Quiz Quiz Hota Hai !!(Finale) was held on 21st Sep 2013. Quiz was prepared by Shreyas Srivastava and Gaurav Shastri.

1. Finale

2. CROSSWORD ROUND

3. The Burj Khalifa has now returned the location of Earth's tallest
freestanding structure to the Middle East after nearly 700 years. The
region last held the honour till 1311 AD when the Lincoln Cathedral in
England was completed. Which structure's record did the cathedral
beat?

4. A plaque at a famous landmark in this city
has an inscription saying “Urbs Prima in Indis”.
(The landmark was founded on 31 March
1911)
Which city?

5. Name of the Staircase
which was shown in Movie
Inception ??

6. Many elements have been named after
countries.
Which is the only country to be named
after an element?

7. According to Indian Vedic tradition, who was
the first person to die?
There is a one-of-a-kind temple in
Srivanchiyam, Tamil Nadu dedicated to him.

8. On the morning of 28th April 1986, workers at the Forsmark Nuclear
Power Plant, Sweden, were found to have radioactive particles on
their clothes.
It was Sweden's search for the source of radioactivity, after they had
determined there was no leak at the Swedish plant, that led to the
first news of _______ Meltdown to the outside world.

9. From whom
to Hitler?

10. The 'Aussie Round' is considered by many to be
the ultimate test of skills. In this field, an object
should cross a 50 meter circle and come right
back to the centre.
What object are we talking about ?

11. ANSWERS

13. The phrase means “foremost city in India”.
This plaque is at the Gateway of India, whose founding stone was laid to
commemorate the arrival of George V that year

14. PENROSE

15. Argentina

16. YAMARAJ

17. CHERNOBYL

19. BOOMERANG !!

20. Boomerang Round
• Team A chooses a category for Team opposite to it,
say Team B.
• If Team B answers correctly, it gets +15!
• If Team B answers wrong, it gets -10.
• Then Team A will have to attempt that question: if
they get it correct, they get +10, else they get -15.

21. Who is Playboy
commemorating
and What is the
occasion?

22. ANSWER

24. Where do you find the following words:
“YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE”

25. ANSWER

27. The concept of ______ is based on the founder’s hobby
of collecting insects and tadpoles. These _______ can
be collected and were split into 17 categories which
were all interconnected by a complex rock-paper-
scissors relationship. _______ possesses the ability to
undergo metamorphosis and transform into a new
species.

28. ANSWER

30. Mnemonic for WHAT?
Can I Have A Large Container Of
Coffee?

31. ANSWER

33. Born as David Webb, and later famous as X, he is
a former CIA agent suffering from retrograde
amnesia. He first came in news in 2002, in the
Mediterranean. In 2004, X and his girlfriend
Marie were reported living in Goa, India; where
Marie was killed. His current whereabouts are
unknown.
Who?

34. ANSWER

36. X started off as a Rubber Products Company.
Soon thereafter it established a wood pulp mill.
Later it added electricity generation to its
business activities. Today it is the largest
company of its country and plays a very
important role in the economy of this country.
IDENTIFY X.

37. ANSWER

39. Give me the connect:
Panthera leo (Lion)
Canis dirus (Wolf)
Ursus americanus (Black Bear)
Falco peregrinus (Peregine Falcon)
Rucervus duvaucelii (Royal Stag)
Mimus polyglottos (Mockingbird)

40. ANSWER

42. On April 11, 1984 Yuri Malyshev and
Gennady Strekalov were awarded
Ashok Chakra. For the first and only
time, this award being given to
non-Indians. Who was the third
awardee?

43. ANSWER

45. BUZZER!!
+10/-10

48. VERBAL ROUND
1. What is the velocity of a photon of wavelength 600nm when it is accelerated by a magnetic
field of 31 mT?
2. “Brothers and Sisters have I none. That man‟s father is my father‟s son.” Who is he?
3.Which person has won the most Oscars (26)?
4.What is the Pirate Flag commonly known as?
5.What relates Julius Caesar, a famous car by Rolls Royce and Kareena Kapoor in Talaash?
6.Envisioned as the „fifth mode‟ of transportation, this revolutionary technology involves
pressurized capsules that are driven through elevated reduced-pressure tubes at high velocity. It
was proposed by entrepreneur Elon Musk.

49. Mega Connect
• Series of 7 images will be shown.
• There is some connection between them.
• Identify each image: how it relates to the connect.
• +5 for each image. No –ve.
• +15 for getting the connect right. No –ve.

55. Koninginnedag-Queen’s
Day

57. THE MEGA CONNECT IS

58. Dominican flag-Only flag with VIOLET
Element Indium-Named after INDIGO
Nike‟s campaign: Bleed BLUE
Billy Joe Armstrong-From the band GREEN Day
The YELLOW River
Koninginnedag-Queen‟s Day is the day of “orange madness” in Netherlands
The RED planet
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