Rules and Questions for a Prelims Quiz

Rules
● There are 16 questions in the prelims.
● You have 30 minutes to answer the questions. The form
must be submitted by 5 PM.
● Only one member from each team must submit the form.
The first entry we receive will be scored.
● Each question carries 10 points. Part points are
applicable everywhere.
● There are no negatives, so feel free to guess.
● Question number 3, 5, 9 and 15 are tiebreakers.
● The top 10 teams will be selected for the finals.

Answer
These are the only women after whom airports in India have
been named.
(Left-right: Vijayaraje Scindia, Indira Gandhi, Ahilyabai
Holkar)

Question 2
X had a unique attachment to both poetry and the Indian freedom
struggle throughout her life. In 1921, she and her husband joined
Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement. She was the first
woman Satyagrahi to court arrest in Nagpur and was jailed twice
for her involvement in protests.
She is more famously known for her eponymous work on Y, a
similarly inspiring woman who had her moment of courage
almost 7 decades prior to X’s.
Y’s grit in the face of the British became the symbol of resistance
for all nationalists.
ID these women.

Answer
X - Subhadra Kumhari Chouhan
Y - Rani Lakshmi Bai/Queen of Jhansi

Question 3*
This event had an unprecedented effect across the country a
few years ago. However, most people may not be aware of the
effect it had on some Xs, a group of people considered the
backbone of Indian society, who participated in a certain
monthly activity. The major purpose of this activity besides
entertainment is for Xs to have informal savings if they ever
needed it.
ID the event and the activity.

Answer
Event - Demonetization
Activity - Kitty parties

Question 4
When A and B were informed about each other booking the show,
they were both worried that one of them would get fired as it was
extremely rare for two women belonging to their particular
ethnicity to be featured on a show.
“There’s always one, and they are gonna off one of us for either
another ethnicity or for like a white girl (...) We talked about
wearing our hair really different in the pilot, just stupid things
that now seem so ridiculous. But we were really scared.”
This decision regarding their hairstyles actually persisted
throughout the show.
ID this show, belonging to the last decade, and the characters.

Answer
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Characters - Rosa Diaz and Amy Santiago

Question 5*
Connect this image to something that occurred in 2020.

Answer
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna received a
Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of a method
for genome editing”(CRISPR).

Question 6
________ ______ , the granddaughter of a very famous
personality (X) came up with an initiative to carry forward the
legacy of her grandfather by bringing a series "______ _____", an
extension of her grandfather's series.
According to X's daughter in law, the concept of this extension
took shape when X was alive. She said, "In 2005 when X was asked
who would carry on his legacy, he said that I have done my job
and now my granddaughter will take it up. If a ______ ___ is
watching the issues related to our daily life, then a ______ _____
will also try to see how these issues can be resolved."
ID X and tell the initiative started by his granddaughter.

Answer
X - RK Laxman
His granddaughter Rimanika Laxman came up with a series
called “ The Common Woman” as an extension of her
grandfather’s cartoon series “ The Common Man”.

Question 7
This is a 2014 tweet from someone who created history
recently. ID the person.

Question 8
X was chosen to play a character which was first played by
someone else in the 1960s. It is said that this version of the
character was based on her real-life counterpart. X’s version
of the character was the first to be given a central role in a
movie. Prior to X’s run as the character, the character would
just be used to explain the ____ at the beginning of the movie.
However, with X as the character, we get to see the
development of her personality from a stern and practical
character to a caring mother through a series of movies.
ID X or what is being talked about. (Blank is not indicative)

Answer
X - Judi Dench
(M from James Bond)

Question 9*
Shown here is a book
"From X to Y" that is
basically a parody of
literary criticism which
offers a humorous
history of British poetry
and fiction. Give the two
blanked out parts from
the title (X and Y).

