Palakkad News Quiz 2014 with answers
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The document details a quizzing venture that started with the author's experience as a quizmaster and includes various quiz rounds covering topics like Indian culture, history, sports, and more. It showcases specific quiz questions, answer formats, and the evolution of quizzing in the author's life, including events and achievements. The content reflects a blend of trivia, competition rules, and the passion for knowledge within the quizzing community.
Palakkad News Quiz 2014 with answers
- 1. GRAND FINALE
- 2. ..a quizzing venture • Started as quizmaster in ‘Quest ‘a club in Wadia college Pune where the most passionate quizzers had trivia as their four square meals • In 2010, rediscovered the passion at a summer school camp in kerala • 30 quizzes at school, college, business schools followed in the next 4 years…. • Helped me to improve as a quizzer also.Won the ultimate TATA Crucible Kochi round last year. • Works as Brand manager for living in Malayala Manorama handling the ULTIMATE encyclopedia.. Manorama Yearbook
- 3. India Round - NO Buzzer round just to warm up - 10 for Direct,-5 for Indirect
- 4. India Round This 14 year old whose parents are humble daily wage workers from Nizamabad, Telangana was in news for her brave efforts for being the youngest woman on Mount everest. .Name this inspiring girl 1
- 5. India Round Which indian festival is known as Shigmo in Goa,Madan Daman or Kamayan in south India,Dol Jatra in West Bengal 2
- 6. India Round Which indian festival is known as Shigmo in Goa,Madan Daman or Kamayan in south India,Dol Jatra in West Bengal 3
- 7. India Round Something beautiful for the god is a book written by Malcolm Muggeridge? Who is the subject of the book 4
- 9. India round Times of India carried this in Obituary columns ” D.EM O'Cracy beloved husband of T.Ruth,Father of L.I.Bertie,Brother of Faith,Hope and Justice expired on 26 June,1975” .What was the occassion 6
- 10. Audience He was considered the evergreen Indian hero of Hindi films with longest period as hero who won the Dada saheb Phalke award in 2002 and whose Autobiography is called Romancing with Life
- 11. Audience -2 In terms of currency notes in India,if MG series is Mahatma Gandhi series what is AP series 5
- 12. Answers to India Round 1. Malvath Poorna 2.HOLI 3.Mother Teressa 4.First living person in Tinkle 5.Emergency announced Audience 1 Dev Anand 2. Ashoka Pillar Series
- 14. Freedom movement round # Questions Pass on in a clockwise manner # 10 for direct answer # 20 for Pouncing on Direct question given to somebody. You can Pounce on your own direct question also and get additional points # -10 for Wrong Pounce # After the wrong pounce question moves in the normal clockwise manner with 5 marks for getting it correct. The team with wrong pounce will not get it again
- 15. Freedom Movement round Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood to protest against which Incident 1
- 16. Freedom Movement round Where in India did Gandhi first experiment with the principle of Satyagraha 2
- 17. Freedom Movement round Servants of India Society was formed in Pune to promote social and Human development and overthrow the British rule in India? Who was the founder of the servants of india society 3
- 18. Freedom Movement round Who was the Governor General when Bengal was partitioned in 1905? 4
- 19. Freedom Movement round Who established the Organization “Khudai Khithmatgar” 5
- 20. Freedom Movement round Who established the Organization “Khudai Khithmatgar” 6
- 21. Audience Question At which session did the congress proclaim “POORNA SWARAJ” complete independence as its goal
- 22. Answers to Freedom Movement round 1. Jalianwala Bagh 2.Champaran 3. Gopalkrishna Gokhle 4. Lord Curzon 5. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 6.Lahore session
- 23. Sports and Entertainment # Buzzer round # 10 for getting it correct,-5 for getting it wrong.It will not be passed once wrong answer is given
- 24. Sports and Entertainment A Dada Saheb Phalke recipient,he has directed films like Ankur,Nishant,Manthan and Bhumika?Who am I talking about 1
- 25. Sports and Entertainment Jamaican Reggae singer- songwriter,guitarist who achieved international fame .He was a commited to the religious and Political movement of Rastafari. His Album Exodus was chosen as the greatest Album of 20th century by TIME Magazine 2
- 26. Sports and Entertainment Identify the Award 3
- 27. Sports and Entertainment This 16-year-old girl who hails from Punjab clinched a silver medal in the 10m air pistol competition in Glasgow Name her 4
- 28. Sports and Entertainment What is referred to as the “SHAME of GIJON” in Football 5
- 29. Sports and Entertainment What organization did KIRAN SETH form which has a global presence now in schools and colleges.The logo is shown here 6
- 30. AUDIENCE Identify this Oscar winner
- 31. Answers 1) Shyam benegal 2) Bob Marley 3) Laureus Awards 4) Malaika Goel 5) Fixed match between German and Austria 6) SPIC MACAY Audience Bhanu Athaya
- 33. Cross connections Round # Buzzer round # 20 for getting it correct, -10 for getting it wrong # You have to think differently and identify what connect the visuals
- 34. Connect
- 35. Connect
- 36. Connect
- 37. Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated Indians or the Pakistanis.”
