AMBIS

प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म
All the best!
“Your next best weapon to a book is your brain...”
Round
1
 Question 1
X is one of the protagonists of the show Y which is an adaptation of the Super Sentai
Series.Y has as of today 28 seasons and X is the character with the most number of
appearances and is considered a legend among Y, who are famous for their color coded
spandex suits and righteousness. Identify X and Y.
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X- Tommy Oliver

Y- Power Rangers
 Question 2
What does this Google doodle represent?
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Shift from Gregorian Calendar to Julian
Calendar
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Which country shares the longest boundary with France?
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Brazil (730 km)
 Question 4
X is a famous tech company established here. But more importantly it is the “Birthplace
of Y”. Identify X and Y.
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X- Hewlett Packard (HP)
Y- Silicon Valley
 Question 5
X is a word which traces its origin a back as 1780s where it probably started as a slang
and meant “an odd or eccentric person” or “a joke or a hoax”.
There is a well-known myth about X that says; In 1791 a Dublin theatre owner named
Richard Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the English language
within 24 hours. He then went out and hired a group of street urchins to write the word
"X", which was a nonsense word, on walls around the city of Dublin. Within a day, the
word was common currency and had acquired a meaning (since no one knew what it
meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test) However, there is no evidence to
support the story, and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791.
Identify the word ‘X’.
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X- Quiz
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Mahesh Das Brahmbhatt was born to a Hindu Kayastha family in Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh,
India. According to folklore, it was at Tikawanpur near the banks of river Yamuna. His
father was Ganga Das and mother was Anabha Davito. He was the third son of the family
which had a previous association with poetry and literature.
He served at the Rajputs of Raja Ram Chandra of Rewa (Madhya Pradesh), under the
name “Brahma Kavi”. His economic and social status improved when he married the
daughter of a respected and rich family, contrary to the notion that he was on poor
economic terms before his appointment at the imperial court. He even led an army to
crush an unrest in the north-west Indian subcontinent where he was killed along with
many troops in an ambush by the rebel tribe. Such was his popularity that his name is
now incomplete without the mention of an emperor of India. How do we better know
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Birbal
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This picture of Mahatma Gandhi with Lord Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence
was taken at the former Viceroy House (now Rashtrapati Bhavan) in 1946.Tell me
what is the significance of this picture which we observe everyday.
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This picture of Gandhi is used in
Gandhi series of bank notes.
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This contrasting colour scheme of carpets is used in most of the commonwealth countries
including India, to differentiate X and Y. Green is used in X and Red is used in Y. Green
indicates ‘The Common Man’. Red indicates The Nobles. Identify X and Y and where do
you find them in India?
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X- Lok Sabha (Lower House)
Y- Rajya Sabha (Upper House)
Round
2
 1
Connect the following pictures to a music group which released an album. It achieved
cult status, became a pivotal point for a certain genre and somewhat of a pop culture
phenomenon.
(+5 marks if you name the album as well.)
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Music group- Neutral Milk Hotel
Album- In The Aeroplane Over the
Sea
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2
Identify the underlying theme between the following personalities:
a) This personality pioneered the grunge movement of the 90’s.
b) This personality is regarded as one of the best guitarists of all time. He also
performed at a controversial music festival.
c) This personality was the frontman of an iconic rock band. He was found dead in the
washroom of a club in Paris.
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The 27 Year Club
1) Kurt Cobain
2) Jimi Hendrix
3) Jim Morrison
 Question
3
Find the common theme between the following authors:

