General elims questions and answers
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The document outlines the rules and structure for a general quiz competition sponsored by 'the third eye,' featuring 25 questions with varying point values. Participants must submit their answers in bold capital letters without college names, and the quiz includes a mix of trivia questions spanning various topics. In case of a tie, several tiebreaker rules are specified, including the consideration of star questions answered correctly.
General elims questions and answers
- 1. The Third Eye Welcomes you to the General QuizEliminations
- 2. Our Sponsors
- 3. THE RULES 25 Questions / 30 points 5 Star Questions – 2 Answers so 2 points each All other questions have 1 point each No Negatives In case of tie, those with more star questions correct go through Still a tie? The team with earliest answer wrong is eliminated Please write Team Name / Team Number with your contact details DO NOT WRITE COLLEGE NAME PLEASE GIVE ANSWERS IN BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS
- 4. QUESTION-1 The longest word in English is the chemical name for the protein ______. It is 189,819 characters long. What word is this?
- 6. Question 2 Connect the two using Frederick Sanger, the man to the right.
- 7. Answer 2 Frederick Sanger was the first man to sequence DNA(to the right is the first DNA sequence i.e. of insulin, Sangers reagent which was pivotal in the mechanism)
- 8. Question 3 Identify this very rare species of snake
- 9. Answer 3 The Dragon Snake
- 10. Question 4 This is an exhaustive list. X July 4, 1997 to September 27, 1997 Opportunity January 25, 2004 to present Spirit January 4, 2004 to March 22, 2010 Y August 6, 2012 to present What am I talking about? What are X and Y?
- 11. Answer 4 Mars Rovers launched by NASA, X= Sojourner and Y= Curiosity
- 12. Question 5 What is being used by Captain Haddock?
- 13. Answer 5 A Sextant, which is an instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible objects.
- 14. Question 6 What is being explained here?
- 15. Answer 6 The Offside Rule
- 16. Question 7 If Betty was for UK, Nancy was for US, then India=?
- 17. Answer 7 Meira Kumari (Lok Sabha Speaker)
- 18. Question 8 Hitler was called Fuhrer so Mussolini was?
- 19. Answer 8 Il Duce
- 20. Question 9* What was the date when we saw this Google doodle?
- 21. Answer 9* 4th November, Shakuntala Devi’s birthday
- 22. Question 10* Opened in 2005, this Dubai Mall is named after the 14th century scholar ____ _______, who was famous for his book Rihla (Voyages), a detailed account of his travels. Fittingly, the six courts in the mall are named after the countries he attended namely China, India, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia, Andalusia. Who is this?
- 24. Question 11* Frank Herbert’s book, Dune, won this award for the first time in1965. This award is titled ‘The Nebula Award’. To which genre of books is it awarded to?
- 26. Question 12* Identify the author. (current Cabinet minister UPA2)
- 27. Answer 12*
- 29. Answer 13* A Tale of Two Cities
- 30. Question 14* This Latin word literally means “for all”. What type of daily commute do we know it as?
- 32. Question 15* This country regards plumpness as a sign of good health. Its literacy rate is 83% and was the richest country in south-east Asia during the British Rule. It is also known as the land of golden Pagodas.
- 34. Question 16 What is depicted by the red and blue colors here?
- 35. Answer 16 Countries with Left hand Drive (red) and Right Hand Drive (blue)
- 36. Question 17* The cantonment town of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh was renamed for being the birthplace of a person. The person's father, a Subedar Major in the Mahar Regiment, was then stationed there at the time of the birth in 1891. Who?
- 38. Question 18 This is a picture of Cyclone Helen hurtling towards the coast of Andhra Pradesh, and was taken on November 19th. Why is it so special?
- 39. Answer 18 First image sent from space by Mangalyaan
- 40. Question 19 One of the man-made wonders of the world was built because it was believed to be staircase to heaven for the kings. What are we talking about?
- 41. Answer 19 The Pyramids of Egypt
- 42. Question 20 The biographer of this book is presenting the biography to the subject of the biography. Who and what biography?
- 43. Answer 20 Akbarnama, Abu Fazl
- 44. Question 21* What’s happening here?
- 45. Answer 21*
- 46. Question 22* Identify what is written on 23/7/39 blanked out (QM to read the letter)
- 47. Answer 22* Letter from Gandhi to Hitler
- 48. Question 23 On The Hindu’s masthead, which figure from Hindu mythology do you see on the left?
- 50. Question 24 Quills were once used as writing tools before pens. Usually, from which bird would you obtain a quill?
- 51. Answer 24 Goose
- 53. Answer 25 A= Cheetah B= Leopard
- 54. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE THE FINALS WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY