The document outlines the rules and format for a semi-final round of a quiz competition called 'scientia '14,' consisting of 20 questions across various topics. The top six teams from this round will advance to the final. Questions cover a range of subjects including sports, history, and notable personalities.

1. SCIENTIA ‘14 – ENCUESTA
SEMIFINAL ROUND
QM – SHUBHAM MALU
PICT IET STUDENT
CHAPTER

2. RULES
• There will be 20 questions in this round.
• Top 6 team from this round will qualify for the
Final Round.
ALL THE BEST!

3. QUESTION 1
• What was the score at the end of 90 minutes
in the FIFA World Cup 2014 Final and who
were the goal scorers?

4. QUESTION 2
• X was founded in Madras on September 20,
1878 as a weekly by 4 law students and 2
teachers known as The Triplicane Six.
According to Indian readership survey, in 2012,
it was the third most widely read English
newspaper in India.
• Identify X.

5. QUESTION 3
• The Republic of Upper Volta was established
on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing
colony within the French Community. Before
attaining autonomy it had been French Upper
Volta and part of the French Union. On August
5, 1960, it attained full independence from
France.

6. QUESTION 3 (CONTD)
• Thomas Sankara came to power through a
military coup on August 4, 1983. After the
coup, he formed the National Council for the
Revolution (CNR), with himself as president.
Under the direction of Sankara, the country
changed its name on August 4, 1984, from the
Upper Volta to X, which means "Land of
Incorruptible People".
• Identify X and name it’s capital.

7. QUESTION 4
• X is the title character of a famous American
medical drama. He leads a team of
diagnosticians as the Head of Diagnostic
Medicine at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro
Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. Partly
inspired by Sherlock Holmes, X has been
described as a misanthrope, cynic, narcissist,
and curmudgeon.

8. QUESTION 4 (CONTD)
• X first attended Johns Hopkins University as an
undergraduate. X was later accepted to the
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and
excelled during his time there. X eventually
became a Board certified diagnostician with a
double specialty in Y and Z.
• Identify X, Y and Z.

9. QUESTION 5
• I was born in a politically prominent family. I
pride myself as being the grandson of 2 Prime
Ministers. I’m the leader of a nationalist party
and the Prime Minister of the world’s oldest
continuous monarchy. Who am I ?

10. QUESTION 6
• There are three women tennis players who
have won 6 consecutive Grand Slam Singles
Titles. Name any two.

11. QUESTION 7
Identify this famous
cathedral. Where is
it located?

12. QUESTION 8
• Which was the last fatality in the sport of F-1
and when and where was it?

13. QUESTION 9
• Which are the only two countries in the world
with the same Country Calling Code?

14. QUESTION 10
• In Ancient Greece, soldiers typically fought in a
formation called a phalanx, where co-
operation between soldiers was vital. The
most experienced soldiers were often placed
at the weak spot of a phalanx, where the
outermost soldiers were unprotected by an
overlapping shield.

15. QUESTION 10 (CONTD.)
• Over a period of time, the position of such
soldiers became a place of honor, where the
best troops were stationed to prevent the
exposure of this weak point.
• This is said to have been the origin of which
phrase?

16. QUESTION 11
• Which insane ‘artist’ once said “Anyone who
sees and paints a sky green and fields blue
ought to be sterilized”?

17. QUESTION 12
• The jet fighter shown
in the picture is the
only Sukhoi with a
forward-swept wing
design. Identify this
fighter.

18. QUESTION 13
• Beer, True Lover’s, Granny, Monkey’s Fist,
Pratt, Fireman’s, Alpine Butterfly, Corned Beef,
Englishman’s and Cat’s Paw are all types of
what?

19. QUESTION 14
• Which was the first sponsored program
telecasted on Doordarshan?

20. QUESTION 15
• Which is the tallest building in the Western
Hemisphere and what is the significance of its
height?

21. QUESTION 16
• Who is the current First Lord of Treasury?

22. QUESTION 17
• Who is the only recipient of the highest civilian
awards of both India & Pakistan, the Bharat
Ratna & the Nishaan-e-Pakistan?

23. QUESTION 18
What is common
about these four
figures?

24. QUESTION 19
• Which was the first sponsored program
telecasted on Doordarshan?

25. QUESTION 20
• Arrange the following countries in descending
order according to the number of FIFA World
Cups won.
• Spain, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina,
Uruguay.