K N O W L E D G ED A R PA N

C O N D U C T E D B Y

KINGSUK MAITY

RULES

1.THERE WILL BE 8 QUESTIONS IN EACH ROUND.2.EACH TEAM WILL GET 10 MARKS FOR DIRECT QUESTION,10 MARKS FOR POUNCE AND ALSO 10 MARKS FOR BONUS3.POUNCE -IF ANY TEAM KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER OF THE OTHER TEAM’S DIRECT QUESTION THEY CAN ANSWER IT IN WRITTEN TO THE QUIZ MASTER . IF THEY ARE CORRECT THEY WILL +10 AND IF THEY GIVE A WRONG ANSW ER THEY WILL AWARDED -10.4.OTHERWISE BONUS WILL PROCEED.

Q1.This Cypripedium species flower is the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.This is also the state flower of Minnesota of USA.This adorable little plant has only two leaves, which branch out from the center where its single flower stalk also grows.Thecommon name of the flower is “X” for it’s unique shape.ID ‘X’.

The answer is……….

Lady’s Slipper

Slats 1924-28

Jackie 1928-56

Telly and Coffee 1927–1932

Tanner 1934-56

George 1956-58

Leo 1958-present

The answer is……….

Lion in the logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Q3.The book ‘X’ written by ‘Y’ is considered as one of longest novels ever written , though it’s not the longest . The first part of the book published under the name ‘1805’ in Russkiy Vestnikmagazine . Then the writer changed the name of this novel to Voyna i mir. Later the book re-edited and named as ‘X’.ID X and Y.

The answer is……….

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Q4.He is Amit Tiwary,a Pune based computer programmer also the fonder of ‘ www.anonymiti.com’. In 2014 he was in the news and named as india’s first _____ ______.FITB

The answer is……….

India’s first cyber criminal

Q5.What is the significance of the book in Indian e-commerce?

The answer is……….

This is first book that was sold and purchased from Flipkart.

The answer is……….

Q7.ID the singer

The answer is……….

Bob Marley

Q8.Put the funda.

The answer is……….

India’s first advertisement

Q9.He is Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi popularly known as ‘X‘.He is a famous Urdu writer,screenwriter and also a director of four movies.he married three times>> His first wife was Bilkis Bano who was a servent of Nargis‘s mother Juddan bai.>>His second wife was Mehmoodie >>After this he felt in love with ‘Y‘ and they married in 1952.Who is Y?

The answer is……….

Meena Kumari

Q10.The name of the movie is Karma.This film’s music is composed by Ernst Broadhurst.This is the first English song of an Indian movie.Who’s the singer?

The answer is……….

Devika Rani

Q11.The product(or company) ‘X’ was founded in 1893 by Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao, a freedom fighter and a journalist. Even today,the words "Bombay" are inscribed along with ‘X’ on the lid of its most well-known product.It is now headed by Sambhu Prasad, grandson of Nageswara Rao. ID ‘X’.

The answer is……….

Amrutanjan

Q12. She is Lady Ada Lovelace,inventor of world’s first

algorithm.Who’s her famous father.

The answer is……….

Lord Byron

Q13. Born as Shitala Pandey this person started his carrier in a Bhojpuri film ‘Bekhabar’ in 1983 .Derek Bose released a biography on him in 2007.Recently he is in the news for holding a Guiness world Record.Bywhich name he is popularly known to us?

The answer is……….

Sameer Anjan

Q14.The song is from an upcoming YRF movie ‘MeriPyari Bindu’.Who’s the singer?

The answer is……….

Parineeti Chopra

The answer is……….

The Seven Year Itch

Q16.ID

The answer is……….

Q18. Satyanarayan Gangaram popularly known as ‘X’ is the director of ‘Young Indian Company’ co-owned by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.He invented Electronic Diary

in 1975.Who is this famou person?

The answer is……….

Sam Pitroda

Q19. ‘X’ received Patent Number 6469 for this invention in 1849, but unfortunately, his creation never

made it into stores.Id ‘X’

The answer is……….

Q20. ‘The Musalman’,an evening daily newspaper publish from Chennai,India everyday. It was founded

by Syed Azmathullah in 1927.The newspaper has correspondents all over India, including Kolkata , New

Delhi and Hyderabad. It’s India’s oldest Urdu newspaper.Why this newspaper is popular among

trivia lovers?

The answer is……….

It’s world’s only ‘hand-written’ newspaper

Q21. Charlie Chaplin was the first film personality to be honoured by Doctorate degree from Oxford

University,Then who was the second?

The answer is……….

Satyajit Roy

This is not a movie trailor.It’s an ad of a famous insurance

company.whichcompany?

The answer is……….

Apollo Munich Health Insurance

The answer is……….

Q24.ID any of them?

The answer is……….

Vinicius and Tom

Q25. This famous song was composed by Ashok Pati,arenowned musician.The lyricist of this song is also a famous person in advertising world.He was also a

notable Ranji player and a tea taster.The Padma Shri awardee was the first Asian jury in Cannes Film

Festival. Just ID.

The answer is……….

Piyush Pandey

Q26.This is the logo of ‘Theatre de Liege’

designed by Belgian designer Olivier Debie.

Japanese designer KenziroSano was accused of

plagiarism of this logo. What did Kenziro design?

The answer is……….

Q27.

1KB=1024 bytes1MB=1024KB1GB=1024MB1TB=1024GB

Then 1024TB=???

The answer is……….

1024TB=1 Peta Byte

Q28.This is the logo of AboutFace corporation,an US based small IT firm. They came in the news in 5th April 2005 for a special reason. They earned US$ 200000 for

selling ‘something’ that belonged to them.What did they sell?

The answer is……….

www.facebook.comThis domain name belonged to them. Mark Zuckerbrg purchased their domain name in

US$ 200000.

Q29.Logo of what?

The answer is……….

Miss World

Q30. ‘Père Noël’ in France, ‘Knecht Ruprecht’ in Germany,in Austria it is ‘Krampus’, in Belgium it is

called ‘Zwarte piet’.Then what it is in English?

The answer is……….

Santa Clause

Q31. He is Harish Chandra Shukla a famous Indian cartoonist popularly known for his creation ‘The

Everyman’. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist with ‘Jansatta’, ‘Naba Bharat Times’ ect.He is known

to us by his pen name.What’s his pen name?

The answer is……….

Kaak

Q32.

The answer is……….

A R Rahman

This institution was established on 3rd April,1941 is the only full-pledged college in India offering a special

kind of education.Initiating as a Diploma level Institution ,it was converted to a degree level college in the year 1962.Prof. Saikat Maitra is the current Head of

this institution.Which college am I talking about?

The answer is……….

Govt. College Of Engineering and Ceramic

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