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Vol. XXXI No. 3, May 16-31, 2021

Quizzin’ with Ram’nan

Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan’s first 10 questions are on current affairs and the next 10 are on the great filmmaker Satyajit Ray whose birth centenary was observed this year.

1. A Belgian farmer made news recently after moving a stone, he found in his tractor’s path, by about 7.5 feet. How?

2. At the recent Oscar ceremony, Chloé Zhao became only the second woman and the first woman of colour to win the Best Director statuette. For which film?

3. Something worn by music artist Kanye West sold for a record $1.8m at Sotheby’s recently. Which item: an undergarment, socks, or shoes?

4. A piece of fabric from the Wright Brothers’ pioneering aircraft went extra-terrestrial recently. How was it used?

5. Which two KKR cricketers returning COVID positive tests triggered the suspension of IPL?

6. On April 22, the House of Representatives approved a bill to make which place the 51st State of USA?

7. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched a mobile app called ‘Dost For Life’. What is it for?

8. What is the name of the new digital currency that Bank of England and the Treasury is considering launching?

9. The UN has projected India’s economy to grow by how much percent in 2022: 8.9, 9.8, 10.1?

10. The Mayflower 400, a 15m long trimaran, recently started its transatlantic voyage to track aquatic mammals, analyse plastic in the water, and study marine pollution. What is special about the vessel?

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11. We all know Ray debuted with Pather Panchali, the first of a trilogy. Name the other two films in sequence?

12. The multifaceted Ray composed the music for all his films post 1961. But for which James Ivory flick did he score?

13. On which Sangita Kalanidhi and Padma Vibhushan awardee did Ray make an acclaimed ­documentary?

14. ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’ is one Ray’s much-loved creations. Which maverick but brilliant artiste did Ray initially want to cast as Goopy?

15. Which Ray work, made in 1971, was banned in India till 2010?

16. Which much-loved, ­Oscar-winning Hollywood actress read the citation for Ray when he was given an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement?

17. What are Holiday, Ray Roman, Daphnis, and Ray Bizarre?

18. Ray was the second film-maker to receive an honorary doctorate from Oxford. Which equally multifaceted global icon was the first?

19. Though most of his films’ names were literally translated when exhibited abroad, which film was called The Elephant God?

20. Which internationally acclaimed Asian filmmaker made this famous quote: “Never having seen a Satyajit Ray film is like never having seen the sun or the moon”?

Answers to Quiz
Answers to Quiz

It was an 1819 boundary marker for Belgium and France. Inadvertently, he had made France smaller!, 2. ‘Nomadland’, 3. Customised Air Jordan sneakers, 4. It was the carried by the ‘Ingenuity’ rotorcraft that NASA flew over the surface of Mars, 5. Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier, 6. Washington DC, 7. For psycho-social wellness of students, 8. Britcoin, 9. 10.1, 10. It is the world’s first Artificial Intelligence ship with no humans to navigate.

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11. Apur Sansar and Aparajito, 12. ‘Shakespeare Wallah’, 13. The dancer Balasarawathi, 14. Kishore Kumar, 15. ‘Sikkim’, 16. Audrey Hepburn, 17. Typefaces/fonts created by Ray, 18. Charlie Chaplin, 19. ‘Joi Baba Felunath’, 20. Akira Kurosawa.

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