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Quizzotica



Donald Duck

Schools Special

Questions

1.The members of which profession use a blue pencil?

2.If 1 followed by six zeros is a million, what is 1 followed by 100 zeros called?

3.In Asterix comics, what nickname does Chief Vitalstatistix's wife give him?

4.Expand HITEC in HITEC City.

5.What is common to the 1930, 1934, 1966, 1974, 1978, and 1998 World Cup Football winners?

6.How did America mourn the death of Thomas Alva Edison?

7.What is the Japanese art of growing miniature trees in pots called?

8.Sagarmatha and Chomolungma are alternate names of which famous geographical feature?

9.Which herbivorous sea mammal, also called Sea Cow, eats 25 kilos of sea grasses daily?

10.Which cartoon character owns the car Belchfire Runabout?

Answers

1.Editors

2.Googol; Google draws its name from this term

3.Piggywiggy

4.Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy

5.They were host nations; only years hosts won

6.Electric lights were dimmed for a minute

7.Bonsai

8.Mount Everest

9.Dugong

10.Donald Duck

Question of the Day (QOD Contest)

On which train would you find the restaurants, Maharaja and Maharani?

Please mail your answer to schoolsquiz@kcircle.com with Quizzotica in the subject line by July 14. Mention the name of your school and class. A surprise gift awaits the first person who sends the correct answer.

Answer to QOD (July 8, 2006)

The default web browser installed in Apple Macs is called Safari. Vivek Bharadwaj is the winner of the QOD contest of July 8. Congratulations! You can collect your prize on August 5, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Basheerbagh, the venue for the Outlook K-Circle Schools Quiz and the Juno K-Circle Open Quiz. Happy Quizzing!

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