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- 2. There will be 4 rounds 1) Q&A round 2)Written round 3) Put Funda 4) Connect
- 3. +10 for right answers Pounce allowed We can pounce for our own questions For Pounce +10, -5 Pass +10, -5
- 5. 1)What is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia? It is the fear of long words
- 6. 2) In 1962, cold war between US and Soviet came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. Kennedy was the US president then and Khuruschev was his counterpart in Soviet. First the US placed nuclear missiles inTurkey and Italy aimed at Moscow. Khuruschev, after secret negotiation with Fidel Castrol, started building missile sites near Cuba.The US announced that it would not permit offensive weapons to be delivered to Cuba, while demanding the dismantlement and return of Soviet weapons back to the USSR. Confrontation finally ended on 28th Oct 1962 after agreement with US and Soviet.What is this crisis called?
- 7. 2) Cuban Missile crisis October Crisis Caribbean crisis It has 3 different names
- 8. 3)This was a very special Doodle. It was used to mark which occasion?
- 9. 3)This was a very special Doodle. It was used to mark which occasion? Robert Schumann's 200th Birthday
- 10. 5)What is a Ponzi scheme ? How did it get its name ?Which countries were involved?
- 11. 5)What is a Ponzi scheme ? How did it get its name ?Which countries were involved? On July 26, 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company that escalated into a war. Britian, France and Israel were involved
- 12. 6) X was a very famous car in the 20th century. When it was released, it did not have a specific name, so it was sold in the same name of the company.The model was widely known as ‘Kafer’(German) in its home country. It was a really powerful car in its segment.What am I talking about?
- 13. 6) X was a very famous car in the 20th century. When it was released, it did not have a specific name, so it was sold in the same name of the company.The model was widely known as ‘Kafer’(German) in its home country. It was a really powerful car in its segment. What am I talking about? It is theVolkswagen Beetle
- 14. 7) In 2009, Google and a couple of other companies faced a problem.They wanted to digitalise old news papers and books, using software that can read the print it’s scanning and then convert it into legible text. But, even the most advanced computers had had problems reading some of the poor quality scans, because the text was smudged or crooked etc. What simple, but “crowd sourcing” plan did they come up with to solve this?
- 15. ANSWER is CAPTCHA! Successfully managed to digitalise over 20 years of the NewYork Times in a matter of few months
- 16. 8)TheWorld Bank in the month of March 2013 barred which company from doing any business with it or the projects funded by it for a period of six months?
- 17. 8)TheWorld Bank in the month of March 2013 barred which company from doing any business with it or the projects funded by it for a period of six months? Larsen andTourbo
- 18. 9)We use X a lot.We use it everywhere, from school to work, home etc. It was invented by theY Brothers. What are X andY
- 19. 9)We use X a lot.We use it everywhere, from school to work, home etc. It was invented by theY Brothers. What are X andY X is a ball point pen andY is Biro Biro brothers invented the ball point pen in 1894
- 20. 10)This statesman, politician, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.Who is he?
- 21. 10)This statesman, politician, scholar, inventor, and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel. Who is he? Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801-1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776).
- 22. 11) Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of?
- 23. 11) Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of? IT BELONGSTO Africa
- 24. 12) In 2009, which zoological park , literally meaning ‘The garden of heavens’ became the first Indian Park to be included in theWAZA list?
- 25. 12) In 2009, which zoological park , literally meaning ‘The garden of heavens’ became the first Indian Park to be included in theWAZA list? It is NANDAN KANNAN
- 26. Written Round. +5 for correct answers, No negatives. Enjoy!
- 27. 1)
- 28. 2)Who’s speech is this?When? AndWhere?
- 29. 3) Identify the former Defence Minister of India.
- 30. 4) He won two nobel prizes – one for chemistry in 1954 and for peace in 1962. Whom are we talking about ?
- 31. 5)Who gave this speech ?When?Where?
- 32. 6)Who made the following quote ? “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
- 33. Answer is option 1
- 34. 2)Who’s speech is this?When? AndWhere? It is Martin Luther King’s speech,August 28, 1963,Washington DC
- 35. 3) Identify the former defence minister of India. V.Krishna Menon Defence Minister under Nehru. Under his leadership, India lost the China war.
