5. RULES
• 6 QUESTIONS OPEN TO ALL TEAMS
• +10/-10 ON A POUNCE
• +10 ON DIRECT
• CLOCKWISE ROUND
6. Q1
• Otto H. Konigsberger who won the
Schinkel Prize in 1933 for his works on
the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, came to India
after he was forced to leave the country by
the Nazi regime. Thanks to his uncle,
physicist Max Born’s introduction, he got
some prestigious projects one of which was
finished in 1946 but was given formal
recognition in 1948. Which project was that?
10. Q2
• A "surveyor's chain” is a measuring device,
whose form will be familiar to students of
civil engineering even today. It was first
used in England in the late 17th century
primarily to help landowners measure land.
It has 100 metal links of equal length, each
of 792 inches. The legacy of this chain is still
preserved in a very different field. How?
11.
12. • Measuring the 22 yard length of a
cricket pitch.
792 inches = 22 yards.
13. Q3
• Next slide contains a picture of the
design conceptualized by a serial
entrepreneur for an ambitious project.
What is the design for and Identify the
entrepreneur behind the concept?
14.
15.
16. • Elon Musk
Hyperloop – high speed transportation
system using pressurized capsules aiming to
achieve speeds around 760 mph
17. Q4
• Designs were called in for this memorial in 1956.
The proposals received wore many ideas, one was a
replica of South Indian Temple and some modelled
on traditional European obelisks. Vanu G Bhuta’s
proposal was the one which was accepted who
proposed a square sunken garden surrounded by
rampart like walls, which would serve as viewing
platforms. In the center will be a raised and
engraved marble block. The landscaping and
planting was performed by Sydney Percy-Lancaster.
• Vanu G. Bhuta thus became the designer of?
20. Q5
• Started by 2 Danish Engineers in the year
1938, this company is considered to be the
"bellwether of India's engineering &
construction sector“. It was recognized as
the Company of the Year in Economic
Times 2010 awards. The company also
operates a ship yard at Hazira. The
company is ________.
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22.
23. Q6
• _________ is an Aqueduct in Southern
India, in Kanyakumari District of Tamil
Nadu state. Built over the Pahrali River
(also called Parazhiyar), it takes its name
from a hamlet near the Aqueduct. It is
one of the longest and highest
aqueducts in South Asia and is also a
popular tourist spot in Kanyakumari
District.
39. • Captains of U-19 World cup winning teams
• Md kaif-2000
• Virat kohli-2008
• Unmukt chand- 2012
• Prithvi shaw-2018
40. Q2
• Many believe the first wide scale use of this
product was in America on the massive
construction projects of the 1930’s including
the golden gate bridge in California and the
Hoover dam. Some credit author Frank Kafka
with the devlopment of this product while
working at the workers’s accident insurance
institute in 1912. what product is described
here that comes in several colours?
43. Q3
When the construction of this building proceeded
to 2nd floor in 1178, it began to sink because of it’s
mere three meter foundation set in weak ,
unstable subsoil.Construction was subsequently
halted for over a century because of the city going
to war with Geonna, Luca and Florence, allowing
the underlying soil to settle and preventing the
building from toppling. The construction of 7th
floor was completed finally in 1319.
Which building are we talking about?
46. Q4
• In 1988,Warner Bros. bought the Summy-
Company for $25 million.With this,They also
got the rights to something the company
owned, itself valued at $5 million.This has
been the subject of a lot of legal debate.
• What am I talking about?
• Hint :You can hear this once a year for a
particular person
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48.
49. Q5
• This person completed his B.S in architecture
with structural engineering from Cornell
university in 1962 has been responsible for the
acquisition of jaguar, land rover and corus which
have turned this organisation from a largely
India-centric company into a global business
with 65% revenue coming from abroad.
• He co piloted US aerospace major Boeing’s F-18
at the 8th edition of india aero show in 2011.
who is he?
52. Q6
• _________ that refers to a large city or urban
area which is a significant economical,
political and cultural centre
for country or region, and an important hub
for regional or international connections,
commerce, and communications. The term is
Greek and means the "mother city" of a
colony (in the ancient sense), that is, the city
which sent out settlers.