20170106 indian social club - intermediate rounds (round 2)

INDIAN SOCIAL CLUB, SOHARTHE INTERMEDIATE ROUNDS -

ROUND 2GUIDELINES/RULES:1. 3 rounds of quizzing. Total 15 questions2. Round 1 - Current Affairs/General round (5 questions).3. Round 2 - Specialized topic round (5 questions). A choice of

10 subjects shall be displayed. No pounce and no passing4. Round 3 - Buzzer round (5 questions). Open to all teams on

the buzzer. Whoever hits the buzzer first, gets to answer. No passing (except that it would go to the audience)

INDIAN SOCIAL CLUB, SOHARTHE INTERMEDIATE ROUNDS

5. Round 1 will not have negative marking. No passing as well to the next team. Unanswered questions will go to the audience.

6. For round no. 2 (Specialized topics), on a direct question, a correct answer would fetch 10 points, while an incorrect/pass answer will not fetch any negative points. Unanswered questions will go to the audience

7. For round no. 3, negative marking shall be applied. +10 for a correct answer and -10 for an incorrect/pass answer.

8. All unanswered questions would pass onto the audience, where the first preference is given to children and later, if unanswered, to the adults.

QUESTION 1Which country in the world became the first to use drones for national mail deliveries? (Clue: This happened in December 2016)

QUESTION 2Known for her role in "The Affairs of Dobie Gillis", "Bundle of Joy", "The Catered Affair" etc., which iconic Hollywood star passed away, a day after her daughter Carrie Fischer passed away?

QUESTION 3

Which international personality has topped the 2016 World’s Most Powerful People list of Forbes?

QUESTION 4Antonio Guterres, a former Premier of a European nation, is the newly elected Secretary General of the United Nations, who is expected to succeed Ban Ki Moon, in 2017. Of which country, was he the premier?

QUESTION 5Which British sportsperson, of international repute, has carved a niche for himself, when he made it to the record books for the third time to have won the BBC Sports Personality of the year 2016, which no other Britisher has ever achieved, till date?

Identify the world-famous novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, who lends his name to this magnificent trophy, which is exclusively played only between two teams in UK

In the world, which we live in, what did Scottish physicist William Cullen develop (for the first time) in the 1800s, but it took another century for the appliance to gain widespread use?

Designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, this museum (picture overleaf) was inaugurated in 1997. Built alongside the Nervion river, this is one of the most admired works of contemporary architecture. This building has been hailed as a "signal moment in the architectural culture, because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics and the general public were all completely united about something"

In which European country would one find this museum?

From Walt Disney’s Snow White and the seven dwarfs, who is the leader of all the dwarfs (His name rhymes with that of the short form of a very famous and noble profession)

Identify the historical event of extremely important significance

Identify this world leader, who passed away in November 2016

Which Roman emperor was nearly killed while riding a ten-horse chariot in the Olympic Games of AD67

From the world of literature, what is this award - all about?

The cob and the pen are the young of which aquatic creature?

Identify this world-famous duo

The world's longest rail tunnel, Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT), began operating on a regular basis w.e.f. December 11, 2016. The 57 kms. long GBT took around 17 years to build at a cost of approx. USD 11.8 billion. In which European country is this tunnel based?

QUESTION 11

The first light switch was invented in 1884. The dominant design since then continues to be the "up" or "down" toggle switch. In North America, the "up" position switches the appliance to "on," whereas in other countries such as the UK, the reverse is true. However in this Asian country, most of the switches are positioned sideways. Id X and why are they positioned sideways?

QUESTION 12

This food item was created in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of the Grand Duchess _________ Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. It became popular throughout Europe and later, through out the world. Which food item/brand are we talking about? (The blank is the name of the Duchess as well as the food item)

QUESTION 13

Originally turnips and potatoes were used for this purpose. Large beets were also used in some countries like England. When the immigrants came to United States they brought the tradition with them and soon found something else as a better alternative, it being a fruit native to America. What am I talking about?

QUESTION 14

In 1985, Carmela Vitale of Dix Hills, New York, was issued a patent for a plastic 3-legged tripod stool that would sit in the middle of the box. Vitale called her invention a "package saver" and used that term also as the title of her patent, but it has since been renamed the “_______ saver", since that has become its most common use. The patent (#4,498,586) was filed on February 10, 1983, and issued on February 12, 1985. Where can we mostly expect to see her creation in day to day life?

QUESTION 15