QUIZ FINALS

QUIZ CLUB KOTTAYAM MEDICAL

COLLEGE

ROUND 1

GUESS THE NAME OF THE ROUND , AUDIENCE..

AUDIENCE Qn.

• Burning Man Festival – A week long festival in the United States held annually starting from the last Monday in August to the first Monday in September. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy, which is set alight on Saturday evening.

• In 30 August ,1998 ,Larry page & Sergey Brin designed X to notify users of their absence ( as they went to attend the festival ) in case servers crashed.

• It was the first in the series .Later they introduced animated & hyperlinked X also.

• Till now ,over 2000 X have been published .• X is ??

ANSWER

• The Google Doodle

RULES

• A written round.• + 10 for each correct answer.• No negative points.• Audience….Please keep quiet…

IDENTIFY THE DOODLES

•Hope you guys use internet…..

1.The occasion ??

2.The occasion ??

3.The Doodle appeared on which day ?

4.On which day ??

5.In honour of ??

6.On whose birthday ?

7.Occasion ?? ( 30th anniversary of …)

8.On whose 152nd birthday ?? (March 2005)

9.On whose 189th birthday ?? (July 2011)

10.On whose 183rd b’day ?? (February 2011)

ANSWER SHEETS,PLEASE ………….

1.The occasion ??

Answer

126th PUBLIC OPENING OF THE EIFFEL TOWER

2.The occasion ??

ANSWER

• AUSTRALIA CROWNED AS CRICKET WC CHAMPIONS

3.The Doodle appeared on which day ?

ANSWER

• INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (MARCH 8)

4.On which day ??

ANSWER

• REPUBLIC DAY (JANUARY 26,2015)

5.In honour of ??

• Max Planck

6.On whose birthday ?

ANSWER

• Michael Jackson

7.Occasion ?? ( 30th anniversary of …)

ANSWER

• Pac- Man ( First animated Doodle) – 30th anniversary of the Pacman Game.

8.On whose 152nd birthday ?? (March 2005)

ANSWER

• Vincent Van Gogh

9.On whose 189th birthday ?? (July 2011)

ANSWER

• Gregor Johanne Mendel

10.On whose 183rd b’day ?? (February 2011)

ANSWER

• Jules Verne

Audience Q1.On whose birthday ??

• Leonardo Da Vinci

Audience Q2.The event ??

ANSWER

• HALLOWEEN

ROUND 2

RULES

• 12 Questions• +15 /-5 on pounce.• +10 for a direct answer , +5 on passing.

Q1.Who’s beside SRK ?What is special about this selfie ??

ANSWERA selfie taken by Khan with Zayn Malik at this year’s Asian Awards in London has become the top retweet of all time in terms of messages posted from an Indian Twitter handle.

Q2.When did this cartoon appear ??

After India’s successful Mars Orbital Mission

Q3.

• …….. Is the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.

• She was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, ( in emulation of Jules Verne’s fictional character Phileas Fogg , and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within.

• Google honoured her on her 151st b’day by posting an animation doodle on May 5th.

• She is ??

Answer

• Nellie Bly

Q4.• It is a Facebook-led initiative bringing together technology

leaders, nonprofits and local communities to connect the two thirds of the world that doesn’t have internet access.

• Devices are too expensive.• Service plans are too expensive.• Mobile networks are few and far between.• Content isn’t available in the local language.• People aren't sure what value the internet will bring.• Power sources are limited or costly.• Networks can’t support large amounts of data.• Together we can remove these barriers and give the unconnected

majority of the world the power to connect.

Answer

• Internet.org

Q5.

• She is a politician.• She was one of the finalists of the beauty pageant Miss

India 1998.• In 2001, she played the mythological character Sita in Zee

TV's Ramayan.• She holds the record of winning five consecutive Indian

Television Academy Awards for Best Actress (Popular), four Indian Telly Awards, eight Star Parivaar Awards.