Answer
X- Beowulf
Y- Virginia Woolf

Question 10
In November 2019, the geographical landmark, quite
appropriately, on Pluto was named _____ Montes in honor of
X’s achievements. The theme for naming these natural
formations on Pluto is “historic pioneers who crossed new
horizons in the exploration of Earth, sea and sky”. She was
the first woman to achieve two highly sought after feats in
the world of ______________, scaling great heights in her
field.
ID one of her two achievements.

Answer
Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit of
Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits.

Question 11
A: What is this map all about? (Bigger image follows)

Question 11
B: What 2013 event is this map depicting?

Answer
A: Governmental participation by women
B: Route followed by Margaret Thatcher’s funeral procession

Question 12
X was a resident of a village in Uttar Pradesh. Over a decade
ago, X with the help of her lover, murdered seven of her family
members which included her brother and her father. She was
convicted by the Supreme Court for her crime in 2015.
What did this whole case lead to in 2021 which became the first
instance of something like this happening in independent
India?

Answer
X - Shabnam Ali
She became the first woman
who is going to be hanged in
independent India.

Question 13
X's philosophy was based on the principle that each child
must be free to pursue what interests him most at his own
pace but in a specially prepared environment. The following
are X's method of _________ (9) that left an enduring legacy
across the globe.
Stage One: The Absorbent Mind
Stage Two: Conscious Imagination
Stage Three: New Identity
Stage Four: Maturity Cognitive growth and development
ID X and FITB.

Answer
X - Montessori
Blank - education

Question 14
X was one of the early African-American singers who had
their work professionally recorded. She was known for her
powerful vocal abilities, energetic disposition and ‘moaning’
style of singing. Through her lyrics, she portrayed the
experience of black females at the time. A recent adaptation
of a 1982 play about a fictionalized account of one of X’s
recording sessions received widespread critical acclaim and
plaudits for its affectionate tribute to blues and black culture.
This was also Y’s last film performance.
ID X and Y.

Answer
X - Ma Rainey
Y - Chadwick Boseman

Question 15*
X entered the English vocabulary in the 1300s and it referred to
people who literally did what the word implied. However as
most words go, the meaning of X changed as the years passed.
Some scholars suggest that during the late Middle Ages, _______
tradeswomen had greater access to raw materials and the
market than _________ woman did, and therefore they ended up
with lower-income jobs like combing, carding, and similarly the
occupation that X refers to. These jobs didn't require access to
expensive tools and could be done at home. And thus, by the 17th
century, X was being used in legal documents with its current
implication.
ID X. (The blanks are antonyms)

Question 16
X, whose autobiography is named ‘From Purdah to Parliament’,
was the only Muslim woman in an important Indian body of
people. She had contributed to many parts of something and
defended its borrowing nature by saying there’s nothing wrong
with it as long as it serves higher interests like the prosperity of
the nation.
She was instrumental in convincing the Muslim leaders to give up
the idea of a separate electorate as it could prove self destructive
in the future.
Who?

Answer
Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul

Rules
● The pounce will be clockwise.
● There are 10 questions. Each team gets one question on
direct.
● If you want to answer a question not directed to you, you
can either pounce to your designated panelist or wait for
your turn on bounce.
● Pounce will be open for 30 seconds after the question is
read.
● If you’ve pounced, mention in the meet chat.
● +10/0 on direct or bounce.
● +10/-5 on pounce.
● Part points are applicable on bounce.

Question 1
ID the participants of this ‘rap battle’. (Bigger image follows)

Answer
Florence Nightingale
Mary Seacole

Question 2
In 2012 a Pakistani Twitter user shared a 47 year-old tarana that
was created during the 1965 war to boost the morale of Pakistani
forces who were fighting on different fronts. This song warned the
Indians by saying, ‘War is not an easy job.’
After 47 years of its making the Pakistanis themselves realised the
fact that the warning given to Indians stereotyped a large section
of population in a way. Thus they started slamming the 1965
leadership of the Pakistani armed forces for making this song.
What was the reason for this controversy? OR
Which part of the song led to this controversy?

