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SATHYA NARAYANANVARUN

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HRISHIK POWANIVINAYAK KRISHNAN

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1. X is one of the five major vows prescribed for

the śrāvakā (layman) and ascetics in Jainism. For lay Jains who are married, the virtue of X requires remaining sexually faithful to one's chosen partner. For lay Jains who are unmarried, chaste living requires them to avoid sex before marriage. Uttam X (Supreme chastity) is one of the ten excellencies of a Digambara monk. X is mentioned as one of the das dharma (ten virtues) in ancient Jain texts like Tattvarthasutra, Sarvārthasiddhi and Puruşārthasiddhyupāya.

X is also a 1968 Indian Super-hit movie starring Shammi Kapoor.

Identify X.

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Brahmachari/Brahmacharya

2.

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X has its origins as a commercial slogan phrased in 1998 at JWT by Anuja Chauhan, by fusing Hindusthani and English words together. X soon gained mass popularity, and became a battle slogan and rallying cry, first used by Capt. Vikram Batra, an officer of the Indian Army, during the 1999 Kargil War after which the slogan gained enormous popularity though people didn’t know about Batra. Captain Batra who was killed during the war cried out these words and so it became a mantra before every battle thereafter in the war. Id the slogan.

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Yeh Dil Maange More

4.

Pizza Hut, the pizza chain is giving away free pizzas and garlic breads for some people who qualify a certain basis today from 10AM-6PM. So, who are the ones eligible to get a free pizza today?

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If your name is Sindhu or Sakshi you can get a free pizza today

5. What is so special about this graveyard?

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Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard

6. Apasmāra was a dwarf who represented

ignorance and epilepsy. He is also known as Muyalaka or Muyalakan. In order to preserve knowledge in the world, Apasmāra could not be killed; to do so would throw out the balance of knowledge and ignorance, as to kill Apasmāra would mean attaining knowledge without effort, dedication and hard work. Consequently, this would lead to the devaluing of knowledge in all forms. Where have we seen and ‘ignored’ Apasmara?

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7.

Mohammed Yousaf Khan was born in Ramanathapuram District  in 1725. From humble beginnings, he became a warrior in the Arcot troops, later Commandant for the British East India Company troops. The British and the Arcot Nawab used him to suppress the Polygars (Palayakkarar) in the south of Tamil Nadu. Later he was entrusted to administrating the Madurai country when the Madurai Nayaks rule ended. Later a dispute arose with the Britishers and three of his associates were bribed to capture Yusuf Khan; he was hanged on 15 October 1764 in Madurai. Which film was supposed to have been shot on him?

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What did the fellow do seconds before this picture was taken?

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Stabbed Monica Seles

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1. i) X joined the separatist Sudetan German Party in

1935. Although he was a citizen of Czechoslovakia, he became a spy for the Abwehr, the intelligence service of Nazi Germany, in 1936. When he got caught, he later told Czech police that he did it because he needed the money; by this time X had a drinking problem and was chronically in debt. His tasks included collecting information on railways, military installations, and troop movements, as well as recruiting other spies within Czechoslovakia, in advance of a planned invasion of the country by Nazi Germany. Identify X.

List Religion Nationality Prisoner Forename Surname Date Occupationnumber number of birth 2 Ju. Po 69061 Szyja Abramoczyk 1917-9-15 ang. Metallverarb. 2 Ju. Po. 9109J Mosef Abusch 1912-10-28 Maler-Lackierges 2 Ju Po. 69102 Emanuel Abzug 1904-2-10 Schreibkraft 1 Ju. Po. 76202 Gisela Appel 1921-7-28 Metallarbeiterin 2 Ju. Po. 69382 Szaja Kaufmann 1902-4-2 Autoschlosserges 7 Ju. Po. 69202 Mojzes Schimme 1908-11-3 Schlosser 5 Ju. Po. 77184 Hskar Schimem 1898-5-18 Bauschlosser

This roll goes on and on. The original roll was prepared by Mietek Pemper, Itzhak Stern and X. Initially there were 1099 of them but now more than a 75000 of them are there on the register.

ii)

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Answer

Schindler’s list

2. i)

Forever X is a giant statue of X designed by Seward Johnson. The statue is a representation of one of the most famous images ever. Inaugurated in July 2011, the statue stood at Pioneer Court in Chicago, Illinois, before it was moved to Palm Springs, California in 2012. In August and September 2011 the statue was vandalised three times, most recently being splashed with red paint. It’s the second-most checked place in social networks in Illinois.

ii) As a child, Norma Jeane Baker alias X lived in

an orphanage and had 11 sets of foster parents, after her mother Gladys was institutionalized.

