Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Quiz

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

All questions must have an India-related theme or India-related connection.
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 ~~~~.
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.
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.
If the baton holder fails to ask the question within 2 days (48 hours), any wikipedian can ask the question on his behalf.
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.
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.
To archive the page at the end of each round, see the archiving rules.

Question guidelines

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.
Remember that you may have an international audience. Keep quiz questions relevant to India in some way.

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Round 35
Questions Answered	User Name	Questions Asked
1	Goutham787	2
1	Rueben_lys	1
2	VasuVR	0
0	Abeer.ag	1 (started the round)

Round 35

Q1

Over to Abeer.ag. --Su_hit (talk) 11:11, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kolkata, Kolkata, Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Kochi, Bangalore, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Margao, Kanpur, Chennai, Jamshedpur, Siliguri. What is special about this sequence of Indian cities? This list is not complete. Abeer.ag (talk) 05:53, 30 December 2009 (UTC) Hint: This is taken from a list on Wikipedia, and will become very obvious if I give out the next city on the list. Abeer.ag (talk) 16:00, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This list contains the cities in the decreasing order of capacity of stadiums in them.. But I think you missed Vishakhapatnam before Margao. The next one would be Mohali. Reference: List_of_stadiums_by_capacity Goutham787 (talk) 21:40, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, you get it. Sorry about the error! Abeer.ag (talk) 04:38, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q2

A simple question. This service is started on American Independence day in the mid-nineties as a symbol of freedom. What is it and who is its founder? Goutham787 (talk) 07:28, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette--Su_hit (talk) 07:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can' find an India specific link for this question. If the above answer is indeed correct, may we have another question instead of this please?--Arjun (talk) 07:31, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find a link to symbol of freedom in the question. So possibly not what Goutham787 is looking for? VasuVR (talk, contribs) 07:46, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hotmail - commercially launched in 1996 on July 4th by Sabeer Bhatia - as symbol of freedom from ISP based email services. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 07:51, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's hotmail.Goutham787 (talk) 07:52, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Really nice question.--Su_hit (talk) 04:25, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please take baton of asking next question? Thanks. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 06:05, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q3

X has got many awards and recognitions for its architecture including a Guinness Record. Its architect also designed another tourist attraction which is often compared to the wonders of the world. The area covered by X and its surrounding gardens is around 25 acres. Identify X. Goutham787 (talk) 08:57, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Akshardham ? --ADI4094 11:32, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No It's not Akshardham.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London--Arjun (talk) 05:49, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was amazed that the above answer almost met the conditions in the question. But it is not what I am expecting. Here X is not compared to seven wonders, but another construction by the same architect is. Goutham787 (talk) 06:23, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Umaid Bhawan Palace?. maybe Lalgarh Palace? ADI4094 08:24, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I could not find other designs by the architects of above two palaces. Here I give a clue: The Government of India released a postal stamp featuring X in early nineties. Goutham787 (talk) 10:54, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lotus temple in Delhi, designed by Fariborz Sahba who also designed the The Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa in Israel. The temple's House of Worship, the nine surrounding ponds, and the gardens around it comprise 26 acre. The lterraces are a prominent tourist attraction of Israel and is considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.[[::User: rueben_lys| rueben_lys]] (talk · contribs) 13:45, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's lotus temple. Got into Guinness book of world records in 2001. Govt. of India released a 6.50Rs postal stamp in 1991 with a picture of lotus temple on it. Goutham787 (talk) 15:21, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q4

Its name is variously described as having originated from that of a Middle-Eastern city or from that of an Eastern Indian town. Its description is found in works of early arab travellers, as well as that of a very famous later European traveller. It finds use in a wide range of fields, from medicine to photography, and is also associated with a very famous figure of a European aristocracy. What is "it"? [[::User: rueben_lys| rueben_lys]] (talk · contribs) 12:50, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Borax? Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 09:34, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Afraid not the right answer.

clue 1: Although the etymology of the name of this item is said to have origins from an eastern Indian port town, the actual origins of the item itself was from another City in the Eastern part of the sub-continent.[[::User: rueben_lys| rueben_lys]] (talk · contribs) 13:38, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Things going slow with everyone? Long weekend? Lot of work? Time for the next clue please... VasuVR (talk, contribs) 04:24, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Clue 2

This famous portrait of the European royal in question was considered scandalous at the time, becuase "it" in the portrait was Italian, and not of the nation she was the queen of.

Need further clues I guess. Not able to pinpoint anything so far.--Arjun (talk) 06:11, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Let's move ahead... If the Q remains unanswered in 21 days, then our enthusiasm will go down. --Su_hit (talk) 04:23, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was away. Here's a massive clue, "It" is a type of cloth.[[::User: rueben_lys| rueben_lys]] (talk · contribs) 09:53, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Calico Shekhar 54 (talk) 11:26, 30 January 2010 (UTC)Shekhar[reply]

I think it is Muslin. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 11:35, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vasu has it.[[::User: rueben_lys| rueben_lys]] (talk · contribs) 12:03, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Interestingly, there is ambiguity between Calico and Muslin. Calico in U.K. is what people in U.S.A. call Muslin. Goutham787 (talk) 09:11, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't say ambiguity as much as an American misnomer. Muslin's been called Muslin for centuries over the world.[[::User: rueben_lys| rueben_lys]] (talk · contribs) 09:13, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q5

Sorry folks... yet to research a question... anyone can please go ahead asking next question. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 08:47, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is probably going to be too easy for the veteran quizzers here.. But here goes.. Fill up the blank.. Elesh Parujanwala : Vikram Seth :: Warren Buffet : R K Narayan :: Vishwanathan Anand : ___________________ - Longhairandabeard (talk) 04:44, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Premchand? Just stopped by and couldn't resist answering it. If it is correct, someone else will have to take up the baton. --Gurubrahma (talk) 11:08, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You got it.. The connections are A Suitable Boy, The Financial Expert and Shatranj Ke Khiladi, respectively.. -- Longhairandabeard (talk) 11:29, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, can't figure out connection of 'A suitable boy'. Pl. elaborate.--Su_hit (talk) 09:35, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, it's a tongue in cheek reference to Rakhi Ka Swayamwar.. -- Longhairandabeard (talk) 15:02, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I guess as Gurubrahma has asked others to ask the next question Longhairandabeard should do so. HarshAJ (Baat Kijiye) 16:39, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't get you Longhairandabeard 59.95.100.228 (talk) 09:31, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q6

As no one has a sked a question I am asking one. This is my first attempt, kindly bear with me.

How are Prince Bhoj Raj and Dr Swarup Narain Varma simmilar? Harsh Baat Kijiye(Talk) 09:05, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]