THE INTERACT QUIZ SAMPLER

Which Rotary movement was launched in 1968 as a service club for young men and women from age 18-30?

Rotaract

What familiar sign was first seen on the battlefield during the Austro-Prussian war of 1866?

The Red Cross ; known as Red Crescent in Islamic nations

Visuals….Connect

Enzo Ferrari and the Ferrari F1 team

Visual….Identify?

Velcro : a close-up view

Connect the two pictures…

Raffles

Which company made the first walkie-talkie, the first pager, the first cell phone and the radio set that relayed Neil Armstrong’s historic words from the moon?

Motorola

Which Malaysian pair won the men’s doubles All-England Badminton title for the first time in 1982?

The Sidek brothers Razif-Jalani

What do the following have in common - Amok, Ketchup, Gingham, Pangolin, Cassowary, Sago, Compound?

English words that are Malay in origin

In 1985, Rotary made a historic commitment to immunize all of the world's children against what?

Polio

Harald, the son of Gorm the Old, completed the unification of Scandinavia begun by his father and conquered Norway. This grew into a great Anglo-Scandinavian kingdom that included parts of Sweden. How was Harald better known?

Bluetooth – Inventor Jaap Haartsen was Dutch

Sabah is home to the world's smallest known sub-species of elephants, shown below. What is it called?

The Pygmy Elephant

They were the professional messengers of ancient Greece. Identified by a special staff, they were not to be harmed or touched even in times of war. Their name survives to this day and is reflected in the name of several newspapers. What were they called?

Heralds

Which University-town dating back to the 10th century is known as the "city of dreaming spires"?

Oxford

This 1982 movie star was described by one critic as a "squat, wrinkled, mud-colored beastie with a perpetual chest cold.” Name the co-star?

Name this member of the Rotary club in Palm Springs, California went on to found a major animation, film and media empire?

Walt Disney

Who are these people?

The founders of Microsoft

This map depicts the former colonial empire of which European Nation?

Netherlands (the Dutch empire)

Common to - The Ptolemy dynasty which ruled Egypt for 300 years ending with Cleopatra; The Seleucid dynasty that ruled Syria, Persia and Mesopotamia till 2 BC; the Antigonus family dynasty that ruled Macedonia till they were defeated by the Romans?

all founded by Alexander’s generals

This picture depicts what is the world’s longest Railway line. Can you name it?

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Which birds can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings, 15 to 80 times per second (depending on the size of the bird) and are the only birds that can fly backwards?

Hummingbirds

Visual….Identify?

Fondue

Which member of the Rotary club in Albany, New York State went on to become the President of the USA and was a victim of Polio himself, spending most of his adult-life in a wheelchair?

Franklin D Roosevelt

Identify this plane which can outrun a surface-to-air missile and which has never been shot down?

The Blackbird SR 71

Whose flag is this?

Palestinian flag

What organization has won the Nobel Peace Prize more times than any other recipient?

International Committee of the Red Cross

In James Cameron's "Avatar," Earth solved its energy crisis by discovering what mineral on the moon Pandora?

Unobtanium

What is the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix circuit called ?

Yas Marina Circuit

Which city once known as ‘Batavia,’ was modelled after the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam?

Jakarta

If you wished to visit the Angkor Vat temple complex, which airport would you take a flight to?

Siem Reap Airport

What fibre was named after New York and London?

Nylon

Which object of everyday use derives its name from a Latin word meaning 'shadow?'

Umbrella

Which country hosted the 2014 World Cup Football tournament?

Brazil

Which Mediterranean island consists of a Republic that is part of the EU and a second nation recognized only by Turkey?

Cyprus

At which temperature would both the Celsius and the Fahrenheit scale read the same?

-40

What was the capital of West Germany till its reunification with East Germany?

Bonn

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by the government of what country?

Norway

Who was the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars series?

James Earl Jones

When a substance is described as 'friable' what property does it have?

What is this sport called?

Buzkhasi

Where would you find these statues?

Easter Islands

The following European capital cities Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade all stand on which river?

The Danube River

Who is the first tennis player born in the 1990's to win a tennis Grand Slam title?

Petra Kvitova

How is Onika Tanya Maraj better known?

Nicki Minaj

Which viral fever gets is name from a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) from where it is said to have first emerged?

Ebola River

What is added by several municipal authorities world-wide to domestic water in order to reduce incidences of tooth decay?

Fluoride

Which Palestinian leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984?

Yasser Arafat

Which system of education did Friedrich Fröbel introduce?

Kindergarten

Phobos and Deimos are the moons of which member of the Solar system?

Planet Mars

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was the first book in the Harry Potter series. What is a Philosopher's Stone?

legendary substance with astonishing powers. The Stone will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal."

Which football club's name means 'youth' in Latin?

Juventus [Italy]

Catalan, Aranese, Aragonese, Galician and Basque are all languages in which nation?

Spain

Which city, which is an anagram of the present capital of Japan, was once the Imperial capital of the country?

KYOTO

Which James Bond 'girl' shares her name with a wife of Henry VIII?

Jane Seymour

The Olympus Mons is 600 km wide and 24,000 m high, nearly three times higher than Mt. Everest. Where is it?

Planet Mars

Which politician had to resign after the Watergate scandal?

Richard Nixon

Which country's flag has an AK-47 gun on it?

Mozambique

What are these types of - Diffuse, Planetary, Protoplanetary and Supernova remnant?

Nebulae

What is the name given to the chain of events that brought back imperial rule to Japan in 1868?

Meiji Restoration / Meiji Ishin

The Palestinian flag

Borobudur