Alhamdulillah

DHYANA 2015

FINALSRESEARCHED AND CONDUCTED BY :

ABDUL VAHID. P. A

ROUND 1

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The Tiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukural. Located at Kanyankumari, the statue was sculpted by famous sculptor Dr. Vaidyanath Ganapati Stapathi.

Why is the statue 133 feet high?

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Number of chapters in Thirukural

These are some stills from Mamofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum.

What is this museum dedicated to?

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Noodles

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Arianna Huffington : President Obama……Sounds good. Right?

Al Gore : Please don’t recount this vote.Vinton Cerf : We all invented the internet.Tim Berners Lee : Free open….Keep one Web.Stephen Colbert : Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.

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Webby award acceptance speeches.Known as ‘the Oscars of the Internet.The acceptance speeches are limited to five

words.

Marcus X Pollio, commonly known as X was a Roman author, architect and civil engineer who lived in the first century BC, known for his multi-volume work De Architectura. He described the human figure as being the principal source of proportion among the classical orders of architecture.

A seminal piece of art that came up around 1490 was named in honour of X. It also accompanied notes based on the work of X.

Identify X or the piece of art mentioned?

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X – VitruviusThe Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci

Contrary to the popular belief he don’t hail from Thodupuzha. He is a native of Arakkulam in Idukki. He adopted his current name to impress the western world.

In 2002, he directed In The Name of Buddha which was nominated for the Best Debut Director Category at the Cannes Film Festival. His debut Malayalam movie Ente was released in 2013. Its Telugu version Naa Bangaaru Talli won the national award for the Best Feature film in Telugu.

Identify this director.

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Rajesh Touchriver

Name the capital of Nauru?

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Nauru has no capital.It is the only country in the world that has no capital.However, Yaren district is the seat of the parliament.

Maharishi Mahendra Yogi was an Indian guru renowned worldwide. His glory became even greater when he became the teacher of the X.

The X came to Rishikesh in India to meditate under Maharishi.

During their period in India, Yogi allegedly made sexual advances towards Mia Farrow which invoked Y to write ‘Sexy Sadie’. It was initially titled ‘Maharishi’ by Y, but was later renamed on the request of George Harrison.

Y also wrote ‘Dear Prudence’ from India aimed at Prudence Farrow, the sister of Mia Farrow who was obsessive about meditation and rarely came out of her tent.

Identify X and Y.

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X – The BeetlesY – John Lennon

This Latin phrase is purportedly the last words of Julius Caesar to his friend Marcus ______ at the time of his assassination meaning ‘___ , ___ , _____ ?’

The quotation is widely used in the English-speaking world to denote utmost betrayal by an unexpected person, generally a friend.

FITB

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You, too, Brutus?

Et tu Brute?

This element was discovered almost simultaneously in two different laboratories. In June 1974, a Soviet team at the Dubna laboratory reported the discovery. And in September 1974, an American research team at Berkeley also reported the discovery.

Because their discovery was independently confirmed first, the Americans suggested the name X for the element after the renowned chemist Y. But this turned out to be extremely controversial as Y was still alive.

An IUPAC ruling of 1994 stated that no element can be named after a living person. Critics opposed this citing that Einsteinium was named so while Einstein was still alive though it was publicly announced after his death. Finally, the name X was confirmed by IUPAC in 1997.

Identify X or Y.

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X – SeaborgiumY – Glenn T Seaborg

The choice of this day is attributed to its special significance in many parts of the world. This day marks the transition to Dakshinayana. The first full moon after this day is celebrated as Guru Poornima, a festival dedicated to spiritual and academic teachers. According to Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, the first transmission of ______ by Shiva, the first guru, is thought to have begun on this day. Dakshinayana is also considered a time when there is natural support for those pursuing spiritual practices.

What choice is being explained?

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International Day of Yoga – June 21

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FROM 6 TO 20 IN THE BRACKET.YOU GET THE SCORE WRITTEN IN THE BRACKET IF

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IF YOU ARE WRONG.

