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quiz i conducted at KCircle on july172010-Quiz oF the month
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KCircle17th July 2010
Mithun Paul1
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Golden Rules: 1. There are No Rules…All you need to do is make
a few educated guesses.
2. If you don’t get the answer after reading the question once, read again
3. Still if you don’t get the answer, you haven’t read carefully. Go to step 2.
4. In case of doubts, refer to the above rules..
This is designed to be more of an Entertainer and less of a Quiz. All references to Seriousness is purely co-incidental
The Quizzeee can ask for clues anytime, until someone VETOes
Qn) Its origins can be traced to a turkish version
called Chagathai, which was used by the early mughals. It uses nastaliq unlike its counterpart
The word ______ is believed to be derived from the Turkic or Mongolian word '_______', which means army encampment.It was initially called Zab n-e-Ordu-e-Mu'alla " of the Exalted Camp" ā(in Persian) and later just ______.
It obtained its name from ______ Bazar, i.e. encampment (______ in Turkic) market, the market near the Red Fort in the walled city of Delhi
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Qn) _______s received this name because they were
generally found along the walls in Middle Eastern council chambers of a bureau called _______ (from Persian, meaning a government council or office, from the bundles of papers they processed, and next their council chambers)
Originally, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire), a _______ was a long seat laid against the side of the room, upon the floor, or upon a raised structure or frame.
The current meaning was taken into English in 1702.It
was fashionable, roughly speaking, from 1820 to 1850, wherever the romantic movement in literature penetrated.
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From furnitures kept in mughal offices like
Diwan-E-Aam,Diwan-E-Khaaz etc
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DIVAN
Orange: for sidewalk distribution to middle/high school students
Green: for college/university students
Red: for in-school distribution to Middle/High school students
Digital Camouflage/Desert Camouflage: for the military
Dark blue: for law enforcement personnel, firefighters, and EMTs
White: for medical professionals
Light blue: for distribution by the Auxiliary only
Brown: personal worker's testaments (for individual witnessing by Y)
Periwinkle: personal worker's (for individual witnessing by the Auxiliary) 10
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The St.James version of the bible distributed by Gideon
Internationale for free12
GIDEON BIBLES
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Qn)What happened when, on 4 May 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the________ Breweries,went on a shooting party in North Slob, by the RiverSlaney in County Wexford, Ireland and became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the koshin goldenplover or the grouse ?
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Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Breweries...
Beaver’s idea became reality when Guinness employee
Christopher Chataway recommended student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency
in London.
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GUINNESS Book of World Records
What idea originated to Kiran Seth, a young graduate from IIT Kharagpur, studying for his doctorate at the Columbia University, New York, chanced to attend a Dhrupad concert by Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Fariddudin Dagar at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York?
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As per Hindu mythology, The ________ is said to be is the only creature that is capable of separating milk from water once they have been mixed together; symbolically this is the display of great spiritual discrimination.
Thus is derived a title meaning supreme __________, to someone who has achieved great spiritual prowess. All blanks fill with the same word.
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Parama Hamsa(as in sri rama krishna parama hamsa)
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Qn) A fortnight as a ___ can be a school of hard knocks in the most
literal sense. Imagine the terrifying prospect of being on the end of something coming at 140mph
Before the ___s have even got to training, which takes place once a week for five months, they must take a series of written tests. Competition to be a ___ is stiff, with about half of the 400 applicants rejected.
The application form states that a ______must "be able to stand still for four minutes“.
The ___________s receive no payment, but having '____________ on their CV puts them ahead on the jobs ladder," . "Employers think it shows they have discipline.”
They work in teams of six - two centres , who are usually small and quick, and four bases, who are typically tall and strong.