- 36. 4) He won two Nobel prizes – one for chemistry in 1954 and for peace in 1962. Whom are we talking about ? Linus Pauling of USA
- 37. 5)Who gave this speech ? It is Lal Bahadur Shastri, India’s second PM’s speech
- 38. 6)Who made the following quote ? “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” George Bernard Shaw
- 39. Put Funda! Pounce +10,-5 Direct +10 Pass -5
- 40. 1) In Feb 1909, one of the largest mining disasters happened in Durham coalfield in England. 168 men and boys lost their lives as the result of two underground explosions. But incredibly, there were still men alive underground.A group of 34 men and boys had found a pocket of clean air.They were led by Deputy Mark Henderson. Sadly a few of them panicked and left the group, they died instantly after inhaling the poison gas.The remainder sat in almost total darkness, when one of them began humming the Hymn "Lead Kindly Light". In no time at all. the rest of the miners joined in with the words, "Lead kindly light amidst the encircling gloom, lead thou me on,The night is dark, and I am far away from home".These 26 men were rescued after 14 hours, four others were later rescued Who wrote this immortal poem ? .
- 41. John Henry Newman also known as Cardinal Newman. He wrote this on a boat bound for Marseilles from Italy.
- 42. 2) Famous British actor Richard Burton approached the write Alistair MacLean for a script to boost his image.And MacLean delivered a classic second world war story which went on to become a major box office hit. What is the movie name ? From where was its title derived ?
- 43. Where Eagles Dare The title is fromWilliam Shakespeare’s Richard III “The world is grown so bad, that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch”
- 44. 3)Which famous book begins with the following lines ? “"The pretty little Swiss town of Mayenfield lies at the foot of a mountain range, whose grim rigged peaks tower high above the valley below."
- 45. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
- 46. 4) In the 1830s, Charles Goodyear was conducting experiments with rubber. In 1839, when showcasing his latest experiment, Goodyear accidentally dropped his rubber concoction on a hot stove.What he discovered was a charred leather-like substance with an elastic rim. Rubber was never the same afterwards. What serendipitous discovery are we talking about ?
- 47. Vulcanization of rubber to make it weather proof
- 48. 5) In 2008, Zimbabwe underwent hyperinflation causing much harm to its people. Prices went on to double every day. A loaf of bread ended up costing $35 million, Eventually, the country was forced to abandon the currency and switch to US$ and South African Rand. We are talking about one of the highest inflation ever recorded in history to the tune of 79 billion %.What was the primary cause of this inflation ?
- 49. President Robert Mugabe’s land distribution program that forcibly took the cultivable farm land from the landowners and redistributed across the population in an unplanned manner resulting in major famine
- 50. 6)This famous dancer of US dies when her long flowing scarf got caught her in rear wheel. She set out for a drive on September 14, 1927, in Nice, France, wearing a long flowing Russian silk scarf. As a back seat passenger in the open car, her free flowing scarf managed to get caught in the rear spoke wheels of the car.The sudden tightening force of the incident threw her from the car into the pavement nearly decapitating her. She was cremated and her ashes are interred at the Pére Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.
- 51. Isadora Duncan
- 52. Connect Each question will have 4-5 pictures You have to identify 1 feature common Pounce is allowed +10, -5 for pounce Direct, It is +10 Pass, It is +5
- 53. 1)
- 56. In order, they areAriehWarshel, Martin Karplus and Michael Levitt They are the Nobel Laureates for Chemistry in 2013.
- 57. 2) Connect all of these
- 58. They are all ITC products!
- 59. 3)
- 63. In order, they are Abraham Lincoln, James A Garfield,William Mckinley and JFK. They are the Presidents of the US assassinated
- 64. 4)
- 68. In order, they are Kristian Otto,Vitaly Scherbo, Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps. They are the only 4 to win atleast 6 medals in a single Olymic Game
- 69. 5)
- 73. In order,They are Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior and JonathanTrott. They are South African origined english cricketers
- 74. 6)
- 78. In order, they are Joseph Estrado, Lech Kaczyńsk, Mahinda Rajapaska and Ronald Reegan.They were the Presidents of Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka and USA respectively. All of them had an acting career before becoming the Presidents of their countries