1. In Peanuts , Charlie Brown is the one who wears the shirt with a zigzag on it. Which character always carries a blanket?
2. In the recently announced National Film Awards for the year 2015, ‘Baahubali’ was selected as the Best Feature Film. Which movie won the Best Children’s Film?
3. In Roman mythology, Vulcan is the god of fire. Who is his Greek counterpart?
4. True or False: The shells of molluscs, a group of invertebrates that includes squids, octopuses, snails, slugs and mussels among others, are made of ivory.
5. In Corduroy by Don Freeman, Lisa’s mother refuses to buy Corduroy, the teddy bear for Lisa citing the reason that she didn’t want to spend more money. What was the second reason she had given?
6. If you were at the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, a famous tourist attraction commonly known as St. Basil’s Cathedral, which country would you be in?
Solution
1. Linus; 2. ‘Duronto’ directed by Soumendra Padhi. The film is about a child marathon runner Budhia Singh from Odisha and what follows after his rise to fame; 3. Hephaestus; 4. False. All mollusc shells are made of calcium carbonate; 5. Lisa’s mother observes that a button from his overalls was missing; 6. Russia. It is a famous church in Red Square, Moscow.
