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January - March 2009 lime 89 Test yourself with our gentle quiz.. Answers are at the bottom St Lucia is home to the only deadly Caribbean snake. What is its name? On which island is the world's largest nesting colony of the magnifi cent frigate bird to be found? Papiamentu, a creole based on Spanish and Portuguese, is the mother tongue of most people in which three islands? Which famous French artist lived for a while in Martinique in 1887 before going on to settle in French Polynesia? Which island was nicknamed ' Garden of the Antilles' because of it natural affi nity for growing sugar cane? When did cholera sweep through the Caribbean, killing some 20,000 people in Barbados in one year alone? Which island was the original destination for Captain Bligh and the Bounty when the famous mutiny occurred in 1789? The picture below is of Nelson's Bay, where you will fi nd Nelson's Dockyard – the only working Georgian dockyard in the world. But on which LIAT destination is it? On which country will you fi nd the 1467m- high volcano La Grande Soufrière, which last erupted in 1976? Which island takes its name from the Spanish word for turtledove? 1 CARIBBEAN QUIZ ANSWERS: 1. THE FER- DE- LANCE, A SPECIES OF PIT VIPER. 2. BARBUDA. THE BIRD SANCTUARY IS LOCATED IN THE ISLAND'S NORTHWESTERN CODRINGTON LAGOON. 3. ARUBA BONAIRE AND CURACAO. 4. PAUL GAUGUIN, THE POST- IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER. 5. ST CROIX 6. DURING THE1840S AND 1850S. 7. ST VINCENT 8. ANTIGUA. 9. GUADELOUPE. THERE ARE TWO OTHER VOLCANOES CALLED LA SOUFRIERE IN THE CARIBBEAN ( ON MONTSERRAT AND ST. VINCENT, BUT GUADELOUPE'S IS THE BIGGEST. 10. TORTOLA. TODAY, MOST OF THE DOVES HAVE GONE, BUT YOU CAN STILL HEAR THEM COOING ON NEIGHBOURING GUANA ISLAND. P E T P I P E S I H A L T E G Y P T A G E C S T E E C H O H E L L O A S E L F M U C H T I T A E N D Y A C H T A A R A E M A Y B E B E D 7 5 8 2 6 3 9 4 1 3 2 9 1 5 4 7 6 8 6 4 1 8 9 7 5 2 3 1 8 2 4 7 9 6 3 5 9 6 4 3 2 5 1 8 7 5 3 7 6 8 1 4 9 2 8 9 3 7 1 6 2 5 4 4 1 5 9 3 2 8 7 6 2 7 6 5 4 8 3 1 9 5 7 8 4 3 6 2 1 9 1 3 2 8 7 9 6 4 5 4 6 9 2 5 1 3 8 7 2 9 3 6 1 5 8 7 4 7 1 4 9 2 8 5 3 6 8 5 6 3 4 7 1 9 2 9 4 1 5 6 3 7 2 8 3 8 5 7 9 2 4 6 1 6 2 7 1 8 4 9 5 3 SOLUTION TO PUZZLE 1SOLUTION TO PUZZLE 2SOLUTION TO WORD SEARCHSOLUTION TO KRISS KROSS 2 3 4 5 Hyoouw kwneollw do t he 6 7 8 9 10 QUESTION 3 DO YOU KNOW THESE 3 ISLANDS? QUESTION 1 ST LUCIA'S DEADLY WEAPON QUESTION 2 FRIGATES AWAY QUESTION 8 YOU CAN FIND NELSON'S DOCKYARD HERE D A D I N I R T P T R U C K Y R I W K L O G U Y A N A L T N T P R A C S J A M A R K O W I O B I U Q E S S E P A A C T T O X E C E V H S S J U E R T S L R L A V O N O T S G N I K A A L L R S R A U K Y A D C C T L A E N Z G I F V M J O K H L L N T I J N D R W R R U E A A A I N V V A N I W A S B T O N C K O A B M I E L Y U L T P T U P H L I P R R I M X E E U I Y M S R N F E E L R T S S A C N I S R S E M M V A I M T S L T L N C F O A X T B O W T A U 90 lime January - March 2009 LIMEKIDS QUIZ TIME How much exercise should kids do every day: A 10 minutes ? B 30 minutes or ? C 1 hour? Food additives can cause: ? A hyperactivity ? B hyperthermia ? C hyperinfl ation? Which three sports does a triathlon consist of? Which is better for you: chips or chocolate? ? 1 2 3 4 In the UK, kids aged 8 to 16 spend around £ 500m a year on sweets and fi zzy drinks on the journey to and from school. Perhaps not surprisingly, one in six is obese. Flavourings and colourings found in junk food can cause asthma, rashes and hyperactivity. The average US kid spends 25 hours a week watching TV , and sees around 20,000 ads a year for junk food. The metal cans that soft drinks come in usually cost more than the ingredients of the drink they contain. The good news: some scientists think that chocolate is good for you and can help protect you against cancer and heart disease. How fit is that? YCyclist LANCE ARMSTRONG survived serious cancer and went on to win the Tour de France – perhaps the world's most strenuous sporting event – a record seven times in a row. YKenyan athlete HENRY RONO in 1978 set fi ve world records in fi fty days in every track event from the 800m to the 10,000m. YHAILE GEBRSELASSIE, of Ethiopia, holder of the men's marathon world record or 2 hours 3 minutes and 59 seconds – that's like running a sub- fi ve- minute mile 26 times in a row. YUS ironman triathlete MARK ALLEN won the famous Hawaii ironman triathlon six times. The event involves swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles and then running a marathon. Elite ironman triathletes can do the whole lot in under nine hours. YJamaica's USAIN " LIGHTNING" BOLT broke the world 100m record at the 2008 Olympic Games – despite slowing down near the line, and having one of his shoelaces undone. He went on to smash Michael Johnson's longstanding 200m world record a few days later. ANAGRAM FUN Can you unscramble these two anagrams? Rearrange the letters to reveal the name of a very fi t person…. ? 1 Latino bus ? 2 Errant man's clog I t's not just oldies who need to worry about taking care of their health. Even kids need to exercise, eat properly and look after themselves – as the massive rise in childhood obesity worldwide proves. Here are the four fundamentals for a healthy lifestyle. YGET ACTIVE Experts recommend young people get an hour's exercise every day, but it doesn't have to be hard work. Join a football team, go swimming, get on your bike or go trampolining – they're all good for you, and they're all fun too. YEAT PROPERLY Ease up on the junk food. Try learning to cook, and get to enjoy the taste and textures of real food instead of greasy hamburgers. You'll soon learn to love the difference. YCUT DOWN ON YOUR SCREEN TIME Turn off your TV and get away from the computer. Why not go to the park and kick a ball around instead, or just go and spend time with your friends? YSLEEP TIGHT Shut- eye is vital to physical and mental well-being. Under- 18s need at least eight hours' sleep a night – indeed some experts think teenagers need more sleep than younger children. well- DID YOU KNOW ? Keep fit and fresh with our guide to healthy living. ANSWERS ON PAGE 91 ANSWERS ON PAGE 91 |