Young World Quiz (June 08, 2007)
V.V. RAMANAN
1. Name the recently-retired Belgian tennis player, a former World No.1 and winner of the U.S. Open singles in 2005, born on this date in 1983.
2. In which European country did the band “The Sugarcubes” originate?
3. Which two swaras in Carnatic music do not admit variations?
4. According to the Victorian “language of flowers”, what did a burgundy-coloured rose symbolise: beauty, mystery or gratitude?
5. Podgorica is the Capital of _____?
6. Aulophobia is the fear of which common wind instrument?
7. According to the nursery rhyme, what could Mrs. Jack Sprat not eat?
8. In fiction, who is the famous progeny of Merope Gaunt?
9. With the creation of which Asian country is Mukti Bahini associated?
10. Name the boy in C.S. Lewis’s The Horse and His Boy.
11. In Hindu mythology, name the divine horse that emerged during the churning of the cosmic ocean.
12. Who built the “Bibi Ka Maqbara” in Aurangabad?
13. Fill up the blank: Dr. Manmohan Singh is a Rajya Sabha MP from _____ State.
14. What is the name of the most pivotal battle of WW II that took place between June 4 and 7, 1942 in the Pacific near Hawaii?
15.Which element has an atomic number equal to the number of days in seven weeks?
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