Environment Quiz for college students at B K college Amalagiri, Kottayam

1. THE ENVIRONMENT
QUIZ
FINAL

2. Round 1:POPULAR CULTURE
6 Questions ;Bounce +10 and pounce(+10/-5)

3. 1
She is an American legal
clerk and environmental
activist, who, despite the lack
of a formal education in the
law, was instrumental in
building a case against
the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (PG&E)
of California in 1993. The case
alleged contamination of
drinking water with hexavalent
chromium in the southern
California town of Hinkley.
She became famous after the
2000 biopic on her.
Name the lady.

6. 2
Ol' Man River" is a song in
the 1927 musical Show Boat
that contrasts the struggles
and hardships of African
Americans with the endless,
uncaring flow of the
Mississippi River.
The song Bistirno parore and
its Hindi version Ganga behti
ho kyon are influenced by
this song.
Name the Indian artist who
created these songs.

9. 3. What is significant about the1989
movie Banani directed by the famous film
maker Jhanu Barua?

11. It was the first movie which
won
National Film Award for Best
Film on Environment
Conservation/Preservation

12. 4The Whitley Awards are made
annually by the Whitley Fund for
Nature (WFN) to recognise and
celebrate effective national and
regional conservation leaders
across the globe.
Dr. Pramod Patil and Dr Ananda
Kumar (2015) are the latest
winners and the previous winners
include Romulus Whitaker (2005).
What is the popular name of this
award?

14. Green
Oscar

15. 5. His brand of climate activism at
first involved performance - such
as narrating a climate change
film, the 11th Hour, in 2007. But
over the last few years he has
increasingly used his fortune and
his foundation to support
conservation efforts.
His speech to urge a global
audience to reject the “politics of
greed”, and support leaders
willing to take action against
climate change became quite
famous recently.
Which celebrity?

18. 6
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
is a 2004 film by Chinese
director Lu Chuan that
was
inspired by the Wild Yak
Brigade, a real-life
volunteer group during
the 1990s, and events that
took place between 1993-
1996.
Which endangered species
this group was trying to
protect?

20. The Tibetan Antelope/ Chiru

21. Round 2
Who am
I?

22. You have to identify the
birds
+5 for every correct answer
+10 extra for the teams
with all 6 correct answers
No negatives

29. Please
exchange
your
answers

31. അരിപ്പ്രാവ്

33. ചെമ്പാത്ത്

35. ഓമ്േഞ്ഞാേി

37. കൃഷ്ണരരുന്ത്

39. മണ്ണാത്തി പുള്ളു

41. കുളമ്കാഴി

42. അരിപ്പ്രാവ്
ചെമ്പാത്ത്
ഓമ്േഞ്ഞാേി
കൃഷ്ണരരുന്ത്
മണ്ണാത്തി പുള്ളു
കുളമ്കാഴി

43. SCORE
PLEASE
……

44. Round 3
AROUND
THE
WORLD
6 Questions ;Bounce +10 and

45. 1
The Nazca Lines are a series of
ancient geoglyphs located in the
Nazca Desert in southern Peru.
They were designated as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in
1994.
In December 2014,
__________activists irreparably
damaged the Nazca Lines while
setting up a banner within the
lines of one of the famed
geoglyphs.
This was heavily criticised and the
organisation has to apologise to
the people of Peru.
Name the organisation which was
often faced criticism because of
their extreme measures.

48. 2.The term "itai-itai disease"
was coined by locals for the
severe pains victims felt in
the spine and joints(itai in
Japanese means pain).
It was caused by the release
of _____into rivers by
mining companies in the
mountains.
Itai-itai disease is known as
one of the Four Big
Pollution Diseases of Japan.
What chemical cause this
disease?

50. CADMIUM

51. 3.The year 2007 was declared (International) Year of
the __________by the United Nations and UNEP.
(International) Patron of the Year of the ______was
H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, with Special
Ambassador to the cause being Nick Carter, of the
Backstreet Boys.
Fill in the blanks

54. 4. In 2006, a 2.5 million square kilometre ozone
hole was detected over _________.Also again in
2011 an ozone hole appeared over
mountainous regions of _______along with an
unprecedented hole over the Arctic, though the
______one is far less intense than the ones over
the Arctic or Antarctic.

