 | Derek O'Brien |
When I order a soup and I am asked ‘veg or non-veg’ the playful answer is always ‘strictly non-veg’. However let me turn a herbivore this Vegetarian Awareness Month and stir fry some exotic veggies in the wok. Bell peppers aka capsicum: Columbus while searching for peppercorn plants chanced upon sweet and hot peppers in the West Indies. Thus clung the misfitting ‘pepper’ in its name. Mushrooms: In ancient Egypt they were regarded as plants of immortality and pharaohs decreed them as only royal food. Cucumber: It can be up to 20°C cooler inside than the outside air. Truly a chill pill.
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Which Unesco World Heritage site in India has gates called Birbal’s Gate, Chandanpal Gate, Tehra Gate, Chor Gate and the Ajmere Gate?
Debapriya Basu, Calcutta
2. Which variety of lizard can eat up to 80 percent of its body weight in a single meal?
Gaurab Chatterjee, Bhubaneshwar
3. The British East India Company was founded during the reign of which Mughal emperor?
Abhishikta Mitra, Howrah
4. Which day of the week does the comic strip character Garfield hate the most?
Surajit Ghosh, Haldia
5. Rhinology is the study of which part of the human body?
Prabhakar Dey, email
6. In 1642, what did Blaise Pascal design and name Pascaline to make his father’s job as a tax collector easier?
Anita Guha, Calcutta
7. Which Indian river derives its name from the Sanskrit ‘lavanavari’ because of its excessive salinity?
Dhiman Das, Serampore
8. In the fairy tale, Cinderella’s coach is made of which vegetable?
Paromita Sen, email
9. According to the report of the tiger census of 2011, which is the only place where tigers have become almost amphibious in nature, swimming and eating aquatic creatures?
Arunava Majumdar, Calcutta
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
At the age of 21, Mahatma Gandhi first wrote nine articles for The Vegetarian, an English weekly, and later started a Vegetarian club in the Bayswater locality in England.
ANSWER & WIN
Tarangam is traditionally associated with which form of Indian classical dance?
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Quiz published on 18.09.11
Arunava Majumdar, Calcutta
Which was the first country in the world to launch a family planning programme?
The answer is: India
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1. Identify this actress
2. Identify this sportsperson
ANSWERS
1. Fatehpur Sikri
2. Komodo Dragon
3. Akbar
4. Monday
5. Nose
6. Counting machine
7. Luni
8. Pumpkin
9. Sunderbans
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