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2. Rules and Regulations:-
1.Quiz consists of 6 rounds comprising of 5 questions each.
2.Rounds are namely :-
CORE Geography, Places and People, Countries and Capitals
,US Round, AV and Russian Roulette.
3.Pounce window open for 10 seconds.
4.+10 for each direct question, +15 , -10 for Pounce. +5 for
Bounce/Passed Questions.
5.The 5th question will be a written one for all teams.

3. Round 1

4. Question 1
The Tsangpo or the Brahmaputra is the longest river
which flows in India. However, there is one more
superlative that you can add to the name Tsangpo.
What am I talking about?(Hint :Colorado River, Arizona)

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6. The deepest and the longest canyon in the
world.

7. Question 2
The GDP is used by most countries to measure the health
of their economy. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.
Bhutan , however does the same using GNH. What does
GNH stand for?

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9. Gross National Happiness

10. Question 3
Ace mountaineer Willi Unsoeld began climbing a Himalyan Peak
in 1976 with his 22 year old daughter. The holy mountain is
believed to be the Hindu Goddess Parvati’s birthplace. During
the expedition , his daughter, named after the peak , died. Name
the Mountain.

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12. Nanda Devi

13. Question 4
In 1867, the United States agreed to buy what from Russia for
US$7.2 million? The decision was hotly disputed-some calling
it useless-with the US Senate agreeing only by a single vote.

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15. Alaska

16. Question 5
It is little more than a large stream in North India today
but scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,
using Satellite imagery , have tracked its dry bed and say
it once flowed through Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan into
the Arabian Sea. Name the ancient River.

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18. Saraswati

19. Countries and Capitals

20. Question 1
Sophie Schmidt, Eric Schmidt’s daughter said about her
visit to this country :-
"A few scrolled or clicked, but the rest just stared. More
disturbing: when our group walked in…not one of them
looked up from their desks. Not a head turn, no eye
contact, no reaction to stimuli. They might as well have
been figurines.“(Internet domain - .kp)
Which Country?

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22. North Korea

23. Question 2
If you cross the Mahaweli Ganga , a 335-km long river
flowing into the Koddiyar Bay, where would you be? It’s
tributary is the Amban Ganga

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25. Sri-Lanka

26. Question 3
The country X remained uninhabited for most of it’s
history. Some scholars assume that Austronesian
seafarers and later Maldivian and Arab traders were the
first to visit the uninhabited X which is one of the few
countries to have the rupee as it’s currency. Identify X.

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28. Seychelles

29. Question 4
X, California, a census-designated place • X, Colorado, an
unincorporated town • X, Iowa, a city • X, New York, a
town • X (village), New York, county seat of Delaware
County • X Dam, a dam in Iowa • X Township, Minnesota, a
township of Redwood County • X, Canada • X, Ontario, an
unincorporated community • China • X, Qinghai, a city in
and the seat of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous
prefecture. All of these are places around the world with
the name X. What is X?

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31. Delhi

32. Question 5
Colas and computers:
‘Future Cola’ is a leading cola-brand in this country.
‘Legend’ and ‘Lenovo’ are top domestic PC Manufacturers.
Name the country.

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34. China

35. USA Round

36. Question 1 Identify the city:-
Hint :-
World Fair
1893

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38. Chicago

39. Question 2
Notable features of the place include Lake Tahoe, the largest
alpine lake in North America; Mount Whitney at 14,505 ft (4,421
m), the highest point in the contiguous United States, and
Yosemite Valley sculpted by glaciers out of one-hundred-million-
year-old granite.It is home to three national parks, twenty
wilderness areas, and two national monuments. These areas
include Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks and
Devils Postpile National Monument. Which place are we talking
about?

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41. Sierra Nevada

42. Question 3
Ray Croc lied about his age and joined the Red Cross in the US during
World War 1. In the 20’s he sold paper cups and played piano for a
radio station. His experience with a restaurant in California in the 50’s
changed the way people eat. What was Kroc’s famous culinary
‘invention’?

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44. Mcdonald’s

45. Question 4
X is a lagoon on the island of
Oahu, Hawaii, west of
Honolulu. Much of X and
surrounding lands is a United
States Navy deep-water naval
base. It is also the
headquarters of the United
States Pacific Fleet.ID
X(Image Shown)

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47. Pearl Harbour

48. Question 5
Name the 5 great Lakes of the USA.

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50. Superior, Michigan , Ontario , Huron , Erie

51. PLACES AND PEOPLE

52. Question 1
Currency of which
country?
1st
country
to have
full free
wifi
access.

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54. Niue

55. Question 2
The Chinese gooseberry , a fruit with a fleshy inside and little
black seeds, was unpopular in the West- a ‘Chinese’ fruit was
politically unacceptable. So, growers changed its name and its
popularity increased. What is it called now?

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57. Kiwi Fruit

58. Question 3
Which great explorer, a member of the London Missionary
Society, wanted to go to China as a doctor-priest but couldn’t
as the Opium Wars had broken out? He was nearly sent to the
West Indies and finally went to South Africa.

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60. Sir David Livingstone

61. Question 4
Christopher Columbus discovered ‘Santiago’ in May
1494 and ‘New Grenada’ four years later. What are they
called today?

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63. Jamaica and Venezuela

64. Question 5
In the book ‘This side of paradise’, F.Scott Fitzgerald called this
US university ‘the pleasantest’ country club in America. In 1936,
Harold Bohr, brother of Physicist Niels Bohr called it the
mathematical centre of the universe. Which university are we
talking about?(Hint :- A Beautiful Mind)

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66. Princeton University.

67. A/V Round

68. Question 1 Identify the Place.

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71. Legoland

72. Question 2 Where would you find this?

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74. Dubai

75. Question 3
Identify this national anthem.

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77. The Japanese national anthem

78. Question 4
Identify this waterfall.

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80. Jog Falls

81. Question 5
Name the three most relevant people in this audio clip.

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83. Neil Armstrong , Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin , Michael
Collins.

84. Russian Roulette

85. Question 1
After sailing from Iraq to Karachi in 1977 and then to Djibouti in a
reed boat, this explorer-scientist sent a message to the United
Nations; ‘ Our planet is larger than the bundles of reeds that bore
us across the sea, but still small enough to risk the same threats,
unless those of us living acknowledge that there is desperate
need for intelligent cooperation if we are to save ourselves and
our common civilization from what we are turning into a sinking
ship’- he said and burnt the reed boat. Name the explorer or his
boat.

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87. Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki

88. Question 2
What, discovered by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
and the Institution of France for the Research and Exploration of
the Sea, was declared by the US Congress as a maritime
memorial? Other nations didn’t agree to this.
(Hint :- 15th April , 1912)

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90. Remains of the Titanic.

91. Question 3
The X range is the oldest mountain range in India. The northern
end of the range continues as isolated hills and rocky ridges
into Haryana state, ending in Delhi. The famous Delhi Ridge is
the last leg of the X Range, which traverses through South Delhi
and terminates into Central Delhi where Raisina hill is its last
extension. ID X

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93. Aravali

94. Question 4
Mysore Paints and Varnishes is a small company that provides the
government with indelible election ink. In the 2014 general
elections , to which place did it send the minimum number of ink
bottles to be used for voting?

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96. Lakshadweep Islands

97. Question 5 Identify the Mountain

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99. Mount Matterhorn.