57. 5.The World Land Trust and
ethical emerald mining
company Gemfields
collaborated with eight world-
class jewellery designers to
create a unique 'pop up'
collection of bespoke emerald
jewellery. The aim of the
collection was to create
awareness about______.
The trust is raising funds to
save vital habitat for ______in
India.

59. Elephants.
The exhibition was called Emeralds
for elephants

60. 6.The Pripyat River is a river in Eastern
Europe.
In what context does its name comes
up regarding Environment?

62. The Pripyat passes through the exclusion
zone established around the site of the
Chernobyl nuclear disaster

63. ROUND 4
STORY

64. Identify the 6 Answers.
+5 for every correct
answer
+10 extra for the teams
with all the correct
answers
No Negatives

65. A ,named after a character in
Mahabharata is a place in
Kerala, which is the entrance
point and visitors centre for B.
A is the site of a controversial
hydroelectric dam that was
proposed in 1958 and finally
rejected in 1984.

66. C ,founder of the Madras Snake
Park and the Madras Crocodile
Bank, was probably the first person
to draw public attention to the
small and remote area.
Also that year the IUCN
(Ashkhabad, USSR, 1978) passed a
resolution recommending
protection of D

67. The poet activist E played an
important role in the protest
against the dam and the poem
F became a symbol for the
protest from the intellectual
community and was the
opening song/prayer of most
of the campaign meetings

68. Please
exchange
your
answers

70. Sairandhri(A) ,named after a
character in Mahabharata is a
place in Kerala, which is the
entrance point and visitors centre
for Silent Valley (B)
A is the site of a controversial
hydroelectric dam that was
proposed in 1958 and finally
rejected in 1984.

71. Romulus Whittacker(C ) ,founder of
the Madras Snake Park and the
Madras Crocodile Bank, was probably
the first person to draw public
attention to the small and remote
area.
Also that year the IUCN (Ashkhabad,
USSR, 1978) passed a resolution
recommending protection of
Lion tailed Macaque(D)

72. The poet activist Sugatha Kumari
(E )played an important role in the
protest against the dam and the
poem Marathinu Sthuthi(F)
became a symbol for the protest
from the intellectual community
and was the opening song/prayer
of most of the campaign meetings

73. A-Sairandhri
B- Silent Valley
C-Romulus Whittacker
D- Lion tailed Macaque
E- Sugatha Kumari
F- Marathinu Sthuthi

74. SCORE
PLEASE
……

75. Round 5 INDIA
6 Questions ;Bounce +10 and pounce(+10/-5)

76. 1
To combat the twin problems of
malnutrition and environmental
degradation, Operation Guerrilla
Green’ — a movement to plant
large numbers of fruit bearing
trees on vacant land was started by
Tribals.
To create awareness, they have
begun a month-long planting
campaign to coincide with hari
jiroti — the Gond and Korku
festival celebrating the beginning
of the rains and the new sowing
season.
In which Indian state you find this
movement?

78. MADHYA PRADESH

79. 2
According to a legend, the river
Ganges, polluted by millions of
people bathing in it, assumes the
form of a black cow and comes to
this river to bathe and cleanse itself
in its holy waters.
Legends also say that for Lord Shiva,
the Hindu God, the river is especially
sacred on account of its origin, and it
is often called Shankari.
The River as sacred is testified by the
fact that the pilgrims perform a holy
pilgrimage of a parikrama or
circumambulation of the river .
It is one among the seven holy rivers
of India.
Identify it.

82. 3.According to a legend a mythological
character used this tree leaves to store
something and hence the tree is named
after the person.
Identify the person and the thing.

84. Krishna’s buttercup tree
Ficus bengalnesis krishnae

85. 4. This bird is called
Brahmani duck in
English.It is believed that
there is a strong bond
between the male and
female and they pair for
life.So in sanskrit the
name of the bird is
synonymous with lovers
who are ready to
sacrifice.
Name the bird

88. 5.Society for Environmental
Education in Kerala
SEEK is a movement fully
dedicated to nature
education and conservation.
SEEK bhavan is on the
national highway in
between Ezhilode and
Payyannur College in Kerala.
Name the monthly journal
publishes by SEEK.
It is the name of the bird
given here.

91. 6.“Padatha
Pakshikal” published
by Kerala Sasthra
Sahitya Parishath is
a malayalam
adaptation of which
famous Book?

93. SILENT SPRING