KBC 12: Anupa Das in a frame of the program. (courtesy SonyTV)
Highlight
- Anupa Das is a school teacher from Chhattisgarh
- She used the 50-50 lifeline to answer the Rs 1 crore question
- Anupa Das did not know the answer to the Rs 7 crore question
New Delhi:
The popular television show Kaun Banega Crorepati 12, found the third of this season crorepati in Anupa Das, a school teacher from Chhattisgarh. Previously, the contestants, Nazia Nasim and Mohita Sharma, responded the Rs 1 crore to become crorepati. Anupa Das, during the course of the episode, revealed that she would use the winning amount for her mother’s cancer treatment. Anupa Das, who moved to Mumbai for her mother’s treatment, also spoke about the struggles she faced. Here is the question that made Anupa Das earn Rs 1 crore: ‘Who received the Param Vir Chakra for bravery on November 18, 1962 at Rezang La in Ladakh?’ She used her last 50-50 lifeline to answer the question. The answer to the question was Major Shaitan Singh.
Anupa Das decided to leave the game after earning Rs 1 crore. Meanwhile, the Rs 7 crore question also known as the ‘jackpot question’ that was asked in tonight’s episode was: ‘In One Day International cricket, which team have Riaz Poonawala and Shaukat Dukanwala represented? ? ‘ The answer to the question was the United Arab Emirates. When Amitabh Bachchan asked him to guess one of the options after exiting the game, he chose the correct one.
Anupa Das, who made it to the hot seat on Tuesday’s episode, told Amitabh Bachchcan that it took her 20 years to appear on the show. After earning Rs 1 crore, Amitabh Bachchan told Anupa Das “Ye koi saadharan khel nahi tha aapka, adhbhut khel tha ye (your game was not ordinary, it was very special). Anupa Das excitedly told Big B that she “never imagined” that she would win 1 million rupees. After earning Rs 1 crore, Amitabh Bachchan got in touch with Anupa’s mother via video call.
Some of the questions asked in tonight’s episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 12 were:
Bilaspur was the capital of which kingdom until it was captured by the Marathas in the 18th century?
Which of these planets is the largest?
Skeet and trap are events in which Olympic sport?
Which of the following locations in Odisha is believed to be the location where the Kalinga War was fought?
‘Daughters of Lilavati‘, a book published by IAOS Bengaluru, features around 100 essays on which of these groups of people?
Watch this space for more updates on Kaun Banega Crorepati 12.
.
