Young World Quiz (January 27, 2001)

V.V. RAMANAN

1. Expand SETI.

2. To which chemical does the mint plant owe its characteristic flavour?

3. What distinction does Wilkie Collins' Moonstone, written in 1868, have?

4. What does the word 'judo' as in the sport mean?

5. What is Xenophobia?

6. What does a deltiologist collect?

7. What is the name given to the tall, bushy headgear worn by the famous guards of the Buckingham Palace?

8. A rat's inability to do something makes it very vulnerable to poison. What?

9. Who took his pen-name from a river-man's measure of depth?

10. If you danced the Mazurka, in which European country would you be in?

11. Eva Braun's husband was a great leader of the 20th Century. Who?

12. Which legendary actor starred in such classics as Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of Sierra Madre and Casablanca?

13. Who sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne?

14. If Thursday is day of Thor, whose day is Wednesday?

15. Potter trivia. Who is Albus Dumbledore?

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