G K Club QuizPreliminary Round

Rules

There are 20 questions to be answered

There are no negatives

6 teams will proceed to the finals

1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 are starred questions

If a tie persists, sudden death will be considered

Quiz master’s decision is final!

Think DIFFERENT…

Question 1*

What event, said to have taken place anytime between 6000 BCE to 500 BCE (based on astronomical and literary information) is being depicted in the picture(next slide)?

Clue : It is also known as the Battle of Ten Kings.

Answer

Kurukshetra

Question 2

What does the list represent? Starting from Russell Endean to the latest victim being Michael Vaughan.

Think different.

No./

Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Match date Format Ref

1 Russell Endean 3 South Africa England Newlands, Cape Town 1 January 1957 Test [37]

2 Andrew Hilditch 29 Australia Pakistan WACA, Perth 24 March 1979 Test [38]

3 Mohsin Khan 58 Pakistan Australia National Stadium, Karachi 22 September 1982

Test [39]

4 Desmond Haynes 55 West Indies India Wankhede Stadium, Bombay 24 November 1983 Test [40]

5 Mohinder Amarnath

15 India Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

9 February 1986 ODI [41]

6 Graham Gooch 133 England Australia Old Trafford, Manchester 3 June 1993 Test [42]

7 Daryll Cullinan 46 South Africa West Indies Kingsmead, Durban 27 January 1999 ODI [43]

8 Steve Waugh 47 Australia India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 18 March 2001 Test [44]

9 Michael Vaughan 64 England India M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 19 December 2001 Test [45]

Answer

Handling the ball!

Question 3

If you argue over the oldest text in the world, the competition includes Gilgamesh by the Babylonians and “Book of the dead” by the Egyptians. But this foundation of all Hindu texts wins hands down. Divided into 10 mandalas and authored by many folks including the Saptarishis , this is certainly a master work that is still being interpreted after many centuries. Name it.

Pakistan : Qaumi Tarana Bangladesh : Amar Shonar Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka MathaIndonesia : Indonesia RayaMauritius : MotherlandIndia : _______________

Answer

Rig Veda

Question 4

The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, forming part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted circa 1511–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis. It is the most well-known of the Sistine Chapel fresco panels, and its fame as a piece of art is rivaled only by the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Most of us have seen this painting on a screen. Where? Painting in the next slide.

Picture

Answer

Nokia home screen

Question 5*

X is a non-profit educational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School. The stated mission is to provide 'a free world-class education for anyone anywhere'. The website features 700 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, healthcare, medicine, finance, physics, general chemistry, biology, astronomy, economics, cosmology, organic chemistry, American civics, art history, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and computer science. X has delivered over 300 million lessons. Identify X.

Answer

Khan Academy

Question 6

What is the collective name of Clotho (spinner), Lachesis (allotter) and Atropos (unturnable) in Greek Mythology?

Answer

The Fates or The Moirai.

Question 7

Connect -

Answer

World War Z

Author- Director- Screenwriter- Max Brooks Marc Forster Matthew Michael

Question 8The number 111 is sometimes called X after an admiral, who allegedly only had "One Eye, One Arm, One Leg" near the end of his life. (Which is in fact incorrect - X never lost a leg.)

It is particularly known as a score in cricket. A score of 111 or multiples thereof (222 = "double X", 333 = "triple X" and so on) is considered unlucky by some in English cricket: most famously by the international umpire David Shepherd, who had a whole retinue of peculiar mannerisms - hops, shuffles, jiggles and so on - that he would indulge in if the score was ever an "X" multiple. Particularly if the number of wickets also matched - 111/1, 222/2 etc.

(pic in next slide)

Pic

Answer

Nelson

Question 9

X was the first engineering college in India. X was renamed The Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1854. In 1949,it was given university status,making it the first engineering university of independent India. In 2001,it was declared as an Indian Institute of Technology,making it the seventh IIT of India. Name X.

Answer

IIT Roorkee

Question - 10*

“With Love You Can” is a music album with 13 songs that were written during breaks by which famous recently former head-of-state? Apparently he once worked as a cruise ship singer. Clue in next slide

Clue

Answer

Silvio Berlusconi

Question - 11

Which word In 19th century North America, referred to a performer in a travelling carnival sideshows? Now, it means - a person who is obsessed with a particular topic.

Answer

Geek

Question - 12

X; from the Latin word X, "sunrise" or the Roman goddess of dawn) is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere). The charged particles originate in the magnetosphere and solar wind and, on Earth, are directed by the Earth's magnetic field into the atmosphere. X occurs in a band which is typically in 3° to 6° latitudinal extent of geographical poles, or equivalently, 10° to 20° latitudinal extent of geomagnetic poles, and at all local times or longitudes. Identify X.

Answer

Aurora Borealis

Question - 13

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was deposed in a coup in 29th September 1991 by the Haitian army. The President fled. In what country did he first find asylum?

Answers

Venezuela

Question 14

A state funeral for this great lady, who died of cancer, took place at a Kenyan national park she fought to save. She was cremated in a casket made of bamboo, water hyacinth and papyrus so that no trees would be cut down. Identify the woman.

Answer

Wangari Maathai

Question 15*“I really got to know him at the election he lost from South Delhi. This was in 1999. I was surprised and impressed because his son-in-law, whom my family knew, came to borrow some money-just two lakhs-to hire taxis that were needed for campaigning. They didn't have even that much to spare. I gave the money in cash. But days after the election, he called me and asked for an appointment. He came to see me with a packet. He said, “I haven't used the money” and handed me the packet with all the cash I had given his son-in-law. That kind of thing no politician would do”, said X in one of his latest books written along with Humra Quraishi. Who is X, and who was he referring to?

Answer

Khushwant Singh to Manmohan Singh

Question 16

Guest appearance of whom in the Simpsons?

Answer

Julian Assange

Question 17

Connect this map to an event.

Clue

This person is very infamous ->

Answer

World War II. The map shows the sides that this countries had taken during the war. The picture in the clue is Adolf Hitler.

Question 18

In 4 December 1926, in a letter to Max Born, X famously said “Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the "old one." I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice. Identify X.

Answer

Albert Einstein!!!

Question 19

X was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. X’s suicide note is on the next slide.

Suicide Note

You can see his initials in his signature.

Answer

George Eastman

Question 20*

X is a yearly conference hosted by a Harry Potter fan site. X comes "from the Harry Potter fandom and celebrate everything about it and everything about the pop culture fandoms our community is growing to include" and "is a place where fans can, finally, be their true selves. Where that’s the coolest thing in the world to be”. Author John Granger, known as "the Hogwarts Professor", has given lectures about real-world themes and ideas within the Harry Potter books. In previous years, John and Hank Green have hosted various panels and meetups at the conference. Identify X.

Answer

LeakyCon conducted by The Leaky Cauldron.

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