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Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
Credit for questions #2 and #3 goes to Huzefa K.
1. Garcinia induce, a plant in the mangosteen family, is a fruit bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical and industrial uses. The fruit of this tree is widely used in Indian cuisine, especially along the western coast. What is the fruit more commonly known as?
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
3. This Vedic god or divinity that appears in Zoroastrianism found its way into the Roman empire, possibly through Greece. A religion based on this divinity existed in the Roman empire for a few centuries. Name this Vedic god and the Roman religion (that some scholars consider a rival to early Christianity).
4. Yama and Ma Thida are two main characters in the Burmese epic Yama Zatdaw. What are these characters better known as?
5. Identify the flag
6. In 1895, at the age of 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in England. Returning to Bombay, he became a successful lawyer. His success and reputation prompted Indian leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak to hire him as defense counsel for his sedition trial in 1905.
7. In 1950, he was the first Indian to be seeded in Wimbledon.
8. Subramania Iyer along with a group of five students, later referred to as the Triplicane Six, founded this. It marked its appearance on September 20, 1878.
9. Which province of undivided India, now in Pakistan, took its name from the Sanskrit for ‘river’? It’s locally known as Bab-ul-Islam, meaning ‘doorway to Islam’, as it is through this province that Islam is said to have entered India.
10. After this battle, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India, the Daya river, running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain. Which battle was this and who fought whom?
1. Garcinia induce, a plant in the mangosteen family, is a fruit bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical and industrial uses. The fruit of this tree is widely used in Indian cuisine, especially along the western coast. What is the fruit more commonly known as?
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
3. This Vedic god or divinity that appears in Zoroastrianism found its way into the Roman empire, possibly through Greece. A religion based on this divinity existed in the Roman empire for a few centuries. Name this Vedic god and the Roman religion (that some scholars consider a rival to early Christianity).
4. Yama and Ma Thida are two main characters in the Burmese epic Yama Zatdaw. What are these characters better known as?
5. Identify the flag
6. In 1895, at the age of 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in England. Returning to Bombay, he became a successful lawyer. His success and reputation prompted Indian leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak to hire him as defense counsel for his sedition trial in 1905.
7. In 1950, he was the first Indian to be seeded in Wimbledon.
8. Subramania Iyer along with a group of five students, later referred to as the Triplicane Six, founded this. It marked its appearance on September 20, 1878.
9. Which province of undivided India, now in Pakistan, took its name from the Sanskrit for ‘river’? It’s locally known as Bab-ul-Islam, meaning ‘doorway to Islam’, as it is through this province that Islam is said to have entered India.
10. After this battle, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India, the Daya river, running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain. Which battle was this and who fought whom?
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:
9. Which province of undivided India, now in Pakistan, took its name from the Sanskrit for ‘river’? It’s locally known as Bab-ul-Islam, meaning ‘doorway to Islam’, as it is through this province that Islam is said to have entered India.
sind.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:10. After this battle, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India, the Daya river, running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain. Which battle was this and who fought whom?
battle of kalinga? ashoka versus kalinga mahajanapada?
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:
6. In 1895, at the age of 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in England. Returning to Bombay, he became a successful lawyer. His success and reputation prompted Indian leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak to hire him as defense counsel for his sedition trial in 1905.
muhammad ali jinnah?
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
10. Battle of Kalinga? Ashoka and King of Kalinga. I visited this place few years ago and saw the riverbed from Doulagiri. A small mountain/temple. There is some Buddhist monument too.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:1. Garcinia induce, a plant in the mangosteen family, is a fruit bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical and industrial uses. The fruit of this tree is widely used in Indian cuisine, especially along the western coast. What is the fruit more commonly known as?
kokum?
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:
5. Identify the flag
sri lanka? older sri lanka?
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
to elaborate on the question:
steel, in crude form, was known to exist in times of greet antiquity but high carbon or alloy steel was first invented in 300 BC in this province. the technology however got lost with time. the properties of the damascus sword aroused the interest of europeans who tried to reverse engineer the process of making this steel, eventually leading to the modern technology for industrial production of steel that we are familiar with.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:Credit for questions #2 and #3 goes to Huzefa K.
