Environment quiz

The World Environment Quiz 2015
Congratulations to Arthur, the winning house!

1. The World Environment Day Quiz St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun

2. Rules There’s no specific pattern to the questions. You pick a chit and you get the question with that number. The question may be a wall of text, or it may be a visual. It’s all random and unbiased. The Quizmaster’s decision is final. If there are any disputes regarding facts, please have a discussion with QM after the quiz. 10 points for each answer, direct or passed. May the best house win!

3. Q1. The biological name for this plant is Crocus sativus . It is high in demand – and has been in high demand for a long time. What product does it provide us with(thus warranting its high demand)?

4. Saffron Saffron threads are dried styles and sigmas of Crocus sativus .

5. Q2. Which company has this species of deer given its name to?

6. Reebok, from rhebuck

7. Q3. Give X. In a new development, the  BSE  has launched the  Green Index  called X. This is India's first carbon-efficient live index. The index has been developed by the BSE in collaboration with  IIM Ahmedabad. It is the second thematic index launched by BSE. BSE  X will measure the performances of companies in terms of carbon emissions. The index will target socially-aware investors.

8. Greenex

9. Q4. T he   Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. However, this treaty is better known by another name, that is the name of the city that it was signed in(as is the wont of UN conventions). Which Iranian city lends its name to this convention?

10. Ramsar Convention

11. Q5. The last surving Pinta island tortoise died on 24 June 2012. He serves as a potent symbol for conservation efforts in the Galápagos Islands , as well as throughout the world. By what name was he affectionately known to the world?

12. Lonesome George

13. Q6. ( Audience Question) “Seven billion dreams. One Planet. Consume with care. “ Slogan of what?

14. World Environment Day(specific to 2015)

15. Q7. What is the name of the world’s largest glacier, found in Eastern Antarctica?

16. Lambert Glacier

17. Q8. What important discovery do we owe to the chemists Frank Rowland and Mario Molina?

18. Ozone Layer Depletion

19. (C) Jayant Karn To commemorate which annual event did the Arla foods coloured their milk boxes black instead of typical green and white ? Q9 .Audience Question

20. Earth Hour

21. Q10. George Bernard Shaw is the only person to have won both a Nobel and an Oscar. However, it is a common misconception that there is another who has won both the awards – arising from the fact that he accepted the Oscar award for a documentary(which actually belongs to the director). Which popular figure in the environmentalist movement am I talking about?

22. Al Gore “I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America .” – Opening lines of the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”

23. Q11. Which Indian emperor, in third century B.C, passed a law that would prevent the subjects to cut trees for personal use ?

24. Ashoka

25. Q12. How do we better know the followers of Guru Jambeshwar who are famous worldwide for their 29 principles that are all eco-friendly ?

26. Bishnois

27. Q13. CFCs ( chloro - fluro -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.

28. Freon

29. Q14. X  is a public interest attorney from India. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996 for his continuous fights in Indian courts against pollution-causing industries. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Asia for Public Service in 1997 . Because of him, the litigation for the protection of Taj Mahal against pollution was passed. Who is X?

30. Mahesh Chandra Mehta

31. Q15. This is India’s first electric car which was launched by Mahindra. What is its name?

32. Reva

33. Q16. This is the Red Billed Quelea . What unique distinction does the species hold, with regards to its population in the wild?

34. Most Abundant Wild Bird Species

35. Q17. (Audience Question) This is a measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions of a defined population, system or activity, considering all relevant sources, sinks and storage within the spatial and temporal boundary of the population, system or activity of interest. Calculated as carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) using the relevant 100-year global warming potential (GWP100 ). What am I talking about?

36. Carbon Footprint

37. Q18. ID plant.

38. Baobab Tree

39. Q19. A lyric on the Green Day song ‘Last of the American Girls’ reads as follows – “She wears her overcoat for the coming of the nuclear ________” What is the term used to define the weather condition that would prevail post a nuclear holocaust?

40. Nuclear Winter

41. Q20. ‘A Sand County Almanac’, first published in 1949 is a landmark book in American conservation movement. More than 2 million copies printed and translated into twelve languages, the book is best known for its idea of ‘land ethic’ which means that “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." Name the author of this non-fiction.

42. Aldo Leopold

43. Q21. In 1905, a Glasgow public health official, Dr H A Des Voeux coined a term to describe a condition had impaired visibility due to the presence of air pollutants. The term was ________; and is arguably one of the most popular portmanteau words.

44. Smog

45. Q22. (Audience Question) The main character in the animated film ‘Finding Nemo’ is a member of which species of fish?

46. Clownfish

47. Q23. Strobilanthes kunthiana , is a plant which lends its name to a place in India. Paliyan tribal people use it to calculate their age. Which place? (pic of plant on next slide)

48. Nilgiri Hills Strobilanthes kunthiana is the biological name of Neelakurinji , a flower that blooms once every 12 years and lends its name to the hills.

49. Q24. ID.

50. Vandana Shiva

51. Q25. The  X   is the European political party that operates as a federation of political parties across Europe supporting green politics.  Its logo -

52. European Green Party

53. Q26. Where will the United Nations Climate Change Conference ,  COP21  or  CMP11 be held?

54. Paris The international climate conference will be held at the Le Bourget site from November 30 to December 11, 2015.

55. Tiebreaker Questions 2 Questions. You write the answer for each on a slip of paper provided to you.

56. Q27. Seoul was given the title Global Earth Hour Capital 2015. Which city was given the title of National Earth Hour Capital?

57. Thane

58. Q28. Who wrote the Earth Anthem? The Earth Anthem was launched in June 2013 on the occasion of the World Environment Day by  Kapil Sibal  and Shashi Tharoor ,  then Union Ministers. Academy Award winner Hollywood director Jeffrey D. Brown called it a joyous celebration of common humanity . The US Consul General Jennifer McIntyre has called Kumar's Earth Anthem a significant contribution to Earth Day and truly an anthem for the Earth.

59. Abhay Kumar (will also accept Abhay K)

60. The Mother of all tiebreakers As before, write on the paper.

61. Q29. The three women – Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas – have all extensively studied the primates chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans respectively. It was anthropologist Louis Leakey who sent them to study the animals in their natural habitats. By what name are the three collectively known as? (there are two names, in fact, and I will accept both)

62. The Trimates , or Leakey’s Angels

63. Thank You.