Today’s
Q-files also consists of some of the mixed
stuff that was on offer at General Practice.
Hope they will entertain and enthrall
you as usual. Also looking forward to
a greater contribution from our readers
in the ‘Readers Write’ section.
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of two e-mail addresses. Please make sure
that you provide the answer, your name
and your place of residence along with
the questions.
Q-FILES: Mixed Stuff:
1. The overall leader in the ‘Tour
de France’ is awarded the ‘yellow
jersey’. Why was the colour yellow
chosen for the purpose?
2. In World War I, this term referred
to humans, usually women, using disk calculators
to calculate bomb trajectories. What is
the term? (Courtesy: Salil Upadhyay)
3. Which popular game derives its name
from the Latin for ‘I play’?
4. He was conceptualized by his creators
as a bald headed villain with incredible
mental powers. As they refined the character,
the creators however greatly modified
his powers, his physical attributes as
well as his intent. He was introduced
to the world in 1938. Who?
5. ‘The quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog.’ This sentence contains
all the letters of the English alphabet.
What are such sentences that contain all
the letters of the alphabet known as?
6. Where was Mumtaz buried between the
period of her death and the completion
of Taj Mahal?
READERS WRITE:
1. How is the band comprising of Nicky
Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane
Filan and Bryan McFadden (former member)
known to us? (Ruhi Swargiary)
2. Who is the founder of the political
party ‘Nagarik Shakti’? (Deepjyoti
Deka, Nalbari)
3. Which word, in common use in the English
language, is the Tamil word for ‘sauce’?
(Jitendra Sarma, Balowa, Nalbari)
ANSWERS:
Q-files: 1. Because L’auto- the
magazine that conducts the event has yellow
pages 2. Computers 3. Ludo 4. Superman
5. Pangrams 6. Burhanpur Readers Write:
1. Westlife 2. Md Yunus, the Nobel laureate
3. Curry (Kari) Eye-Q: Army operations
against United Liberation Front of Assam-
Operation Bajrang, Operation all Clear
and Operation Rhino
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