Young World Quiz (July 01, 2008)
V.V. RAMANAN
Photo: AP
Superman: Everybody’s hero.
1. As regards this year’s calendar, what would the end of this day (July 1) mark?
2. The African countries with the capitals Bujumbura and Kigali got their Independence on this date in 1962. Name them.
3. Which character is the official mascot of Nottingham Forest FC?
4. Which Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna was convicted in the famous Rivonia Trial?
5. How many minimum serves should a player serve himself/herself to win a set in tennis?
6. To what is Superman most vulnerable?
7. In Norse myth, whose progeny are Fenris wolf and Odin’s horse Sleipnir?
8. What are the tubes in the human body that connect the ears to the nose and throat to maintain air pressure called?
9. On which U.S. river, also the name of a State, is the mighty Hoover Dam?
10. Which phenomenon is so called because it is usually noticed around Christmas time in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America?
11. What was the number suffixed to the Apollo mission that put humans on moon in 1969?
12. According to the popular version, what animals were transformed by the fairy godmother into six horses and the coachman to take Cinderalla to the ball?
13. Which is the biggest three-digit prime number?
14. The study of prehistoric life forms through the examination of fossils is called?
15. With which group is rocker Jim Morrison most synonymous with?
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