 | Derek O'Brien |
Spare a thought for the millions affected by the most powerful earthquake ever to have hit Japan, exactly a year back on this day. The Tohoku Earthquake triggered off a massive tsunami, which in turn caused the Level 7 meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex. According to World Bank estimates this was the most expensive natural disaster ever. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake is believed to have caused our Earth’s axis to shift by around 15cm. The Asia Cup starts tomorrow. Here’s one tsunami that we all hope will be unleashed in Bangladesh by our men in blue.
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Which is the deepest point of the Indian Ocean?
Atin Guha Thakurta, Calcutta
2. Which plant has the largest seeds in the world?
Anuva Dasgupta, Calcutta
3. Which Indian sportsman has written the autobiography titled Goal?
Soumya Ghosh, Calcutta
4. If you search for a particular term in Google and it returns only one result, what is it called?
Anisha Basak, Calcutta
5. If the Trans-Siberian Railway starts at Moscow, in which city does it end?
Sourjya Sarkar, Calcutta
6. Who was the first American astronaut in space?
Pradeepta Ranjan Choudhury, Odisha
7. Beyond the Last Blue Mountains by R.M. Lala is the biography of which famous Indian?
Tushar Singhania, Calcutta
8. Which was the first Bollywood film to be shot inside NASA?
Pranjoy Sarkar, Calcutta
9. Which writer had self-given nicknames like The Sparkler of Albion, Revolver, and The Inimitable, besides others?
Reeti Roy, Calcutta
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
Originally held every four years, in 2008 it was announced that the Asia Cup will be held biennially, henceforth. India has won the Asia Cup a record five times.
ANSWER & WIN
Who was the first Indian born writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
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Winner of the Answer and Win
Quiz published on 26.02.12
Reeti Roy, Calcutta
One of the constitutional heads of which Indian state was known as Sadar-i-Riyasat?
The answer is: Jammu and Kashmir
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POINT OF VIEW
1. Identify this actor
2. Identify this footballer
ANSWERS
1. Diamantina Trench
2. Coco De Mer
3. Dhyanchand
4. Googlewhack
5. Vladivostok
6. Alan B Shepard Jr
7. JRD Tata
8. Swades
9. Charles Dickens
WHO AM I ? 
Gita Mehta
POINT OF VIEW 1 Jean Dujardin
POINT OF VIEW 2 Sailen Manna
