Young World Quiz (June 15, 2007)
V.V. RAMANAN
Photo: AFP
Tintin: With Captain Haddock and Snowy.
1. Name the famous clipper ship, berthed in Greenwich, which was badly damaged in a fire recently.
2. In the context of Disney animated features, what breed of dogs are Pongo and Perdita?
3. Which U.S. State starts with the alphabet D?
4. In “The Simpsons”, name the convenience store run by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon?
5. Where in the human body is the scaphoid bone located?
6. Who played Count Olaf in the movie “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”?
7. Which Tintin adventure is set entirely in the Marlinspike Hall complex?
8. According to the nursery rhyme, how many fiddlers did Old King Cole call for?
9. Who is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes?
10. Which Norse God rode on “Sleipnir”, an eight-legged horse?
11. Which nation’s football team, a World Cup winner, is called the “Albiceleste”?
12. Of which watery phenomenon is “Antlophobia” the fear of?
13. In which month is Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday?
14. Expand PAL as used in the TV encoding system.
15. Normally, how many great-grandparents can one have?
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