Highest was 30. Cut-off was 18.5.

2.  30 Questions
 Total 37 points
 Every correct answer is 1 point
 Question Number 11-20 are star marked.
 If teams are tied on stars, count back method
to be applied

3.  Cecil Headlam, an old Oxford historian once
summarised the history of British
colonisation as “First the hunter, the
missionary and the merchant, next the
soldier and the politician, and then the
___________..”
 What according to Headlam was the last
entrant in this list, perhaps the least harmful
of all these civilising influences ?

5.  This is Lee Krasner, an American artist, a
practitioner of abstract expressionism, who
did not gain much popularity while alive.
 According to MOMA curatorWilliam
Liebermann, “She painted in the modern
idiom, while _________ was still in the regional
style”.
 Why has her house, which she moved to,
principally to cut down on her husband’s
drinking habits, at a village in Long Island,
named an American historic landmark ?

8.  What are these two blanked out portions of
gastronomic delight known as ?

10.  He first sang on stage at age five. As a teenager,
he taught himself the violin and cello.
 As a youngster, he would always dress like a
musician, in a “long, fawn-coloured overcoat with
green velvet cuffs and collar and a slouch hat.”
 Who is this keen musician about whom a
journalist wrote in 1918 that it will be unusual if
he does not pick up the fiddle and the bow, and
accompany your remarks with an obbligato from
the classics ?

12.  What kind of establishment in San Francisco,
dating back to 1848, is the oldest of its kind
in North America and the largest one outside
the continent of Asia ?

14.  According to a much hyped study by Lindsey et
al (2006), it is a big business in Africa bringing in a
revenue of US$ 200 million.
 The researchers argued that private ventures in Africa
control more than 540,000 square miles of land, 22 %
more than that protected by national parks. As demand
for land increases with swelling human populations,
conservationists can garner more effective results by
working with this set of people.
 What activity, quite ironically, therefore has been
suggested by conservationists to be a game-changer in
this regard ?

16.  The following chart has been adopted from
International Diabetes Federation’s
guidelines for diabetics in a certain
population whose updated versions were
released a couple of months ago.
 What issue does it address?

19.  _____________ is a modern day
interpretation of fourteen stories of a single
novelist by the graphic artist Peter Kuper,
capturing much of the same mania and
claustrophobia as the original works.
 What is the title of this compilation, now, a
legitimate adjective in the English lexicon ?

22.  What is the very appropriate title of this
cartoon ?

24.  This old photograph on the next slide features
an young X, who was, then a part of JNU’s Free
Thinkers’ group, quite ironically, a left-leaning
student body which in a way shaped X’s later life.
 X registered for a PhD at JNU in 1982, but did
not eventually complete it.
 Who is X, set to receive the distinguished alumni
award at JNU’s convocation ceremony in
August?

27.  Beau Brummell, a close friend of the future King
George IV, implemented the first dress code. In
1807, he decreed that "men of elegance" should
wear waisted black coats with white cravats and
pantaloons.
 However, Brummell left no guidance for the
elegant women in attendance.
 What were they attending, which has had its fair
share of fashionable controversies in the past ?

29.  California Gold Rush in the 1850s witnessed a huge
number of immigrants from Australia flocking to
that place and placing an illicit claim over acres of
land.The local authority hastily put up some of the
court proceedings to settle the disputes.
 According to many, the notion of justice in these
trials proceeded by leaps, jumping over evidences
in favour of defendants to arrive at a hasty and
often an unfair decision.
 What concept of judicial illegitimacy originated
from this incident ?

31.  Xavier Lust is a Belgian sculptor based out of
Brussels, who in 2010 designed an award
statuette after a promotional poster of a film
festival from 1958.
 Who was the original designer of this poster ?

34.  This perforated earthenware jar from the
Victorian England was in great demand by
Manchester Royal Infirmary who would
import them from London on a regular basis.
 What purpose did these containers serve ?

37.  In the 1967 movie ‘The Graduate’ ,a scene in
Berkley where Elaine is being stalked by
Benjamin features a promotional hoarding of
an upcoming show citing ‘_________ & seven
musicians’.
 Who is this instrumental man behind the
show whose insane music, according to a
man closer home, is devoured by us like a true
glutton ?

39.  This logo drew a lot of criticism when it was
introduced in the Brazilian University of
Santa Catarina.
 However this was only an artistic depiction of
two elements of the concerned branch
which was studied in that department.
 Which department ?

42.  A popular exhibit in Britain’sVictoria & Albert
Museum has a mechanism that sets one hand of
the part below to move and emit a wailing
sound from its mouth and grunts from the part
above.
 In addition a flap on the side of the upper part
folds down to reveal the keyboard of a
small pipe organ with 18 notes.
 What is the alliterative name of this popular
exhibit that causes many English women to faint
from fear ?

