Time to tease your brain... Take our special Children’s Day quiz that spans a range of topics. But hold on, before you put on those thinking caps, be informed that all the first letters of your answers add up to something that's relevant today! After you find out the 12 answers, take their first letters and write them down. Did you arrive at something special? If yes, mail your answers to school@thehindu.co.in before November 17. Mark the subject as 'Quiz'. The first ten correct entries will receive Funskool gift hampers.
1. A commemorative plaque and a handle-less pump stand on Broadwick Street, Soho, London (see above picture) - a monument to Dr. John Snow. Dr. John Snow, considered as the father of modern epidemiology, created a map showing the spatial cluster of cases after the outbreak of an epidemic in London in the summer of 1854. His research led him to recommend the local council to remove the handle of the pump on Broadwick Street, thus preventing people from being able to draw water. The outbreak of which disease did Dr. Snow help stop?
2. Named after the brothers who developed it, this drink entered India via the British army. Marketed by the drug-maker GlaxoSmithKline as "The great family nourisher", in 2012, it became the best selling packaged drink in India after Bisleri bottled water, beating the likes of Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Name the drink.
3. In the NATO phonetic alphabet (A for alfa, B for bravo, C for charlie etc.), only one letter is given the name of a country. Name the country.
4. This element was named by Carl Gustav Mosander, a Swedish chemist and mineralogist. He named it after the Greek root word for 'latent' as the element is usually found concealed in rare minerals. Which element?
5. This word means to criticise unfairly or belittle. It is derived from the Latin root word for 'black' (same root as that of an African country). Its use has been popular only since the 1950s and recently, sections of the media have questioned if its etymology is racist. What's the good word?
6. In 1954, X became the first person to achieve a remarkable sporting feat, something that was until then thought physically impossible. He is said to have accomplished this feat by studying running’s physiological demands by measuring his own oxygen-consumption levels, and later produced papers with titles like “The Carbon Dioxide Stimulus to Breathing in Severe Exercise.” He also assisted the Everest team on breathing techniques which would later be used to climb the Everest. X?
7. The first Y in the UK was installed at the Harrods department store in London. To calm nervous first-time users, an employee of the store was positioned at the top to provide customers with brandy and soothe their nerves. When the first Y was installed in the London underground railway network, notices were posted advising commuters to use their left leg first. A man with a wooden leg was also employed to use it all day to demonstrate its safety and convenience. What is Y?
8. The hip-length coat with a closed neck that The Beatles are wearing (see picture) is called a ________ jacket. Fill in the blank with the name of the Indian statesman who popularised the jacket in India.
9. As per the original statutes, sportspersons were not eligible for this Indian award (see picture). But in December 2011, the rules were revised to include "any field of human endeavour". Following this change, who, in November 2013, became the first sportsperson to win this award?
10. It is believed that Lord Rama was at Z and wanted to build a bridge to cross to Sri Lanka. So he touched the land with the end of his bow and immediately a bridge was formed between Z and Lanka, thus giving Z its name. Name the city Z.
11. This is a Yupana. It consists of a system of trays of different sizes and materials, carved at the top of the device into geometric boxes, into which seeds or pebbles were placed. This is considered to be the Incan version of which other popular counting tool?
12. This Japanese manufacturer of sports equipment was founded by Minoru Yoneyama in 1946. It started off producing wooden floats for fishing nets but was forced out of this market due to the invention of plastic floats, leading Yoneyama to vow that he will never again be left behind due to technological advancements. Which dominant manufacturer, whose products are used by over 80% of the world's players in a particular sport, are we talking about?
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1. Cholera
2. Horlicks
3. India
4. Lanthanum
5. Denigrate
6. Roger Bannister
7. Escalator
8. Nehru
9. Sachin Tendulkar
10. Dhanushkodi
11. Abacus
12. Yonex
The first letters of the 12 answers add up to form " Children's Day ".
