The document describes a round from an online quiz competition. It contains 8 questions in the first round on topics like sports, countries, apps, science and more. The second round consists of a long connect question set involving 8 clues related to newspapers published in India - the clues lead from mint to the identification of newspapers as the overall theme. The rounds have scoring rules for correct and incorrect answers as well as bonuses for connecting the clues.
4. Rules
• This round has 8 Q’s
• 1 Direct Q’s for each team
• Points for answering direct Q’s: +20/-10
• Bounce: +10/0
• Messing with the Quizmaster: -3000
6. Question 1
X is a very recognized name in the history of sports and
has his own line of merchandising licenses, apparel and
video games. In 1999, he launched a multi-platform
skateboarding video game that went on to become one
of the most successful video games of all time.
Identify X.
9. Question 2
X is the country with the lowest population in the European
Union. The motto of "mir wëllebleiwewatmirsinn", or "we
want to remain what we are" perfectly sums up the attitude
of the people of this nation. A rural country, with one-third
of it covered by forests, just around half of X's permanent
residents are foreign.
Identify X.
15. Question 4
X is a very big name in the field of genetics. Co-awarded
the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine and Louisa
Gross Horwitz Award, X in 1970 became the first ever
scientist to generate synthetic gene.
Identify X.
18. Question 5
Introduced as a “Joke Currency" on 6 December 2013, X quickly developed
its own online community and reached a capitalization of US$60 million in
January 2014. It blew up recently after being promoted by Elon Musk.
Compared with other cryptocurrencies, X had a fast initial coin production
schedule: 100 billion coins were in circulation by mid-2015, with an
additional 5.256 billion coins every year thereafter. As of 30 June 2015, the
100 billionth X had been mined.
Identify X.
21. Question 6
X was formed in 1960s as an educational, scientific and charitable
society. It's logo is inspired from an Ashokan Age Relic. X was
revamped and scaled up massively through various plan from the
1970s onwards and also started various other schemes such as
scholarships. X is intricately associated with our lives or has been
till class 12. All of us have probably been beneficiaries of X at
certain points in our school life or at least have heard of it.
Identify X.
24. Question 7
Automobili Lamborghini and Ferrari are two of the
biggest names in Italian car industry. Coincidentally,
they have a fairly intertwined history.
What type of vehicles did Lamborghini's first
automobile company manufacture, and what was
the reason for which "Automobili Lamborghini" was
established?
27. Question 8
It is said that the Hindi name of this fruit (X) is a corruption
of the country of origin of this fruit, as Indians were not able
to pronounce its complicated name. This fruit is a
Portuguese gift they imported from their eastern territory in
Africa; it was therefore called the ‘Y orange’.
Identify X & Y.
33. Rules
• This round is a long connect of 8 Q’s
• Points for each Q’s: +20/-5
• For answering the connect after 1st Q’s: +80/-40
Similarly: +70/-35, +60/-30, +50/-25… +10/-5
• No Bounce or Pounce
• Messing with the Quizmaster: You already know
38. Question 2 (Connect: +70/-35)
Two spacecrafts released by NASA in 1972 and 1973 carried a
pair of gold-anodized aluminum plaques onboard, featuring a
pictorial message, in case either is intercepted by intelligent
extraterrestrial life. The plaques show the nude figures of a
human male and female along with several symbols that are
designed to provide information about the origin of the
spacecraft.
What is the name shared by these two spacecrafts?
41. Question 3 (Connect: +60/-30)
The assertive nationalist freedom fighter X from
Punjab founded the Dayananda Anglo-Vedic School.
He was also associated with activities of Punjab
National Bank and Lakshmi Insurance Company
(which later merged with LIC) in their early stages.
Identify X and what was X popularly known as?
44. Question 4 (Connect: +50/-25)
X is the residence of one of India's foremost opposition leaders, X is a
number followed by the name of the road in which the residence is
situated, steeped in history, it is an iconic location in it's own right.
What is X?
This is the final clue X along with the Hindi word for the overall theme
of the Long Connect will lead to the final clue for the long connect.
47. Question 5 (Connect: +40/-20)
X (3 words) used to be the largest supplier of watches
in India. Incorporated in 1953, Pandit Nehru was one of
its first ambassadors.
Identify the brand, the first word of which will lead to
the long connect in addition to the overall theme of the
brand.
50. Question 6 (Connect: +30/-15)
X was started by an ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu,
at Chennai in 1932. Faced with financial difficulties, he sold
it to Swaminathan Sadanand. Sadanand sold a part of its
stakes to Ramanath Goenka. The name Three Musketeers is
often associated with it along with two other entities from
South India.
Identify X.