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Eco Quiz 2011
FINALS
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Brought to you by
Trisha Vijay
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In association with
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Write Bros..
Written round
8 questions
+ 5 for each correct answer Bonus of +20 if you get all rite
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1. Id this famous Herpetologist and Wildlifeconservationist who set up the Madras
Snake Park
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2. Specific Connect
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3. Id the movie
Theme song of a 1993 family film directedby Simon Wincer, and released by WarnerBros.under its Family Entertainment label. The
film stars Jason James Richter and Keiko.
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4. Put funda. Who for What?Part points will be given
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5.Thomas Alva Edison with theearliest prototype of what??
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7. Google doodle to commemoratewhose birthday?
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8. Connect
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Exchange sheets.
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Answers follow
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1. Id this famous Herpetologist and Wildlifeconservationist who set up the Madras
Snake Park
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Romulus Whitaker
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2. Specific Connect
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12!
Neela Kurinji blooms once in 12 years
Purna Kumbh Mela takes place once in 12years
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3. Id the movie
Theme song of a 1993 family film directedby Simon Wincer, and released by WarnerBros.under its Family Entertainment label. The
film stars Jason James Richter and Keiko.
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4. Put funda. Who for What?Part points will be given
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Lydia guevara for PETA
she is my grandaughter Lydia posing seminude for PETA
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5.Thomas Alva Edison with theearliest prototype of what??
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Worlds first Electric car
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6. X is an Italian mountaineer and explorer fromTrentino-Alto Adige/Sdtirol "whose
astonishing feats on Everest and on peaksthroughout the world have earned him thestatus of the greatest climber in history." He isrenowned for making the first solo ascentof Mount Everest without supplementaloxygen and for being the first climber toascend all fourteen "eight-thousanders" (peaksover 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) above sea level).He is the author of at least 63 books (in
German, 19702006), many of which havebeen translated into other languages.
HE IS GOD!!
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Reinhold Messner
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7. Google doodle to commemoratewhose birthday?
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Gregor Mendel
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8. Connect
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One for the audience! ID.
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Quagga
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INFINITE BOUNCE
Clockwise
+10 on a direct, +10 on a pass
Each team can pounce 3 times for this round-+20/-10
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1.Gimme X,Y and Z
The X is an international award recognizing the achievements ofindividuals who have advanced human development by improving thequality, quantity or availability of food in the world. The award wascreated in 1986 by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Y with the help of GeneralFoods , and since 1990 has been sponsored by businessman and
philanthropist John Ruan. In 2008 The X Foundation accepted a $5 millioncontribution from Monsanto to ensure the continuation of the annual XInternational Symposium called the Y Dialogue. The first prize was given
to Y's former colleague, Z, in 1987, for his work in India. The next year, Zused the US$250,000 prize to start the Z Research Foundation for
research on sustainable development. Former winners include Mohammed Yunus and 5 days back, the former
brazilian president got this award
(Pic in next slide)
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X Y
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X World Food Prize
Y Norman Borlaug
Z M S Swaminathan
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2.
X is a Swiss long-range solar poweredplane project being undertaken at the colePolytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne,
by Bertrand Piccard and Andr Borschberg.The project eventually hopes to succeed in thefirst circling of the earth with a piloted fixed-
wing aircraft using only solar power. Theproject is promoted by Bertrand Piccard, whoco-piloted the first balloon to circle the worldnon-stop.
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Bertrand piccard
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SOLAR IMPULSE
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4. Clip from a HBO documentary called Dead ahead depictingone of the worlds worst oil spills
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EXXON VALDEZ
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5. Give me a 2-word Connect
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Clue
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Leakeys Angels
6.
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6. In 1836 the brothers Eugne and Adolphe took over an
abandoned foundry at Le Creusot, which allowed them to
participate in the industrial revolution. The company's mainfocus was on the steel industry, working on train tracks, shipsand various other types of heavy machinery.
In the first part of the 20th century, the company associateditself with Westinghouse Systems, a major internationalelectrical group at the time. The group began manufacturingelectric motors and locomotives. After the Second WorldWar, the armaments businesses were abandoned in favor ofelectrical engineering, and iron and steel works. The company
remained in this sector until the early 1980s. X s head office is the first building in the world to earn the
new ISO 50001 certification for energy management systems,the company has announced.
Which company?