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Carol, Carlos or Charlie, as a third participant .Chuck, as a third participant . Dave, a fourth participant, and so on alphabetically.Eve, an eavesdropper, Isaac, a ProviderIvan, an issuer Justin, from the justice system.Mallory, a attacker; Matilda, a merchant Oscar, an opponent, is usually taken as equivalent to Mallory.Pat or Peggy, a prover, and Victor, a verifier, Plod, a law enforcement officer Steve .Trent, a trusted arbitrator, Trudy, an intruder: another alternative to Mallory.Walter, a warden, Zoe, often the last party to be involved
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These are basic characters that are used when talking about any
cryptographic /communication related protocol
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His first starring role was in 1923's Where The North Begins, playing alongside silent screen actress Claire Adams. This film was a huge success and has often been credited with saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy. It was followed by Shadows of the North (1923), Clash of the Wolves (1925), and Tiger Rose (1929). Between 1930 and 1955 he was involved in three different radio series sponsored by national biscuit for shredded wheat and milk-bone.He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1623 Vine St X is buried in the Cimetière des Chiens, the renowned cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine
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This in New Orleans have been an integral part of the city's public transportation network since the first half of the 19th century.
There are currently three operating lines of these in New Orleans: The St. Charles Avenue Line, the Riverfront Line, and the Canal Street Line.
The most famous of this is probably the line that passes through X Street (1920-1948) - This stop became famous because blanche had to take that route daily to reach stella's house at Elysian Field.
Who/What are we talking about?
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From which you get the name: A Street car named desire
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Qn) A study on Batesian Mimicry “Perhaps there is something even more basic going
on here. Take for example, the Plain Tiger Butterfly The Indian Fritillary Butterfly and the Leopard Lacewing exhibit Batesian Mimicry, so named after naturalist Henry Walter Bates, who first documented this phenomenon in the Amazon in the mid-1800’s. In this example, the Plain Tiger is toxic to predators, whereas the Indian Fritillary and the Leopard Lacewing are not. However, these latter two have evolved with the same coloration so that predators will avoid them as well”
What was the final conclusion of this study and what is the relation to our normal life?
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This study states that the color YELLOW on RED instillates hunger in any species. That is why...
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Qn) Picture of a place in Southernmost Africa
called Cape Agulhas or Cape of Needles.
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This is the exact place, on the southernmost tip of Africa, where Indian Ocean ends and Atlantic Ocean starts.
And against common perception, Cape of Good hope is not the southernmost point of Africa, Cape Agulhas is.
The two main legends associated with this are:
1) Duke Godfrey III became Duke of Leuven,Belgium at the age of 2. In 1142, the troops of this two-year-old lord were battling against the troops of the Berthouts, the lords of Grimbergen. The troops put the infant lord in a basket and hung it in a tree, to encourage and this happened.
2) In the 14th century, Brussels was under siege by a foreign power. The city had held their ground for quite some time. The attackers had thought of a plan to place explosive charges at the city walls. A little boy named Juliaanske from Brussels happened to be spying on them as they were preparing, and this happened.
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The duke pissed on his opponents from the tree top who lost the battle eventually.
The kid spying had pissed on the fuse of a huge cache of explosives meant to blow up the city.
Qn) John harvey X was an especially zealous
campaigner against masturbation.
X thought sex was the ultimate abomination and remained celibate even in marriage. Masturbation was the worst sin imaginable to him.
He believed it led to leprosy, tuberculosis, heart disease, epilepsy, dimness of vision, insanity, idiocy, and death. He also preached that masturbation led to bashfulness in some people, unnatural boldness in others, a fondness for spicy foods, round shoulders, and acne.
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John L. X the son of the AFORE MENTIONED X Company's founder and worked for the family firm for many years, ultimately becoming its president.
He subsequently left the firm and settled in Chicago, where he became a successful entrepreneur in the food industry.
He died in 1950 at the age of 67. In 1979, the John L. and Helen X Foundation gave $10 million to Northwestern, and the school was named the __________53
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This is a kind of art in which the artist uses alphabets from various languages to portray his artistic essence.
The qn is how do we know this art form better?
If it helps, it is also the name of one of the heroes of a finest Heldenbuch (13th century german poems) poetry
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Tintin and the ALPHA-ART; only unfinished work of HERGE; talks about a criminal who is an Alphart creater too
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These were the cartoons which inspired the doll called BILD-LILLI, which Ruth Handler used to make BARBIE DOLLS
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Qn) This is a division of the Los Angeles County Fire
Department.Their jurisdiction includes 31 miles,from San Pedro in the south, to Malibu in the north.
