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First Amongst EqualsMainsCongratulations

Let us assume for the time being it does happenInfinite BounceDear __________________________

I have a dream within a dream within a dream within another dream... What now?

Sincerely, Leonardo DiCaprio

FITBMartin Luther King, Jr.

Described as tall and thin, between 6ft 4 in and 6ft 6 in (193198cm) in height and weighing about 165 pounds (75kg), olive complexion, left-handed and usually walking with a cane. His personality was described as soft-spoken, respectful and mild-mannered in demeanor and used to follow Arsenal Football Club.

His nicknames include the Lion (after his name), the Prince, the Leader, Commander, Pilgrim, Governor, Director and the Lord of the struggle, Samaritan, the Guided One etc.

Osama bin Laden

ManhattanThe Manhattan Cocktail, The Manhattan Skyline chart, The Manhattan ProjectBroadway and Wall St.According to University of Maryland:

It travels at 650 miles per second, 3,000 times the speed of sound continuously for 31 hrs. from east to west and carries a payload of 353,430 tons which is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner.

What?

Santas SleighIts website, launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Press organization, claimed a database of more than 1.2million documents within a year of its launch.

X describes its founders as a mix of Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians, and start-up company technologists from the United States, Taiwan, Europe, Australia and South Africa.

Identify X and this rather infamous organization.

X= Julian AssangeRalegan Siddhi is a village in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.

Till 1975, the village was riddled with poverty and severely affected by drought. Standards of living were extremely low. However, with the contribution of social activist Kisan Bapat Baburao _______, the village started to rebuild. The village carried out programs liketree planting,terracingto reducesoil erosionand diggingcanalsto retain rainwater. It also adopted non-conventional sources of energy with all its street lights being completely solar powered.

Kisan Bapat Baburao _______, more commonly referred to as _____ _______, was thus awarded the Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the building of Ralegan Siddhi.

FITB.freshers14

Anna HazareIt caused the sales of pencils in the UK to shoot up by around 52% in 2006.

The very first letter of complaint against this accused the publisher of making the complainant miss a station as he was engrossed in it.

In 2008 in an Australian drugs related trial of over 1 million A$ had to be rescheduled as it was found that the jury was engaged in this instead of the proceedings..

The first video game featuring this sold over 8 million copies.

It even had a TV show based on it where the winner took away 37000$.

What is this epic thing?

Level: Medium_____________ are specialammunitionthat are built with a smallpyrotechniccharge in their base. Ignited by the burning powder, the phosphorus tail burns very brightly, making the projectile visible to the naked eye. This enables the shooter to follow the bullet trajectoryrelative to the target in order to make corrections to his aim.

They also lend their name to a very common phrase used by commentators is a certain sport. Name the object/give the phrase.

That went to the boundary like a Tracer Bullet!While it featured in the original format of the show in almost every franchise and was credited with the revival of fortunes of AT&T on its format in the US, the recent formats have decided to not continue with this as the participants were using internet sources such as Google to search for the answers.

What concept is this?

Phone a Friend

Ashoka Pillar

Presidential Memorials: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and F. RooseveltBefore Rahul Dravids unbeaten century in the 1st Innings at the Lords Test, who was the last Indian batsman to score a century at the venue?Ajit Agarkar :P

I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't. Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a Special One.

People will say that I caused the volcano to erupt. If not they will say I have a friend inside the volcano who helped me.

Whose (infamous) quotes are these?

Jose mourinhoUtterly Butterly

Infinite BounceX visited this temple in 1978 when Xs career was at an all-time low. The image below is the deity of the temple and inspired X to create something which is a very visible symbol everywhere today.

Identify X and what was the creation?

Tiananmen Square is the largest and Macroplaza, Mexico is the second largest public square. Which is the next one?

Xand Y are a brother and sister duo, very famous in the political circles of a South East Asian country.The brother, the elder sibling, is the more famous for being Like Donald Trump, very rich and big spending.

He also held a powerful position in his countrys government which is now held by his sister.

Id. X and Y.

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Android Marketplace

She just replaced her compatriot as the head of a major international institution. The man she replaced didnt leave in the most pleasant of circumstances. Identify him

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Rupert MurdochThe steadfast tin soldier, The Snow Queen, The little match girl, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling and the Little Mermaid

ConnectHans Christian AndersenConstructed in the Dravidian style of architecture this Temple is glorified in theDivya Prabandha, the early medievalTamilliterature canon of the TamilAlvarsaints.

The temple gave its name to Keralas state capital Thiruvananthapuram.

Traditionally managed by the Royal Family of Travancore, Id this temple whose assets are currently a matter of debate.

Scores?Long Visual Connect

VS.

AirportsAnd the Winner is: