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    St. Joseph's Academy in Dehradun held a quiz competition between houses with questions related to the environment and sustainability. The rules stated there would be 10 points for each correct answer. Questions covered topics like rare plants, environmental conventions and treaties, green initiatives by companies, as well as prominent environmentalists. The quiz aimed to encourage learning about important issues and people in conservation efforts.

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    Rules
    1. Theres no specific pattern to the questions. You
    pick a chit and you get the question with that
    number.
    2. The question may be a wall of text, or it may be a
    visual. Its all random and unbiased.
    3. The Quizmasters decision is final. If there are any
    disputes regarding facts, please have a discussion
    with QM after the quiz.
    4. 10 points for each answer, direct or passed.

    May the best house win!


    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)?
    Saffron

    Saffron threads are dried styles and sigmas of Crocus sativus.


    Which company has this species of deer given its
    name to?
    Q2.
    Reebok, from rhebuck
    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.
    Greenex
    Q4.
    The 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?
    Ramsar Convention
    Q5.

    The last surving Pinta island tortoise died on 24 June 2012. He serves as a potent
    symbol for conservation efforts in the Galpagos Islands, as well as
    throughout the world.
    By what name was he affectionately known to the world?
    Lonesome George
    Q6. ( Audience Question)
    Seven billion dreams. One Planet.
    Consume with care.
    Slogan of what?
    World Environment Day(specific
    to 2015)
    What is the name of the

    Q7. worlds largest glacier,


    found in Eastern
    Antarctica?
    Lambert Glacier
    Q8.

    What important discovery do we owe to the chemists


    Frank Rowland and Mario Molina?
    Ozone Layer Depletion
    Q9 .Audience Question

    To commemorate which annual event


    did the Arla foods coloured their milk
    boxes black instead of typical green and
    white ?
    (C) Jayant Karn
    Earth Hour
    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?
    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
    Q11.
    Which Indian emperor, in third century B.C, passed a law
    that would prevent the subjects to cut trees for personal
    use ?
    Ashoka
    Q12.
    How do we better know the followers of Guru Jambeshwar
    who are famous worldwide for their 29 principles that are
    all eco-friendly ?
    Bishnois
    Q13.
    CFCs (chloro-fluro-carbons) are greenhouse gases that
    have caused a rise of 0.3 C in the global temperatures
    in the past century. Name the CFC that is used in
    refrigerators.
    Freon
    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?
    Mahesh Chandra Mehta
    Q15.
    This is Indias
    first electric
    car which
    was launched
    by Mahindra.
    What is its
    name?
    Reva
    Q16.
    This is the Red
    Billed Quelea.
    What unique
    distinction does the
    species hold, with
    regards to its
    population in the
    wild?
    Most Abundant Wild Bird Species
    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?
    Carbon Footprint
    Q18. ID plant.
    Baobab Tree
    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?
    Nuclear Winter
    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.
    Aldo Leopold
    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.
    Smog
    Q22. (Audience Question)
    The main character in the animated film Finding
    Nemo is a member of which species of fish?
    Clownfish
    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)
    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.
    Q24. ID.
    Vandana Shiva
    Q25.
    The X is the European political party that operates as
    a federation of political parties across Europe
    supporting green politics.
    Its logo -
    European Green Party
    Q26.
    Where will the United Nations Climate Change
    Conference, COP21 or CMP11 be held?
    Paris
    The international climate conference will be held at
    the Le Bourget site from November 30 to December 11,
    2015.
    Tiebreaker Questions
    2 Questions. You write the answer for each on a slip of
    paper provided to you.
    Q27.
    Seoul was given the title Global Earth Hour Capital
    2015.
    Which city was given the title of National Earth Hour
    Capital?
    Thane
    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.
    Abhay Kumar
    (will also accept Abhay K)
    The Mother of all tiebreakers
    As before, write on the paper.
    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)
    The Trimates, or Leakeys Angels
    Thank You.

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