The document contains a preliminary quiz round with 30 multiple choice questions. It provides instructions that all questions are worth 1 point, ties will be resolved based on starred questions, and devices with internet access must be switched off. The questions cover topics like geography, history, arts, and entertainment.

2. PRELIMINARY ROUND

3. 30 Questions
All Questions carry One Point. Half
points are QM’s prerogative. No
Negatives.
Best of Luck to all teams.
Please switch off all mobiles and other
devices with internet access. Non
compliance will result in immediate
disqualification.
All multiples of 5 are starred questions
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Ties will be resolved on stars and
count-back.

4. 1) The eastern most capital city in
India is Kohima which name is
second on this list? (12)
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2) What is this region called which
is marked in white? (7)

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3) The term was first used in British
Army reports of Northern Ireland in
the 1970s. However the usage of
this thing is much older like in
Somme in 1918 and in Belarus in
1943. What term? (4)

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4) What is the
name of the
series of
reactions?
(Named after a
person) (23)

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*5) Name this Darjeeling born Tibetan-in-exile writer
who won the Crossword book award in 2000 for a
work of fiction which involved a 19th
century master
detective and lovable Bengali character from a
picaresque novel on the ‘Great Game’ published first
in 1900. (7)

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6) One of the processes of the last rites
of Parsee religion is the ‘Sagdid’. The
word when translated means seeing of
the ___. A four eyed animal is used for
this process. The four eyes are not
physical as two can be painted on the
animal. So what animal is the major
component of the ‘Sagdid’? (6)

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7) Who is making his film debut,
playing RD the Director of RAW in
the latest film by Shoojit Sarkar?
(18)

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8) Trinidad Moruga Scorpion has
replaced an Indian entry from the
top of a list. What is the Indian
entry and what list? (16)

12. 9) Apart from Italy, Switzerland, San
Marino and Vatican City, Italian is
an official language in which two
European nations? {1(3)}
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*10) It claims to be the first fully
high definition channel in eastern
India with 1.33 Crore unique
viewers. Identify this channel. (15)

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11) The son of Rai Puran Das a
Vaishya Baniya of Alwar in the 16th
century, was a member of the
Vallabha Sampraday of Vrindawan.
Name this famous man of Indian
History. (2)

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12) This person snapped one of the
great possible streaks. Identify him?
(21)

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13) This company manufactures the most
common airplane brand on the planet
founded in 1946 it was specialised in
military turbo prop transport aircraft. In
1991 ownership changed hands from one
national government to another. Name
this company. (3)

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14) Azeroth is the name of the world were
most of the action takes places in these
real-time strategy computer games the
first of which, ‘Orcs and Humans’,
appeared in 1994. Sequels include ‘Tides of
Darkness’, ‘Beyond the Dark Portal’ and
‘Reign of Chaos’. What is the common
name of this game series ? (15)

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*15) The first recorded citation of this
phrase was in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in 1592.
Originally the phrase was used to mean a
race in which horses raced in a formation
behind a lead horse similar to the habit of
another animal. Later usage has been
wrongly attributed to hunting since the
19th
century. What phrase? (8)

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16) Who is the first African American
to have won the ‘Miss America’ title?
(8)

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17) Whose Laws of
Physics do these
two diagrams
denote? (24)

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18) Identify the country from this flag. (9)

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19) Identify this former World Champion.
(13)

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*20) Identify the
painter and the
famous author who is
the subject. (1.5)

24. 21) Who is the only person to direct
all the Bachchan family members?
(17)
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25. 22) Identify this animal. (Generic
Answer) (10)
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26. 23) Two variations of a so-called national
dish. Name the dish. (Three word answer)
(2)
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24) In the Mahabharat the King of
Sindhu asked his father Vidakshtra
to give him a boon similar to that of
Bhishma. His father told him that he
could not grant such a boon but
blessed him with a different boon
with similar traits. Who was this
king of Sindhu? (14)

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*25) Identify the building?
(specific answer) (11)

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26) Sitar recital. Identify the tune. (4)

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27) Identify the Voice? (12)

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28) Name the group? (1)

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29) Name the film? (6)

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*30) Identify the speaker? (5)

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ANSWERS

36. 1) The eastern most capital city in
India is Kohima which name is
second on this list?
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38. 2) What is this region called which
is marked in white?
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3) The term was first used in British
Army reports of Northern Ireland in
the 1970s. However the usage of
this thing is much older like in
Somme in 1918 and in Belarus in
1943. What term?

