Top 5 easiest and toughest questions of ClassAct 2022 Grand Finale
The much-awaited Grand Finale of ClassAct 2022, the Hindustan Times Republic Day Quiz, conducted on 26th January from 3pm to 6pm, concluded with a massive success. The preliminary round of this quiz was held on 23rd January, in which a record number of over 50000 students had registered from 32 countries across 5 continents and 32644 students participated. Now, these numbers are likely to break records in the realm of online school quiz. Out of the total number of Prelim participants, 175 had qualified for the Grand Finale. After the finals, 80 winners were announced: 40 were from the junior category in the Prelims and 40 from the Grand Finale. The full list is available on the official Page of ClassAct 2022.
The Grand Finale consisted of 30 questions in total, and there were both multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and type-in ones. Participants marked on the basis of both correct responses as well as speed and each question carried 1000 points. Here are the top 5 most correctly answered and least correctly answered questions from the final round.
MOST CORRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS
Students who participated in the ClassAct 2022 Grand Finale found many of the questions quite easy. Here are the top 5 most correctly answered questions, along with their respective answers and the percentage of participants who go them right.
This watch (a visual was shown) from a comic series gets attached to a boy named Benjamin Kirby Tennyson who cannot take it off. It allows him to transform into ten different alien species, each with its own unique abilities. The watch is also part of the design of the logo of the series. Which series?
Answer: Ben 10.
This question was correctly answered by 53% of participants.
A poem by this lady (a visual was shown) in simple Khariboli Hindi is known by most school students. It tells of the exploits of a woman whose real name was Manikarnika. Who?
Answer: Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi.
This question was correctly answered by 51% of participants.
According to legend, an emperor created this sweet called ‘petha’ made of ash gourd (or winter melon) to feed nearly 21000 workers who were building something for him in 1632-53. He also ordered it to be as white and pure as the building! Which building?
Answer: Taj Mahal.
This question was correctly answered by 49% of participants.
Which song (two words) about a fish has become the first YouTube video to be viewed 10 billion times?
Answer: Baby Shark.
This question was correctly answered by 48% of the finalists.
The 1903 decision of the British government to divide this region came into effect two years later. It created a lot of agitation in India and gave rise to which movement?
Answer: Swadeshi Movement.
This question was correctly answered by 47% of participants.
LEAST CORRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS
Some of the questions of the final round were tricky too. Those were the least correctly answered ones. Here is the list of Top 5 such questions, their answers and the percentage of correct answers.
This window at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge celebrates which former student (a visual was shown)? Give the last name only.
Answer: John Venn.
This question was correctly answered by 13% of participants.
This spider was discovered in the mountainous Western Ghats region of south-western India and takes its name from the owner of a hat from a much-loved series of books. Who is it named after?
Answer: Gryffindor.
This question was correctly answered by 14% of participants.
About 40% of the economy of this Central American country comes from revenues generated by what entity stretches across the middle of the country (a visual was shown)? Answer in two words.
Answer: Panama Canal.
This question was correctly answered by 17% of participants.
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award is the most prestigious of all the Indian National Sports awards. This person is the only Indian to have received the award for which two related sports?
Answer: Pankaj Advani, snooker and billiards.
This question was correctly answered by 20% of participants.
Who is the subject of this title of Amar Chitra Katha? The subtitle reads “Master Storyteller”
Answer: Anant Pai.
This question was correctly answered by 24% of participants.