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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.

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

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Leaderboard

It would be ideal to update this once every five to ten questions. (Status after Q)

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Questions

Q1

Connect these two: Nasser Hussain and Everybody says I'm fine.--Su_hit (talk) 04:24, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fourth assistant director of Everybody says I'm fine is Nasser Hussain! --Amondal (talk) 05:14, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am not saying that it's incorrect. But that's not what I am looking for.--Su_hit (talk) 05:23, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
India national rugby union team - Rahul Bose & Nasser Hussain (rugby) ? --Amondal (talk) 06:28, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Amondal has got it. --Su_hit (talk) 08:18, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Q2

This organization is the oldest of its kind in India established during Britsh India. Its main office was located in Uttar Pradesh initially and later moved to West Bengal (during Britsh India). It has more than 2000 branches in India. Identify this organization. --Amondal (talk) 03:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Allahabad Bank, the oldest joint stock bank, started in 1865 with Allahabad as HQ, shifted it to Calcutta in 1923 for business reasons [1]; Cd. also probably be deduced from the WP article. --Gurubrahma (talk) 07:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely correct. --Amondal (talk) 07:17, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Q3

Fill in both the blanks and give me the funda for full points and the baton.

Mother India, —————, Lagaan, —————. --Gurubrahma (talk) 07:51, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Salaam Bombay!, Water (2005 film). Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Hindi). --Amondal (talk) 08:26, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, not exactly what I've been looking for. The blanks you have filled in are correct but not the funda. Large parts of Salaam Bombay were also in English, while parts of After the wedding were in Hindi. So, while the category of Oscar awards is indeed the answer, the funda does not have anything to do with language per se. Minor hint: - As of now, the above list is a complete list. --Gurubrahma (talk) 09:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It seems I have got it. The directors are India-born, in addition to what Amondal mentioned.--Su_hit (talk) 09:28, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, Su_hit hits the bull's eye. --Gurubrahma (talk) 09:40, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nice question! --Amondal (talk) 09:47, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nice one. I propose we need to create a page for Thoda Sa Rumani Ho Jaye.--Su_hit (talk) 10:01, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Q4

Here's your next question. I was made by a bengali and renowned person, who is born in Rajasthan in the month of January. I was released in 1986. The person who had made me is still alive, aged more than 60 and still continuing the same task of making product/stuff similar to me. There were exactly 13 persons in me, Pankaj and Amitabh were two of them. Now, I am important part of management courses and studies pertaining to organizational behaviour. Who am I?Your time starts now.--Su_hit (talk) 02:50, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ek Ruka Hua Faisla. Director is Basu Chatterjee. --Amondal (talk) 03:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It seems I mentioned many hints. Baton passes to Amondal.--Su_hit (talk) 05:07, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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