2. ..a quizzing venture
• Started as quizmaster in ‘Quest ‘a club in Wadia
college Pune where the most passionate quizzers
had trivia as their four square meals
• In 2010, rediscovered the passion at a
summer school camp in kerala
• 30 quizzes at school, college, business schools
followed in the next 4 years….
• Helped me to improve as a quizzer also.Won the
ultimate TATA Crucible Kochi round last year.
• Works as Brand manager for living in Malayala
Manorama handling the ULTIMATE encyclopedia..
Manorama Yearbook
3. India Round
- NO Buzzer round just to warm up
- 10 for Direct,-5 for Indirect
4. India Round
This 14 year old whose
parents are humble daily
wage workers from
Nizamabad, Telangana
was in news for her brave
efforts for being the
youngest woman on Mount
everest.
.Name this inspiring girl
1
5. India Round
Which indian festival is known as
Shigmo in Goa,Madan Daman
or Kamayan in south India,Dol
Jatra in West Bengal
2
6. India Round
Which indian festival is known as
Shigmo in Goa,Madan Daman
or Kamayan in south India,Dol
Jatra in West Bengal
3
9. India round
Times of India carried this in Obituary columns
” D.EM O'Cracy beloved husband
of T.Ruth,Father of
L.I.Bertie,Brother of Faith,Hope
and Justice expired on
26 June,1975” .What was the occassion
6
10. Audience
He was considered the evergreen
Indian hero of Hindi films with
longest period as hero who won
the Dada saheb Phalke award in
2002 and whose Autobiography is
called Romancing with Life
11. Audience -2
In terms of currency
notes in India,if MG
series is Mahatma
Gandhi series what is AP
series
5
12. Answers to India Round
1. Malvath Poorna
2.HOLI
3.Mother Teressa
4.First living person in Tinkle
5.Emergency announced
Audience
1 Dev Anand
2. Ashoka Pillar Series
14. Freedom movement round
# Questions Pass on in a clockwise manner
# 10 for direct answer
# 20 for Pouncing on Direct question given to
somebody. You can Pounce on your own direct
question also and get additional points
# -10 for Wrong Pounce
# After the wrong pounce question moves in the
normal clockwise manner with 5 marks for getting
it correct. The team with wrong pounce will not
get it again
17. Freedom Movement round
Servants of India Society was
formed in Pune to promote social
and Human development and
overthrow the British rule in India?
Who was the founder of the
servants of india society
3
21. Audience Question
At which session did the
congress proclaim “POORNA
SWARAJ” complete
independence as its goal
22. Answers to Freedom
Movement round
1. Jalianwala Bagh
2.Champaran
3. Gopalkrishna Gokhle
4. Lord Curzon
5. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
6.Lahore session
23. Sports and Entertainment
# Buzzer round
# 10 for getting it correct,-5
for getting it wrong.It will not
be passed once wrong
answer is given
24. Sports and Entertainment
A Dada Saheb Phalke
recipient,he has directed films
like Ankur,Nishant,Manthan and
Bhumika?Who am I talking
about
1
25. Sports and Entertainment
Jamaican Reggae singer-
songwriter,guitarist who
achieved international
fame .He was a
commited to the religious
and Political movement
of Rastafari.
His Album Exodus was
chosen as the greatest
Album of 20th century by
TIME Magazine
2
27. Sports and Entertainment
This 16-year-old girl
who hails from
Punjab clinched a
silver medal in the
10m air pistol
competition in
Glasgow
Name her
4
31. Answers
1) Shyam benegal
2) Bob Marley
3) Laureus Awards
4) Malaika Goel
5) Fixed match between German and Austria
6) SPIC MACAY
Audience
Bhanu Athaya
33. Cross connections Round
# Buzzer round
# 20 for getting it correct, -10 for getting it
wrong
# You have to think differently and identify
what connect the visuals
37. Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We
were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the
educated Indians or the Pakistanis.”
43. Answers for Cross connection
1) Ruskin Bond
2) Amartya sen
3) All Are squash player
4) Khushwant Singh
5) All are canadians
6) RK Narayanan
7) All Lok Sabha speakers
8) Time persons of the year
9) All Official Indian nominees for oscar
44. MIXED BAG
# 8 questions on the buzzer
# 10 for getting it correct;-5 for getting it
wrong
45. MIXED BAG
Where will the headquarters of
The BRICS development
bank formed during the recent
summit be located ?
1
46. MIXED BAG
What is the Space centre at
Sriharikota in Andhra pradesh
used for launching satellites
called?
2
47. MIXED BAG
What did Austrian American
pathologist Karl Landsteiner in
1901 develop that made blood
transfusion a routine medical
practise
3
51. Mixed bag
Who was the first from Kerala
to get the Jnanpeeth award
7
52. Mixed bag
The book first published in Spanish 1967 in
was was in news in June this year.It is a
story of seven generations of Buendia
Family in the town of Macondo.Throughout
the family the characters are visited by the
ghosts.Name the book and the Nobel
winning Author
8
53. Audience question
What is the principal performer
in Bullfighting who works the
capes and usually dispatches
the bull with a sword thrust
between the shoulder blades
called?
54. Answers
1) Beijing
2) Sathish Dhawan space centre
3)Blood groups
4)Clyde
5) Avtaar
6)Hari Prasad Chaurasia
7) Sankara Kurup
8)Marquez-One thousand years of solitude
Audience
Matadaor
56. Cryptic clues
# On the buzzer
# 15 marks for getting it right without the
clue
#10 for getting it with the clue
# -10 for getting it wrong with and without
clue
# You can attempt once again for with the
clue even if you press the buzzer wrong
without a clue
57. CRYPTIC CLUES
What was founded by Brian
Acton and Jan Koum in 2009
with more than 400 million
active users and is currently
undergoing take over by
Facebook
59. CRYPTIC CLUES
What was founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum
in 2009 with more than 400 million active users
and is currently undergoing take over by
Facebook
WHATS APP
67. 6GREAT INDIANS
# Buzzer round
1st
clue: 20 points
2nd
clue: 15 points
3rd
clue:10 points
Constant-10 for wrong attempt. You can
attempt it even after getting it wrong once
Questions will not appear on slide
68. Tie Breaker
#On the Buzzer
#If one team answers it wrongly on going
for the Buzzer,the other team should
answer to become the champion
69. Tie Breaker-1
RBI has in principle agreed to
give banking licenses to two
applicants IDFC limited and X to
set up banks?What is X
70. Tie Breaker-2
What is the test
called to tell
computers and
Humans apart to
prevent unwanted
internet bots from
accessing Websites
74. Tie Breaker-6
Chad Hurley,Steve Chen and Jawed Kareem
were PAYPAL employees.In the early
months of 2005 Hurley and Chen attended
a dinner party at CHENs apartment.Hurley
and CHEN had experienced difficulty in
sharing Videos.What was born out of this