Young World Quiz (August 11, 2006)
V.V. RAMANAN
WETLANDS: Need protection. PHOTO: K. PICHUMANI
1. What call sign is used if the U.S. President flies aboard a civilian aircraft?
2. How is a solar eclipse referred to when the sun and the moon are exactly in line but the apparent size of the moon is smaller than that of sun?
3. Which is the largest city of Brazil?
4. Which was the first successfully transplanted organ in the human body — the heart, liver or the kidney?
5. Who also has the title "Vicar of Christ"?
6. What enviable bowling record does India's Bapu Nadkarni hold?
7. On which Shakespearean play was Vishal Bharadwaj's "Maqbool" based?
8. In the context of animated TV series, who is the more famous half-brother of Herb Powell?
9. In Harry Potter, name the pub where Hagrid won a dragon egg.
10. What sort of a topographical feature is a wadi?
11. Name the convention named after an Asian city that protects wetlands on a global basis.
12. Of which river is the Betwa (Vetravati) a tributary?
13. Who composed the Periya Thirumozhi, one of the key works of Vaishnavism?
14. Who wrote Unto This Last, a book that influenced Mahatma Gandhi a lot?
15.Which planet's solar day is 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35.24409 seconds (88775.24409 seconds)?
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