teenfo itabloid 2012 issue6

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Leading Hindi cinema lmmaker, Yash Chopra , passed away on 21st oct 2012He made over 50 lms in his career and was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalkeaward in 2001.

Hurricane Sandy causes extensive destructionHurricane Sandy struck the East coast of the USand portions of the Caribbean in oct 12. It was thelargest Atlantic Ocean hurricane with a diameter over 1000 miles. It caused extensive damage tothe coastline, business and deaths of over 150people, with 90 in the USA. There was ooding,power cuts and fuel shortages.

Riots in Rakhine state, Myanmar Ongoing con icts between ethnic RakhineBuddhists and Rohingya Muslims in the RakhineState of Myanmar (Former Burma) Of cial casualtygures are around 80 dead and over 100,000

displaced.

The world's worst airline starts online booking service. North Korea's

state owned airline, Air Koryo is of cially known as the worst airline inthe world. It is the lowest ranked airline according to Skytrax, the globalairline ranking service.

Science & Tech NewsNew launches Virtual travel social website launched

World oat.com is a new social networkingsite

It enables users to move around a virtualworld where they can hang around, shopand advertise.

Solar powered desalination plantThis plant uses a membrane desalinationsystem and will be operational in 2013.

It will be bene cial for the Navajo Indiannation in Arizona, USA.

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IPhone 5 Windows 8iPad mini

Smart new way to play video gamesThe wireless device, called Palla, can beheld or rolled along. Palla has no buttons.Pressure and proximity sensors allow a

user to interact with the ball by tapping or moving their hand over its surface.

September to October 2012

Anti-Islam movie sparksoutrage worldwide

Clips of an anti-Islamic movie titled 'Innonenceof Muslims' were uploaded to YouTube.This sparked off protests and outrage

worldwide and led to 75 deaths .

2012 Nobel Prizes awarded Physics: Serge Haroche & David Wineland Chemistry: Brian Kobilka & Robert Lefkowitz Medicine: John Gurdon & Shinya Yamanaka Literature: Mo Yan Peace: European Union Economics: Alvin Roth & Lloyd Shapley


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A British couple, Janys and John Warren of Somerset, set their clocks one hour

ahead of all of the U.K.They claim this is good for their health.

A woman in Hew Hampshire, USA, wasarrested 4 times in 26 hours

She was blasting the AC/DC song "Highwayto hell" and other loud music from her home.

Ig-Nobel awards

These are prizes for the silliest and oddestdiscoveries (spoof on Nobel prizes) Brain activity in dead salmon sh Chimps can recognize other chimps with

a snapshot of their backside Leaning Tower of Pisa looks smaller while

leaning left

2012 Wife carrying contest A couple from Finland won the 13th

annual wife carrying contest. The couple won prizes including cash

equal to ve times the womans weight,plus her weight in beer.

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Awards for Innovation in history of foodThe fridge was voted the top innovation

Pasteurized milk and tin cans came second.

The newly discovered comet, ISON , may

become the brightest object in our sky.This comet will pass Earth around Dec13.

For the rst time, scientists were able tomeasure a black holes point of no return.The boundary of a black hole is known as

the 'event horizon'

Research scientists havegenerated the worlds fastestlaser pulse.The beam shot was67 attoseconds(0.000000000000000067seconds)

Planet with four suns foundNewly found planet, PH1, has four suns

PH1 is thought to be a gas giant larger thanplanet Neptune.

NASAs new X1 roboticexoskeletonThis is a 57 pound device thatcan be worn by astronauts.This can help astronauts performsuperhuman tasks and stayhealthy in space.

Luxury hotel for canines opens in NYCStandard room rates will be $79 a day A 9700square feet luxury hotel for canines exclusively

will open in the Chelsea neighborhood of NewYork City.

Unsafe date: July 13th According to a survey, July 13th is the most

unsafe date.

On this date, you are most likely to suffer apersonal injury.



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Sports RoundupCRICKET NEWS New Zealand India series

India won the two testsNZ Won one T20, whereas one was abandoned

T20 World CupWest Indies won thetrophy defeating Sri Lanka

Australia retained thewomen's title

Champions league T20Trophy was won by SydneySixers. They beatHighveld lions

Aus- Pak Played a series in the UAEThe ODI series was won by Australia 2-1Pakistan won the T20 series 2-1

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is set to become therst Indian sportsperson to be conferred with themembership of the order of Australia.

South African tour to Engaland

SA won the Test series 2-0The ODI series was tied 2-2The T20 series was tied 1-1

TennisUS Open Andy Murray of the UK Won the men's singles title Serena Williams, USA won the women's Single title

Novak Djokovic won the 2012 Shanghai Rolex MastersNovak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka win China open

40th Chess Olympiadwas held in Istanbul, Turkey

There were more than 150 nationsParticipating

The team events were won by Armenia(Open) and Russia(Women)

London Paralympics

Games 2012 Over 4000 disabled athletesparticipated

China topped the medal tally with95 gold

IBSF World Billiards India's Pankaj Advani won Won

the IBSF world Billiards (timeformat) for the seventh time.

India's Rupesh Shah won theworld title in the point format.

Formula one racing Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore, Japan,

Korean and Indian GP races Lewis Hamilton won the Italian GP Jenson Button won the Belgian Grand Prix

Cycling Alberto Contador of Spain won the

Tour of Spain - Cycling race

2012 World Series Major

League BaseballThe San Francisco Giants won the2012 world series by defeating theDetroit Tigers.

Golf Team Europe retained the Ryder

cup defeating the USA 14.5 to 13.5points.

