For which sporting event
is the Venus Rosewater
1
.
Dish awarded?
A) Wimbledon ladies’ singles
championship
B) French Open ladies’ singles
championship
C) Australian Open men’s singles
championship
with Derek O’Brien
he last day of this month is considered to be a magical day. How
nice it would be to celebrate it with a never-ending cake, ice
creams of every flavour that you wished for, and pizzas with your
favourite toppings. There could be magical games like making a
shadow come alive and also prizes like a tiny dragon that blows out fire
every time you sneezed! Are you also making plans for a surprise birthday party for J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter on July 31?
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2.
Which cartoon characters were created when
Professor Utonium mixed
Chemical X with some sugar
and spice?
A) Chipmunks
B) The Powerpuff Girls
C) Tom and Jerry
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Which avatar of Lord
Vishnu retrieved the
3
.
stolen Vedas from the asura
Hayagriva?
A) Kurma
B) Varaha
C) Matsya
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With which festival
does Narali Purnima, in
4
.
Maharashtra, coincide?
A) Diwali
B) Rakhi
C) Nag Panchami
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Students from Classes
III to VIII, please mail
your questions with the
answers, along with
your name, class, school
and city, to ques.telekids
@gmail.com
1
Which
chemical
element has the
shortest name?
ARATRIKA SARKAR,
Class V, St Agnes’ Branch
High School,
IIT-Kharagpur,
West Bengal
1. Identify this
monument
2
while playing against
which country did
Irfan Pathan claim his
first hat-trick?
BIMAN KUMAR GHOSH,
Class VIII, Tarakeswar High School,
Tarakeswar, West Bengal
Who
was the architect of Rashtrapati Bhavan?
CHINMAYA KUMAR
MISHRA, Class VIII,
Deepika English Medium
School, Rourkela,
Orissa
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2. Name
this animal
5.
The German name of
which day of the week
literally means “middle of the
week”?
A) Tuesday
B) Wednesday
C) Thursday
MATCH T H E F O L L O W I N G
1. The heat sensitive organ, or “pit”,
on its head helps this reptile locate
and aim at its prey
2. Its tongue does not move as it is
attached to the bottom of its
mouth
3. Can shoot its tongue out
farther than the length of its
body
FACT FOR THE DAY
On his 17th birthday, Harry
had received a moleskin pouch
from Hagrid, a sneakoscope
from Hermione, and the book
Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm
Witches from Ron
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B) Madagascar
chameleon
C) Crocodile
4. The heaviest snake in the
world
D) Rattlesnake
5. The only venomous lizard
other than the beaded lizard
E) Green
anaconda
cub
he Egyptian or scavenger vulture is the
only living species of
the genus Neophron.
Being a scavenger, it
feeds primarily on carrion.
It is also known to hunt fish,
snakes, frogs, lizards and
crickets. During the dry
season, it searches marshlands for stranded turtles,
which it kills by slipping its
A) Gila monster
club
white scavenger
thin bill under their shells.
Smaller than any Indian
vulture, once it finds carrion, it has to wait in line till
the bigger vultures have finished their meal. But its
long, thin beak helps it find
small pieces of flesh that
the others cannot reach.
This vulture can be seen
across large parts of India.
It nests on cliffs, crags, large
trees and even tall buildings
in busy marketplaces.
Sanctuary Asia
Picture by Sudhir Shivram/
Sanctuary Photo Library
ANSWERS: Take Your Pick 1. Wimbledon ladies’ singles championship 2. The Powerpuff Girls 3. Matsya
4. Rakhi 5. Wednesday Top Three 1. Tin 2. Pakistan 3. Edwin Landseer Lutyens
Match The Following 1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-E, 5-A Pic Clues 1. White House in the US 2. Markhor
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THE TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY 27 JULY 2011
HOCUS FOCUS
BY
HENRI BOLTINOFF