Answer
The song had a line that said ‘jang khed nahi hundi jananiyan
di’ which meant that war is not the game of women. This line
led to a huge controversy in 2012 as it described women as
weak and not being capable of fighting a war.
By giving this phrase the Pakistanis wanted to warn Indians
that war is not an easy task and they would be defeated if they
enter the war.

Question 3
The idea for X's massively successful 2020 project took it's roots
nearly 2 decades ago. In the early 2000s, her family was readying to
leave for a holiday to Shimla. X's sister-in-law, an internet geek,
decided to try her luck at trying to procure something that was
being given as a part of a marketing gimmick, and she succeeded.
Thus, her family got to experience something that was rare for a lot
of middle class families at the time.
This experience stuck with X, who was highly inspired by the man
responsible for it and as a result, her project materialised.
ID X and her widely acclaimed project. (description of the project will
do)

Answer
X - Sudha Kongara, Director of Soorarai Pottru- the biopic on
Capt. Gopinath

Question 4
N was born into a regional royal family of her country in the
mid-1950s. She studied Economics at the prestigious Harvard
University and later earned her PhD from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
N worked at the World Bank for over 2 decades, starting as an
intern and rising to the second highest rank in the
organization. N also served two terms as the finance minister
of her country, becoming the first woman to hold the office,
and the first woman to hold the position twice.
Adding to her list of firsts, what feat did N earn recently?

Answer
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Became the first woman and the first African director-general
(or head) of the WTO.

Question 5
A commemorative 50p coin was released in
honour of X, ahead of what would have
been her 100th birthday.
“Adding an _ to a third column to line up
with the last letters of the first name and
last name to spell ___ felt like a small
penny drop moment,” said the designer of
the coin.
ID X and the letter that was added/word
made out of the last row.
(Bigger image follows)

Answer
X - Rosalind Franklin
The letter ‘A’ was added to the third column to spell out DNA.

Question 6
Around the late 19th century, the body of a young girl was pulled
from the River Seine. The girl was apparently so beautiful that a
pathologist from the Paris Morgue made a wax plaster cast death
mask of her face. This was replicated many times over, with her
eerie smile offering a comparison to the Mona Lisa.
Many years later, a certain toymaker wanted to create a doll for a
live-saving use. He wanted to create a life-size and realistic doll for
this purpose, and moved by the tale of the young woman so
tragically taken away, he fashioned his doll after her face. Now it is
said that she is the most kissed girl of all time.
What was the purpose of these dolls?

Question 7
For the 2019 project, X worked 16 hours every day during
filming, basing her work on the blocking of the scenes. In fact,
the hands featured in the film were X's, as the director said
that she "didn’t want to cheat” by using editing methods. While
recreating her work for the Criterion Collection, X says that it
was the most painstaking parts of the cover process that she
relished most, which was the stunningly rendered ripples in
the folds of the green dress.
Which 2019 project is being talked about?

Answer
Helene Delmaire on being the painter for Portrait of a Lady on
Fire

Question 8
While these are grown near the country's second largest city,
their cultivation is almost a state secret. The Royal Roses, as
they are called, are ordered ahead of big events, and then are
cut, packed and transported in air-conditioned vehicles. While
this little tradition was initially thought to be a tribute to her
father, she later revealed that actually it's because her mother
used to do so. She added that it was very much a national
tradition and expressed disappointment that girls in the
modern age "don’t know how or have great difficulty doing it."
What are we talking about? (relevant image in the next slide)

Answer
Aung San Suu Kyi’s flowers

Question 9
After speaking with the creators, several X employees decided
to help out in the project especially to correct fine details
which made the final outcome that much better and more
authentic. At the time, X just hoped to promote their brand and
help recruit more women to what is still a male dominated
profession. However, this project went on to receive multiple
accolades and now 30 years later, is considered a feminist
symbol.
ID X and the project.

