The document provides the rules and questions for the preliminary round of a GK Club Quiz. There are 20 multiple choice questions covering topics in history, mythology, science, arts, literature and pop culture. 6 teams will advance to the finals. Starred questions 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 carry more weight. Ties will be broken through sudden death. The quiz master's decision is final.

1. G K Club Quiz
Preliminary Round

2. Rules
There are 20 questions to be answered
There are no negatives
6 teams will proceed to the finals
1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 are starred questions
If a tie persists, sudden death will be considered
Quiz master’s decision is final!
Think DIFFERENT…

4. Question 1*
What event, said to have taken place anytime
between 6000 BCE to 500 BCE (based on
astronomical and literary information) is being
depicted in the picture(next slide)?
Clue : It is also known as the Battle of Ten
Kings.

6. Answer
Kurukshetra

7. Question 2
What does the list represent? Starting from
Russell Endean to the latest victim being
Michael Vaughan.
Think different.

8. No.
/
Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Match date Format Ref
1 Russell Endean 3 South Africa England Newlands, Cape Town 1 January 1957 Test [37]
2 Andrew Hilditch 29 Australia Pakistan WACA, Perth 24 March 1979 Test [38]
3 Mohsin Khan 58 Pakistan Australia National Stadium, Karachi 22 September
1982
Test [39]
4 Desmond Haynes 55 West Indies India Wankhede Stadium, Bombay 24 November 1983 Test [40]
5 Mohinder
Amarnath
15 India Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground,
Melbourne
9 February 1986 ODI [41]
6 Graham Gooch 133 England Australia Old Trafford, Manchester 3 June 1993 Test [42]
7 Daryll Cullinan 46 South Africa West Indies Kingsmead, Durban 27 January 1999 ODI [43]
8 Steve Waugh 47 Australia India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 18 March 2001 Test [44]
9 Michael Vaughan 64 England India M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 19 December 2001 Test [45]

9. Answer
Handling the ball!

10. Question 3
If you argue over the oldest text in the world,
the competition includes Gilgamesh by the
Babylonians and “Book of the dead” by the
Egyptians. But this foundation of all Hindu texts
wins hands down. Divided into 10 mandalas
and authored by many folks including the
Saptarishis , this is certainly a master work that
is still being interpreted after many centuries.
Name it.
Pakistan : Qaumi Tarana

11. Answer
Rig Veda

12. Question 4
The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by
Michelangelo, forming part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling,
painted circa 1511–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation
narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes
life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex
iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in
the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis. It is
the most well-known of the Sistine Chapel fresco panels,
and its fame as a piece of art is rivaled only by the Mona
Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Most of us have seen this
painting on a screen. Where?
Painting in the next slide.

13. Picture

14. Answer
Nokia home screen

15. Question 5*
X is a non-profit educational website created in 2006 by
educator Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT and Harvard
Business School. The stated mission is to provide 'a free
world-class education for anyone anywhere'. The website
features 700 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on
YouTube teaching mathematics, history, healthcare,
medicine, finance, physics, general chemistry, biology,
astronomy, economics, cosmology, organic chemistry,
American civics, art history, macroeconomics,
microeconomics, and computer science. X has delivered
over 300 million lessons. Identify X.

16. Answer
Khan Academy

17. Question 6
What is the collective name of Clotho (spinner),
Lachesis (allotter) and Atropos (unturnable) in
Greek Mythology?

18. Answer
The Fates or The Moirai.

19. Question 7
Connect -

20. Answer
World War Z
Author- Director- Screenwriter-
Max Brooks Marc Forster Matthew Michael

21. Question 8
The number 111 is sometimes called X after an admiral, who allegedly only had
"One Eye, One Arm, One Leg" near the end of his life. (Which is in fact
incorrect - X never lost a leg.)
It is particularly known as a score in cricket. A score of 111 or multiples thereof
(222 = "double X", 333 = "triple X" and so on) is considered unlucky by some in
English cricket: most famously by the international umpire David Shepherd,
who had a whole retinue of peculiar mannerisms - hops, shuffles, jiggles and so
on - that he would indulge in if the score was ever an "X" multiple. Particularly if
the number of wickets also matched - 111/1, 222/2 etc.
(pic in next slide)

22. Pic

23. Answer
Nelson

24. Question 9
X was the first engineering college in India. X was
renamed The Thomason College of Civil Engineering in
1854. In 1949,it was given university status,making it the
first engineering university of independent India. In 2001,
it was declared as an Indian Institute of Technology,
making it the seventh IIT of India. Name X.

