 | Derek O'Brien |
They are all really busy getting ready for the big day. They have been working hard for 49 days already. Every one of them has a key role to play. The 80 carpenters and their over 100 assistants. I spoke to one of the key organisers: “People come here from across the world and there is no question of missing the deadline for mid-July”. This is not the story of the FIFA World Cup final. In nine days from now the Rath Yatra will roll out from the Jagannath temple at Puri.
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Who was the first Bengali to receive the Bharat Ratna award?
Kuntal Das, Asansol
2. What is the local name for the valleys in the Shiwalik range (outer Himalayas)?
Soumen Hazra, Calcutta
3. Who played the character of Samar Pratap in the film Raajneeti?
Shruti Sharma, Durgapur
4. In which present day district of West Bengal is the battleground of Plassey located?
Santanu Sen , Dhanbad
5. Which Hindu scripture forms part of the Book VI of the Mahabharata?
Amit Chakrabarty, Calcutta
6. Cheong Wa Dae is the executive office and official residence of which country’s president?
Partha Sarkar, Calcutta
7. Whose influence led scientist Nikola Tesla to the idea that force and matter are reducible to potential energy?
Arnab De, Calcutta
8. Antony Stark is the actual name of which comic-book character?
Surja Mitra, Howrah
9. At a given moment, what occurs on Earth more than 2,000 times in ball,bead, sheet or silent varieties?
Piyali Bannerjee, Calcutta
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
After the Rath Yatra, the wood from the raths were earlier auctioned for raising revenues for the temple. But nowadays, the wood is used in the kitchen of the temple for preparing the mahaprasad.
ANSWER & WIN
What did Pope Clement VIII refer to as ‘Satan’s drink’ but later bless by “baptising” in 1600?
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Winner of the Answer and Win
Quiz published on 13.06.10
Piyali Bannerjee, Calcutta
The name of which device originated from the Latin word for ‘shadow’?
The answer is Umbrella
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