Year: 2012 Issue: 4
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Year: 2012 Issue: 4
May to June 2012
Global News Headlines Special one
India’s Vishwanathan Anand won the World Chess Championship for the fifth time on 30th May 2012
Australian mining magnate, Gina Rinehart, became the world’s richest woman
Former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, is sentenced to 50 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity on 26th April 2012
Her wealth is estimated to be around 28B $
250 years of the Sandwich The English town of Sandwich celebrated 250th anniversary of the sandwich in May’12
London’s parliament clock tower, the Big Ben, will be renamed ‘Elizabeth Tower’ in honour of the Queen’s diamond jubilee
In 1762, the Earl of Sandwich, in England, invented the sandwich
Former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 2nd June 2012
Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years on the British throne
Mehdi Hassan passes away
Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dead
The famous Pakistan ghazal singer, Mehdi Hassan, passed away on 13th June 2012
On 20th May 2012, Robin Gibb died at the age of 62 He was part of the famous pop group, Bee Gees
He was known as the ‘King of Ghazals’ First Chinese woman in space
Nigerian air crash kills over 150
On 16th June 2012, China sent its first woman in space
On 3rd June 2012, a Dana Air flight crashed into a Lagos neighbourhood
33 year old, Major Liu Yang, will stay on board an orbiting space module for over one week
Over 150 people were killed
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May to June 2012
Pakistani PM changes On 19th June 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified the PM, Yousuf Raza Gillani He was found guilt of contempt of court for refusing to open corruption cases against the Pakistani President Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is the new PM Rodney King Who was a victim of police brutality that resulted in race riots in L.A. in 1991, died on 17th June 2012
The Syrian uprising which started from early 2011 continues with heavy civilian casualties reported regularly
There were riots in L.A. for 6 days and over 50 died
Science & Tech News Transit of planet Venus Inventor of TV remote dead
On 4th and 5th June 2012, the transit of planet Venus across the Sun occurred This is the last transit of Venus in this century and the next one expected in 2117
Eugene Polley who invented the wireless TV remote, died on 20th May 2012
“Microsoft so.cl” launched
Facebook for 13 and below?
Microsoft launched an experimental site called ‘so.cl’
Facebook is reportedly exploring allowing kids below 13 to open Facebook accounts
It brings together social networking, search and media sharing to promote learning
Facebook found that some kids with their parents' permission and help, were already using it
A gigantic power generator tower is being planned in Arizona The 3000 feet downdraft energy tower should deliver enough energy to power a city with no negative environmental impact
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Microsoft announces a new tablet, called Surface This will be a 10.6 inch tablet and powered by Windows 8
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May to June 2012
Omnipedia, a software, that lets users browse topics from up to 25 Wikipedia language editions at once is available
Apple I computer A rare and still working Apple I computer from 1976 sold for over 300k USD
Omnipedia displays each topic found within an article as a circle split into coloured segments, each representing the language in which the topic is discussed
This is over 500 times the original price
Automated bed from Spain
The Turanor PlanetSolar, will be the world’s first solar powered yacht to circum-navigate the world
Spanish furniture maker, OHEA,has announced an automated bed that makes itself in 30 seconds There is an ‘automated’ mode that switches on if the bed is empty for 3 seconds!
