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Format of the Quiz
• Write Bros.(5)
• Mixed Bag.(15)
• Write Again, Bros.(5)
• Mixed Bag II.(15)
Please Remember…..
• Bold words in the questions are distinct
clues. Try to decipher the clues judiciously.
• Look for the underlined words to answer.
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Round 1
Write Bros.
What’s in Offer….
 Written Round
 The round is about
logos of the Organisations which works in
the field of Environment, Nature and
related spheres
 Marks for each correct answer :--
+ 10 marks : (without stake)
+ 15 / - 05 : (with stake)
*
Someone arrived at London in 1961, when this

organisation was being created. The founders were
brainstorming for a strong, recognisable logo that
would overcome all language barriers and agreed to
make a bi-colour one after him.
Which logo was thus born?
N.P.P.D. Quiz (Grand Finale) I 02.12.2017 I Questions by Somnath

* Panda logo of
WWF
N.P.P.D. Quiz (Grand Finale) II 02.12.2017 I Questions by Somnath

1
Formed on 5th June, 1972, it’s HQ is at Nairobi. It’s
activities cover a wide range of issues regarding the
atmosphere, marine and terrestrial ecosystems,
environmental governance and green economy.
Identify it from the core part of it’s logo.

2
Founded in 1980, this organization first caught the
public’s attention in the summer of 1981 during
the Silver Spring Monkeys Case, a widely
publicized dispute about clinical experiments
conducted on 17 macaque monkeys.
Identify this internationally recognised
organisation whose logo features a running-rabbit.

3
This 10-year old NGO uses online campaigns,

grassroots organizing and mass public actions to
oppose new coal, oil and gas projects, take money
out of the companies that are heating up the planet,
and build 100% clean energy solutions.
What does the no. 350 signify in it’s name?

4
In January 1990, former Russian President Mikhail
Gorbachev brought up the idea for an organisation
that would apply the medical emergency response
model of a Nobel-winning organisation to
ecological issues. The name (and the logo) of the
NGO thus formed is also inspired by that earlier
organisation.
Identify this NGO.

5
From this photoshopped logo, try to identify this

‘body’ whose prominent patrons include the 1985
Magsasay Award winner, the 1992 Goldman
Environment Award winner and the 1997 Booker
Prize winner.

1
Formed on 5th June, 1972, it’s HQ is at Nairobi. It’s
activities cover a wide range of issues regarding the
atmosphere, marine and terrestrial ecosystems,
environmental governance and green economy.
Identify it from the core part of it’s logo.

1 United Nations
Environment Programme

2
Founded in 1980, this organization first caught the
public’s attention in the summer of 1981 during
the Silver Spring Monkeys Case, a widely
publicized dispute about clinical experiments
conducted on 17 macaque monkeys.
Identify this internationally recognised
organisation whose logo features a running-rabbit.

2 PETA

3
This 10-year old NGO uses online campaigns,

grassroots organizing and mass public actions to
oppose new coal, oil and gas projects, take money
out of the companies that are heating up the planet,
and build 100% clean energy solutions.
What does the no. 350 signify in it’s name?

3 Cut CO2 emission level
to 350 ppm
350 parts-per-million (ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere is
a safe upper limit to avoid a climate tipping point.

4
In January 1990, former Russian President Mikhail
Gorbachev brought up the idea for an organisation
that would apply the medical emergency response
model of a Nobel-winning organisation to
ecological issues. The name (and the logo) of the
NGO thus formed is also inspired by that earlier
organisation.
Identify this NGO.

4 Green Cross
International

5
From this photoshopped logo, try to identify this

‘body’ whose prominent patrons include the 1985
Magsasay Award winner, the 1992 Goldman
Environment Award winner and the 1997 Booker
Prize winner.

5 Narmada Bachao
Andolan

Round 2
Mixed Bag
 15 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+ 10 marks : (Bounce)
+ 10 / - 05 : (Pounce)
 Half Points available as and when
specified by QM
*
Connect these newly discovered animal species.

* Named after characters
from ‘GoT’

1
Launched on the occasion of the 2013 World

Environment Day by Kapil Sibal and Shashi
Tharoor, what is this multilingual anthem
popularly named?
(Unofficially, it is regarded as the World Environment
Day Anthem)

1 Earth Anthem

2
A villager by the name of Todal was found dead in

the forest of Chhindwara on 19 September 1949. The
police's theory was that the murder happened
because of an extra-marital affair, but the defense
councel said that it was a clear case of a tiger attack.
In his argument, he took the help of something to
successfully explain the relevant wounds and
circumstances of a tiger attack. The accused was
later found not guilty.
‘Whose’ help did he take?