Politics : Sindhu JoySinger : Chitra Iyer, Harisankar Kalavoor, Sherrin VargheseSocial Activist and Media Professional : X Intellectual : YDirector : Sojan JosephFashion Choreographer : Dalu KrishnadasActress : Neenu Kurup, Sneha Nambiar, Bindu Varapuzha,

Rosin JollyFilm Actors : Z, NarayanankuttyModel : Sandeep Menon, Dr. Asha Gopinathan (Sasha),

Akshitha, Thinkal Bhal

Give me X, Y and Z

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X – Rahul EaswarY – GS PradeepZ – Santosh PanditMalyalee House funda

Ad for?

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Snickers

This is Stambeshwar Mahadev Temple at Kavi Kamboi, Gujarat.In which water body is it located?

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ANSWER

Arabian Sea

How is this region of Africa that comprises Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia known?

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Horn of Africa

The image shows the audio release of the Malayalam movie ‘916’ directed by M Mohanan. Who receives the CD from Boby Chemmannur?

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Maradona

Jean _____ was a French diplomat and scholar who lived in the 16th century. In 1559, he was sent as the French ambassador to Lisbon, Portugal. He was entrusted with task of negotiating the marriage of six-year-old princess Margaret of Valois with five-year-old prince Sebastian of Portugal.

On his return he brought a certain thing from Portugal and introduced it in the French royal court. This became an instant hit among the royals. Following this more and more fashionable people of Paris began to use this making Jean _____ a celebrity.

Thus the thing came to be named after him and more famously, a constituent of the thing too.

What did he introduce in France? Or name the aforementioned constituent.

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Jean Nicot introduced tobacco plants in France.

Nicotine is named after him.

ROUND 3

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This is Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, an African-American musician who uses the stage name X.

X is a UNESCO world heritage site in India since 1983 and attracts 3 million visitors per annum.

Gimme X.

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Taj Mahal

This happens every four years on the Tuesday right after the first Monday of November. Thus the earliest possible date is November 2 and the latest November 8.

What?

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US Presidential Election

Yiwu is a Chinese town located 300 km south of Shanghai. About 60% of decorations used for a certain ‘celebration’ all over the world is made in Yiwu. More than four million square meters of area is used for this purpose. According to a BBC feature on this place, the ‘celebration’ itself is made in Yiwu. About 4000o people visit the place in a day, about 5ooo of whom are foreigners, in order to buy these decorations and sell it in retail.

Which ‘celebration’?

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Christmas!!

X is a unique feature of soccer in Chile where fast movements are used to get past opponents.

X was unveiled by Juventus player Arturo Vidal in November, 2014.

Give me X.

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Nike CachanaOfficial ball used for Copa America, 2015

The scientist Roy J Plunkett was trying to make a better refrigerator. For this purpose he wanted to combine a specific gas with hydrochloric acid. He gathered the desired gas, but was not quite ready for experimenting. So he cooled and pressurized the gas in the canisters overnight. But when he returned the next day, the gas was gone. The canisters weighed the same amount as they were full. In order to solve the mystery he cut the canisters in half. The gas had solidified on the sides creating a slick surface. Rather than discarding the apparent mistake Plunkett analysed the new polymer and discovered its unusual properties.

What was thus invented?

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TeflonThe gas was tetraflouroethylene

Rang Rasiya is a 2008 Indian film directed by Ketan Mehta. It portrays the life of Raja Ravi Varma.

Once Varma happened to see a beautiful lady named Sugandha Bai from a temple and suddenly got inspired. He then sketched her portrait and gifted to her. She got attracted and agreed to serve as a model for Varma’s portraits of Hindu Goddesses.

In the film, the role of Sugandha Bai is played by X, the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna winner Y.

Identify X and Y.

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Nandana SenAmartya Sen

Honduras and El Salvador are neighbouring countries. Though Honduras is five times larges than El Salvador, the latter had some 40% more population than the former sometime in the 1960s. As a result many Salvadoran’s migrated to Honduras and it made almost 20% of the population of Honduras.

In 1969, Honduras passed new land reforms which seized the land owned by illegal Salvadoran immigrants and distributed it among the native Hondurans. This raised tensions between the two nations.

