Young World Quiz (December 2, 2000)

1. Who created the comic character Popeye? 2. In the Harry Potter series, what is the name given to a non-magic person? 3. Where would one see the Hagia Sophia? 4. Which band did Steve Harris start? 5. With whom did Pt. Ravi Shankar collaborate on the album East meets West? 6. Who directed the following films: Schindler's List, E.T. and Jaws? 7. What name connects Sabrina's cat, the capital of Oregon and name of a "steel" town in Tamil Nadu? 8. What first does the Home Insurance Company Building in Chicago hold? 9. Which is the most widely sung song in the English speaking world? 10. In the comic strip Peanuts, what is Lucy and Linus' last name? 11. Bronze is an alloy of..? 12. A great Olympian nicknamed 'Czech Locomotive' passed away recently. Who? 13. What is 'spelunking'? 14. Which sub-atomic particle's name comes from James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake? 15. Complete the quote: "A little learning is..?

V.V. RAMANAN

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