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7 Was Indias best known Tiger
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7.Was India s best known Tiger
Conservationist. Died March 2011
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Fateh Singh Rathore
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8. X was first produced in 1878 by Constantin Fahlberg, a
chemist working on coal tar derivatives in Ira Remsen'slaboratory at the Johns Hopkins University. The sweet taste ofX was discovered when Fahlberg noticed a sweet taste on hishand one evening, and connected this with the compoundthat he had been working on that day.In 1884, working on hisown in New York City, Fahlberg applied for patents in severalcountries, describing methods of producing this substancethat he named X . Fahlberg soon grow wealthy, while Remsenmerely grew irate, believing that he deserved credit for
substances produced in his laboratory. On the matter,Remsen commented, "Fahlberg is a scoundrel. It nauseatesme to hear my name mentioned in the same breath with him[sic].
Story of what? .
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If this is gonna help
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The worlds first artificial
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The world s first artificial
sweetener Saccharin
9 X ?
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9. X ? X ( M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.) was the second Chief
Minister of West Bengal in India. He
remained in his post for 14 years as a IndianNational Congress candidate, from 1948 untilhis death in 1962. He was a highlyrespected physician and a
renowned freedom fighter. X is oftenconsidered the great architect of WestBengal, who founded three eminentcities, Durgapur, Kalyani and X nagar.
In India, the National Doctor's Dayiscelebrated on the date of his birth (anddeath) July 1 every year. He wasawarded Bharat Ratna on 4 February 1961,India's highest civilian honour.He was also a
member of the Brahmo Samaj
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10 P i ti b X A t i t f i
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10. Painting by X. A certain type of airpollution is depicted here. Tell me both
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Claude Monet and SMOG
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11. Gimme X,Y and Z
X (13 May 1857 16 September 1932) was a British doctorwho received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in1902 for his work on Y. He was the first Indian-born person towin a Nobel Prize. He commenced the study of medicine in
London in 1875. He passed his final examination in 1880 andjoined the Indian Medical Service in 1881. His first postingwas in Madras. He commenced the study of Y in 1892.
Z is a novel by Amitav Ghosh which is loosely based on the life
of X. ( pic of X in next slide)
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X Ronald Ross
Y Malaria
Z
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d d
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Audience qn 2. Id.
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Stage 2
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Maximizer of +5 for each correct answer You can go for the theme at any point of time
Exhaustive ( but this isnt exhaustive )
Points written on each slide for the stage 2
Do not shout out the theme. Please write itdown!!!
As always, QM is god.
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50/25 X is a seasonal salt marsh located in the Thar
Desert. The name is derived from
the Hindi word for "salt marsh
The X is the only place in Pakistan and Indiawhere flamingoes come to breed. It is famous forthe Indian Wild Ass sanctuary, home of the
world's last population of Indian Wild Ass . Other mammals of the area include the Indian
Wolf (Canis indica), Desert Fox (Vulpes vulpespusilla),Golden Jackal (Canis
aureus), Chinkara (Gazellabennettii), Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), andthe threatened Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra).
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The X is a large shallow bay forming part of the LaccadiveSea in the Indian Ocean. It lies between the southeastern tipof India and the west coast of Sri Lanka. A chain of low islandsand reefs known as Adam's Bridge, also called Ramsethu,
separates the X from Palk Bay, which lies to the northbetween India and Sri Lanka.
Pliny the Elder (2379) praised the pearl fishery of this placeas the most productive in the world. Although extraction of
natural pearls is considered too expensive in most parts of theworld, it is still conducted here.
The chief seaports on X are Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) in TamilNadu, and Colombo in Sri Lanka.
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X means "The Five Treasures of Snows", as it contains fivepeaks, four of them over 8,450 m (27,720 ft). The treasuresrepresent the five repositories of God, whichare gold, silver, gems,grain, and holy books. Until 1852, X
was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, butcalculations made by the British Great TrigonometricSurvey in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest(known as Peak XV at the time) was the highest. Theprotected areas around X are habitats formany endangered flagship species such as snowleopard, Asiatic black bear, red panda, Himalayan muskdeer, blood pheasant and chestnut-breasted partridge.
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X extends from the Pin Valley National Park in Lahaul-Spiti tothe Hemis National Park in Ladakh.
