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Mayukh Mitter was a familiar figure to the Calcutta quiz fraternity in the 1980s, when he twice won the Bournvita Quiz Contest for La Martiniere. He continued to be an active quizzer at IIT Kharagpur and IIM Ahmedabad. On August 15, Mayukh collapsed at his desk in Singapore. Only 46, he died on the way to hospital. This week’s column is dedicated to Mayukh, and to a time when young quartets and senior pros alike competed for nothing more than a hamper of goodies and a thirst for trivia. Mayukh always had the answers. But sadly, we are all speechless before the Greater Questioner in the Sky. RIP Mayukh Mitter.
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Which Indian actress was named the “Best Dressed Celebrity” of 2009 by People Magazine?
Namrata Singh, Ranchi
2. In Maharashtra, which festival is celebrated to mark the day on which Brahma is said to have created the world?
Atashi Barua, Calcutta
3. Which famous scientist worked for a short period as a clerk in the accounts department of the Port Trust Office at Madras on a salary of £ 20 per annum?
Ratul Bose, Calcutta
4. Which historic monument of India derives its name from a Telugu word meaning “Shepherd’s Hill”?
Amrita Goswami, Bhubaneswar
5. Capellini, fusilli and macaroni are different shapes of which food?
Sudeshna Neogi, Jalpaiguri
6. The students and faculty of which institute developed Jugnu, India’s first Nano Satellite in collaboration with ISRO?
Arnab Ghosh, Calcutta
7. Which town in India is built on the model of “bastide”, a fortified French coastal town of the late 18th Century?
Utsav Das, e-mail
8. In the Mahabharata, the elephant Airavata is the mount of which deity?
Pratima Banerjee, Birbhum
9. Which herbal spice does the National Onion Association recommend to allow one to get rid of onion breath?
Sourya Chakraborty, Calcutta
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
When G.H. Hardy went to visit Srinivasa Ramanujan in the hospital he mentioned that he had taken a taxi number 1729. Ramanujan immediately responded that this number was quite remarkable: it is the smallest integer that can be represented in two ways by the sum of two cubes. Ramanujan died the next year in 1911 at the age of 32.
ANSWER & WIN
Which fictional place connects Albert Mission College, the Welcome restaurant and the Palace Talkies?
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Winner of the Answer and Win
Quiz published on 14.08.11
Sourya Chakraborty, Calcutta
The medal for which famous annual award was designed by Gustav Vigeland?
The answer is: The Nobel Peace Prize
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POINT OF VIEW
1. Identify this fashion designer
2. Identify this artist
ANSWERS
1. Sonam Kapoor
2. Gudi Padwa
3. Srinivasa Ramanujan
4. Golconda Fort
5. Pasta
6. IIT Kanpur
7. Puducherry
8. Indra
9. Parsley
WHO AM I ? 
Qurratulain Hyder
POINT OF VIEW 1 Rohit Bal
POINT OF VIEW 2 Anjolie Ela Menon