 | Derek O'Brien |
My daughter and I get in the car every morning at 7.30. By 7.45 she reaches school, and in those 15 minutes I succumb to her choice of music — I have no say in the matter. But from 7.45, after dropping her, for the next 20 minutes that it takes me to get back home, I tune in to FM. And I follow this ritual religiously every ‘school’ morning, five days a week. Every time I listen to the young band of RJs today, I can’t help but admire their trilingual ability to speak fluently in not only Bengali, but also in Hindi and in English. I fondly recall Sunday afternoons in the mid ’70s — our family sitting around the large, white, box-radio with big, black knobs, listening to the Bournvita Quiz Contest on Vividh Bharati. But by far my fondest memories are of the radio shows I had done for around two years. Those were extremely exciting and satisfying…but that’s another story. And yes, here’s wishing all you mothers a happy Mothers’ Day.
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Which ancient Indian symbol is known as Hakenkreuz in Germany?
Sujit Bannerjee, Calcutta
2. Which country is often referred to as the Land of the Blue Sky?
Indrani Ray, Calcutta
3. Which series was awarded the 2011 BAFTA for Best Drama Series?
Bikram Sen, Calcutta
4. Which is the only planet in our solar system from which one can see a total solar eclipse?
Debottam Sinha, Calcutta
5. Who is the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India?
Pratik Ghosh, Calcutta
6. Which comic strip character’s arch-nemesis is Ming the Merciless?
Ishita Chakravarty, Calcutta
7. What is the highest number of digits that an ISD code can have?
Pankaj Chaubey, Jharkhand
8. If a Celsius thermometer has 100 divisions, how many divisions does a Fahrenheit thermo-meter have?
Abhijit Saha, Calcutta
9. According to the Global Language Monitor, which was the 999,999th word to enter the English lexicon?
Tanuka Mukherjee, Calcutta
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
When the first TV station in Delhi started in 1959, it was a part of All India Radio. On November 12, 1947, Mahatma Gandhi spoke on radio to the refugees from Pakistan. Ever since, to commemorate his first visit to AIR, the day is celebrated as Public Service Broadcasting Day.
ANSWER & WIN
Which was the first Indian film whose dialogue soundtrack was released in the market?
For Answer and Win, send a quiz question of your own along with the answer. The prize will go to the reader with the correct answer and the best question. Send in answers with your full name and address to: graphitiquiz@gmail.com'
Winner of the Answer and Win
Quiz published on 29.04.12
Tanuka Mukherjee, Calcutta
Richard Robbins and which other musician composed music for the Ismail Merchant film The Mystic Masseur?
The answer is: Zakir Hussain
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POINT OF VIEW
1. Identify this football player
2. Identify this politician
ANSWERS
1.Swastika
2. Mongolia
3. Sherlock
4. Earth
5. Nandan Nilekani
6. Flash Gordon
7. Four
8. 180
9. Jai Ho
WHO AM I ? 
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
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POINT OF VIEW 2 Ambika Soni
