The document describes the format and rules for a literature quiz competition involving multiple rounds. It provides details on how the preliminary round will be structured, including splitting into teams of 2-3, answering 12 questions with the top 5 teams advancing, and some tie-breaking questions marked with stars. The finals will have 2 rounds - a dry round with 20 questions going clockwise and then counter-clockwise, and an infinite bounce round where questions pass to the next team if unanswered. Sample questions are provided for both rounds covering topics like novels, authors, maps, and more.
2. The Prelims.
Split up in teams of two/three.
12 Questions. Write down their answers.
Top 5 teams progress to the next round.
Some questions are starred. They will be used to
break ties.
The person sitting next to you is wrong.
Mobile phones are detrimental to healthy quizzing.
Make sure they stay in your pockets and don’t ring.
Quizmaster’s decision is final, in all cases.
12. 10.
X is a 3 word Arabic phrase which
refers to the act of manifesting, existing
or being. In the Qur'an, Allah
commands the universe 'to be' and 'it
is'. Which 2011 popular sufi song
attributes it's title from the phrase?
13. 11.
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by
Charles Dickens, set before and during the
French Revolution. Which are the two cities
the novel refers to?
34. 10.
X is a 3 word Arabic phrase which
refers to the act of manifesting, existing
or being. In the Qur'an, Allah
commands the universe 'to be' and 'it
is'. Which 2011 popular sufi song
attributes it's title from the phrase?
36. 11.
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by
Charles Dickens, set before and during the
French Revolution. Which are the two cities
the novel refers to?
41. Round 1. Dry Round
Scoring :
+10 for a direct answer.
+5 for a passed one.
No Negatives
Plain old quizzing
20 Questions
First 10 asked
clockwise, then
anticlockwise.
If a team fails to
answer, question
passes.
62. 11.
There is a school for ‘Gifted Youngsters’ at
1407 Graymalkin Lane in Salem Center, a
city in Westchester County, New York
although every human can see it as the
Westchester chapter of Jehovah’s
Witnesses. What are the students who study
here, collectively known as?
64. 12.
This is the present day
photo of 21 year olds
Spencer Elden who is not at
all famous for anything
today.
But when he was 3 months
old, he was cast in
something which is still
considered iconic and was
apparently the unwitting star
of a breakthrough feature -
one that would catapult the
artists to super-stardom.
What was it.
82. Round 2 : Infinite Bounce
10 questions.
First question asked to the first team.
Questions pass on to the next team if
unanswered. If answered, the team next to
the answering team receives the next
question.
First 5 clockwise, then anticlockwise.
99. 9.
The book is divided in 5 parts
Mitra-bheda
Mitra-labha or Mitra-samprapti
Kakolukiyam
Labdhapranasam
Apariksitakarakam
Name of the book?
101. 10. ID X.
X was an English short-story writer, poet, and
novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems
of British soldiers in India and his tales for children.
He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency
of British India, and was taken by his family to
England when he was five years old. In 1907 he was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him
the first English-language writer to receive the prize,
and to date he remains its youngest recipient.
Among other honours, he was sounded on several
occasions for a knighthood, which he declined.