Quote Game

Do you pride yourself on knowing the in's and out's of Bangladeshi politics? Do you pat yourself on the back for reading all the news headlines on your phone while your colleagues are busy playing Candycrush during those particularly snoozy weekly meetings? Do you take every chance you get to one-up the apathetic boy-next-door on the state of affairs of this ever-so-happening country?

Well then, Star Weekend dares you take part in a contest that has been very unimaginatively titled the “Quote Game”. There are a number of statements and you need to guess the name of the speaker. Consider yourself a “News Guru” if you get more than eight correct. The answers are given at the bottom.

"Incidents of forced disappearance are taking place in different ways and many of them are also returning back willingly. Many have been raising voices after every incident of forced disappearance. Why it is happening and where it is taking place? Are such incidents taking place in Bangladesh only?"

"Yes, we'll pass the constitutional [16th] amendment in parliament again and we'll do it continuously. Let's see how far the judiciary goes. Will they interfere with people's representatives? We appoint them as judges."

"Enforced disappearance is something which we cannot investigate because we don't have the appropriate machineries."

"Government is not responsible for primary question paper leak."

"But in our country a disease has infected us and the name of that disease is 'myopic politicisation'. This is a virus and unfortunately this has infected our political culture to such a length that many of our policy makers now are hardly able to see or envision a future meant for a nation, not for a person. Due to this rotting disease, they have personified each and everything. For their narrow and parochial party interest they have established a fake and 'pseudo democracy' taking the shameful unfair advantage of our constitution—a constitution written with the blood ink of our martyrs in 1971."

"Some partial damage to the environment needed to be accepted and compromised for the sake of the Rohingya refugees."

"Farm chickens have infiltrated the Awami League. Local chickens have been cornered by those. Local chickens are needed, not farm chickens. Farm chickens are not good for health."

"It's not load shedding, it's load sharing."

"Dhaka city will be renamed Zia City if the BNP comes to power."

"We are not playing against aliens. We are playing against Australia."

"There was no culture of corruption in Bangladesh in the past. Once it used to take place in secret... it was a matter of shame. But now it happens openly."

"Development in our country means if BDT 100 is allocated, BDT 40 is utilised and BDT 60 is stolen."

"The Anti-Corruption Commission has no friends. It has friends in one sector… they are journalists."

"I will not bow down to anyone, and I hope that none of my colleagues will do so."

"My request to you all of you is that you will take bribe but take it at a tolerable level."

TRUE OR FALSE?

Which of these are true? Which one is a trick question? Don't worry, unlike some other settings, these questions weren't leaked beforehand. Answers provided at the bottom of the page.

Anisul Islam Mahmud, Water Resources Minister, held rats accountable for the destruction of embankments in the northern areas of Bangladesh that caused massive flash floods.

The current chancellor of University of Dhaka, President Abdul Hamid was a student of the Department of International Relations from the batch of 1966.

Bangladesh was chosen by The Economist as “Country of the Year”.

The Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover was initially made for left-hand-drive cars

Actor Apu Biswas said her divorce had become a national issue and as a maternal figure, PM Hasina was best-equipped to settle this.