Environment Quiz 77 - Green Olympiad Quiz Environment Quiz 771. The first Pakistani to have reached the North Pole is a woman and she is also the first Pakistani to travel into space. Who is she?Anousheh AnsariNamira SalimSaba QamarHina Rabbani Khar2. Where is the "Botany bay", the site of James Cook's landing, located?SydneyTurkeySri LankaGreenland3. The Guinnes Record for the most trees planted in one hour at a single location by a team of unlimited size is 232,647. Which country set this record in 2016?IndonesiaUSAMalaysiaJapan4. These are strong, extremely dry offshore winds that affect coastal Southern California and northern Baja California in autumn and winter. The winds are known for the hot dry weather (often the hottest of the year) that they bring in the fall, and are infamous for fanning regional wildfires.Santa Ana WindsChinook windFoehn windSirocco5. Where is Niyamgiri Hills, known for the bauxite mining conflict few years ago, located?West BengalMaharashtraOdishaGujarat6. Who coined the term "hydrogen economy" for the system of delivering energy using hydrogen?J B S HaldaneCharles DarwinTheodosius DobzhanskyJohn Bockris7. Which country, in 2017, enacted the law of four years jail or $40,000 fine applying to anyone involved in the manufacture, importation or even the use of plastic bags?JapanFranceSingaporeKenya8. Which mountain has a prohibition on entry for women?Mount KilimanjaroMount KailashMount AthosMount Blanc9. Which mountain has been widely accepted in Christianity as the resting place of Noah's Ark?Mount NeboMount AraratMount GerizimMount Sinai10. Who introduced the "primordial soup theory" in 1929 on the origin of life?Jared DiamondJ. B. S. HaldaneAlexander OparinCharles Darwin 1Mweb September 15, 2018 environment quiz, quizzes, science quiz Share this:
