SPIC MACAY QUIZVIRAASAT 2015

RULES

• 20 Questions.

• Write down all answers. NO negatives.

• Starred-marked Questions to resolve ties.

• Top 8 teams qualify.

• Wish the Quizmaster with a Namaste!

**1. Who and what instrument do they play?

2. Which dance form?

3.

• In Hindustani Classical Music, a male musical maestro is conferred with the title of either “Pandit” or “Ustad”.

What corresponding titles are given to the women in the field of music?

4.

Once Akbar asked his court musician Tansen to sing Raga Deepak, the raga of fire. The effect was such that all the lamps in the courtyard lit up themselves, and Tansen's body became so hot that he had to sit in the nearby river to cool himself.

However, the river began to boil, and it became apparent that Tansen would soon boil to death.

Immediately two sisters, Tana and Riri, were sought to come to rescue.

What did they do to cool down the scenario?

**5.• ___________ is a five-stanza Brahmo hymn composed and scored in a

highly Sanskritized form. It was translated to English and set it to music along with Margaret Cousins at Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh.

• The tune was composed by Ram singh, the Director of Music of the Azad Hind Fauz. However that score is followed only when the song is sung in the original slow rendition style of singing.

• _________’s 1st stanza is of more importance to us all.

6.

• On 5 December 1961, Capt. Gurbachan Singh Salaria 3/1 Gorkha Rifles showed extraordinary courage to preveny Katangese rebels from encircling the UN Headquarters in Elisabethville.

This earned him Param Vir Chakra posthumously.

• What is so unique about this decoration?

7. Name the missing person from this list.

8.**

Each year till 2006, after the Prime minister's speech from Red Fort in Old Delhi, Doordarshan would broadcast “something”, which a cultural part of India's Independence Day celebrations . This tradition dated from the days of PanditNehru.

What am I talking about?

9.

This is exactly one such signature Fender Squier ________ Electric Guitar Strat. Hint: He is the first from his country to be bestowed with this honour.

10.

• There is a special provision for the people hailing from this part of India, where people born or married before 1961 can avail for the passport of a country in southwest Europe.

• Which Indian state am I talking about?

11. Which dance form?

12.

• Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan is a vocalist of Hindustani music genre. He belongs to the musical tradition of Miya Tansen.

• Winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, he was conferred with Padma Bhushan in 2013. Thereby he set a record in the history of the Padma Awards.

What record?

13. What do these demarcations indicate?

14. Which 1996 Hindi film had this gentleman as one of its heroes?

15.**

The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) is a Muslim organisation in India. It was formed in 2002 to allow the _________ to reach out to Muslim people.

In November 2009 the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, one of the largest Islamic organisations in India, passed a “fatwa” describing Vande Mataram as an un-Islamic song. The MRM expressed opposition to the resolution.

It stated "Our Muslim brothers should not follow the fatwa as Vande Mataram is the national song of the country and every Indian citizen should respect and recite it."

To which organisation is MRM affiliated?

16. Name her

17. Id the maestro.

18. Indian culture: Connect.

19. What is so special about this bank?This UCO Bank in Shani Shingnapur village in Maharashtra is a unique in way.

"Years ago, Shani came in the dreams of devotees and told them you don't need to ……..“, said a villager.

"We have no trouble," said bank official Nagender Sehrawat

20**• __________ is a voluntary youth movement which promotes intangible aspects

of Indian cultural heritage by promoting Indian classical music, classical dance, folk music, yoga, meditation, crafts and other aspects of Indian culture.

It is a movement with chapters in over 300 towns all over the world.

• _________ was established by Dr. Kiran Seth in 1977 at IIT Delhi.

ANSWERS

SPIC MACAY QUIZVIRAASAT 2015

**1. Who and what instrument do they play?

ANSWER

Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan.Sarod

2. Which dance form?

ANSWER

Chhau

3.

• In Hindustani Classical Music, a male musical maestro is conferred with the title of either “Pandit” or “Ustad”.

What corresponding titles are given to the women in the field of music?

