asKQAnce 2012 Middle School Prelims

asKQAnce 2012 Middle School Quiz

PRELIMS with ANSWERSQuizmasters:

Rajagopal PS and Venkatesh S

1

Identify this Bangalore landmark

ANSWER

Vidhana Soudha

The author described this character as the way in which Jesus Christ may have appeared in a fantasy world – mysterious, benevolent, compassionate and magical.

The name of this character is the Turkish word for lion.

Which character?

2

ANSWER

Aslan, the lion from Chronicles of Narnia

• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore – 2008 • Anju Bobby George – 2004 • Leander Paes – 2000 • Pargat Singh – 1996

This is the list of the last four people who held a certain honour for India.

What did they do?

3

The answer is….

India’s flag bearers at the Olympics

A best-selling author, this nervous mild mannered mouse is a resident of New Mouse City on Mouse Island.

He is also the journalist and editor for the fictional newspaper The Rodent’s Gazette and keeps getting involved in adventures with his sister Thea, cousin Trap and nephew Benjamin.

Who?

4

ANSWER

Geronimo Stilton

This is called the Bosphorus Bridge. It is found in a world capital city and connects two regions. Where can you find it OR which regions does it connect?

5*

ANSWER

Istanbul; it connects Asia and Europe

The character that Brad Pitt is playing lends his name to a part of the body, and is also used to refer to the principal weakness of any person. Which character?

6

ANSWER

Achilles

Achilles Heel

In the phonetic alphabet, A is referred as Alpha, B as Bravo, C as Charlie and so on.

One alphabet is referred to by the name of a country.

Which alphabet and country?

7

ANSWER

I - INDIA

Which 5-letter word describes the metallic part at the end of your shoelaces?

8

ANSWER

Aglet

Name either the character or the TV show that this Google doodle is celebrating

9

ANSWER

Cookie Monster

Sesame Street

This is Simon Bolivar; name the two South American countries that are named after him

10*

ANSWER

Bolivia Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

George de Mestral used to go for a walk with his pet dog daily. One day, in 1948, he found that some seeds were hooked on his clothes and on the fur of his dog. He observed these seeds under a microscope and found some hook like structures on them. Based on this he created a new item that is now used commonly across the world to hook/stick on to objects.

What did George de Mestral invent?

11

ANSWER

Velcro

Complete this proverb

“A ______ ___________ is a dangerous thing”

12

ANSWER

A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing

In India, it is known as Korphad and by various other regional names. In Indonesia, it is known as Lidah Buaya (or "Crocodile's Tongue"). In Thailand, it is known as the "Crocodile Tail".

Name this medicinal plant, which is named because it is the “true” or genuine one of its genus

13

ANSWER

Aloe Vera

If it is scurvy for Vitamin C and rickets for Vitamin D, what is it for Vitamin B1?

14

ANSWER

Beri Beri

What are the two blanked out units?

15*

ANSWER

Decametre

Decimetre

What is the name of the dish? Use the movie as a clue

16

ANSWER

Ratatouille

Name the author whose statue you see here, or the fairy tale that’s being depicted

17

ANSWER

Hans Christian Andersen

Ugly Duckling

In 1679, an associate of Robert Boyle, French physicist Denis Papin, better known for his studies on steam, invented the digesteur, an airtight vessel, in an attempt to reduce the cooking time of food.

This invention is today found in almost every kitchen in India.

What?

18

ANSWER

Pressure Cooker

This state in India has a name that means “land of the hill people”. They periodically have a mautam famine, caused by flowering of the bamboo, which in turn leads to an increase in rat population, who destroy all the crops.

Which Indian state?

19

ANSWER

Mizoram

There are only two non-Indian citizens who have won the Bharat Ratna award.

The first person won it in 1987, for his contributions to the Indian freedom struggle.

The second person is a world leader who won it in 1990.

Name both

20*

ANSWER

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Nelson Mandela

Locally known as Sahyadris, this mountain range has been recently declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, even though lots of people have protested the same. It has over 5000 species of flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species and 179 amphibian species, plus many more unknown species!

Name this mountain range

21

ANSWER

Western Ghats

Which Karnataka city gets its name after this asura that you see on the right?

22

ANSWER

Mysuru, after Mahishasura

Their motto is “Nabha Sparsham Deeptam”, taken from eleventh chapter of the Gita, meaning “Touch the Sky with Glory”. Given below is their crest. Identify them

23

ANSWER

Indian Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena)

The name of which creature that was made popular by books and movies in the 1990s, means “terrible lizard”?

24

ANSWER

Dinosaur

“Touch Play” is a book about which famous Indian sportsman?

25*

ANSWER

Prakash Padukone

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