Derek O'Brien

Thank the lord I’m not a stock market person. I track the BSE and Nifty though more like a one-day cricket score — coldly, just to stay in touch rather than to make/lose money. The stock market crash reminded me of what Sir Isaac Newton, the famous scientist, who lost a fortune in the 1720 ‘South Sea Bubble’ lamented, “I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” Sure Sir, I can’t do either. P.S. Keep winning prizes every week. Take part in Answer and Win.

YOUR QUESTIONS

1 Who is the first ever Indian woman medallist at the Olympics?

Geetika Joshi, via e-mail

2 Which term did Sri Lankan cricket enthusiast Mahendra Mapagunaratne coin?

Sourav Mitra, via e-mail

3 The cats Asparagus and Macavity are the creations of which poet?

Pallab Sen, Calcutta

4 The second floor of which famous Hyderabadi monument has a mosque on the western side?

Barnali Ghosh, Calcutta

5 Which snack derives its name from the Dutch for ‘little cake’?

Kamal Roy, South 24 Parganas

6 Name the 5-ft long eucalyptus wood Australian Aboriginal trumpet.

Joginder Sharma, Jamshedpur

7 Name the fictional son of a Vulcan and a human schoolteacher.

Prianca Nandy, via e-mail

8 Which inert gas gets its name from ‘helios’, the Latin for Sun?

Tarun Halder, Midnapore

9 The numerals for which solar year is on the Afghanistan flag?

Subhro Sarkar, Bankura

KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK

The name of the Wall Street is derived from a wall which was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant.

ANSWER AND WIN

Which English neurologist became famous by breaking Gunder Haag’s record?

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Winner of the Answer and Win quiz published on 16.11.2008 Subhro Sarkar, Bankura. The answer was Grenade.

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1. Identify this singer

2. Name this footballer

ANSWERS

1 Karnam Malleshwari
2 Carrom ball
3 T.S. Eliot
4 Charminar
5 Cookie
6 Didgeridoo
7 Spock from Star Trek
8 Helium
91298 (1919 Gregorian calendar)

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