Interschool quiz held on the eve of Independance day.120 schools with gathering of some of the best quizzing talent in the state

1. ..a quizzing venture…
• Started as quizmaster in ‘Quest ‘a club in Wadia
college Pune where the most passionate quizzers
had trivia as their four square meals
• In 2010, rediscovered the passion at a
summer school camp in kerala.30 quizzes at school,
college, business schools followed in the next 4 years…
• Helped me to improve as a quizzer also.Won the
ultimate TATA Crucible Kochi round last year.
• Work as Brand manager for living in Malayala
Manorama handling the ULTIMATE encyclopedia..
Manorama Yearbook

2. PRELIMINARY ROUND

3. Preliminary round
We celebrate the
“National Education day” on
November11th
.
What is the significance of this day?
1

4. Preliminary round 1
Answer
On account of
Birthday of
Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad

5. Preliminary round
What is Velvet Divorce in
modern History
2

6. Preliminary round 2
Answer 2
Splitting up of Chezkoslovakia
into Czech republic and
Slovak republic.Since the
whole event was achieved
through peaceful
demonstration like Velvet it
was called so

7. Preliminary round 3
Name the Non profit organization
open to People who score at the
98th
percentile or have a score
of 140 or more on a
standardised,Supervised IQ
test

8. Preliminary round 3
Answer
MENSA

9. Preliminary round
A New Zealander Wayne Gould a retired Judge from
Hong Kong found a book containing X.He created a
computer programme to generate the X which was
then published in newspapers across the world.X
became so popular that in 2006 a World
championship was held .In May 2006 Time magazine
listed Gould as one of the world's 100 most influential
people. What is X
4

10. Preliminary round 4
SUDOKO

11. Preliminary round
The Portrait of which Indian
King finds place in NASA
Headquarters
5

12. Preliminary round
Tipu Sultan,He was the
first king to use
Rocketery in Warfare
5

13. Preliminary
round
Suzzy Levine an
Ambassador to
Sweden and
Liechenstein took her
oath of office in
June.What was unique
about the Oath taking
ceremony
6

14. Preliminary round
It was the first time in History
that an ambassador has taken
oath with a KINDLE having
preloaded US Constitution
6

15. Preliminary round
On June 26,1985 in one of the
worst AIRCRAFT disasters,an
AIRINDIA aircraft was blown up
midair while in IRISH air space
killing 329 people.After which
Indian king was it named?
7

16. Preliminary round 7
King Kanishka

17. Preliminary round
Which Global event concieved by
WWF and the Sydney Morning
Herald in 2007 is held on last
Saturday of March annually
8

18. Preliminary round
EARTH HOUR
8

19. Preliminary round
Apart from South Korea from
which other Asian country has
an UN Secretary general been
appointed?
9

20. Preliminary round
Burma(Myanmar),
U Thant

21. Preliminary round
Name the system of education
named after an Italian educator
which is based on belief in the
child's creative potential, his drive to
learn, and his right to be treated as
an individual.
10

22. Preliminary round-10
Answer
The Montessori system is based
on belief in the child's creative
potential, his drive to learn, and
his right to be treated as an
individual

23. Preliminary round 11
What does the Sport of
ANGLING involve

24. Preliminary round
Catching of Fish
11

25. Preliminary round
Who was popularily known
as the Loknayak and was
instrumental in the formation
of Janata Party in 1977?
12

26. Preliminary
round
Jayprakash
Narayan

27. Preliminary round
13
Identify

28. Preliminary round
13
Zora
Sehgal

29. Preliminary round 14

30. Preliminary round 14
Chief Justice of India
RM Lodha

31. Preliminary round
In 1661,which city was
presented to King Charles II as
part of the dowry when he
married Princess Catherine de
Braganza of Portugal?
15

32. Preliminary round
BOMBAY

33. Preliminary round
A mix of Butane,ISO butene
and Propane gas creates a
Foam which was widely used
recently.Where was the same
used extensively recently
16

34. Preliminary round
16
Use of Vanishing spray during
the World cup during free kicks

35. Preliminary round
X is a notable Engineer who designed a flood
protection system to protect the city of
Hyderbad from Flood.He was also
instrumental in developing a system to
protect Vishakaptnam port from Sea
Erosion..Every year his birthday is celebrated
as the Engineers day in India
17

36. Preliminary
round
17
M Visvesvaraya

37. On whose honour is the
Google doodle
Preliminary round
18

38. Identify
Preliminary round 1
8
Birth Centenary of
Alla Rakha

39. Which Indian Political party
shares its symbol with
Republican party in USA
Preliminary round 19

40. Preliminary round 19
Bahujan Samaj
Party,the Elephant

41. Preliminary round 20
Which State gets its name
from the Indo Aryan word
of Uneven

42. Preliminary round 20
ASSAM

43. Preliminary round 21
Who was the first Asian to
win the Oscar for Best
director?

44. Preliminary round
21
Ang lee twice for Brokeback
mountain(2005) and Life of Pi(2012)

45. Preliminary round 22
It is called “Buvos Kocka” in Hungary
and sometimes referred to as the
Hungarian Horror.It was designed to
teach Algebraic Group theory to
students with help of interlinked 27
wooden blocks? What is it popularily
called?

46. Preliminary round 22
RUBIK
CUBE

47. Preliminary round
Identify this lady who was in India recently
23

48. Preliminary round
Identify this lady who was in India recently
23
Sheryl Sandberg,
CEO Facebook

49. Preliminary round 24
Plassey is historic village which lies
just east of the Bhāgīrathi River. Plassey
was the scene of the decisive victory of
British forces under Robert Clive over
those of the nawab Siraj Ud
Dawlah.Where in India is Plassey
located

50. Preliminary round 24
West Bengal

51. Preliminary round
Whose Samadhi is known as
Shanti Van?
25

52. Preliminary round
25 Jawaharlal Nehru

53. Thank you...
Over to Grand Finale