GENERAL QUIZ Finale SPANDAN'13 IITJ

QUIZ QUIZ HOTA HAI !!

Finale

CROSSWORD ROUND

The Burj Khalifa has now returned the location of Earth's tallest freestanding structure to the Middle East after nearly 700 years. The region last held the honour till 1311 AD when the Lincoln Cathedral in England was completed. Which structure's record did the cathedral beat?

A plaque at a famous landmark in this city has an inscription saying “Urbs Prima in Indis”.

(The landmark was founded on 31 March 1911)

Which city?

Name of the Staircase which was shown in Movie Inception ??

Many elements have been named after countries.

Which is the only country to be named after an element?

According to Indian Vedic tradition, who was the first person to die?

There is a one-of-a-kind temple in Srivanchiyam, Tamil Nadu dedicated to him.

On the morning of 28th April 1986, workers at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant, Sweden, were found to have radioactive particles on their clothes. 

It was Sweden's search for the source of radioactivity, after they had determined there was no leak at the Swedish plant, that led to the first news of _______ Meltdown to the outside world.

From whom to Hitler?

The 'Aussie Round' is considered by many to be the ultimate test of skills. In this field, an object should cross a 50 meter circle and come right back to the centre. What object are we talking about ?

ANSWERS

The phrase means “foremost city in India”.

This plaque is at the Gateway of India, whose founding stone was laid to commemorate the arrival of George V that year

PENROSE

Argentina

YAMARAJ

CHERNOBYL

BOOMERANG !!

Boomerang Round

• Team A chooses a category for Team opposite to it, say Team B.

• If Team B answers correctly, it gets +15!• If Team B answers wrong, it gets -10.• Then Team A will have to attempt that question: if

they get it correct, they get +10, else they get -15.

Who is Playboy commemorating and What is the occasion?

ANSWER

Where do you find the following words:

“YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE”

ANSWER

The concept of ______ is based on the founder’s hobby of collecting insects and tadpoles. These _______ can be collected and were split into 17 categories which

were all interconnected by a complex rock-paper-scissors relationship. _______ possesses the ability to

undergo metamorphosis and transform into a new species.

ANSWER

Mnemonic for WHAT?

Can I Have A Large Container Of Coffee?

ANSWER

Born as David Webb, and later famous as X, he is a former CIA agent suffering from retrograde amnesia. He first came in news in 2002, in the Mediterranean. In 2004, X and his girlfriend

Marie were reported living in Goa, India; where Marie was killed. His current whereabouts are

unknown.

Who?

ANSWER

X started off as a Rubber Products Company. Soon thereafter it established a wood pulp mill.

Later it added electricity generation to its business activities. Today it is the largest company of its country and plays a very

important role in the economy of this country.

IDENTIFY X.

ANSWER

Give me the connect:

Panthera leo (Lion)Canis dirus (Wolf)Ursus americanus (Black Bear)Falco peregrinus (Peregine Falcon)Rucervus duvaucelii (Royal Stag)Mimus polyglottos (Mockingbird)

ANSWER

On April 11, 1984 Yuri Malyshev and Gennady Strekalov were awarded

Ashok Chakra. For the first and only time, this award being given to non-Indians. Who was the third

awardee?

ANSWER

BUZZER!!+10/-10

VERBAL ROUND1. What is the velocity of a photon of wavelength 600nm when it is accelerated by a magnetic field of 31 mT?

2. “Brothers and Sisters have I none. That man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is he?

3.Which person has won the most Oscars (26)?

4.What is the Pirate Flag commonly known as?

5.What relates Julius Caesar, a famous car by Rolls Royce and Kareena Kapoor in Talaash?

6.Envisioned as the ‘fifth mode’ of transportation, this revolutionary technology involves pressurized capsules that are driven through elevated reduced-pressure tubes at high velocity. It was proposed by entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Mega Connect

• Series of 7 images will be shown.• There is some connection between them.• Identify each image: how it relates to the connect.• +5 for each image. No –ve.• +15 for getting the connect right. No –ve.

Koninginnedag-Queen’s Day

THE MEGA CONNECT IS

Dominican flag-Only flag with VIOLET

Element Indium-Named after INDIGO

Nike’s campaign: Bleed BLUE

Billy Joe Armstrong-From the band GREEN Day

The YELLOW River

Koninginnedag-Queen’s Day is the day of “orange madness” in Netherlands

The RED planet

VIBGYOR