• In December 2004, she threatened to "fast unto death" until then ……… resigned, blaming him for her party’s electoral losses. However she later retracted this demand after the party central leadership threatened to take action against her.

• Who is she ??

Answer

• Smriti Irani (Minister of human resource Devt)

Q6.

• He is an Indian writer writing in English.• His book Past Continuous won the Vodafone

Crossword Book Award in 2008.• His book The Lives of Others was shortlisted

for the 2014 Man Booker Prize.• Name him.

Answer

• Neel mukharjee

Q7. The logo of ??

Answer

7.

• This Bollywood actor recently tweeted to all his followers to follow his HERO, a Hollywood actor.

• The Hollywood actor thanked him & told that they would be happy to work together in a film.

• Who is the Bollywood Actor & who is his HERO ??

Answer

• Salman Khan• Sylvester stallone

Q8.Name the painting.

Answer

• Women of Algiers• A painting by Pablo Picasso has set a new

world record for the most expensive artwork to be sold at auction after reaching $179m (£115m) in New York.

Q9.• This English word means “ torment or tease (someone) with

the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable”.• The word was derived from the name of a Greek

Mythological figure, the father of Niobe (The Goddess of tears)

• In the story, he had been punished after death by being condemned to stand knee-deep in water with perfect fruit growing above his head, both of which eternally ……. him. (If he bent to drink the water, it drained below the level he could reach, and if he reached for the fruit, the branches moved out of his grasp )

• An element in the periodic table ( atomic number 73 ) is named after this mythological figure.

• Tell me the word.

Answer

• Tantalise ( after Tantalus )

Q10.Which state of India’s outline is shown here ?? ( clue next slide )

Answer

Q11.The logo of ??

ANSWER

• SLIDESHARE

Audience Qn .The logo of ??

ANSWER

• ROLEX WATCHES

ROUND 3

ENTERTAINMENT

RULES

• 1 question to each team• +15 / -5 on pouncing• +10 on direct question,+5 on passing.• No negative points.

Q1.

• “The Last King of Scotland” is a 2006 film in which Forest Whitaker ( pic next slide) ,an American actor played the role of ……….

• Whitaker won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his performance.

• What is the character played by him ??

Forest Whitaker

• Idi Amin

Q2.

• A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of X.

• It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar.

• The film won 4 academy awards.• X is a recepient of Nobel prize & Abel prize.• X is ??

Answer

• John Nash

Q3.• Escape to Victory, is a 1981 film about Allied prisoners of

war who are interned in a German prison camp during World War II who play an exhibition match of Association football against a German team.

• The film starred professional footballers like Pele.• Who played the role of the Goalkeeper for the team of

prisoners in the film ??• ( CLUE : Complications his mother suffered during labor forced

her obstetricians to use two pairs of forceps during his birth; misuse of these accidentally severed a nerve and caused paralysis in parts of face. As a result, the lower left side of his face is paralyzed – including parts of his lip, tongue, and chin – an accident which has given his snarling look and slightly slurred speech)

• Sylvester Stallone

Q4.

• “ My name is ……………, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, ……………. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.”

• From which movie ??

Answer# Gladiator.Words by Maximus Decimus Meridius ( Russel Crowe)

Q5.• 3 movies have won

11 Academy Awards each.

• The first to do so was the 1959 movie Ben Hur.

• Which are the other two ??

Ben Hur

Answer

• Titanic (1997)

Answer

• Lord of the Rings: The return of the King (2003)

Q6.

• When young Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers until he is magically transported--before the startled eyes of his friend Sarah--into the untamed jungles of ……….

• There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game's spell by two unsuspecting children. Now a grown man, Alan reunites with Sarah and, together with Judy and Peter, tries to outwit the game's powerful forces.

• “ A game for those who seek to find….A way to leave their world behind..”

Answer

Audience Qn.

