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    TIMES OF OMAN INTERSCHOOL QUIZ


    ENGLISH QUIZ - SENIORS
    ANSWER KEY
    QUALIFYING ROUND 1
    Please note - In case of a tie, please use the “star”-marked questions.
    The teams which have answered the star-marked questions [Q9, Q13, Q15] will have
    higher weightage.

    1. The Billie Jean King National Tennis Center hosts which Grand Slam?
    US Open

    2. Where did Sumo wrestling originate?


    Japan

    3. Hercule Poirot is a ctional Belgian detective. Which English author


    created this character?
    Agatha Christie

    4. Which English word is derived from the Italian language meaning 'time' or
    'rate of speed' (in music)?
    Tempo

    5. Name the rst successful human space ight which carried the Russian
    cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
    Vostok 1

    6. In which country will one nd the Colosseum, a Flavian Amphitheatre? It


    seated around 50,000 spectators.
    Italy

    7. Which African country with a unique calendar of twelve 30 days’ month


    and additional 5/6-day month invites tourists with slogan 'Thirteen months
    of Sunshine'?
    Ethiopia
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    8. What’s the capital of Australia?
    Canberra

    9. Apart from the US ag, the ag of a famous magazine was carried by


    John Glenn on the rst US orbital space ight in 1962 and taken to the
    moon by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. Which one?
    Flag of Nat Geo

    10.Sapporo Snow Festival is known for its ice sculpture competition which
    attracts artists from around the world. Elaborate artworks from ice and
    snow are made. In which country is this festival celebrated?
    Japan

    11. Which furniture retail giant’s name is an acronym of the initials of the
    owner Ingvar Kamprad, the farm he grew up in called Elmtaryd and his
    hometown of Agunnaryd?
    IKEA

    12. In which country would you nd the local currency to be ‘baht’?


    Thailand

    13. **Which European capital was built on 14 islands and is also part of the
    name of a syndrome?
    Stockholm**

    14. In which continent would one nd Mount Kilimanjaro, which is a dormant


    volcano and the highest mountain of this continent?
    Africa

    15. **Which brand’s mascot nicknamed ‘Poppin Fresh’, apart from its more
    popular nomenclature, was created by Leo Burnett?
    Pillsbury **

    16.Which famous residence in the world has an East Room, Green Room,
    Blue Room, Red Room, Map Room, the Treaty Room, China Room, the
    Yellow Oval Room and Queens' Bedroom?
    White House
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    17. Which word means 'level' or ' oor' in Italian but is the name of a musical
    instrument in English?
    Piano

    18. What was discovered by American archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911


    in the Urubamba Valley and was called a speci c name meaning 'Old
    Peak' in the native Quechua language?
    Machu Picchu

    19. Flanked by the Mojave Desert on the west and the Sonoran Desert on
    the east, which 5-million-year old natural wonder was frequently visited by
    President Theodore Roosevelt and declared as a national monument in
    1908? ?
    Grand Canyon

    20. The 'Panama Canal' connects the Atlantic Ocean and the ______ Ocean.
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