Semi Final Round of Mastermindz Quiz held at Shambhavi in NMAMIT, Nitte on 14/02/2012

1. THE GENERAL QUIZ

2. Rules:
•10 Questions
•Written Round
•1 point for each question
•Two teams to qualify for finals
•In case of a tie, the score of the
prelims will be considered

3. 1
CONNECT

4. 2
India has 21 of these. 9 of them are a
little different. These 9 are at Bilaspur,
Ahmedabad, Kochi, Allahabad, Cuttack,
Guwahati, Jodhpur, Nainital, Jabalpur.
What are being referred to here and
how are these 9 different from the
rest?

5. 3
S-2 is the production
house of an indian
celebrity. Identify the
person who owns this
production company?

6. 4
This is the opening line of which classic –
“______ was beginning to get very tired
of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of
having nothing to do: once or twice she
had peeped into the book her sister was
reading, but it had no pictures or
conversations in it, `and what is the use
of a book,’ thought ______ `without
pictures or conversation?”

7. 5
What do the initials ‘VT’,
the registration number of
all Indian civil aircrafts
stand for?

8. 6
Logo of?

9. 7
Contrived acronym was coined in 2000 by
Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J.
Hopper, and John Langford? Carnegie
Mellon University attempted to trademark
the term, but the trademark application
was abandoned on 21 April 2008.
It requires the user to type letters or digits
from a distorted image that appears on the
screen.

10. 8
Which is the highest revenue
generating railway zone of
the Indian Railways system
among 17 other zones and
name its headquarters?

11. 9
‘The Spirit Of Ecstasy’ is
the name of the mascot on
the bonnet of a specific
automobile company.
Name the automobile
company.

12. 10
Identify the ALBUM !

14. ANSWERS

15. 1
CONNECT

16. Franz Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo –
Only two persons to have won the Fifa World
Cup both as player and coach.

17. 2
India has 21 of these. 9 of them are a
little different. These 9 are at Bilaspur,
Ahmedabad, Kochi, Allahabad, Cuttack,
Guwahati, Jodhpur, Nainital, Jabalpur.
What are being referred to here and
how are these 9 different from the
rest?

18. High Courts of India
These 9 are not in a state capital

19. 3
S-2 is the production
house of an indian
celebrity. Identify the
person who owns this
production company?

20. Shilpa Shetty

21. 4
This is the opening line of which classic –
“______ was beginning to get very tired
of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of
having nothing to do: once or twice she
had peeped into the book her sister was
reading, but it had no pictures or
conversations in it, `and what is the use
of a book,’ thought ______ `without
pictures or conversation?”

22. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

23. 5
What do the initials
‘VT’, the registration
number of all Indian
civil aircrafts stand for?

24. Viceroy's Territory
The registration prefix ‘VT’ was
assigned to India in 1929, and it
continued ever since.

25. 6
Logo of?

26. SAARC

27. 7
Contrived acronym was coined in 2000
by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas
J. Hopper, and John Langford? Carnegie
Mellon University attempted to
trademark the term, but the trademark
application was abandoned on 21 April
2008. It requires the user to type
letters or digits from a distorted image
that appears on the screen.

28. CAPTCHA

29. 8
Which is the highest revenue
generating railway zone of
the Indian Railways system
among 17 other zones and
name its headquarters?

30. South East Central Railways
Headquarters- Bilaspur
(Chhattisgarh)

31. 9
‘The Spirit Of Ecstasy’ is
the name of the mascot on
the bonnet of a specific
automobile company.
Name the automobile
company.

32. Rolls Royce

33. 10
Identify the ALBUM !

34. SAVE ME, SAN FRANSICO