 | Derek O'Brien |
Dear Mr Tendulkar (or should I call you Sachin like everyone else?), today is Easter Sunday, and it is also a special day for you — Happy Birthday! Let me ask you four questions about yourself. 1. A pavilion at the Roop Singh Stadium, where you became the first to score 200 in an ODI, is to be named after you. In which city is this stadium? 2. On what occasion did Michael Schumacher gift you a Ferrari 360-Modeno in 2002? 3. Kalimullah Khan, an elderly farmer from Lucknow, has named a new variety of which fruit after you? 4. You are extremely grateful to and dependent on a gentleman by the name Mehnga Ram. Why?
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Romans used the three words osculum, basium, saviolum for what?
Ajeya Chatterjee, Calcutta
2. Who holds the record for the most catches held by a fielder in a World Cup game by taking four catches in the 2003 Cricket World Cup?
Biswajit Das, Howrah
3. Which Calcuttan designed the logo of Rupa & Co?
Sagnik Roy Chowdhury, Calcutta
4. Which politician has Dev Anand cast in the role of India’s home minister in his film Chargesheet?
Pratik Shome, Ranchi
5. What is the only mode of communication in Zoque, a language that had 367 speakers in Mexico in the 1960s?
Ranita Chakraborty, Calcutta
6. Recently, Nasa has used pulverised shells of which fruit/drupe as thermal insulation in the nose cones of its rockets?
Prachi Barua, Calcutta
7. In which ancient piece of literature would you come across Enkidu, a Tarzan-like wild man?
Archita Ghosh, Belur
8. Which English word is derived from the old Norse word ‘skio’ meaning a split piece of wood?
Sunrita Biswas, Calcutta
9. Dominique Lapierre donated 20 per cent of his royalties from The City of Joy to Bhopal’s gas tragedy victims. For the betterment of which place did he donate the rest 80 per cent?
Pragya Paromita Dey, Calcutta
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
1. Gwalior
2. Equalling Don Bradman’s record of 29 centuries
3. Mango (he will not put it up on sale because ‘Sachin is priceless’)
4. He is the maker of Sachin’s BAS cricket bats
ANSWER & WIN
According to International Flavours and Fragrance, which is the most popular ice-cream flavour in the world?
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Winner of the Answer and Win
Quiz published on 10.04.11
Pragya Paromita Dey, Calcutta
Who is projected as the hero in Pandavani, a style of folk music depicting stories from the Mahabharata?
The answer is: Bhima
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1. Identify this author
2. Identify this statesman
ANSWERS
1. Kissing
2. Mohammad Kaif
3. Satyajit Ray
4. Amar Singh
5. Silence
6. Walnut
7. Gilgamesh
8. Ski
9. Sunderbans
WHO AM I ? 
Jeremy Renner
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