World Quiz

RESEARCH – QUIZLABS

Rules of the game

- 2 members per team

- 20 questions. No negative marking. Feel free to guess

- Part Points wherever mentioned

- Write down answers on the provided sheets

- Don‟t google or copy answers. All electronic devices to be switched off

- During the quiz, quizmaster‟s decision will be considered final

Question 1 PM inaugurating __________festival in __________(state).

Answer 1 The Hornbill festival inauguration – A celebration held every year in the first week of December, in Nagaland.

Question 2 Passage taken from their 1898 work:

“We thus believe that the substance that we have extracted contains a metal never known before, akin to bismuth in its analytic properties. If the existence of this new metal is confirmed, we suggest that it should be called ________ after the name of the country of origin of one of us.”

Identify the element with atomic number 84 and the country.

Answer 2 Polonium - named after Poland

Marie Curie Pierre Curie

Question 3 Which list? (exact answer required)

Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, Pope Francis, Angela Merkel,

Janet Yellen, Bill Gates, Mario Draghi, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, David

Cameron

Answer 3 Forbes list of The World’s Most Powerful People

Question 4 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of ___________ is a 2006 mockumentary comedy film and was written and produced by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who also plays the title character, Borat. Fill in the blanks.

Answer 4 Kazakhstan

Question 5 This is a 1865 painting titled „Apotheosis Of _________ and _____________‟.

Identify both.

Answer 5 Apotheosis of Lincoln and Washington

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) as he ascends to heaven after his assassination, where he is crowned by George Washington (1732 - 1799).

Question 6 Anna Chapman is a Russian spy who was arrested in New York in 2010 and was later deported as part of a prisoner swap. In July 2013, she tweeted something unexpected.

“_________, will you marry me?!” the 31-year-old wrote on Twitter. She later asked, “NSA, will you look after our children?” When asked by email if she was serious, She told the Wall Street Journal: “you are welcome to use your imagination.”

Answer 6 Edward Snowden who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA)

Question 7 Listen to this diplomat giving a TED talk in 2014. Who is he talking about?

Answer 7 Ziauddin Yousafzai - father of Malala Yousafzai

Question 8 Where on earth will you find Veer Savarkar International Airport?

Answer 8 Port Blair - the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Question 9 Put Funda. Be as specific as possible.

Answer 9 In 1996, the name was changed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus from Victoria Terminus

Question 10 This flag is the only national flag in the world that is not rectangular in shape. According to its official description, the red in the flag stands for victory in war or courage, and is also the color of rhododendron, the national flower. Identify.

Answer 10 Nepal

Question 11 What is happening here?

Answer 11 63 bats line the Sydney Cricket Ground in honor of Phillip Hughes

Question 12 Identify the structure. Where? (Be specific)

Answer 12 Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi

Question 13 What happens next? Why is this a historic moment?

Answer 13 Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to be dismissed (run out) using television replays.

Question 14 On Sunday 7th December, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said that The United Nations will soon declare June 21 as World ______ Day following a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Fill in the blanks. Specific word required.

Answer 14 Yoga

Question 15 What‟s the good word?

Also name the country.

Answer 15 Sushi - Japan

Question 16 These pictures represent the two opposing groups which took part in an event held in September 2014. Put funda.

Answer 16 Scottish independence referendum or Should Scotland be an independent country?

Yes Scotland was campaigning for a Yes vote. Better Together was campaigning for a No vote.

Question 17 This city has the most number of Rolls Royce cars per person in the world as well as the most number of skyscrapers in the world. It‟s name literally means Fragrant Harbour and it was derived from the fact that it used to produce and trade in large volumes of incense.

Answer 17 Hong Kong

Question 18 Indian Aces

UAE Royals

________ Mavericks

________ Slammers

Fill in the blanks.

Answer 18 Manila Mavericks

Singapore Slammers

International Premier Tennis League

Question 19 What did this Hungarian inventor, architect and architecture professor who was searching to find a good task for his students give the world?

Answer 19 Rubik’s Cube by Ernő Rubik.

Question 20 Return of a King: The Battle for ________, written by William Dalrymple, is an account of Britain‟s invasion and occupation of _________ in 1839-42, known as the First Anglo-______ War, which was fought between British East India Company and ________.

Answer 20 Afghanistan

Finals will follow…

RESEARCH – QUIZLABS