BBC Knowledge April 2017

What word can be placed in front of the

five words shown to form, in each case,

another word?

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A

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C K

C E D

L E G G E D

H E A D E D

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Each colour in our code DOUBLE BARRELLED
represents a letter. When you
have cracked the code, you will
be able to make seven words.
The clue to the first word is given
to help you get started.

The clue: Asinine Incentive

ENIGMA CODE

BRAIN TEASERS

1) While walking down the street

I met a man. He tipped his hat

and drew his cane and, in this

riddle, I told his name.

What is the man's name?

2) A train enters a tunnel at

7 o'clock, another train enters

the exact same tunnel, also at

7 o'clock on the same day. The

tunnel only has one track, and

no other means for the trains

to pass, around, over, or under.

However, both trains made it

to the other end of the tunnel

untouched. How could this be?

3) If I have 2 kinds of coins

consisting of one rupee coins

and fifty paise coins and I am

offered ` 22/- for 27 coins,

how many would you say

I should give of each coin?

4) What is full of holes, but

can still hold water?

5) What goes around the world

and stays in a corner?

PICK & CHOOSE

Solve the six clues by chosing the right combination of sets of letters

given below. Each set of letters can be used only once and only in

the order given. The number at the end of the clues specifies how many

sets of letters are used in the solution.

1. Capital of Australia (3)
   2. Prevarications (2)
   3. Large apes (4)
   4. Sovereigns (2)
   5. Recognized or accepted (4)
   6. Murder (3)
   BER OR

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CAN

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Solutions:

Ball, boat, bookshelf, cheese, cottage, Picture Search:

cucumber,daisy, feather, fountain, gorilla, guava, idli,

nightingale, notebook, sitar, toothbrush

Adage, Seine, Nubile, Macron. The greatness of Scramble:

are treated. - animals a nation can be judged by the way its

Mahatma Gandhi

Long-Bow-Down-Cast-Iron-Fist-Fight-BackHead & Tail:

Carrot, Ardent, Dancer, Errand, Nectar, Enigma Code:

Ornate, Rodent

Bare Double Barrelled:

One entered at 7AM 2 and drew = Andrew Brain Teasers: 1

4 17 rupee coins and 10 fifty paise coins 3 the other at 7PM,

A stamp. 5 A sponge

. 4. Orangutans, 3. Lies, 2 Canberra, Pick & choose: 1.

Homicide6.. Acknowledged, 5 Monarchs,

. a) Bearlike, 3. a) Two, 2 b) Rivers, BBC Knowledge Quiz: 1.
. c) Duck-billed 6. b) Rudyard Kipling, 5. c) California, 4
. a) Bats 7 platypus,

Enigma code

Each colour in our coderepresents a letter.

When you havecracked the code you

will be able to make upseven words.

The clue to first word isgiven to help you get

started.

The Clueincentive!: Asinine

Enigma Code :Solution to

CARROT, ARDENT, DANCERERRAND, NECTAR, ORNATE

RODENT

R R

R

R

R R

R

R

R

BBC KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

See how you fare in the general

knowledge quiz given below.

Ratings: 1-3 Poor, 4-5 Fair, 6-7 Excellent

1) What is an alligator’s natural habitat?

a) Seas

b) Rivers

c) Rivers and seas

2) How many trunk fingers does

the African elephant have?

a) Two

b) Three

c) One

3) What does the term ‘ursine’ mean?

a) Bearlike

b) Doglike

c) Catlike

4) Which US state is home to

Yosemite National Park?

a) Texas

b) Arkansas

c) California

5) Who wrote The Jungle Book?

a) Gerald Durrell

b) Rudyard Kipling

c) Ernest Hemingway

6) Which mammal has venomous spurs

on the ankles of its hind legs?

a) Koala

b) Walrus

c) Duck-billed platypus

7) Bracken Cave in Texas is home to the

largest colony of ____ in the world.

a) Bats

b) Bears

c) Raccoons

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