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* 90 questions are to be completed in 60 minutes.
* The questions are divided into 5 rounds, with the maximum possible score of 100.
* Starred questions - multiples of 5 (5,15,25,35,45,55,65) & Double starred - multiples of
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CHAI PE
CHALLENGE
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NO. QUESTION ANSWER
1
Since the quiz is starting on Jan 26, let the first question be from the 2018 Republic Day
Parade. One of the 10 guests in this years parade, Joko Widodo is the President of which
country - that also holds a singificance in our Republic Day parade history? (This country
also hosts Chai Pe Challenge)
2
Which "cousin" of the guitar with Portuguese origins, allegedly takes its name
from the nickname of a Col. Edward William Purvis?
3
Which player, in news currently, did Kim Clijsters defeat in the 2009 US Open final to
become the first female wildcard winner of a Grand Slam and only the second player to
do so after Goran Ivanisevic at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships?
4
Name the American triannual magazine founded at SF by Howard Junker in 1985,
with the slogan quite appropriately "The Last Word"?
5*
Which brand has the logo of a cat jumping through the number 9, thereby using
the popular saying as an advertising tool?
6
Which venture created by Rajesh Rajmani started using famous works of Raja Ravi
Varma as well as the ones from Mughal era, inspired by Royal Existentials, another
venture of the same kind?
7
The name of which now-prohibited medicine and one of the sought- after
commodities comes from Quechua for 'holy bark', as Jesuit Monks first
synthesized it from its source?
8
The totoaba is the largest of the scaienidae species of fish, found in major rivers in
Southeast Asia and northeast South America. Its dried bladder is believed to have
medicinal purposes inspired by its longevity and fertility. As such, it fetches
exhorbitant prices in the Far East. 1 kg of totoaba costing as much as $8,000 at the
U.S.-Mexico border jumps to $60,000 in Singapore or Hong Kong. Identify the two-
word slang term by which this product has been dubbed?
9
Moore versus Regents of the University of California, filed in 1990, was rather a
landmark case that debated the commercialisation of a personal "property". What
exactly was the subject matter?
10
**
One of the primary reasons for the loss of the lifestyle of the Chenchu tribes living
in the Nallamala Forests spread over Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is the
disappearance of a particular stringed musical instrument called the Kinnera. It
was made of a bamboo neck, dried and hollowed gourds as resonators, human
hair or animal nerves as strings and XY for frets. The animal X itself is endangered,
being the most trafficked mammal in the world and Y is a unique feature in the
mammalian world. Identify XY?
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CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
ROUND 1: CHAI PE QUIZ ROUND: The first letters of the answers to the following set of 10 questions on this page spell
out the letters in "CHAI PE QUIZ" but not necessarily in that order. If any answer is a multiple-word phrase or a proper
noun, take into account the first word (or first name) for the acrostic.
11
Legend has it that when the forces of Tipu Sultan came to Pallipuram on the
outskirts of Kochi to loot and plunder, The Virgin Mary, venerated in the local
church, performed a miracle by changing the weather, which forced the assailants
to retreat. What is the name which St. Mary has been bestowed upon thus?
12
What name is shared by a 2006 Japanese anime film by Satoshi Kon and a ground spice
made from bell peppers used extensively in Hungarian cuisine?
13
Gunslinger’s gait: a new cause of unilaterally reduced arm swing was an article
that came in the British Medical Journal in 2015 issue on Political Science. As per
the researchers, they accessed the manual of an agency, based on which they
suggest that this person's style of walking was linked to the training he
underwent, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring. Who
is allegedly afflicted with this gait?
14 Doolally, based in Pune, is the first company in India to be granted a particular license in
2009. What license or what do they make?
15*
The "Second Flush" variety, harvested towards the end of May until the middle of July,
constitutes 25% of the overall annual production of which GI tagged product, which has a
tag for the word as well as the logo?
16
Which Indian publishing house, whose second and third books are titled 'The
Wise Fool of Baghdad ' & 'Rumi ' respectively, became the first ever from the
country to participate in the Comic-Con International in 2012?
17
There are 12 players in the list of 500+ appearances in the English Premier League,
having all but one player belonging to Great Britain. With 514 appearances for 4
clubs, including being part of a club in it's title-winning season, which player is the
only one who falls outside this classification?
18
Which American state, also called the "Bluegrass State", gets its name from the native
American word for 'meadowland'?
19
Which avian, who also gives its name to a 2014 pulitzer-winning novel, is
associated with Christ's Passion and his crown of thorns in Christian symbolism
because of the thistle seeds it eats? Appearing in pictures of the Madonna and
Christ child, it represents the foreknowledge Jesus and Mary had of the Crucifixion.
20
**
Who was portrayed in a sand sculpture made on the Kozhikode beach by a group of
students on the Human rights Day on 10th Dec 2017 as well as installation 'Sea of Pain' by
Chilean artist Raul Zurita during the Kochi Muziris Biennale in 2017?
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CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
21
The 2012 book 'The Game Changers ' traces the stories of 20 successful
"entrepreneurs" from a specific IIT, featuring chapters including 'The Subziwallah '
about Venkata Subramanian, the founder of eFarm, 'Illutionist ' about magician
Sam Dalal et al. Who is the subject of the chapter appropriately titled 'Agent of
Change '?
22
Which brand, named after a subspecies of the Panthera family, was started by the
sons of a herbalist Aw Chu Kin on the banks of the Irrawaddy river?
23
Originally published by C.A. Reitzel under the original title 'Kejserens nye Klæder ',
this much-in-the-folklore tale about the promise made by 2 "professionals" has
been adapted to various media, and the story's title and its variations have been
adopted for use in numerous other works and as an idiom. Name the tale OR the
idiom?
24
Who was the first athlete to win five individual Olympic gold medals, also having single-
handedly won more gold medals than all nations except for the Soviet Union (10) and
East Germany (9) at those Olympic games?
25* Name the longest muscle in the human body has a Latin origin, which meaning tailor?
This name was chosen in reference to the cross-legged position in which tailors once sat.
26
The clothing company Mexx was founded by Indian-born Dutch businessman Rattan
Chadha . His residence is in an affluent suburb of The Hague, and is the second most
prosperous municipality in the Netherlands. Name this town, recently in the news for a
"new entrant"?
