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Question 1

Kolkata

Answer 1

Rabindra Sangeet

Question 2

Chennai

Answer 2

Carnatic Music

Question 3

Shilliong

Answer 3

Rock And roll

Question 4

What is Shillong called and why?

Answer 4

Rock Capital of India because of it’s rock and roll music.

Question 5

Height of Shillong

Answer 5

1500 Meters above sea level

Question 6

Meghalaya

Answer 6

Abode of clouds

Question 7

Why has Shillong received a World Record

Answer 7

For the largest guitar ensemble in 2007 where a total of 1730 guitarists played Bob Dylan’s tune Knocking on the heavens

Question 8

What is the testimony to love of Shillongites of music?

Answer 8

Guinness Book of World Records

Question 9

Why is Shillong called so?

Answer 9

Due to Villages location below the Shillong peak. In 1874, it become capital of composite Assam under British Rule.

Question 10

Why is Shillong the Hub of western Music.

Answer 10

1.In 1830s, many Christian missions were set up in Meghalaya. The arrival of church brought Choir and gospel music.
2.This was the first time indigenous people were exposed to western music. The popularity of Shillong’s chamber choir shows how important chamber music is in Shillong even today.

Question 11

what is Soulmate?

Answer 11

It is blues-rock band which was first to represent India at the prestigious International Blues Challenge At Memphis in 2007. They are the most respected in India.

Question 12

What is Lou Majaw called

Answer 12

The grand old man of Shillong’s rock and Roll scene.

Question 13

Why is Lou Majaw organizing concerts every year and when? what is his age and since when has he been doing this

Answer 13

On 24 May every year on Bob Dylan’s birthday. 74, 1972.

Question 14

Explain matrilineal culture

Answer 14

Mother is the head of the family, Mother’s surname is passed down. Groom shifts to the brides house, assumes brides surname, youngest daughter inherits properties and stays in her mother’s house.

Question 15

Why is Shillong a must visit place.

Answer 15

Shillong is a must visit place not just because of it’s musical and cultral diversity. From the pristine Umiam lake to Mawlynnong, Asia’s cleanest village, to Mawsynram, the wettest place on Earth, these things make Shillong a must visit place.

Question 16

Describe the condition of the room.

Answer 16

The room was gigantic, surrounded by several test tubes and flasks of all shapes and sizes. A smelly washstand is kept in one corner.

Question 17

Describe Professor Ralph

Answer 17

He is an old man with a white beard and grey hair. He has a pair of round thick spectacles.

Question 18

Describe Joseph Pauler

Answer 18

A tall man of around thirty years of age, has a bushy moustache. Has grey and misty eyes contrasted by thick black eyebrows.

Question 19

How old is the locker?

Answer 19

40 years

Question 20

Describe the Secret chamber

Answer 20

It is small room, with a lone table and chair in its chair.

Question 21

Describe the ring

Answer 21

The ring is made of Gold, with a ruby in the middle and an emerald stone on either side of it.

Question 22

Who all came to the Professor Ralph’s house.

Answer 22

Mrs. Cramley to visit professor Ralph, Mr.Rodriguez had come to tea, and a Mechanic to repair the carriage.

Question 23

How did the girls trick Mr. Andrew Salblaster

Answer 23

Katerina and Ankbern disguised as Ms. Charlotte and Ms. Valeria. They introduced themselves to the scientist under the pretence of being new to the neighbourhood whereas Crimson disguised as a maidservant at Mr. Andrew Salblaster’s house house. Crimson spiked the tea of Salblaster due to which he felt dizzy and stumbled on the rug. Katerina Showed him a similar blue envelope in which the papers were kept. After seeing the papers, Mr salblaster immiedietly glanced towards the bookshelf the girls understood that the papers were hidden in the bookshelf later on, they found the papers in the scientific volume..

Question 24

What were the three clues that the girls used.

Answer 24

The grease on the door, the existence of the secret chamber, no footprints and the ring