particular stamp was issued as a tribute

to which well known author?

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R.K. Narayan *

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Buzzer Bees Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath

Issued in 1960, this stamp is based on which

famous literary work?

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Released in 2002 to mark the 150th

Anniversary of Great Ormond Street

Children’s Hospital, this stamp is based on

which popular children’s classic?

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Buzzer Bees Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath

These stamps depict an iconic scene from

which famous play?

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Originally created to impart the lessons of

life to some young princes, on which literary

work are these stamps based on?

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Buzzer Bees Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath

These stamps were issued by Royal Mail,

UK in January 2015 as a tribute to which

children’s classic?

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Exchange Ur Papers

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Buzzer Bees Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath

Issued in 1960, this stamp is based on which

famous literary work?

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‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam’ or ‘Shakuntala’

1

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Released in 2002 to mark the 150th

Anniversary of Great Ormond Street

Children’s Hospital, this stamp is based on

which popular children’s classic?

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Peter Pan

2

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These stamps depict an iconic scene from

which famous play?

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Hamlet

3

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Buzzer Bees Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath

Originally created to impart the lessons of

life to some young princes, on which literary

work are these stamps based on?

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Panchatantra

4

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These stamps were issued by Royal Mail,

UK in January 2015 as a tribute to which

children’s classic?

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Alice in Wonderland

5

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• 10 questions.

• Infinite Bounce.

• Flat scoring of 10 points.

• Half points, if any, is totally QM’s discretion.

Literati – 2016-17, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath Buzzer Bees Buzzer Bees Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath

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• If you are doubly sure about the answer, then you can

dou le up your s ore y saying Dou le efore giving out the answer.

• Marks : Correct answer fetches you +20

Wrong answer fetches you - 05

DOUBLE

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Buzzer Bees Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath

Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in

literature for ‘his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with

consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English

words, a part of the literature of the West’?

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Rabindranath Tagore

*

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Published in 1923, these series of paintings

depict a part of a poem taken from a 1881

novel which created a lot of noise during

that time.

Identify the poem.

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Vande Mataram

1

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From an idea conceived on a train journey

to its creation in this Edinburgh-cafe (vis), a

global phenomenon started.

This cafe is said to be the birthplace of

whom?

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Harry Potter 2

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Fans who call themselves ‘pilgrims’ travel to Meiringen dressed as characters, both major

and minor, from a certain series. There, they

take part in a re-enactment of the events

which made this village and the waterfalls

a must-visit for the fans and also the general

tourists.

What happened at this place?

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Fight between Holmes and Prof.

Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls 3

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The latest book

by well known

author Anand

Neelakanthan

is the

fictionalised

biography of

whom?

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Sivagami / Sivagami Devi

4

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The Guinness Book

of World Records

keeps us updated

about all the world

record entries.

Which book holds

the dubious record

for being the most

often stolen book

from public

libraries?

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Guiness Book of World Records 5

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Noted Sanskrit scholar

and poet from Kerala, P.C.

Devassia won the Sahitya

Academy Award for

Sanskrit in 1980 for his

epic poem

‘Kristubhagavatam’.

Who is the subject of this

poem?

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Jesus Christ 6

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Due to huge public interest, this

autobiograhy was published in utter secrecy.

At the printing plant, the book was given

the code name ‘Neil Armstrong’, after the

‘first person to walk on moon’.

Either, identify the superstar or name that

best-selling book.

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‘Moon Walk’ by Michael Jackson

7

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As a birthday gift to Queen Mary, in 1947,

a 30-minute radio drama called Three

Blind Mice was initially written by Queen’s favourite author. Five years, and several

rewrites later, the play had its stage

premiere at the Theatre Royal,

Nottingham, under its current title.

Which record-breaking play is this?

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The Mousetrap 8

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First published almost 300 years ago, the

original title of this book was - Travels into Several Remote Nations of the

World. In Four Parts. By ____ ____, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several

Ships.

Just fill in the blanks.

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Lemuel Gulliver

9

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Two books,

released

during the

time of

Durga Puja,

were written

by ‘rivals’.

Identify the

author of

Karal Kumbhir.

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Jatayu or Lalmohan Ganguly 10

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When Nilanjana Sudeshna was admitted

in a kindergarten in Kingston, Rhode

Island, her teacher decided to call her by

her pet name, because it was easier to

pronounce than her ‘proper name’. That nickname ultimately becomes her

identity.

Who?

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Jhumpa Lahiri

*

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Scores Please!!!!!!

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• 8 questions.

• Traditional Format.

• Flat scoring of 10 points.

• Half points, if any, is totally QM’s discretion.

Buzzer Bees Literati – 2017, St. Agnes School, Kharagpur Q.M. - Somnath

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Identify this hugely popular author who

is sharing his life experiences.

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Ruskin Bond

1

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This peculiar skill of Kerlon, a Brazilian

footballer, is inspired from a fun loving

specimen of animal kingdom.

Name this animal or the move.

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Seal/Seal Dribble 2

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Coined by Rabindranath Tagore, this word

has its root in the phrase ‘Harek rokom

boll bole jey’ (one who speaks many

languages).

What is this dying art of mimicry called?

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Harbola 3

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Where this song has been picturised?

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Grand Canyon

4

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Identify this species of fish who always

follow this unique method to capture their

prey.

