QUIZ FINALSKalanjali Ventures 2013-14

Round 1 First round consists of 6 questions. BEFORE the question is asked, the team to which the

question will be asked must bid for an amount of points

They can bid(in a multiple of 5) for a minimum of 5 or maximum of 40.

If they get the answer correct, then they get the points that they made the bid for.

Pass question gets +10 points and no negatives If no team answers, then no negatives for the direct

team(team which got the direct question). If anyone answers on a pass question, then the direct

team gets a negative of half the points that they bid for.

1. What is this a picture of??

Venue of exhibition(in Mallorca) match between Federer and Nadal.

2. Who Am I talking about?

He was a man with great scientific visionary and was highly qualified in the field of science. However his radical ideas were all rejected and termed as “nonsense”. So he conveyed his ideas through books. By writing in the name of a different genre, he was free to express his ideas which escaped the formalities of a research paper. He predicted many scientific concepts long before they were actually proposed like 4-dimension space time, Lasers, space travel and is known for coining the term “atomic bomb” and describing very accurately, its impact on the world.

H.G.Wells-Pioneer of Science fiction

3. ID

It is Named after one of the fastest and strongest fighting bulls ever that gained recognition back in 1914 for killing a matador.

With a 6.5-liter V12 engine, producing 750 horsepower and a top speed 220 miles per hour, it is the fastest car made by its manufacturer. Priced at $3.9 million, only three cars will be made in the colours red, white and green and they have already been sold out.

Lambhorgini Veneno

4. ID X,Y,Z

The terms X, Y, Z are often used interchangeably, sometime depending on which country you are from.

For most Americans, the term X describes the

Chelonians that are aquatic or semi-aquatic, The term Y describes a Chelonian that lives primarily on land and Z can describe some freshwater or saltwater Chelonians. If you were in Australia, you might call all of the chelonians X. In Britain, a X would mean a saltwater species and a Z would be a freshwater species.

In general the word X is used to describe all members, Y usually refers to the land-dwelling counterparts and  Z usually refers to the small Chelonian found in aquatic or brackish waters.

X-turtle, Y-Tortoise, Z-Terrapin

5. What are X and Y??

X is metal found in the African nation of Wakanda and was first deposited on the Earth by a meteorite 10,000 years ago. X finds its its usage in armours and shields as it can absorb any amount of soundwaves and kinetic energy. Myron MacLain in attempt to prepare an indestructible shield which he had earlier prepared with an alloy of X accidentally prepares Y which does not contain any X in it. X is almost impossible to destroy or fracture, and when crafted to a razor edge it can penetrate most materials with minimal application of strength.

X-Vibranium and Y-Adamantium

Captain America’s shield is a Vibranium alloy while Wolverine’s claws are made of Adamantium.

6. What’s happening ??

Billy Bowden shows Glenn McGrath a red card in the first ever T20 international match

held in Auckland in 2005 between New Zealand and Australia for bowling the last ball by rolling it.

Audience

question

Which famous fictional character was portrayed by Leonard Nimoy?

Spock

Audience

question

Which person has won most amount of oscars?

Walt Disney

Round 2 Second round consists of 18

questions This round has infinite bounce with

pounce Each question is for +10 points for

(both pass and direct) Pounce closes in 20 to 30 seconds If you pounce, on a question then

you get +10 for a right answer and -10 for a wrong answer

1. David J. Bradley of IBM took just 5 minutes to code a chunk of program called the “Three Fingered  Salute" in 1981  . Millions use it today. What am I talking about??

Ctrl+alt+del

2.What am I talking about?

In 1967 Mr. Amarjit on returning back from England had a stopover in Beirut. During his brief stop there, he stumbled upon a very ingenious Lebanese preparation which was a pita bread wrap, with a variety of stuffing's that fascinated him. Upon his return, the idea still lingered on and he kept innovating it to suit the Indian palate, after a year of research along with his wife they hit upon the perfect concoction. It was tried among friends and family and later hit the markets.

Tibbs frankie

3. ID

Kamal Hassan

4. What Am I Talking about?

This prominent landmark is named after Sir Edward, the reforming British governor of Madras between 1803 and 1820 who incorporated a large number of surrounding villages to form the core of the modern city. Sir Edward also had a street named after him but later it was changed to a name of an Indian Martyr.

Elliot’s Beach named after Sir Edward Elliot

5.Who discovered benzene?

Michael faraday

6. ID X and Y

A myth states that Ra communicated to X through her third Eye and told her that some people in the land were planning to assassinate him. X was so angry that she became  Y to destroy them. Y became bloodthirsty and the slaughter was great because she could not be stopped. As the slaughter continued, Ra saw the chaos down below and decided to stop the blood-thirsty Y . So he poured huge quantities of a blood-coloured potion on the ground to trick Y . She drank so much of it thinking it to be blood that she returned to her former gentle self as X .

Audience

question

Whose famous trademark move is called the spasm?

