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1) Who is the only lady to have received the Bharat Ratna posthumously? She was awarded in 1997 a year after her death.
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2) The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was passed in 1977, in the U.S., primarily as a result of the activities of which company?
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3) Which 1978 Bollywood film was released in the U.S.A. subtitled ‘Love Sublime’?
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4) Identify the sculpture and its creator?
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4) ‘The Kiss’ by Constantin Brancusi
5) a) X a) X b) C.C. Biswas b) M.C. Mahajan c) B.K. Mukherjee c) T. Singh d) A.S.M. Akram d) Din Muhammad e) S.A. Rahman e) Muhammad MunirThese two groups of people played a seminal role in the history of the sub-continent. Who is X? (Common in both lists)
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6) Opened in 2002, the House of Terror is a museum to the excesses committed by the country’s right wing and left-wing organisations in the 20th century. In which city is this building, whose address is, famously mentioned in an Alistair MacLean classic?
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7) Identify the model of the car.
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8) In the Ukraine who are referred to as the Samosely (self-settlers)?
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8) People who living voluntarily in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
9) Operation ‘Frequent Wind’, the largest helicopter evacuation ever, occurred in which city?
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10) Which item of confectionary was patented by George Smith in the United States in 1931? He claimed to have invented it in 1908.
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11) Identify the two pall bearers and the deceased?
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12) Brigadier Mohammed Usman refused to become the chief of staff of the Pakistan army in 1947 and stayed back in India. Which glorious record does he hold in the history of the Indian army?
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12) Till date the highest ranked Indian officer to die in action (during the first Indo-Pak war of 1948)
13) One of the foremost Czech poets Jan _____ , was a member of the influential “may school”. How has he been immortalized in the 20th century?
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13) Ricardo Reyes Basoalto was inspired by him and took up his title
14) This song is from a film which was inspired by a Hollywood film. Name the original film?
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15) This momentous event of the 20th century was planned by A. P. Randolph president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters along with James Farmer, John Lewis, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young and _______, who attained international fame after the event. Name the event.
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16) Identify the actress famous for her role in a series of ‘travel’ films.
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16) Sylvia Kristel who was famous for her ‘Emmanuelle’ series of films.
17) What happened as a result of the public outrage over the unfortunate death of Duk Koo Kim in 1982 ?
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17) He died in the Boxing ring which led changes in professional Boxing for the first time since 1869.
18) Peter Safar (1924-2003) was an Austrian physician of Czech origin who was instrumental in setting up the world famous Dept. of Anaesthesiology and critical care in Pittsburgh, USA. However he was nominated for the Nobel prize thrice for a landmark contribution of his which has led to saving of millions of lives and led to a paradigm shift amongst doctors in management of emergency patients. What landmark contribution are we talking about?
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19) What was the official reason given by Gamal Abdel Nasser for nationalising the Suez Canal?
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20) A dominated any gathering, B suffused it. A's passion strove to overwhelm opposition, B's intellect would seek to persuade or outmanoeuvre it. A was sardonic, B penetrating. A thought of himself as a philosopher, B saw his role as an administrator or a negotiator. A was eager to accelerate history, B content to exploit its current. Henry Kissinger on which dynamic duo?
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Audience) Identify and Connect.
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21) She was credited to have created something which was iconic. Name her and the creation. FINALS
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22) Mini-Skirt
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22) What has just happened?
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23) This man reached the Rangoon hospital with 9 bullets in his lungs, liver and kidneys. When he was asked by the surgeon what had happened he had replied “I have been kicked by a donkey.” Identify this famous man.
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24) Bryan Rose was dismissed after scoring 7. Derek Randall tried his best but was run out on 13. Then a batsman was promoted with a specific instruction from the vice captain. What happened next?
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24) Ian Botham running out Ian Bothan vs New Zealand in 1978.
25) The person on the left at the famous garden in the estate of the person on the right. Name both?
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25) Georges Clemenceau and Claude Monet.
26) Invented in Venezuela by Ken Vezina and Paul Iria in 1865 although earlier examples are present throughout history. What is this product which became popular when marketed by the Wham-O Company in the mid 50s?
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27) He was known as the ‘Einstein of Structural Engineering’. The lifetime achievement medal awarded by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is named after him. Sears Tower and John Hancock Centre are amongst his innovative designs. Name him? FINALS
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27) Fazrul Rahman Khan
28) The largest number of death sentences for a single proper court case was 172 out of 228 put on trial. Described by M.N. Roy as legalised murder, the verdict was reviewed by the high court and resulted in 19 death sentences and 110 life sentences. What was this case?