Boris Pasternak
Gerhard Domagk
Jean Paul Sartre
Richard Kuhn
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People who have declined the
Nobel Literature Prize
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Connect the theme :-
(This is a non exhaustive list)
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The Konami Code
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5
Yoshikage Kira is the main antagonist of the 4th part of the anime and manga Jojo’s
Bizarre Adventures by Hirohiko Araki. The manga is known for using pop culture
references as influences for major character designs and psychic abilities. Kira derives
much of his design from X, including poses and identical clothes. His psychic power
takes the form of a cat, inspired by the fact that X was also an avid cat lover.
Coincidentally, the finale of the season, which featured Kira’s death, aired during the
same time X died, 2016. Identify X.
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David Bowie
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X is a novel by Y published in 1940.It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American
volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War.He is
assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia.
Interestingly enough, X is also the title of a famous song by thrash metal band,
Metallica.
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X- For Whom the Bell Tolls
Y- Ernest Hemingway
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Maulvi Ziauddin, a Pashtun insurance agent, Ichiro Okuda, Matsuda, Orlando Mazzotta,
an Italian nobleman are the pseudonyms of a person evading capture in British India and
elsewhere namely Japan and Singapore. Identify this person
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Pseudonyms of Subhash
Chandra Bose
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Connect the theme:
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All the events happening in
these books take place during a
24 hour period
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 Question
1
Find the common theme between the following pictures that makes them ‘Truly
Beautiful’?
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Golden ratio
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X was the star player of Portugal for a period of time. He played as a Left Winger for
Portugal with the jersey number 7. He also played for FC Barcelona and created a lot of
controversy by transferring to Real Madrid. He was later outshone by Ronaldo and lost
his position as well as the number 7 in the Portugal Football Team to Ronaldo. Find X.
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Luis Figo
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X is a famous book written by Y originally in German in 1929. It was adapted into a
movie in 1930. It is quite controversial as it was made before the censor board was
established so it's quite gory. It was also banned by the Nazis in Germany for allegedly
showing the Germans as weak.
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X-All Quiet on the Western Front(Im Westen nichts Neues)
Y-Erich Maria Remarque
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The phrase ‘X’ rose to prominence when it was first used by commentator Andres
Montes during his television commentary on LaSexta during the 2006 World Cup.The
roots of what would develop into ‘X’ began to be implemented by Johan Cruyff during
his tenure as manager from 1988-1996. The phrase ‘X’ is originally Basque, meaning
“Taking quick, light steps”. Give X.
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Tiki-Taka
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5
Almost 2.5 million copies of X were printed between 23rd August and 3rd September,
1939 by the British Government, but it wasn’t sanctioned for any public display. It was
instead decided that the copies of the poster should remain in cold-storage for use after
serious air raids.It remained in cold-storage till 2000, when Stuart Manley, co-owner with
his wife Mary, of Barter Books Ltd. in Alnwick, Northumberland, were going through a
box of used books bought at an auction when he uncovered one of the original copies of
X.The couple framed it and hung it up by the cash register. It attracted so much interest
that Manley began to produce and sell copies of the same.
Other companies followed suit and the design rapidly began to be used as the theme for a
wide range of products, gaining a cult status worldwide in a short span of time.
Identify X
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Keep Calm and Carry On
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Michael Dobbs, a British Conservative politician and best selling author had this to say this about his
work-
“I started writing the book beside a swimming pool. I had no idea it was about to change my life so
completely. Nearly thirty years later it’s still doing that, changing my life.
The idea for a novel based around the dark political arts came to me shortly after the 1987 general
election campaign, which had been particularly bruising. Margaret Thatcher won that election but made
many enemies while doing so - too many, I thought. It inspired me to begin work on a plot - entirely
fictional, of course-to get rid of a prime minister. The book was dramatised by BBC , and in the very
week it was broadcast Margaret was forced out of Downing Street. It seemed almost impossible, but she
was gone. Fact had overtaken Fiction.”
The BBC’s television adaptation has been one of the best-selling television series ever made by the BBC.
And now the US adaptation is a global success.
What work is being talked about here?
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House of Cards
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X, literally translated as the servants of God, represented a non-violent struggle against
the British Empire by the Pashtuns of the North-West Frontier Province of British India.
Formed out of the Society for the Reformation of Pashtuns, it initially targeted social
reformation and launched campaign against prostitution.
Also called “Surkh Posh” or “Red Shirts”, it was originally a social reform organisation
focussing on education and the elimination of blood feuds known as the Anjuman-e-
Islah-e Afghania. The movement was led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
What is X?
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Khudai Khidmatgar
 Question
8
Though native to South America, X made its way to the Caribbean Island of
Guadeloupe, and it was here that Christopher Columbus first spotted it in 1493. Because
it was high in demand and low in supply, only the extremely wealthy could afford X.
Monarchs like Louis XV, Catherine the Great and Charles II enjoyed eating this sweet
fruit. Also X has the same name in Arabic, French, German, Greek, Russian and Hindi.
Identify X.
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Pineapple
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 Question
1
Self reference occurs in natural or formal languages when a sentence, idea or formula
refers to itself. Self referential statements are sometimes paradoxical and recursive.This
has applications in various fields such as mathematics, philosophy and linguistics.
Identify another field where the self referential behaviour is applied. Deadpool uses i t a
lot
Hint: “87% of all statistics are false.”

+50/-30
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Self Referential Humor/Meta
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A certain branch of philosophy which dates back to 3rd century AD encompassing wider
religious philosophies like Vedanta, Mahayana, Buddhism, Kabbalah and Sufism.Started
with 19 members, it was self-described as "an unsectarian body of seekers after Truth,
who endeavor to promote Brotherhood and strive to serve humanity’.
Which worldwide organization promotes this philosophy?

+40/-25
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Theosophical Society
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During Ragnarok, it is fated that all gods will perish at the hands of Loki and Surt and
their minions. Freyr will be killed by Surtr. Garm, the dog of Hel, the goddess of the
deceased will kill Tyr, the God of Personal Challenges. Such is fated that Thor will be
killed by a child of Loki and Angrbooa, who has a grip all over the Nine Worlds. So tell
me who is fated to kill Thor?(+30/-20)

+30/-20
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Jormungandr/World Serpent
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Before c.3000 BC Egypt was divided into two parts. The upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
with their separate patron goddesses Nekhbet(vulture goddess) and Wadjet (cobra
goddess) respectively. X is normally credited with uniting Egypt and is shown wearing a
Pschent , the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt in the “X Palette”. Identify X.

+20/-15
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Narmer/ Menes
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August Kekule was trying for a very long time to form the structure of Benzene, but was
unable to do so. Then one day with a stroke of brilliance he found inspiration and thus
was formed the cyclic structure of Benzene. Where did Kekule get his inspiration for the
cyclic structure of Benzene?

+10/0
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A daydream!
The answer of the Long
Connect is ...
Ouroboros!
OR

A snake eating its

own tail!
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Utkar Jigyasa
sh
Thank You!