• Only 3 actors have been awarded the National Film Award for the best actor thrice.

• The 2 are Amitabh Bachchan & Mammootty.• Who is the third ??

Answer

• Kamal Hasan

ROUND 4

Landmarks History Literature

Mythology Science Sports

RULES

• Each team will be allotted a single topic• 4 Questions to each team.• +10/0 .• If answers all the 4 correctly ,a bonus 10

points .

LANDMARKS

Name the landmark & also the place where the landmark is /was located

Q1.

Answer

• Sydney Opera House , Australia

Q2.

Answer

• Lighthouse of Alexandria

Q3.

Answer

• Chichen Itza (El Castillo) in Mexico

Q4.

Answer

• World Trade Centre (before 9/11 attacks ), New York (USA)

HISTORY

•Just the answer ……

Q1.

• It is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede , near Windsor , on 15 June 1215.

• First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons , it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown , to be implemented through a council of 25 barons.

• It is ??

Answer

• Magna Carta

Q2.Whose words ??I pushed back the crowds, and, passing from the rear, walked down a living avenue of people until I came in front of the semicircle of Arabs, in the front of which stood the white man with the gray beard. As I advanced slowly toward him I noticed he was pale, looked wearied, had a gray beard, wore a bluish cap with a faded gold band round it, had on a red-sleeved waistcoat and a pair of gray tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob, - would have embraced him, only, he being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing, - walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said, 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?'

Answer

Henry stanleyHe led an expedition to find Dr.Livingston in Africa.

Q3.

• He was an Italian merchant traveller.• He wrote a book , “The Marvels of the World”

or “ The Travels of the ……. “ ,that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China.

• This book inspired Christopher Columbus and many other travellers to search for the unknown lands.

Answer

• Marco Polo

Q4.

• The Qutub Minar was commissioned by Qutbuddin Aibak , the first Muslim Sultan of Delhi.

• Who completed the construction of the building ??

Answer

• Iltutmish

LITERATURE

•Have u read this book ????•The author too..

Q1.• A young girl Dorothy lives with her Aunt and Uncle and her little dog on a

Kansas farm. One day, Dorothy and her dog are caught up in a cyclone which deposits her farmhouse into Munchkin Country in a magical Land. The falling house kills the Wicked Witch of the East, the evil ruler of the Munchkins.

• The Good Witch of the North arrives with the grateful Munchkins and gives Dorothy the Silver Shoes that once belonged to the witch.

• The Good Witch of the North tells Dorothy that the only way she can return home is to go to the Emerald City and ask the great and powerful …...... to help her.

• On her way ,she meets a scarecrow,a tin woodman & a lion.• The Scarecrow wants a brain, the Tin Woodman wants a heart, and the

Cowardly Lion wants courage.• They all decide to approach ………. & have a wonderful adventure.

Answer

# The Wonderful Wizard of Oz( by L. Frank Baum)

Q2.Taken from ??

• Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,It seems to me most strange that men should fear;Seeing that death, a necessary end,Will come when it will come.

Answer

# Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare

Q3.• Mary Godwin & her boyfriend visited Lord Byron at his villa in Switzerland in

the summer months of 1815.• Sitting around a log fire at Byron's villa, the company amused themselves by

reading German ghost stories . Byron proposed that they "each write a ghost story“. Unable to think of a story, young Mary Godwin became anxious.

• During one evening in the middle of summer, the discussions turned to the nature of the principle of life.

• That day,the young Mary was unable to sleep & she became possessed by her imagination as she beheld the grim terrors of her "waking dream“.

• She began writing what she assumed would be a short story. With her boyfriend’s encouragement, she expanded this tale into a full-fledged novel.

• And that is ??

Answer# FrankensteinMary Shelly

Q4. The below lines are an excerpt from ??

• Before I really begin this book,let me first tell u what this book is not.It is not a guide on how to live through college.On the contrary,it is probably an example of how screwed up your college years can get if you don’t think straight.But then this is my take on it,you’re free to agree or disagree.

