Youth Corner

Word World By Kirit Shukla

T S B A U D R

Make words using 4 or more letters. The central letter must be used in each word. Letters cannot be used more than once per word. Use all letters for the subject word (underlined in solutions below)

12+ words = Excellent; 8 to 11 words = Good; 7 or less = keep looking. Words we found are in solutions below.

Brain-Train

Here is a simple quiz. See if you can solve it. No peeking! Match the number in column 1 with letter in column 2

City with International Airport

1. Cincinnati, OH 2. New Orleans, LA 3. Nashville, TN 4. Harrisburg, PA 5. Orlando, FL 6. Newport News/Williamsburg 7. Houston, TX 8. Chicago, IL 9. Hattiesburg / Laurel, MS 10. Wichita, KS IATA Airport Code

A. ICT B. PHF C. PIB D. MSY E. CVG F. BNA G. ORD H. MDT I. IAH J. MCO

1-E, 2-D, 3-F, 4-H, 5-J, 6-B, 7-I, 8-G, 9-C, 10-A Brain Train:

7.d 8.c 9.c 10.d Scholar 1. d, b, c, a 2.a 3.b 4.d 5.c 6.b

DAUB, DRAB, DRUB, STAB, STUB. BRAD, BRAT, BRUT, BURSA, BURST, BUST, BUSTARD, DARB, (Solution): ABSURD, ABUT, BARD, BAST, BAUD, Dadaji’s moral stories for kids

Answer the ones you know and research the rest. There is only one correct answer! 1. Arrange these American female singers from earlier to later per their Date of Birth (Age). (a) Madonna (b) Diana Ross (c) Cher (d) Barbara Streisand

2. Best Male singer of 2020 Hindi films was (a) Arijit Singh (b) Ankit Tiwari (c) Shan (d) Sonu Nigam

3. Which Jim Henson Muppet famously sang, "It's Not Easy Being Green?" (a) Animal (b) Kermit the Frog (c) Miss Piggy (d) Gonzo the Great

4. A ’Moon-faced’ person has a (a) Long face (b) Face with pimples (c) Ugly face (d) Round face

5. What was the first planet discovered using the telescope, in 1781? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Pluto

6. How many cubes of side = 4”each, can be made out of a big cube of each side = 12”? (a) 9 (b) 27 (c) 36 (d) 48

7. As per The Weather Channel, the coldest temperature recorded in NC was: (a) -22⁰ F ( b) -26⁰ F (F) -30⁰ F (d) -34⁰ F

8. Australian Open 2021 women’s singles winner. (a) Jennifer Brody (b) Alia Bhatt (c) Naomi Osaka (d) Serena Williams

9. The Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank on this date. (a) 15 April 1910 (b) 15 April 1911 (c) 15 April 1912 (d) 15 April 1913

10. The tallest mountain in North Carolina is (a) Mount Gibbes (b) Mount Guyot (c) Mount Craig (d) Mount Mitchell

Answers are on bottom left. No Peeking. Scholar: All correct; 1st Class: 9 Correct; 2nd Class: 8 Correct; 3rd Class: 7 Correct; Need to improve: 6 or less

THE JACKAL AND THE DRUM Once upon a time, a jackal wandered away from his jungle and reached a deserted battlefield. He was very hungry, and so he started looking for food. As her got closer to the center of the battlefield, he heard strange sounds. The jackal got scared and started to run away, but then he thought, “Let me carefully see who is making that sound.” As he looked around, he found an abandoned drum lying next to a tree, and as the wind blew, the branches of the tree rubbed against the drum, making the strage sound. He was relieved and continued to search for food.

