1. Welcomes you all to the Finals

2. RULES
• The Quiz consists of Four rounds.
• Every direct question carries 10 points and a
pass question carries 5 points .
• Unanswered questions will go to the
audience.
• Part points will be awarded as per the Quiz
master’s discretion.
• Quiz Master’s decision is final.

3. ROUND 1
MIXED BAG

4. 1. This day , 233 years ago marked which
famous historic event ?

6. Independence Day of USA

7. 2. DVD, the new technology that looks like a CD-
ROM but holds over 4.7 Gb of data (can hold a
full length movie) stands for?

9. DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC

10. 3. In Tirupati, the Hundi receives millions of
rupees every year. What is the mythological
reason for the Hundi to be there in the first
place?

12. Lord Vishnu married Lakshmi by borrowing
money from Kubera. Till today his devotees are
helping him pay back the loan by contributing to
the Hundi.

13. 4. The road outside the Chicago Art Institute in
Chicago was originally called Michigan
Avenue. Now it has been renamed after an
Indian. Who?

15. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

16. 5. Which newspaper is the most famous
publication of Bennett and Coleman co.?

19. 6. To which company did the shipment of tea
destroyed by the American colonists during
the Boston Tea Party in 1773 belong?

21. EAST INDIA COMPANY

22. 7. What is an unrhymed Japanese poem of 3
lines, containing 17 syllables called?

24. HAIKU

25. 8. Which British General was responsible for
the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He is also
called ‘The Butcher of Amritsar’?

27. GENERAL DYER

28. 9. What is the Sanskrit word for 'refined'?

30. SANSKRIT !!

31. 10. What does SUN stand for in SUN
microsystems?

33. Stanford University Network

34. 11. Who is known as the ‘Iron Chancellor’ ?

36. OTTO VON BISMARCK

37. 12. Current News. What is Influenza A(H1N1) ?

39. The Virus that causes SWINE FLU

40. Now it’s time for an
AUDIENCE QUESTION

41. In Medieval times, in Europe, 1/3 of the taxes
went to the king, 1/3 went to the Nobility and
1/3 went to the common man. How has this
custom been immortalized through which
rhyme?