a very general quiz (uhhm)

1. CLASS 6TH
INTER HOUSE QUIZ COMPETITION

2. RULES
• The First Answer Given By The Team Will Be
Considered.
• Every Round Will First Have 4 Questions Asked In
Clockwise Manner And Then 4 Questions In
Anticlockwise Manner, Making It 8 Questions In Total.
• There Are 7 Rounds Including The Rapid Fire. The
Rules For The Rapid Fire Will Be Explained Just Before
The Round.
• Decision Of The Quizmaster Is Final And Abiding
• All Rounds Except The Rapid Fire Will Have Pounce ,
Which Is Explained In The Next Slide.

3. POUNCE ROUND
• After The Question Is Read, The Quizmaster
Will Give The Teams 10 Seconds To Pounce
If They Know The Answer.
• The Teams Who Have Pounced Will Then
Have To Write The Answer, But The Teams
Shall Not Say The Answer Out Loud. Correct
Answer-:(10 ), Incorrect –: (-10 ). Negative
Marking.
• Till The Time The Other Teams Are Not Done
Pouncing, The Team Which Was Originally
Asked The Question (Lets Say Team A) Shall
Wait ForTheir Turn.

4. • After The Other Teams Have Pounced And The
Quizmaster Asks TEAM A For The Answer ,
TEAM A Can Answer On The Mic. If It Answers
Correctly It’ll Gain 10 Points And No Negative
For Wrong Answers.
• If The Team Doesn’t Know The Answer, The
Question Will Pass To The Teams Who Haven’t
Pounced, In The Sequential Order. Correct
Answer For Pass Questions Will Gain 5 Points
(No Negative Here)

5. ROUNDS OF THE QUIZ
• BUILT AND NATURAL HERITAGE
• TAGLINES AND SPEECHES
• DANCE AND MUSIC
• CUISINES AND COUTURE
• CURRENT AFFAIRS
• TRAFFIC
• RAPID FIRE

6. ROUND 1: BUILT AND NATURAL HERITAGE

7. Q1.IN WHICH FAMOUS MONUMENT WOULD YOU
FIND THE WORK OF PIETRA DURA?

8. TAJ MAHAL

9. Q2. SHORE TEMPLE HAS BEEN A UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1984, BUILT
DURING THE REIGN OF NARASIMHAVARMAN
II OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY.
WHERE IS THIS TEMPLE LOCATED?

10. MAHABALLIPURAM, TAMIL NADU

11. Q3. FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ BROUGHT TWO OF
THEM FROM TOPRA IN HARYANA AND MEERUT
AND INSTALLED THEM AT FIROZ SHAH KOTLA
AND NORTH DELHI RIDGE.
WHAT DID HE INSTALL?

12. ASHOKAN PILLARS

13. Q4. THE KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK WHICH IS
LOCATED IN RAJASTHAN IS A
FAMOUS AVIFAUNA SANCTUARY THAT HOSTS
THOUSANDS OF BIRDS, ESPECIALLY DURING
THE WINTER SEASON.
WHAT WAS ITS FORMER NAME?

14. BHARATPUR BIRD SANCTUARY

15. Q5. X IS AN INTERNATIONAL BIOSPHERE
RESERVE IN THE WESTERN GHATS AND X
HILLS RANGES OF SOUTH INDIA. X IS INDIA'S
FIRST AND FOREMOST BIOSPHERE RESERVE
WITH A HERITAGE, RICH IN FLORA AND FAUNA.
MANY TRIBAL GROUPS LIKE THE TODAS, KOTAS,
IRULLAS, KURUMBAS, ETC., ARE NATIVE TO THE
RESERVE.
IDENTIFY X

16. NILGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE

17. Q6. THE NAME OF THIS PEAK’S LITERAL
TRANSLATION MEANS ‘ELEPHANT’S FOREHEAD’
AS A DIRECT REFERRENCE TO THE
RESEMBLANCE OF THE MOUNTAIN TO AN
ELEPHANT’S HEAD.
NAME THE PEAK

18. ANAIMUDI

19. Q7. WHICH LUCKNOW STUCTURE WAS BUILT
BY ASAF-UD-DAULA, NAWAB OF AWADH, IN 1784
PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE FOOD IN LIEU OF WORK
IN THE MIDST OF FAMINE?

