TRIVIA QUESTIONS - EPISODE 7
Warm it up – Last Man Standing
I have a list of capitals of all the states of INDIA (28). You have to name them and if you get one wrong then you lose
Andhra Pradesh – Amaravati
Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
Assam - Dispur
Bihar - Patna
Chattisgarh - Raipur
Goa – Panaji
Gujarat - Gandhinagar
Haryana – Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh - Shimla
Jharkhand - Ranchi
Karnataka – Bengaluru
Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
Maharashtra – Mumbai
Manipur – Imphal
Meghalaya – Shillong
Mizoram - Aizawl
Nagaland - Kohima
Odisha - Bhubaneshwar
Punjab – Chandigarh
Rajasthan - Jaipur
Sikkim - Gangtok
TamilNadu – Chennai
Telengana – Hyderabad
Tripura - Agartala
Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
Uttarakhand- Dehradun (W) Gairsain (S)
West Bengal - Kolkota
1. History
Which Mughal Emperor commissioned the construction of the Red Fort and for two bonus points what was its original colour?
Shah Jahan by the architect who constructed the Taj Mahal. White and Red
2. It’s Low Bro !
What geographical area of India has to its claim to be the lowest in terms of altitude and also one of the few areas in the world where farming is carried on around 1.2 to 3.0 metres (4 to 10 ft) below sea level?
Kuttanaadu At 2.2 metres below sea level
3.Industry
Which city in Asia has been given the moniker – The Detroit of South Asia ?
Chennai
The city is now contributing to more than 40% of the country's auto parts and vehicles. World’s major automotive giants that operate out of Chennai are TVS, Ashok Leyland, Royal Enfield, TI Cycle, TAFE, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Volkswagen, Nissan
1. I was told there would be no math
Based on the decimal format of Pi what is international Pi day ?
Mar 14
3.14
2. Geography
Which country has the longest coastline and also the longest land border with another country?
Canada
3. Origins
The capital city of Karnataka is Bengaluru or Bangalore for those born before 2000 CE. What is the etymology of the name Bengaluru?
Dates back to the 12th century when King Veera Ballala got lost in a forest and was served boiled beans by an old woman he found there - thus naming the place 'Benda - Kal - Ooru' (the land of cooked beans)
2.Chura Liya Hai Tumne from Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973) from If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium by Walter Scharf (1969)
3.Om Shanti Om from Karz (1980) taken from Om Shanty Om by Lord Shorty (1974)
4.Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya from Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995) by Godfather Theme (1972)
5.Baabuji Dheere Chalna from Aar Paar (1954) – Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps (Doris Day)
ROUND FIVE
1. SCIENCE
What anatomical features are considered part of the skeletal system but are not bones ?
Teeth
Teeth don’t have the regenerative powers that bones do and can’t grow back together if broken. They are also the only part of the skeletal system that is visible to the human eye
2. ARTS
La Giaconda holds the Guinness record for the highest valuation on a painting at 800 million dollars. What is the painting otherwise known as ?
Believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, and the most parodied work of art in the world" Mona Lisa
3. SPORTS
What are the colours of the Olympic rings on the Olympic Flag?
blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white field
The symbol was originally created in 1913 by Coubertin to denote the colour all participating nations
ROUND SIX
1. SPORTS
With 28 Olympic medals to his name The Baltimore Bullet is arguably the greatest Olympian of our times. What is his name? And for two bonus points, what record in a single edition of the Olympics did he break ?
Michael Phelps
Flying Fish’, ' Half-Man Half-Fish’
23 Gold Medals
He broke Mark Spitz's record by winning 8 gold medals in a single edition of the Olympics
2. MUSIC
In 1993 musician Prince Rogers Nelson, announced to the world that he would no longer be known by the mononym Prince but as what ?
“The Artist Formerly Known as Prince,” or simply with the “love symbol,” a combination of the gender symbols for man and woman.
3. What's in a name
The following African countries changed their names due to land divisions, wars, changes in government, independence, or simply to facilitate pronunciation. For ten points you have to match the correct new names with the old ones. The team that matches most
Swaziland – Eswatini
Republic of Alto Volta – Burkina Faso
German South West Africa – Namibia
Abyssinia – Ethiopia
Gold coast - Ghana
1. Who lived at 12 Grimmauld Place, London, UK?
Sirius Black
2. Serious Men is film released in 2020 based on a book by the same name. Who wrote the book ?
Manu Joseph
3. To which constellation does the brightest star in our night sky belong ?
Sirius . Canis major (The Greater Dog constellation)
Teams
The Tamillionaires(W) Lalbagh Loiterers Dilliwalon Oye
I have a list of capitals of all the states of INDIA (28). You have to name them and if you get one wrong then you lose
Andhra Pradesh – Amaravati
Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar
Assam - Dispur
Bihar - Patna
Chattisgarh - Raipur
Goa – Panaji
Gujarat - Gandhinagar
Haryana – Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh - Shimla
Jharkhand - Ranchi
Karnataka – Bengaluru
Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal
Maharashtra – Mumbai
Manipur – Imphal
Meghalaya – Shillong
Mizoram - Aizawl
Nagaland - Kohima
Odisha - Bhubaneshwar
Punjab – Chandigarh
Rajasthan - Jaipur
Sikkim - Gangtok
TamilNadu – Chennai
Telengana – Hyderabad
Tripura - Agartala
Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow
Uttarakhand- Dehradun (W) Gairsain (S)
West Bengal - Kolkota
ROUND ONE
1. History
Which Mughal Emperor commissioned the construction of the Red Fort and for two bonus points what was its original colour?