The 31-metre yacht recorded zero emissions during the journey from September 2010 to May 2012
Amazing skydive
A music group had a performance at 6654m summit on May 16 2012 to claim the record for the highest musical performance
A stuntman, Gary Connery, has become the first man to leap 2400 feet and safely land without using a parachute
They had an audience of 15 trekkers who paid $10 each
He landed into a huge pile of cardboard boxes
Two flies rule
Tightrope walker, Nik Wallenda, became the first to cross the Niagara Falls on a high wire on 16th June 2012
Authorities in Beijing, China, have a new rule for public lavatories It says that they should contain no more than two flies
World’s biggest pasta boxes
A 15 year old girl in UK slept off for two months and missed exams and her birthday
Half-tonne boxes of penne pasta are on sale in Turkey
She suffers from rare neurological disorder called ‘Kleine Levin’ syndrome and enters sleeping state for months at a time
The boxes are almost a meter and half wide and meter high and cost 560$
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Year: 2012 Issue: 4
May to June 2012
Sports Roundup CRICKET NEWS
Badminton News China won the 2012 Thomas and uber cup India’s Saina Nehwal wins the Thai and Indonesian Open tournaments
Indian Premier League 5 The kolkata knight Riders team won the IPL 5 league beating Chennai Super Kings in the finals on 27th May 2012
Hockey
Pakistan-Srilanka series • The T20 series was drawn 1-1 • Sri Lanka won the ODI series 3-1
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup New Zealand won the title defeating Australia
West Indies-England series • England won the three match Test series 2-0 • England won the ODI series and T20 match
India won the bronze medal beating Great Britain
Euro 2012 Championships Ice Hockey • Poland and ukraine were joint hosts • The 2012 IIHF World Championships were • Spain won the title defeating ltaly held in Finland-Sweden in May’12 4-0 in the final • Russia beat Slovakia 6-2 in the finals to win the title UEFA Champions League Final Chelsea beat Bayern munich The 2012 Stanley Cup was won by on penalties to win 4-3 the LA Kings. They defeated the New Jersey Devils Basket Ball Miami Heat won the 2012 NBA Golf title defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder Webb Simpson of USA won the 2012 LeBron James was named the Most us Open Golf Championship Valuable Player of the finals Cycling Holland’s Robert Gesink won the 2012 Tour of California
Motor sports • Marc Webber won the Monaco GP • Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian and the European GP
French Open Tennis 2012 • Rafael Nadal of spain won the Men’s singles title • Maria Sharapova, Russia, won the Women’s singles title • India’s Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupati won the mixed doubles title
The 2012 Indy 500 was won by Dario Franchitti. This was his third Indy 500 win.
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The 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning are – Parrot and Rabbit The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer. A collector of broken laser pointers bought it for $14.83. For 14 years from 1858, Bobby, a Skye terrier, guarded his master’s grave at Greyfriars, near Edinburgh, Scotland Seaborgium The 106th element, Seaborgium, was the first element to be named after a living person It was named after Glen Seaborg, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1951 The very first dictionary “The American” took Noah Webster 20 years to put together In Texas, USA a law states – “It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel” Rick Hansen of Canada, travelled across 34 countries in a wheelchair between 1985 and 1987 Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel, but he turned it down
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GK mart Reel-Real Names Jackie Chan
Akshay Kumar
Chan Kong-Sang
Rajeev Bhatia
Cary Grant
Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jean Baker
Archibald Leach
Dilip Kumar Yusuf Khan
Some Famous Rockstars Elvis Presley
Jimi Hendrix
Regarded as the "King of rock and roll"; he is the best selling solo artist in history of popular music
He is widely considered the greatest electric guitar player in history
Jim Morrison
He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band, The Doors. He was found dead on July 3, 1971 in his "Paris apartment bathtub"
Axl Rose
He was the lead singer of the hard rock band, Guns and Roses
Mick Jagger
He is the lead singer and founder of the rock band, Rolling Stones and knighted in 2003. www.mickjagger.com
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GK mart United Nations International Days‌ March 22
World Day for Water
May 31
World No-Tobacco Day
August 12
World Youth Day
October 16
World Food Day
November 21
World Television Day
Inventions and Discoveries Air Conditioning Willis Carrier
Video Game Console Ralph Baer
Frozen Foods Clarence Birdseye
Pneumatic Tyres Ed Michelin
Microwave Oven Percy Spencer
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Our World The Bay of Fundy lies between the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
●● Twice everyday the bay fills and empties of a billion tonnes of water during each tide cycle ●● That’s more than the flow of all the world’s freshwater rivers combined ●● The gravitational pull of the moon and sun creates tidal action around the planet daily
Bay of Fundy, Canada
●● The height of the tides is also influenced by the Bay’s unique funnel shape
It has the highest tides in the world
●● The height of the tide difference ranges from 3.5 meters (11ft) and steadily increases towards the head of the Bay where height of the tide can reach an incredible 16 meters 53ft ●● In July 2009, the Bay of Fundy was named as a finalist for the New 7 Wonders of Nature contest, but was not chosen as a wonder.
