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Who was the first
governor general of
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Pakistan?
ISHAN BHATTACHARYA,
Class IV, D.A.V. Public School,
Bariatu, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Which is the only
category in which
2
only one woman has
won the Nobel Prize so
far?
ANKIT KUMAR, Class VIII,
Maharishi Vidya Mandir,
Calcutta
W
hat do Aurobindo Ghose and Napoleon Bonaparte have in common?
Besides the fact that both of them were great leaders, they were both
born on August 15. While Napoleon went on to become one of the
greatest emperors of France, Sri Aurobindo, as he is popularly
known, became a great nationalist leader and philosopher of India. Did you know
that Aurobindo Ghose translated Vande Mataram into English?
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Which famous
author was born in
Kasauli in 1934?
SURESH RAI, Class VII,
Phuentsholing Middle Secondary School, Bhutan
In
which
present-day
country did Napoleon
fight the Battle
of Waterloo?
QUESTION
OF THE WEEK
on which
French island
in the Mediterranean Sea
was Napoleon
born?
What is
the middle
name that
Sri Aurobindo
was given at
birth?
5. Which place in Uttar
Pradesh served as the
capital of King
Harshavardhana?
SANDEEP MAURYA, Class VII,
Sunrise School, Belur,
West Bengal
KQFACT: Napoleon Bonaparte
was also known as the Little
Corporal
Which
horse
of Napoleon
Bonaparte shared
its name with
a battlefield in
Italy?
2. Name this
person
locks
This is the storehouse of fat in a camel’s body:
RAHUL SINGHANIA, CLASS VI, ST THOMAS’ CHURCH SCHOOL, HOWRAH
In the Mahabharata, he was born as Devavrata:
SAJIDUR RAHMAN, CLASS VI, SAINIK SCHOOL, GOALPARA, ASSAM
Planet whose axis is nearly level with its path around the sun:
SHANKHANEEL SOM, CLASS V, STEPPING STONE MODEL SCHOOL, ALIPURDUAR
The second largest of the Great Lakes of North America:
SAMPANNA CHATTERJEE, CLASS V, VIVEKANANDA MISSION SCHOOL, CALCUTTA
This game is played with exactly 22 balls:
ABHISHEK DAS, CLASS VIII, SRI AUROBINDO VIDYAMANDIR, CHANDANNAGORE
Shakespeare’s play where Malcolm and Donalbain were
sons of King Duncan:
AVRATANU ROY, CLASS VIII, ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL, BHAGALPUR, BIHAR
Hematite and magnetite are ores of this metal:
RISHAV AGARWAL, CLASS III, A.G. CHURCH SCHOOL, PURULIA
C
icadas make extraordinarily loud “calls”
with sound-producing
organs on their abdomens.
Each species makes its own
unique sound. Hundreds of
them may call together, beginning and ending in a
well-timed chorus. How
they make this co-ordinated
music is a mystery to us
even now!
1. Identify this
horn
cub
➊ llll
➋ llllll
➌ llllll
➍ lllll
➎ lllllll
➏ lllllll
➐ llll
ANSWERS: Question Marks 1. Belgium 2. West Bengal 3. Ackroyd 4. Corsica 5. Marengo
Mental Blocks 1. Hump 2. Bhisma 3. Uranus 4. Huron 5. Snooker 6. Macbeth 7. Iron
Top Five 1. Mohammed Ali Jinnah 2. Economics 3. Ruskin Bond 4. Kamakhya Temple 5. Kanauj
Pic Clues 1. Vuvuzela 2. Jairam Ramesh
Neelachal Parbat?
NEELAV BERIA, Class VII,
St Xavier’s School, Purulia,
West Bengal
B
1 2
4
3 5
In which
state of India
was Aurobindo
Ghose born?
Which temple in
Guwahati is
4
situated on a hill called
mental
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club
of night music
Cicada nymphs (larval
form of some insects, usually resembling the adult but
smaller and without fullydeveloped wings) have a
very long period of development. The females lay eggs
on branches and the
nymphs drop and burrow
into the ground on hatching, and feed on the roots of
plants. The nymphal stage
may take several years and
one — called the 17-year cicada — takes as many years
to complete one life cycle!
Sanctuary Features
PIC: ASHOK CAPTAIN
HOCUS FOCUS
BY
HENRI BOLTINOFF