ANSWER

‘Vidushi’ and ‘Begum’

4.

Once Akbar asked his court musician Tansen to sing Raga Deepak, the raga of fire. The effect was such that all the lamps in the courtyard lit up themselves, and Tansen's body became so hot that he had to sit in the nearby river to cool himself.

However, the river began to boil, and it became apparent that Tansen would soon boil to death.

Immediately two sisters, Tana and Riri, were sought to come to rescue.

What did they do to cool down the scenario?

ANSWER

Raga Malhaar was sung to induce rain.

**5.• ___________ is a five-stanza Brahmo hymn composed and scored in a

highly Sanskritized form. It was translated to English and set it to music along with Margaret Cousins at Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh.

• The tune was composed by Ram singh, the Director of Music of the Azad Hind Fauz. However that score is followed only when the song is sung in the original slow rendition style of singing.

• _________’s 1st stanza is of more importance to us all.

ANSWER

Jana Gana Mana

6.

• On 5 December 1961, Capt. Gurbachan Singh Salaria 3/1 Gorkha Rifles showed extraordinary courage to preveny Katangese rebels from encircling the UN Headquarters in Elisabethville.

This earned him Param Vir Chakra posthumously.

• What is so unique about this decoration?

ANSWER

The only PVC to be martyred outside Indian subcontinent.

7. Name the missing person from this list.

ANSWER

Lata Mangeshkar.(Bharat Ratna musicians)

8.**

Each year till 2006, after the Prime minister's speech from Red Fort in Old Delhi, Doordarshan would broadcast “something”, which a cultural part of India's Independence Day celebrations . This tradition dated from the days of PanditNehru.

What am I talking about?

ANSWER

Ustad Bismillah Khan’s Shenai Recital.

9.

This is exactly one such signature Fender Squier ________ Electric Guitar Strat. Hint: He is the first from his country to be bestowed with this honour.

ANSWER

Ehsaan Noorani

10.

• There is a special provision for the people hailing from this part of India, where people born or married before 1961 can avail for the passport of a country in southwest Europe.

• Which Indian state am I talking about?

ANSWER

GOA

11. Which dance form?

ANSWER

Bharatnatyam.

12.

• Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan is a vocalist of Hindustani music genre. He belongs to the musical tradition of Miya Tansen.

• Winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, he was conferred with Padma Bhushan in 2013. Thereby he set a record in the history of the Padma Awards.

What record?

ANSWER

Oldest person to be conferred with Padma Award.

13. What do these demarcations indicate?

ANSWER

Zones of Indian Railways

14. Which 1996 Hindi film had this gentleman as one of its heroes?

ANSWER

BORDERMajor Kuldip Singh Chandpuri

15.**

The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) is a Muslim organisation in India. It was formed in 2002 to allow the _________ to reach out to Muslim people.

In November 2009 the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, one of the largest Islamic organisations in India, passed a “fatwa” describing Vande Mataram as an un-Islamic song. The MRM expressed opposition to the resolution.

It stated "Our Muslim brothers should not follow the fatwa as Vande Mataram is the national song of the country and every Indian citizen should respect and recite it."

To which organisation is MRM affiliated?

ANSWER

RSS

16. Name her

ANSWER

Sonal Mansingh.

17. Id the maestro.

ANSWER

Pt. Birju Maharaj

18. Indian culture: Connect.

ANSWER

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India.

19. What is so special about this bank?This UCO Bank in Shani Shingnapur village in Maharashtra is a unique in way.

"Years ago, Shani came in the dreams of devotees and told them you don't need to ……..“, said a villager.

"We have no trouble," said bank official Nagender Sehrawat

ANSWER

The bank has no doors.

20**• __________ is a voluntary youth movement which promotes intangible aspects

of Indian cultural heritage by promoting Indian classical music, classical dance, folk music, yoga, meditation, crafts and other aspects of Indian culture.

It is a movement with chapters in over 300 towns all over the world.

• _________ was established by Dr. Kiran Seth in 1977 at IIT Delhi.

ANSWER

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