1. BY,
Pradeepa Gopinath
Amruth C.K

2. Round-1

3. Unlimited bounce and pounce.
+10 for every correct answer and -5 if wrong answer is
given on pounce.

4. 1) ________ is a well known Kannada humorist who had a
bilingual pen name and was motivated towards Kannada
literature after reading A.N.Krishna Rao’s
novel Sandhyaraga on a long train journey.
He said,
"I started reading Sandhyaraga by placing the book inside the
folds of the Illustrated Weekly paper. I remember only that I
started to read. I don't know how many times my eyes went
moist and how many times my heart skipped beats”
Who is this?

5. Rayasam Bheemasena Rao -
Bechi

6. 2) Salim Khan and Javed Akthar (Salim-Javed duo) fathers of
Salman Khan and Fahran Akthar respectively provided the
story for a Kannada movie in 1976.
The movie was a thriller released under Jayadevi Films and
Poornima Rajkumar won the best child actress award.
Name the movie.

7. Premada Kanike

8. 3)Arehally(Hassan district) has around 1,600 coffee growers .A
brand in 2007 which promised to be "Direct from the growers“
was initiative of Arehally Coffee Cooperative Society which
had 300 members.
Society's President K M Raje Gowda said “When prices were
ruling low for a long-time, we asked ourselves how can we help
ourselves as we can’t rely on government always." Members
contributed Rs 1,000 each and two bags of coffee
each, which enabled them to raise around Rs 26 lakh.

9. Copsy coffee

10. 4) X is an 64 acre island formed by
river Kaveri near Kushalnagara in the district of Kodagu.
It is place with lush foliage of
thick bamboo groves,sandalwood and teak trees. The island
is accessible through a hanging rope bridge.
Name X.

11. Kaveri Nisarga Dhama

12. 5) Kannada University also called as Hampi Kannada
University is a research oriented public university.
The University confers _______ awards, every year, which is
equivalent to the Honorary Doctor of Letters degree. The
award which has been instituted by the University is given
to eminent personalities for their contribution in various
fields.
Name the award.

13. ‘Nadoja’

14. 6) X was an Indian motorcycle company based in Mysore, sold
motorcycles in 1960 under the brand name _____ and
later Yezdi
They exported many of their models to over 61countries
around the world.
The company was forced to shut down because of increasing
levels of pollution control norms which were making the two
stroke bikes produced by the company obsolete.
Company?

15. Ideal Jawa

16. Round -2

17. +5 for each correct answers.
Written round

18. 1)

19. 2)This was set up in 1937 by the maharaja of Mysore, Krishnaraja
Wodeyar IV. It is very much relevant now because of some event
taking place throught the country. How?

20. 3)

21. 4)

22. 5)

23. 6)

25. 1) Yashwanth Halebandi
2) Mysore paints and varnish Limited . They provide the
voter’s ink.
3) S.V Sunil.
4) Dubare Elephant camp.
5) Dr.Devi Prasad Shetty.
6) Chandrashekhar Kambaar.

26. Round-3

27. +5 for every correct answer
-2 for every wrong answer
Bonus of +10 if all the answers are correct.

28. 1) Name all the national parks in
Karnataka.

29. Kudremukh National Park
Bannerghatta National Park
Bandipura National Park
Nagarhole National Park (Rajiv Gandhi)
Anshi National Park

30. 2) List all the districts that is taken by this route.This route is
a part of NH 4.

31. (+5/-2)
1)Bangalore Urban
2)Bangalore Rural
3)Tumkur
4)Chitradurga
5)Davanagere
6)Haveri
7)Dharwad/Hubli
8)Belgaum

32. Round-4

33. Unlimited bounce and pounce.
+10 for every correct answer and -5 if wrong answer is
given on pounce.

34. 1)World space radio launched first ever 24 hours Kannada
channel on 3rd September,2004.
Chaitanya Hegde, an enthusiastic young creative person
was behind ________ as program director who gained an
immense popularity as RJ through his program 'Chow
Chow Bath' on Bangalore's FM radio station Radio City.
Name this add free Radio channel.