This is the largest professional service of its kind in the world. It employs 132 year-round Ys (chiefs, captains and Y specialists) and over 650 seasonal Ys.
Each of their headquarters staffs a 24-hour EMT-D response unit, and are part of the 911 system.
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The numbers are the typical way in which you read a manga comic.
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San Carlos Airport is a small general aviation airport located two miles northeast of the central business district (CBD) of San Carlos, California, USA
This airport is most famous because of its IATA Code. Some people say the code X was given to this airport because of its proximity to the headquarters of Y.
It is just a coincidence, though one that many technically-inclined residents of the Bay Area and Silicon Valley were sure to notice. But the fact is that the airport was given this code well before the founding of the Y
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This is the closest airport to Oracle HQ
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The circular swing IanGillan,Roger lover, Meshuggah,James Mcilroy
The whiplash Mick Thomson,Cliff Burton
The Two up, Two down Angus Young
The hammer Till Lindemann
The all-out Vaughan Cook, Sid Wilson
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Sun: our primary natural resource. All life begins with the sun – the ultimate symbol of vitality.
Flower: represents fragrance.
Ice cream: a treat, pleasure and enjoyment.
Fish: represents food, sea or fresh water.
Sparkle: clean, healthy and sparkling with energy.
Wave: symbolises cleanliness, freshness and vigour
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DNA: the double helix, the genetic blueprint of life and a symbol of bio-science.
Bird: a symbol of freedom.
Lips: represent beauty, looking good and taste.
Bee: represents creation, pollination, hard work and bio-diversity.
Clothes: represent fresh laundry and looking good.
Heart: a symbol of love, care and health
Etc…
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Qn)Qn)In 1870, a chemist Andrev Albanov was In 1870, a chemist Andrev Albanov was experimenting with charcoal to find out if it had experimenting with charcoal to find out if it had any inherent medicinal properties any inherent medicinal properties
One night he left a chuck of charcoal near to an One night he left a chuck of charcoal near to an open bottle of iodoform accidently. The following open bottle of iodoform accidently. The following morning he found that the charcoal had morning he found that the charcoal had absorbed the fumes from the bottle entirely.absorbed the fumes from the bottle entirely.
Which business man recognized the potential of Which business man recognized the potential of this to make what?this to make what?
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PA Smirnoff & Smirnoff VodkaPA Smirnoff & Smirnoff Vodka
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Qn) This jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii, which
is about as wide as a human pinky nail when fully grown, was discovered in the Mediterranean Sea in 1883. But its unique ability was not discovered until the 1990s.
Turritopsis typically reproduces the old-fashioned way, by the meeting of free-floating sperm and eggs. But when starvation, physical damage, or other crises arise, instead of sure death, it does something really peculiar.
Why was this fish/phenomenon remembered in 2009?
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When it faces starvation and certain death, this gelly fish, instead of growing old, grows young. Pretty much like
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Qn) This is a worldwide society describing itself as a
fellowship of men and women with a desire to _____ ______ while helping others to do so through a program of character development by following its invention, the Twelve Steps.
Approximately two-fifths of people who participate in this drop out within the first three months.
The manual of the movement is known as The Big Book.
This was started in 1934 by one Bill Wilson and one Dr.Bob Smith.
Infact the anniversary date of this is June 10, when it was on 10th June 1935 that......
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it was on 10th June 1935 that Dr.Smith the founder LAST DRANK
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Pieta - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Last Supper -Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Mary Magdalene -Donatello di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Sistine Madonna -Raphael Sanzio
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It is designed by French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster and is the tallest bridge in the world.
It has the highest bridge tower in the world (343 m)
It supports 4 lanes of traffic.
Its construction had costs of 394 million euros.
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Qn) X-Y is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian
structures re-erected in London, Paris, and New York City during the nineteenth century.
Although the X-Y are genuine Ancient Egyptian structures, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with X of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in X's lifetime
They were originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC
It was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.
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Qn)__________ is one of Shakespeare's most sinister villains, often considered such because of the unique trust that X places in him, which he betrays while maintaining his reputation of honesty and dedication.