44.  One ofThe Economist’s all time great covers was
an issue titled “Brazil takes off”. It underlined
the economic progress made under Lula, the
Brazilian President.
 According to an article of Businessinsider, the
staff atThe Economist thought this cover would
be considered sacrilegious and feared a public
backlash, however they were mildly taken aback
when they received just a single letter of
complaint.
 What did the cover feature ?

47.  Alstonia scholaris is an evergreen tropical tree in
the family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Indian
subcontinent, Malay Peninsula, and Australasia.
 True to its scientific name a place associated
with this tree has been the seat of scholarly
activities and artistic expressions.
 Which place be this, where visitors are always
asked to maintain peace and silence ?

49.  This is a still from Episode 42 of the fourth
series of Monty Python from 1974.
 Who is the accomplished surgeon, with an
impeccable timing of television debut, to be
proved only a few years down the line ?

52.  Which pressing
issue was the
principal
agenda in this
social media
campaign by
Biriyani outlet,
Kabuliwala ?

54.  “It is an insult to a generation of sailors ... a ship
is like a _______.”This is how Admiral LordWest
criticised a decision taken by the Scottish
Maritime Museum, earlier this year.
 Some argued that the tradition was
anachronistic and “perpetuated the patriarchal
view” while naval enthusiasts claimed, it was
“political correctness gone mad”.
 What decision caused such a furore ?

56.  MuralWallpapers in a bid to celebrate the
fiftieth birthday of a contemporary master,
has come up with these beautifully decorated
wallpapers, that reflect the elaborate artistic
backdrop of his works.
 Who has been paid tribute?

60.  “At the heart of gold” is a HBO documentary
that delves into the murkier aspects of sports.
What controversy does it deal it ?
 What word has been blanked out from the
poster, an instinct the subjects of the
documentary all shared, apart from being
champions ?

63.  ___ ____________ is a 1957 book by Elliot Ness
and Oscar Fraley about an achievement of the
former, nearly two decades ago in the city of
Chicago that was popularised through a
Hollywood venture in the later years.
 ____________ is an almost identically titled 1935
novel that was a reflection of the social
stigmata of the times, when it was written.
 What are the two books being referenced ?

65.  The coins in the image are of an illustrious king
who has been lauded as an advocate of
Brahmanism in an inscription by his mother,
herself. Incidentally the name of his mother
leaves on, in the annals of history through an
unique way of designation.
 Who is he ?
 Which politically inclined actress portrayed the
character of his mother in a recentTelegu biopic
on this person ?

68.  A German physician Felix Gotschlich was
organising a quarantine camp in the city of Al-
turu in the Southern Sinai province of Egypt in
1905.
 There he isolated something from the intestines
of six men on a return journey that people took
little notice of in the early part of the twentieth
century, but became a scourge in the 1960s,
predominantly in South East Asia.
 What was discovered and Where were they
returning from ?

70.  Kamala Khan, a teenage American-
Muslim from Jersey City, New Jersey took over this
mantle in February 2014.
 The Guardian lauded this step against Islamophobia
and said “….. And a Muslim girl for that matter, a
demographic often silenced; spoken about and not
spoken to, and battling not only Islamophobia, but
misogyny from outside their community and within.”
 What responsibility did Ms Khan take to ?
 What was her attire at work inspired from ?

72.  The following image is the front cover of an
alternative history fictional story where the
Fascists have defeated Roosevelt and taken
over America in 1940. However this
particular front cover was exclusively used
for books sold in Germany.
 Why ?
 Who became the US President defeating
Roosevelt according to this novella ?

75.  This is an exhibit from theWashington spy
museum. It displays a tool used for an
assassination in the 20th century.
 Which tool ?

78.  This man invented a new hoisting machine for raising
the masonry needed for the _____, a task no doubt
inspired by republication ofVitruvius' De Architectura,
which describes Roman machines used in the first
century AD to build large structures such as the
Pantheon and the Baths of Diocletian, structures still
standing, which he would have seen for himself.
 Which man is this who built a defining structure that
still captures the awe of tourists worldwide ?
 Which structure ?

80.  The very same year of an eponymous discovery, a
Britisher paid visit to a shop in Kolkata and his
appetite was satiated to the extent that he offered a
finest product of his make to the shop-owner who
politely refused it saying that there was no need for
such an item in his shop as his workers were natives.
 This led the gentleman to figure out a solution and
eventually the gift was accepted.
 What was the item gifted ?
 What was unique about it ?