This document contains questions from rival quiz teams for a special quiz round. If a team answers a question correctly, they get +20 points and the questioning team gets -10 points. If a question is left unanswered, the questioning team gets +20 points. The questions are made to be unbiased and reasonable. The document then provides two sample questions on various topics like history, science, and current events.

1. SPECIAL ROUND

2. SPECIAL ROUND
• THE QUESTIONS HERE ARE FROM YOUR RIVAL TEAMS.
• IF ANSWERED, +20 TO THE ANSWERING TEAM AND FOR THE
QUESTIONING TEAM -10.
• IF UNANSWERED, +20 FOR THE QUESTIONING TEAM.
• PHINEAS HAS MADE SURE ALL QUESTIONS ARE UNBIASED AND
REASONABLE.
• COMMON BUZZER ROUND FOR ALL TEAMS . ONLY ONE ATTEMPT
FOR A QUESTION.

4. Question 1
 She was born on the valentine’s day of 2016.
 People say she resembles ancient Egyptian
Queen Nefertiti, Audrey Hepburn.
 She has "siblings" are named Alice, Albert
Einstein Hubo, Han, Jules, Professor Einstein,
Philip K., Zeno and Joey.
 Whose family am I talking about?

7. Question 2
 Being a heir in a family of two Noble Laureates
 This person was highly extraordinary in their job and
their service was lauded by the whole nation.
 Their country has given that person three top civilian
awards and honoured by Ramon Magsaysay award.
 The person headed the renowned institute , joining in
the early days with the ever more known founder of the
institute. - CURRENT AFFAIRS

11. Question 1
 X laid the basics to a very advanced modern warfare
thing.
 X was Dutch born in the 16th century and had 2
wives.
 Every major country owns it’s own version of the
device that X fabricated and is used for both fun and
war.
Hitler and LTTE ‘s versions of these are well known
 Identify the device.
.

13. X: CORNELIS DREBBEL
Device: Navigable Submarine

14. Question 2
 X is a very common and probably the
oldest and alive fashion trend in the world.
 This trend was very common among the
Henry kings .
 Though X was considered for nerds it is
slowly regaining it’s popularity due to
Timothée Chalamet.
 Identify X

16. BOWL CUT - HAIRSTYLE

18. Question 1
Connect 1,1-dimethyl 2,2-dimethyl propane
to INDIGO Aviation.

21. Question 2
 This an emotional and psychological torture given to a
prisoners especially in Iran, Europe and in parts of US.
 There is no noise and the cell is sound proof. All your eye can
see only one particular thing (and can get rid of it only when u
close your eyes).
 Sensory deprivation soon makes person hallucinogenic.
 The person who were released from torture weren’t able to
sleep without sleeping pills and they say "They get what they
want without having to hit you“.
 What torture is specified here?

23. WHITE TORTURE

25. Question 1
 Which famous TV series featured a
reference or picture of ‘Superman’ in
every episode?
 It has been described as "a show about
nothing," often focusing on the minutiae of
daily life.
 Kind of the Friends and BBT series of 90’s

28. Question 2
 What was the original name of
New York City?
 Clue : Think colonisation and
modify its current name

30. NEW AMSTERDAM
 New Amsterdam's name was changed to New
York, in honor of the Duke of York, who
organized the mission.
 The colony of New Netherland was established
by the Dutch West India Company in 1624.

32. Question 1
 X is a famous American mathematician.
 X known for his contributions to game theory
and partial differential equations and won noble
prize in economics.
 X’s biopic is one of the high-rated movies.
 But X had a rare psychiatric disease.
 What was that disease?

34. X: John Forbes Nash
Disease: Paranoid Schizophrenia

35. Question 2

37. All were named MoMs of World T20 Finals of years
2007,2009,2010,2012, 2014 respectively.
2007- India – Irfan Pathan
2009 – Pakistan – Shahid Afridi
2010 – England – Craigg Keiswetter
2012 – West Indies – Marlon Samuels
2014 – Sri Lanka – Kumar Sangakkara

39. Question 1
 Guess the movie
 A movie Released during late 60s.
 The movie title and the movie itself was way
ahead of its time both in terms of story and VFX.
 It talks about of a lot of things on of which is AI.
 The director of this film did an another movie
which inspired Kamal Hassan for making
Virumandi.

42. Question 2
 In a Test match against South Africa, New
Zealand Tail-ender batted a memorable innings
which lasted 101 minutes in 1999.
 How many runs did he score?

46. Question 1
 Name the book, it is a banned novel
based on racism, crime and prejudice in
many schools in USA.
 So famous, it was adopted into a
academy award winning movie
considered as one of the best book
adaptations.
 Pulitzer prize winning novel

48. To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee

49. Question 2
 It is a tool.
 It was initially used for wearing medieval
armour.
 It was first given a German/French Name.
 It was first used for stirring soup.
 Now we use it for many things except its
original use.
 What am I talking about?

51. SCREW DRIVER

53. Question 1
 Egypt : Steppe Eagle
 Morocco : Barbary Lion
 Scotland : ?

55. UNICORN

56. Question 2
 This is the first ever recording of an event.
 It shows how a boy and his mother escaped a
disaster, whereas his uncle was killed trying to
save another helpless woman.
 State the event and by whom it was recorded.
 The following passage is from the record:
"He lay down to rest on a sheet and called for
drinks of cold water. Then, suddenly, flames
and a strong smell of sulphur, giving warning of
yet more to come, forced the others to flee."

58. PLINY THE YOUNGER ‘S account of
the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which
destroyed the city of Pompeii