He manipulates his wife, Emilia, into taking from Desdemona a handkerchief that X had given her; he then tells X that he had seen it in Cassio's possession. Once X flies into a jealous rage, ________ tells him to hide while he (________) talks to Cassio. ________ then leads X to believe that a bawdy conversation about Cassio's mistress, Bianca, is in fact about Desdemona. Mad with jealousy, X orders ________ to kill Cassio, promising to make him lieutenant in return. ________ then engineers a fight between Cassio and Roderigo in which the latter is killed (by ________ himself, double-crossing his ally), but the former merely wounded.
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made against the Higher Authorities, say against the Crown or a High Government official, the petitioners used this technique.
What they do is, instead of signing the petition one after the other, they put their signs along a circle or a ribbon in a haphazard way.
It was mainly to ensure that, the person whose signature comes first, wont receive the maximum wrath of the Crown, because of the human tendency to mark the first person as the ring leader.
What was this custom called?
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Qn)Thomas _________ (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679), in some older texts Thomas ________of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, remembered today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.
_________ also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history, geometry, physics of gases, theology, ethics, general philosophy, and political science. His account of human nature as self-interested cooperation has proved to be an enduring theory in the field of philosophical anthropology. He was one of the main philosophers who founded materialism. 111
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Qn) _________ _________ (27 January 1924 – 2 December 1963) was a
film actor of Indian origin—although he later took American citizenship._________ was the son of an Indian mahout (elephant driver).
_________ was discovered by documentary film-maker Robert Flaherty who cast him in the role of an elephant driver in the 1937 British film Elephant Boy, based on Toomai of the Elephants, a story by Rudyard Kipling. _________ is perhaps best known for his role as Abu in the 1940 British film The Thief of Bagdad. In 1942 he once again played a role based on a Kipling story, namely Mowgli in Jungle Book directed by Zoltán Korda.
After World War II, unable to secure the equivalent roles in Hollywood that British films had offered him, his career went into decline. He occasionally did get significant parts, such as his supporting role in the classic British film Black Narcissus (1947). 113
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Qn) The Sloth Bear (Ursus ursinus =Melursus ursinus), also
known as the Labiated Bear,is an arboreal, nocturnal and insectivorous species of bear restricted to the Indian subcontinent.
Officers in British India often kept sloth bears as pets. The wife of Kenneth Anderson kept an orphaned sloth bear cub from Mysore, which she christened "Bruno". The bear could be fed on almost anything (including motor oil) and was very affectionate toward people. It was even taught numerous tricks, such as cradling a woodblock like a baby or pointing a bamboo stick like a gun
In hindi they are called commonly as Rinch, ________ and Adam-zad
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It is designed by French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster and is the tallest bridge in the world.
It has the highest bridge tower in the world (343 m)
It supports 4 lanes of traffic.
Its construction had costs of 394 million euros.
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Qn) X-Y is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian
structures re-erected in London, Paris, and New York City during the nineteenth century.
Although the X-Y are genuine Ancient Egyptian structures, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with X of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in X's lifetime
They were originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC
It was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.
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Qn)__________ is one of Shakespeare's most sinister villains, often considered such because of the unique trust that X places in him, which he betrays while maintaining his reputation of honesty and dedication.
He manipulates his wife, Emilia, into taking from Desdemona a handkerchief that X had given her; he then tells X that he had seen it in Cassio's possession. Once X flies into a jealous rage, ________ tells him to hide while he (________) talks to Cassio. ________ then leads X to believe that a bawdy conversation about Cassio's mistress, Bianca, is in fact about Desdemona. Mad with jealousy, X orders ________ to kill Cassio, promising to make him lieutenant in return. ________ then engineers a fight between Cassio and Roderigo in which the latter is killed (by ________ himself, double-crossing his ally), but the former merely wounded.
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Qn) In 17th century France usually when a Petition was
made against the Higher Authorities, say against the Crown or a High Government official, the petitioners used this technique.
What they do is, instead of signing the petition one after the other, they put their signs along a circle or a ribbon in a haphazard way.
It was mainly to ensure that, the person whose signature comes first, wont receive the maximum wrath of the Crown, because of the human tendency to mark the first person as the ring leader.
