 | Derek O'Brien |
After spending four years and four months as a castaway on an uninhabited island called “Mas a Tierra”, a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk was rescued on February 2, 1709. It is popularly believed that Selkirk’s travails provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s classic novel Robinson Crusoe. In fact, in 1966, the Chilean government renamed the island as Robinson Crusoe Island. Incidentally, Selkirk has been immortalised in William Cowper’s poem ‘The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk’ which gives us the well-known phrase: ‘I am monarch of all I survey’
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Who directed the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr.?
Parul Banik, Calcutta
2. What is a steamed dumpling prepared from wheat flour and stuffed with meat called?
Subhodweep Sanyal, Belur
3. Which tree’s scientific name comes from the Portuguese word for monkey?
Nayantara Basu, Ranchi
4. Who was the head of radiological services of the Red Cross during World War I?
Asima Chatterjee, Hoogly
5. Which is the state bird of Uttar Pradesh?
Rudra Rakshit, Howrah
6. Which fictional character travels to Brobdingnag in his second voyage?
Minati De, Dankuni
7. Which is the first Indian state to achieve total literacy?
Pratap Majhi, Calcutta
8. In the human body, which organ is the biggest user of oxygen?
Girija Deb, Burdwan
9. What is the name for an area with average rainfall less than 250mm?
Khalid Habib Ansari, Durgapur
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
Today, the Staples Center in Los Angeles plays host to the 52nd Grammy Awards. Beyonce and Taylor Swift, with 10 and eight nominations respectively, look to sweep the music awards.
ANSWER & WIN
What are lamp box, pillar box, wall box and ludlow wall box variations of?
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Quiz published on 17.01.2010
Khalid Habib Ansari, Durgapur.
Name the ball to be used in the FIFA World Cup?
The answer is Jabulani
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POINT OF VIEW
1. Identify this politician from Pakistan
2.Identify this footballer
ANSWERS
1. Guy Ritchie
2. Momo
3. Coconut
4. Marie Curie
5. Sarus Crane
6. Gulliver
7. Kerala
8. Brain
9. Desert
WHO AM I ? Amber Valletta
POINT OF VIEW 1 Fehmida Mirza
POINT OF VIEW 2 Yaya Toure
