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Welcome to the '''India quiz'''. The quiz is a general knowledge quiz centred around [[India]] that any registered [[Wikipedian]] 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.
This editor has full permission to remove, without replying, any comments he feels are likely to inflame dispute. If you have a problem with this editor, you are invited to bring that concern to the attention of the administrators noticeboard or a member of the arbitration community, but please bear in mind that we have a zero-tolerance approach to harassment.
==Rules==
#Anyone 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 <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.
#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 asker can post a new question in lieu of yourself.
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==Question guidelines==
#If you're finding no-one can 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.
{{cquote|People who are fighting the good fight here are sometimes threatened<br>
==Number of correct answers==
with a trip to ArbCom. They need our support, though. — Jimmy Wales}}
<p align="right"><font size="-2">Source: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-March/066949.html</font></p>
{{cquote|I can NOT emphasize this enough.
(as of Q6) - it would be ideal to update this once every five to ten questions
There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of<br>
random speculative "I heard it somewhere" pseudo information is to be<br>
tagged with a "needs a cite" tag. Wrong. It should be removed,<br>
aggressively, unless it can be sourced. — Jimmy Wales}}
<p align="right"><font size="-2">Source: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-May/046440.html</font></p>
{{cquote|If we don't have enough information to write a decent biography<br>
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we need either a redirect or a short note explaining how the person was<br>
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involved in the larger incident. — Fred Bauder}}
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<p align="right"><font size="-2">Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Biographies_of_living_persons&diff=prev&oldid=133164991</font></p>
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| 2 || [[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]]
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| 1 || [[User:DaGizza|DaGizza]]
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| 1 || [[User:Nobleeagle|Nobleeagle]]
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| 1 || [[User:Tintin1107|Tintin]]
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| 1 || [[User:Deepujoseph|Deepujoseph]]
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==Questions==
I recommend you keep an eye on Chris Candido, Rodney Begnaud, and Rick Cornell as your edits are being reverted.
===Q1===
To set things rolling, here goes: She was a national [[swimming]] champion, a [[jockey]], a [[Miss India]], an [[actress]], and now, a social activist. Who am I talking about?? --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 10:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
==Enough of this bullshit==
:[[Nafisa Ali]] [[User:DaGizza|<b><font color="darkblue">G</font><font color="teal">i</font><font color="lightblue">zza</font></b>]]''<sup><font color="gold">[[User_talk:DaGizza|Chat]]</font></sup>'' <sup><b><font color="orange">[[Special:Contributions/DaGizza|©]]</font></b></sup> 11:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
I am tired of explaining, ad nauseum, to a specific group of people why '''[[WP:BLP]]''' is important. If you disagree with explicit emails drafted by [[Jimmy Wales]], please take it up with him on your own. [[User:Burntsauce|Burntsauce]] 21:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
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::[[Nafisa Joseph]] [[User:Urshyam| <font color="black">'''Shyam'''</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:Urshyam|<font color="orange">'''T'''</font>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Urshyam|<font color="red">'''C'''</font>]])</sup> 11:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you thought was so bad about [[Allison Stokke]], it seemed to cover the topic in a respectful manner, primarily talking about her notable, record-setting performance and then also mentioning that she'd been the target of a spectacular amount of undesired lewdness, without slipping into the lewdness itself. Care to clarify what the specific BLP issue you saw was? [[User:Night Gyr|Night Gyr]] ([[User talk:Night Gyr|talk]]/[[User:Night Gyr/Over|Oy]]) 21:37, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
It ''is'' [[Nafisa Ali]]. She was a real jockey, that is, she rode horses. [[Nafisa Joseph]] was a video jockey and I doubt if she was a swimming champion. Anyways, we have 2 articles to improve and one DYK fact ready! your go, [[User:DaGizza|DaGizza]]. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 12:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
: Well, given the recent changes to your account I don't think much more needs to be said on the matter. [[User:Burntsauce|Burntsauce]] 22:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
===Q2===
Rodney Begnaud got reverted
I think this is easy, but still interesting. Which Indian was considered the "father of surgery?" [[User:DaGizza|<b><font color="darkblue">G</font><font color="teal">i</font><font color="lightblue">zza</font></b>]]''<sup><font color="gold">[[User_talk:DaGizza|Chat]]</font></sup>'' <sup><b><font color="orange">[[Special:Contributions/DaGizza|©]]</font></b></sup> 19:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