20. BADA IMAMBARA

21. Q8. WHICH MONUMENT IN DELHI THAT
WAS MADE IN 1986, SERVES AS THE
MOTHER TEMPLE OF THE INDIAN
SUBCONTINENT? IT WAS DESIGNED BY
FARIBORZ SABHA.

22. LOTUS TEMPLE

23. AUDIENCE! ARE YOU
READY??

24. WHICH STATUE BUILT BY FRÉDÉRIC
AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI WAS GIFTED TO
THE AMERICANS BY THE FRENCH? IT
REPRESENTS THE ROMAN GODDESS OF
FREEDOM.

25. WHAT IS LOCATED AT THE PEAK OF THE
700 METRE CORCOVADO MOUNTAIN?

26. ROUND 2 : TAGLINES AND SPEECHES

27. PURE BANKING NOTHING ELSE
IDENTIFY THE BANK.

28. SBI

29. THE BEST A MAN CAN GET
IDENTIFY THE GROOMING COMPANY

30. GILLETTE

31. THERE ARE SOMETHINGS MONEY CAN’T BUY.
FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE’S X.
IDENTIFY X IN THE TAGLINE.

32. MASTER CARD

33. AMERICAN BY BIRTH,REBEL BY CHOICE
IDENTIFY THE MOTORCYCLE
MANUFACTURER

34. HARLEY DAVIDSON

35. IDENTIFY THIS FREEDOM FIGHTER

36. MAHATMA GANDHI

37. IDENTIFY THIS SPOKESPERSON AND LEADER
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

38. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR

39. IDENTIFY THIS FAMOUS SPORTSPERSON.

40. MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI

41. IDENTIFY THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FROM
THE AUDIO.

42. JAL TARANG

43. AUDIENCE! ARE YOU
READY??

44. THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
IDENTIFY THE PLACE.

45. THINK DIFFERENT
IDENTIFY THE TECH GIANT

46. ROUND 3: DANCE AND MUSIC

47. Q1. WHICH INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE FORM
ENACTS THE RADHA-KRISHNA RAASLEELA?

48. MANIPURI

49. Q2. THIS INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE FORM
FROM ANDHRA PRADESH REFLECTS THE
DESIRE OF A DEVOTEE AND MERGE WITH GOD.
IDENTIFY.

50. KUCHIPUDI

51. Q3. X IS FOLK DANCE OF THE BHILS
ASSOCIATED WITH RAJASTHAN. THE DANCE
IS CHIEFLY PERFORMED BY VEILED WOMEN
WHO WEAR FLOWING DRESSES CALLED
GHAGHARA. IT ALSO FEATURES IN THE
LATEST MOVIE PADMAVATI.
IDENTIFY X

52. GHOOMAR

53. Q4. THE ROUF IS A FOLK DANCE FORM
WHICH IS MAINLY PRACTICED BY THE
WOMEN. IN THIS BEAUTIFUL DANCE FORM,
THERE ARE WOMEN WHO LINE UP IN TWO
ROWS FACING EACH OTHER AND PERFORM
THIS BEAUTIFUL DANCE DURING THE SPRING
TIME IN BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES.
THIS DANCE BELONGS TO WHICH STATE?

54. JAMMU AND KASHMIR

55. Q5. HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC IS BROKEN
INTO GROUPS OF NOTES .WHAT WOULD ONE OF
THESE GROUP OF NOTES BE CALLED?

56. RAGA

57. Q6. MADURAI SHANMUKHAVADIVU
SUBBULAKHSMI WAS AN INDIAN CARNATIC
SINGER FROM MADURAI,TAMIL NADU. WHAT
MAKES HER FAMOUS IN THE MUSIC HISTORY?

