Tuesday, September 21, 2004

FORTNIGHTLY QUIZ-216

1. Who recently ended Tiger Woods' record 264-week reign as the top golfer?

2. Name the devastating hurricane that recently struck many parts of the USA, South America and the Caribbean islands.

3. In which year was the first census conducted in India?

4. To which city has Pakistan planned to shift its military headquarters from the garrison town of Rawalpindi?

5. Which Asian country has, according to recent statistics, over 23,000 centenarians?

6. Who is the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women?

7. Name the maker of the film 'Bride and Prejudice'.

8. Who has got the highest sporting award of the country, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, for 2003?

9. Name the cricketer who was chosen as the Player of the Year at the inaugural ICC awards function recently.

10. Which country will next month start Asia's longest roller-coaster with an 888-m track?

11. Where are the headquarters of OPEC?

12. Name the winner of this year's women's singles US Open tennis title.

13. Who won this year's men's singles US Open tennis title?

14. Expand the term BCCI.

15. Which museum in London will house a wax statue of Aishwarya Rai?

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School address......................

Winners of quiz 215: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Prashant , IX-B, St Anne's Convent School, Sector 32, Chandigarh-160047.

Second: Shivani Verma, class XII(arts), DAV Senior Secondary School, Ropar-140001.

Third: Tashi Negi, XI , DAV Public School, The Mall, Shimla-171003.

Answers to quiz 215: Punita Arora; U.R. Rao; Oomen Chandy; Neerja Bhanot; Kolkata; Shaukat Aziz; Defence Research and Development Organisation; 101; 6.83m; Australia; Justin Gatlin; Shawn Crawford; Weightlifting; Reetu Sethi; Manchester United.

Cash awards of Rs 400, 300 and 200 are given to the first, second and third prize winners, respectively. These are sent at the school address.

Note: Kindly mention the pin code of your place to facilitate the delivery of the prize money.

Tarun Sharma