This document provides the guidelines and rules for the intermediate rounds of a quiz competition held by the Indian Social Club in Sohar, Oman. It outlines that there will be 3 rounds with a total of 15 questions. Round 1 has 5 current affairs/general questions with no negative marking or passing. Round 2 has 5 questions on specialized topics where correct answers get 10 points and incorrect/passed questions get no points. Round 3 is a buzzer round with 5 questions where correct answers get 10 points and incorrect/passed answers get -10 points. Unanswered questions will be passed to the audience in both rounds.

1. INDIAN SOCIAL CLUB, SOHAR
THE INTERMEDIATE ROUNDS - ROUND 1
GUIDELINES/RULES:
1. 3 rounds of quizzing. Total 15 questions
2. Round 1 - Current Affairs/General round (5 questions).
3. Round 2 - Specialized topic round (5 questions). A choice of
10 subjects shall be displayed. No pounce and no passing
4. Round 3 - Buzzer round (5 questions). Open to all teams on
the buzzer. Whoever hits the buzzer first, gets to answer.
No passing (except that it would go to the audience)

2. INDIAN SOCIAL CLUB, SOHAR
THE INTERMEDIATE ROUNDS
5. Round 1 will not have negative marking. No passing as well to the
next team. Unanswered questions will go to the audience.
6. For round no. 2 (Specialized topics), on a direct question, a correct
answer would fetch 10 points, while an incorrect/pass answer will
not fetch any negative points. Unanswered questions will go to the
audience
7. For round no. 3, negative marking shall be applied. +10 for a correct
answer and -10 for an incorrect/pass answer.
8. All unanswered questions would pass onto the audience, where the
first preference is given to children and later, if unanswered, to the
adults.

5. QUESTION 1
Which international retailer
announced that Harry Potter
and the Cursed Child is the
best selling book in the year
2016?

6. QUESTION 2
Back in 1930, Juan Carlos Ceriani, a school teacher
in Uruguay, created a version of a world-famous
sport for recreation in the YMCA. The objective of
this sport was basically to play indoors and on
basketball courts. The idea behind creating this
game came to the school teacher after Uruguay won
the inaugural 1930 FIFA WC and the gold medals in
the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics. Which game,
which is gaining tremendous popularity in Oman
also now-a-days, are we talking about?

7. QUESTION 3
Why was one Omani personality,
Said Al Gamboosi (picture in the
next page), in the headlines in all
newspapers during the month of
August 2016?

9. QUESTION 4
Mohammed Abdel Rahman, a world-renowned leader,
was born in Cairo, Egypt on August 24, 1929, was a civil
engineer (from Cairo's King Fuad University), by
qualification, before plunging into the Arab political arena.
He was amongst the first world leaders, who accepted the
UN Security Council Resolution no. 242. How do we
remember this Nobel Peace Prize winner (in whose name
- a $7 million museum was opened in November 2016),
who was described by the former French President
Jacques Chirac as "a man of courage", better as?

10. QUESTION 5
Why was Chanakya II, a flower-head cichlid
fish, which was swimming in a small fish
tank at a Chennai-based NGO Indian
Community Welfare Organization (ICWO), in
the news during November 2016?
(Hint/clue: It has nothing to do with the
demonetization)

13. This beverage (pic) made of iced tea
and lemonade has been named after
a world-famous sportsperson from
America, as he was in the habit of
drinking this beverage not only at
home but also at the pub. Which
sportsperson are we looking for, who
passed away in Sept. 2016?

15. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden
zum __________, a German
blacksmith, goldsmith by
profession, introduced a very
important invention in 1439,
which went onto lay the
foundation for knowledge-based
economy. What landmark
invention did he give?

16. In UK, a particular act of 1864
outlawed children doing what job,
for which they were often
employed as they were smaller
than adults and it was thought they
could do a better job as a result?

17. Sheriff Woody Pride
and Buzz Lightyear are
major characters in
which series of films?

19. This Asian leader
has an award named
after him, which is
known as Asia’s
Nobel Prize. What
award am I referring
to?

20. The whole of Japan, once
every year, gets glued to
their TV sets (for at least
three hours) to see the
laurels being bestowed on
the best organization,
whose quality benchmarks
are measured (courtesy -
this gentleman). What am I
talking about?

21. About which
American
computer
professional, is this
book all about?

22. Identify the name of this
animal, whose Dutch
version name, lends to
the formation of the
name of a world-famous
footwear brand

23. The idea for creating this came up from one Mr.
EM Stuart, its volunteer president in 1953. The
objective was to create a means to "maintain the
glory of a community whose name means glamor
and excitement in all the four corners of the
world". The creation, over a period of time,
became a world-famous tourist destination with a
reported 10 million visitors in 2003 and
continuing to bulge. What am I talking about?

25. The HQ of this company is located in San
Bruno, California. This company, which
provides services throughout the world, was
created by three former PayPal employees,
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim in
February 2005. Since, November 2006, it is
owned by Google, after they purchased this
service for around US$ 1.65 bn. Which
company are we referring to?
QUESTION 11

26. This Spanish priest and later turned into a bishop (in a church) in
Segura, authored a book (in 1561) by name Libro de la invencion
liberal y arte del Juego del Axedrez, which was one of the first
definitive books in 1561 about modern chess in Europe,
preceded earlier by Pedro Damiano's 1512 book. He was born in
Zafra near Badajoz and studied and lived in Salamanca. Back in
1560, he won a match against Leonardo di Bona in Rome.
Between 1574-75, he lost the first known international Chess
Tournament, which was held at the invitation of King Phillip II of
Spain. Who is this priest and how do we remember him even on
this day (as he lent his name for a very famous opening in
chess)?
QUESTION 12

27. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, this lad ______ Jeong-Mok, who
had a very normal childhood, moved to Gwacheon, South Korea,
when he was around five years old. After completing schooling
and middle schooling, he returned to Knoxville and graduated
from Bearden High School. He hit upon a passion for creativity,
which, those days, were frowned upon by various critics and
friends alike. However, this passion of his, are now his source of
income as well as pleasure. When he was awarded an
Appalachian Arts Fellow Award at the World's Fair park, by the-
then Mayor Victor Ashe, Ashe went onto proclaim, "Mr. ______'s
work is impressioned hundreds and millions of time each week
and reaches all corners of the globe. He is arguably Knoxville's
most persistent artist". How do we know _____ Jeong-Mok
better as and what did give to the world, which we live in?
QUESTION 13

28. Why is it that the buttons
in a lady's shirt are
stitched on the left flap,
while those of men, are
stitched on the right flap?
QUESTION 14

29. Back in the early 60s, France witnessed quite a
good number of road accidents. To sort out
the imbalance between the no. of car accidents
and police force, the French Government
recruited more police force to patrol the
streets. However, the very next year - the
number of accidents increased tremendously,
inspite of more police on the roads. What was
the main cause of increased accidents, inspite
of heavier patrolling?
QUESTION 15