Slice of History Jamestown Colony, USA ●● Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America ●● It was founded on May 14, 1607 in the colony of Virginia and named after King James I of England ●● The first few years were very tough for the settlers ●● Famine, Disease and conflict with the Indian tribes almost wiped out the settlement ●● Slowly, the Jamestown Settlement grew, as did other settlements in Virginia and along eastern USA ●● Jamestown remained the capital of Virginia colony till 1699 There was peace as colonist John Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of an Indian tribe chief
Tobacco became a popular crop and brought profits for the settlers
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General Knowledge Crossword Across 2. Author of the Tintin series 7. The capital city of Bahrain is 8. BluFi, an unparalleled combination of Bluetooth and WIfi has been installed at which Indian railway station? 9. Who won the 2012 UEFA Soccer Champions League title? 11. National poet of Bangladesh 12. Capital of the US State of Texas is
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general knowledge 1. How is Tricloromethane better known as? (a) Tear Gas (b) Laughing Gas (c) Chloroform (d) Cooking gas
2. Which of the following causes a drop of water to be spherical in shape? (a) Air Resistance (b) Surface Tension (c) Gravity
3. Triton is the largest satellite of which planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
4. Who is the author of the storybook 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) John Keats (c) Lewis Carroll (d) H.G. Wells
5. How many lines does a sonnet have? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 20
6. What were the names of the Hardy Boys? (a) Tom and Tim (b) John and JIm (c) Frank and Joe
7. Where did Chess originate? (a) Russia (b) USA (c) India (c) China
8. Which country won the first World Cup Soccer tournament? (a) Brazil (b) Uruguay (c) England (d) Argentina
9. Which famous boxer was originally known as Cassius Clay? (a) Muhammad Ali (b) Joe Frazier (c) George Foreman (d) Mike Tyson
10. Where does the dish Teriyaki come from? (a) China (b) Korea (c) Japan (d) Vietnam
11. In how many countries does McDonald's currently operate in? (a) 100 (b) 119 (C) 123
12. Who won the 2012 African Cup of Nations soccer tournament? (a) Ivory Coast (b) Ghana (c) Nigeria (d) Zambia
13. Who is the new President of France? (a) Nicolas Sarkozy (b) Michel Platini (c) Francois Hollande
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14. Who is the Republican Party nominee for the US Presidencial elections in 2012? (a) MItt Romney (b) Rick Santorum (c) John McCain
15. What is tofu made from? (a) Soya beans (b) Tomatoes (c) Milk
16. What is the capital city of Finland? (a) Helsinki (b) Espoo (c) Turku
17. The world's highest battlefield is (a) Hindu Kush (b) Siachen Glacier (c) Tibet
18. Name the largest metropolitan region in the Western Hemisphere (a) New york (b) Los Angeles (c) Mexico City
19. The MIG series of fighter aircraft were supplied by which country to India? (a) France (b) Russia (c) USA
A spinning wheel of topical questions, G.K. quiz while playing Snakes and ladders!!
For answers, please Check the Quiz section at http://www.teenfo.net/itabloid/current_issue.html 20. Where are the headquarters of the Boy Scouts? (a) Paris (b) London (c) Geneva
21. In which ocean is the Puerto Rico Trench located? (a) pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Indian Ocean
22. What is the capital of Bulgaria? (a) Sofia (b) Varna (c) Ruse
23. The acid used in car batteries is (a) Boric acid (b) Sulphuric acid (c) Hydrochloric acid
24. Who drafted the 'Declaration of American Independence'? (a) Thomos Jefferson (b) George Washington (c) Abraham Lincoln
25. Ray Kroc was the man behind this famous burger chain (a) McDonalds (b) Burger King (c) Wendy's
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