Quiz prelims held on July 4th.

1. PRELIMS

2. RULES FOR PRELIMS
•All questions carry equal weightage.
•No negative markings.
•* – starred questions will be considered
in case of tie - breakers.
•Maximum 2 per team.

3. 1*.They are small-bodied, thin men and women. The
head was made of Perspex with three holes on top of
the head for breathing, no eyes or mouth, and the
body was a separate outfit created with foam and
fibre to create him legs and arms. These people are
being used to promote a famous brand. What is
being described here?

4. VODAFONE ZOOZOOs

5. 2. Who won the Indonesian open
Women’s Championship badminton this
year?

6. SAINA NEHWAL

7. 3. Sony: Play station:: Microsoft :______?

9. 4*. Which latest mobile technology has
been named after Denmark king Harald I?

11. 5. What is the name of stadium which
hosted the opening ceremony of Beijing
Olympics 2008?

12. BIRD’S NEST

13. 6*. Who won the booker prize for his
book “The White Tiger” in 2008?

14. ARAVIND ADIGA

15. 7. Who were “The Three musketeers”?

16. ATHOS, PARTHOS ,ARAMIS

17. 8. Who is the present Textile Minister of
India?

18. DAYANIDHI MARAN

19. 9. Which company owns the team
which won IPLT20 in 2009?

21. 10. Which is the richest temple in the
world?

22. TIRUPATHI

23. 11*. What is the name of ink manufactured
by the company which produces Parker
pens?

25. 12*.How do we better know A.S.Dileep
kumar in the field of music?

27. 13. What does APJ stand for in APJ
Abdul Kalam?

28. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

29. 14. My biography is known as “Moon Walk”, I
lived in Neverland ranch, who am I?

31. 15*. Which famous school has the motto:
‘Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus’
which in English means
“Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon”?

32. HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCARFT AND
WIZARDY

33. 16. Who became the first woman to run the
Boston marathon from the space station on
April 16, 2007. She travelled in the Atlantis
Space Shuttle?

34. SUNITA WILLIAMS

35. 17*.What is called ‘Three Fingered Salute’
with reference to computers?

36. CTRL+ALT+DEL

37. 18. Which legendary musician composed the
tune for the rhyme “Twinkle Twinkle little
star”?

38. MOZART

39. 19* .Expand WALL-E?

40. Waste Allocation Loader and Lifter-Earth class

41. 20*. Who won the Oscar award for Best
supporting actor in the year 2008? Extra
points for the film for which he received it.
(Clue: He received it posthumously)

42. HEATH LEDGER

43. 21. What is the name of the gaming arena
in Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai?

45. 22*. How do we better know the place
ARMOURED VEHICLES and
AMMUNITION DEPOT of INDIA?

46. AVADI

47. 23. Which production house bought the
superstar movie “Endhiran” from Ayngaran
International?

48. SUN PICTURES

49. 24. What is in common to these places:
Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza and Petra.

50. They are the 3 out of the new seven
WONDERS of the world

51. 25*. Who is the Project Director of
Chandraayan-1?

52. Mylswamy Annadurai

53. 26. Who is the proposed head of the Unique
ID card scheme of the Indian
government?

54. Nandan Nilekani

55. 27. What is an amalgam?

56. METAL+MERCURY

57. 28. What is in common with these: twins, crab,
lion, bull, virgin, archer, ram, scales, scorpion,
Water carrier, fish and sea-goat?

58. ZODIAC SIGNS

59. 29*. Which scientist has two scientific units
named after him?

60. Michael Faraday
FARAD & FARADAY

61. 30. Expand YAHOO.

62. Yet Another Heirarchical Officious Oracle!!

63. And now , the Finalists are…

64. C.NIKHIL XII C
M.ASHWIN BALAJI

65. B.PRIYANKA XI A
B.BHAVANA

66. S.GIRISH SUBRAMANIAM
R.HARIHARAN XII A

67. V.MOHANA KRISHNAN
XI A
K.N.ANIRUDH

68. S.VIGNESH XII A
K.SAI KUMAR

69. S.SRIRAM XB
S.NAVEEN

70. SPECIAL MENTION
S. GIRIDHARSAN XII
K.LALITH GANESH
R.PRASATH
IX B
J.GOUTHAM