Young World Quiz (December 30, 2000)

V.V.RAMANAN

1. Who played the role of Dorothy Gale in the classic film The Wizard of Oz?

2. In the Mahabharatha, what was the name of Bhima's rakshasa son?

3. In which sport does one use the term Eagle and Albatross?

4. Which word literally means (in Latin) "bad day"?

5. Lord Kelvin, the renowned physicist, is in the Guinness Book of World Records. Why?

6. According to Bible, Methuselah was the longest living person. Who was second?

7. What is onomatopoeia?

8. Among Jesus' 12 disciples, there were two sets of siblings. Name them.

9. The "Red Planet" Mars is named after a Roman god of same name. Of what was Mars the god of?

10. In fiction, who inhabit a land called The Shire between the Far Downs and the River Brandywine?

11. "I shall hear in Heaven" were the last words of this great composer, who turned deaf in his later years. Name him.

12. Which was the world's first fully computer-animated feature film?

13. Computers. Expand SUN as in SUN Microsystems.

14. Who is known as "Adi Guru" and is considered the father of Carnatic music?

15. The year 2001 is upon us. Who wrote the bestseller 2001: A Space Odyssey?

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