Columban Open Quiz 2011 Semis

Compiled by: Mukund Marodia (mukund.quizblog.in)

Columban Open Quiz 2011

Date: 30th July, 2011

Venue: St. Columba’s School, New Delhi

QM: Mr. Adittya Nath Mubayi and Mr. Kunal Savarkar

Semi-Finals I

Round I: Clue-Do

1. Born on 12 August, 1919 in Ahmedabad, he began research under CV

Raman. Who?

Vikram Sarabhai

2. Developed by Harry Jennings and Herbert Everest in 1933. Some latest

versions include the iBot.

Wheelchair

3. Weighed 680-730 gm, research began in 1993, Steve Jobs, some more

facts.

iPad

4. Born on 17 March, 1946 in Indore; B.E. from BITS, Pilani and M.S. from

University of California, Berkeley.

Prithviraj Chavan (Maharashtra’s CM)

5. It was formed on 29 July, 1958. Premiere agency for a field in its country.

NASA


6. First class career-played 46 matches; became Sheriff of Kolkata; refused

Tottenham’s offer.

Chunni Goswami

Round II: Direct Orals

1. Codenamed Cherry Stone, nicknamed Doodlebug, also called F1-103.

What?

V1 Rocket

2. Born in Badakhstan, killed by Pashtun in 1561, he was played onscreen

by Yuri Suri. Who?

Bairam Khan

3. What is Bass List, named for Richard Bass, owner of Snowbird Ski

Resort?

List of highest peaks in the 7 continents

4. Michelangelo Antonioni film, name of a US geographical feature, Pacific

coast, Borax co. What?

Zabriskie Point

5. Major Charles Sweeney was asked to perform a mission in place of

Frederick Bock at the last moment. What mission?

A-Bombing on Nagasaki (Carried by Bockscar)

6. Hog island, Manning, Blackwell island, ……?

Frank Roosevelt Island


Round III (Audio)

1. Cheb Mami

2. Nazia Hassan (Aap Jaisa Koi… )

3. U. Srinivas on Mandolin

4. Raman Navarra

5. Shahrukh Khan’s first appearance in Deewana

6. Keerti Sagathia (Penchar from Delhi Belly)

Round IV

1. Battle in 1760, led by Eyre Coote. Which place?

Wandiwash

2. Which college at Oxford was founded in 1571 by Queen Elizabeth - for

the education of the clergy - and was the first Protestant college there?

David Lewis was the first principal.

Jesus College

3. His final competitive match on the field was in 2005 (Everton vs

Villareal). After retirement, he became a financial adviser, and was a

model for frozen takoyaki products in Japan, where he was very popular,

because of his distinctive looks.

Pieurluggi Collina

4. Question on Bhishma Parva

5. Which Indian state’s name means Cow Country. Capital’s name means

Land that never floods.


Goa(from Gomantham)

6. Question on Shroud of Turin

Round V (Visuals)

1. Id.

St. Columba’s

2. Media personality as a youngster. Who?

George Clooney

3. Id.


Fauja Singh

4. Id.

Hemu

5. The peak? Deadliest of 8000’ers.

Mt. Annapoorna

6. Name means Master of Grass. Id.


Capybara

Round VI (Buzzer)

1. Which party’s headquarter is located

Indian National Congress

2. Question on Google.

3. What is the Zodiac sign of Jesus Christ?

Capricorn

4. Who is the author of Maximum City?

Suketu Mehta

5. Which is the first month in the Islamic calendar?

Muharram

6. Which is Arvind Adiga’s latest novel?

Last man in Tower


Semi-Finals II

Round I: Clue-Do

1. Guru: Rambhau Kundgolkar. Exponent of Kirana Gharana. Who?

Pt. Bhimsen Joshi

2. Character developed by Saradindu Bandopadhyaya. (Some more info.)

Byomkesh Bakshi

3. Question on Sant Tukaram.

4. This king introduced gold coins in S. India.

Pulakeshin II

5. Born on 14 December, 1934; his first venture with films was Zubeida.

Who?

Shyam Benegal

6. Born on 13 December, 1959 at Kanpur; this sports administrator is the

owner of BAG films. Who?

Rajiv Shukla

Round II: Direct Orals

1. Developed by Hanns Peter Boehm, it is likely to replace Silicon. What?

Graphene

2. Sulphur islands

3. Immediately after independence, Sardar Patel and V P Menon invited

the rulers of the princely states to a conference to discuss the terms of


accession. Some of them rejected the offer outright, comparing it to a

famous literary incident involving a member of the Odobenidae family.

What work was referred to?

Walrus and carpenter

4. Mehran Nassiri was hospitalized in 2006 for unknown ailments. It

transpired that he had been living, quasi-legally, in France since 1988,

when his papers were stolen at Charles de Gaulle airport. What famous

film was said to be inspired by his life, although it was not officially

acknowledged as such?

The Terminal

5. Imperial movie tone film about Prince and a gypsy girl. Which one?

Alam Ara

6. Question on Macbeth

Round III (Audio)

1. Baba Sehgal(Thanda Thanda pani)

2. Gottuvadyam

3. Dance of Swans

4. Suraj Jagan (Jaa Chudail from Delhi Belly)

5. Merry Poppins

6. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan in Mughal-E-Azam

Round IV

1. The discovery of Eris, a trans-Neptunian object led to what?

Re-definition of a planet by IAU which ruled out Pluto.


2. Definition of Akshauhini- a war unit during the Mahabharat.

3. What was found by Rakhal Das Bandopadhyaya while laying a railway

track?

Mohenjodaro

4. ____ _____, Naga Viper, Infinity, Trinidad Scorpion. What?

Bhoot Jolokia and World’s hottest chillies.

5. Question on Achilles

6. Question on Green Lantern

Round V (Visuals)

1. Id.

Herbert Baker and Edwin Lutyens

2. Id.

Fort Sumter

3. Id.


Sylvester Stallone

4. Id.

Sir Sobha Singh

5. Id.

Leo Fender

6. Id.

Dominique Strauss Kahn’s successor at IMF (Controversial though…)


“Sharing is Caring”

‘Tree of Knowledge’

Let it Grow

Spiritual

Columban Open Quiz 2011 Semis