Back To School Finals - Quizzing Week 2016

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R1: VISA ON ARRIVAL
• Each team will choose a country of their
choice; the last team will also have two
choices.
• Questions will pass clockwise.
• Flat scoring of 10 points. No negatives.

NEXT ROUND
R1: VISA ON ARRIVAL
INDIA
JAPAN
BHUTAN USA
RUSSIA CHINA
SOUTH KOREA

This service was started in Mumbai in January
2014 between Wadala and Chembur. It is the
first of its kind in India since 1920 and served
more than 3 lakh people daily. Identify.
INDIA

This is a song by South Korean rock star Park
Jae-sang. The music video gave birth to the
signature dancing horse dance step. The
video also broke entered into The Guinness
Book of World Records for being the first
video to hit 2 million views on YouTube.
Which famous song am I talking about?
SOUTH KOREA

Instead of using GDP as a measure of
national progress, Bhutan uses the GNH. The
GNH is an attempt to define an indicator that
measures quality of life and social progress
in more holistic and psychological terms,
instead of basing it on economic parameters.
The government formulates policies to
increase the GNH of the country. What does
H in GNH stand for if GN is Gross National?
BHUTAN

Identify this world leader.
RUSSIA

The name of this mouse-like creature
comes from the Japanese sounds for
electric sparks and a mouse. They stand
at 1 ft 4 in tall and have short yellow
fur covered with brown markings
covering their backs and parts of their
lightening bolt shaped tails. What am I
talking about?
JAPAN

In 2014, during the visit of Chinese
President Xi Jinping, a newsreader of
Doordarshan News was sacked from
her job. She had committed a huge
(though hilarious) mispronunciation
while on air. For what reason did the
newsreader lose her job?
CHINA

She pronounced Xi as Roman Numeral
’Eleven’.
BACK

R2: TIME TABLE
• Each team will choose a subject of their
choice; the last team will also have two
choices.
• Questions will pass anticlockwise.
• Flat scoring of 10 points. No negatives.

NEXT ROUND
R2: TIME TABLE
MON TUE WED THURS FRI
ENGLISH GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY MATH
BIOLOGY PHYSICS CHEMISTRY

ENGLISH
Dongri to Dubai, Six Decades of the
Mumbai Mafia is a book by Hussain
Zaidi, an investigative journalist. The
book traces the evolution of
the Mumbai mafia from a group of
thugs to the present day dons
of organized crime. Who is the main
focus of this book?

HISTORY
Who was the Prime Minster of
Britain when India gained
independence?

Watson and Crick are two extemely
famous molecular biologists. They
are famous in today’s world for
proposing the model of something
that changed the perspective of
Biology. What?
BIOLOGY

Double Helix Model of DNA
BACK

Identify the element at play here.
CHEMISTRY

PHYSICS
Terra Nova, ThyssenKrupp and Tenova
Takraf are major manufacturers of X.
The primitive types of X were used
since the 18th century to carry
different materials like coal, iron, etc. X
consists of an endless loop carrying
system which rotates about two
rotating hinges. What is X?

MATH
The Man Who Knew Infinity is an
upcoming biopic based on the life
of which famous Mathematician?

R3: CLUEDO
• 6 questions, common to all teams.
• Each question contains 2 clues.
• Answering on the first clue gives +20
and on the second gives +10.
• No negative marking.

The first outlet of this brand opened in
Seattle, Washington on March 30, 1971.
Ex +20

Ex +10
This coffee chain operates in India in a joint
venture with the Tata Group.
The first outlet of this brand opened in
Seattle, Washington on March 30, 1971.

Caleb Bradhem, a pharmacist, developed the
recipe for this carbonated beverage in 1898.
Q1 +20

Q1 +10
The name of this soft drink has been derived
from the digestive enzyme pepsin.
Caleb Bradhem, a pharmacist, developed the
recipe for this carbonated beverage in 1898.

This appetizer is similar to Chinese baozi,
Mongolian buuz and Japanese gyoza.
Q2 +20

Q2 +10
This is a type of steamed dumpling
originating from Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
This appetizer is similar to Chinese baozi,
Mongolian buuz and Japanese gyoza.

Q3 +20
The logo was designed by Atul Pandey and
representing a fingerprint and the sun.

Q3 +10
The tagline of this project is “Aam Aadmi Ka
Adhikar”
The logo was designed by Atul Pandey and
representing a fingerprint and the sun.

Q4 +20
Her character was played by Priyanka Chopra
in her biopic.

Q4 +10
She won the bronze medal in boxing
(flyweight category) in the 2012 Olympics.
Her character was played by Priyanka Chopra
in her biopic.

Q5 +20
This game originated in Eastern India in the
Gupta Empire as chaturanga.

Q5 +10
It features the four divisions of the militiary -
infantry, cavalry, elephants and chariotry,
which have evolved to modern pieces.
This game originated in Eastern India in the
Gupta Empire as chaturanga.

Q6 +20
This geographical feature derives its name
from: ‘Circulus _____ diel et noctis’.

Q6 +10
The name literally means ‘a circle that makes
equal day and night’.
This geographical feature derives its name
from: ‘Circulus _____ diel et noctis’.

R4: SILHOUETTE
• 6 questions open to all teams.
• An image will unfold with 5 squares.
• Answering on the first square gives
30 points, the 20, 25, 10 and 5.
• A constant -10 for incorrect answers.

Ex
The image part with relationship ID rId4 was not found in the ﬁle.

Q1 The image part with relationship ID rId3 was not found in the ﬁle.

Q2

The image part with relationship ID rId2 was not found in the ﬁle.Q3

The image part with relationship ID rId2 was not found in the ﬁle.Q4

Q5

R5: THE FINAL LAP
• 4 questions open to all teams based
on the world of sports.
• Teams will choose to play the
question for 10, 20 or 30 points
before the seeing the question but
after seeing the name of the sport.

This is a type of basketball shot that is
performed when a player jumps in the air,
controls the ball above the horizontal plane of
the rim, and scores by putting the ball directly
through the basket with one or both hands.
The name was coined by former Los Angeles
Lakers announcer Chick Hearn. What am I
talking about?
Q2

Q3
This young Indian golfer, first made news in
2013 by winning the Taylor-Made Adidas
World junior Golf Tournament. Identify.

1977 marked the year when Pele played his
last match for any club. The New York Cosmos
vs Santos Brazil, was a friendly match between
the two teams meant to bid farewell to the
football legend. What was so unusual about
this match?
Q4

Pele played for different sides in
different halves.

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