27
The Sri Lankan population consists of Sinhala Buddhist, Tamil, Christian, Muslim and
Burgher groups. The latter comes from the Dutch word burgher, meaning "town dweller"
and are descendants of Europeans who settled in the island, with Angelo Mathews and
Jacqueline Fernandes as examples. However, Which multiple award winning person is
arguably the more famous person, having a mixture of Dutch, English, Sinhalese, and
Tamil ancestry and also has a species of spider Brignolia _______ named after him?
28
X gave up his surname to protest against the prevalent caste system in North India. He
replaced it with a term which was a colloquilization of what he used to be affectionately
called in his "childhood". Identify this pseudonym, which became an established surname
thanks to X's kin.
29
Which French minister, along with Frank Kellog, formulated a 1928 treaty which
outlawed war, and was a co-recipient of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize?
30
**
The Weather Girl sculptures, created by Einar Utzon-Frank in 1936, sums up a
typical scene in this city – omnipresent bicycles and rain. A pair of rotating ladies
warn people about rain and shine; one riding a bicycle when it is sunny, the other
swivels out with an umbrella when it rains. Identify the city, well-known for
another feminine landmark.
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31
The Eye of Horus in Egyptian mythology, the Fontana della Pigna statue in the
Vatican Museum courtyard, the Tuatara (a reptile in New Zealand) - all of these
connect to the epiphysis cerebri, located deep in the human brain. Descartes and
Madame Blavatsky held this organ in high regard. What is the common name of
this entity, arising from its shape?
32
Which football club has a nickname 'Indios', meaning 'Indian', the origin of which
can be attributed to two theories. One goes that it is inherited from the nickname
of Hugo Sanchez after his arrival at the club, and the other because the location
of their home stadium on the banks of Manzanares donning the team colours
reminded of the Indian tribes?
33
_________ with you' was a 2016 American biographical romantic drama film
about Barack & Michelle Obama and focuses on the couple's first date on an
evening in 1989 at the blanked out place, which is one of the three major parts of
the Chicago city. FITB?
34
Who owns the The 'Black Museum', that came into existence in 1874 with exhibits
collections gathered under the authority of the an Act of 1869? The first, and
supposedly last time that the public were granted access to it was when a major
exhibition of the musueum artifacts, held in 2016?
35*
Which scientific term is said to have originated from the slang name for an
infamous dungeon in Fort William in Kolkata, where a tragic event occured in
1756 when Siraj Ud-Daula, who conquered the fort, cramped the prisoners of war
into these small cells that more than half of them died of exhaustion and
suffocation?
36 The Hidden Pool ' is the first novel for children written by which author?
37
Which feature of a food item helps to string 108 of them together into a garland,
to be offered to Lord Hanuman in many parts of the country. However in
Karnataka, this feature is found only in shops – due to a taboo which leads to this
item being produced at home with this feature only during a funeral service.
38
Recently, The Public Theater in New York staged a play with a Trump-like figure in the
titular role. This interpretation was met with criticism, especially of its most famous
scene, with the protestors even interrupting the performance. However, Oskar Eustis,
the artistic director, defended the play saying that it "warns about what happens when
you try to preserve democracy by nondemocratic means". Which play?
39
Scott Joplin, who became famous through the publication of the "Maple Leaf ___" is
known as the "King" of which musical style which enjoyed its peak popularity in the early
20th Century?
40
**
Which list has technically 51 entries, out of which 15 entries came in the 1950s; 14 in the
1960s; 12 in the 1970s; 4 in the 1980s and 2 in the 1990s, after which it took more than
20 years for the next entry?
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41
Peberholm is a small artificial island in the Danish part of the Øresund strait,
created as part of the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark with Sweden. The
name was chosen to complement the corresponding small natural island on the
Swedish side. Give the pair of complementary English words from the culinary
world, from which the names derive. (No part points)
42
The Historic Monuments of Dengfeng', spread over an area of 1220 square
kilometers was inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 2010. Which
cultural landmark that takes its name from one of the seven peaks of a mountain
does it include?
43
Surabhi Lakshmi won the National Film award for Best Actress at the 64th
National Film awards for a Malayalam movie. What is its English title, also the
name of a creature from the order Coleoptera ?
44
Margot Wölk, born in 1917, was one among 15 young women who were chosen
for a certain task. The objects of her task, in her own words, dealt with the most
scrumptious of dishes-however, laced with fear. What exactly did she confirm,
thanks to what she worked as in her twenties, something which helped convince
the masses somebody's concern for animals?
45*
Which disputed landmass adjacent to the Sea of Azov, currently at peace with the
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262, is geographically speaking, a
tambolo where a lady with a lamp once worked?
46
What name is common to the art movement of Neoplasticism whose principal
group members were the likes of Piet Mondrian , and the name of an album by
the two-piece band The White Stripes?
47
Which 39 - year old "writer" is nominated for his film in the 'Animated Short
Film' category for the 2018 oscars, making him the first from a particular group of
people to get an Academy Award Nomination?
48
In 2014 as part of the Centenary commemoration, Canada brought out a stamp
while India brought out a commemorative 5 rupee coin, to commemorate what
incident?
49
Which English novelist, who wrote The Lost Horizon won an Oscar for co-writing
the 1942 film Mrs.Miniver?
50
**
The Guru Gopinath National ____ Museum opened in 2015 is one of the first such
museums in India and is situated in Trivandrum. Bridging the time span and
indicating the antiquity of _____ in India, the museum includes models of the
something that "came out" thanks to Ernest Mackay, the Didarganj Yakshi et al.
FITB or what musueum is it?
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51
Name the book written by Steven Levenson about a high school senior with anxiety
disorder, later adapted into a musical and grabbed six awards at the 71st Tony Awards?
52
In Satya Nadella's autobiography Hit Refresh, description of his childhood has mention of
being pushed hard academically by his civil-servant father, but with tolerance for
philosophical and sporting interests. This was epitomised by the three posters he had up
on his bedroom wall: the philosopher Karl Marx, the goddess Lakshmi and which
underperforming "cultivated stylist"?
