Derek O'Brien

There has been some talk in recent years as to how specific years in the 21st century should be named. Should we refer to this year as ‘two thousand ten’ or just a simple ‘twenty-ten’? Incidentally, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games at Vancouver is officially being called the ‘Twenty-ten Olympics’. But whatever we refer to it as, 2010 will definitely have a bagful of goodies for the sports lover: the Winter Olympics, Fifa World Cup, the first Youth Olympic Games, IPL 3 and the
Commonwealth Games in our capital.

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. Which city in Chhattisgarh is also home to its High Court?
Gourab Joshi, via e-mail

2. Which harvest festival of Kerala corresponds with the Malayalam New Year, Chingam?
Pradip Kumar Karmakar, Calcutta

3. Where is the world’s smallest spider, slightly larger than a pinhead, found?
Trijoma Ghosh, Howrah

4. Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider received the 2009 Nobel Prize in which category?
Ranjit Sen, Calcutta

5. The flag of which neighbouring country bears a white 12-pointed sun?
Ujjal Ghosal, South 24 Parganas

6. In the Hyderabadi dessert Double ka meetha, what is traditionally fried and soaked in syrup?
Moumita Roy Chowdhury, Calcutta

7. The International Hydrographic Organization removed a portion of which ocean to delimit the Southern Ocean?
Subhodip Sarkar, Calcutta

8. Which king was the famous son of Shahaji Bhonsle and Jijabai?
Rishi Gupta, via e-mail

9. Which American politician’s memoir is titled Going Rogue: An American Life?
Sajal Sadhukhan, Calcutta

KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK

The UN has named 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity.

ANSWER & WIN

Who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India?

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Quiz published on 20.12.2009

Sajal Sadhukhan, Calcutta

Puncak Jaya is the highest point of which country?

The answer is Indonesia

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Name this politician from Cambodia

POINT OF VIEW

1. Identify this politician from Thailand

2.Name this actor

ANSWERS

1 Bilaspur
2 Onam
3 Borneo
4 Medicine
5 Nepal
6 Bread
7 Indian Ocean
8 Shivaji
9 Sarah Palin

WHO AM I? Hun Sen
POINT OF VIEW 1 Wesley Sneijder
POINT OF VIEW 2 Matt Damon