Answer
X - FBI
Silence of the Lambs

Question 10
Zia-ul-Haq served as the military dictator of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988.
Under pressure of various forces, Zia was forced to call the elections for
Pakistan National Assembly in 1988. However, he was given the freedom
to choose the month.
With the help of his military intelligence he decided November 1988 as
the final date for the PNA elections. This was done because X, who was
the main contender for power at the center wouldn't have been able to
campaign for the elections at that time. Thus the assembly would have
remained hung and Zia would have retained all his power. However X
sensed the trick Zia was playing with her and preempted his move with
another move which effectively neutralised Zia's conspiracy.
ID X. Why did Zia keep the elections in Nov 1988? How did X neutralise his
move?

Answer
X - Benazir Bhutto
According to the intelligence reports Benazir was pregnant
and the date of birth of her child would have been in Nov. 1988.
Thus it would have been difficult for her to campaign in the
months preceding Nov. 1988.
Benazir deliberately changed her medical reports to show the
tentative date of the birth of her child in Nov. 1988, whereas in
reality it was scheduled to be in Sep. 1988. With this change the
whole scenario was altered.

Rules
● This round is about acknowledging the women whose
work is credited to men.
● There are 5 questions.
● +10/0 for each question.
● After all the questions are shown, all the answers must be
compiled and sent in a single message by tagging the
panelist in your group.

Question 1
It began with function, progressed into form and eventually became
fashion. This was invented in the early 1900s by a 19 year old who was
about to go to another debutante ball and was frustrated by the
prevalent choice of restrictive and tight clothing. So she decided to
take matters into her own hands and used new materials including
silk handkerchiefs, cord, ribbons, and a needle and thread to make the
first ever version of the popular piece of clothing. She did get her
design patented but then she soon sold her design for $1,500 to the
Warner Brothers ______ Company, which detached her name from its
history. Warner would go on to make $15 million off her invention over
the next 30 years.
What was her sartorial creation?

Question 2
In the early 20th century, a woman named Mary visited New York in the
winter, and, while riding one of the streetcars there, observed that the
driver was continuously getting out of the car to perform a certain action.
This was when the idea for her now ubiquitous invention struck her. When
she went back to her home state, she drew up a sketch and applied for a
patent.
However, the motor car industry rejected the invention, saying there was
no use for it, but more so because Mary was an independent woman. They
finally incorporated it in the 50s when automobiles started getting faster,
but by then her patent expired and another man was credited with the
invention.
What did she invent?

Question 3
M is an American artist known for the unique style of her paintings. She
mainly paints women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media.
Despite her immense talent and the work’s commercial success, for many
years her husband W took the credit for her work and kept her from the
limelight. After their divorce, M took her husband to court and finally
received the credit she deserved by taking him down in a ‘paint-off
battle’.
M says she began painting her signature style when she started painting
portraits of children. Her art has influenced the design of several toys for
children. It also served as the basis for the design of something we’re all
familiar with.
What is unique about M’s art and what did it serve as the basis for?

Question 4
Besides other inventions in fields such as dentistry, mining
etc., this woman weaver was also the first one to suggest that
the carpenters use this tool instead of the one they were using
at that time, which she thought required double the necessary
human input while wasting half of the effort.
She made a prototype for this tool with something she used to
work daily with, which decreased both the time and human
labour required. But the community she was a member of did
not approve of her getting a patent to this invention, and it
was eventually patented by two French men.
ID the tool.

Question 5
A major event in her mid-life gave D a good reason to revive the
innovative instincts of her own childhood. Like most people in her
situation, she struggled with the exasperating changes in her routine,
particularly one which was troublesome because of the existing
rubber variants of X.
Her first breakthrough, in 1946, was to design a waterproof X.
Working her way through a series of shower curtains, she designed
and perfected a reusable, leak-proof X that did not, like the rubber
versions, cause more harm. She called her X the "Boater".
But this idea didn't catch on as quickly. Ten years after it was
patented, a more powerful industrialist decided to "use" her idea and
start Y — without crediting her.
ID X and Y.