53
Srividya Natarajan's 2006 novel set in Chennai is a sarcastic take on Tamil upper caste
mores. The four-word title is taken from the following lines from A Midsummer Night's
Dream: "And, most dear actors, eat __ ______, ___ ______, for we are to utter sweet
breath; and do not doubt but to hear them say, it is a sweet comedy...". FITB for the title.
54
The title of which film, recipient of the 1980 Best Picture Oscar, contains the name of a
defensive midfielder who plays for Borrusia Monchengladbach?
55*
Developed by Indian scientists from BARC and CSIR-National Physical Lab in agreement
with India Govt. Mint, what first of its kind created in India is the Bharatiya Nirdeshak
Dravya, that weighs 20 gm, and has the dimensions of a 'Parle-G' biscuit, in the words of
scientists?
56
David Lagercrantz, the author who took on Stieg Larsson’s creations after his
death, wrote two more novels in the Millennium series. But his real claim to
literary fame came in 2011, when he was ghost writer for a biography, which went
on to be nominated for the Sports Book of the Year award. Whose bio?
57
In 1977, following a harvest failure in Brazil, price of coffee imports went up in East
Germany, forcing the country into severe economic crisis as the Balance of trade was at
stake. The government added fuel to fire as they withdrew all the inexpensive local coffee
brands available. Which Asian country reaped the benefits of this series of failed
economic policies, ultimately becoming the World's second largest exporter of coffee?
58
The Knowledge is a 1979 British comedy-drama television film about a group of men
doing "The Knowledge", the training required to become what?
59
What 3 day long event was the subject of the 2011 Dan Bern song from the album 'Live at
Newyork', which has lyrics such as 'til Christ goes and come back'?
60
**
In July 2017, PMLN and Maryam Sharif were indicted for corruption due to the fact of
their usage of which "warm and soft character" in the forged financial documents rather
prematurely? Since 2007, this Lucas de Groot product has proved to be a serial forgery-
catcher.
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61
Which readily available thin, flat metal part of this item of dressing facilitates it to be
used as a 'roach clip', protecting the fingers from getting burnt while smoking the final
portion of a Marijuana cigarette?
62
The main setting for which Oscar-winning film was modelled after Kenya's Hell's Gate
National Park?
63
With the Hindi film Newton’s entry to the Oscars, this becomes the eighth movie starring
which person being selected for Indian contender for the Best Foreign Film? (full name
required)
64
In which sport / game was Emmanuel Lasker the World Champion from 1894 till he was
defeated in 1921?
65*
A mashrabiya is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework
located on the second storey of a building or higher, often lined with stained glass.
Abstract shapes formed by light filtering through the mashrabiyas at this venue has been
used to create designs for the pictograms there and was crucial in achieving the
architect’s Jean Nouvel’s vision for a “rain of light.” Which location?
66
Which unique german invention came from a military tradition which is
commonly believed to be started by a general who made an oath to his troops to
consume something using a part of his own attire, should they achieve success in
storming a town. When this was accomplished, the general had this item made
from glass to fulfill his promise and to avoid spoiling the consumed substance,
which is, even now, used by soldiers to enjoyed toasting to their victories.
67
Jane-Ove Waldner was the first and remains the only non -Chinese player to achieve the
Grand Slam (singles crown at the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the
World Cup ) in which sport ?
68
The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act is an American legislative bill
that would have granted legal status to certain undocumented immigrants who were
brought to the United States as children. In the last few years a particular term has been
used to describe young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United
States as children, who have lived and gone to school here, and who in many cases
identify as American. What term?
69
Which 1900's boys' attire named after an eponymous cartoon strip character consisted of
a belted, double-breasted jacket worn with a large round collar, floppy bow, shorts, and
often worn with a haircut with bangs, inspired Ron Weasley's hand-me-down dress in the
Yule Ball?
70
**
Draper Prize, named for Charles Stark Draper, the "father of inertial navigation", is known
as one of three prizes that constitute the "Nobel Prizes"of which field of study — the
others being the Academy's Russ and Gordon Prizes.
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71
3 out of 6 stadiums that played host to the 2017 FIFA Under 17 world cup are
officially named after Jawaharlal Nehru . If Delhi was one, name the other two
cities? (both the cities host Chai Pe Challenge as well)
72
The composer of this second-only-to-GoT show was instructed to 'avoid any direct
references to specific subject matter'. Although nothing about the show is
revealed prima facie, lines like 'maybe, but I got you pegged' do indicate to the
plot. Name the song and the show, sung by its lead actor ?
73
This project, titled XY, is a collage of the jackets donned by the person Y, arranged
into a chart based on the color gradient similar to the color charts of the company
X, and was created by Dutch graphic designer Noortje van Eekelen as a part of a
website chronicling the Eurozone Crisis. Name the person and the company?
74
Redoubtable' is a 2017 French biographical film written and directed by Michel
Hazanavicius about a phase of life of a person X who was ranked 3rd in the critics' top-
ten directors of all time poll in 2002 by Sight & Sound. Michel Hazanavicius is also an
Academy award winner for best director for his film Y, which went on to win the Academy
award for the Best Picture too. Identify the director X and the film Y .
75
Sofia Ashraf’s Kodaikanal Won’t , released in 2015, is a protest rap song,
parodying X's 2014 song Anaconda from her third studio album 'The Pink Print ',
and speaks of the environmental pollution caused by the Hindustan Unilever
factory, which closed down in 2001, but a certain residual toxic substance led to
skin problems, sensory impairment and lack of coordination in the local
population. Identify the subject as well as X?
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Each questions has 2 answers and carries 1 mark each
ROUND 3: DOUBLE POINTERS
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76
This Hindi film's story was based on a Bengali short story by Bibhutibhushan
Bandopadhyay. Writer - director Arabinda Mukherjee was not familiar with Hindi
so he wrote the script in English which was translated to Hindi by the writer
Ramesh Pant except for one line of dialogue. Which 1970s movie? Identify the
iconic line?
77
US House Representative William Pascrell is a big fan of X. He has sought the
introduction of a bill to control ticket pricing issues of entertainment shows. The
shorter version of this bill is “Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and
Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act (2016)”. Look carefully and find the
resultant acronym and identify X?
78
Which cricketer holds the record in ODIs for maximum matches without officially
captaining for even a single game in his career, with 350 matches? Which Indian
comes second with 304?
