NAKSHATRA QUIZ -2017

S.HARIHARAN R.ROSHAN KRISHNA

List It – 2Infinite Bounce/ Pounce – 10Minimalist Posters – 10Special Round - 5Long Visual ConnectInfinite Bounce/ Pounce II - 10

List It

List all movies that won 9 or more Oscars(8)

8*5=40 +10 if you get all 8.

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Ben-HurTitanicThe Lord of the rings : The return of the kingWest side storyGigiThe Last EmperorThe English PatentGone with the wind

Players scored 10000+ runs in Test Cricket(12)

12*5=60 +15 for getting all

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Sunil Gavaskar Sachin TendulkarRahul DravidAllan BorderSteve WaughRicky PointingBrain LaraShivnarine ChanderpaulMahela JayawardenaKumar SangakkaraJacques KallisAlastair Cook

Infinite Pounce/ Bounce – I

+10/-10 for Pounce+10 for Bounce

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X is the founder of Project Greenhands, a grassroots ecological initiative which was awarded by Government of India in June 2010. PGH aims to increase the green cover in Tamilnadu by 10% and has successfully overseen the planting of more than 17 million trees by over 2 million volunteers.

In 2012, he was voted among the hundred most powerful Indians for his contribution in the field of environment protection and for encouraging public participation in ecological issues.

Id X who is also a Padma Vibushan recipient.

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Rodrigo de Jerez was one of the Spanish crewmen who sailed to the Americas as a part of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage across the Atlantic ocean in 1492.

On 12 October 1492, the crew first encountered X at San Salvador island in the Bahamas, known to the natives as Guanahani. In November 1492, they were searching for the traces of Hongzhi emperor of China, in Cuba. While doing so, they met some native people who taught Jerez and Luis de Torres something.

Which well known practice thus became worldwide?

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X was founded by sixteen men and seven women who hid valuables in an abandoned iron mine shortly after the foundation of the city. As the iron mine’s chambers filled with treasures, X was formed to utilize the wealth. Each of twenty-three fugitives had a key to these great subterranean vaults, and their descendants – now numbering atleast one thousand – who proudly display ceremonial keys on formal occasions.

Also other powerful people of the city own shares in X, sit on its secret councils, and have a voice in selecting the men who lead it.

Id X.

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Militia Company of District II under the command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq or The Shooting Company of Frans Banninck Cocq and Willem Van Ruytenvurch, a 1642 painting by X Van Rijn is one of the most famous Dutch golden age paintings.

It depicts the eponymous company moving out, led by captain and his lieutenant is said to have effective use of sunlight and shade. X leads the eye to three most important characters among the crowd. The two gentlemen in the centre, the woman in the centre left background carrying a chicken. Behind them, the company’s colours are carried by the ensign.

How do we better know this famous painting for which X is paid 1600 guilders for 17 members in the painting. Also Id X.

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Night’s Watch by Rembrandt

Print ad of?6

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In the Kurma Purana, Sita prays to Agni just when Ravana arrives to kidnap her. Agni creates Maya Sita – an exact double of Sita who takes the place of Sita and is abducted by the demon. While Sita is taken by Agni to heaven, Maya Sita is confined in Lanka and she is rescued by Rama. After the war, real sita return to rama which leaves mayasita abandoned.

She prays to lord shiva for husband ,but when he appears, she expresses her heart’s desire too many times.

Who was she supposedly reborn as?

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Draupadi

“Children have always been my inspiration. I always saw them in the street or in a park trying out bicycle kicks, and I told them it would be good to do it in reverse”.

"And that day in England, I was given the ball that I had been waiting for five years!"

Which iconic moment was been explained by the man himself.

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X was the son of Rishabhanatha, the first Trithankara of Jainism and younger brother of Bharatha Chakravartin. X is also called Gommateshwara because of the Gommateshwara statue in Karnataka <img in the nxt slide> dedicated to him.

Adi Purana, a 9th Century Sanskrit poem, deals with the X family. X is said to be the first Digambara monk to have attained moksha in the present half cycle of time.

Id X.

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This is not “Bahubali”

Id the blanked space.

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Minimalist Posters

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Short Connect

This is the considered as explanation of a certain code in Cryptography. For what?

