The document provides the rules and questions for three rounds of a general knowledge quiz competition between teams. The rounds cover topics like science, mythology, wildlife, Indian history, geography, sports, and recent events. Sample questions test knowledge of island disputes, NASA missions, moon landing details, Guinness World Record holders, historical events like the Tunguska event, South Carolina laws, and more. The document outlines the scoring system and guidelines for each round, which involve buzzing in and bouncing answers between teams.

1. GENERAL
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

2. RULES:
 All electronic devices should be switched off or kept on silent
mode.
 Wikipedia has been assumed factually correct while preparing
this quiz.
 The more you stare at the questions, the more the answer stares
back at you.
 Kindly refrain from cybernetic investigations.
 Quiz Master is God, her decisions are final and binding.

3. Round 1
POUNCE AND BOUNCE

4. RULES:
 Scoring: Pounce(+10/-10), Bounce(+10/0)
 A time period of 10 seconds will be given to pounce on the question.
Pouncing will be closed after these 10 seconds.
 The bounce will be in a clockwise direction after the pounce.
 Don't shout out the answer.
 No hints will be provided in this round.
 The teams who pounces for a question must write the answer on a paper
first.

5. Q1)
For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over
control of a tiny rock island X in the Bay of Bengal. However,
the rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them as the
island has sunken. Name X.

7. A)
New Moore Island

8. Q2)
An asteroid predicted with 100 per cent strike rate which can
cause a 'matter of life and death' for living beings may hit
Earth anytime. NASA is currently working on its X Mission to
defend the planet against any extinction level asteroids that
might come its way. Name the mission X.

10. A)
X- Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

11. Q3)
X holds the moon's speed record, having driven the lunar
rover at 11.2 miles per hour on a downhill run. He visited the
moon's neighborhood twice, aboard Apollo 10 and Apollo 17,
and also did a challenging spacewalk aboard Gemini 9. Just
before the Apollo 17 was set to leave, he wrote his daughter's
initials(T.D.C.) on the surface of the moon. Because the moon
has no wind or atmosphere, it will likely remain there forever.
Who is X?

13. A)
Eugene Cernan

14. Q4)
X has set more than 600 official Guinness Records and
currently holds 226 records. His most recent record is 26
watermelons sliced on his stomach in one minute thus
holding the Guinness world record for the most Guinness
world records. He has been breaking records since 1979.
Around this time, he changed his first name to X(protector of
God in Sanskrit). Identify X.

16. A)
Ashrita Furman

17. Q5)
On June 30, 1908, local residents in Evenki, Russia reported a column of blue light moving across the
sky. Ten minutes later they reported something that sounded like heavy artillery fire, moving from the
east to the north. Then, a shock wave blew through the town, knocking people off of their feet and glass
out of window panes.
Though no one had reported an explosion, a blast site was found. More than 800 square miles of forest,
had been completely flattened, with no explanation at all.
This event is one of the most mysterious historical events ever. Name the event.

19. A)
Tunguska event.

20. Q6)
What part of this image is
illegal according to South
Carolina law?

22. A)
Keep a horse in a bathtub.

23. ROUND 2
REVERSE POUNCE & BOUNCE
FACT OR FICTION!

24. RULES:
 Scoring: Pounce(+10/-10), Bounce(+10/0)
 A time period of 10 seconds will be given to pounce on the question.
Pouncing will be closed after these 10 seconds.
 The bounce will be in a anti-clockwise direction after the pounce.
 Don't shout out the answer.
 No hints will be provided in this round.
 The teams who pounces for a question must write the answer on a paper
first.

25. Q1)
There's a Native American lake named
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. It
means "you fish on your side, I fish on my side, and no one
fishes in the middle."

26. A)
FACT

27. Q2)
The longest English word is 189,819 letters long. full name for
the protein nicknamed titin would take three and a half hours
to say out loud.

28. A)
FACT

29. Q3)
The shells of tortoises are bulletproof. One man reportedly
killed himself after he tried to shoot a tortoise, and the bullet
bounced back onto himself.

30. A)
FICTION

31. Q4)
The US military has lost about 9 nuclear weapons. Apparently
they have a term for it - "Broken Arrows".

32. A)
FACT

33. Q5)
A 1$ bill costs about 1.5$ to make. US suffers a huge loss
every year due to this.

34. A)
FICTION
The fact is: A 1$ bill costs about 5 cents to make.
US suffers a huge loss every year due to this.

35. Q6)
The largest sand castle measured in world is about 54 feet
high, which took about 168 trucks of sand to be built.