1. Garcinia induce, a plant in the mangosteen family, is a fruit bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical and industrial uses. The fruit of this tree is widely used in Indian cuisine, especially along the western coast. What is the fruit more commonly known as?
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
3. This Vedic god or divinity that appears in Zoroastrianism found its way into the Roman empire, possibly through Greece. A religion based on this divinity existed in the Roman empire for a few centuries. Name this Vedic god and the Roman religion (that some scholars consider a rival to early Christianity).
4. Yama and Ma Thida are two main characters in the Burmese epic Yama Zatdaw. What are these characters better known as?
5. Identify the flag
6. In 1895, at the age of 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in England. Returning to Bombay, he became a successful lawyer. His success and reputation prompted Indian leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak to hire him as defense counsel for his sedition trial in 1905.
7. In 1950, he was the first Indian to be seeded in Wimbledon. Dilip Bose
8. Subramania Iyer along with a group of five students, later referred to as the Triplicane Six, founded this. It marked its appearance on September 20, 1878. The Hindu
9. Which province of undivided India, now in Pakistan, took its name from the Sanskrit for ‘river’? It’s locally known as Bab-ul-Islam, meaning ‘doorway to Islam’, as it is through this province that Islam is said to have entered India.
10. After this battle, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India, the Daya river, running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain. Which battle was this and who fought whom?
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:
4. Yama and Ma Thida are two main characters in the Burmese epic Yama Zatdaw. What are these characters better known as?
rama and sita.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
2. Persia?
3. Mitra, Mitraism
4. Rama and Sita
5. Old flag of Nepal?
6. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
7. Ramanathan Krishnan?
8. The Hindu
9. Sindh
10. Kalinga, the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka fought Kalinga.
3. Mitra, Mitraism
4. Rama and Sita
5. Old flag of Nepal?
6. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
7. Ramanathan Krishnan?
8. The Hindu
9. Sindh
10. Kalinga, the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka fought Kalinga.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
1. Promengrenate
2. India, Wrought Iron
3. Agni
4. Yama & Savitri
5. ?????
6. Dadasaheb Navroji
7. Mohammed Ghouse
8. Hindu paper
9. Sind (Sindhu)
10. Kalinga war fought by Ashoka
2. India, Wrought Iron
3. Agni
4. Yama & Savitri
5. ?????
6. Dadasaheb Navroji
7. Mohammed Ghouse
8. Hindu paper
9. Sind (Sindhu)
10. Kalinga war fought by Ashoka
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:Credit for questions #2 and #3 goes to Huzefa K.
1. Garcinia induce, a plant in the mangosteen family, is a fruit bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical and industrial uses. The fruit of this tree is widely used in Indian cuisine, especially along the western coast. What is the fruit more commonly known as?
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
>>>Arabs? Root word same as hat os Damask? No idea otherwise
3. This Vedic god or divinity that appears in Zoroastrianism found its way into the Roman empire, possibly through Greece. A religion based on this divinity existed in the Roman empire for a few centuries. Name this Vedic god and the Roman religion (that some scholars consider a rival to early Christianity).
>>>>Mithra, Mithra-ism?
4. Yama and Ma Thida are two main characters in the Burmese epic Yama Zatdaw. What are these characters better known as?
>>>>Rama, Hanuman
5. Identify the flag
>>>Singapore?
6. In 1895, at the age of 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in England. Returning to Bombay, he became a successful lawyer. His success and reputation prompted Indian leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak to hire him as defense counsel for his sedition trial in 1905.
>>>Jinnah
7. In 1950, he was the first Indian to be seeded in Wimbledon.
>>>>Ramanathan Krishnan?
8. Subramania Iyer along with a group of five students, later referred to as the Triplicane Six, founded this. It marked its appearance on September 20, 1878.
>>>The Hindu
9. Which province of undivided India, now in Pakistan, took its name from the Sanskrit for ‘river’? It’s locally known as Bab-ul-Islam, meaning ‘doorway to Islam’, as it is through this province that Islam is said to have entered India.
>>>Sindh
10. After this battle, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India, the Daya river, running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain. Which battle was this and who fought whom?
>>>>Ashoka, Kalinga war?