What was this custom called?
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Qn)Thomas _________ (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679), in some older texts Thomas ________of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, remembered today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.
_________ also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history, geometry, physics of gases, theology, ethics, general philosophy, and political science. His account of human nature as self-interested cooperation has proved to be an enduring theory in the field of philosophical anthropology. He was one of the main philosophers who founded materialism. 134
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Thomas Hobbes
Qn) _________ _________ (27 January 1924 – 2 December 1963) was a
film actor of Indian origin—although he later took American citizenship._________ was the son of an Indian mahout (elephant driver).
_________ was discovered by documentary film-maker Robert Flaherty who cast him in the role of an elephant driver in the 1937 British film Elephant Boy, based on Toomai of the Elephants, a story by Rudyard Kipling. _________ is perhaps best known for his role as Abu in the 1940 British film The Thief of Bagdad. In 1942 he once again played a role based on a Kipling story, namely Mowgli in Jungle Book directed by Zoltán Korda.
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Qn) The Sloth Bear (Ursus ursinus =Melursus ursinus), also
known as the Labiated Bear,is an arboreal, nocturnal and insectivorous species of bear restricted to the Indian subcontinent.
Officers in British India often kept sloth bears as pets. The wife of Kenneth Anderson kept an orphaned sloth bear cub from Mysore, which she christened "Bruno". The bear could be fed on almost anything (including motor oil) and was very affectionate toward people. It was even taught numerous tricks, such as cradling a woodblock like a baby or pointing a bamboo stick like a gun
In hindi they are called commonly as Rinch, ________ and Adam-zad
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Milau Viaduct
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Thomas Hobbes
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Percival Christopher X was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924 involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, and its sequels, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal.
But his claim to fame across the world is because of something he created primarily for the children of British officers resident in India. This was primarily associated with the color red.
Who/What?
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GULA, AVARITIA, ACEDIA, _________ IRA, SUPERBIA, LUXURIA.
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Qn)A translation from Pliny’s Historia Naturalis, written c. 77 A.D “After the defeat of that mighty monarch, Mithridates, Gnaeus Pompeius found in his private cabinet a recipe for an antidote in his own handwriting; it was to the following effect: Take two dried walnuts, two figs, and twenty leaves of rue; pound them all together, and take it ____-_____-_____-____-____; if a person takes this mixture fasting, he will be proof against all poisons for that day.”
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►Qn)►The sketch book of geoffrey crayon,
a collection of stories and novels by Washington Irving is well known for two contributions to the modern world.
►One is the story of RIP VAN VINKLE…what is the other?
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►He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
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His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
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His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
►The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
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►A visit from St. Nicholas
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Qn) Stalin: ' Is there a foreign country close to the
area' ? Others: ' No' Stalin: ' Is there a port from which you can
escape' ? Others: ' No' Stalin: 'Is there any other sanctuary where
you can take refuge' ? Others: ' No' Stalin: ' In this circumstances, it seems
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► Qn)► Geena Davis, Winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting
Actress in 1988, refused to go up to stage to get her award, because of this.
► A lock-out of _____ ____ensues, prompting Davis to threaten vigilante action against the union.
► A bemused George Lucas infamously dubs the would-be Hollywood hero, ‘Geena Fett,’ and then coolly offers a $60 million solution: The ____ ____, now equipped with Skywalker-brand buttock-cooling equipment, return to work only days later at the Teen Spirit Awards, where they are received, somewhat ironically, with a standing ovation
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A) Jim Wesley was a drummer who worked with X in his club gigging days (1980-1981). But he later quit the band to go and sell carpets because there was no money to be made as a musician back then.
B) Jody Perpick is a Canadian former musician and current Sound Engineer for X . He got married almost at the same time when Jim Wesley had quit the band. Perpick was once a part of X's group during his early days but quit to concentrate on the Sound Equipment for X as he achieved success.
You needn’t tell me who X is, just connect A and B
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Jimmy Quit… Jody Got Married…. I shoulda known we’d never get far….
