Young World Quiz (September 07, 2007)
V.V. RAMANAN
Photo: AP
Novak Djokovic: At the US Open tennis tournament.
1. Which famous website, possibly the most used, was incorporated on this date in 1998 at Menlo Park, California?
2. Name the English queen, immortalised by Edmund Spenser as the “Faerie Queene”, born this date in 1533.
3. Which animal is the world’s largest land carnivore?
4. On the banks of which river is Sringeri located?
5. What is the nationality of the rising tennis talent Novak Djokovic?
6. Name the famous palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs located in Granada.
7. Who was the President of India when Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut?
8. In geology, what are “hoodoos”?
9. Which gallantry award is the peace-time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra?
10. In Tom Clancy’s “The Hunt for Red October”, what is the Red October?
11. Who created the inventor-scientist Prof. (Trilokeshwar) Shonku?
12. Name the actor-father of the Hindi film heroes Sunny and Bobby Deol.
13. In which famous U.S. city is CNN (Cable News Network) headquartered?
14. Who wrote “Ram Charit Manas”?
15. Which pole vaulting legend won six consecutive IAAF World Championship titles?
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