Green Quiz 2012

The Green Quiz - 2012

How much ‘greenfected’ are you?

General Rules The Preliminary Round has 20 questions. The questions are dry and visual based. There is no negative marking. There are some internal tie breaker

questions. Only TOP 6 teams will qualify for finals. Please don’t annoy the quizmaster. He is

GOD. His decision is final. Respect Him.

The Green Quiz - 2012

The Green Quiz - 2012Lets get

your Green Cells working…

Question 1The Green Quiz -

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What is this?

Question 2The Green Quiz -

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In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly voted to designate September 16 as X to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on that date in 1987. What is X?

Question 3The Green Quiz -

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Water engineers often say, ‘The solution to pollution is dilution’. This is true to some extent in the case of River Yamuna. By the time it flows through Delhi, it is considered highly polluted but on the way to Allahabad, it is joined by another tributary and gets diluted, thereby bringing down the pollution level. Name this tributary.

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In recent years, the environment has become a major issue all over the world and various steps have been taken for its protection. The United Nations held its first international conference on Human Environment on 5 June 1972 in this city. Since then, the World Environment Day is also celebrated on this day. Name the city.

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Don’t Make A Wave Committee is the predecessor to which modern day environmental organization?

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Which company has launched this Plant a Tree For Me Today campaign?

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To commemorate which day did Google have this doodle?

Question 8The Green Quiz -

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This phrase was coined by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss in 1973. He helped give it a theoretical foundation. Which phrase?

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Identify the logo.

Question 10The Green Quiz -

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This party was established in Gairsain on 18th January,2009 and in this historical movement P.C.Tiwari was elected the president. It claims to be India’s first Green Party and is a member of The Green Party International. The party’s election symbol is a scissor given below. Identify the party.

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Which Conference’s organized by the Ministry of Environment logo is this? This was held in 2012.

Question 12The Green Quiz -

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Why did the  Arla Foods colour their Swedish milk cartons black-grey, as distinct from the typical white-green?

Question 13The Green Quiz -

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This is a procedure used as a means of sealing an oil well that is experiencing an uncontrolled eruption of crude oil or natural gas. The process involves pumping heavyweight drilling mud into the manifolds connected to the top of the well. What is it known as?

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Identify the plant and what is special about this? This plant grows in Kerala and the western Tamil Nadu.

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Which famous environmentalist’s book is this?

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Which famous tree’s description is this?

Question 17The Green Quiz -

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What is meant by ‘eutrophication’?

Question 18The Green Quiz -

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First synthesized in 1874, X’s insecticidal properties were not discovered until 1939, and it was used with great success in the second half of World War II to control malaria and typhus among civilians and troops. The Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 "for his discovery of the high efficiency of X as a contact poison against several arthropods.“ After the war, X was made available for use as an agricultural insecticide, and soon its production and use skyrocketed. What is X? Hint – Now a harmful pesticide

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Expand. Simple.

Question 20The Green Quiz -

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The author of this book started a very famous environmental movement in India. This movement was one of it’s first in India. Name the movement.

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Connect. A Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2004.

Question 22The Green Quiz -

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PUC certificates are issued to all vehicles, they serve as a guide to the performance of the vehicle and the maintenance needed. What does PUC stand for?

Question 23The Green Quiz -

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Which phenomenon was discovered by Joseph Fourier in 1824, first reliably experimented on by John Tyndall in 1858, and first reported quantitatively by Svante Arrhenius in 1896?

Question 24The Green Quiz -

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CFCs (chloro-flouro-carbons) are greenhouse gases that have caused a rise of 0.3 ºC in the global temperatures in the past century. Name the CFC that is used in refrigerators.

Question 25The Green Quiz -

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This means ‘the child’ in Spanish and refers to the baby Jesus Christ. This effect is very popular and is a common occurrence in South America. Which effect am I talking about?

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By – Soham [email protected]