The character below is Mr DNA , used by a fictitious firm Ingen in a movie to explain a key invention that they had hit upon. Its one of the highest grossing movies in its Genre - name the movie. !!

Answer: Jurassic Park. Mr. DNA was created by InGen to help visitors understand the processes involved in the creation of the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park. A film starring him and InGen's founder John Hammond would be played in a theater located in the park's Visitor Center before a tour. Mr. DNA also was used on the maintenance board of Jurassic Park's Geothermal Power Plant and on a board telling how tall a person must be to ride the upcoming Bone Shaker roller coaster. !!

The name of the main character in the movie is a tip of the hat by Pixar to Walter Eisner Disney. This 2008 movie still ranks as one of the best movies with an environmental sub-theme and was the first Pixar movie to be nominated to 6 Oscars. !!

Answer: Wall-E !!

The writer for the movie “Tarka the Otter” was born in 1925 in Jamshedpur. He reportedly recalled his first visit to a zoo in India and attributed his lifelong love of animals to that encounter. He is instrumental behind forming the Wildlife Preservation Trust International, in the United States in 1971. Name the author !

Answer: Gerald Durrell !!!

Bonani was an Assamese film released in 1989 and was a recipient of a special award in the 37th National Film Awards- name the award !

Answer: National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation !!!

A broadcater and a naturalist , He is best known for writing and presenting the nine —— series, with the BBC Natural History Unit. His brother Richard was a celebrity in his own right , putting India on the globe . Who is he?

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Answer: David Attenborough !!!

X is a 3-5 days process that unlocks oil and natural gas typically trapped more than a mile beneath the earth’s surface. Largely attributed to making the US one of the largest producers of Oil and Gas in the world !

Answer: Fracking !!!

The release 1993 movie brought intense focus on the living conditions of its main character culminating in its release into captivity. The move ended in tragedy at the Taknes Fjord , Norway. Name the movie or the character !

Answer: Free Willy, Keiko !!!

He is one of India’s foremost wildlife experts and conservationists with one of his most notable works being “Land of the Tiger”. Name? !

Answer: Valmik Thapar !!!

Link and name what’s being signed.

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Answer: The Indus Waters Treaty !!!

One of India’s UNESCO World Heritage sites is an archipelago of 54 islands. During the summer the petals of the Genwa bejewel flower blossoms over the Emerald islands. The other dominant floral species are crab like red flowers of the Kankara and the yellow blooms of Khalsi. Name the site.

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Answer: The Sunderbans !!!

Its name translates to a land with an abundance of roses. At 70km it is the second largest of its type outside polar areas. Controversially in the news since 1984 its has claimed over 4000 lives. Name it? !

Answer: Siachen Glacier !!

His mount is known as Makara and he along with Mitra is classified as an Asura in the Rigveda. Name this god who is credited with handing over the Gandiva bow to Arjuna.

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Answer: Varuna , the god of water !!!

This well is located 20 m east of the Kaaba and is a well of great significance to Muslims around the world - name it.

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Answer: Zamzam !!!

——- water is water which flows from a spring in the Grotto of Massabielle in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of ——-, France. Although not formally encouraged by the church , devotees lay claims to miraculous healing from bathing in it.

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Answer: Lourdes !!!

Where are the earliest flush toilets known to have existed? !

Answer: Crete/Minoan & Indus valley civilisations. The Flush Toilet was formally patented only in 1775! !!!

The year was 1889. Prince Albert Victor, grandson of reigning queen of British India, Queen Victoria alighted. In front was a vast expanse of cool, clear water. It is said the prince was welcomed by Bharathanatyam dancers in colourful attire, at the the Dharmambudhi tank. Where is it? !

Answer: Majestic (BMTC/KSRTC) bus station. !!!

____ is the world’s biggest dam, biggest power plant and biggest consumer of sand, stone, concrete and steel. Ever. Official tally of 1.13 million displaced people. !

Answer: The Three Gorges Dam in China !!

What is common between Rashmi, Bijli, Nilam, Phailin, Laila, Helen !

Answer: Cyclones in North Indian Ocean

In August of 1854, Soho, a suburb of London, was hit hard by a terrible outbreak of _____ “Within 250 yards of the spot where Cambridge Street joins Broad Street, there were upwards of 500 fatal attacks of ____ in 10 days,” Dr John Snows tracked down information from hospital and public records on when the outbreak began and mapped the pipelines, wells, pumps and the fatalities. What are we talking about? !

Answer: Cholera. Dr. John Snows proved that contaminated water was the cause of the outbreak. He found the victims drank water from the Broad Street pump. !!!

Story has it that once Ganga came down to Earth, on her way to Bhagiratha, her rushing waters created turbulence and destroyed the fields and the sadhana of a sage. He was angered by this and drank up all of Ganga's waters. Upon this, the Gods prayed to this sage to release Ganga so that she could proceed on her mission. Pleased with their prayers, he released Ganga (her waters) from his ears. Who is the sage? !

Answer: Jsage ahnu, so Ganga is called Jahnavi. !!!

The State Pollution Control Board granted this company a permit to produce 561,000 litres of beverage per day, with an average requirement of 3.8 litres of water for a litre of beverage. The source of water was primarily groundwater from about 6 bore wells and two open ponds, and about 2 million litres of water was extracted per day. By 2004, the plant was closed after protests from people. What are we talking about? !

