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Young World Quiz (October 12, 2007)
V.V. RAMANAN
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Gebrselassie: Set more than 25 world records.
1. Fill in the blank: The holiday celebrating the October 12, 1492 arrival of Europeans to the Americas is called _____ Day.
2. Which South American country’s name is derived from ‘Little Venice’?
3. What is the nationality of the multiple Olympic and World Champion Haile Gebrselassie, who has set more than 25 world records?
4. Who was the fourth Sikh Guru?
5. Which Asian leader came to power on this date after a bloodless coup in 1999?
6. Who established the first Chalukya dynasty in 6th Century AD in the then western Deccan?
7. Apart from Oxygen, which other element’s atomic symbol begins with the alphabet O?
8. In Harry Potter, which spell makes flowers spring out of the tip of a wand?
9. Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons make up which musical duo?
10. Which was the only U.S. structure to be an official ‘New 7 Wonders’ finalist?
11. Which entertainer is referred to as ‘The Material Girl’?
12. In the Hebrew Bible, name the son of Abraham and Sarah.
13. How many sides to a ‘hexadecagon’?
14. What is ‘paleobotany’?
15. What is the common medical term for the condition that happens when an artery carrying blood to the brain is blocked?
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