FUNDAMENTALS
More than 11 per cent of the world’s population live in islands. Today’s quiz will test your knowledge on islands across the world. 1. Nuuk is the capital of this island. The Kalaallit Nunaata Radio provides radio and TV services to the whole of the island. Identify this island which is an essential part of every school child’s geography lessons. 2. Which island located in the Atlantic Ocean is named after a Scottish noble named Anthony Carey? 3. Which island, a prominent naval base for more than 1,000 years, is named after the Muslim commander Tariq Ibn-Ziyad? 4. This island was the first region in the world to use the euro. The first ever purchase using the euro occurred when the former Mayor bought a bag of lychees at a market in this island. Identify. 5. Silhouette, Conception, Cousin, Long, Round, Anonyme, Beacon and Booby are all islands that form part of which island nation? 6. The people of which nation speak a dialect known as Bajan. The inhabitants of this island are also popularly known as Bajan. Identify. 7. Guantánamo Bay made infamous by the US detention camp is located in an island. Can you name this unlikely island? 8. In which island nation would you find an intense and bitter rivalry between the Isatabus and Malaitans? 9. This island nation with a population of 7.3 million is linguistically the world’s most diverse country, with more than 700 native tongues. Name the country. 10. He is perhaps the most famous resident of Samoa. He spent the last few years of his life at Vailima in the island. Samoans called him Tusitala which meant teller of tales. Who?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Which brand, a common household name, was introduced in 1959 by Balwantray Parekh? (Harish M., Chennai) 2. This cricketer hailed from Bowral and in his earlier days was referred to as ‘Boy from Bowral’. Now there is an international Cricket Hall of Fame in his home town. Who? (B.K. Harinath, Mysuru) 3. An American named Roy Farrell and an Australian called Sydney de Kantzow teamed up to form what is now associated with neither Australia or United States, but another country. Identify. (Shyam Sharma, Bengaluru) 4. Mukimono is a Japanese art and is essentially the art of carving, and when done right, it can make even the ugliest produce look like art. What does it carve? (Philip Joshua, Secunderabad) 5. Karun Nair’s first Test century is a triple hundred against England. Who are the other two cricketers who converted their maiden Test centuries into triple centuries in the history of Test cricket? (U.N. Murthy, Secunderabad) 6. In the 1970s, newly printed `50 note was not issued for circulation. What was the printing error on the note? (M.S. Abhijith, Secunderabad) 7. In which two countries, would you find the similarly named Ninety Mile beach? (Akash Sharma, Bengaluru)