From the IQuiz 2014 series conducted by the Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway for Interact Clubs in Malaysia

1. THE 2014 JB ROUND INTERACT
QUIZ PRELIMINARIES

2. Find us on Facebook at ‘Interact
Quiz Malaysia’
https://www.facebook.com/groups/I
nteractquizmalaysia/

3. Thirty questions
Write answers ONLY
No Negative marks
Top six (6) teams go to the finals
No devices of any sort must be

4.  What is at the placed marked?
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5. 1

6.  Machu Picchu
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7.  Google doodle as a tribute to whom/
what?
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8. 2

9.  Google doodle for “Paul the Octopus”
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10. •This cloth the most common backdrop
material used by photographers for formal
portrait backgrounds. In video production, it is
used as a cheap green screen or blue
screen.
•It gets its name from the city of Mosul, Iraq,
where it was first manufactured.
Name this cotton fabric.
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11.  Muslin
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12.  Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and one other State
borders Thailand. Name the other State.
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13.  Perak
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14.  What collective word for kittens connects it to
Amazon.com?
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15. 5

16.  Kindle
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17.  Nowadays an essential component of black
tie dressing, this item of clothing was adapted
by British officers in the Indian Subcontinent
as an alternative to the waistcoat, and is
called by the Anglicized version of its original
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18. 6

19.  Cummerbund
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20.  Also known as Wild Marjoram, what is the
common name of this herb from the mint
family that you would perhaps associate
with pizza?
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21. 7

22.  Oregano
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23.  Which city looks like this when photographed from
a satellite?
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25.  Venice
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26.  What event does this logo represent?
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28.  COMMONWEALTH GAMES
KUALA LUMPUR 1998
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29.  Meaning ‘black land’ in Sindarin, what was
the name of the dwelling place of
Sauron, in Tolkien’s Middle Earth, and home
to the volcano Orodruin?
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30.  Mordor
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31. •In particle physics, what name is given to the
elementary particles that cause quarks to
interact, and are indirectly responsible for the
binding of protons and neutrons in the
nucleus of the atom?
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32.  Gluons
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33.  The 2013 United States Formula One Grand
Prix was held in which city, the capital of its
state? The 2014 event will be held here
again.
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34.  Austin (Texas)
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35.  On 28 November 1949 Mohamed Hamzah,
a Malaysian government architect, beat
329 others in a competition to design
what?
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36.  MALAYSIAN FLAG – (RENAMED
JALUR GEMILANG in in 1997)
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37.  Korean restaurants typically serve
accompaniments like these.
 What are they collectively called?
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39.  Banchan
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40.  This was the first prototype of which
commonly used device?
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42.  The Mouse for the Computer.
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43.  What in the digital world, gets its name
from this creature?
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45.  The Firefox browser
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46.  Who would wear this
kind of footwear?
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48.  Ballerinas
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49.  Which two cities in Australia have
hosted the Summer Olympics?
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50.  Melbourne and Sydney
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51.  This was the part of your armour that was meant
to protect your hand in battle.
 Today the word exists as part of a phrase that
means “to issue a challenge”
 Which word?
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53.  Gauntlet “To throw down the Gauntlet”
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54. modify
 Which bodily organ is affected by myopia?
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55.  The eye
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56. What was the surname of the French
husband and wife team who discovered
radium?
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57.  Curie
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58.  What was APHRODITE, the Greek
Goddess of Love, called by the
Romans?
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59.  Venus
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60.  What three colors appear on the flag of
France?
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61.  Blue, White and Red
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62.  HAWKS, EALES, VULTURES and OWLS
are carnivorous birds belonging to a
category that derives its name from the
Latin for ‘to take by force’.
 Name the category.(one word answer)
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63.  Raptors
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64.  After 27 years of confinement in his
country’s maximum security prison at
Robben Island, he emerged to be elected
President of his country. Name him
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65.  Nelson Mandela
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66.  If you move vertically in an elevator and
diagonally on an escalator, what do you
move horizontally on?
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68.  Travelator
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69.  A consortium formed in 2007, consisting of
84 firms including Google, HTC, Dell, Sony &
Samsung and called the Open Handset
Alliance was instrumental in the development
and adoption of which system whose name
could also mean “a mobile robot with a
human form?”
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70.  Android
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71.  If the 2010 World Cup brought world-wide
attention to the vuvuzela, what phenomenon,
now associated with various sporting events,
did the 1986 World Cup introduce to the
world?
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72.  The Mexican wave
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73.  Tioman Island is part of which State?
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74.  Pahang
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75.  What commercial name is Sodium
bicarbonate sold under?
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76.  Baking Soda
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