The Ramser site of Tsomoriri, wetlands of Tsokar and PangongTso in Ladakh and Chandertal wetland in Lahaul attract
thousands of tourists and migratory birds every year. TheRamser site is the countrys only breeding ground for the rarebar-headed geese and the black-necked crane, scientists said.The idea behind the X project is to protect wildlife, plants andlocal communities from the onslaught of mass tourism andenvironmental degradation. It is also the source to Spiti andPin, tributaries of the Sutlej, the Chandrabhaga, the Chenaband the Indus etc
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Located in the Himalayan foothills( Assam, India) ,This park isknown for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such asthe Assam Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare,GoldenLangur and Pygmy Hog. X is famous for its population of the
Wild water buffalo. Named after the godess shown in the next slide.
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+15/-7.5 X (Devanagari: - The one with the voice of God) is a pilgrim
town in Anuppur District in the state of MadhyaPradesh, India. Also called "Teerthraj" (the king ofpilgrimages), X is a unique natural heritage area and is themeeting point of the Vindhyas and the Satpuras, withthe Maikal Hills being the fulcrum.
It is believed that who ever dies at X is assured of a place inheaven. Also if a lady makes offerings of fruits and flowers willgain the respect of her husband, and no doubt she will alsoachieve a place in heaven. When Lord Shiva destroyed Tripura
(The three cities) by fire, the ashes of one fell upon mountKailash, the ashes of another fell upon X. The ashes that fellupon X turned into crores of Shivalingas.
X is a Sanskrit word the literal meaning of which is immortal
obstruction . ( ..contd)
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Achanakamar wildlife sanctuary is located in X. Established in1975, this sanctuary is home to leopards, Bengaltigers, gaur, chital, striped hyena, jackals,nilgai, sambhar, chinkara and many others.
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The first recorded use of the word applied to this region canbe traced to 1117 AD in the report of a generalof Vishnuvardhana, King of Hoysalas, who in reference to hisenemies, claimed to have frightened the Todas, driven
the Kangas underground, slaughtered the Pallavas, put todeath the Malayalas, terrified King Kala and then proceededto offer the peak of ____ Mountain to Lakshmi, Goddess ofWealth
Strobilanthus kunthiana is a shrub that grows abundantly inthis region above 1800 metres. The region get its name fromthe beautiful colour of its flowers.
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The Mudumalai WL Sanctuary and National Park , WayanadWildlife Sanctuary , Bandipur National Park , NagarholeNational Park , Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary, Mukurthi NationalPark and Silent Valley National Park are protected areas
within this region.
+5/0 Easiest of em all.
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Connect.
Answers follow
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Answers follow.
BIOSPHERE Reserves in INDIA
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BIOSPHERE Reserves in INDIA
Totally 17 Rann of Kacchh
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Totally 17 Rann of Kacchh Gulf of Mannar
Kanchenjunga
Cold desert
Great Nicobar
Manas
Seshachalam Hills
Amarkantak Nilgiris
Sunderbans
Scores again
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Scores again
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INFINITE BOUNCE -2
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INFINITE BOUNCE -2
Anti-Clockwise +10 on a direct, +10 on a pass
You can pounce 3 times in this round - +20/-
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QM decision is final
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1.
IF :
Then ?? :
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Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins
T.H.Huxley = Darwins Bulldog Richard dawkins = Darwins rottweiler
2. 1961 article taken from The Observer titledThe Forgotten Prisoners led to the
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The Forgotten Prisoners led to theestablishment of which famous NGO ??
Open your newspaper any day of the week and you will find
a report from somewhere in the world of someone beingimprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or
religion are unacceptable to his government. There areseveral million such people in prison - by no means all ofthem behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains - and theirnumbers are growing. The newspaper reader feels a sickeningsense of impotence. Yet if these feelings of disgust all over
the world could be united into common action, somethingeffective could be done.
and the person Y who wrote this article after
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an experience in the london underground
How can we discover the state of freedom in the worldtoday? The American philosopher John Dewey once said, 'Ifyou want to establish some conception of a society, go findout who is in gaol.' This is hard advice to follow, because few
governments welcome inquiries about the number ofPrisoners of Conscience they hold in prison
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Peter
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Benenson
Amnesty International
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X is a new proposed 9900 MW power project of NuclearPower Corporation of India (NPCIL) at Madban villageof Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra. It will be thelargest nuclear power generating station in the world by
net electrical power rating once completed. On December 6, 2010 , an agreement was signed for the
construction of first set of two third-generation EuropeanPressurized Reactor for the supply of nuclear fuel for 25 yearsin the presence of French President Nicolas Sarkozy andIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The district is a part of Konkan in Western Ghats. It is alsoknown as one of the best ports from the Neolithic era.
