Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Quiz

WikiProject India

This project is a workgroup of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India and India-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.

Welcome to the India quiz. The quiz is a general knowledge quiz centred around India that any registered Wikipedians can enter. It is run as a friendly competition to test and improve your knowledge of India. Most importantly, it's supposed to be fun. The questions and answers would be condensed in the form of "Did you know..." facts on Portal:India to be updated once or twice a week. Also, the relevant articles that get quoted in these quiz questions would hopefully get a face-lift with increased attention as a result of the questions.

Rules

1. All questions must have an India-related theme or India-related connection.
2. Any registered Wikipedian can answer a quiz question, but to ask a question you must first earn the right by being the first person to answer the previous one correctly. If the current question is still open and you think you know the answer, post your answer below and wait for an adjudication from the person who placed the question. Remember to sign your post with ~~~~.
3. If you are the first person to post the correct answer, the asker will post a message below your answer confirming you gave the correct response.
4. You now have the baton and 24 hours to post a new question. If a new question is not posted by you within that time limit, the previous asker can post a new question in lieu of yourself.
5. If the baton holder fails to ask the question within 2 days (48 hours), any wikipedian can ask the question on his behalf.
6. When 25 questions have been asked, a round is over. The leader on the answer tally at the end of each round is declared the winner of the round. The questions asked during the round are archived.
7. The leader-tally then resets with all users back to zero to begin the next round, with the user that answered the last question of the previous round asking the first question of the present round.
8. To archive the page at the end of each round, see the archiving rules.

Question guidelines

1. If you find that no-one is able to get the answer to your question, consider offering clues or replacing your question with an easier one. The aim is to keep the quiz moving.
2. Remember that you may have an international audience. Keep quiz questions relevant to India in some way.

Previous rounds and Winners

See Previous Rounds.
For viewing archiving details see here

Score Board

To be updated as each answer is approved as correct

Round 37

Q. No.	Asked by	Answered by
1	ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ	Shahid
2	Shahid	Prasad
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Leaderboard

Round 37 (Before Q3)

Questions Asked	User Name	Questions Answered
1	ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ	0
2	Shahid	2
1	Prasad	1

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Q1

Thanks Harsha, for setting up the new round! So, here we go! I will start with a quickie.

UP has 4 of them. Next come Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 3 each and Andrapradesh, Bihar and Karnataka with 2 each. 5 more states and 3 union territories (including Delhi) have just one each.

What are they? ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 02:00, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Benches of High courts? Yes Michael? •^Talk 12:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

No, Sorry :( ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 14:45, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

UNESCO Heritage Sites !! Prasad (talk) 18:11, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

They too do not add up to the numbers given! ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 23:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

A possible hint: There are only five independent countries in the world which have not even one of these! ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 23:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

May be time for another hint ?? Prasad (talk) 17:31, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

They seldom come up in the front page headlines. But when they do come so, they do it in a real big way and no one like it most of the times ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 18:46, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Major/Central/Women Jail/Prisons ?? Prasad (talk) 10:59, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the continued attempts. But still not anywhere near! :( ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 11:31, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

One more Clue? They have rather very narrow 'Gates' and really huge 'Corridor's! ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 11:31, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Is this an execution chamber being discussed?[[::User: rueben_lys| rueben_lys]] (talk · contribs) 12:49, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

ha ha! No way! OMG, Why do we have to be this gloomy! In normal situations, people love to be in these places! (Although they tend to be in much tension about the time and paperwork involved). [I think this must be enough to break the bubble :) Originally I thought this question will have a mere 10 minute's life!] ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 15:52, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

ha, I think i got it; Passport/Visa Offices..Prasad (talk) 16:34, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

You are closer, but not in! ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 17:03, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

International airports? Shahid • ^Talk2me 17:33, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes Shahid! Get ready to shoot your question!

List_of_international_airports_in_India

The airports have the 'Gates' (in a specific sense) and invisible 'air corridors' above them that facilitates easy ATC and air traffic. ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 17:41, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

And how is all this helping develop India articles? AshLin (talk) 17:54, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

That very page List_of_international_airports_in_India is currently an orphan. I think it can be linked quite well with other related articles. ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 18:02, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Very small returns considering how much time & effort people put into this quiz. AshLin (talk) 18:58, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to interrupt. The question is brilliant but i believe the answer doesn't fit in according to question !! It should be 27 Entities according to Initial question, but the page says only 19 and i know, as i am from AP, we have only one Intl. Airport. That's why i didn't try that option even when at first look i thought of that answer only. Passport offices ( http://passport.nic.in/) fits in better than Intl. Airports i believe. Intl. Airport, according to the Wikipedia page itself, UP has only one, the question says 4..there are many anomalies.Prasad (talk) 01:33, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Prasad for the excellent interruption. When the question was formulated On 4th March, the counts were exactly as seen in the page List_of_international_airports_in_India. However, that page was edited subsequently and now the list is shorter! On checking other references, the official page from AAI (http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/int_airports.jsp) shows fewer pages than actual. No reliable reference was found elsewhere as well.

Being in such ambiguity, what is the normal practice? Another question with the same number Q1? Please enlighten. Thank you! ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 03:27, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Viswa, that was not to discourage you. Pl. continue with another new question, that is your chance. Go ahead and shoot a new one ! Prasad (talk) 04:19, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Q2

I see there were some doubts about the previous question, so I'll ask a simpler one. What do Manju Kapur, Amit Chaudhuri and Allan Sealy have in common? Shahid • ^Talk2me 10:37, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I believe, previous question should not carry any marks..For the answer part for Q2, all three author's first books were either short-listed or won an international award? Prasad (talk) 11:32, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't really agree about that but if you think so then go ahead.

I need you to be more specific. Shahid • ^Talk2me 11:57, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

All three have won The Commonwealth Prize. Prasad (talk) 12:26, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

They did not win but were nominated, but I accept. Your turn now (and someone will have to start an article about Manju Kapur!:)) Shahid • ^Talk2me 12:30, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

PS: I updated the table. If you guys think I should not be given credit for the first question, then I have no objections to its removal. Shahid • ^Talk2me 12:35, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, all three have won in thr Best First Book category, see the wiki page here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_overall_and_regional_winning_authors_of_the_Commonwealth_Writers%27_Prize

Q3

A simple one for movie buffs; The character of student leader (Michael) in the movie "Yuva" (Tamil : Aayutha Ezhuthu) by Maniratnam, was inspired by Whom? Prasad (talk) 13:20, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

George Reddy, a student leader in Osmania University. Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:30, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Not sure, but I was thinking Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad. Yes Michael? •^Talk 14:18, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

George Reddy, founder of PDSU, is correct, baton is yours again Shahid. Prasad (talk) 14:34, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Q4

What do Goutam Ghose, Prakash Jha, Mani Kaul have in common? Shahid • ^Talk2me 15:32, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

May be all three of them are winners of the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature/Documentary Film ?? Prasad (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

No, only Kaul and Jha won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film. But yes, it's an award, which one? Shahid • ^Talk2me 16:54, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Best Feature Film in each of the languages specified in schedule VIII of the constitution; Mrinal Sen 4 times for Bengali/ Hindi- Bhuvan Shome (1970), Chorus (1975), Mrigaya (1977), and Akaler Sandhane (1981), Goutam Ghose for Dakhal (1982) and Prakash Jha for Damul (1985) ? - Admishra (talk) 00:59, 10 March 2011 (UTC)