Shah Jahan by the architect who constructed the Taj Mahal. White and Red
2. It’s Low Bro !
What geographical area of India has to its claim to be the lowest in terms of altitude and also one of the few areas in the world where farming is carried on around 1.2 to 3.0 metres (4 to 10 ft) below sea level?
Kuttanaadu At 2.2 metres below sea level
3.Industry
Which city in Asia has been given the moniker – The Detroit of South Asia ?
Chennai
The city is now contributing to more than 40% of the country's auto parts and vehicles. World’s major automotive giants that operate out of Chennai are TVS, Ashok Leyland, Royal Enfield, TI Cycle, TAFE, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Volkswagen, Nissan
ROUND TWO
Based on the decimal format of Pi what is international Pi day ?
Mar 14
3.14
2. Geography
Which country has the longest coastline and also the longest land border with another country?
Canada
3. Origins
The capital city of Karnataka is Bengaluru or Bangalore for those born before 2000 CE. What is the etymology of the name Bengaluru?
Dates back to the 12th century when King Veera Ballala got lost in a forest and was served boiled beans by an old woman he found there - thus naming the place 'Benda - Kal - Ooru' (the land of cooked beans)
ROUND THREE - MIDPOINT
Them that were lifted
Plagiarism is quite common in the Bollywood industry especially when it comes to lifting English tunes and remaking them into Bollywood hits. For four points each name the English song that these songs were lifted.
1.Pal Pal from Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) from Theme for a Dream by Cliff Richard (1961)
Plagiarism is quite common in the Bollywood industry especially when it comes to lifting English tunes and remaking them into Bollywood hits. For four points each name the English song that these songs were lifted.
1.Pal Pal from Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) from Theme for a Dream by Cliff Richard (1961)
2.Chura Liya Hai Tumne from Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973) from If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium by Walter Scharf (1969)
3.Om Shanti Om from Karz (1980) taken from Om Shanty Om by Lord Shorty (1974)
4.Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya from Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995) by Godfather Theme (1972)
5.Baabuji Dheere Chalna from Aar Paar (1954) – Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps (Doris Day)
ROUND FOUR
1.Phobias
What kind of phobia is GLOSSO – phobia ?
Fear of speaking in public
Glosso - tongue
2.Bird brains
A gladiator, A singer and A nurse have names bearing avian references. What three names of famous humans am I talking about ?
Russel Crowe
Dean Martin, Taylor Swift, Sheryl Crow ...
Florence Nightingale
3. Literature
‘He was an advanced beginner that was fairly accurate on his crash landing’.
What literary device has been used to add humor in this sentence?
Oxymoron
Same difference, definite possibility, open secret
What kind of phobia is GLOSSO – phobia ?
Fear of speaking in public
Glosso - tongue
2.Bird brains
A gladiator, A singer and A nurse have names bearing avian references. What three names of famous humans am I talking about ?
Russel Crowe
Dean Martin, Taylor Swift, Sheryl Crow ...
Florence Nightingale
3. Literature
‘He was an advanced beginner that was fairly accurate on his crash landing’.
What literary device has been used to add humor in this sentence?
Oxymoron
Same difference, definite possibility, open secret
ROUND FIVE
1. SCIENCE
What anatomical features are considered part of the skeletal system but are not bones ?
Teeth
Teeth don’t have the regenerative powers that bones do and can’t grow back together if broken. They are also the only part of the skeletal system that is visible to the human eye
2. ARTS
La Giaconda holds the Guinness record for the highest valuation on a painting at 800 million dollars. What is the painting otherwise known as ?
Believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, and the most parodied work of art in the world" Mona Lisa
3. SPORTS
What are the colours of the Olympic rings on the Olympic Flag?
blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white field
The symbol was originally created in 1913 by Coubertin to denote the colour all participating nations
ROUND SIX
1. SPORTS
With 28 Olympic medals to his name The Baltimore Bullet is arguably the greatest Olympian of our times. What is his name? And for two bonus points, what record in a single edition of the Olympics did he break ?
Michael Phelps
Flying Fish’, ' Half-Man Half-Fish’
23 Gold Medals
He broke Mark Spitz's record by winning 8 gold medals in a single edition of the Olympics
2. MUSIC
In 1993 musician Prince Rogers Nelson, announced to the world that he would no longer be known by the mononym Prince but as what ?
“The Artist Formerly Known as Prince,” or simply with the “love symbol,” a combination of the gender symbols for man and woman.
3. What's in a name
The following African countries changed their names due to land divisions, wars, changes in government, independence, or simply to facilitate pronunciation. For ten points you have to match the correct new names with the old ones. The team that matches most
Swaziland – Eswatini
Republic of Alto Volta – Burkina Faso
German South West Africa – Namibia
Abyssinia – Ethiopia
Gold coast - Ghana
GAUNTLET - WHY SO SERIOUS ?
Sirius Black
2. Serious Men is film released in 2020 based on a book by the same name. Who wrote the book ?
Manu Joseph
3. To which constellation does the brightest star in our night sky belong ?
Sirius . Canis major (The Greater Dog constellation)
Teams
The Tamillionaires(W) Lalbagh Loiterers Dilliwalon Oye
Deepa Raghu Malini
Ollie Bindu Ajay
Anu Devi Nandini
Rohan Pradeep
Deepa Raghu Malini
Ollie Bindu Ajay
Anu Devi Nandini
Rohan Pradeep
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