KalakumbhQuiz Prelims

Rules

• 20 qs.• No negative marking• 6 “Star”- ed questions will be used to

break ties.• This is a quiz and not a spelling test, so

spellings don’t count as long as answers makes some sense to the QM.

• All the best.

Question 1

• The name of which fictional villain when roughly translated, means ‘flight of death’ or ‘steel death’ in French and Catalan?

Answer

• Lord Voldemort

Question 2

“In the dark blue sky you keep, And often through my curtains peep,

For you never shut your eye, Till the sun is in the sky ________________________”

• Fill in the blank, which is also the name of this extremely famous poem.

Answer

• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Question 3

• The natural satellites of the planet Uranus have all been named after what?

Answer

• Named after Shakespearean Characters

Question 4

• What word evolved from Greek for 'Instruction in the circle of arts and sciences'?

• Most of you would have read this before coming to this quiz.

Answer

• Encyclopaedia

Question 5

• Nicolas Copernicus wrote, "In the midst of all dwells the ______. For who could set this luminary in another or better place in this most glorious temple, than whence he can at one and the same time brighten the whole".

• Fill in the blank to identify what Copernicus is talking about?

Answer

• SUN / Helios

Question 6

• It was conceived and designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, had a framework designed by Alexandre Eiffel. It was delivered in 1884, eight years late for the purpose for which it had been intended. What is it?

Answer

• The Statue of Liberty

Question 7

• In 57 BC, Julius Caesar, on defeating the forces of Pontus, sent a curt dispatch to the Roman Senate describing his campaign there. What did it say?

Answer

• Vini,Vedi,Vici / “I came, I saw, I conquered”

Question 8

• Adult humans have twelve molars, in four groups of three at the back of the mouth.

• What is the third (rearmost) molar in each group called?

Answer

• Wisdom Tooth

Question 9

• The lesser-known version is "DVORAK". What is the better known version?

• Hint : Quite popular among the youth because of the advent of modern age mobile phones.

Answer

• QWERTY. These are the different types of Keypads

Question 10

• Which famous sporting arena was the site for the landing of the Martians on earth in HG Well’s “the war of the worlds”?

Answer

• Wimbledon

Question 11• Logo of????

Answer

• Lufthansa Airlines

Question 12• In Which “Country” is this located?

Answer

• Vatican. The building was St. Peter’s Basilica

Question 13

• Whose hat?

Answer

• Mario……………

Question 14

• Which sport is played on an oval-shaped,500 feet (150 m) long and 180 feet (55 m) wide pitch, with a small central circle approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter by three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper and one Seeker?

Answer

• Quidditch

Question 15

Google doodle on whose birthday?

Answer

• Uncle Pai (Ananth Pai)

Question 16

• The national sport of Bangladesh derives its name from a Tamil word meaning “holding of hand”, which is a crucial aspect of play.

• India has been unbeaten champion in all versions of the World Cup event of this sport.

• Which sport is this?

Answer

• Kabaddi

Question 17

• Identify this logo associated with entertainment industry.

Answer

• Balaji Telefilms

Question 18

• In Mexico in March 2007, in an attempt to lower the number of weapons on the street, what did the government offer to anyone who turned in a weapon?

• Hint: It’s the favourite pass time of most of the people here.

Answer

• X-Box 360

Question 19

• How do we better know the “Zero Engine Noise” version by Maruti Suzuki?

Answer

• Maruti Suzuki “ZEN”. ZEN stands for Zero Engine Noise.

Question 20• ___ ___ _____ appears to have been a

development of the earlier line 'So long, ____!', which had been used in 1929 Bosko cartoon. It may also, have been influenced by a British cartoon from 1926 in the Jerry The Troublesome Tyke series. This ended with 'And ____ ___!'. The phrase was first used at the end of a 1930 by a Warner Bros. special cartoon and was spoken by the character Bosko.Though it is mostly remembered with the association to a stutter and a certain nervous pig. 

• Which phrase am I talking about?(Three word answer)

Answer

• “That’s All Folks”