The GK Club held its annual Quiz Quest 2015 finals. Six pairs of finalists represented their schools. The quiz consisted of 5 rounds with different point values and rules for each round. Sample questions tested knowledge of history, science, pop culture and current events. At the end of the intense quiz, a winner was decided.

1. The GK Club,
SBOA SCHOOL & JUNIOR COLLEGE
QUIZ QUEST 2015

2. Finals

3. The Finalists

4. A SAI KUMAR
R VIJAY
SBIOA MODEL
MATRIC & HR SEC
SCHOOL

5. NIVESH KUMAR VYAS
ANIIRUTHAN R
SINDHI MODEL SR
SEC SCHOOL

6. ABISHEK KRISHNAN
S VIGNESH
CHINMAYA VIDYALA
ANNA NAGAR

7. JONATHAN THANGADURAI
B KARTHIK
SBOA MATRIC & HR
SEC SCHOOL

8. RAGHURAMAN S
MADHAV S
VIDYA MANDIR SR
SEC

9. General Rules
1. 5 Rounds
2. Quiz Master's decisions are final
3. Don’t forget the previous rules.

10. Round 1

11. Rules for Round 1 -
● +10/-0
● +10 on Pass
● Infinite Bounce

12. Question 1
Put funda.

13. Answer
R.K. Laxman’s cartoon after Neil Armstrong landed
on moon.

14. Question 2
Celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m, this
day is celebrated in many schools to instill an interest in chemistry.
What day is celebrated on this day?

15. Answer
Mole Day
based on Avogadro's Number - 6.02 x 10^23

16. Question 3
X is a research and development project being developed by Google
with the mission of providing Internet access to rural and remote
areas.
ID X.
(Image next slide)

17. Image

18. Answer
Project Loon

19. Question 4
The red bar, which lies closest to the mast, symbolizes the places as
it is today. The green and blue symbolize the possible stages in
future. Explain.

20. Answer
The proposed flag of Mars.

21. Question 5
The concept of X was first introduced by Danish chemist Søren Peder
Lauritz Sørensen at the Carlsberg Laboratory in 1909 and revised to the
modern X in 1924 to accommodate definitions and measurements in
terms of electrochemical cells. The exact meaning of X is disputed. It is
suggested that Sørensen used the letters "p" and "q" (commonly paired
letters in mathematics) simply to label the test solution (p) and the
reference solution (q). This is something we all have used in our
chemistry practicals. What is X?

22. Answer
The pH Scale

23. Audience Question

24. Audience Question
She was the first Indian to win the British Championship title in 2003
in the under 19 category and was also the youngest Indian women's
national champion. She is also the first beneficiary of Mittal
Champions Trust. She currently ranks 21 in the sport. Moreover, she
is an alumni of this school.
Identify her as well as the sport.

25. Answer
Joshna Chinappa

26. The toughies!
Round 2

27. Rules for Round 2 -
+20/0
+10 on pass
Pounce +20/-10

28. Question 1
Put Funda

29. Answer
Steve Wozniak was extremely good at tetris. He
topped the ranks so many times that he was
banned from playing it. Wozniak reversed his
name and played again. He topped the charts
again as shown in the picture.

30. Question 2
The following are the main components of X.
• Plasticizers to yield non-brittle films.
• Dyes and pigments.
• Opalescent pigments for a glittery look.
• Adhesive polymers.
• Thickening agents to maintain the sparkling particles.
• Ultraviolet stabilizers to resist color changes.
ID X

31. Answer
Nail Polish

32. Question 3
Put Funda

33. Answer
The Facebook notification icon changes based on
the location you are in. Facebook wants to show
that it is a global service in a very symbolic way.

34. Question 4
Sound technicians spent the early part of the year trying to find the
right sounds. Some, such as animal sounds like tigers' and walruses',
were bought. Human voices were also used. Fran Walsh contributed
to the Nazgûl scream and David Farmer the Warg howls. Other
sounds were unexpected: The Fell Beast's screech is taken from that
of a donkey, and the mûmakil's bellow comes from the beginning and
end of a lion's roar. In addition, ADR was used for most of the
dialogue. The technicians worked with New Zealand locals to get
many of the sounds. They re-recorded sounds in abandoned tunnels
for an echo-like effect in the Moria sequence.
(PTO
)

35. Question 4
20,000 New Zealand cricket fans provided the sound of the Uruk-hai
army, with Jackson acting as conductor during the innings break of a
one day International cricket match between England and New
Zealand at Westpac Stadium. They spent time recording sounds in a
graveyard at night, and also had construction workers drop stone
blocks for the sounds of boulders firing and landing. Mixing took
place between August and November at "The Film Mix", before
Jackson commissioned the building of a new studio in 2003. What
am I talking about?

36. Answer
Sounds for The Lord Of The Rings series of
movies

37. Question 5
In 2010, NASA revealed a temperature map of Mimas, using images
obtained by Cassini. The warmest regions, which are along one edge
of Mimas, create a shape similar to a video game character. Which
character?