Answer

# Five Point SomeoneChetan Bhagath

MYTHOLOGY

Mysterious…… Yet Fascinating….

Q1.

• In Greek mythology, when Achilles was a baby, it was foretold that he would die young. To prevent his death, his mother Thetis took Achilles to the River Styx , which was supposed to offer powers of invulnerability, and dipped his body into the water.

• But as Thetis held Achilles by the heel, his heel was not washed over by the water of the magical river. Achilles grew up to be a man of war who survived many great battles. But one day, a poisonous arrow shot at him was lodged in his heel, killing him shortly after (pic in the next slide)

• Name a character from Hindu Mythology who was killed by a poisoned arrow striking his foot.

Achilles heel

Answer

• Lord Krishna

Q2.

• X and his brother Menoetius sided with the Titans in their war against the Olympians. When the Titans were defeated, many of them (including Menoetius) were confined to Tartarus, but Zeus condemned X to stand at the western edge of Gaia (the Earth) and hold up The Heavens on his shoulders, to prevent the two from resuming their primordial embrace.

• A structure in the human body is named after X.• Who is X ??

Answer

ATLAS

Q3.• Having conceived the idea of ……… , X thought of the means

of giving the sacred story to the world.• He prayed to Lord Brahma who suggested X to ask Y to do it.• X prayed & Y appeared.X told Y about his wish.• Y replied "Very well. I shall do as you wish. But my pen must

not stop while I am writing. So you must dictate without pause or hesitation. I can only write on this condition?" X agreed, guarding himself, however, with a counter stipulation: "Be it so, but you must first grasp the meaning of what I dictate before you write it down." Y accepted his demand .

• Thus ……… came to be written by Y to the dictation X

AnswerMahabharataX – VedavyasanY - Ganapati

Q4.

Identify the bird whose wings are cut off by Ravana in this Ravi Varma Painting.

Answer

• Jatayu

SCIENCE

•The world around us...

Q1.

• This is a fundamental field in Physics that takes a non zero constant value almost everywhere.

• Despite being present everywhere, the existence of the …… field is very hard to confirm. It can be detected through its excitations but these are extremely hard to produce and detect.

• The importance of this fundamental question led to a 40 year search, and the construction of one of the world's most expensive and complex experimental facilities to date , able to create ……. for observation and study.

• FITB.

Answer

• Higgs Boson

Q2.

• This flavour enhancer is produced by a Japanese company,the literal translation of which means “the essence of taste” .

• Its consumption produces ‘Chinese Restaurant Syndrome’.

• Most of us know this flavour by the name of the Company.

• It is ??

Answer

• MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE (Ajinomoto)

Q3.

• This animal found in the Americas is often used in the study of leprosy because it is one of the few known species that can systematically contract the disease due to its unusually low body temperature.

• Its another peculiar feature is a leathery armour shell.

• Name it.

Answer

• Armadillo

Q4.

• X is a city , in a state Y , in a country Z.• X , Y & Z have elements in the periodic table

named after them.• All the three were discovered in the same

university,which is the “University of Y”.• Tell me X ,Y & Z.

Answer

• X – Berkelium ,Y - Californium, Z - Americium

SPORTS

CITIUS..ALTIUS….FORTIUS…

Q1.

• Ankit khresi was the unfortunate cricketer who lost his life during a club match between East bengal & Bhavanipur recently when he collided with a player.

• How did the KKR team honour him ??

Answer

• He was named as the 16th player in the team.

Q2.

• X was an Austarlian Test cricket all-rounder, blending thoughtful leg spin bowling with lower-order batting aggression.

• He became the first player to reach 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in Test cricket, arriving at that milestone in 1963.

• He passed away recently.

Answer

• Richie Benaud

Q3.

• Who scored the most number of goals in a single FIFA WC ??

