Who wants to be a Scholar?! Answer the ones you know and research the rest. There is only one correct answer! 1. Arrange these flags with number of stars in the flag in order from most to least numbers. (a) New Zealand (b) Iraq (c) Pakistan (d) USA
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2. Filmfare award for Best male singer of 2021 Hindi films was given to (a) Arijit Sing (b) Raghav Chaitanya (c) Dev Sharma (d) Ayushmann Khurrana
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3. The most respected animal in India is (a) Cow (b) Snake (c) Monkey (d) Dog
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4. The meaning of “Fortitude” is (a) Genius (c) Wisdom
5. In 1989, the only spacecraft Voyager 2 swept past this planet. (a) Saturn (b) Pluto (c) Neptune (d) Uranus 6. How many cubes of side = 4”each, can be made out of a big cube of each side = 12”? (a) 64 (b) 48 (c) 36 (d) 27
Make words using 7 or more letters. The central letter must be used in each word. Plural words are not allowed. Use all letters for the subject word (underlined in solutions below)
7. The zodiac sign of a person born on June 18, 1939 is (a) Taurus (b) Sagittarius (c) Cancer (d) Gemini
6+ words = Excellent; 4 to 5 words = Good; 3 or less = keep looking. Words we found are in solutions below.
8. The NCAA Men’s Basketball 2021 champs. (a) Baylor (b) Gonzaga (c) Duke (d) UCLA 9. Napoleon Bonaparte died on date: (a) May 5, 1819 (b) May 5, 1820 (c) May 5, 1821 (d) May 5, 1822
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10. The combined length of the Mississippi, Missouri and Jefferson rivers is about (a) 3600 miles (b) 3700 miles (c) 3800 Miles (d) 3900 miles
Here is a simple quiz. See if you can solve it. No peeking! Match the number in column 1 with letter in column 2 Scenic Trains
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1 Glacier Express 2 The D & SNG Railroad 3 Hiram Bingham 4 Transalpine 5 Rocky Mountaineer 6 Douro Line 7 Jewels of Persia 8 The Royal Scotsman 9 Palace on Wheels 10 The Blue Train
A. Colorado, USA B. Canada C. India D. South Africa E. Switzerland F. Peru G. Hungary to Iran H. New Zealand I. Scotland J. Portugal
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
Dadaji’s moral stories for kids THE SWAN AND THE CROW
A swan and a crow lived in a large tree. Once, a weary traveler approached the tree and decided to enjoy the shade. He placed his bow against the trunk and soon fell asleep underneath the tree. After a while the shade disappeared, exposing him to the harsh sun. The swan felt pity for this traveler and spread his wings to block the sun. The crow did not approve of such kindness for a human. He dropped his nest on the traveler’s head before fleeing. The man woke up and saw the swan in the tree. He thought the swan had dropped the nest and so grabbed his bow and pierced the swan with an arrow to vent his anger. The benevolent swan lost its life despite good intentions. Moral: Be wary of those who are wicked.
Brain Train: 1-E, 2-A, 3-F, 4-H, 5-B, 6-J, 7-G, 8-I, 9-C, 10-D Scholar 1. d, a, b, c 2.b 3.a 4.b 5.c 8.a 9.c 10.d
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Word World (Solution): DETERMINE, EMETINE, ENTERED, EREMITE, MERITED, MITERED, REMINTED, RETIMED, TEENIER Saathee.com
(b) Courage (d) Stubbornness
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