36. A)
FACT

37. ROUND 3
CHOOSE THE TOPIC

38. KNOW THE GLOBE
SPORTSINDIAN HISTORY
CURRENT AFFAIRSWILDLIFE
SCIENCEMYTHOLOGY
RECENT EVENTS

39. MYTHOLOGY

40. Q1)
X is a Greek mythology monster, whose lair was the lake of Lerna
in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the
Danaïdes. According to Hesiod, the X was the offspring of
Typhon and Echidna. It had poisonous breath and blood so
virulent that even its scent was deadly. Name X.

41. A)
The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna

42. Q2)
As a symbolic object, this represents Hermes (or the Roman
Mercury), and by extension trades, occupations, or undertakings
associated with the god. It is often incorrectly used as a symbol
of healthcare organizations and medical practice, particularly in
the United States of America, due to confusion with the
traditional medical symbol, the Rod of Asclepius, which has only
one snake and is never depicted with wings. Name this object.

43. A)
Caduceus

44. Q3)
X flows into the river Acheron, on the other side of which lies
Hades, The Underworld, the mythological abode of the dead.
There are five rivers encircling Hades: the Styx, Phlegethon,
Lethe, Acheron and X. X is the River of Wailing. Name X.

45. A)
The Cocytus

46. Q4)
When Osiris, a primeval king of Egypt, died, his wife Isis
restored her husbands body to allow him to conceive their son,
X posthumously. X at first was a vulnerable child protected by
his mother and then becomes Set's(Osiris’ brother) rival for the
throne. Their often violent conflict ends with X’s triumph, which
restores Maat (cosmic and social order) to Egypt after Set's
unrighteous reign and completes the process of Osiris's
resurrection. Name X.

47. A)
Horus

48. BACK

49. WILDLIFE

50. Q1)
Z is a second generation hybrid from X and Y (hybrid offspring)
that were born on 16 August 2007 at Greater Wynnewood
Exotic Animal Park, Oklahoma. Y are the biggest cats in the
world. In the 2004 movie, Napoleon Dynamite, Y was Napoleon’s
favorite animal. Identify the species Z and Y

51. A)
Z: Tiliger Y: Lingress

52. Q2)
They are called as ‘The Ultimate Master of disguise’. In addition
to just changing its color and texture, the animal will change the
way it moves its arms to impersonate a variety of other marine
species. Some of the notable species it imitates are lionfish, sea
snake, jellyfish, giant crabs, mantis shrimp, seahorses and more.
Identify the creature.

53. A)
Mimic Octopus

54. Q3)
A bird that was previously believed to be extinct has made a
stunning return after 136,000 years from the "dead" after it
evolved all over again. Researchers believe this feat of
resurrection was made possible by “iterative evolution. " Name
the bird.

55. A)
White-Throated Rail

56. Q4)
Recently, a couple managed to capture pictures of a golden leopard
otherwise known as a strawberry or erythristic leopard was found
in a reserve of South Africa. This is one of the rarest colour
variations in the world. Name the reserve.

57. A)
Thaba Tholo Wilderness Reserve.

58. BACK

59. INDIAN HISTORY

60. Q1)
The World's First Granite Temple is located in a state in South
India. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne
piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five
years, during the reign of Rajaraja Chola. Name the temple.

61. A)
Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu

62. Q2)
A temple in Rajasthan is home to thousands of rats whom
pilgrims consider to be their ancestors and worship, making it
one of the strangest attractions of India. Name the temple.

63. A)
Karni Mata temple

64. Q3)
In which building was a double dome used for the first time in
India? The building introduced the distinctive combination of red
sandstone and white marble and it inspired the construction of Taj
Mahal which was built a century later.

65. A)
Humayun's Tomb

66. Q4)
Which party was formed by Subhash Chandra Bose after leaving
Congress Party in 1939?

67. A)
Forward Bloc

68. BACK

69. KNOW THE GLOBE

70. Q1)
The World’s longest bridge, X, is a part of the Beijing-Shanghai
High Speed Railway, It spans for 165 KMs. Name X.

71. A)
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge

72. Q2)
The base of this Mountain is about 6000 meters below sea level,
and the summit is about 4000 meters above sea level, which
makes it the highest mountain, from below sea level. Name the
Mountain.

73. A)
Mauna Kea, Hawaii

74. Q3)
This Country is said to have the most no. of islands in the World.
It consists of about 221,800 islands out of which only 1000 are
inhabited. Name the Country.

75. A)
Sweden

76. Q4)
This Place is said to be the India’s smallest Hill Station. It is also
a rule that no vehicles are allowed inside the Hill Station except
ambulance operated by municipality. Name the Hill Station.