::Could it be [[Sushruta]] by any chance? {{User:Nobleeagle/Sig}} 22:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Definitely [[Sushruta]], see the 4th para under [[Surgery#History of surgery]]--<span class="user-sig user-Shreshth91">May the Force be with you! [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]]<small><font color="green">[[User talk:Shreshth91|($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)]]</font></small></span> 06:33, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks, I'm going to enter the next question although DaGizza hasn't formally said I'm correct yet (because otherwise I may not meet the 24 hour time limit).[[User:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkblue">Noble</font><font color="darkorange">eagle</font>]] [[User_talk:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkred"><font size="0.5"> (Talk)</font></font>]] 07:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Yeah it was right. [[User:DaGizza|<b><font color="darkblue">G</font><font color="teal">i</font><font color="lightblue">zza</font></b>]]''<sup><font color="gold">[[User_talk:DaGizza|Chat]]</font></sup>'' <sup><b><font color="orange">[[Special:Contributions/DaGizza|©]]</font></b></sup> 08:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
===Q3===
Once again pretty easy, but just to keep things going. During the British rule of India there were a number of princely families. The grandson of one of these Princes is now a popular Bollywood actor. Name the Prince in question (the actor's grandfather). [[User:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkblue">Noble</font><font color="darkorange">eagle</font>]] [[User_talk:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkred"><font size="0.5"> (Talk)</font></font>]] 07:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
*[[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi]] (and [[Saif Ali Khan]]) ? [[User:Tintin1107|Tintin]] ([[User_talk:Tintin1107|talk]]) 07:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
* I second that. [[user:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">=Nichalp</font>]] [[User Talk:Nichalp|<font color="#0082B8">«Talk»=</font>]] 09:58, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
::Correct, [[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi]] was the father of [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]] (both cricketers), but [[Saif Ali Khan]] joined the film industry. To you Tintin...[[User:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkblue">Noble</font><font color="darkorange">eagle</font>]] [[User_talk:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkred"><font size="0.5"> (Talk)</font></font>]] 21:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
===Q4===
A fulltoss. Which India city got its name because of the presence of a large number of banyan trees in that area ? PS : If you get the answer right, you need not wait for me. I may not be online over the weekend. [[User:Tintin1107|Tintin]] ([[User_talk:Tintin1107|talk]]) 12:26, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
:To be honest, I did not know this but google helped me - it is [[Vadodara]], or Baroda - WP also says that [[Vadodara#Origin_of_Name|here]]. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 12:34, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
::You beat me to it. I did [http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=slv5-ab-&p=city%20of%20banyan%20trees this]. :p -- [[User:Sundar|Sundar]] <sup>\[[User talk:Sundar|talk]] \[[Special:Contributions/Sundar|contribs]]</sup> 12:36, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
:Over to Gurubrahma. [[User:Tintin1107|Tintin]] ([[User_talk:Tintin1107|talk]]) 12:38, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
===Q5===
Should be easy - this person paid the highest individual income tax in the mid 1990's - apart from also featuring in advertisements that exhorted people to pay income taxes. Who? --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 14:41, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
: Is it [[Mithun Chakraborty]]? {{User:Deepujoseph/sig}} 11:39, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::Just missed it! [[Mithun_Chakraborty|Yes]], from 1994-1999.--<span class="user-sig user-Shreshth91">May the Force be with you! [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]]<small><font color="green">[[User talk:Shreshth91|($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)]]</font></small></span> 11:43, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes Deepujoseph, your go. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 13:26, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
===Q6===
Okay now this might be very easy. But here goes....Which character, according to the [[Hindu mythology]] is said to have offered herself/himself as food to a lion in order to prevent it from attacking a cow? {{User:Deepujoseph/sig}} 15:08, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:[[Dileepa]], ancestor of [[Rama]], as recounted in [[Kalidasa]]'s [[Raghuvamsa]]. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 15:18, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::I believe that is right. [[User:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkblue">Noble</font><font color="darkorange">eagle</font>]] [[User_talk:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkred"><font size="0.5"> (Talk)</font></font>]] 04:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, definitely. Gurubrahama's turn.--<span class="user-sig user-Shreshth91">May the Force be with you! [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]]<small><font color="green">[[User talk:Shreshth91|($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)]]</font></small></span> 05:14, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Yup, [[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]]s got it right. Your go! {{User:Deepujoseph/sig}} 05:50, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
