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Quiz Whizz – 26

Keep your mind sharp with this fun interactive quiz. Find out how many questions you can get right. Ready?

Take this interactive video quiz to test your general knowledge.

In equal parts

Division is all about breaking up numbers into equal groups. Play this game to ace your skills.

Division is the process of taking a whole item and splitting or dividing it equally. When you use division, you start with a larger number, and break it into smaller, equal pieces. The goal is to see how many times the smaller number will fit into the larger number.

Game of games

The design for the 2020 Olympic Torch was recently unveiled. Take this crossword to get to know more about the spectacle.

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  • 5-11 :Taekwondo, karate, judo, wrestling, fencing and boxing are the _________ arts events at the Summer Olympics. (7)
  • 31-36 :The metal used in the second place medal. (6)
  • 68-72 :Equestrian events involve this animal. (5)
  • 85-90 :The first modern Olympics was held in __________, Greece. (6)
  • 111-115 :This holds the Olympic flame. (5)

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  • 1-109 :A team sport played on court, by hitting a ball over a net. (10)
  • 5-89 :An extremely long race. (8)
  • 8-104 :The event which involves three sports: swimming, cycling and running is called a __________. (9)
  • 24-96 :A sport played with a bow and arrows. (7)
  • 58-106 :One of the colours of the Olympic Flag rings. (5)
  • 75-111 :A field event where a heavy ball is thrown to see who can throw it the furthest: ______ put. (4)

Be a quiz master: Pachyderm puzzlers

Presenting another fun quiz in the ‘Be a quiz master’ challenge series. Learn more, and try your hand at the quiz.

In February this year, we threw open a challenge for our readers — to become quiz masters and misses by creating their own quizzes. The responses were overwhelming.

Presenting the second quiz master in the series: Asmita. M, III, SSM School, Perungalathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Take this quiz and see how much you know about elephants.

Visit Young World Club regularly for more quizzes created by the winners.

Marching to freedom

Having been under the British rule for too long, Gandhiji decided that it was time to be free. Thus began a non-violent march towards independence.

What do you think is the most important ingredient in one’s food? How many of you thought of salt? Would you be able to eat your dal, sambhar, or curry without salt? Many of us probably wouldn’t even touch our food then.

That apart, salt also has an important place in the history of India’s freedom struggle. It was the salt tax law that Gandhiji targeted, when he launched the Civil Disobedience Movement. Let’s take a look at what this was all about.

Consequences:

The Dandi March and the Civil Disobedience Movement had a ripple effect across the country.

Drag and drop the words into the right spaces to read what followed this act of rebellion by Gandhiji…

 

Volcanic views

This South Korean island literally rises from the sea. The breathtaking landscape is dotted with dormant volcanoes and an extensive lava tube cave system.

The first glimpse of the Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes will stun you. All around are cascading waterfalls and natural rock formations. The most important feature of Jeju is Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea. It is a dormant volcano, and rises 1,950m above sea level. The main volcano includes 360 satellite volcanoes. The island is covered in volcanic rock and volcanic soil produced by Hallasan. The crater — Baengnokdam, and the lake in it are located at the peak of Hallasan. According to studies it was formed over 25,000 years ago.

The flora at the Mt. Halla National Park is unique. There are 1,565 vascular plant species (those with specialised tissues for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic products through the plant) recorded in the area.

In spring, the island is covered with bright yellow coloured rapeseed flowers. The natural reserve is home to many animals, reptiles, insects and birds. The waters surrounding it have a resident population of Indo-Pacific bottle nose dolphins and fin less porpoises. It is also a resting area for large whales.

Jeju has an extensive system of lava tubes. It was through these tubes that the magma once flowed. Today they are just empty caves. They are some of the largest in the world. The caves provide great study material for scientific research. Off the shores of the city of Seogwipo, you can see a belt of pillar-shaped rocks. Shellfish and animal fossils discovered in this area are also valuable as scientific resources. This island is a World Heritage Site as its environment is extremely sensitive and highlights through its features the history of earth.

Amazing

The island comprises Geomunoreum, Seongsan Ilchulbong and Mount Halla and together they make up an area of around 18,846 ha.

Check out the hotspots below, to learn more about them.

Geomunoreum lava tube cave

Seongsan Illchabong

Mount Halla

Here’s to Bach!

Make your way through these interactive slides and discover more about Johann Sebastian Bach, a composer in a league of his own.

On March 21, 2019, the interactive Google Doodle was a tribute to a legend in the field of music. Who was it? Scroll through the slides to find out and don’t forget to take the quiz in the end.


Audio: Creative Commons

My Monthly Planner: April 2019

As you plan the month ahead, discover interesting facts about the chimpanzee. Did you know that these engaging chimps are endangered and fighting for survival?

Because we’re happy

Guess what? There are happy nations and sad nations. Finland is the happiest, while South Sudan can do with a smile.

If you want to be happy, you should go to Finland. Why? That’s because, it has topped the global happiness ranking for the second year in a row. It beat its Nordic peers — Denmark, Norway and Iceland, to grab the first place.

The report was released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations, on March 20, which was declared as World Happiness Day by the UN General Assembly, in 2012. The results are based on an average of three years of surveys taken by Gallup, between 2016 and 2018. The study includes factors such as gross domestic product, social support from friends and family, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, perceived corruption and recent emotions — both happy and sad.

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The U.S. dropped one place to become the 19th happiest place, while India dropped to 140th, below countries like Pakistan, Uganda and Ethiopia. People in war-torn South Sudan are the most unhappy with their lives, followed by Central African Republic (155), Afghanistan (154), Tanzania (153) and Rwanda (152). While Pakistan is ranked 67, Bangladesh 125 and China at 93.

Body beautiful

Body size and composition are one of the main components of fitness. Training can be effective in changing muscle and fat distribution and proportions within the body.

The next element of fitness we need to focus on is body composition. We need to understand the different components that make up our body. Our eating and exercise habits decide the muscle and fat content in our body.

Body fat composition refers to the amount of fat on our body. For example, a person weighing 45 kg with 25% body fat composition will have a lean body mass of approximately 34 kg.

An average man tends to have about 18% to 24% body fat, while the average woman has 25% to 31% body fat.

Here are some slides to help you understand what makes up your body.

Can you fill in the blanks?