Thaworn Wirachant of Thailandwon the 2012 Indian Open Golf Tournament.

Rory Mallory won the Deutsche

Bank and BMW golf championships.

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Unusual deaths

Some famous international awards:GK mart

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Pulitzer Prize

Conferred annually for outstanding work in

journalism, literature and music

Templeton Prize

Awarded for progress in religion

Man Booker Prize

Conferred annually for excellence in literature

Palme PrizeConferred to individuals ghting for democracy

and international values

Qin Shi Huang, the rst Emperor of China, died after ingesting severalpills of mercury in the belief that itwould grant him eternal life

Isadora Duncan,actor, died of a broken neck when her long scarf caught on the wheel of acar in which she was a passenger


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Changed name for some placesGK mart

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Bugs Bunny Leon Schlesinger,USA

Calvin andHobbes Bill Watterson,USA

Dilbert Scott Adams, USA

FlashGordon Alex Raymond,USA

Dennis theMenace Hank Ketcham,USA

Some famous cartoon strips and authors:

Stadacona Quebec City,Canada

Massilia Marseille,France

Pataliputra Patna, India

Terminus Atlanta, USA

Monkchester Newcastle, U.K.

Old name New name


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Year: 2012Issue: 6

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Across2. Folk dance of Assam state, India4. The capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia is5. Drew Barrymores name in the movie E.T was6. The 2012 Cricket T20 World Cup Champions7. Sodium Silicate is commonly known as9. The ancient games were held in Greece.

What was the name of the place that givesthe Games its name?

Down1. The National Film Archives of India isheadquarterd in this city3. The Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia isdedicated to which deity?4. Hugo Chavez was re-elected the President of this country recently...5. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the NobelPrize for this book6. The capital city of Poland is8. Collective term in Botany applied to petals and sepals

General Knowledge Crossword

Our Solar SystemPhobos Neptune Europa Titan Triton Miranda

Jupiter Callisto Earth Ceres Nereid Ganymede

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1. On what surface is Wimbledon played?(a) Grass (b) Clay (c) Cement (d) Sand

2. The Euro 2012 Soccer trophy was won by:(a) Germany (b) France (c) Italy (d) Spain

3. The Anticeptic, Penicillin, is made from:(a) Fungi (b) Lichens (c) Bacteria (d) Algae

4. The CERN research laboratory is located in:(a) Geneva (b) Paris (c) Zurich (d) Milan

5. Thomas & Uber Cup is associated with:(a) Cricket (b) Badminton (c) Hockey (d) Golf

6. Who is known as the Supreme Leader of North Korea?(a) Kim Il-sung (b) Kim Jung-un (c) Kim Jong-il (d) Ri Yong-ho

7. Which ctional character was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?(a) Tintin (b) Hercule Poirot (c) Batman (d) Sherlock Holmes

8. The capital of Austria is:(a) Innsbruck (b) Vienna (c) Salzburg (d) Graz

9. Who was the rst cricketer to score over 10,000 runs in Test Cricket?(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Brian Lara (c) Ricky Point (d) Sunil Gavaskar

10. Which explorer gave the Paci c Ocean its name?(a) Vasco Da gama (b) Christopher Columbus (c) Ferdinand Magellan (d) Tasman

11. The Capital city of Lebanon is:(a) Beirut (b) Tel Aviv (c) Cairo (d) Muscat

12. Where did shorbread originate?(a) Scotland (b) England (c) Ireland (d) New Zealand

13. Which continent nearly doubles in size during winters?

(a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Asia

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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14 Outside which famous building were the rst traf c lights erected?

(a) World trade Center, NYC (b) The White House, USA

(c) Houses of Parliament, Londin (d) Buckingham Palace

15 Which British PM was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?(a) Winston Churchill (b) Margaret Thatcher (c) John Major (d) Tony Blair

16 Where was the frist edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica published?(a) Cambridge (b) Oxford (c) Edinburgh (d) London

17 Which Bollywood legends autobiography is named Romancing with Life?(a) Rajesh Khanna (b) Dev Anand (c) Shammi Kapoor (d) Kishore Kumar

18 What was the profession of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the phone?(a) Businessmen (b) Singer (c) Writer (d) Teacher

19 If your geographical position is 0 latitude, 0 longitude, where in the world would you be?

(a) Greenwich Observatory (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Ghana (d) Center of the Earth

20 The International Potato Center is located in which country?(a) Brazil (b) USA (c) Peru (d) Chile

21 The wife of one of the Beatles wrote the book Grapefruit. Who was the Beatle?(a) John Lennon (b) Paul McCartney (c) George Harrison (d) Ringo Starr

22 Which Formula One driver was nicknamed The Professor'?(a) Alain Prost (b) Ayrton Senna (c) Michael Schumacher (d) Nigel Mansell

23 The Puerto Rico trench is located in which ocean?(a) Arctic Ocean (b) Paci c Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean

24 Who was the rst actress to be featured on a postage stamp?(a) Marliyn Monroe (b) Elizabeth Taylor (c) Grace Kelly (d) Audrey Hepburn


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1. This sport was invented by James Naismith

2. The 2014 Asian Games will be held in

3. The Azlan Shah Cup is associated with this sport

4. In 2012, the under-19 cricket World Cup was won by

5. This national team introduced the concept of 'Total Football'

6. Baseball is played in a eld called

7. This type of racing has only two cars competingon the track at the same time

8. The name of the famous Cricket stadium in Kolkata, India is

9. The 2011 Rugby World Cup winner was

10. The white ball in snooker is known as


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