She also wrote and sang this controversial song:

Thanks, Mr. President For all the things you've done The battles that you've won The way you deal with U.S. Steel And our problems by ton We thank you so much

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Answer

Marilyn Monroe

Buccaneers began operating under a set of rules called Articles of Agreement, or the X. The whole $5 billion industry from then on is expected to follow them. The oath was taken on a Bible, but John Phillips' men, lacking a Bible, swore on an axe. X these days swear on human skulls or crossed pistols. Anybody who doesn’t obey will forever be banned from the industry. These rules have partially even lead to a civil war once.

3.i)

I. Every man has a vote in affairs of moment; has equal title to the fresh provisions and liquor.

II.  No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them.II. No person to game at cards or dice for money.IV. The lights and candles to be put out at eight o'clock at

night: if any of the crew, after that hour still remained inclined for drinking, they were to do it in the open.

V. To keep their piece, pistols, and cutlass clean and fit for service.

VI. The musicians to have rest on the Sabbath Day, but the other six days and nights, none without special favour.

VII. The prized will only be opened when everyone of them are there.

ii)

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Answer

4. i)

The site chosen was a flat area on the floor of a low valley between the Caelian, Esquiline and Palatine Hills, through which a canalised stream ran. Construction of it was funded by the opulent spoils taken from the Jewish Temple after the Great Jewish Revolt led to the Siege of Jerusalem. Along with the spoils, estimated 100,000 Jewish prisoners were brought back after the war, and many contributed to the massive workforce needed for construction.

ii) The initial name for this gladiatorial venue

was Amphitheatrum Flavium from Latin. Actors, the grave diggers and former gladiators weren’t permitted inside. The venue was flooded with water sometimes so that historic naval battles could be reconstructed for practice. Despite its brutal pagan origins, it has been used as a worship space by Christians over the centuries.  The area beneath was called the Hypogeum(meaning underground). The hypogeum consisted of two-level subterranean network of tunnels and 32 animal pens. It had 80 vertical shafts which provided instant access to the arena for animals and scenery. Identify it.

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Colosseum

5.i)Owsley Stanley aka Bear born in 1934 was a chemist who was a prominent personality in the San Francisco Bay Hippie Movement. Stanley who was an engineering graduate was the first person to mass produce LSD drugs and other acids. LSDs at that time were usually taken as acid (Liquid) or as microdots (tablets) or as loony toons (stamps). Stanley was the first person to dissolve it in X and sell’em in the form of X.

In the 1700s, Europeans sold and bought it in brown loafs that had to be chopped to use. One day a young wife called Juliana Red cut her hand while chopping it and complained to her husband. The husband got an idea and set up a specialized press from which he made a handful of lumped ones, put them in the box and gave it to her. The lady after using it excitedly said, “It’s so exact in quantity. You’ll never need to chop again.” They patented the specialized press and became rich. Identify it.

ii)

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Sugar Cubes

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10 QUESTIONS

1.

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It is believed that, like many Highland games events, the origin of the X is tied to a prohibition by King Edward I of England against Scotsmen possessing weapons during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. In the absence of weapons of war, the Scots turned to alternative methods of military training. Hence, a practice called ‘Coulter throw’ was started to strengthen ones arms which got it’s current name X after some time though the sport doesn’t exactly justify the current name

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Hammer Throw

3.

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"Quartered in snow, Silent to remain, When the bugle calls, We shall rise and march again." 

Scroll of honor at which Indian base camp?

4.

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Siachen

L to R: Daisy, Diana, Debbie & Denise. Who is their sibling?

5.

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Dolly

6. In 64 AD, most of Rome was destroyed in

the Great Fire of Rome, which many Romans believed that the emperor X had started in order to clear land for his planned palatial complex, the Domus Aurea. He allegedly fiddled while the city of Rome burned. A software’s name is a pun in reference to him and also the software’s initial logo featured a burning Colosseum, although this is an anachronism as it was not built until after X’s death. Which software?

