Young World Quiz (June 22, 2007)
V.V. RAMANAN
Photo: AFP
Norodom Sihamoni: Greets his people.
1. Name the four Jovian or gas planets in our Solar System.
2. Which common vegetable plant’s scientific name is “Solanum lycopersicum”?
3. In which sport is the Stanley Cup given?
4. Which European painted “The Starry Night”, one of the best known and most reproduced paintings?
5. Which of these is not a single-reed woodwind instrument: Clarinet, saxophone or bassoon?
6. Which famous performing arts venue is located at Bennelong Point?
7. How many sides to a “regular-heptadecagon”?
8. In which novel does Sherlock Holmes make this famous statement: “I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule”.?
9. King Norodom Sihamoni is the king of which Asian country?
10. Whose famous travel book is called “Il Milione”?
11. What four-lettered word is used for the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine?
12. In which famous Austrian city would you be if your plane touched down at the W. A. Mozart Airport?
13. What are “supernumerary teeth”?
14. What is the nationality of the dance-pop singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue?
15. Which type of pasta literally means “little ribbons” in Italian?
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