Young World Quiz

March 03, 2014 05:19 pm | Updated May 19, 2016 06:01 am IST - chennai:

Humayun's Tomb: Now take a 360 degree view. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

Humayun's Tomb: Now take a 360 degree view. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

1. Oleksandr Turchynov has been appointed as interim President of which embattled former USSR country?

2. Expand IRCTC as in the name of the website used for booking railway tickets in India.

3. With whom has the Archaeological Survey of India joined hands to launch the 360° online view of 30 Heritage Sites?

4. In Oliver Twist , name the constabulary beadle of the poorhouse where the orphaned Oliver is raised.

5. What two-word nickname would connect tennis great Boris Becker and Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi?

6. How did the Venom GT make news recently?

7. If your State’s present CM is Prakash Kumar Chamling, then what is its Capital?

8. Which recent event had the motto “Hot. Cool. Yours”?

9. In Italian cuisine, what is a calzone?

10. Which capital city in India has launched the world’s longest free Wi-Fi zone, covering a 20-km stretch?

11. Which much anticipated product from Microsoft goes by the codename “Threshold”?

12. Which is the largest species of cat found in South America?

13. It etymology, what does the Greek root ‘oo’ mean?

14. Edward Smith is one of most remembered Captains, albeit for a tragic reason. What was he the captain of?

15. What is the common term for the eye condition called Strabismus?

Answers: 1. Ukraine; 2. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation; 3. Google; 4. Mr. Bumble; 5. ‘Boom Boom’; 6. The supercar became the world’s fastest production model after hitting 270.49mph on NASA’s space shuttle landing runway; 7. Gangtok; 8. The Sochi Winter Olympics; 9. A folded pizza shaped like a half-moon and made of salted bread dough with fillings inside; 10. Patna; 11. The next generation of Windows; 12. Jaguar; 13. Egg; 14. RMS Titanic; 15. Squint.

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