58. FIRST MUSICIAN TO GET BHARAT RATNA

59. Q7. X IS KETTLE DRUM THAT WAS USED IN
NAUBATKHANAS IN THE RED FORT. IT WAS
EARLIER USED TO ANNOUNCE A PUBLIC
DECLARATION OR TO SIGNAL THE GUARDS. X
GENERALLY HAS A DIAMETER OF 1 OR 2
FEET. IT ALSO FEATURED IN THE MOVIE “JAB
WE MET”.
IDENTIFY X

60. NAGADA

61. Q8. X IS A GENRE OF MUSIC POPULAR
IN MAHARASHTRA. IT IS A COMBINATION OF
TRADITIONAL SONG AND DANCE, WHICH
PARTICULARLY PERFORMED TO THE BEATS
OF DHOLKI, A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT.
IDENTIFY X

62. LAVANI

63. AUDIENCE! ARE YOU
READY??

64. X IS A SMOOTH, PROGRESSIVE DANCE
CHARACTERIZED BY LONG, CONTINOUS
FLOWING MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE DANCE
FLOOR. IT IS ALSO THE CODE WORD FOR THE
LETTER F IN THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC
ALPHABETS.
IDENTIFY X

65. SHE WAS POPULARLY KNOWN AS AKHTARBAI
FAIZABADI. SHE ACTED IN “EK DIN KA
BADSHAH” AND “NAL DAMAYANTI”. SHE SANG
SONGS FOR ALL THE FILMS IN WHICH SHE
ACTED. WHO AM I TALKING ABOUT?

66. ROUND 4: CUISINES AND COUTURE

67. Q1. X IS A FOOD PRODUCED BY BACTERIAL
FERMENTATION OF MILK. IT WAS CONSIDERED
TO BE “FOOD OF THE GOD” IN ANCIENT INDIA.
IDENTIFY X

68. YOGHURT

69. Q2. X IS A ROUND SHAPED RAJASTHANI
FESTIVE DESSERT. IT IS MADE FROM MILK,
FLOUR AND PURE GHEE. YOU MAY FIND THIS
DISH IN OTHER PARTS OF INDIA AS WELL BUT
THE ONES FROM RAJASTHAN ARE
INCOMPARABLE.
IDENTIFY X

70. MALAI GHEWAR

71. Q3. KHANDVI IS A DELICIOUS SAVOURY SNACK
MADE FROM GRAM FLOUR AND YOGHURT,
TEMPERED WITH SESAME, MUSTARD SEEDS
AND FLAVOURED WITH GREEN CHILLIES,
SPRINKLED COCONUT AND CORIANDER. IN
WHICH STATE WOULD YOU PROBABLY BE IN IF
YOU WERE EATING KHANDVI?

72. GUJARAT

73. Q4. THIS VEGETARIAN FAST FOOD DISH IS A
MODERN INVENTION . ONCE, A VENDOR
OUTSIDE DADAR STATION IN MAHARASHTRA
NAMED ASHOK VAIDYA TRIED TO EXPERIMENT
WITH SWEETENED BREAD AND POTATO
FRITTERS. HE PUT A POTATO FRITTER BETWEEN
TWO PIECES OF SWEETENED BREAD AND
GARNISHED IT WITH CHUTNEY AND SPICES.
THIS BECAME AN INSTANT HIT AMONG HIS
CUSTOMERS. WHICH DISH WAS CREATED BY
HIM?

74. VADA PAV

75. Q5. WHICH FAMOUS AND EXPENSIVE TYPE OF
SILK GETS ITS NAME FROM A CITY OF
KARNATAKA WHICH WAS RULED BY THE
EMPEROR TIPU SULTAN?

76. MYSORE SILK

77. Q6. THE ORIGIN OF CHIKANKARI IS SHROUDED
IN LEGENDS AND MYSTERY, AND NUR JAHAN,
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MUGHAL
EMPRESS, IS OFTEN BEEN CREDITED WITH
INVENTING THE FAMOUS EMBROIDERY. SITTING
BEHIND A CHIK (TRADITIONAL CURTAIN), SHE
WOULD MAKE THESE AND PASS THEM AROUND,
AND HENCE IT STARTED TO BE CALLED
CHIKANKARI.
IN WHICH CITY DO WE FIND CHINKANKARI?

