2016
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Question
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Name the pioneer of quizzing in India and leader of the Anglo-Indian community who has passed away on 24 June 2016
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Bimal Prasad
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Aurobindo Mukherjee
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Neil O’Brien
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Aadesh Srivastava
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Popularly known as the Father of Quizzing in India, he pioneered open quizzes when he conducted the first one in 1967, in Calcutta. Neil O’Brien passed away in Calcutta on 24 June 2016.
Detailed explanation-2: -Neil O’Brien (10 May 1934 – 24 June 2016) was a quiz master who was often credited for conducting the first formal well-organised quiz in Calcutta, India. He was also a chairman of CISCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -NEIL O’ BRIEN, widely acknowledged as the “Father of Quizzing” in India, passed away on June 24 at the age of 82.
Detailed explanation-4: -Organised quizzing had seldom been conducted in India until O’Brien held an open formal quiz competition in a small church hall in Calcutta in 1967.
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