THE 2014 JB ROUND INTERACT

IQUIZ FINALS

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RULES Clockwise Round

1. One answer per team
2. Team no 1 gets first question, if question is
passed by Team 1 then Team 2 (and then
3,4, 5 and 6) gets to attempt. Once
question is answered QM awards points
and moves to next question.
3. Team no 2 gets second question and so on;
4. 10 points for correct answer. Part points at
the discretion of the QM.

RULES
5. The first team will get about 20 seconds. All
other teams will have to be ready with the
answer and will not be given additional
time
5.

6.

THE QUIZ-MASTERS DECISION IS FINAL

Questions that are unanswered will go to
the audience for PRIZES

1
This is a type of cord which is prepared from
the natural fibre found in the walls of animal
intestines.
For a long period, this material was the most
common material for the strings of harps,
lutes, violins, violas, and cellos and other
stringed musical instruments.

ANSWER FOLLOWS

Catgut

Identify the bird on the coat of arms of Eucador,

which incidentally has a wingspan of up to 3.2 m.

ANSWER FOLLOWS

Andean Condor

3
Which 19th century Austrian physicist
and philosopher, known for his kinetic
theory of gases and a constant named
for him, is likely to have suffered from
bipolar disorder, explaining his rapid
mood swings, one of which led to his
suicide in 1906?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

3
Ludwig Boltzmann

4
Out of the five basic tastes, the name given

to this taste comes from the Japanese word

which can be translated to pleasant savory
taste.
What term is given to this basic taste?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

Umami

Awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in

Literature, which Colombian
novelist best known for One Hundred
Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in
the Time of Cholera (1985) died in
April earlier this year?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

Gabriel Garca Mrquez

If a Boeing 747 is known as a Jumbo

Jet, then which ten-letter epithet
(or nickname) is given to a Boeing
787?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

Dreamliner

Deriving from the Greek for throw,

what ten-letter name is given to
the science of mechanics that deals
with the launching, flight, behaviour,
and effects of projectiles such as
rockets and bullets?

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Ballistics

Once the tallest Building in the world,

this 509 Ms building dominates the
skyline of an Asian city.
Derived from the number of floors that
it has above ground, what is the current
name of this building?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

Taipei 101

Now known as part of the name of a

sporting competition, what Spanish
wordrefers to those men, like Simon
Bolivar, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Bernardo
O'Higgins, Jos de San Martn, and
Francisco de Miranda, who served as the
principal leaders of the Latin American
wars of independence from Spain and
Portugal?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

Libertadores

10

Which musician represented

Thailand as an alpine skier at the 2014
Sochi Winter Olympics under the
name of Vanessa Vanakorn?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

10

Vanessa-Mae

11

Although it was one of the five original

members of the U.N. Security Council,
which founding member of the
United Nations was expelled in 1971
and has not been readmitted?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

11

Taiwan (Republic of China)

12

Alpha particles are identical in all

respects - save their energy - to the
nuclei of which element?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

12

Helium

13

At approximately 3.4 kilometres,

Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz
Shah in Putrajaya is reputed to be the
worlds largest what?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

13

Roundabout

14
IF
A is Perak
B is Selangor
C is Pahang
What is D?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

14
D is (Kelantan) (JPJ vehicle
registration letters)

15

Japanese noodles are usually classified according

to thickness and the material they are made from

The different types include Somen, Ramen,

Shirataki, Soba, Hiyamugi and X

What is X, a white wheat-based noodle and the

thickest of the noodles served in Japanese Cuisine?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

15

Udon

16

What small island nation in the

Caribbean (and Haitis neighbour) is
second only to the United States as a
source of Major League baseball
players?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

16

The Dominican Republic

17

A Hanover born 18th century

musical composer named William
Herschel, who migrated at age 19
to Britain made which famous
discovery in 1781?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

17

The planet Uranus

18
Which two nations occupy the
Iberian Peninsula?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

18

Spain and Portugal

RULES Anti-Clockwise Round

1. One answer per team
2. Team no 6 gets first question, if question is
passed by Team 6 then Team 5 (and then
4, 3, 2 an 1) gets to attempt. Once
question is answered QM awards points
and moves to next question.
3. Team no 5 gets second question and so on;
4. 10 points for correct answer. Part points at
the discretion of the QM.

RULES
5. The first team will get about 20 seconds. All
other teams will have to be ready with the
answer and will not be given additional
time
5.

6.

THE QUIZ-MASTERS DECISION IS FINAL

Questions that are unanswered will go to
the audience for PRIZES

19
St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by
Peter the Great in the early 18th
century was known by what name
during the era of the Soviet Union?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

19

Leningrad

20

In which Olympic sport is a foil ?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

20

Fencing

21

What creation by Bill Watterson

ran from November 18, 1985, to
December 31, 1995?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

21

Calvin and Hobbes

22
This is a now extinct diving bird once
found in the colder parts of the
Northern Hemisphere. Identify it?

22

ANSWER FOLLOWS

22

Great Auk

23

In which competitive activity would you

adopt the STRAIGHT, the TUCK or the
PIKE position?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

23

Diving

24
Who was burned at the stake as a
heretic in 1431 AD and canonized as
a Saint in 1920?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

24

Joan of Arc

25

Which country in the world has the

only flag that is not a square or a
rectangle?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

25

Nepal

26

The number "500" in the famous

Indianapolis 500 car race refers to
what?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

26

The distance of the race or 500

Miles (some 805 Kms)

27

This is a species of European wildflower known in

English as the Common Mallow. Which colour gets
its name from the French name for this flower?

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ANSWER FOLLOWS

27

Mauve

28

What baked confection usually made

from sugar and almond flour gets its
name from the German words for
March bread?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

28

Marzipan

29

Which type of pizza is traditionally

made with tomato, basil &
mozzarella cheese so as to match
the colours of the Italian flag?

29

ANSWER FOLLOWS

29

Pizza Margherita

30

What is common to Cupcake,

Donut, clair, Gingerbread,
Honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich,
Jellybean etc and what is the latest
in the list?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

30

Android Mobile operating systems

Kitkat (Android 4.4 KitKat)

31

Two changes were introduced into

the World Cup after the 1990
event, which was notable for the
defensive play adopted by many
teams and a record low number of
goals. One was to award 3 points,
rather than 2, for a win. What was
the other?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

31

No back-pass to the Goalkeeper

32

With its origins in the Iran

Mountains and flowing 563km into
the South China Sea, what is
Malaysias longest river?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

32

Batang Rajang (Rajang River)

33

In which computer game are the

players enemies called Blinky,
Inky, Pinky and Clyde?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

33

Pac-Man

34

Its official name is The Hellenic

Republic. How is this country
better known?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

34

Greece

35

Aggregating the distances covered

in its three main elements, what
is the total length of an Olympic
Triathlon?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

35

51.5 km (51,500meters)

1,500 meters swim

40km cycling
10km run

36

What happened in the 31st minute

of the 2014 World Cup match
between Netherlands and Mexico
for the very first time in an
international football game?

ANSWER FOLLOWS

36

Cooling Break