2 He read relevant passages
from ‘Maneaters of Kumaon’

3
Jim Bohlen, a veteran who had served in the U.S.

Navy during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions,
and Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, a Quaker
couple, started to meet at a church basement, calling
themselves the Don't Make a Wave Committee.
With time, like minded people joined in and during
one such meeting in 1970, Bill Darnell combined
two words to give them a new identity.
Which organisation was thus born?

3 Greenpeace

4
This beautiful poem with an excellent

description of nature talks about Laxman who
along with Ram and Sita, were leading a very
comfortable life while residing in the lap of mother
nature.
What was the title of this poem?

4 Panchavati

5
The State Animal of Meghalaya (vis) is listed as

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. They are
threatened by habitat loss following large-scale
deforestation and commercial poaching. In recent
years, clandestine markets opened in several
countries like Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
To attract global attention to it, which special
honour has been bestowed upon it in 2017?

5

5 ‘Kheleo’ – the mascot of
U-17 FIFA World Cup

6
Ecomark is a certification mark issued by

the Bureau of Indian Standards for labeling of Eco-
Friendly Products. It’s logo features a very
familiar object that uses a renewable resource like
earth, does not produce hazardous waste and
consumes little energy in making. Its solid and
graceful form represents both strength and
fragility, which also characterises the eco-system.
Which object is that?

6 Earthen Pot

7
In Kenya, it was originally done in July 1989 on

the advice of environmetalist Richard Leakey. The
same was repeated in May 2016 (vis). Similar acts,
but smaller in content, have been carried out in the
USA, China, and Mozambique.
Which headline-grabbing incident?

7

7 Burning of tonnes of ivory
worth millions of dollars

8
The Wildlife Board is a statutory body set up under

the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 that advises the
government on policies related to conservation. X,
during his tenure as the Vice-chairman of one of
the State Boards in 2009-10, was able to bring
great amount of area under protection for wildlife, a
rare feat at a time when most states are chopping
forests for roads and highways. X also set up a Fund
to recognize the contribution of forest staff, NGOs
and individuals working for wildlife conservation.
Who is X?

8 Anil Kumble

9
It is one of the most popular marine aquarium

fish all over the world. In 2016, one of it’s members
who used to live at the Jewel of Morro Bay across
the ocean in California, came into news. She
suffered a lot because of short-term memory loss.
a) What’s her name?
b) In the same vein, what was the original 2003
quest for?

9 A) Dory

9 B) Finding Nemo

10
Made of high-fibre textile, and is hand woven to

offer a 3D structure, the Cloth Pear Fresh Air
Mask is the company’s latest crowdfunding effort.
Priced at around Rs. 900 per piece, it is fitted with a
delicate air filter attached to one side.
Which company, known for something else, is
behind this product?

10

10 Xiaomi

11
Finnish co. Valio, advertised as ‘a dairy co-

operative owned by farmers’, used to supply
which essential but unusual raw material to
companies worldwide, manufacturing dairy
products and beverages?

11 Bacterias

12
As mentioned in the mythology, the lotus,

selected as the National Flower, is found in three
colours. White, known as Pundarik is offered to
Brahma. Pink, known as Kokonad, is associated
with Vishnu. The blue one, held by Parvati, is
associated with Shiva.
What is the other name of the blue variety that is
taken up by poet Shyamalal Babu Rai for his
bolly-career?

12 Indeevar

13
Every year as an act of ‘compensation’, 13
saplings are planted in collaboration with the
Woodland Trust at Hainault Forest, UK.
What is the funda behind this exercise?

13
Judges Committee of the Man-Booker Prize

plant 13 saplings as a living commemoration
of the ‘Booker Dozen’. It provides a symbolic
gesture to compensate for the trees felled in
order to produce the hundred-plus books
submitted for the prize each year.

14
After a public appeal in last April, thousands of

collection boxes are placed in more than 2,400
NTT Docomo stores and “an undecided number of
public offices throughout the island nation”. The
entire project, without tampering the earth’s
resources, hopes to recover eight tons of metals. It
will also allows all the countrymen to enjoy a sense
of pride for their contribution to a greater cause.
Which project is this?

14 Japan is making Olympic
Medals Out of Electronic Waste

15
A large outbreak of Middle East Respiratory

Syndrome (MERS) occurred in the Republic of
Korea in 2015. A strain of MERS-CoV, found in the
first infected person in London in 2012 was found
to have a 100% match to Egyptian tomb bats.
Commonly known as ____ flu, since _____ are believed
to be involved in its spread to humans but it is
unclear how.
Fill in the blanks.

