Quiz at CQC

1. Quiz – Culture and Children

2. By
Hari Narayanan K
Standard 9
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

3. This festival in Japan is celebrated by girl children
for good health.
Name the festival

4. HINA MASTURI

5. This cartoon in America was first released in 1940. It
was owned by Metro Golden Mayor and Chuck Jones
and is currently owned by Warner Brothers.
Which cartoon are we talking about?

7. This day, in Mexico, is celebrated to remember and pay
homage to ancestors by lighting candles and skull like
dolls.
What day is it?

8. The day of the dead

9. Connect
The year 2014 Rajendra Chola

10. Rajendra chola’s 1000th
anniversary of coronation

11. This game was played in the Mayan civilization from
1400BC. This game is very similar to the modern
football.
Name the game

12. ulama

13. This city is 4100m(13,450ft) above the sea level.
Tourists find it very difficult to breathe in this city.
Name the city.

14. La Paz, Bolivia

15. This is the 2nd largest annual gathering after the carnival
@ Rio de jeniro. This was actually started by Chatrapati
Shivaji and was done on a very large scale by lokamniya
tilak from 1893.
Name the annual gathering.

16. The Ganesh Chaturthi
festival rally
-Mumbai-

17. These temples lie on a common longitude -79deg
69min E . These temples are also panchabootha
sthalas.
Name the temples

18. Kanchi Ekambareshwarar temple ,Chidambram and
shri kalahasthi

19. These people were old Norse seafarers who spoke old
Norse language. They travelled long distances from
Scandinavia till the Mediterranean coast.
Name the people.

20. They were called ‘The Vikings’.

21. This is the largest shopping mall in the world with
4,870,000 sq ft or 96 acres which is 7 times bigger then
the yankee stadium.
Name the mall.

22. The Mall of America

23. This celebration in Mexico is celebrated by children.
They break a paper made balloon pointed on its sides.
once the children break it with a bat candies come out.
What celebration are we talking about?

24. Pinata party

25. This is celebrated as the children’s day in Japan
on May 5th . Children fly kites and hang carps on
this day.
Name the festival.

26. kodomo no-hi

27. This doll was designed by a Russian named Vasily
Zvyozdochkin in 1890. These dolls can be put inside
each doll.
What are they called as?

28. Matryoshka dolls

29. This person is a famous Chinese philosopher. He
belonged to the Zhou dynasty and his philosophy was
Taoism.

30. Lao Tzu

31. Name the Italian sailor who went 4 times where
Christopher Columbus went and gave detailed
explanation of the place.

32. Amerigo Vespucci

33. Connect
Gengis Khan Timur

34. Babur

35. This is a Japanese manga series written by Fujiko Fujio.
This cartoon series started in 1969 was one of the most
successful cartoons of the 70s. This cartoon series is
currently owned by Disney.
Which cartoon series are we talking about?

37. This deity stayed away from his temple from
1323ad to 1394ad. The deity was carried from
his temple to be protected during the invasion
of Ulugh khan. Identify the deity and the temple.

39. Connect

40. Bi-cameral legislature for states

41. Identify this instrument. what is it used for?

42. Astrolabe. Used to know the local time and also
used to predict the positions of stars, planets, sun
and the moon.

43. That’s it fellas!