Oh when I look back now..That summer seemed to last foreverAnd if I had the choice….Ya - Id always wanna be there….Those were the best days of my life…
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It was fashioned from a large blue diamond worn by Louis XVI. Shortly after his execution in 1793, it disappeared and was recut into a heart like shape, known as “Le Coeur De La Mer” ("The Heart of the Ocean“)
Years later, treasure hunter Brock Lovett's team while searching within the ______ and finds a drawing having clues to the whereabouts of the diamond.
What was there in the drawing?
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The first reference to this is in oil workers in Iran creating the _______ comes in an article from the April 1965 issue of House & Garden, “_____ lore and legend“:
"...the __________, which tastes like orange juice but is considerably more potent, is believed to have originated with American oil workers in Iran who drank this, stirring it with ________s they carried attached to their fatigue pants by loops.
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This is a painting called: Arrangement in Grey and Black: The
Artist's Motherby James McNeill Whistler
Where have u seen this better?
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Qn 2) Charles O'Rear is a photographer with the
National Geographic for more than 25 years. He is into photography of winemaking and has been travelling from Napa valley to various breweries across the world.To date, O’Rear has provided photographs for seven wine books.
Once when he went to NAPA valley to click the grape vines there, he found that the hills were covered only with grass and no grape vines. This was because of a bug infestation in the grapes as a result of which the entire vineyard had to be pulled out. Nevertheless since he had travelled till there, he pulled out his hand held camera took the photograph from the side of the highway 12/121.
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Qn)Zerão, also known as Estádio Milton Corrêa is a multi-use stadium located in Macapá, Brazil. It is used mostly for Football matches and hosts the home matches of clubs like Amapá Clube, Esporte Clube Macapá, Trem Desportivo Clube and Ypiranga Clube.
The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people and was built in 1990. Apart from all these, what one major significant fact distinguishes this Football stadium from the rest of the others in the world?Pic Next Slide:
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So one team plays in the Northern Hemisphere and the other in the southern Hemisphere
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Mary Anning’s father was a cabinet maker, and had this hobby of collecting fossils from the sea shore. When her father died, leaving the family in distress, Mary took up the fossil collection and selling as her primary job. She used to go around the seashores of Lyme Regis in England, and collect sea shells and fossils. This she used to sell to the tourists and make money. She rose to fame when she discovered in 1811 a skeleton of ichthyosaur, the giant marine reptile of yester years .This was the first complete skeleton of an ichthyosaur ever discovered proving its existence.Her next major discovery was a real first, the first-ever skeleton of a plesiosaur in 1821.
But she was immortalized in an entirely different way. How do we remember her still?
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SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE
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Qn) John M. Scott, a Unitarian Church reverend,
created this in Ithaca, New York. on Aug 3rd,1892, after the Sunday Services.
It was named the "Cherry ________" in honor of the day it was created.
Later the spelling was turned to "_______" so that it sounded less blasphemous in the Catholic dominated Ithaca.
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THE ICECREAM
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Qn) What did Afonso de Albuquerque. Carry on most of his journeys to Goa?
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AFONSO MANGOES are named after ALFONSO ALBERQUEUE
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Qn) Fill in the blanks You're a good soldierChoosing your battlesPick yourself upAnd dust yourself offAnd back in the saddleYou're on the frontlineEveryone's watchingYou know it's seriousWe're getting closerThis isnt over
When you fall get upOh oh...And if you fall get upOh oh...______ ______Zangalewa______ _____ ____ ___________ ____ eh eh_____ ____ eh eh_____ ____ Anawa aa______ _____ ____ ______
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Tsamina mina zangalewaAnawa aa
This time for Africa
• Acoustic Guitar• Land Line• Bar soap• George hw Bush• Forward slash• Hot Chocolate• Asia Minor• Great Briton
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language• Real Numbers• Roman catholic• Whole milk• Washington DC
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Words that didn't exist until a newer version of it was coined
The word LAND LINE was never coined until MOBILE PHONES were invented etc
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On the cover of the Abbey Road, there are 5 Beatles being featured.
Who all?
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney,RIngo Starr, George Harrison. And..
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It is the world's most demanding training course for and applicants will usually need at least 12 'Appearances' (attempts at the final test), after preparation averaging 34 months, to pass the examination.