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Archer Fish 5

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The looks of the character played by RK

and some of the plotlines in the movie

Jagga Jasoos are said to have been inspired

from whom/what?

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Tintin

6

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The 2002-music album Samvedna was a

meeting of great minds. The preface,

written by Javed Akhtar, was spoken by

Amitabh Bachchan. The video featuring

SRK was shot by Yash Chopra.

Identify the poet whose poems from the

book ‘Meri Ikayvan Kavitayaen’ has been set

to music by Jagjit Singh.

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Atal Behari Bajpayee 7

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Which alarming reality are these chefs

trying to exhibit through this campaign?

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Effect of Global Warming 8

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On whose story, this superhit movie was

based?

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Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay

*

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Scores Please!!!!!!

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• Ascending Order.

• Traditional Format.

• Marks :

* Direct -- +10 / Bonus -- +15

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GRID

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The X is a unit of measurement for the

speed and movement direction of a

computer mouse. The directional

movement can be of two types - horizontal

count and vertical count.

One X is approximately 1/200th of an inch.

What is X?

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Mickey *

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The Banias are an occupational community

of bankers and merchants. Long ago, a few

of that community started selling perfumes

and scented products and eventually came

to be known with a particular surname.

Which famous surname originated thus?

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Gandhi *

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This mixture of sugar, honey, ghee, amla,

sesame oil, berries, herbs and various

spices, is still prepared as per the

instructions suggested in Ayurvedic texts.

The Royal Physicians of the Devas, Ashwini

Kumar twins, first prepared this formulation

for Chyawan Rishi.

How do we know it today?

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Chyawanprash *

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Which musical instrument, associated with

Lord Shiva’s divine bull Nandi, literally means ‘an earthen limb’ or ‘a limb made

by clay’?

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Mridangam 8

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Mrid or Mrit (clay/earth) & Anga (limb)

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A historic

route…. identify the

destination

of this

journey.

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Dandi *

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Identify the sport (lots of clues within the pic),

in which Australia emerged as the

winners of the 2016 World Cup.

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Quidditch *

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Whose name has been blanked out from this

congratulatory tweet by Ravindra Jadeja

after Rohit Sharma’s record-breaking

innings of 264 vs SL in an ODI played on

12th Nov, 2014?

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Lord Ram *

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Pride *

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Collective Noun – Parliament of Owls & Pride of Lions

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Why did this Indian gold-winning

weightlifter come into news recently?

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Kavita Devi *

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1st Indian lady to take part in WWE

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Scores Please!!!!!!

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• 10 questions.

• Infinite Bounce.

• Flat scoring of 10 points.

• Half points, if any, is totally QM’s discretion.

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• If you are doubly sure about the answer, then you can

dou le up your s ore y saying Dou le efore giving out the answer.

• Marks : Correct answer fetches you +20

Wrong answer fetches you - 05

DOUBLE

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Abid Hasan was Netaji’s secretary and

interpreter while they were in Germany. He

was appointed as the Major of INA.

What greeting, currently-in-news for a

certain controversial decision, did he

propose that was adopted for the first time

in the INA?

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Jai Hind

1

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Baobab trees, found

mainly in

Madagascar, are

considered to be the

oldest flowering

plants. But their age

is difficult to verify

because of a peculiar

reason.

Why?

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Absence of Age-Rings

2

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Several reasons are cited for this peculiar

design. Two of the more accepted ones are -

* It represent two ruling families - the Shahs and the Ranas &

* It represent two main religions of the region - Hinduism and Buddhism.

Which peculiarity thus being explained?

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Flag Design of Nepal 3

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After retirement from cricket, if Yuvraj

Singh wants to play polo, he will not be

allowed to do so. But Virat Kohli will not

face any sanction like that.

Why such disparity?

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Left handers are not allowed

to play Polo 4

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It all started with the sundial. With the

movement of Sun in the sky, the shadow

cast on the opposite side of the sundial

moves with the same sense of

rotation. Clocks with hands were first

built in the Northern Hemisphere and

they were made to work like sundials.

This is said to be the explanatory answer of

which question?

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“Why Clockwise direction is so called?”

5

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A special kid since his very childhood,

Laxman Singh Bisht is used to be bullied

by the neighbourhood children. A firm

believer of Gandhian values, he has been

given a nickname for his feeble-

mindedness.

What is that nickname?

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Tubelight

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On 26th January, 1988 a Post Office was

inaugurated under the Goa Postal Division.

Mr. G. Sudhakar Rao was appointed the

first Honorary Postmaster. Indian PM and

President sent special message on the

occasion.

What is so unique about this post office?

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Dakshin Gangotri P.O.

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Located in MP, Pench National Park is

one of the most well-known national

parks in India. Established as a tiger

reserve in 1992, this park and the

adjoining area is also the original setting

for a hugely popular literary work.

Which work?

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Jungle Book

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About 4500 years old, this lady is 10.5

centimetres tall. The name given to her is

an assumption of her profession. Few years

back, she unintentionally became the

centre of some diplomatic tensions

between the govt.s of India and Pakistan.

Where did Ernest Mackay find her in 1926?

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Mohenjo-daro 9

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Presently the fourth largest city of the

state, it was once part of a Kingdom that

existed between 1687 and 1886 in the

eastern part of India. It got it’s name from the twelfth king of the Mallabhum.

Which city am I talking about?

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Kharagpur 10

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