79
Which now bankrupt US company owned the Mountain pass mine in California,
when the market leaders in rare earth metails in the 1990s, before an Asian
country started flooding the market, eventually producing around 97% of the
world's rare earth metals till 2010, after which they decided to cut down exports
to support the home production of a range of high-tech products. Also identify
the Asian county?
80
In the Top 10 list of 2018 Travellers Choice award by Trip Advisor in the category - 'Top
Destinations on the Rise', at number 7 is a European capital city which houses the Art
Nouveau center featured in UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and at 10 is an "iconic city
whose French colonial post still allows myriad movie moments for those who want to
revisit love in the medina and Old City". Identify both the cities?
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81
(a)
Which typographic symbol, denoting an accented pronunciation, can be inserted in MS
Office by holding the 'Ctrl' key and pressing the apostrophe key once, followed by release
of 'Ctrl' and a press of the desired letter?
81
(b)
Apart from its most commonly associated meaning, the other meanings to this six-letter
word includes blunt, dull, and insensitive. Which word, an integral part of something
scalene ?
82
(a)
Which video game, praised to be the 'killer app' of Xbox set is centered around a civil
strife between humanity and a group of alien religious leaders, gradually developing into
a holy war of genocide?
82
(b)
Which 6 - lettered term, used as a symbol for the number 6, is ligature of
the Greek letters, and is named by mixing the two component letters?
83
(a)
Nikola Tesla first described its concept way back in 1915, and was first developed by actor
Reginald Denny in 1935. Which 5 - lettered term, diverse enough to be applied in musical,
entomological, as well as semantic contexts?
83
(b)
The holder of this Musical office must be competent to choose and to conduct the vocals
for the choir, to start any chant on demand, and to be able to identify and correct the
missteps of singers placed under him. Which office, sounding similar to a 19th century
German Mathematician?
84
(a)
This miserable daughter of the lively Fermina Daza was aptly named after the melancholic
Shakespearean heroine- for she had taken (a bit too much) after her paternal
grandmother and aunts. Also, both suffered unfortunate endings, but only due to their
own actions. Either name her, or who she is named for? (Only a minor variation in
spelling)
84
(b)
Identify the rather notorious group of useless transmitters of diseases, which were first
identified, all thanks to the selfless sacrifice of a gentleman named Husein Khan for a
price of 8 annas?
85
(a)
What is the internet country code top-level domain assigned to the islands of St. Helena,
Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and is also used by a certain 'Long John Silver' entity
since 2013?
85
(b)
Milton Glaser was a graphic designer who was the brain behind the 'I 💖 NY' and Bob
Dylan's psychedelic poster. However, he is famous in the geek world, for a 1977 work
placed at a strategic 4° slant and described as a 'bullet'. For whom did he do it?
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ROUND 4: ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE
5 questions in pairs. Maximum of 5 points. The pairs will be antonyms in its respective field of use. HALF points
for individual answers. Example - Fast, slow (antonyms in speed).
CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
Eg Trouble, if it's in the fire; Remy & Co., Lovers of Cheese. Fat, Rat
(Solution: Part 1: Fat is in the fire is an idiom referring to trouble ahead. Part 2:
Ratatouille reference.)
86 Greedy Gimli once ate a white slice, Divide the Platinum cylinder by 1000.
87 Chris Kyle & co, Hunters of elusive birds, You'd want to keep me away from your 'Dora'.
88 Held guilty for stabbing Arya Stark, Land donated for religious purposes.
89 The unknown muse of Bagatelle 25, DC's gang of supervillains.
90 I am the flower of Zea mays, They call 'La Rosaleda' stadium home.
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This quiz is set by Chai Pe Quiz - The Cochin Quiz Club core team. For any clarifications or queries,
contact: +91 94470 22106 or mail to quizaravind@gmail.com. Thank you attending the quiz!
5 questions, 5 points. Each question has 2 parts, carrying HALF point each. Answers in a pair will differ by a
single alphabet. The differed alphabet will be that of the corresponding question number. (First alphabet for
the first question and so on)
ROUND 5: ALPHABET CHALLENGE
Out of 100
ROUND 1 :
ROUND 2 :
ROUND 3 :
ROUND 4 :
ROUND 5 :
GRAND TOTAL:
Acknowledgements
We would like to specially thank Major Chandrakant Nair and Manu
Sudhakar for their valuable support and inputs. We also would like to
thank Rithwik Kambil and Ashwin Menon for getting us in touch with
almost all the quiz clubs in India, helping us to get a very good number
of venues for this event.
We are gracious to all the quiz clubs that supported our maiden
venture. Around 30 quiz clubs around India and abroad is hosting this
quiz.
* London Quiz Fraternity & Chris Quiz Jones
* Malaysian Quiz Club & Mr. Movin Miranda
* Singapore Quiz Club
* Quiz Dubai
* Muscat Quiz Circle
* Indonesian Quiz Circle
* All quiz clubs in Kerala: V-Quiz, Virya Quiz Society, Gyanartha Quiz Club, Quiz Club
Kollam, I Quiz Malappuram, Inquizzitive Quiz Club, Quiz Club Kasaragod & Quizics
* KQA & Dr. Arul Mani
* Bombay Quiz Club (BQC)
* Goa SEQC
* Delhi Quiz Club (DQC)
* All quiz clubs in North East India & Mr. Abhra Das
* DexCells- The NLU Jodhpur Quiz Club
* IIT Kharagpur Quiz Club
* Literary, Debate & Quiz Club of MIT
* Orrisa Quiz Associaiton & NIT Rourkela Quiz Club
* Quiz club of ISM (IIT) Dhanbad
Chai Pe Challenge organizing & questions setting team would thank
everyone for participating.
* Dr. Unnikrishnan Menon
* Dr. Nithish T Jacob (President, Quiz Society of India)
* Aravind Anil
* Denita Tresa Mendez
* Anand Rajagopal a.k.a Rajaji
Thanks everyone once again, for making our first anniversary
memorable!