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7.

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Charlie Chaplin

8.

It’s origin is believed to have been variously held as the "cosmic sound" or "mystical syllable" in ancient India, or simply as "affirmation to something divine", or as symbolism for abstract spiritual concepts in the Upanishads. The syllable means "affirmation" in the Aranyaka layer of texts in the Vedas. Identify the syllable/sound/symbol.

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OM

9.

A letter to X is considered a child's first experience of correspondence in Canada. ’H0H-0H0’ is the fictional postal code for his house in Canada to which children write their letters. Identify X.

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Santa Claus

10. One of China’s four great culinary traditions- along

with Shangdong, Cantonese, Jiangsu, X marries the fresh and aromatic to the tangy and spicy. The style of cooking originated in China’s south-central X province. From 2100BC, the region evolved a cuisine noted for hot-pot working class meals, and robust taste in dried, pickled and salted dishes. Situated on the trade route to India, Nepal and Tibet. The X region prospered in commerce, bringing along the cuisine with it which is extremely popular today. What’s X?

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Szechuan/Sichuan

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Z is the capital and largest city

in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Z which is known as the ‘Spring City of China’ is a centre for high-elevation training where thousands of international athletes around the world train throughout the year. It was also an important military base during the WWII acting as a terminal for the Burma Road. Identify the city.

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“On the one hand, it's the tale of a man who confesses murder to his mother and ends up on trial, but on another it's a nonsensical mélange of Florentine astronomers, Rossini characters and Scaramouches” - Brian May. Many support the theory that the song contained veiled references to the lyricists personal traumas.

The band is still protective of the song's secret. There are many more theories to this song. Identify the song.

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Academics believe immigrants from X could have imported the game of cricket to Britain, based on a poem written in 1533 that calls Flemish weavers ‘king of crekettes’ and also mentions ‘wickettes’, predating English references dating to the 1600s that coincides with a painting by the Flemish Master Pieter Breugel which is said to show an early form of the game. Identify X.  

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______ door gave rise to the term “X”+25/-20

Ad by who?+20/-15

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Night Crossing is a 1982 film based on this real-life incident.

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Z is the capital and largest city

in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Z which is known as the ‘Spring City of China’ is a centre for high-elevation training where thousands of international athletes around the world train throughout the year. It was also an important military base during the WWII acting as a terminal for the Burma Road. Identify the city.

Yunnin

“On the one hand, it's the tale of a man who confesses murder to his mother and ends up on trial, but on another it's a nonsensical mélange of Florentine astronomers, Rossini characters and Scaramouches” - Brian May. Many support the theory that the song contained veiled references to the lyricists personal traumas.

The band is still protective of the song's secret. There are many more theories to this song. Identify the song.

Bohemian Rhapsody

KingKong

Academics believe immigrants from X could have imported the game of cricket to Britain, based on a poem written in 1533 that calls Flemish weavers ‘king of crekettes’ and also mentions ‘wickettes’, predating English references dating to the 1600s that coincides with a painting by the Flemish Master Pieter Breugel which is said to show an early form of the game. Identify X.  

Belgium

______ door gave rise to the term “X”

Going Dutch/Dutch Treat from Dutch Door

Ad by who?

Berger Paints

Panda

‘Night Crossing’ is a 1982 film based on this real-life incident.

Escaped from East Germany to West Germany

Answers

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YunninBohemianKingKong

BergerDutchPanda

BelgianGerman

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Shepherd Dogs

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What happened?1.

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First instance of Perfect 10 & Nadia Comneci

The author X served in WW I. Since he was from a higher rung of the society , he was assigned a batman(servant) to do his chores and look after him. Batmen those days were so loyal that when their master was in trouble the batman would also join the fight and would die together. Subsequently when X wrote his books, he portrayed this famous bond in his books. Who is X and how is this bond portrayed in his books?

2.

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JRR Tolkien and Sam being a selfless esquire to Frodo

X has now come up with cases that can wrap your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus with leather that was originally supposed to pad your bottom. There's also a Peruvian Scarf made from 100 percent Alpaca fiber, a golf towel, and leather driving gloves that also sense touchscreens. They also manufacture a $500 dollar tote bag named after one of it’s car model which got the ‘Car of the Year’ award sometime back . Which company uses the leftover products very cleverly?