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Jaitapur Nuclear power plant
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Jaitapur Nuclear power plant
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y ghis outspoken opposition to CharlesDarwin's theory
of evolution by natural selection. Heagreed with Darwin that evolutionoccurred, but thought it was morecomplex than outlined in
Darwin's Origin. X 's approach toevolution can be seen as havinganticipated the issues that havegained greater attention with therecent emergence of evolutionarydevelopmental biology.
X and Y please
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5. Id the movie which was inspired by a novel of theitt b Y ( t i t )
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same name written by Y ( part points)
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Jon krakauer and Into the Wild
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Jon krakauer and Into the Wild
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gbeen inspired by books of Maria SibyllaMerian he had found in the attic of his
family's country home in Vyra. During the 1940s, as a research fellow
in zoology, he was responsible for organizingthe butterfly collection of the Museum ofComparative Zoology at Harvard University.
His writings in this area were highly technicalwhich was combined with his specialty in theidentification of relatively unspectaculartribe Polyommatini of the family Lycaenidae.He described the Karner Blue.The genus Ywas named after him in honor of
this work, as were a number of butterfly andmoth species.
Gimme X and Y
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Y - Nabokovia
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7. The logo of X is the ____ _____, inspired by a ____
d Willi h li d th i f th
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_____named William, who lived on the premises of theorganisation from 1894 until 1920, during the honorary
secretaryships of H. M. Phipson until 1906 and W. S.Millard from 1906 to 1920.
The logo was created in 1933, the silver-jubilee year of X 'sfounding. According to H. M. Phipson, William was born in
May 1894 and presented to them three months later by H.Ingle of Karwar. He reached his full length (4.25 feet (1.30 m)by the end of his third year. His diet consisted of fruit likeplantains and wild figs, but also of live mice, scorpions, andplain raw meat, which he ate with relish. He apparently didnot drink water, nor use it for bathing. William was alsoknown for catching tennis balls thrown at him from a distanceof some thirty feet with his beak.
One of the big names associated with X was Z ( pic shown..)
Z seen with mary and dillon ripley
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Bombay Natural History Society
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y y y
The Great hornbill Salim ali
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X was an English forester, who worked in British India andEast Africa. He became famous in the 1920s as the
first wildlife photographer and conservationist. After returning from the war he was appointed Deputy
Conservator of Forests with the Imperial Forestry Service inthe United Provinces of India. Owing to his experiences during
the war, he abhored shooting and killing and blisteringlycriticised sport hunting. He preferred shooting wildlife with acamera in the Sivalik Hills and pioneered camera trapping. Inthe 1920s he developed cameras triggered by trip wires.
Using flashlight as well, he obtained dozens of remarkablenight-time photographs, which are among the first ofwild tigers, leopards, sloth bears, dholes and other wildlife.
( Some of his pics shown in the next slide)
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Frederick Walter Champion
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9. X , (c.1764 27 June 1829) was a British mineralogist and
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( ) gchemist noted for having left a bequest in his will to
the United States of America, to create "an establishment forthe increase and diffusion of knowledge among men" to becalled the Y.
Not much is known about X's life: his scientific collections,notebooks, diaries, and correspondence were lost in afire and only the 213 volumes of his personal library andsome personal writings survived. X dedicated his life toinvestigating the natural world, and visited Florence,Paris, Saxony, the Swiss Alps, and many other parts of Europe
to find crystals and minerals on which he could performexperiments. In 1802, X proved that zinc carbonates weretrue carbonate minerals and not zinc oxides, as waspreviously thought. Zinc spar (ZnCO3), a type of zinc ore, was
renamed X-ite posthumously in his honour
X ZnCO3
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X James Smithson Y The smithsonian
10. Put funda
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Zoological Society of London
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Winnipeg was a bear at ZSL- inspired Winniethe pooh
Sir stamford raffles and sir humphrey davy
Turtle diary Harry potter 1 was shot there
11.What is this ad for??
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Epuron wind energy
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One of the biggest companies in france andgermany for wind energy
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X was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He
led the first Antarctic expedition to reachthe South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He wasthe first person to (undisputedly) reach both
the North and South Poles. He is also known as
the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. Hedisappeared in June 1928 while taking part in arescue mission. X , along with DouglasMawson, Robert Falcon Scott, and ErnestShackleton, was a key expedition leader duringthe Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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Roald Amundsen
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8/2/2019 Eco Quiz 2011 Finals
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8/2/2019 Eco Quiz 2011 Finals
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