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  • 1. DATE: CITY: FORMAT: * 90 questions are to be completed in 60 minutes. * The questions are divided into 5 rounds, with the maximum possible score of 100. * Starred questions - multiples of 5 (5,15,25,35,45,55,65) & Double starred - multiples of 10 (10,20,30,40,50,60) RULES: * Your proctor’s decision is final with regard to accuracy of an answer. Only the answer given by the quizmaster will be considered (Bolded/ Underlined words given in the answer key act as keywords in case of explanatory answers). * In case of a person's name - the surname would suffice (unless specified). * As the quiz take place over a span of 3 days in other cities over different time zones, please do not discuss or share any of the questions online or to any forum. All questions and answers will be uploaded to our website soon. * Please keep your mobile phones away for the duration. Immediate disqualification if you are found using the phone. * Do not leave the hall during the 60 minutes period. If you need to leave, re-entry will be at proctor's discretion. Hope the quiz will be enjoyable to all. All the best for the quiz! CHAI PE CHALLENGE NAME: CATEGORY: OPEN/ SCHOOL/ COLLEGE NAME OF SCHOOL/ COLLEGE (If applicable): FINAL SCORE
  • 2. NO. QUESTION ANSWER 1 Since the quiz is starting on Jan 26, let the first question be from the 2018 Republic Day Parade. One of the 10 guests in this years parade, Joko Widodo is the President of which country - that also holds a singificance in our Republic Day parade history? (This country also hosts Chai Pe Challenge) 2 Which "cousin" of the guitar with Portuguese origins, allegedly takes its name from the nickname of a Col. Edward William Purvis? 3 Which player, in news currently, did Kim Clijsters defeat in the 2009 US Open final to become the first female wildcard winner of a Grand Slam and only the second player to do so after Goran Ivanisevic at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships? 4 Name the American triannual magazine founded at SF by Howard Junker in 1985, with the slogan quite appropriately "The Last Word"? 5* Which brand has the logo of a cat jumping through the number 9, thereby using the popular saying as an advertising tool? 6 Which venture created by Rajesh Rajmani started using famous works of Raja Ravi Varma as well as the ones from Mughal era, inspired by Royal Existentials, another venture of the same kind? 7 The name of which now-prohibited medicine and one of the sought- after commodities comes from Quechua for 'holy bark', as Jesuit Monks first synthesized it from its source? 8 The totoaba is the largest of the scaienidae species of fish, found in major rivers in Southeast Asia and northeast South America. Its dried bladder is believed to have medicinal purposes inspired by its longevity and fertility. As such, it fetches exhorbitant prices in the Far East. 1 kg of totoaba costing as much as $8,000 at the U.S.-Mexico border jumps to $60,000 in Singapore or Hong Kong. Identify the two- word slang term by which this product has been dubbed? 9 Moore versus Regents of the University of California, filed in 1990, was rather a landmark case that debated the commercialisation of a personal "property". What exactly was the subject matter? 10 ** One of the primary reasons for the loss of the lifestyle of the Chenchu tribes living in the Nallamala Forests spread over Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is the disappearance of a particular stringed musical instrument called the Kinnera. It was made of a bamboo neck, dried and hollowed gourds as resonators, human hair or animal nerves as strings and XY for frets. The animal X itself is endangered, being the most trafficked mammal in the world and Y is a unique feature in the mammalian world. Identify XY? __________Page 1 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018 ROUND 1: CHAI PE QUIZ ROUND: The first letters of the answers to the following set of 10 questions on this page spell out the letters in "CHAI PE QUIZ" but not necessarily in that order. If any answer is a multiple-word phrase or a proper noun, take into account the first word (or first name) for the acrostic.
  • 3. 11 Legend has it that when the forces of Tipu Sultan came to Pallipuram on the outskirts of Kochi to loot and plunder, The Virgin Mary, venerated in the local church, performed a miracle by changing the weather, which forced the assailants to retreat. What is the name which St. Mary has been bestowed upon thus? 12 What name is shared by a 2006 Japanese anime film by Satoshi Kon and a ground spice made from bell peppers used extensively in Hungarian cuisine? 13 Gunslinger’s gait: a new cause of unilaterally reduced arm swing was an article that came in the British Medical Journal in 2015 issue on Political Science. As per the researchers, they accessed the manual of an agency, based on which they suggest that this person's style of walking was linked to the training he underwent, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring. Who is allegedly afflicted with this gait? 14 Doolally, based in Pune, is the first company in India to be granted a particular license in 2009. What license or what do they make? 15* The "Second Flush" variety, harvested towards the end of May until the middle of July, constitutes 25% of the overall annual production of which GI tagged product, which has a tag for the word as well as the logo? 16 Which Indian publishing house, whose second and third books are titled 'The Wise Fool of Baghdad ' & 'Rumi ' respectively, became the first ever from the country to participate in the Comic-Con International in 2012? 17 There are 12 players in the list of 500+ appearances in the English Premier League, having all but one player belonging to Great Britain. With 514 appearances for 4 clubs, including being part of a club in it's title-winning season, which player is the only one who falls outside this classification? 18 Which American state, also called the "Bluegrass State", gets its name from the native American word for 'meadowland'? 19 Which avian, who also gives its name to a 2014 pulitzer-winning novel, is associated with Christ's Passion and his crown of thorns in Christian symbolism because of the thistle seeds it eats? Appearing in pictures of the Madonna and Christ child, it represents the foreknowledge Jesus and Mary had of the Crucifixion. 20 ** Who was portrayed in a sand sculpture made on the Kozhikode beach by a group of students on the Human rights Day on 10th Dec 2017 as well as installation 'Sea of Pain' by Chilean artist Raul Zurita during the Kochi Muziris Biennale in 2017? __________Page 2 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) ROUND 2: Questions 11 - 70 carries 1 mark each, and follows NO particular pattern or theme CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
