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Welcome to the FINALS

GENERAL RULES

• THERE ARE 6 ROUNDS IN THE QUIZ• NO ELIMINATION OF THE TEAMS AT ANY STAGE• RULES FOR EACH ROUND AND MARKING WILL BE

TOLD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROUND• PLEASE DON’T SHOUT THE ANSWERS OUT OF TURN• AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN SILENCE• QUIZ MASTER’S DECISION IS FINAL AND BINDING

ALL THE BEST !!!!!

Round 1 : Warm Up Round

RULES FOR THE WARM UP ROUND

• EACH TEAM WILL GET TWO DIRECT QUESTIONS IN THE ROUND

• DIRECT CARRIES 20 AND PASS CARRIES 10• NO NEGATIVES IN THE ROUND• FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS IS CLOCKWISE AND

SECOND SET IS ANTI-CLOCKWISE

Q1) The council which was held to attain the consensus in the church through the assembly of the entire christendomWhat is the name of this famous council???

THE COUNCIL OF NICEA

Q2) Infibeam.com is an Indian company which has launched a revolutionary product that is grabbing major headlines.Which is this product(the name is intricately linked to science)

PI: THE E-BOOK READER

Q3)ACK media is making a stereoscopic 3D animation film of a well known desi comics character .Name the character

SUPANDI

Q4)Felice_______,an Italian first introduced this concept in india starting in mumbai in 1965 by forming a company of the same name.His views were way ahead of his time and thus forming a company that didn't too well at the beginning.an Indian company took over the company and kept the same brand nameSince 1995,the company has started expanding operations and has multiplied more than 20 times over a period of 10 years and has growth of 40%and has a market share of greater than 60% market share of this marketId the iconic brand

BISLERI

Q5)Who is known as the Oracle of Omaha?

WARREN BUFFET

Q6)Little Cumbrae is a small Scottish isle gifted to this iconic person by sam and sunita podar and because of this his annual turnover will be atleast 20 million.Id this famous personality

BABA RAMDEV

Q7)In 1833,Marcus Samuel opened a small shop selling sea-shells. Which company had its origin in this modest beginnings??

Q8)The British European airways flight no 609 named Lord Burghley became infamous on its flight from Belgrade?What could be the reason it become infamous?

MUNICH AIR DISASTER OF 1958 WHICH SAW THE DEATH OF SEVERAL PLAYERS OF MANCHESTER UNITED

Q9). THIS FAMOUS LANDMARK IN BANGALORE WAS BUILT BY ARCOT NARAIN SWAMY MUDALIAR IN THE YEAR 1936 AND MODELLED ON PICCADILLY CIRCUS IN LONDON.IT POSSESED A DANCE FLOOR FOR BALL DANCING AND ALSO HAD A BAR MAINLY MEANT FOR THE TRAVELLING BRITISH PLATOON.IDENTIFY THIS FAMOUS LANDMARK

PLAZA THEATRE

Q10)This famous org originated with a Usenet posting by British professional computer programmer Col Needham entitled "Those Eyes", about actresses with beautiful eyes

Q11)This British television show devised by Bill drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the gestapo during WW2.Id the show

MASTERMIND

Q12)”And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." is the motto of which famous US based org??

ROUND 2 : PICTURE PERFECT

RULES FOR PICTURE PERFECT

• THE TEAMS WILL BE GIVEN A SET OF 10 PICS BASED ON WHICH THE QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED

• TEAMS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ON A PIECE OF PAPER

• TEAMS WILL EXCHANGE PAPERS AT THE END OF THE ROUND FOR THE EVALUATION

• EVERY CORRECT ANSWER FETCHES 20 AND NO NEGATIVES

1. ID THIS TALENTED SPORTSWOMAN.

2.PUT THE FUNDA

3.ID THE LOGO

4. A GIANT FROM THE WORLD OF TELEVISION.

5. THIS IS THE HQ OF GOOGLE.THERE IS SPECIFIC NAME TO THE HQ GIVE ME THAT NAME

6. THE ICON OF MAJOR BUSINESS ORGANISATION

7. THE CEO OF A MAJOR IT ORG.ID THIS CEO

8. ID THIS UNIQUE SPORT

9.ID THIS LOGO

10. ID THIS TERRIFIC LEGEND

PLEASE EXCHANGE YOUR PAPERS…

ANSWERS TO FOLLOW….

1. ELYSSE PERRY,AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER2. AUSTRALIAN RJ’S WHOSE PRANK SAW THE SUICIDE OF

NURSE JACINTHA3. THE COMPANY IS XEROX4. HE IS CHUCK LORRE,CREATOR OF BIG BANG THEORY

AND TWO AND HALF MEN 5. HQ OF GOOGLE IS CALLED ‘GOOGLEPLEX’6. THE ICON IS SPEEDY AND IT WAS THE FACE OF

MCDONALD’S7. HE IS SAM PALMISANO THE CEO OF IBM8. THE UNIQUE SPORT IS SEPAK TAKRAW9. IT’S THE LOGO MAC OS10.THE LEGEND IS IAN FLEMING

ROUND 3:

YOUR CHOICE!!!!

RULES FOR YOUR CHOICE

• EACH TEAM WILL HAVE TO PICK A TOPIC FROM THE GIVEN LIST

• BASED ON THE TOPIC 3 QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED TO EACH AND EVERY TEAM

• FIRST QN CARRIES 10Pts,SECOND 20 AND THIRD 30

• NO NEGATIVES AND NO PASS

TAKE A PICK :

• LITERATURE• SPORTS• WORLD HISTORY• TECHNOLOGY• MOVIES AND SITCOMS• MUSIC• RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY• PERSONALITIES

NEXT ROUND

LITERATURE

Identify this famous American writer, his original name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens what is he popularly known as ?

