Young World Quiz (February 16, 2007)
V.V. RAMANAN
PHOTO: RAGU
CONSERVATIONIST: Jane Goodall.
1. Which Baltic State, with Vilnius as the Capital, declared its independence from Russia and Germany on this date in 1918?
2. Who wrote the famous opera buffa "The Marriage of Figaro"?
3. Name the Italian, a seven-time MotoGP World Champion, born on this date in 1979.
4. Who was Shane Warne's last and 708th Test victim?
5. Which plant is also called "Chinese spinach"?
6. Which artist painted two versions of the famous "Portrait of Dr. Gachet"?
7. Which is the third largest planet by mass and the fourth largest by diameter?
8. Which U.S. President in the 1970s was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.?
9. Which country's entry to the Oscars was Deepa Mehta's "Water"?
10. With which animal is the name of the legendary conservationist Jane Goodall always linked?
11. Which group's latest chart-topping single is "Window in the Skies"?
12. Which Asian country's flag has a cedar tree on it?
13. What is an eland's favourite prey?
14. Which famous poem starts as "Half a league, half a league" and ends as "Noble six hundred!"?
15. In Britain what does a "busker" do?
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