  • 4. 21 The 2012 book 'The Game Changers ' traces the stories of 20 successful "entrepreneurs" from a specific IIT, featuring chapters including 'The Subziwallah ' about Venkata Subramanian, the founder of eFarm, 'Illutionist ' about magician Sam Dalal et al. Who is the subject of the chapter appropriately titled 'Agent of Change '? 22 Which brand, named after a subspecies of the Panthera family, was started by the sons of a herbalist Aw Chu Kin on the banks of the Irrawaddy river? 23 Originally published by C.A. Reitzel under the original title 'Kejserens nye Klæder ', this much-in-the-folklore tale about the promise made by 2 "professionals" has been adapted to various media, and the story's title and its variations have been adopted for use in numerous other works and as an idiom. Name the tale OR the idiom? 24 Who was the first athlete to win five individual Olympic gold medals, also having single- handedly won more gold medals than all nations except for the Soviet Union (10) and East Germany (9) at those Olympic games? 25* Name the longest muscle in the human body has a Latin origin, which meaning tailor? This name was chosen in reference to the cross-legged position in which tailors once sat. 26 The clothing company Mexx was founded by Indian-born Dutch businessman Rattan Chadha . His residence is in an affluent suburb of The Hague, and is the second most prosperous municipality in the Netherlands. Name this town, recently in the news for a "new entrant"? 27 The Sri Lankan population consists of Sinhala Buddhist, Tamil, Christian, Muslim and Burgher groups. The latter comes from the Dutch word burgher, meaning "town dweller" and are descendants of Europeans who settled in the island, with Angelo Mathews and Jacqueline Fernandes as examples. However, Which multiple award winning person is arguably the more famous person, having a mixture of Dutch, English, Sinhalese, and Tamil ancestry and also has a species of spider Brignolia _______ named after him? 28 X gave up his surname to protest against the prevalent caste system in North India. He replaced it with a term which was a colloquilization of what he used to be affectionately called in his "childhood". Identify this pseudonym, which became an established surname thanks to X's kin. 29 Which French minister, along with Frank Kellog, formulated a 1928 treaty which outlawed war, and was a co-recipient of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize? 30 ** The Weather Girl sculptures, created by Einar Utzon-Frank in 1936, sums up a typical scene in this city – omnipresent bicycles and rain. A pair of rotating ladies warn people about rain and shine; one riding a bicycle when it is sunny, the other swivels out with an umbrella when it rains. Identify the city, well-known for another feminine landmark. __________Page 3 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
  • 5. 31 The Eye of Horus in Egyptian mythology, the Fontana della Pigna statue in the Vatican Museum courtyard, the Tuatara (a reptile in New Zealand) - all of these connect to the epiphysis cerebri, located deep in the human brain. Descartes and Madame Blavatsky held this organ in high regard. What is the common name of this entity, arising from its shape? 32 Which football club has a nickname 'Indios', meaning 'Indian', the origin of which can be attributed to two theories. One goes that it is inherited from the nickname of Hugo Sanchez after his arrival at the club, and the other because the location of their home stadium on the banks of Manzanares donning the team colours reminded of the Indian tribes? 33 _________ with you' was a 2016 American biographical romantic drama film about Barack & Michelle Obama and focuses on the couple's first date on an evening in 1989 at the blanked out place, which is one of the three major parts of the Chicago city. FITB? 34 Who owns the The 'Black Museum', that came into existence in 1874 with exhibits collections gathered under the authority of the an Act of 1869? The first, and supposedly last time that the public were granted access to it was when a major exhibition of the musueum artifacts, held in 2016? 35* Which scientific term is said to have originated from the slang name for an infamous dungeon in Fort William in Kolkata, where a tragic event occured in 1756 when Siraj Ud-Daula, who conquered the fort, cramped the prisoners of war into these small cells that more than half of them died of exhaustion and suffocation? 36 The Hidden Pool ' is the first novel for children written by which author? 37 Which feature of a food item helps to string 108 of them together into a garland, to be offered to Lord Hanuman in many parts of the country. However in Karnataka, this feature is found only in shops – due to a taboo which leads to this item being produced at home with this feature only during a funeral service. 38 Recently, The Public Theater in New York staged a play with a Trump-like figure in the titular role. This interpretation was met with criticism, especially of its most famous scene, with the protestors even interrupting the performance. However, Oskar Eustis, the artistic director, defended the play saying that it "warns about what happens when you try to preserve democracy by nondemocratic means". Which play? 39 Scott Joplin, who became famous through the publication of the "Maple Leaf ___" is known as the "King" of which musical style which enjoyed its peak popularity in the early 20th Century? 40 ** Which list has technically 51 entries, out of which 15 entries came in the 1950s; 14 in the 1960s; 12 in the 1970s; 4 in the 1980s and 2 in the 1990s, after which it took more than 20 years for the next entry? __________Page 4 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
  • 6. 41 Peberholm is a small artificial island in the Danish part of the Øresund strait, created as part of the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark with Sweden. The name was chosen to complement the corresponding small natural island on the Swedish side. Give the pair of complementary English words from the culinary world, from which the names derive. (No part points) 42 The Historic Monuments of Dengfeng', spread over an area of 1220 square kilometers was inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 2010. Which cultural landmark that takes its name from one of the seven peaks of a mountain does it include? 43 Surabhi Lakshmi won the National Film award for Best Actress at the 64th National Film awards for a Malayalam movie. What is its English title, also the name of a creature from the order Coleoptera ? 44 Margot Wölk, born in 1917, was one among 15 young women who were chosen for a certain task. The objects of her task, in her own words, dealt with the most scrumptious of dishes-however, laced with fear. What exactly did she confirm, thanks to what she worked as in her twenties, something which helped convince the masses somebody's concern for animals? 45* Which disputed landmass adjacent to the Sea of Azov, currently at peace with the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262, is geographically speaking, a tambolo where a lady with a lamp once worked? 46 What name is common to the art movement of Neoplasticism whose principal group members were the likes of Piet Mondrian , and the name of an album by the two-piece band The White Stripes? 47 Which 39 - year old "writer" is nominated for his film in the 'Animated Short Film' category for the 2018 oscars, making him the first from a particular group of people to get an Academy Award Nomination? 48 In 2014 as part of the Centenary commemoration, Canada brought out a stamp while India brought out a commemorative 5 rupee coin, to commemorate what incident? 49 Which English novelist, who wrote The Lost Horizon won an Oscar for co-writing the 1942 film Mrs.Miniver? 50 ** The Guru Gopinath National ____ Museum opened in 2015 is one of the first such museums in India and is situated in Trivandrum. Bridging the time span and indicating the antiquity of _____ in India, the museum includes models of the something that "came out" thanks to Ernest Mackay, the Didarganj Yakshi et al. FITB or what musueum is it? _________Page 5 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
