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Young World Quiz (February 08, 2008)
V.V. RAMANAN
1. Name the author of such classics like Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days celebrating his birthday on February 8.
2. Name the spell used by Harry Potter on the Inferi in …Half-Blood Prince to tie up with ropes.
3. In the first Indian cabinet, if Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister, who was the Deputy Prime Minister?
4. Who was the Nizam of Hyderabad when it became part of India in 1948?
5. Bertha von Suttner was the second woman, in 1905, to win which famous award?
6. In the NBA, if the Bobcats were playing the Bucks, then which two cities’ teams are on show?
7. Which nation’s URL extension would be .bz?
8. Which supervillain, in a 1992 landmark event, apparently killed Superman?
9. Who took the last wicket to fall in the 2006-7 Ashes series, which was also his last Test wicket?
10. What is a male fox called?
11. In which mythology is the battle at the end of the world called ‘Ragnarok’?
12. For what purpose is an Archimedes Screw used?
13. According to a famous poem, which town is in Brunswick by the famous Hanover City?
14. Which solar month follows Vaisakha in the Indian religious calendar?
15. In which video game would one find “Bowser’s Castle”?
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