CASCADE QUIZ 2007

PRELIMINARY (Time: 30 min)

School
Team Members 1
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(* These are tie-breaker question)
1) They were initially called cross sums, and were published in 1966 by
Dell magazines. 6 years later, it was renamed as a combination of the Japanese
word for addition. What is it called now?

2) On March 29, 1848, Which US landmark temporarily disappeared due to an ice

blockage?

3) How would we better know the compound Salicyclic acid?

4) Expand Laser
5) Which football club has won the most number of English League titles?

6) 742, Evergreen terrace, Springfield. This is the address of:

7) It is 1/7th as salty as other body fluids. This property gives the fluid
a mild anti-microbial action. This is also the reason why the HIV virus
cannot spread through this particular route. Which fluid are we talking
about?

8) Only 3 countries in the world are completely surrounded by a

single country. One is Vatican City. Name the other two.

9) In which city is the first ever satellite design studio opened by

Nokia situated?
10) Which is the largest country in the continent of Africa?

11) Who created the cartoon character Garfield?

12) What is the official language of Lakshadweep?

13) If you had a genetically inherited condition called Sexdactyly, what would you
have?

14) Which Indian won the Ramon Magsaysay award, in the category, “Journalism,
Literature, and Creative Communication Arts”, for the year 2007?

15) This word was apparently first coined in 1976. This word was
added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2003. It was added to Merriam-
 Webster dictionary last week, even though several famous Indians
publicly objected to the usage of this word. Which word, a household
name in India are we talking about?

16) Which actor plays the role of Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings movies?

17) In FIFA 2006, this team played under a flag which was not their official flag, as
their country had ceased to exist, just prior to the start of the tournament. Which
country?

18) Baht is the currency of which Asian country?

19) Which is the highest selling Play Station 2 game of all time?
20) Who was the lowest seeded woman tennis player to have ever won the
Wimbledon Title?

*21) In toy manufacture, the ratio 1:6 is used while calculating the size ratio
between play object and child. It is sometimes called the playscale. What is the
more common name for this ratio?

*22) Collado Mediano is a Spanish town 48km north of Madrid. Which top ranked
sportsman, who has been conferred the Jameo de Oro-Spain’s highest civilian
award for a foreigner, lives here?

*23) Running on an ordinary 6 volt alkaline battery, this gizmo attracted interested
observers from Britain and the US. What is this device, which is manufactured
only at BEL in Bangalore, and ECI in Hyderabad?
*24) This was first proposed by Philon of Byzantine. Though there have been many
versions of this in History, recently, a (highly controversial) universally accepted
version was released. What are we talking about?

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*25. The largest flowers in the world, Rafflesia, are named after Sir Stafford Raffles,
an Englishman. However, Raffles is better known for something else. What is his
claim to fame?

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