  • 7. 51 Name the book written by Steven Levenson about a high school senior with anxiety disorder, later adapted into a musical and grabbed six awards at the 71st Tony Awards? 52 In Satya Nadella's autobiography Hit Refresh, description of his childhood has mention of being pushed hard academically by his civil-servant father, but with tolerance for philosophical and sporting interests. This was epitomised by the three posters he had up on his bedroom wall: the philosopher Karl Marx, the goddess Lakshmi and which underperforming "cultivated stylist"? 53 Srividya Natarajan's 2006 novel set in Chennai is a sarcastic take on Tamil upper caste mores. The four-word title is taken from the following lines from A Midsummer Night's Dream: "And, most dear actors, eat __ ______, ___ ______, for we are to utter sweet breath; and do not doubt but to hear them say, it is a sweet comedy...". FITB for the title. 54 The title of which film, recipient of the 1980 Best Picture Oscar, contains the name of a defensive midfielder who plays for Borrusia Monchengladbach? 55* Developed by Indian scientists from BARC and CSIR-National Physical Lab in agreement with India Govt. Mint, what first of its kind created in India is the Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya, that weighs 20 gm, and has the dimensions of a 'Parle-G' biscuit, in the words of scientists? 56 David Lagercrantz, the author who took on Stieg Larsson’s creations after his death, wrote two more novels in the Millennium series. But his real claim to literary fame came in 2011, when he was ghost writer for a biography, which went on to be nominated for the Sports Book of the Year award. Whose bio? 57 In 1977, following a harvest failure in Brazil, price of coffee imports went up in East Germany, forcing the country into severe economic crisis as the Balance of trade was at stake. The government added fuel to fire as they withdrew all the inexpensive local coffee brands available. Which Asian country reaped the benefits of this series of failed economic policies, ultimately becoming the World's second largest exporter of coffee? 58 The Knowledge is a 1979 British comedy-drama television film about a group of men doing "The Knowledge", the training required to become what? 59 What 3 day long event was the subject of the 2011 Dan Bern song from the album 'Live at Newyork', which has lyrics such as 'til Christ goes and come back'? 60 ** In July 2017, PMLN and Maryam Sharif were indicted for corruption due to the fact of their usage of which "warm and soft character" in the forged financial documents rather prematurely? Since 2007, this Lucas de Groot product has proved to be a serial forgery- catcher. :_________Page 6 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018 CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
  • 8. 61 Which readily available thin, flat metal part of this item of dressing facilitates it to be used as a 'roach clip', protecting the fingers from getting burnt while smoking the final portion of a Marijuana cigarette? 62 The main setting for which Oscar-winning film was modelled after Kenya's Hell's Gate National Park? 63 With the Hindi film Newton’s entry to the Oscars, this becomes the eighth movie starring which person being selected for Indian contender for the Best Foreign Film? (full name required) 64 In which sport / game was Emmanuel Lasker the World Champion from 1894 till he was defeated in 1921? 65* A mashrabiya is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the second storey of a building or higher, often lined with stained glass. Abstract shapes formed by light filtering through the mashrabiyas at this venue has been used to create designs for the pictograms there and was crucial in achieving the architect’s Jean Nouvel’s vision for a “rain of light.” Which location? 66 Which unique german invention came from a military tradition which is commonly believed to be started by a general who made an oath to his troops to consume something using a part of his own attire, should they achieve success in storming a town. When this was accomplished, the general had this item made from glass to fulfill his promise and to avoid spoiling the consumed substance, which is, even now, used by soldiers to enjoyed toasting to their victories. 67 Jane-Ove Waldner was the first and remains the only non -Chinese player to achieve the Grand Slam (singles crown at the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the World Cup ) in which sport ? 68 The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act is an American legislative bill that would have granted legal status to certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. In the last few years a particular term has been used to describe young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, who have lived and gone to school here, and who in many cases identify as American. What term? 69 Which 1900's boys' attire named after an eponymous cartoon strip character consisted of a belted, double-breasted jacket worn with a large round collar, floppy bow, shorts, and often worn with a haircut with bangs, inspired Ron Weasley's hand-me-down dress in the Yule Ball? 70 ** Draper Prize, named for Charles Stark Draper, the "father of inertial navigation", is known as one of three prizes that constitute the "Nobel Prizes"of which field of study — the others being the Academy's Russ and Gordon Prizes. :__________Page 7 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
  • 9. 71 3 out of 6 stadiums that played host to the 2017 FIFA Under 17 world cup are officially named after Jawaharlal Nehru . If Delhi was one, name the other two cities? (both the cities host Chai Pe Challenge as well) 72 The composer of this second-only-to-GoT show was instructed to 'avoid any direct references to specific subject matter'. Although nothing about the show is revealed prima facie, lines like 'maybe, but I got you pegged' do indicate to the plot. Name the song and the show, sung by its lead actor ? 73 This project, titled XY, is a collage of the jackets donned by the person Y, arranged into a chart based on the color gradient similar to the color charts of the company X, and was created by Dutch graphic designer Noortje van Eekelen as a part of a website chronicling the Eurozone Crisis. Name the person and the company? 74 Redoubtable' is a 2017 French biographical film written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius about a phase of life of a person X who was ranked 3rd in the critics' top- ten directors of all time poll in 2002 by Sight & Sound. Michel Hazanavicius is also an Academy award winner for best director for his film Y, which went on to win the Academy award for the Best Picture too. Identify the director X and the film Y . 75 Sofia Ashraf’s Kodaikanal Won’t , released in 2015, is a protest rap song, parodying X's 2014 song Anaconda from her third studio album 'The Pink Print ', and speaks of the environmental pollution caused by the Hindustan Unilever factory, which closed down in 2001, but a certain residual toxic substance led to skin problems, sensory impairment and lack of coordination in the local population. Identify the subject as well as X? CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018 Each questions has 2 answers and carries 1 mark each ROUND 3: DOUBLE POINTERS Page 8 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) : _______
