The India Christmas Quiz

See the quiz on the blog for the detailed questions.

Scoring:

  • 2 points for every correct answer, except where noted.
  • 40 point overall total

Answers:

1) Who are the 5 Save the Children supporters who visited India in November?

c) Richard, Elizabeth, Terry, Sheila, Andy

2) What do Save the Children do?

d) all of the above (but please see the page on rights at the foot of the blog for more details)

3) When was the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child finally adopted?

c) 1989

4) The rights of the Child contained in the UN CRC are often summarised in four main categories. What are they?

e) all of the above  (but please see the page on rights at the foot of the blog for more details)

 

5) What is the unmissable fact about Elizabeth that the Hampshire Chronicle picked up on?

b) she is a grandmother of 12

6) What was Terry’s favourite drink

b) Chai, at pretty much every opportunity

7) At the end of the visit we all mimicked the Save the Children emblem.  What is this human version of the Save the Children emblem called?

c) a “Charlie”

8) We visited a number of Anganwadi centres. What does Anganwadi mean?

a) courtyard shelter

9) We saw established programmes in action, but Save the Children are also actively involved in many emergency areas throughout the world. How many emergency areas did Save the Children work in during 2014

Either b) 87 or c) 103.  Our blogs quote 87, the Save the Children website quotes 103.  Either way it’s a big number.

10) What is “Plumpy-nut”?

a) an impolite description of Andy after he’s eaten too much Christmas pudding.  Take off 2 points for cheek if you answered this one!.

The correct answer is b) a high nutrient food bar used to treat severely malnourished children

 

Part 2 

11) What was the worst of Richard’s puns on his blogs?

c) Hard to say – they were all as bad as each other! But why not read some of them on the blog to see what I mean.

12) What does Sheila not do?

c) Relax quietly while waiting for her baggage to arrive

13) How many children are reported to be sent away from the Dungarpur region to work (illegally) in the cotton fields of Gujarat every year?

c) 40,000

14) One of the most moving symbols of child suffering that we saw was the cradle installed outside the hospital in Udaipur. It means that rather than being literally thrown away, rejected babies can be offered the care they need to survive.  At the time we visited how many times had it been used in the last 8 years?

c) 129

15) How many official slums are there in Delhi?

c) 628

16) Which of these is not true?

c) More people are killed on India’s roads each year than young children who die of diarrhoea.  Amazing that this isn’t true when you know how dangerous the roads are – 115,000 people die on the roads each year.  So you can see how important is it to reduce the impact of diarrhoea!

17) What is chai?

a) A spicy milk tea

18) We loved the chance to interact with groups of children who had benefited from the Save the Children programmes. What was the best question (IMHO) that we heard?

c) Will you play with us?

19) What was the score in the children vs Save the Children Supporters steal the handkerchief game?

a) Children 5 Supporters 2 ( Home advantage told)

20) How much of every £1 raised by Save the Children goes directly to support children

a) 88p

 

I’ve enjoyed this quiz so much I want to donate to Save the Children! How can I do it?

a) through the Save the Children – India visit link
b) buying a last-minute e-gift for someone on the Save the Children website 
c) a cash donation on the Save the Children web site