- 38. Connect
- 39. Connect
- 40. Connect
- 41. AUDIENCE CONNECT
- 42. AUDIENCE
- 43. Answers for Cross connection 1) Ruskin Bond 2) Amartya sen 3) All Are squash player 4) Khushwant Singh 5) All are canadians 6) RK Narayanan 7) All Lok Sabha speakers 8) Time persons of the year 9) All Official Indian nominees for oscar
- 44. MIXED BAG # 8 questions on the buzzer # 10 for getting it correct;-5 for getting it wrong
- 45. MIXED BAG Where will the headquarters of The BRICS development bank formed during the recent summit be located ? 1
- 46. MIXED BAG What is the Space centre at Sriharikota in Andhra pradesh used for launching satellites called? 2
- 47. MIXED BAG What did Austrian American pathologist Karl Landsteiner in 1901 develop that made blood transfusion a routine medical practise 3
- 48. MIXED BAG 4 Name the Mascot of Glasgow commonwealth games
- 49. Mixed bag Name the Sanskrit word used by James Cameron as a title for One of his HIT FILMs? 5
- 50. Mixed bag Which Musician's Autobiography is called “Woodwinds of Change” 6
- 51. Mixed bag Who was the first from Kerala to get the Jnanpeeth award 7
- 52. Mixed bag The book first published in Spanish 1967 in was was in news in June this year.It is a story of seven generations of Buendia Family in the town of Macondo.Throughout the family the characters are visited by the ghosts.Name the book and the Nobel winning Author 8
- 53. Audience question What is the principal performer in Bullfighting who works the capes and usually dispatches the bull with a sword thrust between the shoulder blades called?
- 54. Answers 1) Beijing 2) Sathish Dhawan space centre 3)Blood groups 4)Clyde 5) Avtaar 6)Hari Prasad Chaurasia 7) Sankara Kurup 8)Marquez-One thousand years of solitude Audience Matadaor
- 55. Cryptic clues
- 56. Cryptic clues # On the buzzer # 15 marks for getting it right without the clue #10 for getting it with the clue # -10 for getting it wrong with and without clue # You can attempt once again for with the clue even if you press the buzzer wrong without a clue
- 57. CRYPTIC CLUES What was founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum in 2009 with more than 400 million active users and is currently undergoing take over by Facebook
- 59. CRYPTIC CLUES What was founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum in 2009 with more than 400 million active users and is currently undergoing take over by Facebook WHATS APP
- 60. Cryptic clue The only Film Director to have received the Bharat Ratna
- 62. Cryptic clue The only Film Director to have received the Bharat Ratna SATYAJIT RAY
- 63. Cryptic clue Which technology of today is named after a Viking King of 9th century who unified Denmark and Norway
- 65. Cryptic clue Which technology of today is named after a Viking King of 9th century who unified Denmark and Norway BLUETOOTH
- 66. 6GREAT INDIANS
- 67. 6GREAT INDIANS # Buzzer round 1st clue: 20 points 2nd clue: 15 points 3rd clue:10 points Constant-10 for wrong attempt. You can attempt it even after getting it wrong once Questions will not appear on slide
- 68. Tie Breaker #On the Buzzer #If one team answers it wrongly on going for the Buzzer,the other team should answer to become the champion
- 69. Tie Breaker-1 RBI has in principle agreed to give banking licenses to two applicants IDFC limited and X to set up banks?What is X
- 70. Tie Breaker-2 What is the test called to tell computers and Humans apart to prevent unwanted internet bots from accessing Websites
- 71. Tie Breaker-3 How do we better know the latin phrase“id est”
- 72. Tie Breaker-4 Give the Japanese word literally meaning empty Orchestra or without voice
- 73. Tie Breaker-5 Connect the words Bloodstained,leapfrog, watchdog,fashionable, moonbeam,assasination
- 74. Tie Breaker-6 Chad Hurley,Steve Chen and Jawed Kareem were PAYPAL employees.In the early months of 2005 Hurley and Chen attended a dinner party at CHENs apartment.Hurley and CHEN had experienced difficulty in sharing Videos.What was born out of this