My first quiz that was made with some effort ( along 3 of my college mates! ) and Under the Guidance Of Kartik ie r1kartik@gmail.com

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4. QUESTION-1
The longest word in English is the chemical name for the protein
______. It is 189,819 characters long. What word is this?

5. Answer 1
Answer- Tintin

6. Question 2
Connect the two using Frederick Sanger, the man to the right.

7. Answer 2
Frederick Sanger was the first man to sequence DNA(to the right is the
first DNA sequence i.e. of insulin, Sangers reagent which was pivotal in
the mechanism)

8. Question 3
Identify this very rare species of snake

9. Answer 3
The Dragon Snake

10. Question 4
This is an exhaustive list.
X
July 4, 1997 to September 27, 1997
Opportunity
January 25, 2004 to present
Spirit
January 4, 2004 to March 22, 2010
Y
August 6, 2012 to present
What am I talking about? What are X and Y?

11. Answer 4
Mars Rovers launched by NASA, X= Sojourner and Y= Curiosity

12. Question 5
What is being used by Captain Haddock?

13. Answer 5
A Sextant, which is an instrument used to measure the angle between
any two visible objects.

14. Question 6
What is being explained here?

15. Answer 6
The Offside Rule

16. Question 7
If Betty was for UK, Nancy was for US, then India=?

17. Answer 7
Meira Kumari (Lok Sabha Speaker)

18. Question 8
Hitler was called Fuhrer so Mussolini was?

19. Answer 8
Il Duce

20. Question 9*
What was the date when we saw this Google doodle?

21. Answer 9*
4th November, Shakuntala Devi’s birthday

22. Question 10*
Opened in 2005, this Dubai Mall is named after the 14th century scholar
____ _______, who was famous for his book Rihla (Voyages), a detailed
account of his travels. Fittingly, the six courts in the mall are named after
the countries he attended namely China, India, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia,
Andalusia. Who is this?

23. Answer 10*
Ibn Battuta

24. Question 11*
Frank Herbert’s book, Dune, won this award for the first time in1965.
This award is titled ‘The Nebula Award’. To which genre of books is it
awarded to?

25. Answer 11*
Science Fiction

26. Question 12*
Identify the author. (current Cabinet minister UPA2)

27. Answer 12*

28. Question 13*
Answer this-

29. Answer 13*
A Tale of Two Cities

30. Question 14*
This Latin word literally means “for all”. What type of daily commute do
we know it as?

31. Answer 14*
Answer- Bus

32. Question 15*
This country regards plumpness as a sign of good health. Its literacy rate
is 83% and was the richest country in south-east Asia during the British
Rule. It is also known as the land of golden Pagodas.

33. Answer 15*
Myanmar

34. Question 16
What is depicted by the red and blue colors here?

35. Answer 16
Countries with Left hand Drive (red) and Right Hand Drive (blue)

36. Question 17*
The cantonment town of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh was renamed for
being the birthplace of a person. The person's father, a Subedar Major in
the Mahar Regiment, was then stationed there at the time of the birth
in 1891. Who?

37. Answer 17
Dr. B.R.Ambedkar

38. Question 18
This is a picture of Cyclone Helen hurtling towards the coast of Andhra
Pradesh, and was taken on November 19th. Why is it so special?

39. Answer 18
First image sent from space by Mangalyaan

40. Question 19
One of the man-made wonders of the world was built because it was
believed to be staircase to heaven for the kings. What are we talking
about?

41. Answer 19
The Pyramids of Egypt

42. Question 20
The biographer of this book is presenting the biography to the subject of
the biography. Who and what biography?

43. Answer 20
Akbarnama, Abu Fazl

44. Question 21*
What’s happening here?

45. Answer 21*

46. Question 22*
Identify what is
written on 23/7/39
blanked
out
(QM
to
read
the
letter)

47. Answer 22*
Letter from Gandhi to Hitler

48. Question 23
On The Hindu’s masthead, which figure from Hindu mythology do you
see on the left?

49. Answer 23
Kamadhenu

50. Question 24
Quills were once used as writing tools before pens. Usually, from which
bird would you obtain a quill?

51. Answer 24
Goose

52. Question 25
A =?
B=?

53. Answer 25
A= Cheetah
B= Leopard

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