In June, 1970, Honduras faced El Salvador in a world cup qualification match. This match witnessed violence between the fans of both nationalities. The tensions were further intensified and lead to a war. The war started on July 14 and ended on July 18, lasting some 100 hours.

What was the war named?

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Football War or Soccer war or100 Hours War

Also called Leakey’s Angels, they were three ladies sent by anthropologist Luis Leakey to study primates in their natural environments.

Jane Goodall was sent to study chimpanzees to the Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Dian Fossey observed gorillas in the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda. Birute Galdikas tracked the movements of orang-utans in the jungles of Borneo.

How was the trio aptly named?

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The Trimates

X's Gun is a dramatic principle that every element in a narrative be irreplaceable and that anything else be removed.

Explaining this X stated : “Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.”

X was a doctor by profession and once famously stated : “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress”.

Identify X.

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Anton Chekov

The image shows X recording a song. It was released in 2009.

X in collaboration with Snoop Dogg, tried his hand at singing with this piece of rap music titled Rocket Experience.

Identify X.

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Edwin Buzz Aldrin

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Once one of his friends commented his fashion ‘ugly’ in the early years he replied, “If it is not the fashion now, it will be because I wear it”

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Nearly all the profits from his autobiography, his image and his artwork go to charity. But the agency that holds the rights faces difficulty in finding a charity to accept them, as they are widely considered blood money.

ANSWER

Adolf Hitler

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He served as the foreign minister of Patiala and later served as the chief minister of Bikaner.

He was the first editor of Hindustan Times.

He also served as the vice chancellor of University of Kashmir as well as University of Mysore.

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Cambridge historian Arthur Russel once remarked that he had never had a more brilliant student.

In 1948, he became the first Indian ambassador to China. He also served as ambassador to Egypt and France. He later became a member of Rajya Sabha.

His various contibutions to literature include translating several Greek plays to Malayalam verse.

ANSWER

Sardar KM Panicker

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Indira Gandhi played a key role in inducting him to the Rajya Sabha. However his legislative career came to an end after her demise in 1984. After that he started his own party. Later, he became the President of Janata Dal in his state.

He also had a distinction of being made the honorary mayor of Niagra for one day, only the second Indian to achieve the feat after Nehru.

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He debuted in a 1952 film scripted by M Karunanidhi. Actually the role was to be portrayed by Akineni Nageswara Rao. But due to Periyar EV Ramaswamy Naicker’s strong recommendation, he was selected.

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Sivaji Ganesan

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He was known as the ‘Father of Chemical Warfare’ due to his extensive research on the uses of chlorine and other poisonous gases in war. The WW I also witnessed a chemical war between him (Germany) and Grignard of France. He once famously remarked – “During peacetime, a scientist belongs to the world and during wartime, a scientist belongs to his country”.

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His most famous contribution to the field of science is a process he invented along with Carl Bosch. Thus he was commended for making bread from air. He went on to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1918.

ANSWER

Fritz Haber

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He graduated with top rank from the Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram.

His wife Amminiamma recalls Udaya studio's Kunchacko asking her to buy him a new shirt as he was fed up of seeing him in the same shirt every time! He famously replied, "Chackochen, I have 8 shirts of the same colour and type, and all eight have the same 'beedi burn' patch at the left side of my breast-pocket !" 

He became MLA twice, in 1954 and 1957, from Bharanikkavu and Pathanamthitta respectively.

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He wrote his first play ‘Munnettam’ under the pen name Soman. Based on the feedbacks he revisited, refined and re-energised the plot from a different perspective to create the historical Y.

He wrote scripts of about 110 Malayalam films from 1961,and many of them were mega hits.

ANSWER

Thoppil Bhasi

ROUND 5

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Posthumous winners of Bharat RatnaGopinath BardoloiK KamrajBR AmbedkarAbul Kalam AzadAruna Asaf AliJayaprakash Narayan

Rajiv GandhiMadan Mohan Malavya

MG RamachandranSardar PatelVinobha BhaveLBS