inter school literary quiz

LITERARY QUIZ

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ROUND 1

Rules

• Direct Question for each team• Questions does not pass• +20 without the options• +15 in the first attempt of MCQ• +10 and +5 in second and third

attempt of MCQ

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“Moments” is an autobiography of which famous sportsperson?

A:Christiano Ronaldo

Lance Armstrong

Muhammed Ali

Micheal Phelps

Who is the first Indian to receive a booker prize?

A:Arundathi roy

Kushwanth singh

Kiran Desai

Aravind Adiga

Mary westmacott was the pen name of whom?

A:Agatha Christie

Nancy Drew

Jane Austen

Emily Bronte

Which is the First James Bond Novel?

A:Casino Royale

Skyfall

License to kill

Diamonds Are Forever

A:Gutenberg

Megasthanes

Nostradamus

O’Henry

Who created Winnie the Pooh?

A:AA Milne

Hans Christian Anderson

Walt Disney

William Hanna

ROUND 2

Rules

• Choose your lucky color• +10 irrespective of a direct or a pass• 1 attempt per team• No negative marking

Choose your Lucky color

Complete the series

Oath of Vayuputhras

Story revolving these characters

Percy Blakney

Marguerite St.Just

Chauvelin

Armand St.Just

Sir Andrew.S.F

foulkes

Scarlet Pimpernal

What are these?

HanlinAlex

Glo

Nook

Kindle

Papyrus

E-Book Readers

Where can you see these books?

A history of magic

Spellman’s Syllabary

Armando dippet:Master or moron

Magical Me

Flying with the cannons

Secrets of the darkest art

Books seen in Harry Potter

Books by Special “Persons”?

Audacity of hope

A World Transformed

Between Hope and History

Why England Slept

Crusade in Europe

Books by US Presidents

In which book?

Sloth Bear

Golden Jackel

Bengal Tiger

Water Buffalo

Kite Rat

Jungle book

ROUND 3

“Shakespeare's Globe” is a modern reconstruction of the 1614 Globe

Theatre building.It was founded by the actor and director Sam Wanamaker and built approximately 230 metres from the

site of the original theatre.Opened to the public in 1997,which of

Shakespeare's historical productions,was the first to be

performed there?

Henry V

Who wrote the book “The Fountain Head”?

Ayn Rand

Which statesman won the 1953 Nobel prize for Literature?

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

Which great scientist collaboarated with Sigmund

Freud to write the 1933 book “Why War”?

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Which popular children's character, associated with Kensington Gardens, first appeared in the 1902 novel “The Little White Bird”,before appearing in his own novels and several subsequent

films?

Peter pan

“Yours is the world and all that is in it and what’s more,

you’ll be a man my son” These are the last lines of

which poem?

IF BY RUDYARD KIPLING

AUDIENCE

Who is the author of “What Young India wants”?

Chetan Bhagat

ROUND 4

In classical antiquity, Illyria was a region in the western

part of the Balkan Peninsula. It is also the setting for which of

Shakespeare's plays?

Twelfth night

Which famous 19th century author, wrote the unfinished book, “Billy Budd” ,that was published posthumously in

1924?

Herman melville

This publishing house is known for its good quality, inexpensive paperbacksand uses the

following colour codes for the cover of publications

•Orange and White for General fiction,•Green and White for Crime fiction,

•Cerise and White for Travel and Adventure•Dark blue and White for Biographies,•Yellow and White for Miscellaneous

•Red and White for Drama;•Purple and White for Essays and Letters

•Grey and White for world affairs Which publishing house?

Penguin

His first-class career lasted from 1900 to 1907. In all he played 10 matches for MCC - 18 innings, 6 not-outs, 231

runs, highest score 43, average 19.25. He also took one wicket

for 50 runs. Identify this famous author

Arthur Conan Doyle. His only wicket in first class

cricket was W G Grace.

What connects Hannah Abbott, Lavender Brown, Katie Bell, Susan Bones, Terry

Boot, Cho Chang, Michael Corner, Colin Creevey, Dennis Creevy, Marietta

Edgecombe, Justin Flinch-Fletchey, Seamus Finnigan, Anthony Goldstein,

Hermione Granger, Angelina Johnson, Lee Jordan, Neville Longbottom, Luna

Lovegood, Ernie Macmillan, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil, Harry Potter, Zacharius

Smith, Alicia Spinnet, Dean Thomas, Fred Weasley, George Weasley , Ginny and Ron

Weasley?

They all together formed Dumbledore’s army in the book

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

His 1956 autobiography has a single- word title that effectively

evokes the way he played the game he was associated with. It begins with the words "You are

doubtless aware that I am a common man". Who? Name the

autobiography.

Goal by Dhyan Chand

It was recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary as originating from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. In the phrase

What the X!“ the word X is used as a substitute for devil. It was also

used in the phrase to play the X in the meaning to play havoc/mischief . X also happens to be the name of

a writer.

Dickens

AUDIENCE

In which Indian fictional town would you find Kabir and

Vinayak town, Boardless hotel and Mempi hills?

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