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Waters of Civilisation
Cities and countries have a deep relationship with the rivers and seas that they are flanked by. See how many of them you can identify.
Know your World-2
Which is the Land of the Thunderbolt and which is the Land of Cakes? Take a trip around the world in this quiz.
Books and Authors
Generations of youngsters have spent many a happy afternoon in the company of these writers and their magical words. Can you identify them?
India launches the Agni-III missile
Where: Balasore, Orissa, India April 12, 2007: The newspapers have splashed the news across the front page. TV channels have gone ballistic. India today test fired a missile that can reach as far as the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Beijing and most of the region of West Asia. A missile is basically an object or weapon that is fired, thrown, dropped, or otherwise projected at a target. It could be as simple as a rock shot off with a catapult (where the rock is the missile) or a toy car zooming out of a launcher (where the toy car is the missile)....
Dot Game
Click between the dots to join the dots. Whoever completes the square wins a point as well as the next chance to click.
Crypto
Guess what each letter stands for in the jumble of alphabets. And discover the hidden quote.
The Magnetic Fish Bowl
This unusual fishing game is simple to assemble and great fun to play. And you won’t have to worry about pulling poor live fish out of the water. Items required: Four to six magnets (one for each player; magnets can be found at any hardware shop), paper clips, stickytape, four to six thin nine-inch sticks (one for each player; unsharpened pencil work really well), a large bowl of water, aluminium foil, string and scissors. How to prepare the game:...
Play with Maps
No, this is not an exam. Thank God! It is time to have some fun. We looked at the map of South America and thought it looked like the face of a man looking sideways. Doesn’t it? Others thought it looked like a lion’s profile. The man’s face came out better so we put it here. On the next page is the map of Italy. It looks very much like a lady’s stylish knee-length boots. And, after that is the map of Cameroon, in Africa....