The Question:The following numbers mysteriously printed on X....128 - 10 - 93 - 85 - 10 -128 - 98 - 112 - 6 - 6 - 25 - 126 - 39 - 1 - 68 -78Solution:These numbers do infact refer to the chapter numbers of X. Each number represents the first letter of the corresponding chapter as follows.W - E - C - G - E - W - H - Y - A - A - I - O - R - T - N - UThe next thing to notice is that there are 16 letters. 16 is a square number. The letters should be rearranged into what is called a Caeser Square. Write the letters across in a 4 x 4 square filling one row at a time....W - E - C - GE - W - H - YA - A - I - OR - T - N - UNow read down the columns.....Code: WE ARE WATCHING YOU

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The plot concerns a meteorite found within the Arctic Circle that may provide proof of extraterrestrial life, and attempts by the antagonists to prevent the evidence against it from becoming public.

Plot of which Techno-thriller novel?

2+50/-40

The Invisible College has been described as a precursor group to the X of London, consisting of a number of natural philosophers like Robert Boyle.

Founded in November 1660, X was granted a royal charter by King Charles II which is a learned group about Science. As of 2016, there are about 1,600 fellows, allowed to use the postnominal title FRS, with up to 52 new fellows appointed each year. The current president of X is Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who took up the post on 30 November 2015.

Id the famous institution.<img in the nxt slide>

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Put Funda. 5+30/-20

These are types of what?

3-Dimensional Fractal ChainFigure-ground DihedralMirror-imageMulti Lingual OscillationRotationalNaturalSymbiotogram Space-Filling Spinonym 

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Painting by whom and Id the person in the painting.

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This is the considered as explanation of a certain code in Cryptography. For what?

The Question:The following numbers mysteriously printed on X....128 - 10 - 93 - 85 - 10 -128 - 98 - 112 - 6 - 6 - 25 - 126 - 39 - 1 - 68 -78Solution:These numbers do infact refer to the chapter numbers of X. Each number represents the first letter of the corresponding chapter as follows.W - E - C - G - E - W - H - Y - A - A - I - O - R - T - N - UThe next thing to notice is that there are 16 letters. 16 is a square number. The letters should be rearranged into what is called a Caeser Square. Write the letters across in a 4 x 4 square filling one row at a time....W - E - C - GE - W - H - YA - A - I - OR - T - N - UNow read down the columns.....Code: WE ARE WATCHING YOU

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Digital Fortress

The plot concerns a meteorite found within the Arctic Circle that may provide proof of extraterrestrial life, and attempts by the antagonists to prevent the evidence against it from becoming public.

Plot of which Techno-thriller novel?

2+50/-40

Deception point

The Invisible College has been described as a precursor group to the X of London, consisting of a number of natural philosophers like Robert Boyle.

Founded in November 1660, X was granted a royal charter by King Charles II which is a learned group about Science. As of 2016, there are about 1,600 fellows, allowed to use the postnominal title FRS, with up to 52 new fellows appointed each year. The current president of X is Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who took up the post on 30 November 2015.

Id the famous institution.<img in the nxt slide>

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Put Funda. 5+30/-20

These are types of what?

3-Dimensional Fractal ChainFigure-ground DihedralMirror-imageMulti Lingual OscillationRotationalNaturalSymbiotogram Space-Filling Spinonym 

5+20/-10

Painting by whom and Id the person in the painting.

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Dante by Michelangelo

And the connect is…

Special Round - Kollywood

During the re-recording of Moodupani’s soundtrack, Illayaraja fired his original keyboardist, due to the person’s drinking behaviour.

To complete the re-recording on time, Illayaraja agreed on one of his friend’s suggestions and hence a great thing happened for the first time ever.

Put funda.

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A.R.Rahman was hired by Illayaraja for playing keyboard!!

Safdar Hashmi was a communist playwriter and director in India. He was also an actor, lyricist and he is still considered as an important voice in Indian political theatre.

He was a founding member of People’s theatre front in 1973. He was murdered in 1989 in Jhandapur, while performing a street play, Halla Bol.

Which famous character in Kollywood is inspired from Safdar Hashmi?

