Today marks the one-year anniversary of this column. The first letter of each answer spells out a word. Figure it out!
Q1 This cricketer started out as a round-arm bowler, before overarm bowling was permitted. He then changed his style to medium pace, which made him a force to reckon with. Till date, he is the only bowler who has taken 10 wickets in a single match, where each batsman was clean bowled. Being of short stature, he was nicknamed ‘Little Wonder.’ Who is this world famous cricketer who is more well known for starting what is known as the “Bible of Cricket”? (Last name)
Q2 The New York City government has asked a reputed company to share user data relating to home-owners, their addresses, and listings. The administration has asked for this because they want to crack down on illegal squatters and listings. The company claims that this would violate core constitutional rights relating to the first and fourth Amendment, and has therefore filed a lawsuit against the City of New York. Which company is this?
Q3 In 2016, The Government of Ukraine started a campaign to de-communise the country by getting rid of any names and symbols that are reminiscent of communism. A Governor there ordered that a street originally named after a prominent Communist leader be renamed after a late, similar-sounding, legendary musician instead. Who are the two people? (Last names)
Q4 This type of establishment was the first indoor space which showed motion pictures, for a five-cent admission price. Its name comes from the fact that it charged only five cents, and the Greek word for a roofed-over theatre, and flourished from 1905-1915. This later lent its name to a very famous children’s TV channel, the bright orange splotchy logo of which is well known to most ‘90s kids. What is the good word?
Q5 In the periodic table, undiscovered elements were represented by a prefix of ___ and the cardinal position of that element. E.g. - ___septium, ____octium, and so on. They were given these names, because the prefix translated to ‘one-one’, so that when read fully, it’d be ‘the one-one-seventh element’, ‘the one-one-eighth element’ and so on. Over the past few years, the last four of these missing elements were discovered. They were recently named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson, named after Japan, Moscow, Tennessee and Yuri Oganessian respectively. What was the prefix used?
Q6 ______ is an actual place in Africa, used as a byword for a fictional or non-existent place. People often refer to it as the African ‘El Dorado’. The reason behind the perception of this place as fictional by most Europeans and Americans is the account of renowned diplomat and traveller Leo Africanus, who described it in a legendary manner in his tales.What is this place, which actually exists in the country of Mali?
Answers: W isden, John, A irbnb, L enin, Lennon, N ickelodeon, U n-un, T imbuktu
Courtesy: Walnut Knowledge Solutions
