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Youngworld Quiz (December 21, 2007)
V.V. RAMANAN
Photo: AFP
Philip Pullman: Author of the His Dark Materials triology.
1. What is Amazon’s recently launched e-book reader called?
2. Which is the second book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy?
3. Which ball game was once called “Mintonette”?
4. Which legendary Tamil actor had the nickname “Nadigar Thilagam”?
5. Which Australian cricketer’s shirt would have the name “Churchie” in a Twenty20 match?
6. Which animal’s name is an anglicised form of the Telugu word “pandi-kokku”?
7. Which is the first two digit number in the Fibonacci Series?
8. What is the nationality of the famous painter Francisco Goya?
9. In architecture, what is a “campanile”?
10. “Pavo cristatus” is the scientific name of which colourful bird?
11. In the context of an Islamic date/calendar, what does AH mean?
12. Which popular word game has variations called “Alfapet”, “Funworder” and “Skip-A-Cross”?
13. Which sportsperson was the first living Australian to be featured on an Australian postage stamp?
14. Which legendary band’s first album was titled “Please Please Me”?
15. Who wrote the “Thiruppavai”, a collection of 30 verses in praise of God Thirumal?
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