This document contains the rules and questions for an inter-house quiz with 5 rounds: Alohomora, Lumos, Accio, Ridikkulus, and Obliviate. The rounds involve questions on topics like current events, famous people, and paintings/sculptures with varying point values and rules for bouncing or stealing questions from other teams. The final round requires writing answers within decreasing time limits from 10 to 1 seconds to score more points.

1. Inter House Quiz

2. This Quiz Has Nothing To Do
With Harry Potter

3. Rules
• The quiz consists of 5 rounds
• Will be based on bounce and pounce system.
• Detailed rules of each round will be explained
by the quiz master whenever he feels like.
Marking Scheme
• Depends on each round

4. ALOHOMORA
Round 1

5. Rules
• The round consist of 6 questions.
• Will be based on bounce and pounce.
• Other teams can pounce for the questions at the
cost of negative marks.
• Direct questions will not carry negative marks.
• There will be no negative for passed questions.
Marking Scheme
+10 , -5 (for pounce)

6. 1
What does this Google Doodle represent

7. safety First

8. Answer
44th Anniversary of the Arecibo Message

9. 2
• X is considered as the ‘Arattukadavu’
of Sri Ananthapadmanabhan - The
presiding deity of the
Thiruvananthapuram.
• The sculpture of Sagarakanyaka - by
Kanayi Kunhiraman is an added
attraction. This giant statue is more
than 35m long.
• The 'Jawaharlal Nehru Park of Traffic
signs for children' is situated here,
which is helpful for the children to
understand the traffic rules while
playing in the park.

10. safety First

11. Answer
Shangumugam
Beach

12. 3
• Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike series is
classic contemporary crime fiction
• The first three novels The Cuckoo’s Calling
(2013), The Silkworm (2014) and Career of
Evil (2015) all topped the national and
international bestseller lists and have been
adapted for television, produced by Brontë
Film and Television. The fourth in the
series, Lethal White (2018), is out now.
• X’s original intention for writing as Robert
Galbraith was for the books to be judged on
their own merit, and to establish Galbraith
as a well-regarded name in crime in its own

13. safety First

14. Answer
J K Rowling

15. 4
• After the installation of the ___, it was
mostly unreachable for about three
centuries. In the 12th century, a prince of
Pandalam Dynasty, called Manikandan,
rediscovered the original path to reach X.
• He had many followers with him, including
the descendants of the Y (a Muslim warrior
whom Manikandan defeated) family.
• This Prince is considered an Avatar of Z,
and is believed to have led a pack of
Tigers to his Palace with Y and then

16. safety First

17. Answer
X- Shabarimala
Y- Vavar
Z- Ayappan

18. 5
When is it
celebrated

19. safety First

20. Answer
November 19 (Today)

21. 6

22. safety First

23. Answer
Thai cave
rescue

24. LUMOS
Round 2

25. Rules
• The round consist of 6 questions.
• Will be based on bounce and pounce.
• Other teams can pounce for the questions at the
cost of negative marks.
• Direct questions will not carry negative marks.
• There will be no negative for passed questions.
Marking Scheme
+10 , -10 (for pounce)

26. 1• The statue was made in England and
the sculptor was Eduard Lanteri
(1848-1917), a French man (some claim
he was Italian) who was settled in
England.
• The sculptor’s name is etched at the
base of the statue. He was a
professor of sculpture at the Royal
College of Arts, South Kensington and
is author of a text book on
modelling.
• The sculptor was helped by Raja Ravi
Varma. The posture of the statue is
strikingly similar to a painting of

27. safety First

28. Answer
Sir T Madava Rao

29. 2

30. safety First

31. Answer
Elephant

32. 3
This is Ram Vanji Sutar, 93 year old
Noida based X, also a Padma Bhushan
awardee is newsmaker recently for his
creation. Id his creation which is in
news recently

33. safety First

34. Answer
Statue Of Unity

35. 4

36. safety First

37. Answer

38. 5
ID This Google Doodle

39. safety First

40. Answer

41. 6
• Currently, it is defined by
the weight of a platinum-based
ingot called "Le Grand K"
which is locked away in a safe
in Paris.
• On Friday, researchers meeting
in Versailles voted to get rid
of it in favour of defining a
____ in terms of an electric
current.

42. safety First

43. Answer
Kilogram

44. ACCIO
Round 3

45. Rules
• The round consist of 6 questions.
• Will be based on bounce and pounce.
• Other teams can pounce for the questions at the
cost of negative marks.
• Direct questions will not carry negative marks.
• There will be no negative for passed
questions.
Marking Scheme
+15 , -10 (for pounce)

46. 1
• MS Dhoni wears this
accessory in specific
colour way, every game.
• Which is related to his
very significant off the
pitch job.
• He also has a liking
for ____ print kit bag
which he is often seen
lugging around
• Give me the funda

47. safety First

48. Answer
Was given a honoury
commission as a Lt
Colonel in the
territorial army /
love for the army

49. 2
• ʻ______ is the first
interstellar object detected
passing through the Solar
System.
• Formally designated 1I/2017
U1, it was discovered by
Robert Weryk using the Pan-
STARRS telescope at
Haleakala Observatory,
Hawaii, on 19 October 2017,
40 days after it passed its
closest point to the Sun.
• When first seen, it was
about 33,000,000 km from
Earth (about 85 times as far

