Young World quiz

May 16, 2011 03:20 pm | Updated 03:20 pm IST

Just right for summer: Nice and cool. Photo: K. Ananthan

Just right for summer: Nice and cool. Photo: K. Ananthan

1. What superlative record does the Etruscan shrew hold among mammals?

2. The U.S. States of Colorado and Wyoming are closest to which common shape?

3. Name the city where Osama Bin Laden was shot dead.

4. Which popular American rock band has had albums called “Hybrid Theory” and “Meteroa”?

5. From which European country did Angola get independence in 1975: Portugal, France or Germany?

6. In Indian myth, who wields the “Pinaka”?

7. If Samsung has the Galaxy Tab, then who makes the Xoom?

8. Which food item gets its name from the Dutch “kool-salade” meaning cabbage salad?

9. Which Asian capital is called Krung Thep Maha Nakhon by the locals?

10. Which Royal House preceded the present House of Windsor in Great Britain?

11. In fiction, who lives at Bag End?

12. In music, who composed the “Hungarian Rhapsodies” for piano?

13. A sea anemone has also been called a “zoophyte”. What does it mean?

14. What was the nationality of John Napier, the inventor of Logarithms?

15. In medicine, a word used with the prefix “osteo” would be in connection with what part of the body?

Answers : 1. It is the smallest known mammal by mass, weighing only about 1.8 grams on average; 2. Rectangle; 3. Abbottabad; 4. Linkin Park; 5. Portugal; 6. Shiva. It is his bow; 7. Motorola; 8. Coleslaw; 9. Bangkok; 10. House of Saxe-Coburg; 11. Bilbo Baggins; 12. Liszt; 13. Zoophyte is an animal that visually resembles a plant; 14. He was Scottish; 15. Bones

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