4. General Instructions
Every question carries 1 mark
No negatives
Answers to be sent on the google form link which
would be closed as soon as the elims get over
Internal tie-breakers in case needed
Top 6-8 participants to be in finals (depending upon
overall participation)
In spirit of quizzing, resist using Google or any
material
5. 1.Craig McDermott and Nuwan
Kulasekara are the only two male
cricketers to have achieved this
feat. What feat has been talked
about?
6. Bowl the last ball of one world
cup and bowl the first ball of the
next world cup
7. 2. How did X come into
significance in 2017?
In 1960s, after India's industrialisation
overdrive, the energy requirement
rocketed and, during 1964-67, a Russian
oil exploration team operating from the
seismic exploration vessel Akademik
Arkhangelsky discovered India's largest oil
and gas field which was named Bombay
High. After a major fire accident in July
2005, the north platform was lost hence X
is being turned over to Bombay High
operations.
11. 4. Who?
Born as Marie Grosholtz, she served
as art tutor at Versailles to Louis
XVI’s sister Madame Elisabeth, and
later imprisoned as a royalist
During the Reign of Terror, she used
to make death masks from heads
freshly severed by the guillotine
13. 5. Why is he popular in India?
Mr Trevor, although born in
Calcutta pursued his acting
career in the United States
Some of his popular films
include: After Dark (1915),
Tonight at Twelve (1929),
and Sorrell and Son (1927)
15. 6. Who/What?
X is meant to "send a message" about
workplace gender diversity and
encourage companies to recruit women to
their boards. The plaque below the statue
stated: "Know the power of women in
leadership. SHE makes a difference“.
X measures approximately 50 inches
(130 cm) tall and weighs about 250 pounds
(110 kg).
17. 7. What?
English Ken Aston realised that a
colour-coding scheme based on the
same principle as used on traffic
lights would transcend language
barriers and make things clear hence
the scheme was first used in 1970
21. 9. What are these?
Santa Ana (Mexico), Brickfielder
(Australia), Levecche (Sahara),
Khamsin (Egypt), Zonda (Paraguay)
Bora (Yugoslavia), Buran
(Europe),Panyero (Argentina),
Mistral (France)
23. 10. How was the name
derived?
The treaty establishing the Benelux
Customs Union was signed on 5 September
1944, by the governments in exile of the
countries in London, and entered into
force in 1948. It ceased to exist on 1
November 1960, when it was replaced by
the Benelux Economic Union after a
treaty signed in The Hague on 3 February
1958.
25. 11. What machine?
The brainchild of a Scottish inventor John
Shepherd-Barron, the first one was opened on 27
June 1967 Enfield, north London, the first of six
commissioned.
Reg Varney, who starred in the British TV comedy
series On the Buses, was the first person to use the
machine.
The world’s most northerly machine is at
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, and the most
southerly is at the McMurdo station at the south
pole.
27. 12. Which book by Nanak Singh
written in 1919 about the
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre,
banned by the British colonial
power, was eventually published
in 2019 ?