50. safety First

51. Answer

52. 3
• The __X__, which has been described
by none other than Ayyankali as the
backdrop of Kerala’s cultural and
political renaissance, is now being
gradually transformed into a
commercial centre.
• When it first came up, the __X__
was a symbol of our allegiance to
the Queen of England (it was
unveiled on January 25, 1896, by
Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma to
commemorate the coronation of Queen

53. safety First

54. Answer
• Victoria Jubilee Town (VJT) Hall

55. 4
• X made international headlines
again in early October 2018 when
Los Angels entrepreneur, Paul
Alfonso, filed a US 4.2million
dollar lawsuit in LA against X
• He owns now defunct companies
Firestar Diamond Inc & A Jaffe
Inc .
• ID X who is now wanted by
Interpol for multiple cases

56. safety First

57. Answer
Nirav Modi

58. 5

59. safety First

60. Answer

61. 6
• Indian Navy had launched Operation
Madad, major rescue and relief
operation for _______.
• Indian Army also has launched
Operation Sahyog to rescue people
for _______.
• Both operations will support rescue
and relief efforts of civil
administration and National
Disaster Relief Force
• What am I Talking About

62. safety First

63. Answer
Kerala Flood Operations

64. RIDDIKULUS
Round 4

65. Rules
• The round consist of 6 questions.
• Will be based on bounce and pounce.
• Other teams can pounce for the questions at the
cost of negative marks.
• Direct questions will not carry negative marks.
• There will be no negative for passed
questions.
Marking Scheme
+20 , -15 (for pounce)

66. 1
• Mallrats is a 1995 American
romantic comedy film written
and directed by Kevin Smith.
• It is the second film in the
View Askewniverse after 1994's
Clerks, although,
chronologically, Mallrats
takes place a day before
clerks.
• In the following clip from the
movie identify the person

67. 1

68. safety First

69. AnswerStan lee

70. 2
• The ____was constructed around 1601 AD
by Iravi Varma Kulasekhara Perumal who
ruled Venad between 1592 and 1609.
• The founder of modern Travancore, King
Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma (1706–
1758) who ruled Travancore from 1729 to
1758, rebuilt the _____ in around 1750
• In the late 18th century, precisely in
1795 the capital of Travancore was
shifted from here to Thiruvananthapuram,
and the place lost its former glory.
• The Palace though surrounded entirely by
the State of Tamil Nadu is still part of
Kerala and the land and Palace belongs
to the Government of Kerala.

71. safety First

72. Answer
Padmanabhapuram Palace

73. 3

74. safety First

75. Answer
Shimla could be renamed as Shyamula

76. 4
• Robyn M. Denholm is an
Australian business executive
• In early-2017, Denholm was
appointed as chief operations
officer (COO) of Telstra,
Australia's largest telecoms
company.
• In November 2018 Denholm became
chair of X replacing Y
• ID X & Y

77. safety First

78. Answer
X- Tesla
Y- Elon Musk

79. 5
ID Whose Voice

80. safety First

81. Answer
Stephen Hawking

82. 6
• Beyond Meat is a Los
Angeles-based food
company founded in 2009
by Ethan Brown
• This is backed by Bill
Gates, and filed for IPO
yesterday
• Give me the funda?

83. safety First

84. Answer

85. OBLIVIATE
Round 5

86. Rules
• The round consist of 10 questions.
• Each team will have to write down the answers.
• Each question will be displayed for a time
interval of 10s, 9s, 8s, …... 2s, 1s
respectively.
• Extra 3s will be provided for questions from 5s
onwards for writing your answers
• There will be no negative.
Marking Scheme
+2, +4, +6, +8,……, +18, +20 (lesser the time
the more you score)

88. ANSWERS

89. 1
Connect These Nobel Laurates

90. Answer
Received Two Nobel Prizes

91. 2 • Id the painting & painter which influenced
Enstine

92. Answer
The Persistence of
Memory
Painting by
Salvador Dali

93. 3
ID this doodle

94. Answer
The winning doodle
of the 2018 Doodle 4
Google competition
in India, Pingla
Rahul More of J. B.
Vachha High School
in Mumbai.
Portrayed on
children's day

95. 4
ID This cartoon character

96. Answer

97. 5
What does this Amul adv depict

98. Answer
16-year-old Saurabh
Chaudhary becomes
India’s youngest-
ever gold medallist

99. 6
Identify

100. Answer
Sophia (robot)

101. 7
Identify

102. Answer
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
President of the Maldives

103. 8
Identify

104. Answer
Alyque Padamsee
was an Indian
theatre personality
known playing
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
in the film Gandhi.

105. 9
Identify

106. Answer
Jamal Khashoggi

107. 10
Identify

108. Answer
Dona Strickland
3rd women after madam
curie & Maria
Goeppert-Mayer to win
Nobel prize for
physics

109. Congratulations
Winners

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111. Thank You All