Karnataka Quiz Association Middle School Solo Quiz – 2011

Middle School Lone Cub Quiz – 2011 – Prelims

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1 In most cinema theatres, which country’s tourism ad will you see before the movie, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara?

2 The rules for which branch of mathematics, whose name means “measurement of earth” in Greek, were first written in 3rd century BC by Euclid?

3 Which Olympic sport was first played by British army officers in the Indian city of Pune, and therefore originally called “Poona”?

4 In the Ramayana, who was the mother of Lakshmana and Shatrughana?

5� Prajavani, Mayura and Sudha are the Kannada language newspapers from this group. What is the name of their English language newspaper?

6 Which Roman emperor uttered the words, “Veni, Vidi, Vici” meaning, “I came, I saw, I conquered” in 47 BC?

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Which series of four films is based on a Walt Disney theme park ride of the same name, and follows the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and Captain Hector Barbossa among others?

8 Who was the last Mughal emperor to rule India from 1837 to 1857?

9 Which name comes before the following TV channel names - India, 24x7, Imagine and Good Times?

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Which company in India, famous for building airports and roads, is the owner of the IPL team, Delhi Daredevils?

11 Tripoli is the capital of which African country, which is currently seeing a lot of riots?

12 Bayport is the fictional town and the setting of which famous series of books?

Karnataka Quiz Association Middle School Solo Quiz – 2011

13 Which car brand’s name is also another name for the god Hanuman?

14 Who is the overall highest wicket-taker for India in men’s Test and ODI cricket (same bowler)?

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Which area in Bangalore is named after a national leader who led the Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution) movement in 1975, leading to the Emergency being imposed?

16 What is the modern name for Van Diemen’s Land, the island discovered by a Dutch explorer, and later converted to a penal colony by the British?

17 This American inventor buried at Kodak Park in Rochester, New York, died by suicide, leaving a note “My work is done. Why wait?” Name him.

18 Gregory, Cassegrain, Schmidt-Cassegrain, Huygens, Galileo and Hubble are all types of what optical instrument?

19 Rearranging the letters of the word “organs” will give you the name of which garment worn wrapped about the waist by men and women in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and other South East Asian countries?

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Atlantic City’s “Boardwalk”, Barcelona’s “Paseo del Prado”, and Paris’s “Rue de la Paix” are coveted property spaces in what board game?

21 The art of creating images by assembling small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials, shares its name with a web browser of days gone by. Give a six-letter answer.

22 Urbanization has resulted in a major reduction in numbers of which meat-eating creature, essential in the disposal of dead people of Parsi faith?

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Oxydol was a laundry detergent whose sales went soaring in the 1940s after it sponsored "Ma Perkins", a successful radio serial. What two word term related to entertainment came about as a result of this promotion?

24 This 2011 computer-animated movie tells the story of an ordinary chameleon that ends up in a lawless town called Dirt, in the American Wild West. Name it.

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Which colour of the spectrum is the element Indium named after?

26 If Jack Napier is the Joker, O.C. Cobblepot is the Penguin, and Harvey Dent is Two Face, who is Dr Pamela Isley?

27 Complete this sports headline: The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first ever _______

28 What is the common name for Ascorbic Acid, an essential nutrient for humans which is generally found in gooseberries, guavas, broccoli, and oranges?

29 In this month, 19 years ago, on the sets of which movie was Amitabh Bachchan injured almost fatally in a stunt accident?

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In which historic building complex would you find 47 tombstones of Russia’s rulers, including that of the Tsar Ivan the Terrible?