• Just Fontaine (1958)

Q4.

• X was an aviator and a fighter pilot during World War I.

• He is erroneously called as the world’s first flighter ace.

• A tennis centre, which he attended religiously when he was studying , was named after him in the 1920s.

• The event taking place at this centre is named after him..

• How do we know this event ??

Answer

• Roland Garros (French Open)

THE FINAL ROUNDD 6

RAPID FIRE

RULES

• 90 seconds..• 9 Questions..• If all the 9 correct,a bonus 10 points.• No negative points…• If in doubt,just say pass….

Pattern

• Unscramble• Full form• Day• Awards• Sports• Fiction• Organisations• Sobriquets• Places

•LET’S BEGIN……

TEAM A

• Unscramble “SREOH”• Expand ITC• When is the world water day ??• Man of the match of 2015 IPL Final ??• The name of the Award given to the Best Film in Cannes’

Film Festival ??• Creator of Mowgli ??• “Being Human Foundation” is associated with ??• The city of 7 hills.• Where is Montreal located ??

ANSWERS…

• HORSE• Indian Tobacco Company• March 22• Rohit Sharma• Golden Palm Award (Palm d’ Or)• Rudyard Kipling• Salman Khan• Rome• Canada

TEAM B

• Unscramble “NOBIR”• Expand ISIS• When is the International Literacy day ??• The 2015 Academy Award for the Best Film was bagged by ??• The First Indian to win an Olympic Gold in an individual event

??• The creator of Spiderman• The Founder of Redcross• The Land of White Elephants• The Indian State with two capitals.

ANSWERS..

• ROBIN• Islamic State of Iraq & Syria• September 8• The Birdman• Abhinav Bindra• Stan Lee• Henry Dunant• Thailand• Jammu & Kashmir

TEAM C

• Unscramble “LGEAE”• Expand SAI• The World Anti Tobacco Day• The winners of Nobel Peace Prize 2014 ??• Man of the match of Cricket World Cup Final 2015 ??• Creator pf Phantom• Missionaries of Charity is associated with ??• Venice of the East • Where is the city of Waterloo located ??

ANSWERS…

• EAGLE• Sports Authority of India• Kailash Satyarthi & Yusuf Sai Malala• James Faulkner• Lee Falk• Mother Teresa• Alapuzha• Belgium

TEAM D

• Unscramble “OSHTL”• Expand ICICI• World Food Day• Whitley Award for environment conservation is better known

as ??• The tennis player to have received the most number of

Grand Slams ??• Edgar Rice Baros is the creator of ??• The Headquarters of WWF is at ??• Sorrow of China• Where is Panipat located ??

ANSWERS..

• SLOTH• Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India• October 16• Green Oscar• Roger Federer• Tarsan• Switzerland• Yangtse• Haryana

TEAM E

• Unscramble “IRGTE”• Expand CEC• World Malaria day • The only person to have received an Oscar & a Nobel ??• Who scored the maximum number of runs in First class

cricket ??• Creator of Tintin• Frontier Gandhi• The Headquarters of Amnesty International is at ?• Present name of Mesopotamia

ANSWERS..• TIGER• Chief Election Commissioner• April 25• George Bernard Shaw• Jack Hobbs• Herge• Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan• London• Iraq

TEAM F

• Unscramble “EESHP”• Expand ESPN• The Earth Day• The father of Norah Jones (9 Grammy awards).Her father won

3.Who is he ??• The 2016 Olympics will be held at ?• The planet from which Superman came ?• OPCW (Organisation for prevention of Chemical Weapons)

became famous in 2013.How ??• Land of 1000 lakes• The new capital of Andhra Pradesh

ANSWERS..

• SHEEP• Entertainment sports programming network• April 22• Pandit Ravi Shankar• Rio De Janeiro• Krypton• Nobel Prize for Peace 2013• Finland• Amaravati

HOPE U GUYS ENJOYED..