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Young World Quiz (March 23, 2007)

V.V. RAMANAN



WORLD CUP 2007: Opening ceremony. PHOTO: AP

1. Name the legendary director of such classics like "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon" born on this date in 1910.

2. What does a Myrmecologist study?

3. At which stadium was the opening ceremony of the ongoing cricket World Cup held on March 11?

4. Fill in the blanks in this title of a famous American novel: ________, or, Life Among the Lowly.

5. Name the three freedom fighters martyred on this date at Lahore in 1931 for their involvement in the killing of J.P. Saunders.

6. Which bank's name is part of the official name for the Nobel Prize for Economics?

7. After which animal is India's anti-tank guided missile named?

8. Which Rudyard Kipling poem tells about a native water-bearer who saves a British soldiers life?

9. What does a Field mean to a numismatist?

10. Which football club has been European Champion a record nine times?

11. Which bird's nest is traditionally used in the birds' nest soup?

12. Which famous speech ends with these lines: Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!?

13. What is the name of Prospero's daughter in William Shakespeares "The Tempest"?

14. Which is the only vowel not on the top line of a standard typewriter?

15. Which two colours are there on the Swedish national flag?

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