35. Sparsha radio channel.

36. 2)Traditional Borders of X include (i) Chikki, (ii) Gomi, (iii)
Jari and (iv) Gadidadi, and modern Gayathri and the width
ranging from 2.5” to 4”.
The people from X town are very industrious and are backed
by good background of business.
The pure X costs anywhere between Rs.4000 – 12000. X enu?

37. Ilkal silk sarees.

38. 3) As a child, X once saw the Y being played in the Mysore
palace band set. Upon hearing the vibrant tone of the
instrument,he decided to master it. It took him nearly 20
years to conquer the complex western instrument, and he
was eventually crowned as the “Y Chakravarthy".

40. Kadri Gopalnath and Saxophone

41. 4) Logo of which music company?

42. Lahari music company

43. 5) This event was started in the year 2006. It was a very
popular program with the slogan “Back to the village.”
It was held every second Saturday and Sunday in front of
the Vidhana Soudha, and every fourth Saturday and
Sunday at another place in Bangalore. It was stopped
abruptly in 2007. Which is this event?

44. Janapada Jaatre

45. 6) “Do not come up, I will handle them”, were the last words
told by X to his men as he was hit by bullets while
engaging terrorists in Operation Black Tornado. X was a
major in Indian Army.
His bravery was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra.
Name him.

46. Major
Sandeep Unnikrishnan

47. Round-5

48. A-Z round
+2 for each correct answer and
bonus of +18 if at least 24 answers
are correct.

49. A made news by contesting unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in
the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. He started a low cost airline in 2003,B and
has written the only book C. A’s father D was renowned Kannada writer
known for his humour and satire. D’s short story which was based on true
events was made into a movie E which saw F and G square off against each
other. F actor has the longest road to have an actor’s name. G is son of first
Kannada hero H. G’s son I hosts many reality show with ‘Maja with J’ being
one of them.
E movie was directed by E’. However E’s most famous work is in the movie
K (1972) which ran in the theatres continuously for 2 years and made a
record. L was the leading actor in K. L also acted in a 1960 movie M about
the poet N who belonged to the Dasa Sect. M’s screenplay was written by
O.N was P’s young contemporary who addressed social issues in addition
to worship in his compositions.Q made a documentary film titled, N-
P(English, 1988) on the two medieval Bhakti poets of Karnataka.N’s
keerthane was used in the starting of another movie R which won the
audience choice award at 4th Indian Film Festival in London (2013).

50. S was as a notable engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore
during 1912 to 1918. He was responsible for starting an Industry T which
in now under the jurisdiction of SAIL in the city of U. U is in V district. V’s
most popular tourist spot is W . W is the second highest plunge waterfall
in Indian,formed by the river X. A dam Y of length 2.4 kms was
constructed stretching across the river X. S’s memorial is in his birthplace
Y’.S’s most famous work is Z dam.

51. A-Z answers

52. A: Capt G R Gopinath
B: Deccan Airlines
C: Simply Fly
D: Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
E: Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu
E’: Siddalingayya
F: Vishnuvardhan
G: Lokesh
H: Subbaiah Naidu
I: Srujan Lokesh
J: Sruja
K: Bangaarada Manushya
L: Dr. Rajkumar
M: Bhaktha Kanakadasa
N: Kanaka Dasaaru ( Song is Nee MaayeyoLago Maaye ninollago…)
O: Hunsur Krishnamurthy
P: Purandara Dasaru
Q: Girish Karnad
R: Lucia

53. S: Bharatha Ratna Sir M Vishweshwaraiah
T: Visvesvaraya(Bhadravathi) Iron and Steel Plant
U: Bhadravathi
V: Shimoga ( Shivamogga)
W: Jog Falls
X: Sharavathi
Y: Linganamakki Dam
Y’: Muddenhalli.
Z : Krishna Raja Sagara Dam