10Q (August 30, 2024)

1. As an anti-colonial poet, [A] is much revered in [B], his being the most translated works into the local language. Published in the newspaper Dong-A Ilbo in 1929, about which nation [B] – under foreign rule at the time – did [A] write the following short poem titled 'Lamp of the East'?
“In the golden age of Asia,
_____ was one of its lamp-bearers
And that lamp is waiting to be lighted once again
For the illumination in the East.”

2. When the Notre Dame Cathedral burnt down in 2019, which unlikely company stepped in to help restore it, donating €500,000 but more importantly making available the complete 3D model of the edifice, which it had built for one of its creations?

3. Most famously visible on the originally copper-coloured Statue of Liberty, what material has a name that comes from an Anglo-French phrase literally meaning 'Green of Greece'?

4. In general, MPs in the Lok Sabha take their oaths in the language of the state that they represent. Which 5-term MP from Andhra Pradesh / Telangana, is the only MP from the state who has consistently taken the oath in Urdu?

5. In the films of which franchise would you hear the characters speak of the following, and what are they? The Boesky, the Jim Brown, the Miss Daisy, 2 Jethro's, the Leon Spinks, the Ella Fitzgerald, the Lost in Translation, the Swinging Priest, the Crazy Larry, the Soft Shoulder, the Looky-Loo with a Bundle of Joy, the Reverse Big Store, the Billy Martin, the Gilroy, the Brody, the Irwin Allen, the Susan B. Anthony, and the Cartwheel.

6. Trust the Japanese to come up with the strangest of sporting and cultural rituals. The Yukigassen competition originated in Japan, where the 'World Championships' continue to be held in Sōbetsu, in the northernmost island of Hokkaido. There are now also annual tournaments in Kemijärvi in Finland, Vardø in Norway, Murmansk in Russia, Mount Buller in Australia, Luleå in Sweden, Anchorage in Alaska, Aparan in Armenia, and Jasper and Saskatoon in Canada. If 'gassen' means 'battle' in Japanese, what natural substance is the 'Yuki' part in the name of the competition, whose playing arena is depicted below?

7. In the 15th century, the name des Graven hage came into use for this place. The name literally meant 'The Count's Grove', with the connotation being 'The Count's Hedge, Private Enclosure or Hunting Grounds'. From the 17th century onward, this was officially shortened to 's-Gravenhage, making it one of the few place names to begin with a punctuation mark. This unusual name continues to be used in some official documents such as birth and marriage certificates. What is the more commonly used name for this global hub of international law and arbitration?

8. He has been the target of unsuccessful assassination attempts in Jalandhar in 1986, and in Bucharest in 1991, the latter while he was India's Ambassador to Romania. Who is this, whose surname is Portuguese for 'by the river'?

9. Salaf, meaning predecessors, refers to the very early practice of Islam by the Prophet Muhammad and his immediate successors. Salafism seeks to revive the practice of Islam as it was at the time of Muhammad and can be critical of too much emphasis being placed on thinkers from after this period. The 18th-century person depicted in the illustration below, Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al ______, was an important figure in the resurrection of this ideology, and therefore Salafism is commonly also known as ______ism. Fill in the blanks (both blanks are the same).

10. The man in the photo below, Nasir Shaikh, claims to have made his cult films without ever leaving the city you see behind him. And yet he has managed to put the name of the city firmly in the minds of aficionados of offbeat films. Which city?

Answers
1. A: Tagore; B: Korea 

2. Ubisoft, which had mapped the cathedral for its game 'Assassin's Creed: Unity'
3. Verdigris, the green patina that covers copper over time when it is exposed to air. The word comes from 'vert de Grece'.
4. Asaduddin Owaisi
5. Types of cons in the 3 Ocean films
6. Snow – it's a snowball fighting competition

7. The Hague – the count in question was the Count of Holland
8. Julio Ribeiro
9. Wahhab
10. Malegaon – Shaikh is the director of movies like 'Malegaon ke Sholay' and 'Malegaon ke Superman'