1. What space disaster occurred on this date in 2003 over Texas which also saw the death of an Indian-American?
2. If it is Pratibha Patil for India, who is it for Bangladesh?
3. In music, what is ‘Pizzicato'?
4. Which cricket-playing island nation celebrates Waitangi Day?
5. If a lady gives birth to duodecaplets, how many children would be born?
6. Which is the fourth in the series of Artemis Fowl books?
7. Traditionally, sulphur, charcoal and potassium nitrate are the main ingredients of..?
8. Which two colours are dominant in the flags of Vietnam and Republic of Macedonia?
9. If one was watching the Old Faithful in the US, what was one seeing in action?
10. Skin, hair, fat and nails are part of which system in the human body?
11. Complete the old saying: ‘A man is known by the company…'
12. Which flower's common name from German meaning ‘noble purity' or ‘noble whiteness'?
13. What type of geographical feature on the moon is prefixed with word ‘Mare'?
14. Ashish Bagai would captain and keep wickets for which side in the ICC World Cup later this month?
15. In a church, what is a nave?
Answers:
1. Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry; 2. Mohammad Zillur Rahman; 3. A playing technique that involves plucking the strings of an instrument; 4. New Zealand; 5. 12; 6. ‘Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception'; 7. Gunpowder; 8. Yellow and red; 9. A geyser; 10. The integumentary system; 11. …he keeps.'; 12. Edelweiss; 13. Sea; 14. Canada; 15. It is the central approach to the high altar.
