Derek O'Brien

Pakistan has gone ahead of India! Surprised, are you? Has this columnist lost his marbles? Or got carried away? Neither. On my fourth trip to Lahore in recent months, I saw for myself that, indeed, Pakistan had gone ahead! Now, before the editor terminates my contract let me reveal the truth of the matter. In summer, Pakistan sets its clocks forward by one hour for daylight saving. As a result, Indian Standard Time (IST) which is usually 30 minutes ahead, ends up being half-an-hour behind. Puzzle solved.

YOUR QUESTIONS

1 In comics, who is the President of the Society of Sober Sailors?

Saikat Bhattacharya, Calcutta

2 Apart from the kangaroo, the Australian coat of arms features which bird?

Tamaghna Bhattacharya, Calcutta

3 Which character created by Bram Stoker was based on Vlad Tepes?

Rianka Guha, via e-mail

4 The people of Herculaneum perished in which volcanic eruption in 79 AD?

Subrata Miati, Howrah

5 Which four-time Nobel Peace Prize winning organisation was founded by Henri Dunant?

Debolina Pal, Jamshedpur

6 Which caves in Maharashtra are built in a horseshoe shaped curve of a gorge?

Pratirupa Ganguly, Calcutta

7 Which city’s radio club broadcast the first radio programme India in 1923?

Shyamal Choudhury, via e-mail

8 Which magazine is available in a bi-lingual edition Ambulimama, in Singapore?

Reeti Hazra, Salkia

9 The historic name of which village, a site of battles, was Paneprastha?

Baishali Roy, Liluah

KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK

In Japan, daylight saving was introduced after World War II by the US occupation but was dispensed with in 1952, following opposition from farmers.

TEN ON TEN

In which comic strip will you come across a dog named ‘Santa’s little helper’?

Saurav Mitra, via e-mail

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Name this famous sportsperson

POINT OF VIEW

1.Identify this actor

2. Name this politician

ANSWERS

1 Captain Haddock
2 Emu
3 Count Dracula
4 Mount Vesuvius
5 International Committee of the Red Cross
6 Ajanta Caves
7 Mumbai
8 Chandamama
9 Panipat

WHO AM I ? Usain Bolt
POINT OF VIEW 1 Heath Ledger
POINT OF VIEW 2 Yousuf Raza Gilani
TEN ON TEN The Simpsons