The document provides rules for an annual quiz competition held by Maharishi Vidya Mandir Public School in Guwahati. It outlines 5 rounds of questions with varying point values for correct and incorrect answers. Direct questions are worth 10 points, pass questions 10 points, pounce questions 10 points for correct answers and -10 for incorrect answers. Bonus questions at the end of each round are worth 20 points for a correct answer and -15 for an incorrect answer. The quizmaster's decision is final.
2. RULES
• There are 5 rounds.
• Correct answer on a direct question earns you 10 points and if
passed and the correct answer is given then the other team also gets
10 points.
• No negative marking in direct and pass questions.
• Team answering correctly on pounce earns 10 points and answering
wrongly on pounce ,teams will lose 10 points.
• After each round there will be a bonus question for each team and
they have to answer that on pounce. If correct ,you earn 20 points. If
wrong ,you lose 15 points.
DECISION OF THE QUIZMASTER IS FINAL AND BINDING. 2
4. ROUND 1
TAKE IT EASY.
•Correct answer earns you 10 points.
•No negative marking.
•Answering on pounce will earn you 10 points if
answered correctly and a team will lose 10
points if answered wrong on pounce.
•Direct question-10 points and pass question-10
points
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11. Q3
Johnson & Johnson employee Earle Dickson invented
X for his wife Josephine, who frequently cut and burned
herself while cooking.The prototype allowed her to dress
her wounds without assistance.Dickson had a successful
career at Johnson & Johnson, rising to vice president
before his retirement in 1957.What was his invention?
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55. Q1
The X District is one of the 25 gu (local
government districts) which make up the city
of Seoul, South Korea. X literally means "South
of the (Han) River". As of the 2010 census, X
had a population of 527,641, making it the 4th
most populated district in Seoul. X is the third
largest district in Seoul, with an area of
39.5 km2
.What is X?
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58. Q2
The word featured primarily in a song is a
modification of a word with suffix “r” which in
Tamil means leader or boss.The word comes
from the root meaning to lead or head people
and is used for Rajnikant.
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61. Q3
Her father studied her horoscope and predicted that she would
remain unmarried.To avoid this fate,he ascertained an auspicious
moment for his daughter’s wedding and to alert his daughter at the
correct time,he placed a cup with a small hole at the bottom of a
vessel filled with water,arranged so that the cup would sink at the
beginning of the propitious hour.
He put the device in a room with a warning to her to not to go near
it.In her curiosity though,she went to look at the device and a pearl
from her bridal dress accidentally dropped into it,thus upsetting
it.The auspicious moment for the wedding thus passed unnoticed
leaving a devastated father.
Who was she or who was her father?
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64. Q4
In Latin,this word means an animal used for breeding.
In geology,it is the natural material surrounding a metal
or gem.
The most common use of the word,however is in
mathematics.
Also appearing in the title of a film with unique special
effects,which word?
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80. Q1
X was a player of the NBA .On October 6th, 1993, X
made a truly shocking announcement—he was
leaving the hardwood for the baseball diamond in the
prime of his career. But after batting .202 in Double-
A, it was clear balls and bats weren't his calling. He
returned to the NBA on March 18th, 1995 and won
three more titles for the Bulls. Identify X. 80
83. Q2
Born in 1936,he had to experience the horrors of communal violence and
leave Lylaput(modern day Faisalabad).On his way to Phagwara in
India,he had to board a train stacked with dead bodies .When he was
playing for the Khalsa Sporting Club,he caught the attention of bigger
clubs in Kolkata.He later was transferred to Mohan Bagan where he was
the first Sikh player to lead the club.He is best known for his heroics in
the India run to the Gold Medal in 1962 Asian Games.Although gravely
injured in the quarter finals,he took the field in the semi-final with 6
stitches in head and amazingly headed in the winning goal.In 1966,he
was selected as the captain of the All-star football team,the only Indian to
hold this distinction till date.Identify this Indian football legend.
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86. Q3
X was the former World No.1 professional tennis
player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand
Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold
medalist in doubles, and the youngest-ever
winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at
the age of 17. Identify X.
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89. Q4
In the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final Zinedane
Zidane of France hit an Italian player in his chest
after hearing insult of his sister. Zidane was red
carded and Italy won in a 5-3 penalty shootout.
Who was the player hit by Zidane?
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92. Q5
During September 1972, in Munich, West
Germany, 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage
and eventually killed by the Palestinian group
called Black September. What is the event that I
am talking about?
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95. Q6
The previous best performance was by Dipankar
Bhattacharjee, who entered the third round at the
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Recently in the
London Olympics 2012 a male shuttler broke his
record by entering into the quarter finals. Name
him.
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98. BONUS Q
X is a boxer. He makes professional debut on March 6
1985, with first-round victory over Hector Mercedes in
Albany, New York. On November 22, 1986 he became
the youngest heavyweight champion of the world at age
20, with second-round knockout of Trevor Berbick to
win World Boxing Council heavyweight title. In 1992 he
was sent to jail for some illicit activities. On June 28,
1997 X bites a chunk out of rival Evander Holyfield's ear
in Las Vegas bout. Authorities revoke X’s boxing license
and fine him $3 million. On December 29, 2006 X was
arrested by police in Scottsdale, Arizona, and charged
with DUI and cocaine possession. Identify X. 98
105. Q1
The director of National Council of Educational
Research and Training (NCERT) was encouraged by this
person to examine PETA’s Central Board of Secondary
Education approved programme into its textbooks.
He also wrote a letter to Health Minister Gulam Nabi
Azad urging him to implement non-animal methods of
teaching in medical courses.
Give me the name of the person who was named as the
Person of the Year 2013 by the animal rights body
PETA-India for taking steps to advance animal
protection.
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111. Q3
The separation of friends
The gaining of friends
Of Crows and Owls
Loss of Gains
Ill-considered action/Rash deeds
are collectively known as ………………..
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117. Q5
Which sensational television personality post
graduate from Oxford in Social Anthropology
and visiting fellow at cambridge and author of
“Combating Terrorism:The legal challenges”
was conferred the “Assamese of the Year Award
2009” by News Live in early 2010?
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123. BONUS Q
X is an expert violin player, singlestick player,boxer and
swordsman.He has a good practical knowledge of the British Law
but feeble knowledge of politics.
Despite having a variable knowledge of Botany mostly in the
fields of Belladonna,opium and poisons,he has a profound
knowledge of Chemistry and received an Extraordinary Honorary
Fellowship by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Id X.
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