Question of the Day Round II.
Questions and Winners!Question of the Day Round II Question 5
Character Challenge
Q1. Identify the fictional character from the clue.
Ans: Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Q2. Can you find an Indian connection for this character, other than using it for solving the puzzle?
Ans: Dr. Watson, the narrator and friend of Sherlock Holmes had served in India as a British Army Officer. There are many fictional detectives in Indian literature which are created inspired by Sherlock Holmes. Byomkesh Bakshi is an Indian-Bengali fictional detective created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Another is Feluda created by Satyajit Ray. You will find the Indian Rebellion mentioned in the novel the Sign of Four
Q3. Jamyang Norbu, is a Tibetan political activist. How he is connected to the character?
Ans: Norbu has written a book continuing the story of Sherlock Holmes. In 2000 he received the Hutch Crossword Book Award for the book "The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes. "
This may be the easiest puzzle in this round. "Sher in Hindi, Lock + Homes" combines to form Sherlock Holmes!
This time 80% of the participatns could solve the puzzle. For incomplete answers to the additional questions marks were deducted.
Question of the Day Round II Question 4
Book Title Challenge
Q1. Identify the book and author from the clue
A: The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Q2. This book is related to a pandemic in human history. Name the pandemic and write a note on how it is connected?
A: The story is set in the background of Black Death. It contains 100 stories as told by seven young women and three young men in ten nights.
Q3. A play by William Shakespeare is based on a tale in this book. Name the play
A: William Shakespeare's 1605 play All's Well That Ends Well is based on tale III, 9.
Note: Only few students explained how they solved all the questions. The clues given were 7 women, 3 men, 10 days (converting 14400 minutes) and 100 stories (converting 0x64 - hexadecimal number for 100)
Hint: Conversion of numbers. Go through all the questions to find the connection
The sources of information can be any website like Wikipedia for the book, author and the language.
Top Scorers who got Full Points:
Aalia Thahzin 9B | Diya Arun 9B | Mydhili S Nair 10C
The following students got the answers correctly, but could not score full marks as the answers were incomplete (mistake in title, wrong play by Shakespear, incomplete explanation about how they solved it
Fidha Rahman 7D; K ALEKH KRISHNAN 6C; Theerttha S 10B; Swathy Krishna M S 6A; CH Krishna 6C; NehaHaridas 8A
Question of the Day Round II Question 3
Book Title Challenge
Q1. Title of the Book
A: Wake Up, Life is Calling
The symbol is the ankh or key of life which is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol and stands for life
Q2. Author Name
A: Preeti Shenoy
Q3. 20-8-5 19-5-3-18-5-20 23-9-19-8 12-9-19-20 represents a book by the same aurhor. Decode it and find out the call number of the book in our library - Hint: use the basic cipher to decode
A: The Secret Wish List. The cipher used in this is the basic the Letter-to-Number Cipher.
The sources of information can be any website like Wikipedia for the book, author and the language.
Top Scorers who got Full Points: CH Krishna 6C | Fidha Rahman 7D | Meera Vipin 6B | Hans S. Kumar 9D | Aalia Thahzin 9B | SHRIVATHS S NAIR 10B | Anirudh R 10A | M.Nandan 7B | Ashish M Menon 10C | Abhiram K 10A
It is very good to see that more than 40 students have solved the challenge, but made small mistakes in finding call number or correctly explaining how they solved the puzzle. Your marks can be checked after logging in!
Question of the Day Round II Question 2
Author Challenge
Q1. Identify the author from the clue
A: Leo Tolstoy
The first part is the image of Leo constellation. Second part is LOST TOY which is an anagram
Q2. Find out how many books are available in our library by the author
A: 7 Books (To get better results always search part of the name of the author - here : "Tolstoy"
Q3. Can you identify the literary device used in the second part of the author name this puzzle?
A: The literary device used in this puzzle in called "Anagram". Anagram is a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another. In this example "Lost Toy". Search for anagram on Google to see an easter egg.
Q4. The first name of one of the popular characters created by this author is also an example of a literary device. Can you name the book?
A: The title of the book and the character name is Anna Karenina. ANNA is an example of "Palindrome".
The sources of information can be any website like Wikipedia for the book, author and the language. You must give the complete URL to the website to get full points. You can get the number of copies from the library website only, so that should be added as the second source of inforamtion
Top Scorers: K Alekh Krishnan 6C | Yutika 8A | Anagha Iyer 6B | Avanthika Sivadas 9C | Anavadhya Sivadas 6B
It is very good to see that many students have solved the challenge, but failed to find the literary device from the clue. I know that was a little bit tough, but worth trying!
Question of the Day Round II Question 1
Book Title Challenge
Q1. Title of the book?A: Watership Down
Q2. Who is the author of the book?
A : Richard Adams
Q3. Do we have a copy in the library? Where will be the book available in the library?
A: We don't have a copy in our library, will be added soon!
Q4. What is the fictional language created for this novel?
A: Lapine
The sources of information can be any website like Wikipedia for the book, author and the language. You must give the complete URL to the website to get full points. You can get the number of copies from the library website only, so that should be added as the second source of inforamtion
Top Scorers: CH Krishna, 6C | Fidha Rahman, 7D | Chandana Jithesh, 10 A |
The following students got correct answers, but failed to provide proper sources of information: Alana Rajeev, 9C; Hans S. Kumar, 9D; Meera Vipin, 6B; Meenakshi S Pillai, 6A; Shrivaths S Nair , 10B; Tejashri S Nair , 6D; Aadinath K J, 6A; K J Cindrela, 8B; Nihala Suman, 9D; Diya Arun , 9B; Sona G, 9C; Theerttha S, 10B; Sreerag V, 9C; Rachana Ks, 9B; Nimisha S, 10A