===Q7===
Now is the time to make the quiz a bit tough, that is answers that cannot be easily googled. Which district can claim to have produced the maximum number of [[Bharat Ratna]]s, how many of them and who are they? I need answers to all the three parts of the question. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 09:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:[[Allahabad]] - 3:
::*[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
::*[[Indira Gandhi]]
::*[[Purushottam Das Tandon]]--<span class="user-sig user-Shreshth91">May the Force be with you! [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]]<small><font color="green">[[User talk:Shreshth91|($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)]]</font></small></span> 10:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
That was not the answer I was looking at. I guess we cannot count [[Purushottam Das Tandon]] as he is a Punjabi and to the best of my knowledge, was not born in [[Allahabad]]. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 13:42, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:I didn't check out any other sources, but according to the Wikipedia article on [[Purushottam Das Tandon]], he was born in Allahabad.--<span class="user-sig user-Shreshth91">May the Force be with you! [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]]<small><font color="green">[[User talk:Shreshth91|($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)]]</font></small></span> 15:21, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Is it [[Ratnagiri District]] with the following awardees :
:::*[[Dhondo Keshav Karve]]
:::*[[Pandurang Vaman Kane]]
:::*[[B. R. Ambedkar]] -- {{User:Deepujoseph/sig}}
That was indeed the answer I was looking at - [[Ratnagiri District]] has that info - added by me in my n00b days - I saw it on some website while researching my article on [[Pandurang Vaman Kane]]. Allahabad may also be correct, but wasn't the answer I was looking for. Over to you, DeepuJoseph. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 15:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
===Q8===
Which Indian politician was acting PM twice but never became the a Prime Minister? {{User:Deepujoseph/sig}} 15:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]--<span class="user-sig user-Shreshth91">May the Force be with you! [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]]<small><font color="green">[[User talk:Shreshth91|($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)]]</font></small></span> 15:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
::Since the above answer is definitely correct (per [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] and [[Prime Minister of India]] and various other sources), I am asking the next question immediately since I have to go to sleep and get ready for 1st day of Class X. I may not be able to ask the question within the 24 hour threshold, so here goes.--<span class="user-sig user-Shreshth91">May the Force be with you! [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]]<small><font color="green">[[User talk:Shreshth91|($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)]]</font></small></span> 16:05, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, you are correct. {{User:Deepujoseph/sig}} 03:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
===Q9===
How many Indians have won the Junior Singles' Event at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]? Name them.--<span class="user-sig user-Shreshth91">May the Force be with you! [[User:Shreshth91|Shreshth91]]<small><font color="green">[[User talk:Shreshth91|($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)]]</font></small></span> 16:05, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:Three Indians, [[Ramanathan Krishnan]] in 1954, his son [[Ramesh Krishnan]] in 1979 and [[Leander Paes]] in [[1990]] as per [http://www.aitatennis.com/New%20AITA/about.html]. I am not counting [[Sania Mirza]] who won doubles in the girls' event. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 16:27, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
::That would be right, confirmed [[List_of_Wimbledon_champions#Boys.27_Singles|Here]] on Wikipedia itself. [[User:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkblue">Noble</font><font color="darkorange">eagle</font>]] [[User_talk:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkred"><font size="0.5"> (Talk)</font></font>]] 22:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
===Q10===
I believe my answer is correct - so, the next question to keep the quiz going. Again, something that cannot be googled easily - what connects [[M. S. Swaminathan]], [[Verghese Kurien]] and [[Raja Ramanna]], the men behind the green, white and nuclear revolutions of India? --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 12:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:Well I found two connects. Firstly all three of them have won [[Padma Shri]], [[Padma Vibhushan]] and [[Padma Bhushan]] awards. Secondly they were all born in the 1920's. All info from respective pages only.--[[User:Raghu.kuttan|Raghu]] 13:34, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
::I am amazed - I thought it will be a while before people can get the Padma connect - that was what I was looking for. Hope people will use the Padma categories regularly ;) - over to you, Raghu. --[[User:Gurubrahma|Gurubrahma]] 15:16, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
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