15 Camel

Round 3
Write Again, Bros.
 Written Round
 The round is about
the noted species of Flora & Fauna that has
been selected as State/National Symbols
+ 10 marks : (without stake)
+ 15 / - 05 : (with stake)
*
The job was originally entrusted upon Benjamin

Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
However, they failed to come up with a something
substantial, as did two later committees. Charles
Thomson, the Secretary of Congress considered all
the options and finally chose one which has been
considered a symbol of strength since the Roman
times.
What is being talked about that, just a few years
ago, was considered as ‘endangered’?

* Bald Eagle – USA’s
National Bird

1
Indian Board for Wildlife selected Peacock as the

National Bird from several noteworthy contenders
which included sarus crane, brahminy kite and
swan. This particular bird (vis), abundantly found
in the Indian subcontinent, was strongly
recommended by Salim Ali.
Which is the most accepted reason behind it not
being selected?

1

2
Selected out of three designs, this winning entry
features which iconic tree, very much associated
with the history and culture of the region?

3
Though Kangaroo and Emu have never been
designated as official emblems of the nation, for what
specific reason they are placed in the Australian
Coat of Arms?

4
The residents of the city were given the chance to
pick from three options. More than 60,000 people
voted in the three-month period. The Black Softshell
Turtle (Bor Kaso) and Greater Adjutant Stork
(Hargila) were defeated.
What was chosen as the winner in this selection
process in 2016 that marked a certain first in India?

5
Garuda, the mythical bird vehicle of Vishnu., has
been chosen as the official symbol of Indonesia
(vis). The total no. of feathers in each of the wings are
17. The feathers in it’s tail are 8 and feathers of its
neck are 45 in total.
What do these no. of feathers symbolically
represent?

1
Indian Board for Wildlife selected Peacock as the

National Bird from several noteworthy contenders
which included sarus crane, brahminy kite and
swan. This particular bird (vis), abundantly found
in the Indian subcontinent, was strongly
recommended by Salim Ali.
Which is the most accepted reason behind it not
being selected?

1

1 There is every chance
for being misspelt

2
Selected out of three designs, this winning entry
features which iconic tree, very much associated
with the history and culture of the region?

2 Peepal Tree / Bodhi Tree /
Ashwattha Tree

3
Though Kangaroo and Emu have never been
designated as official emblems of the nation, for what
specific reason they are placed in the Australian
Coat of Arms?

3 Neither animal can’t move
backwards – i.e. symbolising progress

4
The residents of the city were given the chance to
pick from three options. More than 60,000 people
voted in the three-month period. The Black Softshell
Turtle (Bor Kaso) and Greater Adjutant Stork
(Hargila) were defeated.
What was chosen as the winner in this selection
process in 2016 that marked a certain first in India?

4 Gangetic River Dolphin

5
Garuda, the mythical bird vehicle of Vishnu., has
been chosen as the official symbol of Indonesia
(vis). The total no. of feathers in each of the wings are
17. The feathers in it’s tail are 8 and feathers of its
neck are 45 in total.
What do these no. of feathers symbolically
represent?

5 17/08/45
Independence Day of Indonesia

Round 4
Mixed Bag II
 15 Questions
 Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+ 10 marks : (Bounce)
+ 10 / - 05 : (Pounce)
 Half Points available as and when
specified by QM
*
Who is speaking?

* Leo DiCaprio

1
Home to Leopard cat, Himalayan black bear, Hill

fox and many others, which national park got it’s
name from the ten villages that were relocated for
its formation?

1 Dachigam National Park

2
Sideroxylon grandiflorum, a tree found in

Mauritius, is highly valued for its timber. In 1973, it
was thought that this species was dying out. There
were supposedly only 13 specimens left, all
estimated to be about 300 years old.
Who/what was said to be chiefly responsible for
the extinction of this tree?

2

2 Dodo
It was hypothesized that the dodo which became extinct in

the 17th century, ate tambalacoque fruits, and only by
passing through the digestive tract of the dodo could the
seeds germinate.

3
The Netherlands is a small, densely populated

country, with more than 1,300 inhabitants per sq.
mile. It’s bereft of almost every resource long
thought to be necessary for large-scale agriculture.
Yet it’s the number two exporter of food as
measured by value, second only to the USA. One
particular region that is helping Netherland’s cause
is Westland which is known as the __________ capital
of the world.
Just, fill in the blank.

