Dear rotaractors,
We rotaractors from karunya have posted the quiz for the remembrance of this month “ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION MONTH”. Do participate between 4 pm today to 2pm on 31st august 2010.Kindly post the answers to rckarunya@gmail.com .
www.protectenvironmentrckarunya.blogspot.com
Do participate with your club members
We present you “GREEN WAYS 2010”
Monday, August 30, 2010
1)When is the world environment day celebrated?
2) The comic character Yogi Bear lives in a national park that takes its name from the world’s first national park. Name both.
3) The byline of which company, rather ironically went ‘What we do will touch your lives in some way everyday’?
4) Cubatao, in Brazil has certain epithet because it is the world’s most polluted place. What epithet?
5) Which popular brand takes its name from a particular species of deer native to South Africa?
6) Which metal was responsible for the fatal brain disease that affected people eating fish caught from the Minamata Bay off the Japanese island of Kyushu?
7) What is the claim to fame of a body called the Dasohli Gram Swarajya Mandali?
8) A certain kind of bird called Storm Petrels are named after St. Peter. Why?
9) The largest flower in the world is named after the person who forced Lord Minto to occupy Java and was at one time the keeper of the London Zoo. We know him best for a city that he founded. Name him and the flower?
10) In which book would you find the lines ‘All animals are equal but some animals are more equal’.
11) The Indian television series ‘Living on the edge’ was the first in Asia to win the prestigious Panda Award. By what popular name is this award known?
12) Which animal is mentioned as the teacher of Yudhishthira in the Mahabharatha?
13) Which comic character cannot stand trees being cut down?
14) Which Banking and Finance corporate major recently tied up with the WWF to issue special WWF branded credit cards wherein the company would donate a certain amount of money on the customer’s behalf to WWF everytime he used the card?
15) A few years ago a certain insect called the Mexican Beetle was imported into Bangalore in large numbers. Why?
16) India’s premier environmental magazine is edited by activist Bittu Sahgal. Name it.
17) Who said ‘A nation’s wealth, its real wealth can be gauged by its tree cover ‘?
18) Who is the patron saint of ecology?
19) Of which media powerhouse is the Discovery Channel a division?
20) Who authored a bestseller ‘Overload’ which is concerned with a fight between environmentalists and an engineer over the building of a thermal power station?
21) This American industrialist donated about 1/5th of his property to WWF in return for which the WWF gives an annual Wildlife Conservation Prize to individuals and organisations for distinguished service to the cause of conservation, in his name. Who?
22) Which ancient Indian text contains rules and regulations on how to run a protected forest or a ‘abhayaranya’?
23) The oldest of the species is supposedly more than 600 years old and is found in Kerala’s Perambikulam game sanctuary. Now it is a primary component for reforestation and its bark and flowers are used as medicine for Bronchitis. Its name originated in Malayalam and entered Portuguese to mean ‘carpenter’. Which tree?
24) This tree was supposedly brought to India from Sri Lanka by Hanuman when he was carrying messages from Sita. He felt so delighted by it that he threw the seeds on what is presently Maharashtra. Which tree?
26) What is the area adjoining the Kuntipuzha river in Kerala called?
2) The comic character Yogi Bear lives in a national park that takes its name from the world’s first national park. Name both.
3) The byline of which company, rather ironically went ‘What we do will touch your lives in some way everyday’?
4) Cubatao, in Brazil has certain epithet because it is the world’s most polluted place. What epithet?
5) Which popular brand takes its name from a particular species of deer native to South Africa?
6) Which metal was responsible for the fatal brain disease that affected people eating fish caught from the Minamata Bay off the Japanese island of Kyushu?
7) What is the claim to fame of a body called the Dasohli Gram Swarajya Mandali?
8) A certain kind of bird called Storm Petrels are named after St. Peter. Why?
9) The largest flower in the world is named after the person who forced Lord Minto to occupy Java and was at one time the keeper of the London Zoo. We know him best for a city that he founded. Name him and the flower?
10) In which book would you find the lines ‘All animals are equal but some animals are more equal’.
11) The Indian television series ‘Living on the edge’ was the first in Asia to win the prestigious Panda Award. By what popular name is this award known?
12) Which animal is mentioned as the teacher of Yudhishthira in the Mahabharatha?
13) Which comic character cannot stand trees being cut down?
14) Which Banking and Finance corporate major recently tied up with the WWF to issue special WWF branded credit cards wherein the company would donate a certain amount of money on the customer’s behalf to WWF everytime he used the card?
15) A few years ago a certain insect called the Mexican Beetle was imported into Bangalore in large numbers. Why?
16) India’s premier environmental magazine is edited by activist Bittu Sahgal. Name it.
17) Who said ‘A nation’s wealth, its real wealth can be gauged by its tree cover ‘?
18) Who is the patron saint of ecology?
19) Of which media powerhouse is the Discovery Channel a division?
20) Who authored a bestseller ‘Overload’ which is concerned with a fight between environmentalists and an engineer over the building of a thermal power station?
21) This American industrialist donated about 1/5th of his property to WWF in return for which the WWF gives an annual Wildlife Conservation Prize to individuals and organisations for distinguished service to the cause of conservation, in his name. Who?
22) Which ancient Indian text contains rules and regulations on how to run a protected forest or a ‘abhayaranya’?
23) The oldest of the species is supposedly more than 600 years old and is found in Kerala’s Perambikulam game sanctuary. Now it is a primary component for reforestation and its bark and flowers are used as medicine for Bronchitis. Its name originated in Malayalam and entered Portuguese to mean ‘carpenter’. Which tree?
24) This tree was supposedly brought to India from Sri Lanka by Hanuman when he was carrying messages from Sita. He felt so delighted by it that he threw the seeds on what is presently Maharashtra. Which tree?
26) What is the area adjoining the Kuntipuzha river in Kerala called?
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