Seuli Seal Quiz-Gridlock (2)

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• 4 Categories, Each with 3 Questions.• Teams to pick up questions one by one according

to increasing scores• 3 Iterations of question picking• +10 for each correct question. No passes

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Current Affairs Sports Science & Tech Literature

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2 5 8 11

3 6 9 12

Question 1

• ID the person depicted with the Common Man.

R K Laxman

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Question 2• Daughter of a retired colonel, she is a post

graduate in English. She was commisioned in the Indian Air Force in 2000. The 36-year-old is currently posted with the publicity cell under the Directorate of Personnel Officers at the Air Force headquarters in Delhi.

• She rose to prominence two days ago becoming the first women to do something which till now used to be men’s forte.

• Who is she or what did she do?

Puja Thakur

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Question 3• What is Mr. Modi seen doing in this picture?

Commemorative Coins of J. N. Tata

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Question 4

• The name _________ comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the battle, which took place in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming, "we have wοn", before collapsing and dying.

• Fill in the blank ( from the world of sports )

Marathon

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Question 5

• Identify the sporting personality on the left.

Magnus Carlson

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Question 6

• Who holds the record for the fastest century in men's cricket in any format?

(ODI, Test, T20 and IPL included)

Chris Gayle• Back

Question 7• Tweets by ‘Whom’?

Mars Orbiter Mission• Back

Question 8• Armalcolite is a titanium-rich mineral with the

chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5. It was first found at Tranquility Base on the Moon in 1969 by Apollo 11.

• What is so special about this mineral’s name? (Picture Follows)

Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins• Back

Question 9• Sci-Fi author Issac Asimov gave these three laws in

1942. FITB.• A ______ may not injure a human being or, through

inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.• A ______ must obey the orders given to it by human

beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

• A ______ must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

The Three Laws of Robotics• Back

Question 10• Connect these people from the word of HP.

Animagi• Back

Question 11

• The Separation of Friends• The Gaining of Friends• Of Owls and Crows• Loss of Gain• Rash Actions/Ill Considered Acts

Chapters teaching lessons of life. Which Book?

Panchtantra• Back

Question 12

• _________ is an Indian author of British descent. The Indian Council for Child Education recognised his pioneering role in the growth of children's literature in India, and awarded him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Literature.

• He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour, in Mussoorie. Who?

Ruskin Bond• Back