3

3 Greenhouse

4
The ad shows a daredevil group of men actually

following the trail of a flower which is responsible
for the coining of the name of a geographical
region in India.
Identify that region.

4 Nilgiri

5
The United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development, popularly known as the Earth
Summit, was a major UN initiative held in one of the
most polluted cities of the world, Rio de Janeiro in
June 1992. The successive summits were held in
Johannesburg (2002) and again in Rio (2012).
How both these summits are popularly projected
keeping in mind about the inaugural one?

5 Rio+10 (Jo’burg-2002)
& Rio+20 (Rio-2012)

6
Where can you

find these songs
(in Hindi and
English,
respectively)?

6

6 Mughal Garden

7
Few years back, biologists carried out blood tests

on 144 individuals, then lifted 32 promising
candidates onto a ship by helicopter and took
them to a medical centre on Santa Cruz Island.
They recently reported success of the campaign
when they found six specimens for the first time in
over hundred years.
Which geographical region is this?
What new specimens were found?

7

7 A) Galapagos Islands

7 B) Giant Tortoises

8
Said to have originated in the kitchens of emperor
Shah Jahan, this GI tagged food-item (vis) is causing
a bit of concern off-late. The smaller
manufacturing units have been charged of
polluting X for which a certain ‘cross border
material’ has been procured from time to time to
treat X.
What is being talked about?

8 Factories causing pollution
near Taj to shut down

9
‘World’s highest junkyard’ was cleaned in 2015.

More than 4,000 kg of non-biodegradable wastes
were cleared by a team of 34 benevolent people.
Laws are recently made more stricter keeping in
mind of the international importance.
Where?

9 Mt. Everest

10
Viewing a solar eclipse with naked eyes causes

damage to the eyes. To encourage people to stay
inside and not venture out and look at the eclipse
with the naked eye, the Indian Govt. decided for an
unheard of measure during the solar eclipse of
February 1980.
What was done?
(It was largely successful)

10 Chupke Chupke
was broadcasted in DD

11
’Forests must be protected and the state treasury be

used to feed animals such as horses and elephants that
are old, sick or injured. Agriculture should be given
priority when it is stressed by the hardships of fines,
forced labor and taxes. The ‘Superintendent of Forest
Produce’ must be appointed for each forest zone and
be responsible for maintaining the health of the forest,
but also producing forest products to satisfy economic
needs, products such as Teak, Sirisha, Arjuna, Tilaka,
Sal, Pinus, bamboo etc.’
Where can you get to know about all these stuffs?

11 Artha Shahstra

12
As per the available records from the British period,

this ecological phenomena was recorded in 1862,
then in 1911 and 1958. The latest one happened in
2006 but not with any devastating consequences
like the earlier ones.
What ‘deadly’ phenomena is this?

12

12 Mautam

13
More properly called the Lower Keys marsh
rabbit, this close-to-being-extinct species has been
subjected to a lot of research funded by a fun-
loving colourful person who attained fame during
the post-WWII years.
Who funded the research?

13 Hugh Hefner

14
The history of X can be traced back to 200–300 AD.

A ruin of a city built by Chand Sadagar has been
found in the Baghmara Forest Block. During the
Mughal period, the Mughal Kings leased the forests
of the X to nearby residents. Many criminals took
refuge in the X from the advancing armies of
Emperor Akbar. Many have been known to be
attacked by tigers.
What is X?

14 Sunderban

15
This unique dance form, an integral part of the

culture of Chhattisgarh, gets the women
performers to act like ____ which is also reflected in
the popular name of this tribal dance.
Fill in the blank or give me it’s popular name.

15 Parrot / Parrot Dance

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Someone arrived at London in 1961, when this

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This 10-year old NGO uses online campaigns,

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From this photoshopped logo, try to identify this

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This 10-year old NGO uses online campaigns,

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From this photoshopped logo, try to identify this

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Connect these newly discovered animal species.

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Launched on the occasion of the 2013 World

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A villager by the name of Todal was found dead in

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Jim Bohlen, a veteran who had served in the U.S.

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This beautiful poem with an excellent

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The State Animal of Meghalaya (vis) is listed as

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Ecomark is a certification mark issued by

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In Kenya, it was originally done in July 1989 on

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The Wildlife Board is a statutory body set up under

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It is one of the most popular marine aquarium

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Made of high-fibre textile, and is hand woven to

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Finnish co. Valio, advertised as ‘a dairy co-

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