78. LUCKNOW

79. Q7. MANUFACTURED BY JADE BLUE, THIS
KURTA WITH HALF SLEEVES, BUTTONED UP
STANDING COLLAR AND FINE NET DETAILING ON
THE SHOULDER SEAM IS WORN BY WHICH
FAMOUS POLITICAL LEADER?
(PICTURE IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE)

81. MODI KURTA

82. Q8. X ORIGINATED IN INDIA AS BAND GALE KA
COAT (JODHPURI JACKET). IT WAS
POPULARIZED BY BEATLES, JOHNNY CARSON
ETC. IT WAS LISTED ON TIME’S ‘GLOBAL
POLITICAL FASHION LIST’ 2012.
IDENTIFY X

83. NEHRU JACKET

84. AUDIENCE! ARE YOU
READY??

85. THIS POPULAR INDIAN DESSERT GOT ITS NAME
FROM THE PERSIAN WORD MEANING ‘A
COVERED CUP’, WHICH INDICATES ITS MAKING
PROCESS. ITS ORIGIN DATES BACK TO THE
MUGHAL ERA IN THE 16TH CENTURY. WHICH
DESSERT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

86. IDENTIFY THE WORLD FAMOUS APPAREL BRAND
FROM ITS LOGO.

87. ROUND 5: CURRENT AFFAIRS

88. Q1. NAME THE BULL TAMING SPORT FROM
TAMIL NADU THAT WAS RECENTLY IN
CONTROVERSY, AS THE ANIMAL WELFARE
BOARD OF INDIA FILED A CASE IN
THE SUPREME COURT FOR AN OUTRIGHT BAN
ON IT BECAUSE OF THE CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
AND THE THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY
INVOLVED.

89. JALLIKATTU

90. Q2. WHICH FORMER PRESIDENT OF INDIA
WROTE THE BOOK “ THE COALITION OF YEARS:
1996 : 2012 ”?

91. PRANAB MUKHERJEE

92. Q3. WHICH INDIAN-AMERICAN HAS BEEN
APPOINTED AS THE US AMBASSADOR TO
THE UN? SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF DONALD
TRUMP’S CABINET.

93. NIKKI HALEY

94. Q4. THE CHENANI-NASHRI TUNNEL ALSO
KNOWN AS THE PATNITOP TUNNEL IS THE
LONGEST INDIAN TUNNEL. WHERE IS IT
LOCATED?

95. JAMMU AND KASHMIR

96. Q5. WHICH TIGER RESERVE OF MADHYA
PRADESH WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1955 BECAME THE FIRST ONE TO
OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE A MASCOT?

97. KANHA TIGER RESERVE..
THE MASCOT IS BHOORSINGH THE
BARASINGHA

98. Q6. WHICH FRENCH FOOTBALLER WHO
PLAYS AS A FORWARD FOR ARSENAL
F.C. HAS BEEN AWARDED THE FIFA
PUSKAS AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2017?

99. OLIVIER GIROUD (SCORPION KICK)

100. Q7. THIS HUMANOID ROBOT
DEVELOPED BY HONG-KONG BASED
COMPANY HANSON ROBOTICS BECAME
THE FIRST ROBOT TO BE GIVEN
CITIZENSHIP BY SAUDI ARABIA.
NAME THE ROBOT.

101. SOPHIA

102. Q8. SHASHI KAPOOR, A LEGENDARY
ACTOR AND PRODUCER PASSED AWAY
RECENTLY.. IN WHICH FILM OF HIS DID
HE SAY THE FAMOUS DIALOGUE “MERE
PAAS MAA HAI” ?

103. DEEWAR

104. AUDIENCE! ARE YOU
READY??

105. HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW PANDIT
GANGADHAR VIDHYADHAR MAYADHAR
OMKARNATH SHASTRI?

106. WHICH IS THE ONLY CHARACTER FROM
SIMPSONS TO HAVE 5 FINGERS?

107. ROUND 6: ROAD SAFETY

108. Q1. ALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS CAN BE
CLASSIFIED INTO THREE CATEGORIES. THEY
ARE…

109. Q2. WHICH OF THEM IS A MANDATORY
SIGNAL?
A B
Give Way Left Reverse Bend
C
Parking space for rickshaws

110. Q3. 3.WHICH OF THEM IS A CAUTIONARY
SIGN?
A B C

111. Q4. WHAT DOES THIS SIGN MEAN?

112. Q5. WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS YELLOW
AND BLINKING AT ALL FOUR SIGNALS AT
THE CROSS ROADS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

113. Q6. WHAT IS THE CC LIMIT PERMITTED FOR A
NON ADULT DRIVER OF A NON GEARED TWO
WHEELER?

114. Q7. NAME THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION
RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING DRIVING
LICENSES IN INDIA.

115. Q8. WHAT DOES THIS SIGN MEAN?