25. Answer
IIT Roorkee

26. Question - 10*
“With Love You Can” is a music album with 13
songs that were written during breaks by
which famous recently former head-of-state?
Apparently he once worked as a cruise ship
singer. Clue in next slide

27. Clue

28. Answer
Silvio Berlusconi

29. Question - 11
Which word In 19th century North America,
referred to a performer in a travelling carnival
sideshows? Now, it means - a person who is
obsessed with a particular topic.

30. Answer
Geek

31. Question - 12
X; from the Latin word X, "sunrise" or the Roman goddess
of dawn) is a natural light display in the sky particularly in
the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by
the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the
high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere). The charged
particles originate in the magnetosphere and solar wind
and, on Earth, are directed by the Earth's magnetic field
into the atmosphere. X occurs in a band which is typically in
3° to 6° latitudinal extent of geographical poles, or
equivalently, 10° to 20° latitudinal extent of geomagnetic
poles, and at all local times or longitudes. Identify X.

32. Answer
Aurora Borealis

33. Question - 13
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was deposed in a coup in
29th September 1991 by the Haitian army. The President
fled. In what country did he first find asylum?

34. Answers
Venezuela

35. Question 14
A state funeral for this great lady, who died of cancer, took
place at a Kenyan national park she fought to save. She
was cremated in a casket made of bamboo, water hyacinth
and papyrus so that no trees would be cut down. Identify
the woman.

36. Answer
Wangari Maathai

37. Question 15*
“I really got to know him at the election he lost from South
Delhi. This was in 1999. I was surprised and impressed
because his son-in-law, whom my family knew, came to
borrow some money-just two lakhs-to hire taxis that were
needed for campaigning. They didn't have even that much
to spare. I gave the money in cash. But days after the
election, he called me and asked for an appointment. He
came to see me with a packet. He said, “I haven't used the
money” and handed me the packet with all the cash I had
given his son-in-law. That kind of thing no politician would
do”, said X in one of his latest books written along with
Humra Quraishi.
Who is X, and who was he referring to?

38. Answer
Khushwant Singh to Manmohan Singh

39. Question 16
Guest appearance of whom in the Simpsons?

40. Answer
Julian Assange

41. Question 17
Connect this map to an event.

42. Clue
This person is very
infamous ->

43. Answer
World War II. The map shows the sides that
this countries had taken during the war. The
picture in the clue is Adolf Hitler.

44. Question 18
In 4 December 1926, in a letter to Max Born, X famously
said “Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an
inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The
theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to
the secret of the "old one." I, at any rate, am convinced
that He does not throw dice. Identify X.

45. Answer
Albert Einstein!!!

46. Question 19
X was an American innovator and entrepreneur
who founded the Kodak Company and
popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring
photography to the mainstream. X’s suicide
note is on the next slide.

47. Suicide Note
You can see his initials in his signature.

48. Answer
George Eastman

49. Question 20*
X is a yearly conference hosted by a Harry Potter fan site.
X comes "from the Harry Potter fandom and celebrate
everything about it and everything about the pop culture
fandoms our community is growing to include" and "is a
place where fans can, finally, be their true selves. Where
that’s the coolest thing in the world to be”. Author John
Granger, known as "the Hogwarts Professor", has given
lectures about real-world themes and ideas within the Harry
Potter books. In previous years, John and Hank Green
have hosted various panels and meetups at the
conference. Identify X.

50. Answer
LeakyCon conducted by The Leaky Cauldron.

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