Beginners

COIMBATORE QUIZ CIRCLE

Quiz by Sharan Adka

About me

I study in the eight in Stanes School I play basketball and a little bit of

football. I have gone to many competitions and

won prizes…..

RULES:

• For every correct answer, you get 10 points.

• If it is a Pass question, the value becomes 5 points.

• Quiz Master’s decision is final• For the bumper question please raise

your hand.

Bumper Questions

Bumper questions are asked after every round that carry 20 points.

Round 1

General Knowledge Quiz Each correct answer gives you 10

points. No Negative Marking. Question passes to next team if they are

not able to answer.

What is this invitation card about?

It was a April Fool’s Day card in 1698. The people were invited to see the so called “washing the lions”

Who is the person in the left?

Trevor Rees-Jones, the bodyguard of Dodi Al Fayed.

This picture was taken before the car crash in France in 1997.

The driver of the car is Henri Paul.

What is special about this?

This was the first copy made from a photocopier invented by Chester Carlson.

What relating to planet Neptune happened in the year 2011?

It completed its first revolution after its discovery in 1846.

‘It takes to long to play, there’s no winning post, no finishing line, the rules are too complicated and players just keep going round and round.’

Explain who said this to whom in a letter. What is referred here?

The Parker Brothers told this to Charles Darrow about his game he had created called Monopoly.

This is a photograph of a partially completed building. Which building are we talking about?

The Washington Monument

The second bestselling game of all time in Swahili (an African language) means ‘to build’. What is the name of the game?

Note: It is not a computer or handheld game.

Jenga

Which two action words (actions) were derived to the English language after these events?

Thumbs up & Thumbs down

What was so unique about the battle between Zanzibar and England in 1896?

It was the shortest war that was finished by 38 minutes.

In which game does one need to move 3.4 metres to win?

Tug of War

Who was the first child of Dasharatha who never played a role in the Ramayana?

Shanta

Dasharatha and Kaushalya had a baby girl long before the princes had been born. She was given in marriage to a sage named Rushya Srunga.

Dasharatha and and his wives did the sacrifice for having a male child.

Who is the artist of this painting?

Adolf Hitler

Bumper Question

Which part of the tomato plant is poisonous?

Everything except the fruit.

Round 2

Identify the following entity. The following slides will contain pictures

that may be old or new. Each correct answer gives you 10

points. No Negative Marking. Question will pass.

Who is this?

Prince Charles

Who is this man in the left?

Charlie Chaplin

Who is this?

Mother Teresa

Who is this?

Bill Gates

Bumper

Find what is common in the following slides:

+20/-15

+20/-12

+20/-10

+20/-8

+20/-5

+20

These are the pictures behind the Rupee Notes.

Round 3

Topic Quiz: Each team gets a topic and they will

have to answer three questions from each topic.

Each correct answer will give you 10 points.

No Negative Marking. Question does not pass.

Creation and Exploration

What was the significant difference in the journeys by Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus?

Marco Polo travelled by land whereas Christopher Columbus travelled by sea.

This invention was built in the 1970’s by US intelligence agencies. What is it?

Microbot

What did this person create with Sergey Brin?

Google

This guy is Larry Page

Space

Who is this?

Buzz Aldrin

Neil Armstrong’s partner in space. Also second person to walk on moon.

What in space is called the Goldilocks Zone?

The area with the correct conditions for life to be in it.

Earth is in the Goldilocks Zone

This is Venetia Burney. What did she do in the history of space?

She was the one who gave the name ‘Pluto’ to the dwarf planet.

Novels & Authors

Mary Westmacott was the pen name for an author for a few books. Name the author.

Agatha Christie

X is an incomplete book by Charles Dickens. He died before he could finish it. Since it was a murder case story, the murder was never revealed. Dickens never left any clue to who the murderer was or how the story ended. Finally the publishers had to publish the book without the ending. Till today many have tried to complete Dicklens’ book but none have succeeded.

Name X

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Connect the following slides.

These are all entities in books that had or have been banned. Tropic of Cancer – Book banned in US because

of too much vulgarity. Jinnah of Pakistan – Banned in Pakistan

because of showing Jinnah’s taste for pork and wine.

A Spoon on Earth – Banned in South Korea because of showing military details.

Frankenstein – Banned in South Africa for showing indecent material.

Black Beauty – Banned in South Africa during the Apartheid era for using the word “black”.

Specialities in Countries

Switzerland, Vatican City and Nepal are odd from the other countries in something. What is that?

They are the countries which do not have rectangle flags.

Which country has never invaded any other country in her last 10000 years of history?

India

What is being constructed?

The Sleeping Beauty Castle in DisneyLand. The man in front is Walt Disney.

Bumper Question

What song written in 1919 was also known as ‘The Morning Song of India’ by its composer.

The National Anthem of India

Round 4

A spicy round of questions for the teams.

Each question gives 20 points. Pass Question, the value is 10 points.

What is so unique about this 24 cent US Stamp?What is this uniqueness an example of?

The picture of the Curtis JN-4 was printed upside-down. This type of mistake is called a invert error.

It is also called the ‘Inverted Jenny’.

Who is this person? Why did he make news in 1951?

He is Len Hutton. He made news because he was the first person to get out in Test Cricket by a method called ‘Obstructing the field.’

This is a unique of getting out in which if the batsman is out of the crease after hitting the ball and when the foe tries to give him a run-out, he hits the ball again..

Many others who have been made out this way. They are Rameez Raja in 1987, Mohinder Amarnath in 1989 and Inzamam-ul-Haq in 2006.

Find what is common in the following slides:

These were all created for an entirely different purpose. Not the purpose for what we use it today.

Bubble wrap was used a wallpaper. Play – doh was used to clean and fill

gaps in walls. Cork screw was used to remove any

bullet stuck inside the gun or rifle. Coco-cola was used a medicine. Lysol was used as a feminine hygiene

product.

X is a celebrity sports person. At the age of 15, X was diagnosed with a

condition that might have forced him to give up the game.

X’s autobiography is titled “Moments” X owns a fashion boutique called ‘CR7’ X launched a iPhone game called ‘Heads

up’ Madam Tussards London unveiled X’s

waxwork in year 2010 Who is X?

Christiano Ronaldo

Bumper Question

What is ‘Commonly Operated Machine Programmed for Usage in Technical Education and Research.’?

Computer

This is the unofficial full form of computer.

Thank You!!