1 Which industrialist’s autobiography is titled Brushes with History?

2 If aurum is to gold and kalium is to potassium, what is it to stibium?

3 What is the first day of the Islamic month of Shawwal, celebrated as a major festival?

4 Which word in English, used in the context of sports, comes from a French word meaning “to rescue”?

5 According to legend, which natural body stretching two countries, takes its name from another name for Sage Vishwamitra?

6 Which mediaeval empire was ruled by the Sangama, Saluva and Taluva dynasties?

7 Which lightweight material is used to make takeaway coffee cups and food containers?

8 Who discovered and named the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River?

9 What was the surname of the brothers Henry, Emanuel and Mayer who emigrated to the US from Bavaria in the 1840s and founded a company in Montogomery that bears their surname?

10 What is the name of the world’s largest particle accelerator?

ANSWERS

1. Krishna Kumar Birla 2. Antimony 3. Id-ul-fitr 4. Repechage 5. Kosi River 6. Vijayanagara 7. Styrofoam 8. David Livingstone 9. Lehman (Lehman Brothers) 10. Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

QUESTION of the week

Which recent Amitabh Bachchan film is based on a Bengali play by Utpal Dutt titled Aajker Shahjahan?

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Winner of the September 11 contest question:

Mrinal Kanti Murmu, Jhargram