Derek O'Brien

Whoever said that quizmasters don’t make mistakes? Two weeks ago, I did. One bite into the cream cracker biscuit and a few sips into the Sunday morning tea — there was already one unread SMS in my inbox. My old friend Janet Gasper from Calcutta sent me this: If I’m not mistaken there isn’t anything called Summer Equinox. It is either Spring or Vernal Equinox. Summer is for solstice.” Thanks Janet for the message you sent me on March 21. You are absolutely correct. P.S. I’m a new entrant to Twitter. More on the subject next week.

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. Which Mughal emperor was named ‘Khurram’ by his grandfather?

Biren Tamang, New Jalpaiguri

2. In which Asian capital city is the Bandaranaike International Airport located?

Sunanda Maity, Calcutta

3. The hoof of which animal is used in cooking the dish ‘Paya’?

Dora Banerjee, Barasat

4. Which 2010 film has the tagline ‘You’ve got a very important date’?

Nilufer Ahmed, Howrah

5. In 1988, who founded the NGO ‘Navjyoti’ for welfare and preventive policing?

Ravinder Sahu, Dum Dum

6. According to the 2006 census, which is the sixth most-spoken language in Canada?

Arindam Chatterjee, Jamshedpur

7. Who created the fictional men-only dining club called the ‘Black Widowers’?

Gauri Pramanik, Panihati

8. In terms of weight, which is the largest cultivated fruit in India?

Abhijit Chatterjee, Harinavi

9. Which state is famous for the toys of Idar?

Mantu Chatterjee, Sonarpur

KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK

Sometimes a simple mistake can be worth a fortune! A copy of the ‘Inverted Jenny’, a postage stamp that was erroneously printed upside-down in 1918, was sold for nearly $1 million in 2007.

ANSWER & WIN

Which scientist made Ragnar Sohlman and Rudolf Lilljequist executors of his will?

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Quiz published on 21.03.2010

Mantu Chatterjee, Sonarpur

The basic design of which currency note was created by Austrian designer Robert Culina?

The answer is Euro

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Name this head of state

POINT OF VIEW

1. Identify this actress

2. Identify this footballer

ANSWERS

1. Shah Jahan
2. Colombo
3. Lamb
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Kiran Bedi
6. Punjabi
7. Isaac Asimov
8. Jackfruit
9. Gujarat

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