Young World Quiz (June 30, 2009)
V.V. RAMANAN
Photo: N. Sridharan
Where is it? The deltoid muscle. .
1. On this date in 2002, who scored Brazil’s goals as it won a record fifth FIFA World Cup?
2. According to Global Language Monitor, a U.S. web monitoring firm, what is the millionth English word?
3. Who was the first cricketer to appear in more than 150 Test matches?
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Ensuring safety : Just one thing different.
4. In which east European country would one be if the national currency was ‘Hryvnya’?
5. In Greek mythology, Hypnos is the God of ….?
6. The head of the MI6, the U.K.’s Secret Intelligence Service, is known as ‘C’. What does it stand for: Commander, Chief or Captain?
7. Which sporting legend is the highest ranked male in the ‘Forbes Celebrity 100 Power List’?
8. The animal with the binomial name Varanus komodoensis is the largest of its kind. What is it commonly called?
9. What was the name given to the crossing point at Friedrichstrasse in Berlin, when it was a walled city?
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Christie’s creation : Indomitable duo.
10. What is one common thing a pilot and co-pilot on a passenger plane not allowed to have on a flight to ensure safety?
11. How did the Pudding Lane bakery of the Royal Baker Thomas Farynor create news in 1666?
12. Who did Agatha Christie describe as Hercule Poirot’s ‘Watson’?
13. According to a recent article in the journal ‘Evolutionary Ecology’, what first has been noticed, with reference to the self-protection, in a plant in the rainforests of Ecuador?
14. Which metal is always present in an amalgam?
15. Where in the human body is the deltoid muscle?
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