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they applicants must be 'of good character', meeting strict requirements regarding any criminal record, then first pass a written test which qualifies them to make an 'appearance'. At appearances, Knowledge boys must, without looking at a map, identify the quickest and most sensible route between any two points that their examiner chooses.
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During training would-be _____, known as Knowledge boys (or girls), have to familiarize themselves with the 320 main (standard) routes, or 'runs', through central London of the Knowledge are contained within the 'Blue Book' (officially known as the 'Guide to Learning the Knowledge of London'), produced by the Public Carriage Office
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CAB DRIVERS IN LONDON
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• The Women's Titanic Memorial is a granite statue in southwest Washington, D.C., that honors the men who died on the RMS Titanic. 238
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The "____ ____" term arose in March 1984, after a CDC study.
It actually stood for O/Out of California, but was mistakenly later interpreted as _____.
This was featured prominently in Randy Shilts's book And the Band Played On In 1988, Andrew R. Moss published an opposing view in the New York Review of Books.
A more recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on November 1, 2007 dismisses the hypothesis and claims that this transited from Africa to Haiti in 1966 and from Haiti to the United States in 1969.
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Patient ZERO-
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This name is also associated frequently with Qaysibn al-MulawwahibnMuzahim a Bedouin poet and his trysts with _________ bint MahdiibnSa’d from the same tribe
In India it is believed that ______ found refuge in a village in Rajasthan before breathing their last. The 'graves' of ______ are believed to be located in the Bijnore village near Anupgarh in the Sriganganagar district. According to rural legend there, ______ escaped to these parts and died there. Hundreds of __________ from India and Pakistan, despite there being no facilities for an overnight stay, attend the two day fair in June. 243
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Hundreds of newly wed and lovers come to this place
Indian version of Laila and Majnum.
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Christa McAuliffe received bachelor's degree in education and history from Framingham State College in 1970, and a Master of Arts from Bowie State University in 1978. she took a teaching post as a social studies teacher at Concord High School in New Hampshire in 1982.
In 1985, she was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to participate in what?
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The school teacher who died in the challenger
space disaster, jan 28,1986
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The ________ logo - a wolf howling at a crescent moon - represents the Persian name for Georgia, Virshan, meaning “land of the wolf”. Today, Georgia is still home to the grey wolf, which for hundreds of years has been a part of Russian culture and folklore.
It was first created for Prince ________ in 1806. ________’s bell-shaped bottle is embossed with the imperial
crown and around the base of the bottle the words “Original Recipe of Prince ________ of 1806” are written in Russian Cyrillic text.
What are we talking about?
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Vodka from the Land of Wolf
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ecclesiastical council decree that forbid the use of _______in any church in Mexico and Spanish colonies in the Caribbean.
The Ottoman ruler Murad IV prohibited _______ in his empire in 1633.
Pope Urban VII in particular threatened to excommunicate anyone who took _______ in the porchway of or inside a church.
The first modern, incident was imposed by the Nazi Party in every German university, post office, military hospital, and Nazi Party office, under orders from Adolf Hitler. What?
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The fort’s history relates to two parts namely,the X Mahal and the Man Mandir palace. The first part was built during the early Tomar rule, while the second part, the X Mahal (now a Museum) and the palace, was constructed by Raja Man Singh Tomar in the 15th century for his favourite queen, Y
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Qn) According to the hindu mythology,Muni Agastya was once on his way back from Mt.Kailas with his Kamandalu(pot) full of sacred water.On his way, he stopped at a place for sometime to take rest.At that time a crow came and perched on the Kamandalu which caused it to topple over.Furious at this the Muni cursed the crow, who was Lord Ganesha himself in disguise,who then came to the real form and asked him,”Is this what I get in return for starting the great ________”? What?
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____________is a Malayalam television channel based in Trivandrum, Kerala. Currently, Padmasree Bharath Mammootty, a leading film actor in Malayalam, holds the post of Chairman and John Brittas is the Managing Director and editor.
The channel is the official mouthpiece of the CPI(M).
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_________ University, Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Orissa and the seventeenth oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating University, that has produced some of the best brains in Orissa.
