James Weddell : Wiki | Biography | wikipedia | James Weddell in KBC 4 Question

James Weddell : Wiki | Biography | wikipedia | James Weddell in KBC 4 Question

James Weddell (Ostend , August 24, 1787 – September 9, 1834) was an English sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in the early Spring of 1823 sailed to latitude of 74°15′ S (a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle) and into a region of the Southern Ocean that would later become known as the Weddell Sea.

James Weddell entered the merchant service very early in his life and was apparently bound to the master of a Newcastle collier (a coal transport vessel) for some years. About 1805 he shipped on board a merchantman trading to the West Indies, making several voyages there. James Weddell’s father married Sarah Pease.
James Weddell was aboard the Hope when in 1813 in the English Channel she captured the True Blooded Yankee, an American privateer. With the end of the Napoleonic War he was laid off on half pay in February 1816, and for a while resumed merchant voyages to the West Indies. In 1820 he volunteered for service in the Royal Navy and subsequently served on several ships.
Weddell offered his services to the Admiralty with a proposal for a return voyage to the high southern latitudes, but was turned down. Instead, he returned to trading along the warmer Atlantic coasts. In 1829 he was still master of the Jane, but on a passage from Buenos Aires to Gibraltar the Jane leaked so badly that she had to be given up at the Azores. Weddell and his cargo were transferred to another ship for the passage to England, but this ran aground on the island of Pico, and Weddell only barely survived.
The loss of the Jane meant financial ruin for Weddell, who was forced to take paid employment as a ship’s master. In September 1830 he left England as master of the Eliza, bound for the Swan River Colony in western Australia. From there he proceeded to Tasmania. He sailed back to England in 1832.
Weddell died in 1834 at the age of forty-seven in relative poverty and obscurity in London.

The contestant Prashant Batar gave the wrong answer and loses Rs One crore.

Jackpot Question 13: Who, in 1978 became the first person to be born in the continent of Antarctica?

A. Emilio Palma
B. James Weddell
C. Nathaniel Palmer
D. Charles Wilkes

PrashantBatar used his last lifeline – Double Dip. He went for option C, then option B – two wrong answers.

The Correct Answer: Emilio Palma

Prashant Batar get checks of Three lakh twenty thousand only.

Emilio Marcos Palma was the first person to be born in the continent of Antarctica on January 7, 1978.
Father: Captain Jorge Emilio Palma
Mother: Sílvia Morella de Palma

Q No. 9: Which of these personalities won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award as well as the Bharat Ratna?
A. Ashok Kumar
B. Satyajit Ray
C. Sivaji Ganesan
D. Devika Rani

Answer: Satyajit Ray
Prashant Barat confidently locked option B and won Rs 12,50,000.

Q No 10: In 2001, which of these institutions did Deena Mehta become the first woman president?
A. Bombay Stock Exchange
B. National Stock Exchange
C. IIM, Ahmadabad
D. Censor Board

Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange
For the very first time in the show, Prashant Barat needed lifeline. He asked for expert’s advice from Ajit Ranade and on his advice, Prashant locked option A. He won Rs 25 lakh.

Q No 11: Which planet has seven hills named after the seven astronauts killed in the Columbia Space Shuttle mishap of 2004?
A. Jupiter
B. Mercury
C. Mars
D. Venus

Answer: Mars
Prashant locked option C and won Rs 50,00,000.

Q No 12: Which of these personalities was the first President of his or her country?
A. Chandrika Kumaratunga
B. Ram Baran Yadav
C. Hamid Karzai
D. Begum Khaleeda Zia