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Trivia Titans 9

Q.1: This notable Tagore's Mussalman Khansama was so famous for his curries that he was consulted in English kitchens. Even after death, ____________’s name remained associated with curry. John Plotz, a scholar of Victorian literature, recounts in his book Portable Property: Victorian Culture on the Move, how 19th century memsahibs, who rejected everything Indian during their stay in the colonised land, would return home with elaborate recipes for Indian food, supplies of curry powder and Kashmiri shawls.
One recipe they loved to take back was “the late Baboo Sir ____________ Tagore’s highly esteemed curry powder”
.
Which famous Tagore influenced and impressed English society with his Bengali
cuisine kitchen crew? FITB.

Q.2: In the third season of Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw’s purple sequin Fendi _______ gets mugged and she tells the attacker,
”Oh, this is not a bag.It is a ________”
.
Fendi first debuted this long slender purse in 1997 and was meant to be held under the arm .In the first year of its launch, more than 100,000 units were sold and now as GEN Z takes inspiration from Y2K fashion, searches have
grown by 63% and sales by 40%.
FITB.

Q.3: The presence of this fast food chain in Korean television has been increasing so much that the advertisement of this chain has become an integral part of the shows. The incessant product placement has reached a level where it
leads to changes in plots.

A recent commercial starring Kang Tae-oh which has gone viral, only adds to the chain’s omnipresence.

Which brand are we talking about?

Q.4: Masaba Gupta is a well known Indian designer whose childhood was riddled with the ‘scandalous’ love affair of cricketer Viv Richards and Neena Gupta, bearing her the infamity of being born out of wedlock.She has recently launched a lineup of makeup and skin care products under the banner X, a title she has been given since childhood.It has packaging
often depicting recurring motif Y. This animal motif is her signature across various designs she created.

Name both X and Y.

Q.5: The image given here is a slide from the Kellogg’s presentation at CAGNY (Consumer analyst group new york)where they have shown why a certain frozen breakfast food’s sales sky rocketed.

From the given clues in the image, tell us what the reasons for these sales were

Q.6: A major wardrobe malfunction (involving a certain garment accessory) in December 1812 resulted in Napoleon's army of 600,000 to return from Russia with only 10,000 men. This happened because the French army was exposed to the biting cold of Russian winter which resulted in a large number of deaths due to hypothermia.

Put funda into what wardrobe malfunction occurred?

Q.7: Gota patti is a style ofIndian embroidery which uses a certain ribbon interwoven into the main garment to create elaborate designs and
different surface textures.Originating in Rajasthan, it is popularly worn on occasions of weddings or auspicious ceremonies. The primary colors used for ribbon are gold or silver.Its color palette and specific type of ribbon/lace chosen is inspired from traditions starting from the Mughal Era and the ribbon is actually developed from Lucknow.

Name this special ribbon/lace.


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