Mark Twain

Which regional language newspaper has the highest circulation in India ?

Malyala Manorama

Identify this Chinese writer who won the nobel prize in literature in 2012 for his novel "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"

Mo Yan

BACK

SPORTS

Which team did Liverpool play on the day of the Hillsborough Disaster?

Nottingham Forest

Who is named the Wizard of Hockey ?

Major Dhyan Chand

Who is the only football player to have scored a Hat trick in world cup final?

Geoff Hurst

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WORLD HISTORY

Who is the first ever women prime minister of a country in the world ?

Mrs. Srimao Bandarnaike (Sri Lanka)

The British Commander who surrendered before the Americans and French at York town in 1781 was?

LORD CORNWALLIS

WHO WAS THE JAPANEESE DICTATOR DURING WW2?

TOJO HIDEKI

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TECHNOLOGY

Who were the original creators of GUI(Graphic User Interface) ?

XEROX in collaboration with PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)

It's the thinnest electronic material ever invented, consisting of a layer of carbon atoms just a single atom thick -- the atoms are arranged in a hexagonal pattern. It weighs almost nothing, coming in at only 0.77 grams for a square meter. It can be used for a range of functions such as creating artificial muscles and also for DNA sequencing. Which is this wonderous material ?

Graphene

Which Exceptional man made structure, whose construction involves The effort of 16 countries is visible from the earth at a particular time in a day?

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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MOVIES AND SITCOMS

What is the link between the moviesBen-Hur (1959)Titanic (1997) and The Lord of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)?

All the three movies have won eleven academy awards

Which director won the recent BAFTA award for best director?

BEN AFFLECK

This sitcom starring Charlie Sheen broke a ratings record with 5.74 million viewers on its series debut night and ranks as the most-watched sitcom premiere in cable history ! Mention it.

ANGER MANAGEMENT

BACK

Which famous pop musician sang at Princess Diana's funeral

ELTON JOHN

Which rock group is Michael Stipe the lead singer of?

Which instrument does Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma play?

Santoor

BACK

RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY

WHO WROTE THE MAHABHARATHA?

LORD GANESHA

WHO IS THE TWIN SISTER OF APOLLO?

ATERMIS

THE PIC IS A VAGUE DEPICTION OF A MOMENTUS OCASSION IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY.CAN YOU GIVE A DESCRIPTION???

HERCULES AND ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

BACK

PERSONALITIES

BAN –KI - MOON

ID THIS GREAT SOCIAL ACTIVIST

BABA AMTE

ID THIS FOOTBALLING WIZARD

SIR MATT BUSBY

BACK

ROUND 4:

CONNECTION WISE!!!

RULES FOR CONNECTION WISE:

• EACH TEAM WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION IN THIS ROUND• ALLTHE TEAMS WILL HAVE A POUNCE OPTION

OPEN TO THEM• ON THE POUNCE CORRECT ANSWER +40 AND

WRONG ANS -20• BUT ON THE DIRECT ITS +20 AND NO NEGATIVES

FOR THE WRONG ANS

CONNECT:

CONNECT

BOFORS SCANDAL

St Pontian Benedict V

Gregory XII Benedict IX

CONNECT

PAPAL RESIGNATION

CONNECT

INDIAN CHEFS WITH MICHELLIN STARRED RESTRAUNTS

CONNECT

ASSANINATIONS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF USA

CONNECT

BANGALORE KARGA

ROUND 6

MAY THE BEST BID WIN

RULES FOR THE ROUND

THE ONLY PERSON TO WIN A BAFTA AWARD IN BLACK AND WHITE, COLOUR , HD AND 3D

DAVID FREDERICK ATTENBOROUGH

Mughal Ganjifa is a card game played with a deck of 96 cards comprising of 8 suits of 12 cards each.As the game became popular beyond the mughal courts,the designs on the cards were made comapatible with the hindu traditions.A second form of the game emerged with 10 suits of 12 cards each .While local variations abound across the country, the mughal ganjifa and its hindu sibling remain the two meta variants. What is the hindu form of ganjifa called or what was typically depicted in the 10 suits ?

THE TEN INCARNATIONS OF LORD VISHNU (DASHAAVATAR)

The only us first lady ever to win an Emmy for broadcasting the restoration of the white house?

JACKIE KENNEDY

One of the less significant events in 2006 was modification of a name to include a number 13430? What was the event??

Pluto not being a planet anymore

THE LADY IN THE PIC IS SIAN MASSEY. SHE BECAME A MAJOR CONTROVERSY ON MAY 22,2011 WHICH ALSO SAW TWO COMMENTATORS BEING INVOLVED IN THE CONTROVERSY.WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE CONTROVERSY??

SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A SEXISM CONTROVERSY WHERE COMMENTS MADE ON HER GENDER SAW TWO SKY COMMENTATORS ANDY GRAY AND RICHARD KEYS WERE SACKED

THIS FAMOUS LANDMARK IN THE CITY WAS BUILT BY ARCOT NARAIN SWAMY MUDALIAR IN THE YEAR 1936 AND MODELLED ON PICCADILLY CIRCUS IN LONDON.IT POSSESED A DANCE FLOOR FOR BALL DANCING AND ALSO HAD A BAR MAINLY MEANT FOR THE TRAVELLING BRITISH PLATOON.IDENTIFY THIS FAMOUS LANDMARK

PLAZA THEATRE

ROUND 6 :

SPEED AND AGILITY IS THE NAME OF THE GAME!!

RULES FOR THE RAPID FIRE

• 10 QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED IN A TIME FRAME OF 60s• EACH CORRECT REPLY FETCHES 10

POINTS• ANY WRONG REPLY CARRIES A -5

AND HERE WE GO!!!!!

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