Seuli Seal Quiz

Prelims

Rules and Guides

• Quizmaster’s decision is final

• 20 Preliminary Questions (5 star-marked)

• One run-through at the end

• One mark for each question unless otherwise stated

• No use of books or internet-abled devices

• No negatives! Please attempt all

• (Please have a team name. Also, please write your school name and team-member names in block letters legibly)

Question 1

• What is officially India’s national sport?

• No National Sport

Question 2

• Inspired by her father, she started playing tennis at the age of nine. As a teenage tennis player, she cut her hair short as they interfered with her game. In 1966, she won the national junior lawn tennis championship. She was also the host of the TV show “Aap Ki Kacheri”.

• Who is this very famous lady recently in the news?

• Kiran Bedi

Question 3

• Name this famous person from the world of business and technology holding one of his company’s iconic product.

• Jeff Bezos of Amazon

Question 4*

• ID the Instrument.

• BlackBox/ Flight Data Recorder

Question 5

• Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of the three early civilizations of the Old World, and the most widespread among them. Inhabitants of this civilization developed new techniques in handicraft and metallurgy. Their cities were noted for their urban planning, baked brick houses, elaborate drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings.

• Name this famous civilization whose extinction still remains a mystery?

• Harrapan/Indus Valley Civilization

Question 6• Which company manufactures such action

figures? (It is world’s largest manufacturer of tyres)

• Lego

Question 7

• Apart from ordinary snakes, three Icchadhari nagas live in Nagaraj’s body.

• Name them.

• SheetNagkumar

• Soudangi

• Nagu

Question 8*• Connect

Varieties of Mango

• Dussehri

• Kesariya

• Tota

• Langda

Question 9

• In Hinduism, an __________ is a deliberate descent of a deity to Earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being (e.g., Vishnu for Vaishnavites), and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation", but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation".

• It is also the name of a path-breaking and oscar nominated movie of 2009.

• Fill in the blank.

Avatar

Question 10• In 2004, a 2m statue of

the dancing Shiva wasunveiled at CERN, theEuropean Center forResearch in ParticlePhysics in Geneva. Itwas a gift from Govt. OfIndia.

• ID the name of thedance that Nataraj isperforming.

Tandava

Question 11

• The idea for these conferences was conceived by architect and graphic designer Richard Saul Wurman, who observed a convergence of the fields of Technology, Entertainment and Design. These conferences address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture, often through storytelling.The speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes to present their ideas in the most innovative and engaging ways they can.

• How are these conference better known as?

TED

Question 12

• Logo for what?

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Question 13

• In 2006, X was named the richest fictional character by Forbes magazine. However, his name was dropped after angry letters were received from children challenging his fictional status.

• Identify X

Santa Claus

Question 14

• The _________ is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km (25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. It has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.

• Fill in the blank. Picture follows.

Ring of Fire

Question 15• What comes next in this series?

Lollipop

• Flavors of Android

Question 16*• He was named after the day he was born

on(Thursday) in Ranchi district. He converted to christanity to get admission at a German school and came to be known as X David. Later, he reconverted to Hinduism and spearheaded the Indian Independence movement that rose in the tribal belt of modern day Bihar and Jharkhand. He died of cholera in Ranchi jail at an age of 25.

• He is the only tribal leader whose portrait hangs in the central hall of parliament. Revered as a god among his people, who are we talking about?

Bhagwan Birsa Munda

Question 17

• Sorrow of Bengal : Damodar River

• Sorrow of China : ?

Huan He or Yellow River

Question 18• ID this famous site.

Large Hadron Collider

Question 19

• He graduated in Physics from Loyola College, Madras in 1940 and then obtained his Bachelors in mechanical engineering. After completing his degree, he joined SNTI, Jamshedpur,from where he graduated in 1946. He is best known for being the man behind the world’s largest agricultural development program which led to India becoming the world’s largest producer of dairy products.

• Who is he and what did he start?

Dr. Verghese Kurien started AMUL

Question 20*

• Semiconductor pioneers Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce founded an Integrated Electronics company on July 18, 1968 in Mountain View, California.

• Initially, they wanted to name it ‘Moore Noyce’, but rejected it as it sounded similar to More Noise.

• In 2009, the company released an advertisement featuring Ajay Bhatt, co-founder of USB, punchlined ‘Our rockstars aren’t like your rockstars’. Which company is being referred to here?

Intel

• Integrated Electronics