Derek O'Brien

If you are not that fond of crystal-ball gazing, you would probably like this. Some 50 years ago some techno freaks told us that our best companion would be a walking talking robot. Well, the best we have seen so far is Asimo who can’t even mimic your two-year-old. Predicting the unknown may be a well-paying profession when the world is down in the dumps but one should be wary of these future know-all consultants. By the way, who boasted with the slogan ‘Where vision gets built’? Lehman Brothers, you guessed it right!

YOUR QUESTIONS

1 Which character by cartoonist Jim Davis is named after his grandfather?

Sritama Ghosh, Howrah

2 Triton is the largest moon of which planet?

Purab Joshi, via e-mail

3 Which author’s lesser known pseudonym was Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass?

Ujjal Banerjee, South 24 Parganas

4 At which joint are the humerus, ulna and radius joined in the arm?

Ranjabati Sen, Calcutta

5 Who built the Bara Imambara in Lucknow?

Moumita Roy, Calcutta

6 Pere Armand David was the first non-Chinese to describe which animal?

Pradip Karmakar, Calcutta

7 Which Pakistani politician was nicknamed ‘Mr 10%’?

Subhodip Sarkar, Calcutta

8 Khumbu Icefall and South Col lead to the summit of which mountain?

Rishi Gupta, via e-mail

9 Which Deepa Mehta film is based on Bapsi Sidhwa’s book Cracking India?

Sailesh Kumar Sinku, Ranchi

KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK

Albert Einstein once said, “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable.”

ANSWER AND WIN

The profession ‘millinery’ derives its name from which city?

Send in your Q & As with your full name and address to:

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Winner of the Answer and Win quiz published on 21.12.2008

Sailesh Kumar Sinku, Ranchi.

The 1540 Francisco Coronado expedition reported the first European sighting of what?

The answer was The Grand Canyon.

Name this politician

POINT OF VIEW

1. Identify this golfer

2. Name this Australian author

ANSWERS

1 Garfield
2 Neptune
3 Mark Twain
4 Elbow
5 Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula
6 The Giant Panda
7 Asif Ali Zardari
8 Mount Everest
9 1947 Earth

WHO AM I? Shivraj Singh Chauhan
POINT OF VIEW 1 Lee Westwood
POINT OF VIEW 2 Steve Toltz