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Nallasivam

X is a Srilankan Tamil radio broadcaster, master of ceremonies, television host and film actor. He is known for his broadcasting career on Radio Ceylon. He has hosted many Tamil cultural events around the world.

X made a special appearance in 2001 movie Thenali and also wrote a Sinhalese song Signore Signore for the movie Kannathil Muthamittal.

Id X who worked in several television shows.

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Abdul Hameed

Jayapalan was born in Jaffna, Srilanka fled to Norway during Srilankan Tamil war. His literature works regarding freedom won several awards around the world.

Through his friendship with filmmaker Balu Mahendra, he was casted in a movie and won a national film award in his debut work.

Id the film and the character for which he came into limelight.

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Pettikaran; Aadukalam

Vandichakkaram is a 1980 Tamil film starring Sivakumar and Saritha in the lead roles and both of them won a filmfare award in their respective categories. It was one of the biggest hits of Sivakumar. This movie was later remade in Hindi as Prem Pratigyaa and in Telugu as Gharana Gangalu.

Inspite of all this forgotten facts, which character made its debut in this film is still remembered was written by Vinu Chakravarthy?

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Silk Smitha

Infinite Pounce/ Bounce – II

+10/-10 for Pounce+10 for Bounce

In classical mythology, X is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars. He is also known in Latin as Amor meaning love. His Greek counterpart is Eros.

Y is his source of power which can fill anyone with uncontrollable desire.

X is also sometimes depicted blindfolded and described as blind – since the sight of the beloved can be a spur to love.

Id X. <img in the next slide>

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Cupid – The Stupid

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Nakizumo festival was originated as local festival in a small shrine in Tochigi. The festival is celebrated throughout Japan, but the most popular one is in the Sensoji temple where a fierce competition takes place between sumo wrestlers.

More than 100 sumo wrestlers participate in the festival every year in this 400-year-old Japanese tradition.

What does sumo wrestlers should do to win the crown?

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Sumo Wrestlers should make their babies cry!!

List of what? Id X.

Mansa MusaJohn. D. RockefellerAndrew CarnegieNikolai Alexandrovich RomanovMir Osman Ali KhanJakob FuggerWilliam the conquerorXHenry FordCornelius Vanderbilt

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Richest persons of all time; Gaddafi

James Brendan Connolly while pursuing his higher education at Harvard University submitted a request for leave of absence in the university committee but was denied. Connolly then requested an honorable withdrawal as a student, which was granted on March 19.

Soon after he left to Europe. Arriving in Naples, he was robbed and lost his ticket. Finally he took the train to X from Italy, arriving there just in time. He did all this to take part in something and thus became first person to achieve what on April 16 the same year?

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First modern Olympic medalist

X Motor Car Corporation is a Buffalo, New York-based automobile company, established in 1947. A three-passenger convertible with a folding steel top was their only model before the company going bankrupt in 1951. They produced only 91 units and could not compete with better-financed companies offering more conventional cars.

X later changed their business model in 1953 by the suggestion of a teenage boy and now a giant in its field. Id the company.

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Currency of? 7

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X designed a submersible to take him to the deepest part of the ocean – is well known for inventing technology to implement in his field. He holds a number of patents, including US patent No. 4996938, “apparatus for propelling a user in an underwater environment”. This device is basically an underwater dolly equipped with propellers that makes it easy for a operator to maneuver in water.

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James Cameron

Paso Doble (meaning double-step in Spanish) is a Spanish light music, with a binary rhythm and moderated movement, based in typical Spanish dances of the 16th century. During the 18th century it was incorporated to comedies and was adopted as a regulatory step for the Spanish infantry, with a special feature that makes the troops take the regular step: 120 steps per minute. The music was introduced in bullfights during the 19th century. It is played during the bullfighters' entrance to the ring or during the passes just before the kill.

This music became inspiration to which iconic music piece ?

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The term X or X-man is believed to be originated from Australia or New Zealand where a transient labourer who travelled by foot from farm to farm carrying his belongings in a X.

In the early 1800’s the term X was also used by British thieves to describe any amount of stolen goods.

During the early years of the 1900’s the introduction of the pension is considered to reduce the number of X .

Id the popular term. <img in the nxt slide>

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