38. Answer
Pac-man eating the dot!!

39. Audience Question
The law is presently named after Dutch astronomer X. It was first
accurately described by the scientist Ibn Sahl at Baghdad court, when
in 984 he used the law to derive lens shapes that focus light with no
geometric aberrations in the manuscript “On Burning Mirrors and
Lenses”. Which law?

40. Answer
Snell’s Law

41. Current Affairs
Round 3

42. Rules for Round 3 -
+20/0
+10 on pass
Pounce +20/-10

43. Question 1
These are a modern version of the apparatus used for a historic
experiment in 1654 performed by Otto von Guericke. It was used
to demonstrate the power of atmospheric pressure.
Which logo was inspired by this Experiment?

44. Answer
Magdeburg hemisphere experiment inspires
the Levi strauss & co. logo and the Fevicol
logo

45. Question 2
Connect

46. Answer
Selfie
First Picture - The first selfie to be taken
Second picture - The first documented use of the
word selfie to describe a picture.

47. Question 3
X is a biographical film based on the life of renowned scientist. It has
been produced by the independent Indian production house Camphor
Cinema. The cast consists of Indian and British film, stage and screen
personalities. It marks the film debut of Abhinay Vaddi, as the main
protagonist. The first two schedules were shot in India while the
third was done in England, where they took the permission of
Cambridge University to shoot. Id X.

48. Answer
Ramanujan

49. Question 4
Occasion for this Google Doodle

50. Answer
Charles Darwin’s 200
th
birthday.

51. Question 5
The project was expected to be completed in 2015 at an estimated
cost of 1,500 crores, has been cleared by the Ministry of
Environment (India) for construction in the Bodi West Hills Reserved
Forest in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu. When completed, it will
house the world's most massive magnet, four times larger than the
12,500-tonne magnet in the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at
CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Name it.

52. Answer
INO
India-based Neutrino Observatory

53. Audience Question
The position is one of the toughest ones in gymnastics. It is popularly
known by two terms. One is from christian iconography (8 lettered),
the other shares its name with a Prussian and German military
decoration. Name either.
pto

54. Audience Question

55. Answer
The Crucifix or the Iron Cross

56. Long Visual Connects
Round 4

57. Rules for Round 4 -
● 2 Questions
● Theme based
● Points awarded for the correct answer will be
shown in the question.

58. 1.

59. Blood
Theme

60. +50/-25

61. Okkadunnadu
+50/-25

62. +50/-25

63. +40/-20

64. +30/-15
Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara

65. +20/-10
This blood phenotype was first discovered in India, by Dr. Y. M.
Bhende in 1952

66. Answer
h/h blood group, also known as Oh or the Bombay blood group

67. 2.

68. Numbers
Theme

69. +60/-30

70. +50/-25

71. +40/-20

72. +30/-15

73. +20/-10

74. +10/-5

75. Answer
Golden Ratio

77. TheDecider.
Separate the best from the rest.
Round 5

78. Rules for Round 5 -
+30/-0
+15 on pass
Pounce +30/-15

79. Question 1
X is a method of measuring a civilization's level of technological
advancement, based on the amount of energy a civilization is able to
utilize. The scale has three designated categories called Type I, II, and
III. A Type I civilization uses all available resources impinging on its
home planet, Type II harnesses all the energy of its star, and Type III
of its galaxy. The scale is only hypothetical, but it puts energy
consumption in a cosmic perspective. Identify X.

80. Answer
The Kardashev Scale

81. Question 2
A German physician, a pioneer in linking symptoms to microscopic
brain changes, describes the haunting case of Auguste D., a patient
who had profound memory loss, unfounded suspicions about her
family, and other worsening psychological changes. In her brain at
autopsy, he saw dramatic shrinkage and abnormal deposits in and
around nerve cells. What is the significance of this finding?

82. Answer
First report of Alzheimer's disease

83. Question 3
Whose grave?

84. Answer
Nicolaus Copernicus

85. Question 4
Put funda.
(8!)*(3^7)*(12!/2)*(2^11)

86. Answer 4
Forty-three quintillion, two hundred fifty-two
quadrillion, three trillion, two hundred seventy-
four billion, four hundred eighty-nine million,
eight hundred fifty-six thousand.
The number of possible permutations in the
Rubik’s Cube.

87. Question 5
In mathematics, this theorem states that if equilateral triangles are
constructed on the sides of any triangle, either all outward, or all
inward, the centres of those equilateral triangles themselves form an
equilateral triangle.
What theorem am I talking about?
Clue in next slide.

88. Question 5

89. Answer 5
Napoleon’s Theorem

90. Hope You Enjoyed the Quiz!

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93. BACKUP

94. Question 1
Its IUPAC name is 2-Oxo-L-threo-hexono-1,4-lactone-2,3-
enediol. It is also known as ascorbic acid. In 1747 James Lind, a
British Royal Navy found a unique way of preventing a disease if
this was taken. What are we referring to?

95. Answer
Vitamin C

96. Question 2
X is a joke language with four instructions:
● H: Print "hello, world"
● Q: Print the program's source code
● 9: Print the lyrics to "99 Bottles of Beer"
● +: Increment the accumulator
Identify X.

97. Answer
HQ9+