Top 5 easiest and toughest questions of ClassAct 2022 Prelims
ClassAct 2022 has been officially declared by the Asia Book of Records and the India Book of Records as the record holder for ‘Maximum Participation in an Online School Quiz’. Conducted on January 23, 2022, the preliminary round for ClassAct 2022 saw over 50,000 registrations from 32 countries and 5 continents, the total number of participants being 19, 625 students. A total of 40 champions from the Junior category (Grades I-V) after the Grand Finale concluded with a grand success on 26th January. The preliminary round was asynchronous and hosted on Quizizz, an online assessment platform. The screening process for was completely automated. The Quizizz platform auto-calculated the ranks based on the speed and accuracy of participants. The champions were chosen on the basis of this ranking.
The Prelims consisted of 50 questions in total, including both multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and type-in ones. Here are the top 5 easiest and toughest questions from the preliminary round of ClassAct 2022, The Hindustan Times Republic Day Quiz.
MOST CORECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS
Many of the questions in ClassAct 2022 Prelims were quite easy for the participants. The top 5 most correctly answered questions are listed below, along with their answers and the percentage of participants who answered them correctly.
Which two colours of paint should you mix to get the colour ORANGE?
Answer: Mixing red and yellow gives the colour orange. This question was answered correctly by 56.5% of participants.
With which ruler of India (a visual was shown) would you connect this sculpture?
Answer: Ashoka. This question was answered correctly by 56.5% of participants.
This message (a visual was shown) about COVID lockdown is based on the adventures of which cartoon character?
Answer: Chhota Bheem. This question was answered correctly by 56.4% of participants.
“Slow and steady wins the race” is the moral of a famous story about which two animals?
Answer: Tortoise and the hare. This question was answered correctly by 53.4% of participants.
What is the Japanese word for this art of folding paper (a visual was shown)?
Answer: Origami. This question was answered correctly by 52.6% of participants.
LEAST CORRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS
Well, the Prelims round wasn’t all that easy-peasy. Some of the questions were also challenging. Those were the ones with the fewest correct answers. Here is the list of 5 such questions, together with their answers and the percentage of accurate responses.
This country’s flag contains its biggest export (arrow in flag and images on left), which shares its name with a trick in soccer, in which a player rolls the ball between an opponent's legs. Which country in the Americas?
Answer: Grenada. The fruit is Nutmeg from which we get the spices (javitri or jaiphal) and mace. Grenada is the world’s second largest producer of nutmeg after Indonesia. This question was answered correctly by 5.6% of participants.
The picture shows a panel from an original Marvel Comics book featuring a superhero. When it was turned into a movie in 2021 the finger ornaments were changed to bracelets worn around the forearm. Name the superhero (two words, no hyphen).
Answer: Shang Chi. This question was answered correctly by 5.8% of participants.
What is the air traffic control call sign (three words of 3, 5, and 3 letters respectively) of this special official plane?
Answer: Air India One. This question was answered correctly by 5.9% of participants.
Traditionally bred as hunting companions, these dogs (a visual was shown) are a medium-sized athletic breed. They often have drooping ears, a broad muzzle, and wavy fur. What is the general name (one word, 7 letters) given to these dogs because they originally came from a certain European country?
Answer: Spaniel. This question was answered correctly by 6% of participants.
This little girl was named by her father (visual, left) after a famous 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer. The writer’s best-known novel features the name of this bird (visual, right). What is this girl’s name (one word)?
Answer: Harper. This question was answered correctly by 6.4% of participants.