3.

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Tesla Motors

Historians trace Westerners' named this game as X to denote "confusion" and "incomprehensibility" to the earliest contacts between Europeans and X people in the 17th century, and attribute it to Europeans' inability to understand X's people, culture and worldview.  Using the phrase “X" suggested a belief that the language itself was not understandable. It is also known as Russian scandal, whisper down the lane, broken telephone, operator, grapevine, don't drink the milk, secret message and the messenger game. Id X.

4.

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Chinese Whispers

5.

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Denton blinked his eyes in Morse code, spelling the word "TORTURE" — and confirming for the first time to U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence that American POWs were in fact being tortured

This is Waymar Royce who was a ranger of the Night’s watch in GoT. What is so special

about his death?

6.

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First person to die on-screen in GoT

X had adopted his characteristic school-uniform stage outfit from his sister Margaret’s idea. X had tried other costumes, such as Spider-Man, Zorro, a gorilla, and a parody of Superman, named Super-Ang. In fact in its early days, most members of the band dressed in some form of glam or satin outfit but this approach was abandoned when it was discovered Melbourne band Skyhooks had already adopted this approach to their stage presentation. X developed the idea for the band’s name after their other older sister saw the initials of the band on a sewing machine. ID the band and X.

7.

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Angus Young & ACDC

8.

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Knockers-up

BETTING• 5 QUESTIONS• SHOULD ATTEMPT A MINIMUM OF 3• CAN BET IN MULTIPLES OF 5• BET FROM 5 TO 20• THE GENRE OF THE QUESTION WILL

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FASHION

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Legal haircuts in North Korea

LITERATURE

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COIMBATORE

Samikannu Vincent worked as a clerk in the Indian Railways when he happened to see some short films exhibited by French film exhibitor named DuPont. Vincent befriended him and by the time when DuPont wanted to return home, Samikannu Vincent raised enough money with difficulty to buy the Frenchman's projector, accessories and films. He travelled to villages to exhibit the films he had. The film "Life of Jesus" became a huge hit in the "tent cinema” concept where he projected his films. He later set up South India’s first cinema theatre. Which theatre?

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VARIETY HALL/DELITE TALKIES

BUSINESS

Y and Robert Bamford raced specials at X Hills every weekend and the pair started to make their own vehicles under the name “X Y” in 1913. The company gained popularity after Sean Connery used one of their cars in his movie. The logo actually depicts the wings of a scarab beetle. Which company gets it’s name from the hills its cofounder used to race?

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MAPS

What differentiates these 22 countries from the others?

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The only 22 countries Britain hasn’t invaded

BUZZER

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1.

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Times Group

Sherlock, Turkey, Heruloc, Unfreedom, Bolt are all products manufactured by which company?

2.

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Godrej

3.

Which sport has this rule?

RULE 23/10 If your ball is lodged in an orange, you cannot

take relief without penalty.

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Golf

4.

"Long ago in a distant land, I, ____, the shape-shifting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! But a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is law! Now the fool seeks to return to the past, and undo the future that is _____!“

Opening lines of which series?

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Samurai Jack and Aku

WhiskySierraBravoKumbhakarnanBrando

5.These words helped India to be stronger and

ready in someway. Where were these words used?

Taj MahalNavtalaCanteenWhite HouseZooCharlie

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Smiling Buddha Codewords(Pokhran II)

5.

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VW BEETLE

Which is the one and only sport in athletics in which judges monitor

athletes on their technique?

7.

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Racewalking

Racewalkers must always have a foot in contact with the ground and their knees must be straight.

8.

Which unusual company manufactures 30 kg sandbags ?

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ROLEX SAND-CLOCK

What do they make up when together?

• The red cross of St George • The white saltire of St Andrew • The red saltire of St Patrick

9.

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Union Jack

SCORES

10

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Pullela Gopichand

TIE BREAKER

Which company is the official sponsor for the Indian contingent in Rio Olympics?

Amul

37 Which legend endorsed Bournvita & Godrej soap during his lifetime?

Who is the founder?