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
On reading this, I want to change my answer. It's gotta be some province within the subcontinent.Huzefa Kapasi wrote:blabberwock wrote:
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
to elaborate on the question:
steel, in crude form, was known to exist in times of greet antiquity but high carbon or alloy steel was first invented in 300 BC in this province. the technology however got lost with time. the properties of the damascus sword aroused the interest of europeans who tried to reverse engineer the process of making this steel, eventually leading to the modern technology for industrial production of steel that we are familiar with.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
Huzefa Kapasi wrote:blabberwock wrote:
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
to elaborate on the question:
steel, in crude form, was known to exist in times of greet antiquity but high carbon or alloy steel was first invented in 300 BC in this province. the technology however got lost with time. the properties of the damascus sword aroused the interest of europeans who tried to reverse engineer the process of making this steel, eventually leading to the modern technology for industrial production of steel that we are familiar with.
Good qn!! Cant answer cos I know the answer illegally.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
I shall take that to mean that my speculation is in the right direction. For province, my guess is Sindh. First province to be captured by the Arabs in 712 CE, for whom Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate at that time (before Baghdad became the Abbasid capital). Because of its military significance, the technology must have been taken to the capital of their empire, and the west found out about it through the Byzantine rivals of the Umayyads, who must have called it Damascus steel.Huzefa Kapasi wrote:
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
#2 and #5 still remain.
I will let HK run with #2.
I am deeply disappointed that #5 has not been answered correctly by anyone.
I will let HK run with #2.
I am deeply disappointed that #5 has not been answered correctly by anyone.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
panini press wrote:I shall take that to mean that my speculation is in the right direction. For province, my guess is Sindh. First province to be captured by the Arabs in 712 CE, for whom Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate at that time (before Baghdad became the Abbasid capital). Because of its military significance, the technology must have been taken to the capital of their empire, and the west found out about it through the Byzantine rivals of the Umayyads, who must have called it Damascus steel.Huzefa Kapasi wrote:
good try! actually, it wasn't the technology but the steel ingots that were exported. it might have been through the land routes through sind that this was exported by arabian traders and/or the sea routes of the malabar coast. this steel was called wootz steel and was invented in the deccan province. there are excavations that reveal that wootz used to be manufactured in sri lanka also at around the same time. as per (a source with citation) in wikipedia, king porus gifted 30 pounds of wootz steel to alexander -- considered a precious gift then. tippu sultan's sword (now in the custody of vijay mallya i think) is also made of wootz steel. the technology died in or before 1700 CE owing to closure of trade routes.
etymology (wikipedia): The word wootz[2] may have been a mistranscription of wook, an anglicised version of urukke, the word for melting in Tamil and Malayalam or urukku(உருக்கு) (ഉരുക്കുകൊണ്ടുണ്ടാക്കിയ), the word for steel in Kannada, Telugu and many other southern Indian languages.[3][4]
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Huzefa Kapasi wrote:and/or the sea routes of the malabar coast.
coromandel coast actually. http://materials.iisc.ernet.in/~wootz/heritage/WOOTZ.htm
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
blabberwock wrote:
5. Identify the flag
just googled it. OMG!!
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
Huzefa Kapasi wrote: there are excavations that reveal that wootz used to be manufactured in sri lanka also at around the same time.
not quite correct. these excavations in sri lanka are dated to be from 1st millenium CE, so evidently the technology was imported from india. also it would be difficult to match the superior quality of ore of bellary-hospet or goa i guess (i have no idea about the quality of sri lankan ore).
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/06/science/ancient-smelter-used-wind-to-make-high-grade-steel.html?n=Top%2FNews%2FScience%2FTopics%2FArchaeology%20and%20Anthropology
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
Excellent question, this. Had no idea about the contribution of Duckini-speakers to steel technology.Huzefa Kapasi wrote:Huzefa Kapasi wrote: there are excavations that reveal that wootz used to be manufactured in sri lanka also at around the same time.
not quite correct. these excavations in sri lanka are dated to be from 1st millenium CE, so evidently the technology was imported from india. also it would be difficult to match the superior quality of ore of bellary-hospet or goa i guess (i have no idea about the quality of sri lankan ore).
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/06/science/ancient-smelter-used-wind-to-make-high-grade-steel.html?n=Top%2FNews%2FScience%2FTopics%2FArchaeology%20and%20Anthropology
This week's set is very good. Congrats BW, congrats HK, congrats Sania.
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
The only question not answered correctly is #5.