  • 10. 76 This Hindi film's story was based on a Bengali short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. Writer - director Arabinda Mukherjee was not familiar with Hindi so he wrote the script in English which was translated to Hindi by the writer Ramesh Pant except for one line of dialogue. Which 1970s movie? Identify the iconic line? 77 US House Representative William Pascrell is a big fan of X. He has sought the introduction of a bill to control ticket pricing issues of entertainment shows. The shorter version of this bill is “Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act (2016)”. Look carefully and find the resultant acronym and identify X? 78 Which cricketer holds the record in ODIs for maximum matches without officially captaining for even a single game in his career, with 350 matches? Which Indian comes second with 304? 79 Which now bankrupt US company owned the Mountain pass mine in California, when the market leaders in rare earth metails in the 1990s, before an Asian country started flooding the market, eventually producing around 97% of the world's rare earth metals till 2010, after which they decided to cut down exports to support the home production of a range of high-tech products. Also identify the Asian county? 80 In the Top 10 list of 2018 Travellers Choice award by Trip Advisor in the category - 'Top Destinations on the Rise', at number 7 is a European capital city which houses the Art Nouveau center featured in UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and at 10 is an "iconic city whose French colonial post still allows myriad movie moments for those who want to revisit love in the medina and Old City". Identify both the cities? __________Page 9 of 11 Page Total (Out of 10) CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
  • 11. 81 (a) Which typographic symbol, denoting an accented pronunciation, can be inserted in MS Office by holding the 'Ctrl' key and pressing the apostrophe key once, followed by release of 'Ctrl' and a press of the desired letter? 81 (b) Apart from its most commonly associated meaning, the other meanings to this six-letter word includes blunt, dull, and insensitive. Which word, an integral part of something scalene ? 82 (a) Which video game, praised to be the 'killer app' of Xbox set is centered around a civil strife between humanity and a group of alien religious leaders, gradually developing into a holy war of genocide? 82 (b) Which 6 - lettered term, used as a symbol for the number 6, is ligature of the Greek letters, and is named by mixing the two component letters? 83 (a) Nikola Tesla first described its concept way back in 1915, and was first developed by actor Reginald Denny in 1935. Which 5 - lettered term, diverse enough to be applied in musical, entomological, as well as semantic contexts? 83 (b) The holder of this Musical office must be competent to choose and to conduct the vocals for the choir, to start any chant on demand, and to be able to identify and correct the missteps of singers placed under him. Which office, sounding similar to a 19th century German Mathematician? 84 (a) This miserable daughter of the lively Fermina Daza was aptly named after the melancholic Shakespearean heroine- for she had taken (a bit too much) after her paternal grandmother and aunts. Also, both suffered unfortunate endings, but only due to their own actions. Either name her, or who she is named for? (Only a minor variation in spelling) 84 (b) Identify the rather notorious group of useless transmitters of diseases, which were first identified, all thanks to the selfless sacrifice of a gentleman named Husein Khan for a price of 8 annas? 85 (a) What is the internet country code top-level domain assigned to the islands of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and is also used by a certain 'Long John Silver' entity since 2013? 85 (b) Milton Glaser was a graphic designer who was the brain behind the 'I 💖 NY' and Bob Dylan's psychedelic poster. However, he is famous in the geek world, for a 1977 work placed at a strategic 4° slant and described as a 'bullet'. For whom did he do it? : _________Page 10 of 11 Page Total (Out of 5) ROUND 4: ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE 5 questions in pairs. Maximum of 5 points. The pairs will be antonyms in its respective field of use. HALF points for individual answers. Example - Fast, slow (antonyms in speed). CHAI PE CHALLENGE 2018
  • 12. Eg Trouble, if it's in the fire; Remy & Co., Lovers of Cheese. Fat, Rat (Solution: Part 1: Fat is in the fire is an idiom referring to trouble ahead. Part 2: Ratatouille reference.) 86 Greedy Gimli once ate a white slice, Divide the Platinum cylinder by 1000. 87 Chris Kyle & co, Hunters of elusive birds, You'd want to keep me away from your 'Dora'. 88 Held guilty for stabbing Arya Stark, Land donated for religious purposes. 89 The unknown muse of Bagatelle 25, DC's gang of supervillains. 90 I am the flower of Zea mays, They call 'La Rosaleda' stadium home. __________ SCORES PER ROUND: Page 11 of 11 Page Total (Out of 5) This quiz is set by Chai Pe Quiz - The Cochin Quiz Club core team. For any clarifications or queries, contact: +91 94470 22106 or mail to quizaravind@gmail.com. Thank you attending the quiz! 5 questions, 5 points. Each question has 2 parts, carrying HALF point each. Answers in a pair will differ by a single alphabet. The differed alphabet will be that of the corresponding question number. (First alphabet for the first question and so on) ROUND 5: ALPHABET CHALLENGE Out of 100 ROUND 1 : ROUND 2 : ROUND 3 : ROUND 4 : ROUND 5 : GRAND TOTAL:
  • 13. Acknowledgements We would like to specially thank Major Chandrakant Nair and Manu Sudhakar for their valuable support and inputs. We also would like to thank Rithwik Kambil and Ashwin Menon for getting us in touch with almost all the quiz clubs in India, helping us to get a very good number of venues for this event. We are gracious to all the quiz clubs that supported our maiden venture. Around 30 quiz clubs around India and abroad is hosting this quiz. * London Quiz Fraternity & Chris Quiz Jones * Malaysian Quiz Club & Mr. Movin Miranda * Singapore Quiz Club * Quiz Dubai * Muscat Quiz Circle * Indonesian Quiz Circle * All quiz clubs in Kerala: V-Quiz, Virya Quiz Society, Gyanartha Quiz Club, Quiz Club Kollam, I Quiz Malappuram, Inquizzitive Quiz Club, Quiz Club Kasaragod & Quizics * KQA & Dr. Arul Mani * Bombay Quiz Club (BQC) * Goa SEQC * Delhi Quiz Club (DQC) * All quiz clubs in North East India & Mr. Abhra Das * DexCells- The NLU Jodhpur Quiz Club * IIT Kharagpur Quiz Club * Literary, Debate & Quiz Club of MIT * Orrisa Quiz Associaiton & NIT Rourkela Quiz Club * Quiz club of ISM (IIT) Dhanbad Chai Pe Challenge organizing & questions setting team would thank everyone for participating. * Dr. Unnikrishnan Menon * Dr. Nithish T Jacob (President, Quiz Society of India) * Aravind Anil * Denita Tresa Mendez * Anand Rajagopal a.k.a Rajaji Thanks everyone once again, for making our first anniversary memorable!