askqance 2012 middle school prelims
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Prelims of the Middle School Quiz for classes 5,6 and 7 at asKQAnce 2012 by Rajagopal PS and Venkatesh STRANSCRIPT
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asKQAnce 2012 Middle School Quiz
PRELIMS with ANSWERSQuizmasters:
Rajagopal PS and Venkatesh S
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Identify this Bangalore landmark
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Vidhana Soudha
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The author described this character as the way in which Jesus Christ may have appeared in a fantasy world – mysterious, benevolent, compassionate and magical.
The name of this character is the Turkish word for lion.
Which character?
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Aslan, the lion from Chronicles of Narnia
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• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore – 2008 • Anju Bobby George – 2004 • Leander Paes – 2000 • Pargat Singh – 1996
This is the list of the last four people who held a certain honour for India.
What did they do?
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The answer is….
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India’s flag bearers at the Olympics
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A best-selling author, this nervous mild mannered mouse is a resident of New Mouse City on Mouse Island.
He is also the journalist and editor for the fictional newspaper The Rodent’s Gazette and keeps getting involved in adventures with his sister Thea, cousin Trap and nephew Benjamin.
Who?
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Geronimo Stilton
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This is called the Bosphorus Bridge. It is found in a world capital city and connects two regions. Where can you find it OR which regions does it connect?
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Istanbul; it connects Asia and Europe
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The character that Brad Pitt is playing lends his name to a part of the body, and is also used to refer to the principal weakness of any person. Which character?
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Achilles
Achilles Heel
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In the phonetic alphabet, A is referred as Alpha, B as Bravo, C as Charlie and so on.
One alphabet is referred to by the name of a country.
Which alphabet and country?
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I - INDIA
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Which 5-letter word describes the metallic part at the end of your shoelaces?
8
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Aglet
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Name either the character or the TV show that this Google doodle is celebrating
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Cookie Monster
Sesame Street
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This is Simon Bolivar; name the two South American countries that are named after him
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Bolivia Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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George de Mestral used to go for a walk with his pet dog daily. One day, in 1948, he found that some seeds were hooked on his clothes and on the fur of his dog. He observed these seeds under a microscope and found some hook like structures on them. Based on this he created a new item that is now used commonly across the world to hook/stick on to objects.
What did George de Mestral invent?
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Velcro
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Complete this proverb
“A ______ ___________ is a dangerous thing”
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A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
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In India, it is known as Korphad and by various other regional names. In Indonesia, it is known as Lidah Buaya (or "Crocodile's Tongue"). In Thailand, it is known as the "Crocodile Tail".
Name this medicinal plant, which is named because it is the “true” or genuine one of its genus
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Aloe Vera
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If it is scurvy for Vitamin C and rickets for Vitamin D, what is it for Vitamin B1?
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Beri Beri
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What are the two blanked out units?
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Decametre
Decimetre
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What is the name of the dish? Use the movie as a clue
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Ratatouille
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Name the author whose statue you see here, or the fairy tale that’s being depicted
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Hans Christian Andersen
Ugly Duckling
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In 1679, an associate of Robert Boyle, French physicist Denis Papin, better known for his studies on steam, invented the digesteur, an airtight vessel, in an attempt to reduce the cooking time of food.
This invention is today found in almost every kitchen in India.
What?
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Pressure Cooker
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This state in India has a name that means “land of the hill people”. They periodically have a mautam famine, caused by flowering of the bamboo, which in turn leads to an increase in rat population, who destroy all the crops.
Which Indian state?
19
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Mizoram
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There are only two non-Indian citizens who have won the Bharat Ratna award.
The first person won it in 1987, for his contributions to the Indian freedom struggle.
The second person is a world leader who won it in 1990.
Name both
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Nelson Mandela
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Locally known as Sahyadris, this mountain range has been recently declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, even though lots of people have protested the same. It has over 5000 species of flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species and 179 amphibian species, plus many more unknown species!
Name this mountain range
21
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Western Ghats
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Which Karnataka city gets its name after this asura that you see on the right?
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Mysuru, after Mahishasura
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Their motto is “Nabha Sparsham Deeptam”, taken from eleventh chapter of the Gita, meaning “Touch the Sky with Glory”. Given below is their crest. Identify them
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Indian Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena)
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The name of which creature that was made popular by books and movies in the 1990s, means “terrible lizard”?
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Dinosaur
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“Touch Play” is a book about which famous Indian sportsman?
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Prakash Padukone
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