Angus young’s famous trademark move is called the spasm

X-Hathor and Y-Sekhmet

7. Fill up

Peregrine falcon : Cheetah : __________

:: Air : Land :

Water

Sailfish-The fastest animal in water

8. "Dulcimer" is the code name of which popular product ?

ipod

9.What Am I Talking about??

The trajectory of various projectiles is explained by the _______effect. The ______ effect is the phenomenon which is caused when a projectile rotates in the air while moving which inturn creating a pressure difference on the two sides of the projectile. Due to the pressure difference, the projectile will be driven in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement.

The ______ effect has been used to explain sudden dip or motion toward the sides in the path of object and is very important in sports for analysis of swing and spin like for swing in cricket or free kicks in football.

The Sudden dip seen in the path of the ball in case of

Ibrahimovich’s bicycle kick or Beckham’s goal from half-line are

explained by the Magnus effect.

10. This is a 2006 sketch which revolutionized the world. What is this sketch all about??

Twitter

The sketch was by Jack Dorsey, envisioning the blueprint of an SMS based social network

11. What are these two words??

Chomolungma , Sagarmatha… What Am I talking about??

Local names of Mt. Everest

12. What am I talking about?

The concept of ______ is based on the founder’s hobby of collecting insects and tadpoles. These _______ can be collected and were split into 17 categories which were all interconnected by a complex rock-paper scissor relationship. _______ possesses the ability to undergo metamorphosis and transform into a new species.

Pokemon

Audience

question

What type of dog is snowy from Tintin ?

Wire Fox Terrier

Who are the hosts of the next T20 world cup?

13. Bangladesh(after which it is India)

14. Who Am I ??

She was born in 1479 to the Gherardini family of Florence was the wife of Francesco del Giocondo (born 1465), a Florentine silk merchant and politician who was very successful in the silk trade. She is also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde. Who am I talking about?

Mona Lisa

15. First logo of which famous tech corporation’s product?

Firefox

16. What am I talking about???• The following car must be a maximum of one second

behind the leading car. This includes a leading car lapping a backmarker.

• The following car must be in an overtaking zone as defined before the race.

• The system may not be activated on the first two laps of a race.

• The system cannot be used until two laps have passed after a restart or safety car appearance.

• The system cannot be used by the defending driver, unless the defending driver is also within one second of a car in front.

• The system may not be enabled if racing conditions are deemed dangerous.

Rules for usage of DRS(Drag reduction system) in F1 which was introduced to promote overtaking

DRS flap closed

DRS flap open (increases speed . by 10-15kmph)

17. Identify the two

Joseph Barbara

William hanna

The creators of Tom and Jerry, Flintstones, Scooby-doo…

18. Explain???

Satirical obituary that appeared in “The Sporting times” in 1882 after England lost their first Home Series against Australia. The consequent series in Australia was dubbed by the media as a quest to regain the “Ashes” and the England captain was presented the ashes of a bail.

Audience

question

Logo of???

Connect round

Round consists of 8 questions. Questions are common to all. The team must write answer in the

paper. Each team that gives the right

answer gets +5 times the number of teams that

have answered incorrectly(or given no answer).

No negatives

1.Connect

Flipkart First book sold on flipkart Founders It is an e-commerce website

2. Connect

Malcolm X, John Lennon, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and John

F.Kennedy. All of them were

assassinated

3. Connect

X-men

Audience

question

Connect

Richard Grayson Jason Todd Timothy Drake

4. Connect

Airports in india

Aver Savarkar (Port Blair) B.Rajiv Gandhi (Hyderabad) C.Sathya Sai Baba (Puttaparthi) D.Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (Guwahati) E.Jayaprakash Narayan (Patna) Sardar VallabhBhai Patel (Ahmedabad) G.Birsa Munda (Ranchi) I.Dr.B.R.Ambedkar (Nagpur) J.Biju Patnaik (Bhubaneswar) K.Chaudhry Charan Singh (Luckhnow) L.Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (Kolkata)

5. Connect

Peterbilt 379Cheverolet CamaroGMC TopkickForce Buffalo MPCVHummer H2Mercedes-Benz SLS-Class AMGFerrari 458 italia

Cars used in “Transformers” movies

Peterbilt 379 Cheverolet Camaro

6. Connect

Malcolm Glazer, Alex Ferguson’s wife and Aberdeen F.C

7.Connect

Tea set(earlier name), Pulse cover, Floyd Anderson, Pink Council(Named after them) and Megadeth(an Earlier name)

Audience

question

Fill Up

___________ is Japanese multinational  located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on

September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small businesses, such as a cab company,

The name can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven". 

8. Connect If a team gives the right answer

then they get:-• +10 times the no. of teams that gave a wrong answer(or no answer).

No negatives

Koninginnedag-Queen’s Day

• Dominica flag-Only flag with VIOLET• Element Indium-Named after INDIGO• All of them are from Chelsea-or the BLUES• Billy Joe Armstrong-From the band GREEN day• The YELLOW River • Koninginnedag-Queen’s Day is the day of “orange

mandness” in Netherlands where everyone wears the national colour symbolic of the ORANGE county

• The movie RED

VIBGYOR

And the winner is…….