The following flag belongs to the Mughal empire.
Learn and learn well!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire
The following flag belongs to the Mughal empire.
Learn and learn well!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
Haha, great question.blabberwock wrote:The only question not answered correctly is #5.
The following flag belongs to the Mughal empire.
Learn and learn well!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Mughal_Empire
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Re: Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012
BW.
The flag itself is awesome.
The flag itself is awesome.
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Wednesday Trivia #24 - 9 May, 2012 - ANSWERS
1. Garcinia induce, a plant in the mangosteen family, is a fruit bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical and industrial uses. The fruit of this tree is widely used in Indian cuisine, especially along the western coast. What is the fruit more commonly known as?
Kokum. The scientific name is Garcinia Indica. That was spellcheck taking control.
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
Deccan province, wootz steel.
etymology (wikipedia): The word wootz[2] may have been a mistranscription of wook, an anglicised version of urukke, the word for melting in Tamil and Malayalam or urukku(உருக்கு), the word for steel in Kannada, Telugu and many other southern Indian languages.
3. This Vedic god or divinity that appears in Zoroastrianism found its way into the Roman empire, possibly through Greece. A religion based on this divinity existed in the Roman empire for a few centuries. Name this Vedic god and the Roman religion (that some scholars consider a rival to early Christianity).
Mithra/Mithraism
4. Yama and Ma Thida are two main characters in the Burmese epic Yama Zatdaw. What are these characters better known as?
Rama and Sita
5. Identify the flag
Mughal Empire's flag aka alam
6. In 1895, at the age of 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in England. Returning to Bombay, he became a successful lawyer. His success and reputation prompted Indian leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak to hire him as defense counsel for his sedition trial in 1905.
Jinnah
7. In 1950, he was the first Indian to be seeded in Wimbledon.
Dilip Bose
8. Subramania Iyer along with a group of five students, later referred to as the Triplicane Six, founded this. It marked its appearance on September 20, 1878.
The Hindu
9. Which province of undivided India, now in Pakistan, took its name from the Sanskrit for ‘river’? It’s locally known as Bab-ul-Islam, meaning ‘doorway to Islam’, as it is through this province that Islam is said to have entered India.
Sindh
10. After this battle, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India, the Daya river, running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain. Which battle was this and who fought whom?[/quote]
Kalinga war fought between Ashoka and the state of Kalinga
Kokum. The scientific name is Garcinia Indica. That was spellcheck taking control.
2. Which was the first country/province/kingdom that invented steel? This steel was used to construct the famed Damascus sword. What is the anglicized name by which this steel was and is called? Bonus question: trace the etymology of the word.
Deccan province, wootz steel.
etymology (wikipedia): The word wootz[2] may have been a mistranscription of wook, an anglicised version of urukke, the word for melting in Tamil and Malayalam or urukku(உருக்கு), the word for steel in Kannada, Telugu and many other southern Indian languages.
3. This Vedic god or divinity that appears in Zoroastrianism found its way into the Roman empire, possibly through Greece. A religion based on this divinity existed in the Roman empire for a few centuries. Name this Vedic god and the Roman religion (that some scholars consider a rival to early Christianity).
Mithra/Mithraism
4. Yama and Ma Thida are two main characters in the Burmese epic Yama Zatdaw. What are these characters better known as?
Rama and Sita
5. Identify the flag
Mughal Empire's flag aka alam
6. In 1895, at the age of 19, he became the youngest Indian to be called to the bar in England. Returning to Bombay, he became a successful lawyer. His success and reputation prompted Indian leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak to hire him as defense counsel for his sedition trial in 1905.
Jinnah
7. In 1950, he was the first Indian to be seeded in Wimbledon.
Dilip Bose
8. Subramania Iyer along with a group of five students, later referred to as the Triplicane Six, founded this. It marked its appearance on September 20, 1878.
The Hindu
9. Which province of undivided India, now in Pakistan, took its name from the Sanskrit for ‘river’? It’s locally known as Bab-ul-Islam, meaning ‘doorway to Islam’, as it is through this province that Islam is said to have entered India.
Sindh
10. After this battle, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India, the Daya river, running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain. Which battle was this and who fought whom?[/quote]
Kalinga war fought between Ashoka and the state of Kalinga
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