Year: 2012 Issue: 6

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September to October 2012

Global News Headlines

Special one
education activist, was shot at by Taliban gunmen on 9th Oct12 She used to write about her life in Swat valley for the BBC.

Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani teenager and girls

She was nominated for the International Childrens peace prize by Desmond Tutu. She is now undergoing treatment in a UK hospital.

Barack Obama has been re-elected the President of the USA.

Skydiving from edge of space
Former Cambodian monarch dead. Norodom Sihanounk, former king of Cambodia died on 15th oct 2012. He was the head of state for the Khmer-Rouge government in 75-76. World's top Universities Ranked 1.MIT 2.Cambridge 3.Harvard

Austrain Felix Baumgartner set a world record by skydiving from 24miles. He was in free fall for over 4 mins, first to perform supersonic descent.

New York bans the sale of large

sodas and sugary beverages in restaurants to combat obesity.

Pakistani industrial disaster

Almost 300 people killed in fire in a Karachi garment factory and Lahore shoe making unit.

50 years of James Bond films completed

Earth quake in china
A series of Earth quakes hit the Yunan Province, China on 7th sept 2012 These quakes left over 80 dead and 800 injured India's Father of the White Revolution Varghese Kurien dead. He was responsible for 'operation flood', the world's biggest agricultural projects. His work made India the world's largest producer of milk in the world. He was the 'Milkman of India'.He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan, World Food and Magsaysay awards.

Sunita Williams
She set the world record for max spacewalks by a woman astronaut6 spacewalks of 44 hours Rajat Gupta Ex CEO of Mc Kinsey sentenced for insider trading. As the Managing Director of Mc Kinsey, Gupta was the first Indian born CEO of a global western company. He was sentenced in October 2012 to two years in prison, an additional year on supervised release and ordered to pay $5 million in fines.

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September to October 2012

The world's worst airline starts online booking service. North Korea's state owned airline, Air Koryo is officially known as the worst airline in the world. It is the lowest ranked airline according to Skytrax, the global airline ranking service.

Hurricane Sandy causes extensive destruction

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

Riots in Rakhine state, Myanmar Ongoing conflicts between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine State of Myanmar (Former Burma) Official casualty figures are around 80 dead and over 100,000 displaced.

Clips of an anti-Islamic movie titled 'Innonence of Muslims' were uploaded to YouTube. This sparked off protests and outrage worldwide and led to 75 deaths.

Anti-Islam movie sparks outrage worldwide

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

Leading Hindi cinema filmmaker, Yash Chopra, passed away on 21st oct 2012 He made over 50 films in his career and was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke award in 2001.

Science & Tech News

New launches
Virtual travel social website launched
Worldfloat.com is a new social networking site It enables users to move around a virtual world where they can hang around, shop and advertise. This plant uses a membrane desalination system and will be operational in 2013. It will be beneficial for the Navajo Indian nation in Arizona, USA.

iPad mini IPhone 5 Windows 8 Smart new way to play video games
The wireless device, called Palla, can be held 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.

Solar powered desalination plant

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September to October 2012

NASAs new X1 robotic exoskeleton

This is a 57 pound device that can be worn by astronauts. This can help astronauts perform superhuman tasks and stay healthy in space.

67 attoseconds

Research scientists have generated the worlds fastest laser pulse. The beam shot was

(0.000000000000000067 seconds) For the first time, scientists were able to measure a black holes point of no return. The boundary of a black hole is known as the 'event horizon' Planet with four suns found Newly found planet, PH1, has four suns PH1 is thought to be a gas giant larger than planet Neptune.

The newly discovered comet, ISON, may become the brightest object in our sky. This comet will pass Earth around Dec13.

Awards for Innovation in history of food The fridge was voted the top innovation Pasteurized milk and tin cans came second.

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, was arrested 4 times in 26 hours She was blasting the AC/DC song "Highway to hell" and other loud music from her home.

These are prizes for the silliest and oddest discoveries (spoof on Nobel prizes) Brain activity in dead salmon fish Chimps can recognize other chimps with a snapshot of their backside Leaning Tower of Pisa looks smaller while leaning left

Ig-Nobel awards

A couple from Finland won the 13th annual wife carrying contest. The couple won prizes including cash equal to five times the womans weight, plus her weight in beer. Unsafe date: July 13th

2012 Wife carrying contest

Luxury hotel for canines opens in NYC Standard room rates will be $79 a day A 9700
square feet luxury hotel for canines exclusively will open in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.

According to a survey, July 13th is the most unsafe date. On this date, you are most likely to suffer a personal injury.

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September to October 2012

Sports Roundup
CRICKET NEWS
New Zealand India series India won the two tests NZ Won one T20, whereas one was abandoned T20 World Cup West Indies won the trophy defeating Sri Lanka Australia retained the women's title Champions league T20 Trophy was won by Sydney Sixers. They beat Highveld lions Aus- Pak Played a series in the UAE The ODI series was won by Australia 2-1 Pakistan won the T20 series 2-1 Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is set to become the first Indian sportsperson to be conferred with the membership of the order of Australia. South African tour to Engaland SA won the Test series 2-0 The ODI series was tied 2-2 The T20 series was tied 1-1 was held in Istanbul, Turkey There were more than 150 nations Participating The team events were won by Armenia(Open) and Russia(Women)

Tennis

US 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 Masters Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka win China open

Team Europe retained the Ryder cup defeating the USA 14.5 to 13.5 points. Thaworn Wirachant of Thailand won the 2012 Indian Open Golf Tournament. Rory Mallory won the Deutsche Bank and BMW golf championships.

Golf

40th Chess Olympiad

IBSF World Billiards

India's Pankaj Advani won Won the IBSF world Billiards (time format) for the seventh time. India's Rupesh Shah won the world title in the point format.

