Young World Quiz (December 08, 2006)
V.V. RAMANAN
THE SAILOR MAN: Popeye
1. What important development in WW II took place on this date in 1941?
2. Popeye, the sailor man, would be celebrating the birthday of his creator who was born on this date in 1894. Name the creator.
3. According to the Gospel of Luke, which place, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, is reported to have been the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, James and John?
4. Mark Chapman made global headlines after a singular act on December 8, 1980. What did he do?
5. Which famous Brazilian was the Formula One champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987?
6. What is horology?
7. To which country does the palindromic group ABBA belong?
8. Who was the first to score a century for the Indian Test cricket team and that in his debut Test!
9. To which order do lemurs belong?
10. Zero degrees Celsius equals how many kelvins?
11. In which famous Italian city is Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" drawing displayed?
12. If laid end-to-end, how many cricket pitches would fit in half-a-furlong?
13. Who is the only British monarch to have voluntarily relinquished the throne in the last 200 years?
14. What bodily damage was done to Horatio Nelson at the naval battle in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
15. Which poison is said to have caused Socrates's death?
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