PUZZLES AND JOKES

By Kirit Shukla

Note: * denotes abbreviation of the word or phrase

Clues Across: 1. A Central American green parrot and world’s largest river. 7. A course of treatment for an addiction. 11. A characteristic element of something. 13. Depleted Uranium. (*) 14. A full, deep, prolonged cry uttered by a lion. 15. A device used for supplying water to livestock. 17. Body Mass Index. (*) 19. Hour Angle. (*) 20. Om Namah Shivaya. (*) (meditation chant) 21. The Chinese mile, a traditional Chinese unit of distance. 23. Came close to. 26. Megabyte. (*) 28. Trademark. (*) 29. Cheerless; Depressing. 31. A monetary unit of the Republic of China = ¹/₁₀ yuan. 33. An acidulated fermented drink made from millet. 35. Virginia. (*) 36. Related to the bony socket of the eye . 38. Specifications. (*) 40. Lakeland Linder International Airport. (*) (ICAO code) 41. A category of artistic, musical or literary composition. 42. A protégé of a monkey God; The character of Ramayana. 44. ‘P. V. Narasimha __’, Prime Minister of India (1991–96). 45. Hawaii. (*) 46. Affects to the point of being upset or flurried. 48. Guam. (*) 49. A feast that commemorates Christ's resurrection. (4/4/21) 50. Rubber cushions fitted around the wheels of a car. Clues Down: 1. The fourth month of the calendar year. 2. “ ___ Zedong,” The founding father of Republic of China. 3. A member of an Arabic-speaking people. 4. The home of size reduction plastic recycling systems. 5. The Hindu Symbol of the Absolute. 6. Not existing before. 7. Delays or impedes the development or progress of. 8. Before. 9. The temporary capital of Yemen. 10. Related to the family of resinous tropical shrubs with small greenish flowers & drupaceous fruits. 12. A South African weaverbird with yellow plumage. 16. A line (rope / chain) used to attach an anchor to a boat. 18. Interest. (*) 22. A village in Ardabil Province, Iran. 24. Professional who prepares dead bodies for funerals. 25. Rub out or remove (writing or marks). 27. A sweet braided cake originated by the Jewish people. 30. An approximation to an arithmetic mean. 31. A paid position of regular employment. 32. Any of several nuts and seeds yielding oil. 34. Offensive Lineman. (*) 37. A brownish gray 39. Passenger Name Record. (*) (Indian Railways) 41. Generic Nomic Data Tracker. (*) (Internet Game Tool) 42. Health Impact Assessment. (*) 43. Analog. (*) (NASA) 45. A pronoun used to refer to a man, boy, or male. 47. International System of Units. (*)

(solution on page 88)

Hee Hee

Jokes From Around The World

Doctor: “You should eat the skins of fruit since they contain valuable vitamins. What is your favorite fruit?” Booddhoo: “Coconut!”

********* Singer: “Don’t you like my singing?”Music Director (sadly): “I played all black and white keys, but you sing in the cracks!.”

********* Booddhoo: “Please disconnect my mother’s phone.” Customer Rep.: “We can’t turn her phone off because it was on your father’s name. He has to call for that.” Booddhoo: “He died 20 years ago. If I stop paying the bills, you can turn off the service, right?” Reluctantly: “Well, yes. But that would ruin his credit.”

Find & circle the words in the puzzle. (Subject: Ramayan Characters)

BHARAT DASHARATH DEAD GUHA HANUMAN INDRAJIT JAMBAVAN KAIKEYI KAUSALYA KUMBHAKARNA KUSH LAKSHMAN

LAVA MANDODARI MARICH NALA RAMA RAVANA SHATRUGHNA SITA SURPANAKHA URMILA VIBHISHAN VISHVAMITRA

The unused 10 letters spell is ”The subject Ramayan ___”.

(answer on page 88)

Math Magic

Use these numbers only once: (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9) in empty squares, to get = the final given answers.

Note: Follow the order of operation per basic math rule: ×,÷, +, - The multiplication or division is done before addition and subtraction. (solution on page 88)

EZ-BZ

TEST YOUR IQ The common letters are “NK” - Fill in the blanks) Note: * denotes abbreviation of the word or phrase

1. A pile-driving machine with a heavy ram. _ _ NK _ _ 2. N-Key-roll - Over. (*) NK _ _ 3. The exploration of natural caves. _ _ _ _ _ NK 4. Take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow. _ _ _ NK 5. A community council located in the Mohale's Hoek District of Lesotho, South Africa. NK _ _ 6. Another name of Lord Shiva. _ _ _ NK _ _ 7. No Known Allergies. (*) NK _ 8. A weasel like animal that ejects pungent odor. _ _ _ NK 9. Applicable in all instances or contingencies. _ _ _ NK _ _ 10. The capital city of Turkey. _ NK _ _ _ 11. To gleam or glow intermittently . _ _ _ NK _ _ 12. The scarlet color of a fox hunter's coat. _ _ NK 13. An ornament worn around the ankle. _ NK _ _ _ 14. A mound or slope of snow. _ _ _ _ _ _ NK 15. The region in the state of Maharashtra, bordering on the Arabian Sea, from Mumbai south to Goa. _ _ NK _ _ 16. The black protective secretion of a cephalopod. _ NK 17. A town on the Yenisei River, N Russia. _ _ _ _ NK _ 18. A series of objects arranged together in a row. _ _ NK 19. A village in the Tiankoura Dept. of Bourgouriba province in SW Burkina Faso, W. Africa. NK _ _ _ _ _ 20. To become lax or loose; Straighten. _ NK _ NK 21. An ass, domestic member of the horse family. _ _ NK _ _ 22. To contract to less extent. _ _ _ _ NK 23. A container for ink. _ NK _ _ _ 24. Having spaces to be filled in _ _ _ NK 25. The expressions of gratitude. _ _ _ NK _ (Puzzle solutions are on page 88. NO peeking!) Kirit Shukla

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