77. A)
Matheran

78. BACK

79. SPORTS

80. Q1)
Spain won its second title after defeating Argentina with 95-75
in the gold medal game held at Wukesong Arena in Beijing. This
tournament also served as qualification for the 2020 Summer
Olympics, which took the top two teams from each of the
Americas and Europe, and the top team from each of Africa, Asia
and Oceania, alongside the tournament's host Japan. Name this
tournament.

81. A)
FIBA Basketball World Cup

82. Q2)
X was the first club from the South of England to join The
Football League, in 1893, and they reached the First Division in
1904. This title-winning team set an English record for the
longest top-flight unbeaten league run at 49 games between
2003 and 2004, receiving the nickname The Invincibles. Name
the longest serving manager of X.

83. A)
Arsène Wenger , Arsenal FC

84. Q3)
Kim Clijsters, former World no. 1 and four-time Grand Slam
Winner has announced her return to professional tennis, seven
years after her retirement. Plagued by injuries and having lost
some of her desire to compete, Clijsters initially retired from
tennis in 2007 at the age of 23 to have a family. She returned to
the sport two years later and won her second US Open title as an
unranked player in just her third tournament back. Name her
nationality.

85. A)
Belgian

86. Q4)
How many world records did swimmer Mark Spitz set when he
won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics?

87. A)
Seven―one in each of the races in which he
competed.

88. BACK

89. SCIENCE

90. Q1)
This is an experimental technique which when used on a patient,
the future generation of the patients would not have any
deformities for which the patient was treated. Name the technique.

91. A)
Gene therapy

92. Q2)
This is the world’s first talking computer.
It is specially made for people who are
blind. (Hint: Pacman).

93. A)
Pacmate

94. Q3)
Name the phenomenon shown
in this video.

95. A)
Gravity bends space

96. Q4)
This technology shown
detects obstacles in the
way of the moving
object. Identify the
technology mentioned.

97. A)
LIDAR

98. BACK

99. CURRENT AFFAIRS

100. Q1)
X was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Sikkim on May 27,
2019. His party, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), had
beaten the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) and dethroned Y, the
longest-serving Chief Minister of the country (1994-2019), by a
slender majority of two seats in the recently concluded Sikkim
Assembly elections. Name X and Y.

101. A)
X- P.S. Golay
Y- Pawan Kumar Chamling

102. Q2)
"As you know, I have argued for six years now that Narendra Modi
should be praised whenever he says or does the right thing, which
would add credibility to our criticisms whenever he errs. I
welcome others in opposition coming around to a view for which I
was excoriated at the time." These were the words of a Congress
MP, who received backlash from the Kerala Congress over this
statement, and the congress MP was asked to clarify his statement.
Who is the Congress MP?

103. A)
Shashi Tharoor.

104. Q3)
Recently, a dozen people, some wearing "Free Kashmir" T-shirts,
with the Justice For All coalition delivered 100,000 petition
signatures to this non-profit organization, asking them not to
honor Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission, a sanitation initiative that
improved access to toilets. In return, the founder of this
organization said, ‘No easy fix to sanitation woes, India an
exemplar’. Name the founder.

105. A)
Bill Gates

106. Q4)
1. Ranked #4 on Forbes list of world’s most powerful people,
2018.
2. Often described as ‘Leader of the free world’, named as
‘person of the year’ by Time’s magazine in the year 2015.
3. Country supporters call him/her ‘Mutti’.
• Name the personality.

107. A)
Angela Merkel

108. BACK

109. RECENT EVENTS

110. Q1)
Jack Ma, had co-founded Alibaba in 1999 and under his
leadership, the company grew up to become one of Asia’s most
valuable listed company. While it is unusual for a tech giant to
retire so early, he has already picked his successor. Name the
person who’ll be taking over the reins of Ali Baba?

111. A)
Daniel Zhang

112. Q2)
Water has been found by scientists in the atmosphere of a
potentially habitable super-Earth. The exoplanet, named K2-18b, is
twice the size and eight times the mass of Earth. K2-18b is the first
planet outside the solar system in the habitable zone of its star.
However, it was back in 2015 when this exoplanet was first
discovered. Name the spacecraft that discovered it.

113. A)
NASA's Kepler spacecraft

114. Q3)
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of more than
122 countries initiated by India, most of them being sunshine
countries, which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic
of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The primary objective of the
alliance is to work for efficient exploitation of solar energy to
reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Name the 79th country to join
this.

115. A)
St. Vincent and Grenadines

116. Q4)
The Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development
Hub , which was launched during the 71st session of the World
Health Assembly in 2018, is aimed at helping countries decide the
allocation of resources for research and development (R&D) on
antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by identifying gaps and overlaps.
It will also promote coordination among governments in the fight
against AMR. Name the country which is the newest to join this
hub?

117. A)
India

118. BACK