Answer: The Coca Cola plant at Plachimada !

What is inland taipan? !

Answer: The world's most venomous snake !

What is common to hemlock, daphne, adonis, lily of the valley, angel’s trumpet, oleander, autumn crocus? !

Answer: They are deadly flowering plants !

Which was the first sanctuary/reserve where Project Tiger was launched? !

Answer: Palamau tiger reserve

One half of the world's fresh water lies within the borders of one nation. That country is? !

Answer: Canada !!

This is the world’s largest land biome making up 29% of the world’s forest cover. !!

Answer: Taiga. Biomes  are climatically and geographically defined as contiguous areas with similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, soil organisms, and viruses and are often referred to as ecosystems. !!

What has a stem called the stipe, a cap called the piles, and gills called lamellaeon in the underside of the pileus? !

Answer: Mushroom !!

The carambola, a five ridged fruit also found in India, is known by a name given because of its appearance in cross section. What name? !

Answer: Star Fruit !!

Termites ants and Bees live in colonies. There are 3 defining aspects that give them the name social insects. 1. Group integration 2) Generation overlap 3)? !

Answer: Division of Labour !!

The largest colony of non-zoo hippopotamuses outside of Africa is believed to be in this country. Introduced by a notorious and wealthy Colombian drug lord and an exclusive cocaine trafficker. !!

Answer: In Colombia. In the 1980s, introduced by Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a notorious and wealthy Colombian drug lord and an exclusive cocaine trafficker. !!

Who has been called Princeps botanicorum (Prince of Botanists), "The Pliny of the North," and "The Second Adam". !

Answer: Carl Linneaus. Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature. Father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology !!

In the 15th century, Alfonso Tostada gave a detailed reconstructed account of the logistics of this, down to arrangements for the disposal of dung and the circulation of fresh air. If this is not Swacch Europe, what is this? !

Answer: Noah's Ark !!

Harriet died in 2006 aged 175. Tui malila died aged 188 died in 1965. Adwaita dies in 2006 dies at 255. What are these? !

Answer: Tortoises !!

2 pigeons, 18 dogs, three horses, and one cat have received the Dickin medal. For what? !

Answer: Gallantry in war, by the British empire !!

It is called the Columbian Exchange- the transfer of plant species from the colonies to the colonisers and vice versa. The flower of one plant, one accounting for major cultivation worldwide today, was proudly worn by Marie Antoinette in her hair and her husband Louis XVI! What flowers? !

Answer: Potato !!

From 1958 to 1962, Mao Zedong launched a hygiene campaign in China, popularly known as the “Four pests campaign” to exterminate four “pests”. This was one of the first actions taken in the “Great Leap Forward” initiative. mosquitoes, flies, rats, Whats the 4th one? !

Answer: Sparrows. Its mass extermination  completely upset the ecological balance and significantly contributed to the Great Chinese Famine that led to the death of at least 20 million people? !!

The U.S. drank 9 billion gallons of this in 2008! The second highest consumer was China. Its production uses 17 million barrels of oil a year. What? !

Answer: Bottled water - it takes three times the water to make it as it does to fill it. Almost half of all bottled water in the US is said to be derived from tap water. !

On 15 June 1918 the Makambo ran aground near Neds Beach, at the northern end of Lord Howe Island (In Australia). There was only one immediate casualty but it resulted in a major environmental disaster. How? !

Answer: A passenger drowned when a boat capsized during the evacuation from the vessel. The ship was only temporarily out of service until repairs could be made; however, it was aground for nine days before it was refloated and the incident had allowed black rats to leave the ship and go ashore on the island, where they thrived. This introduction gave rise to an environmental disaster, with the rats causing the extinction of several of the island’s endemic birds and other fauna in the next few years through predation, as well as causing hardship to the islanders by raiding their crops and only export commodity, the seeds of the Kentia Palm. Problems with the rats led to an attempted ecological solution through the deliberate introduction of Tasmanian Masked Owls between 1922 and 1930 to the island, an action which compounded the disaster by adding another predator to the ecosystem. Birds which became extinct soon after the arrival of rats include the Lord Howe Island Thrush, Lord Howe Gerygone, Lord Howe Starling, Lord Howe Fantai and Robust White-eye.

Cheonggyecheon is an 8.4 km creek flowing west to east through downtown Seoul. In the 60s it was covered with concrete for roads and then an elevated highway was built over it. What happened to it in 2005?

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Answer: In July 2003, the then Seoul mayor, Lee Myung-bak initiated a project to remove the elevated highway and restore the stream at a cost of $281 mil. One of the largest urban renewal projects

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In 1789 during a walk, the Marquis of Lessert drank water from the Sainte Catherine spring on the land of a M. Cachat in the French Alps. The marquis, who was allegedly suffering from kidney and liver problems, drank the water regularly while he walked, and claimed that his health improved. Encouraged by Lessert's advocacy of the 'miraculous' water, local doctors began to prescribe it as a health remedy. In response to the growing success of the water, M. Cachat fenced off his spring and began selling the water. The first baths appeared in 1824. The name of the spring was changed from Sainte Catherine to the Cachat Source. Two years later, the Duke of Savoy gave his permission to start bottling water from the spring and in 1829 the first Société des Eaux Minérales (Mineral Water company) was founded. Which brand evolved from this? !

Answer: Evian.