For fun

Be a detective


(i) The name of one river is hidden in each of the sentences below. Spot it.


Example: Mandira, Vijaya Lakshmi and Surinder are my best friends.


Answer. Ravi


(a) The snake charmer’s bustee, stables where horses are housed, and piles of wood, all caught five accidentally. (Hint: Another name for river Brahmaputra)


(b) The conference manager put pad, material for reading and a pencil for each participant. (Hint: A distributaries on the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta)


(c) Either jealousy or anger cause a person’s fall. (Hint: Name of juicy fruit)


(d) Bhavani germinated the seeds in a pot. (Hint: Look for her in West Africa)


(e) “I am a zonai champion now,” declared the excited athletic. (Hint: The river that has the biggest basin in the world)


(f) The Tiffin box, rolled down and all the food fell in dusty potholes. (Hint: Rise in India and journeys through Pakistan)


(g) Malini leaned against the pole when she felt that she was going to faint (Hint: Her delta in Egypt is famous)


(h) Samantha mesmerized everybody with her magic tricks. (Hint: London is situated on her estuary)


(i) “In this neighborhood, please don’t yell! Owners of these houses like to have peace, “warned my father when we moved into our new flat. (Hint: colour !)


(j) ‘Write the following words. Marc! “On,” “go,”, “in”…. said the teacher to the little boy in KG Class. (Hint : Rhymes with ‘bongo.)


Now make some more on your own and ask your classmates to spot the hidden name. You can do this with any name: that of a lake, mountains, trees, fruits, school items etc.


(a) Teesta (Explanation: bustee, stables)


(b) Padma (Explanation: pad manager)


(c) Orange (Explanation: or anger)


(d) Niger (Explanation: Bhavani germinated)


(e) Amazon (Explanation: I am a zonai champion)


(f) Indus (Explanation: in dusty)


(g) Nile (Explanation: Malini leaned)


(h) Thames (Explanation: Samantha mesmerized)


(i) Yellow (Explanation: yell! Owners)


(j) Congo (Explanation: Marc! “On,” “go)


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