After the separation of Orissa from Bihar and the creation of the new province of Orissa in April 1936, there was a strong desire among the leaders of the province for the establishment of a separate university in Orissa
Motto "Seek The Highest Truth" Established 1943 Type Public Chancellor Mr. M. C. Bhandare Vice-Chancellor Prof. Binayak Ratha Location Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India Campus Urban Affiliations UGC
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_______is a town in Nagapattinam district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was once a flourishing ancient port city known as Kaveripattinam, which for a while served as the capital of the early Chola kings in Tamilakkam
The Silappatikaram, apart from being the first known epic poem in Tamil, begins in this city.
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Where will you find this form of Lord Shiva?
As the history says, Due to king's misunderstanding with this temple builder, king ordered to make him blind. Hearing this the builder plucked his own eyes and throw at this temple walls. Till date one can find those blood scars on that particular wall.
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The fort’s history relates to two parts namely,the X Mahal and the Man Mandir palace. The first part was built during the early Tomar rule, while the second part, the X Mahal (now a Museum) and the palace, was constructed by Raja Man Singh Tomar in the 15th century for his favourite queen, Y
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_________ University, Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Orissa and the seventeenth oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating University, that has produced some of the best brains in Orissa.
After the separation of Orissa from Bihar and the creation of the new province of Orissa in April 1936, there was a strong desire among the leaders of the province for the establishment of a separate university in Orissa
Motto "Seek The Highest Truth" Established 1943 Type Public Chancellor Mr. M. C. Bhandare Vice-Chancellor Prof. Binayak Ratha Location Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India Campus Urban Affiliations UGC
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_______is a town in Nagapattinam district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was once a flourishing ancient port city known as Kaveripattinam, which for a while served as the capital of the early Chola kings in Tamilakkam
The Silappatikaram, apart from being the first known epic poem in Tamil, begins in this city.
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Where will you find this form of Lord Shiva?
As the history says, Due to king's misunderstanding with this temple builder, king ordered to make him blind. Hearing this the builder plucked his own eyes and throw at this temple walls. Till date one can find those blood scars on that particular wall.
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GURJARI-GUJARAT MRIGANAYANI-RAJASTHAN KAVERI-KARNATAKA KAIRALI-KERALA UTKAL-ORIYA POOMPUHAR-TAMILNADU LEPAKSHI-ANDHRA
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Frederick I ________(1122 – 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152.The name ________ came from the northern Italian cities he attempted to rule, and means "red beard" in Italian Frederick is the subject of many legends, including that of a sleeping hero, like the much older British Celtic legends of Arthur or Bran the Blessed. Legend says he is not dead, but asleep with his knights in a cave in the Kyffhäuser mountain in Thuringia or Mount Untersberg in Bavaria, Germany, and that when the ravens cease to fly around the mountain he will awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness. According to the story, his red beard has grown through the table at which he sits.
Coupla qns1)fill in the blanks.2) connect this word with Timur the Lame
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On an interesting note, Timur's body was exhumed from his tomb in 1941 by the renowned Russian anthropologist Mikhail M. Gerasimov. The scientist found that Timur's facial characteristics conformed to that of Mongoloid features, supporting
Timur's notion, in some part, that he was descended from Genghis Khan. His height was 5 foot 8 inches, tall for his time and era. He also confirmed Timur's
lameness. Gerasimov was able to reconstruct the likeness of Timur from his skull. Unfortunately, a curse has been attached to opening Timur's tomb. In the year of
Timur's death, a sign was carved in Timur's tomb warning that whoever would dare disturb the tomb would bring demons of war onto his land. Gerasimov's
expedition opened the tomb on June 19, 1941. Operation Barbarossa began three days later on June 22, 1941.”
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The literal translation of this is Sign Of God.
This is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver clerics.
The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin
Those who carry the title are experts in studies such as jurisprudence, ethics,
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Ayatu-illah - "Signs of God",
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Peary and Amundsen, -Biscuit Horlicks company.-William Horlick,
The mountain that you see in the first pic is a mountain in the Antartics which was named as Horlick mountain in dedication to the support provided by the Horlicks company in these expeditions.