London Paralympics Games 2012

Over 4000 disabled athletes participated China topped the medal tally with 95 gold

2012 World Series Major League Baseball

The San Francisco Giants won the 2012 world series by defeating the Detroit Tigers.

Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore, Japan, Korean and Indian GP races Lewis Hamilton won the Italian GP Jenson Button won the Belgian Grand Prix

Formula one racing

Alberto Contador of Spain won the Tour of Spain - Cycling race

Cycling

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Some famous international awards:

Pulitzer Prize
Conferred annually for outstanding work in journalism, literature and music

GK mart

Templeton Prize
Awarded for progress in religion

Man Booker Prize

Conferred annually for excellence in literature

Palme Prize
Conferred to individuals fighting for democracy and international values

Unusual deaths
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor
of China, died after ingesting several pills of mercury in the belief that it would grant him eternal life

Isadora Duncan,

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

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Changed name for some places

Old name
Stadacona Massilia Pataliputra Terminus Monkchester

GK mart

New name
Quebec City,Canada Marseille,France Patna, India Atlanta, USA Newcastle, U.K.

Some famous cartoon strips and authors:

Bugs Bunny
Leon Schlesinger,USA

Calvin and Hobbes Dilbert

Bill Watterson,USA

Scott Adams, USA

Flash Gordon Dennis the Menace

Alex Raymond,USA

Hank Ketcham,USA

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Our World
The Sundarbans is the worlds largest river delta and estuarine mangrove forest. The Sunderbans Bangladesh & India The total area is approx. 10,000 sq km; with onethirds in India and two-thirds in Bangladesh. This has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. The Sundarbans forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal.

The Sundarbans has the highest population of the Royal Bengal tigers. There are many species of birds, spotted deer, crocodile, snakes. It is one of the most densely populated areas of the world. It was in the final list of New7 Wonders of Nature.

The Sundarbans Tiger Reserve was created in 1973 and spans approx. 2585 sq. km

Slice of History
Carthage was the center of the Carthaginian empire Now, it is in modern day, Tunisia, Africa. It has existed for about 3000 years. Established around 814 BC by Phoenicians from Tyre They were rich, powerful traders and daring sailors. Carthage became the most powerful city in the Mediterranean. There were series of wars with Rome between 264 BC to 146 BC.

Ancient Carthage

The city was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC.

Carthage was rebuilt by the Romans and was part of the Byzantine empire. In 698 CE, the Muslims defeated and drove the Byzantines from Carthage and finally became part of Tunisia.

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Did you know

During the 6th Century, it was customary to congratulate people who sneezed. It was thought that they were expelling evil from their bodies. Later, the Pope passed a law to say God bless you to one who sneezed.
The full name of Barbie doll is Barbara Millicent Roberts. The director, Michael Bay, destroyed over 500 cars while making the movie, Transformers. American millionaire, Dennis Tito, paid $20 million to spend one week on the International Space Station in 2001. He become the first space tourist. Credit Cards The credit card was invented by Frank McNamara in the USA. The first card was issued by Diners Club in 1950. First meal on the moon Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate roasted turkey from foil packets. In the US, most death penalty executions are scheduled at 12:01 am.

Indias first imported automobile was a French-made De Dion Bouton. In 1892, it was imported by the Maharaja of Patiala. The license plate number was 0

The Dollar symbol In 1788, Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans based businessman designed the $ symbol.

The only inter-US flights made by the supersonic aircraft, Concorde, were between Dallas and Washington Dulles.

The Concorde Supersonic Airliner

The Concorde
The Concorde Supersonic aircrafts were jointly manufactured by France's Aerospatiale and British Aircraft Corporation. It was a turbo-jet powered supersonic aircraft. Concorde was tested for over 5000 hours before it was certified for passenger flights. Commercial flights, operated by British Airways and Air France, began on January 21, 1976, and ended on October 24, 2003, with the last "retirement" flight on November 26, that year. Only 20 Concordes were built. The engines used 'reheat' technology during takeoff and travel faster than sound.

The Concorde could cross the Atlantic Ocean is under 4 hours. Concordes fastest transatlantic crossing was on 7 February 1996 when it completed the New York to London flight in 2 hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds. However, these flights were not profitable and soon there were plans to stop this service. On 25th July 2000, Concorde Flight 4590 crashed and killed all passengers and crew. In April 2003, both British Airways and Air France announced that they would be stopping the Concorde service later that year. More than 2.5 million had flown the Concorde. The final flight of a Concorde world-wide took place on 26 November 2003 with a landing at Filton, Bristol, UK.

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General Knowledge Crossword

1 2 4 5 3

Across

2. Folk dance of Assam state, India 4. The capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia is 5. Drew Barrymores name in the movie E.T was 6. The 2012 Cricket T20 World Cup Champions 7. Sodium Silicate is commonly known as 9. The ancient games were held in Greece. What was the name of the place that gives the Games its name?

7 8

Down

1. The National Film Archives of India is headquarterd in this city 3. The Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia is dedicated to which deity? 4. Hugo Chavez was re-elected the President of this country recently... 5. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for this book 6. The capital city of Poland is 8. Collective term in Botany applied to petals and sepals

For answers, please visit the Brain Boners section online at http://www.teenfo.net/itabloid/current_issue.html

Word Search

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Our Solar System

Phobos Jupiter Neptune Callisto Europa Earth Titan Ceres Triton Nereid Miranda Ganymede

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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 fictional 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 first 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 Pacific 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

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14 Outside which famous building were the first traffic 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

For answers, Check the Quiz section at http://www.teenfo.net/itabloid/current_issue.html

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) Pacific Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean

24 Who was the first 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 field called 7. This type of racing has only two cars competing on 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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