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4) What is the
name of the
series of
reactions?
(Named after a
person)

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*5) Name this Darjeeling born Tibetan-in-exile writer
who won the Crossword book award in 2000 for a
work of fiction which involved a 19th
century master
detective and lovable Bengali character from a
picaresque novel on the ‘Great Game’ published first
in 1900.

45. PRELIMS

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6) One of the processes of the last rites
of Parsee religion is the ‘Sagdid’. The
word when translated means seeing of
the ___. A four eyed animal is used for
this process. The four eyes are not
physical as two can be painted on the
animal. So what animal is the major
component of the ‘Sagdid’?

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7) Who is making his film debut,
playing RD the Director of RAW in
the latest film by Sujoy Ghosh?

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8) Trinidad Moruga Scorpion has
replaced an Indian entry from the
top of a list. What is the Indian
entry and what list?

51. PRELIMS

52. 9) Apart from Italy, Switzerland, San
Marino and Vatican City, Italian is
an official language in which two
European nations?
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*10) It claims to be the first fully
high definition channel in eastern
India with 1.33 Crore unique
viewers. Identify this channel

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11) The son of Rai Puran Das a
Vaishya Baniya of Alwar in the 16th
century, was a member of the
Vallabha Sampraday of Vrindawan.
Name this famous man of Indian
History.

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11) Hemu

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12) This person snapped one of the
great possible streaks. Identify him?

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12) Robin Soderling the only person
to defeat Rafel Nadal at Roland
Garros since 2005.

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13) This company manufactures the most
common airplane brand on the planet
founded in 1946 it was specialised in
military turbo prop transport aircraft. In
1991 ownership changed hands from one
national government to another. Name
this company.

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14) Azeroth is the name of the world were
most of the action takes places in these
real-time strategy computer games the
first of which, ‘Orcs and Humans’,
appeared in 1994. Sequels include ‘Tides of
Darkness’, ‘Beyond the Dark Portal’ and
‘Reign of Chaos’. What is the common
name of this game series ?

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*15) The first recorded citation of this
phrase was in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in 1592.
Originally the phrase was used to mean a
race in which horses raced in a formation
behind a lead horse similar to the habit of
another animal. Later usage has been
wrongly attributed to hunting since the
19th
century. What phrase?

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*15) Wild Goose Chase

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16) Who is the first African American
to have won the ‘Miss America’ title?

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16) Vanessa Williams

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17) Whose Laws of
Physics do these
two diagrams
denote?

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17) Kirchhoff

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18) Identify the country from this flag.

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19) Identify this former World Champion.

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*20) Identify the
painter and the
famous author who is
the subject.

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*20) Painter: Eugene Delacroix
Subject: George Sand or Amantine Dupin

76. 21) Who is the only person to direct
all the Bachchan family members?
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78. 22) Identify this animal. (Generic
Answer)
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79. 22) Possum
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80. 23) Two variations of a so-called national
dish. Name the dish. (Three word answer)
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81. 23) Hainan/Hainanese Chicken Rice
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24) In the Mahabharat the King of
Sindhu asked his father Vidakshtra
to give him a boon similar to that of
Bhishma. His father told him that he
could not grant such a boon but
blessed him with a different boon
with similar traits. Who was this
king of Sindhu?

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24) Jayadrath/Jayadratha

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*25) Identify the building?
(specific answer)

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*25) World Trade Centre II.

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26) A Sitar Recital. Identify the tune.

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27) Identify the Voice?

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28) Name the group?

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29) Name the film?

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*30) Identify the Speaker?

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