REVERBERATES 2006

by ‘Questa’ The Quiz Club of SHS on 12th Oct-2006
Here we go…

1. Since we are the School of Health Sciences, its better to start with a Medical Question. R-flurbiprofen is a drug identified by researchers as a candidate for treating and preventing which disease?





2. Writer and owner of a Jewish Orphanage, Janusz Korczak was a Polish-Jewish pediatrician, children's author and child pedagogist, known as Old Doctor (Stary Doktor)He was also the subject of the stage play Korczak's Children, by Jeffrey Hatcher. He was sentenced to death by the Nazi’s.One among the charges was that he played a drama. Which was that drama by an Indian author?

3. Triranga’s refers to 3 islands in Cauvery river.1st one or Adiranga is Sreeranga Pattanam.3rd one or Anthyaranga is Sreeranga.Which is the 2nd one or Madhyaranga?

4. Which work in Malayalam was released by claiming to be the 1st technology novel in Malayalam?.The authors name is GR Indugopan..Now tell..

5. ‘The Rock’ is a one minute documentary by KP Kumaran.Who is the central character mentioned in it?

6. X, in Islam, is a sacred state which a Muslim must enter in order to perform the major pilgrimage (Hajj) or the minor pilgrimage (Umrah). A pilgrim must enter into this state before crossing the pilgrimage boundary, known as Miqat, by performing the cleansing rituals and wearing the prescribed attire.What is the clothing ‘X’?

7. In Indian demography, the year 1921 is said to be ‘The Great Year of divide’.Why?


8. The cricketing legend Don Bradman was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, but raised in Bowral (where the Bradman Museum and Bradman Oval are located)..Now our question goes like this. Which place in India you can find two estates’s called Cootamundra Estate and Adelaide Estate, possibly in honour of Bradman?


9. Fascinated by Ravi Shankar and his sitar which Beatle star produced and participated in two record albums, "Shankar Family & Friends" and "Festival of India" which were composed by Ravi Shankar.?


10. Grammar constitutes one of India's greatest contributions to Western philology. Panini, the Sanskrit grammarian, who lived between 750 and 500 BC, was the first to compose formal grammar. Which was the work?


11. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, York, Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton, New York..
Apart from being cities in USA, what is common to all these cities?



12. This language is a mixture of Hindi and English, widely spoken in India -- may soon become the most common form of the Queen's language, according to British experts.
Professor David Crystal, author of more than 50 books on English, says 350 million Indians speak it as a second language, exceeding the number of native English speakers in Britain and the US.Prof Crystal argues that the growing popularity of Indian culture around the world, including Bollywood movies, means that it will soon become more widely spoken outside the continent.
Some of the words in widely used in this language include airdash (travel by air), chaddis (underpants), chai (Indian tea), crore (10 million), dacoit (thief), desi (local), dicky (boot), gora (white person), jungli (uncouth), lakh (100,000), lumpen (thug), optical (spectacles), prepone (bring forward), stepney (spare tyre) and would-be (fiancé or fiancée).So people..which language we are talking about?


13. Poverty forced her to take up acting as a career at the age of 13! She acted in Pahili Manglagaur, a Marathi film by Master Vinayak Rao. She played the heroine's sister and About her acting experience she says "I hated putting make-up, I hated standing in the glare of lights. But I was the breadwinner of the family, and there was hardly any choice left. The day I went to work in Master Vinayak's film, there was nothing to eat in the house"…Huh..about which distinguished Indian woman we are talking about?


14. Ultimate sitter…Once, Milkha was participating in the Indo-Pak duel meet at Lahore where he was pitted against Asia's most celebrated athlete Abdul Khaliq of Pakistan in the 200 meters. Khaliq had a string of victories in the 200 metres in Asia. But as the race began, Milkha outpaced the Pakistani from the word `go' and easily won the race. The wonder struck announcers declared that Milkha had not run but had flown. Since that day Milkha Singh came to be known as ……………?


15. Identify ‘her’.She is one of the most renowned Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam dancers in India today. She holds a MBA and a Doctorate from IIM Ahmedabad and has experience in acting, film-making, editing and television anchoring. She played the role of Draupadi in the Peter Brook 's movie Mahabharata.She has won many accolades during her long career, the French Palme d' Or being one of them, which she won for the Best Soloist artist.





16. In 1982, at the. young age of 22, an Indian architect landed an assignment with the Italian edition of Fashion magazine ‘Vogue' on Rajasthani jewelry. This young girl went on to act in 2 movies: `In which Annie gives it those ones' and `Massey Sahib' in which Sidharth Basu was also involed. Who is she..? Need I tell you that she is very much a Malayali, eventhough not a film actress?





17. This talk show host aired anti-capitalism and anti-Americanism in one of the episodes of his television show "La Noche Del Ten (The Night of the Number Ten") and then challenged George Bush in a stadium rally in Mar del Plata. This person is legend in some other field. Name the person?


18. Which national park in India was first known as Hayley National park and then changed its name to Ramganga National Park.?


19. Authored an eminent work on music called ‘Sangeetha Kalpatharu’; he composed music to many world famous poems by Tagore. Referred music as the most distinguished form of Art.Any idea?Now let me surprisingly make it a sitter…He was a Bengali. So herez the final clue- A road in Chicago is named after him.


