prelude  Located 2 km away from the Murshidabad Rail Station, Hazarduari Palace is a three-storied rectangular building in Murshidabad, on the northern banks of the Bhagirathi. Covering an area of 41 acres, it was built in 1837 by General Duncan McLeod for the Nawab Najim Humayun Jah. The palace has eight galleries and 114 rooms, constructed in Indo-European architectural style. The palace has 1000 doors (Hazar Doory) in it. This was the style and luxury they have indulged upon. Now, the palace is a museum which has collections of armory, splendid paintings, exhaustive portraits of the Nawabs, various works of art, including beautiful works of ivory (of the Murshidabad school), and many other valuables. Swords used by Shiraj-ud-Daulla and his grandfather, Nawab Alivardi Khan. Vintage cars used by the Nawabs and their families are also displayed. The library houses old manuscripts and rare books. From Deepjyoti Deka, Nalbari – Weekend at Bernie's is an American motion picture released in 1989. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, this comedy stars Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as a couple of young executives. The film was profitable and spawned a sequel in 1993, Weekend at Bernie's II. The plot of the movie Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron was inspired by this Hollywood movie. E-mail your questions with answers at: only4_pol@yahoo.co.uk or post at: THE COLOSSEUM, Mosaic, Friday Supplement, The Assam Tribune, Guwahati-781003 or SMS at: 9864102417. Send your name in each SMS.

side screen  1) Picture Clue: Identify this person. (Prosenjit ‘Piklu’ Dutta, Aryapatty, Tezpur)

harmonisers  2) Which country ceded Bombay (Mumbai) to England as part of the dowry to the consort of Charles II? 3) In music, what is meant by the term ‘piano’? 4) What was the generic name of Oliver Cromwell’s supporters in the English Civil War? 5) What is the name of the holiday celebrated in America on November 11?

unities  6) The Faces and Barracudas were opposing gangs in which 1970s film musical? 7) Gene Roddenberry was the creative force behind which cult TV series? 8) Complete the line from the 1970 Disney cartoon The Aristocats, “I’m Abraham de Lacy Guiseppe Casey...”?

do-re-me  9) What is hieroglyphic writing? Clue: This style of writing originated in Egypt. (Priyom Jyoti Phukan, Mathurapur, Sivasagar) 10) Which chart-topping Hindi song is an inspiration from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s song Take that Look off Your Face? (Florica Brahma, DPS Dhaligaon) 11) January 12 is the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, and this day also marks a festival to usher the end of winter. What do people do on this day every year? (Pranab Kr Saikia, Kendriya Vidyalaya, NEC, Baragolai, Margherita) 12) Name the Pink Floyd album that stayed on the top 200 Billboard charts for 741 weeks, i.e., 14 years. (Diksharani Baruah, Hengerabari Road, Ganeshguri, Guwahati) 13) It is a popular 200 year old Spanish dance form. It contains three parts – cante or song, baile or dance and guitarra or guitar. Name the dance form. (Gaurav Goswami, JB Law College, Guwahati) 14) What is the Persian word for ‘conversation with lover’? (Jahnabi Goswami, Handique Girls’ College, Guwahati)

crescendo  15) Which European theatrical dance is formed with its own characteristic techniques like leaps and pirouetting on toes and was created by an Italian master in France in the 15th century? (Kritartha Sarma, Milanpur, Nalbari)

answers  1) Lenin 2) Portugal 3) Soft 4) Roundheads 5) Veterans’ Day 6) Saturday Night Fever 7) Star Trek 8) Thomas O’Malley, O’Malley the alley cat 9) The peculiar kind of writing engraved on the stone of pyramids 10) Koi Mil Gaya 11) People go to bathe in the Ganga river 12) Dark side of the Moon 13) Flamenco 14) Ghazal 15) Ballet