DIFFERENTIAL ROUND

12 questions for and against the clock 6 each1st group(direct answer) gets +10 marksNo negative marks for direct wrong answers2nd group gets +20 for right and -5 for wrong answers3rd group gets +30 for right and -10 for wrong answers..

Direct ques 1st passed 2nd passed

1.The ______ Whale is a marine mammal species, a whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, found in the animal's head. The ______ whale is the only living member of genus Physeter. Due to its size, the _____ whale could sometimes defend itself effectively against whalers. In the most famous example, a _____ whale attacked and sank the American whaleship Essex in 1820. As a result of whaling, the _____ whale is currently listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

SPERM WHALE

2.Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian wildlife expert. Irwin died on 4 September 2006 after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming an underwater documentary film titled _______..

OCEANS DEADLIEST

3.The history of the 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. Many of the buildings which were built by them later fell to hands of Portuguese pirates, salt smugglers and dacoits in the 17th century.

ID X.

Sundarbans

4.Names of ‘X’:Thith MuwaJinkePulli MaanDuppi

Chital Deer/ Spotted Deer

5.The X Mangroves were Zamindari forests until 1952, when the government of Orissa abolished the Zamindari system, and put the Zamindari forests in the control of the state forest department. In 1975, an area of 672 km² was declared the X Wildlife Sanctuary. The core area of the sanctuary, with an area of 145 km², was declared X National Park in September 1998. The Y Marine Wildlife Sanctuary, which bounds the X Wildlife Sanctuary to the east, was created in September 1997, and encompasses Y Beach and an adjacent portion of the Bay of Bengal.

ID X and Y?

X- BhitarkanikaY- Gahirmatha

6.In 2007, the total population of ‘X’ was estimated to be

2,575 individuals, of which 2,200 lived in Indian protected areas:

in Kaziranga National Park: 2,048 (2009 estimate)— increased from 366 in 1966

in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary: 108 — increased from 84 in 2002

in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary: 81 — increased from 54 in 1987

in Orang National Park: 68 — increased from 35 in 1972in Gorumara: 27 — increased from 22 in 2002

in Dudhwa National Park: 21in Manas National Park: 3

in Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary: 2

X – Indian Rhinocerosor

greater one-horned rhinoceros or

Asian one-horned rhinoceros

7..We are the most widespread langurs of South

Asia. We are a group of Old World monkeys constituting the entirety of the genus

Semnopithecus. All taxa have traditionally been placed in the single species

Semnopithecus entellus. Genetic evidence suggests that the Nilgiri langur and purple-

faced langur, which usually are placed in the genus Trachypithecus, actually belong in

Semnopithecus.Who are We??

X - Gray langurs or

Hanuman langurs

8.Regarded as the most venomous snake of the world, this snake is found in the north coast of Australia, new

guinea and Philippines. Sometimes it is considered unworthy of its title due to its docile nature and short fangs unable to penetrate human skin…

ID…..

Hydrophis belcheriOR

FAINT BANDED SEA SNAKEOR

BELCHERS SEA SNAKE

9.Edward Michael _____ _____ was born on 7 June 1974. Grew up in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland until the age of 4 when his family moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. The

son of the late Conservative party politician Sir Michael ____ and Lady Sarah _____. He was educated at Eaton House, Ludgrove School, Eton College, where he helped start its first mountaineering club, and Birkbeck, University of London, where he graduated with a degree, obtained part-time, in Hispanic studies in 2002. From an early age, he learned to

climb and sail from his father, who was a member of the prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron. As a teenager, he learned to skydive and earned a second dan black belt in Shotokan karate. He practices yoga and ninjutsu. At age eight he became a Cub Scout. He speaks English, Spanish, and French. Married to Shara Knight in 2000. They have three sons: Jesse,

Marmaduke, and Huckleberry.ID…..

BEAR GRYLLS

10.ARGENTINA- SNEAK UP SEALS FROM SANDANTARCTICA- HIT THE ICE FLOORS THAT THROWS SEALS INTO WATRNEW ZEALAND- BLOW BUBBLES TO ROUTE OUT A RAY HIDING IN THE UNDERWATER SANDAND THE ONLY SPECIES TO KILL GREAT WHITE SHARK BY BUMPIMG ON ITS UNDERBELLY….ID the species.

KILLER WHALE

11.Saying goes for which snake???• "Red on yellow will kill a fellow, but red on black is a friend of Jack."• "Red on yellow, deadly fellow; Red on black, venom lack."• "Red and yellow will kill you fellow; Red and black is friend Jack."• "Red on yellow, kill a fellow. Red on black, you're alright Jack."• "Red next to black is a friend of Jack; red next to yellow will kill a fellow."• "Red to yellow, kill a fellow. Red to black, venom lack."• "If red touches black, you're okay Jack; if red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow."• "Red next to black, you can pat him on the back; red next to yellow, he can kill a

fellow."• "Red next to black, venom I lack; red next to yellow, run away fellow."• "Red and black, friend of Jack; red and yellow kill a fellow."• "Red touches yellow, Not a nice fellow; if red touches black, good friend of Jack."• "Red touch yellow, kill a fellow; red touch black, you're okay Jack."• "Red touch black, good for Jack; red touch yellow, kill a fellow."• "Yellow and red, you are dead; black and white you're alright.

Coral snake

12.EX, EW, CR, EN, VU, cd, nt, lc

• WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT?????

• SCALE TO KNOW IF A SPECIES IS EXTINCT, ENDENGARED, SCARCELY POPULATED OR LEAST CONCERNED……..