 | Derek O'Brien |
The exact origin of April Fools’ Day is still debated. While some suggest that Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales first mentions this day, others connect it to the change over from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1582. Over the years even the normally serious media has played some incredible hoaxes. Perhaps the most notable was in 1957, when the BBC carried a documentary showing Swiss farmers collecting a bumper spaghetti harvest from trees. Last year Virgin claimed that Branson had bought Pluto and was planning to get it reinstated as a planet. But by far my favourite is the 1962 hoax by a Swedish TV channel, which announced that viewers could convert their existing black and white sets to colour by pulling a nylon stocking over the screen. ROFL!
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Which Indian organisation has the motto, ‘Industry, Impartiality and Integrity’?
Aviroop Mondal, Calcutta
2. On a Rs 1000 note, what shape is the identification mark for the visually impaired?
Riya Majumdar, Calcutta
3. Which was the first pop group to perform at the Louvre Museum, in Paris?
Mayank Roy, Calcutta
4. Which country’s five-dollar note features Edmund Hillary on the obverse side?
Mrittika Saha, Guwahati
5. What is the state tree of Andaman and Nicobar islands, which is only found in the Andaman?
Shirish Agarwal, Calcutta
6. Which basic function in the human body is of three types, basal, psychic and reflex?
Rupali Saha, Calcutta
7. Which Indian sport has different variations like Amar, Sanjeevani and Gaminee?
Tathagatha Roy, Calcutta
8. The name of which movement was taken from one of the competition entries in the South African news-sheet Indian Opinion?
Sukumar Dey, Calcutta
9. In which animated series would one come upon a pet dog named Santa’s Little Helper?
Barun Chatterjee, Calcutta
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
Sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People since 1967, April 2, Hans Christian Anderson’s birthday, is celebrated all over the world as International Children’s Book Day
ANSWERS & WIN
The Special Marriage Act, 1954, extends to the whole of India, excluding which Indian state?
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Quiz published on 18.03.12
Winner of the Answer and Win
Barun Chatterjee, Calcutta
In the stalk of which plant did Prometheus carry the fire when he stole it from Zeus’ hearth to gift it to mankind?
The answer is: Fennel
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POINT OF VIEW
1. Identify this actor
2. Identify this photographer
ANSWERS
1. Central Bureau of Investigation
2. Diamond
3. Duran Duran
4. New Zealand
5. Andaman Padauk
6. Tears
7. Kabaddi
8. Satyagraha
9. The Simpsons
WHO AM I ? 
Joachim Gauck
POINT OF VIEW 1 Benedict Cumberbatch
POINT OF VIEW 2 Benu Sen