Answer
Windshield wipers were invented by Mary Anderson

Answer
Subjects with big eyes
The Powerpuff Girls
M - Margaret Keane

Answer
Circular Saw
A weaver named Tabitha Babbitt was the first to suggest that lumber workers use a circular
saw instead of the two-man pit saw that only cut when pulled forward. She made a prototype
and attached it to her spinning wheel in 1813. Babbitt's Shaker community didn't approve of
filing a patent, but they took full advantage of the invention.

Answer
X - Disposable Diapers
Y - Pampers

Rules
● The pounce will be anti-clockwise.
● There are 10 questions. Each team gets one question on
direct.
● If you want to answer a question not directed to you, you
can either pounce to your designated panelist or wait for
your turn on bounce.
● Pounce will be open for 30 seconds after the question is
read.
● If you’ve pounced, mention in the meet chat.
● +10/0 on direct or bounce.
● +10/-5 on pounce.
● Part points are applicable on bounce.

Question 1
B was one of the most noted civil rights activists of her state in the
early 20th century. After studying music at university she moved
to Portland to marry the founder and editor of the Advocate
newspaper, the state’s only African American run publication.
Two years after becoming assistant editor, she founded the
Portland chapter of X to advance the cause of justice for her
community. Thanks to the power and influence she held due to her
position as editor of a publication popular among her community,
she spread messages about activities of a certain group of people
to inform and urge readers to stay safe.
ID X. What did the messages she spread pertain to?

Answer
X - NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People)
She tracked the movements and activities of Ku Klux Klan, who
were politically very powerful in the region at the time

Question 2
When A was 8 years old, she wrote a letter to the President of her country
to highlight a major crisis in her hometown that is said to have adverse
long-term effects on nearly 12,000 children. This resulted in nationwide
awareness of this problem and following a visit to the town by the
President in 2016, US$100 million was authorized to address the issue.
Despite measures being taken, the effects are still felt by the residents.
Additionally, in 2018, A raised US$16,000 on GoFundMe to allow hundreds
of low-income children from her town to do something, hoping to provide
the mostly Black audience with positive self-image and aspirations.
ID the crisis brought to light by her. What was the GoFundMe page set up
for?

Answer
Flint water crisis
Raised money to provide kids with an opportunity to watch
Black Panther

Question 3
It was created by Hollywood designer and was sold a few years back for
$4.81 million at an auction in Los Angeles. Ripley’s Believe It or Not
bought it with the intent to display it at one of their museums.
“We believe this is the most iconic piece of pop culture that there is,”
Ripley’s vice president said. “In the 20th century I cannot think of one
single item that tells the story of the 1960s as well as this.”
The same event was brought back into the cultural zeitgeist due to X's
2012 recreation, albeit partially race-reversed. X is noted for her
tendency to reference the bygone era in her work, having also worn a
dress made by the same designer(different from the 1960s one) that made
an ultra famous 'subway grate dress' from the 1950s.
Describe the 1960s item and ID X.

Answer
Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress from the “Happy Birthday, Mr. President”
performance for JFK
X - Lana Del Rey
(from the National Anthem MV ft A$AP Rocky as JFK)

Question 4
X, formerly a part of India’s women’s national football team, quit the national
team due to issues with the coaching staff, and the non-response from the
Federation in the face of complaints.
Seven other players had also quit along with her, but 6 of them had written
apology letters and were back in the team. Only X had not given an apology.
On being asked why, she defended herself saying she had done what she had
done in the heat of celebration, just as she scored the winning goal to take India
to the next stage of Olympics qualifying. The coaches had screamed at her then,
accusing her of disrespecting the ______ ______.
This incident reminds one of a historic 1999 incident for which the person
involved was heavily criticised, receiving worldwide attention after an image
made it onto the covers of major publications.
What did X do?

