g.k. club quiz - finals

G.K Club QuizFinal Round

Round 1

Choose your destiny!

Rules of Round 1● A set of topics will be shown and each team will have to

choose one● 10 points will be awarded for a correct answer, and -5 for a

wrong one so it is advisable for not answering a question if you don’t know the answer

● There is no pounce● Questions cannot be passed● Residual questions are for the audience● Each correct answer will earn you a PD. A wrong answer will

leave you empty handed.● Want to know what a PD is? Later...

Choose a topic -

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SportsNo one has ever scored 4 successive centuries in ODIs. X scored 3 successive centuries. He was on 97* when his team needed 4 runs to win. Alok Kapali bowled a wide which went for 4 and X was denied the record. Identify X

Answer

AnswerHerschelle Gibbs

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ScienceA liquid below its standard freezing point will crystallize in the presence of a seed crystal or nucleus around which a crystal structure can form creating a solid. However, lacking any such nuclei, the liquid phase can be maintained all the way down to the temperature at which crystal homogeneous nucleation occurs. Homogeneous nucleation can occur above the glass transition temperature, but if homogenous nucleation has not occurred above that temperature an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid will form.

Identify this phenomenon.

Answer

AnswerSupercooling

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TechnologyConnect and explain-

Answer

AnswerGoogle Advertisements.

Answer-Jam with Chrome, Sondre Lerche, Fearless, Epipheo.

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ArtIdentify the event,represented by this sculpture. Else Explain.

Answer

AnswerSamudra Manthan. The churning of milk.

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AnimationX: Shogun Steel, known in Japan as Metal Fight X Zero-G is an anime that aired on TV Tokyo beginning April 8, 2012 and will be aired on Cartoon Network starting in mid-August 2013. Shogun Steel is the seventh in the line of X shows. Identify X.

Answer

AnswerBeyblade

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GeographyX was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. It began to break apart around 200 million years ago.The single global ocean which surrounded X is accordingly named Panthalassa. Identify X.

Clue:

Answer

AnswerPangaea

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LiteratureConnect -

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Answer

AnswerAuthors of 39 Clues: The Clue Hunt Series

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PoliticsWhen Y died in 1987, she succeeded him as the first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the Leader of the AIADMK party (which later split into two factions). X became Chief minister in January 1988 after her husband's death, but the government lasted only 24 days, the shortest in the history of Tamil Nadu. Her ministry won the vote of confidence of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in January 1988 but the Central Government under the late Rajiv Gandhi used Article 356 of the Constitution of India to dismiss her government. Her party was defeated in the next elections held in 1989 and she quit politics after the unification of the two factions of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Identify X and Y. (no part points)

Answer

AnswerY - M G RamachandranX - Janaki Ramachandran

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Current AffairsX (common noun) was a native of India, a soldier allied to a European power, usually the United Kingdom. Specifically, it was the term used in the British Indian Army, and prior to that in the Honourable East India Company, for an infantry private, and is still so used in the modern Indian Army, Pakistan Army and Bangladesh Army. The same Persian word has also reached English. But, recently the Indian Army has changed X to Y. Identify X and Y.

Answer

AnswerX - SepoyY - Jawan

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HeritageFill in the blanks.

Answer

AnswerChichen Itza

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HistoryAccording to legend, the first king of Rome was X, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Identify X.

Answer

AnswerRomulus

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Pop CultureIdentify the band.

Answer

AnswerSuperHeavy

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Round 2VISUALS

Rules of Round 2● The first question will be meant for Team 1.● The question passes on if unanswered.● If the question is answered then the next question will

be for the team next to the team next to the one who answered : Simply INFINITE BOUNCE

● If nobody answers a question, then it goes to the audience.

● For each correct answer 10 points will be awarded.● A Point-Doubler (or PD) can be used if a team posses it.

When used, a correct answer will be worth 20 points but a wrong one will cost 10 points.

● There is pounce (+10 -5). Next

Question 1

The first Cover of which book.

Answer

Answer 1The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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Question 2What does the map represent?

Answer

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Answer 2The Countries that don’t use the metric system.

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Question 3Put Funda

Answer

Answer‘The Sun’ newspaper changing its name to ‘The Son’ for the birth of the royal baby.

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Question 4

Connect Next

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Answer

AnswerThey are flags of countries that are absolute monarchies

Brunei, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Vatican City and Qatar respectively are the countries corresponding to the flags

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Question 5Connect this to a technology company and explain your connect.

Answer

AnswerApple Inc. This map refers to the headquarters of the company called Infinite Loop.

Question 6Identify the logo.

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AnswerOreo.

Round 3

Mixed Bag

Rules for round 3● The first question will be meant for Team 1.● The question passes on if unanswered.● If the question is answered then the next question will

be for the team next to the team next to the one who answered : Simply INFINITE BOUNCE

● If nobody answers a question, then it goes to the audience.

● For each correct answer 10 points will be awarded.● A Point-Doubler (or PD) can be used if a team posses it.

When used, a correct answer will be worth 20 points but a wrong one will cost 10 points.

● There is pounce (+10 -5). Next

1.

The Ground Beneath Her Feet” is a 1999 Salman Rushdie novel that is set in Bombay, UK, and US. Two characters –Vina Apsara and Umeed speak in a language which they call ‘HUG-ME’. It was for people like them who spoke no one language well. How did the name come about?

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Answer

Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi and English

2.

The Social Network: Divya Narendra to lawyer-”Zuckerberg was the biggest thing on a campus that included nineteen Noble Laureates, fifteen Pulitzer prize winners, two future Olympians and a movie star.” Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin wrote in “the movie star” reference apparently as a nod to someone who helped with some inside stories of Harvard. Who?

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AnswerNatalie Portman

3.Identify and also tell the significance of the person in tech industry.

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AnswerJon Briggs

He gave his voice for the british male version of Siri.

4.

Fill in the blanked.

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AnswerSanta Claus

5.

X is an unfocused or unconscious drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. X are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes. Examples of X are found in school notebooks, often in the margins, drawn by students daydreaming or losing interest during class. Other common examples of X are produced during long telephonic conversations if a pen and paper are available at hand’s reach.

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AnswerDoodles

6.

Turkish Airlines recently guaranteed X a handpicked crew, made up of 20 female flight attendants, to accompany the members of X during their flights. This was because the male flight attendants constantly asked for autographs and other paraphernalia from the members of X, which eventually became a problem for the accompanying officials.

Id X

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AnswerFC Barcelona

7.Who is the man next to Gandhi

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AnswerCharlie Chaplin

8.

Pic

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AnswerMahendra Singh Dhoni

9.Put Funda.

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AnswerThis is a painting featuring Henry Tandey. Hitler is famously known for looking at this painting and saying “that man came so near to killing me that I thought I should never see Germany again; Providence saved me from such devilishly accurate fire as those English boys were aiming at us”. Henry Tandey is known for having a chance to pull the trigger on Hitler but did not.

10.Put Funda.

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AnswerShiv Nagar was changed to Snapdeal.com nagar for providing drinking facilities by installing manual pumps

11.

It featured Jawed Karim talking about interesting anatomical units . It has often been derided for its poor quality. It became public on April 23rd, 2005. The events in it unfolded in a small area in Balboa Park, California. Yakov Lapitsky was the other person involved in its making. What is being talked about?

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AnswerFirst Youtube video

12.Who is the TIME Person Of The Year 2006? (think different)

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AnswerYou!!!

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