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29) A very rare photograph of somebody contemplating his uncertain future. Who?
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30) Identify the happening which was possible after 32 years.
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31) Which word was selected by the American Dialect Society as its word of the 20th Century?
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32) Identify.
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32) HAL HF-24 Marut
33) The British urban planner Sir Patrick Geddes, designed the core area of which city in the 1930s? The city has the most number of Bauhaus style buildings.
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34) Which politician, as PWD minister was instrumental in removing from Kolkata in late 60s the statues of the British era?
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34) Subodh Banerjee
35) Carlos Saura’s upcoming movie on Picasso is titled ‘33 Days’. Why?
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35) The time he took to paint ‘Guernica’.
36) Along with Burma which other territory was detached from British India in 1937?
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37) Identify the two lead guitarists?
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38) First published in 1964, this book was written with the help of John Macdonald, chief economist of Fortune. It was the memoir of X who had been the president and, subsequently, chairman of a Fortune 500 corporation. The 1990 edition had an introduction by Y, who had been invited to study that corporation from 1943 to 1945 but whose resultant 1946 book did not find favour with X. X’s memoirs were written partly as a rebuttal of the 1946 work. Id X and Y.
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39) Jack Ryan, a part of the design team for the Sparrow and Hawk missiles, also helped design an iconic 20th century product launched in 1959. What product?
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40) “I immediately thought of doing the same thing with a giant Gorilla” wrote Merian C. Cooper, in 1926. He ended up producing the 1933 version of King Kong. What was the ‘thing’ which inspired Cooper?
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41) Identify.
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42) Who is being portrayed on-screen?
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43) ‘Dekhi nai fire’ by Samaresh Basu is a book of articles on which famous Bengali of the 20th century?
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44) This is a conversation during a very important discovery of the 20th Century: A: “Can you see anything?”B: “Yes. Wonderful things”Identify A and B.
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45) Lord Carnavon and Howard Carter
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45) Connect and Explain.
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46) This man is the first ‘chairman’ of which organisation.
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47) The youngest winner of the Ashok Chakra, there is a road in Ghatkopar, Mumbai named after to honour the individual. Identify
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47) Neerja Bhanot
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48) Dutch for 'seal island" it was used as a leper colony and animal quarantine station in the 19th century. In the 20th century the place gained prominence because of the fact that it ‘housed’ two of the country's [where it is situated]future presidents for some time. Identify this geographical entity which has also been the site of several shipwrecks
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49) Name the actor and the real life person his character is based on?
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50) ."When Matisse dies, he would be the only painter left who understands what colour is". This is how Picasso described him. Which 20th century, great whose paintings inspired many, including the naming of a Musical based on a Joseph Stein book, are we talking about? Also name the musical.
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50) Fiddler on the Roof by Marc Chagall.
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Audience) United Tasmania group in Australia and Free Values of New Zealand were the first organizations of their kind which later on gained widespread popularity in the western world and its politics. In what way were they pioneers ?
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Audience) First Green Parties.
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51) Identify this legend.
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52) Identify.
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52) Francis Gary Powers
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53) Identify the film and the music director.
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54) Identify the two iconic performers.
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54) Rudolf Nuryaev and Margot Fontaine.
55) The Soviet 588th Bomber Regiment was nicknamed ‘Nachthexen’ or night witches by the Germans. Why?
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55) All women pilots.
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56) Who playing who on-screen?
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57) Identify the popular name of this piece of music which was named after the location of its famous first performance.
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58) The lady on the left is Birute Galdikas name the other two and their collective nickname.
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58) Jane Goodall, Diane Fossey and Leakey’s Angels
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59) This province rich for its diamond mines broke away from its parent country in 1960. The name was used as that of a character in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the film ‘Wild Geese’ was based on the supposed rescue of its president. Name this province?
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59) Katanga
Vote of Thanks
The family of Supratimda for gracing the occasionSanjoy Mukherjee for the wonderful trophyThe entire quizzing community of Kolkata for their unwavering support.
My fellow Quizmasters for their cooperation and patience while being bombarded by my tough questions which they rightly rejected.
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60) This European derby match has its origins in the clubs being founded in the posh central district of the capital in 1908 and the nearby working class port city in 1925. The derby is named ‘Derby of eternal enemies’. The older club shares its logo with that of a famous Scottish club. Name both clubs.
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