Young World Quiz (August 25, 2006)
V.V. RAMANAN
PHOTO: AP
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER: Hero in red.
1. On this date, 15 years ago, at which GP did Michael Schumacher make his F1 debut?
2. The Galápagos archipelago is politically part of which South American nation?
3. In which 1996 film did Eddie Murphy play seven roles?
4. What is the name given to 2003 UB313, which could become a planet, by its discoverer Michael Brown?
5. If the female pig is called a sow, what is a male pig called?
6. A quintillion is 10 to the power of... ?
7. Name the talented singer-actress, co-star of Jet Li in "Romeo Must Die", killed on this date in a plane crash five years ago.
8. Which England footballer's autobiography is Off the Record?
9. Which mammal's very young is called a leveret?
10. According to the nursery rhyme, who ran away "... when the boys came out to play"?
11. Name the Indian who delivered the longest ever speech, for eight long hours, in the UN Security Council?
12. In blogging, the term "permalink" is a portmanteau of...?
13. In Ivanhoe, who in reality is Knight of the Fetterlock?
14. Who curses Shakuntala that Dushyanta will forget her?
15. Fill in the blank: According to volcanologists, Mt. Fuji, Mt. Etna, Cotopaxi are all considered ______ volcanoes.
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