20. What is the most popular name of the Film Critic called Kozhikode Appukuttan Nair?


21. Shortly after completing the ‘David’ and in the midst of one of the busiest periods of his life, ‘X’ received the additional commission to paint a battle fresco opposite his rival ‘Y’ in the Florentine hall of state (the Sala del Gran Consiglio in the Palazzo Della Signoria). Here the two greatest artists of the Renaissance were pitted against one another--a confrontation intended to elicit each one's supreme effort. For differing reasons both artists failed to complete their commissions: ‘Y’ because of technical frustrations, and ‘X’ because he was summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II in 1505. The unrealized frescos remain one the greatest "what if" episodes in the history of art. Identify ‘X’ and ‘Y’.


22. Belgium, Bulgaria, Checz Republic, Denmark, England,Montenegro,Netherlands,Norway and Sweden have the same national animal. Which one? (Clue: I purposefully skipped one Asian country from the list, or else it might have been an obvious clue).

23. Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1962 and 1972. In between, the man who begin his career as a clerk and created a business chain, won a by-election to the Lok Sabha from Hazaribagh. One of the many interesting things he did in his 103-year life.How do we better know him?



24. How is Dr Ram Subag Singh’s name significant in the history of Indian Parliament?



25. In which film Mallika Sherawat starred along with Jackie Chan? (Again.. to ensure some points for u)


26. Hardcore Quizzers excuse me..This onez from Children;s Classics..Where can we find races of people called High Heels and Low heels?You can find people called Big Endians and Little Endians in a neighbouring country called Blefuska…(I hope dat itself is the name)


27. In Odyssey, a group of giants are mentioned who have big eyes on their forehead. By what name they are called?


28. Which European river originates from Black forest and drains to Black sea?


29. Payyambalam beach resort witnessed a performance by a guy called Kuzhalmandham Ramakrishnan,which entered into Guinness book of World records.Which musical instrument did he played continuously for 101 Hours?


30. This phenomenon is seen during South west Monsoon seasons at the coast’s of Kerala..Itz nothing but a semicircular area in the sea, which could be upto 10 Km away from the coast, without any waves.Since the sea is non violent around the area,fishing is possible under any weather conditions.Njarakkal and Purakkal is very famous to observe this phenomenon.What on earth we are talking about?Itz having a very much Malayalam name, now a days used in similar contests in local slangs.Now tell..


31. Marggi Subrahmanian Potty was an eminent performance artist of Kerala who died recently due to electric shock during a stage show.His wife Marggi Sathi is also a very popular name in the field.Which is their art form which was even recognized by the UNESCO recently.


32. Whose temporary official residence is called ‘Santa Maria’?



33. Again one about a very honoured Malayali.. he was put in charge for implementation, planning and design of Calcutta metro, the first ever metro in India. He Though he retired, the Government needed his services and he was appointed the CMD of Konkan Railway on contract in 1990...Recently (not very recently) honoured even by the French Government.Who?



34. Last month, I was privileged to get an invitation from Mr Remesh, to visit Palakkad,his native place.Walking through many historic places over there like Kalpathy Agraharam, Sulthan Petta, etc…we reached the Palakkad fort.It was a really good experience since I was able to correct my believes regarding its construction and all..Now shall I ask u this?Who built Palakkad Fort in 1766 with a view to facilitate communication between Coimbatore and the West Coast?





35. Another usual stuff..Which is the capital city of Romania?




36. Three Indian women have been named among the world's 50 most powerful businesswomen by the Fortune magazine. -- ICICI Bank deputy managing director Chanda Kochhar, HSBC India CEO Naina Lal Kidwai are the two.Who is the obvious third?


37. ‘Arthritis and Sport’ in 2003, Early Diagnosis, Less Pain’ in 2004 & ‘Living without Pain’ in 2005 were the themes of World Arthitis day on those years.But the question is, when is world Arthritis day celebrated?



38. Its said that now a days, people are getting hypegiaphobic more often..What on earth is this Hypegaphobia?


39. Which actor started his acting career through a film called ‘Manimuzhakkam’ by PA Backer?


40. A current affairs question to end with.Which Indian women's rights has been named among the winners of the 'alternative Nobels', the Right Livelihood Awards that were announced on Thursday.


1. Alzheimer’s Disease
2. ‘Post Office’ by Rabindranath Tagore
3. Sivasamudram
4. Ice 196 o
5. Naranathu Branthan
6. Ihram
7. The only year in which the number of death’s exceeded the number of birth.
8. Wayanad
9. George Harrison
10. Astadhyai
11. Capital Cities of USA
12. Hinglish
13. Lata Mangeshkar
14. Flying Sikh
15. Mallika sarabhai
16. Arundhati Roy
17. Maradona
18. Jim Corbet National Park
19. Swami Vivakananda
20. Kozhikodan
21. ‘X’ is Michealangelo and ‘Y’ is Leonardo Da Vinci
22. Lion ( I skipped Srilanka)
23. MS Oberoi
24. 1st Opposition leader of Independent India
25. The Myth
26. Lilliput
27. Cyclopes
28. Danube
29. Mridangam
30. Chakara
31. Koodiyattam
32. The Pope
33. E Sreedharan
34. Hyder Ali
35. Bucharest
36. Biocon head Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
37. 12th October
38. Fear for Responsibility
39. Sreenivasan
40. Ruth Manorama