Young World Quiz (July 06, 2007)
Photo: Sandeep Saxena
Snooker: Many colours.
1. Which charismatic leader and Nobel Laureate was born Lhamo Thondup on this date in 1935?
2. Which city has a name similar to the name of a son of Priam and Hecuba?
3. Nyasaland was the former name of which African nation that became independent on this date in 1964?
4. Which type of battery is also referred to as Microlight or Potlood?
5. Which is the world’s largest automaker by sales revenue as of the first quarter of 2007?
6. In which U.S. State was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
7. What is the ‘British Empire Games’ now called?
8. Alphabetically which coloured ball, used in snooker, would come last?
9. Which mountain separates the Iberian Peninsula from France?
10. What is the nationality of the chess player Judit Polgar?
11. How many strings on a standard piano?
12. In the Three Domain taxonomy of life, which is the third of the eight ranks?
13. Fill in the blanks from the nursery rhyme “Pop Goes the Weasel”: “Half a pound of ____ ____”
14. On what day of the week was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?
15. Which Arthurian knight rode on Gringolet: Lancelot, Galahad or Gawain?
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