1.
WELCOME
ONE AND ALL

2.
WELCOME TO BIGGEST
“INTER”SCHOOL QUIZ
GENERAL RULES FOR PRELIMS
1. PRELIMS CONSISTS OF 25 QUESTI0ONS.
2. QUESTIONS HAVE INTERNAL TIE BRAKERS IN THE CASE OF TIE-
UP
Tie breaking questions are the starred ones (from 21-25)
3. TOP 6 TEAMS GET TO GO TO THE FINALS IRRESPECTIVE OF
THEIR HOUSES WHICH MEANS SELECTION IS BASED ONLY ON
MERIT.
4. +1 for right answer, no negative marking

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A SWEET START:
1) CONNECT:

4.
CADBURY BOURNVILLE
 The Cadbury company named the above shown village
“Bornville”. This is a village established by Cadbury and houses
one of the earliest Cadbury factories.Cadbury named a chocolate
“Bournville” to commemorate this village
This was one of the cadbury factories

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2) The name of the bird means “Stupid”
in Portuguese and it inhabited island of
Mauritius. Identify

6.
DODO!!
 This is an extinct bird (About which we have already read in our
books) which was killed by dutch settlers and domesticated
animals of Mauritius. The last known bird was killed in 16th
century

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3) Name of the Language “X” is derived from
the word “ʕibri” related to Jewish people. The
name is synonymous with Abraham’s
successor Eber. It is known as the “language
of the Jewish people” or “The Holy language”.
Identify “X”

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HEBREW

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4) Recently the BPL (Below Poverty
Line) was set at Rs 32 per day. This
resulted in a great controversy asking
the commission that framed this BPL to
live at Rs 32 per day. The commission
apparently shifted the blame to
Tendulkar report. Which commission
are we talking about and who is the
head of it?

10.
MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA AND THE
PLANNING COMMISSION

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5) PUT FUNDA

12.
WORLDS FIRST PHOTOGRAPH
The photo was taken by Joseph
Nicephore Niepce, a scientifically minded
gentleman.
The above image was taken in 1826 and
was taken by a daguerreotype.

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6) There are two people who have
got bharat ratna ,but not citizens of
India. One is Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
Who is the other?

14.
NELSON MANDELA

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7) ID THE PERSON,
WHAT IS HE POINTING OUT?

16.
JAMES DYSON AND HE IS POINTING
TOWARDS THE BLADELESS FAN

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8) X is a great former world no.1 tennis player
who won 7 grand slam titles. (3 Wimbledon, 4 US
open). He is associated with one of the great
controversies of tennis history. Identify him.

18.
JOHN MCENROE

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9) CONNECT:
1) 2)

20.
MODERN ERA’S FIRST OLYMPIC
GAMES
Held in Panathaiko Stadium,
Athens,Greece was the modern era’s
first olympic games which was started
primarily due to the efforts of Pierre de
Coubertin. This was opened by King
George I of Greece in which 14 nations
participated in 43 events in 9 sport.

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10) When Leonardo Da Vinci
designed it, it was pyramid shaped.
Before that it was always
manufactured dome shaped.
Nowadays it always looks like a
wing. What are we referring to?

22.
PARACHUTE

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11 )
X is a British manufacturer of ultra
luxury cars. Previously this auto co
was known for its rotary aero engines
used in WW 1. Its business is based
in Crewe, Cheshire, England. It was
purchased in 1931 by Rolls-Royce
but the co is now owned Volkswagen
group, Germany. What company is
X?

24.
BENTLEY

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12) What is the zodiac sign that corresponds
to this image? Give the name of the sign in
both hindu and western culture?

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AQUARIUS

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13) Connect
1) The Noddy books
2) The Secret Seven series
3) The Malory Towers series
4) The St. Clare's series
5) The Wishing-Chair series

28.
ENID BLYTON

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 14) X is a television anchor for a quiz show in TV
and a Member of parliament. He won a seat in
rajya sabha on a trinamool congress ticket.X
hosts the longest running quiz show in television.

30.
DEREK O’BRIEN

31.
A quite straightforward question
15) Which is the longest epic in
the world?
(And its not mahabharata)

32.
KING GESAR- CONSISTING OF A
MILLION VERSES

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16) Identify this great Physicist who won Nobel
prize in the year 1965 for equations regarding sub
atomic particles.
He is famous for his lectures.
“There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom”

34.
RICHARD FEYNMAN

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17) X was a city In India to be designed
by a german architect called Otto
Konigsberger. The designer had planned
well spacious roads and well laid
pavements. This city is also called
toshali,kalinga nagari, Ekamra
kanan,Ekamra kshetra etc.
It has chandaka forest reserves in its
vicinity.Identify X.

36.
BHUBANESWAR

37.
 THIS IS THE ONE THAT EVERYONE CAN AND SHOULD ANSWER
18) “Smarter planet” is the tagline of
which company?

38.
IBM !!!

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19) In Hindu mythology, X is the God of weather and
war.
„X‟ is known as SAKKA in Pali, PHRA INN in Thai,
Dìshìtiān in Chinese and Taishakuten in Japanese.
Identify: „X‟
Detail of the Phra Prang, the central tower of
the Wat Arun ("Temple of Dawn") in Bangkock -
showing X.

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INDIRA !!

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20) The X was a national newspaper published
in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was
at one time the biggest selling English language
newspaper in the world, and at closure still had
one of the highest English language circulations.
The newspaper was first published as X on 1
October 1843, by John Brown Bell in London.
The paper's motto was "All human life is there“
Identify X.

42.
NEWS OF THE WORLD

43.
SMITHSONIAN – THE MUSEUM OF
NATURAL HISTORY
 This is the worlds largest museum

44.
 22*) What is being shown here? (Name of this is not needed)

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TSANGPO CANYON
This is where the Brahmaputra
river “U” turns towards India and
the region where China was
trying to build a dam to divert the
tsangpo water. And finally this is
the WORLDS LARGEST
CANYON

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 23*) X was a three time F1 champion. He died in the san marino GP
at tomburello corner. Identify X.

47.
AYRTON SENNA
 HE was the person about whom a documentary was aired during
Indian GP.

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24*) IDENTIFY THE FLAG

49.
KOSOVO

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25*) Identify the advertisement

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HSBC

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THANK YOU!
 Questions by,
Navin Sridhar
Sai Prasath J
A P Kamalesh
Finals will be conducted @ sharp 12:15
PM