Answer
Celebrated by taking her jersey off
(X- Kamala Devi; incident similar to Brandi Chastain at the
1999 WWC)

Question 5
This element of broadcasting made its debut in Sydney in 2000
and has become a staple in every such coverage since then.
"The OBS provides us with great pictures. We have no control
over it (the element being talked about) but they add it when
appropriate.", said the NBC production lead for these
coverages. The technology itself was developed by an Israeli
company and has added another layer of context and suspense
for the viewers. After creating history by obliterating previous
records in 2016 (these records have been bettered since), this
element was informally named after X.
What is this technology or element? ID X.

Answer
The yellow World Record line in swimming
X - Katie Ledecky

Question 6
According to an article by Smithsonian Magazine, up until the 1500s, X was
primarily women’s work, until a smear campaign accused of those women of
being Ys. Much of the iconography we associate with Ys today is said to have
emerged from the females undertaking X.
While selling, the women used to dress in a manner to be easily identified by their
customers in a crowd and used certain things to transport their produce. They
also had to employ a traditional method to avoid another plaguing problem
during those times. All these would later be associated with Ys.
Just as women were establishing their foothold in the X markets of England,
Ireland and the rest of Europe, the Reformation began. The fundamentalist
religious movement, which originated in the early 16th century, preached
stricter gender norms and condemned the Y profession .
ID the industry and how the iconography (explain any 2) got associated with Ys.

Answer
Brewing Industry and Witches
This explains how cauldrons, pointy hats, and cats got
associated with witches. The pointy hats were an accessory to
help grab people’s attention in the crowd. People who sold beer
had cats because they used to keep mice away from the grain.

Question 7
Jim Acosta, CNN's WH correspondent referred to this picture
(next slide) as X, a combination of what was going on in the
world then and a very famous woman, often called the pioneer
of women's suffrage in South America and who is also the
subject of an even more famous Andrew Lloyd Webber
Broadway musical and a movie, where she is played by
Madonna. But most importantly, she was even referenced in
one of the most rib-tickling scenes on the final season of Veep.
Give X.

Question 8
Last month, following the death of an immensely influential
Scottish singer, while twitter mourned the visionary artist, it
also trended #HereForX, to express love and support to one of
her best friends and artists X. X shot to fame more than 8
years ago over two works, one a collaboration with a Swedish
duo and another for work on an adaptation of a young-adult
novel. However Y, a teenager with a reach of over 80 million,
mistook the # to be dedicated to her by her fans and tweeted
about loving all her fans for the support before quickly
realising the gaffe and deleting the tweet.
ID X and Y.

Answer
X - Charli XCX
Y - Charli D'Amelio

Question 9
A few years ago many offices in a certain European country
were left empty as thousands of women left work at 2:38 pm in
protest against an issue plaguing most countries today. A
similar protest had happened in 2005 where the protestors left
work at 2:05 PM.
Despite reformation a disparity of 14 to 18 percent for an
average 8 hour job persisted between men and women
prompting the subsequent protests.
What were the women protesting?
What was the reason behind selecting these exact times?

Answer
The women were protesting gender pay disparity.
Due to the 14 to 18 percent gender pay disparity, after 2:38 pm
for an average 8 hour working day, women were working for
free while men were still getting paid.

Question 10
Reviewers of this work compared it's creator to a 19th century
English social critic and praised him for his skill in understanding the
psyche of a person, X, from a culture so alien to his own. But
according to X, the depiction is completely wrong and is libel against
her and "flower town".
Though the creator is thankful to X for inspiration, X wants nothing
to do with him or his work. Infact, he was even sued by X for
breaching the promise of anonymity which is very important in her
line of work due to the traditional code of silence.
ID the work.

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