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gursheel singh/+91-9888779314/[email protected]


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1. The term XY was used by Allied aircraft pilots in WorldWar II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerialphenomena seen in the skies over both the European andPacific theaters of operations.

Though it initially described a type of UFO reported andnamed by the U.S. , the term was also commonly used tomean any UFO sighting from that period. Formally reportedfrom November 1944 onwards, witnesses often assumedthat the XY were secret weapons employed by the enemy

Which famous band shares its name with the term?



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2.What name is given to a planet that falls within a star'shabitable zone, and is often specifically used for planetsclose to the size of Earth?

Such a planet neither too close nor too far from a star torule out liquid water on its surface and thus life (as humansunderstand it) on the planet. However, planets within ahabitable zone that are unlikely to host life (e.g., gasgiants) may also be referred to by this name. The bestexample is the Earth itself.



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3.Paper in the A series format has an aspect ratio of 1:X ,although this is rounded to the nearest millimetre . Thegeometric rationale behind having this aspect ratio is tomaintain the aspect ratio after cutting or folding an A

series sheet in half, perpendicular to the larger side. What X?



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4. During his visit to Paris, France, in 2005, ProfessorMuhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank wasinvited by Franck Riboud, the CEO of a Frenchmultinational corporation. They met in October that year.

There Yunus proposed to form a joint venture betweenGrameen Bank and Franck's company with the objectiveof supplying nutritious food to poor children of BangladeshAs proposed by Muhammad Yunus, Franck Riboud agreedto participate in the project to be styled a social business.The launch of the company received considerable

attention and was attended by celebrities including Frencsoccer player Zinedine Zidane of France. Id the Frenchcompany in question.



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Danone



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5. A little known Indian pharmaceutical company, KayemPharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, found itself at the centre of ahuge controversy in the United States in 2011 because of adrug (Sodium Thiopental) it supplied to certain customers i

the US. Because of quality considerations a federal suit wafiled against the US Food and Drug Administration to blockoverseas shipments of this key drug. All this started afterHospira Inc., the only firm in the US making that drugstopped production and the EU refused to supply the drugWhy was the drug so controversial?



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It was previously the firstof three drugs

administered during mostlethal injections in the

United States.



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6. University of Cumbria in northwest England recentlybecame the first public university in the world to startsomething. However it is initially limited to only twoprogrammes that will start in June 2014. Before that The

University of Nicosia, the largest private university in Cyprusbecame the first university in the world to start the samepractice. What are we talking about?



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Accepting fees in Bitcoins



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7. How do be better know the Brubaker-Steichel theory othe sporadic infidelity pattern of the married male?



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Seven Year Itch



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8. Whatll happen next?



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9. The Dynamic Ribbon has been an integral part of thecompanys logo since 1969. The ribbon accompanies thecompany name in almost every advertisement and is aregistered trademark of the company. Identify the

company.



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Coca-Cola



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10. Which was the first public film company registered inIndia?



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11. Zeishan Quadri was born in X. He worked in a cacentre in Delhi before moving to Mumbai to pursue hacting career. Apart from acting his interest lay in writingAfter coming to Mumbai he started working on a concep

note for a film based on real life incidents.On May 30, 2009, he sold the concept Y , who he habeen chasing for about a fortnight. Quadris deal wasimple. He would write the script and play a key charactein film. Y was so impressed by the concept note that htook up the project immediately. Identify X and Y.



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Zeishan Quadri ak


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12. Identify his most famous pupil.



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Sachin. The guy is Ramakant Achrekar



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13. Sharmeen Obaid Cheenoy has been named by theTime Magazine as one of the most influential people in theworld in 2012. She was recently awarded the secondhighest civilian award of her country. Claim to fame?



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She became Pakistans first Oscar winner for herdocumentary, Saving Face in 2012.



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14. Arthur C Clarke, the famous sci-fi author sent thefollowing letter to NASAs chief administrator. Why?

"Dear Sir, on checking my records, I see that I have neverreceived payment for this work. Could you please look into

this matter with some urgency? Otherwise you will behearing from my solicitors, Messrs. Geldsnatch, Geldsnatchand Blubberclutch".



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According to many conspiracy theories, the Apollo moonlandings were fake. The video showing the astronautslanding on the moon was based on a script by Arthur CClarke and was directed by Stanley Kubrick. Hence the

letter.



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15. The facility is located about 1300 kilometres from theNorth Pole and can very well be called a real life NoahsArk, albeit for plants. The entire cost of its construction wasborne by the govt. of Norway. Primary funding for the

facility comes from organisations, such as the Bill & MelindaGates Foundation, and from various governmentsworldwide

It functions like a safe deposit box in a bank. Thetemperature in the bank is -18 Degree Celsius.

It was 6th on the list of Times Best Inventions for 2008. I wamentioned in one of the Elementary episodes. Identify.



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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault



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16. X has trouble remembering Y's last name and has thuscreated many new names, below is a list:

Addock, Capslock, Kapok, Bangkok, Bartok, Fatstock,Drydock, Hopscotch, Stopcock, Hammock, Paddock,

Hassock, Havoc, Maggot, Bootblack, Balzac, Bedsock,Padlock,Hatbox, Stockpot, Harrock, and Hemlock.



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Castafiore and Haddock



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Id the savior.



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Thi i ibl At i 2600 (i t lid )


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This impossibly rare, Atari 2600 game(image next slide) wasbased on an Old Testament story. The primitive run andjump game was created by an independent designernamed Steve Stack in 1983. Because of the game's themeit was advertised in religious magazines as well .

The game was never sold in stores and was only availablefor $34.95 from the manufacturer. As a result, its one of therarest Atari 2600 games, whats been describe with tongueonly partially in cheek as a holy grail for collectors. Thegame wasnt even known to exist by the collectors market

until one cartridge was found at a garage sale in 2007.That cartridge was auctioned off for over $10,000 in 2012.

Which old testament story formed the basis for the game?



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Crossing of the Red Sea led byMoses



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Q.U.I.Z. Finals)

Gursheel Singh

Rounds


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Rounds


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18. Claim to fame?


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19. This is a feminist and LGBT bookstore in Madison,


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Wisconsin, USA. Why the name?



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20. Whose car?


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Uri Geller .An illusionist, well known internationally as a


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magician, television personality, and self-proclaimed psychic. He is known for his trademarktelevision performances ofspoon bending and othersupposed psychic effects.

The car is his cherished custom-built 1976Cadillac encrusted with approximately 5,000 pieces ofcontorted cutlery painstakingly riveted to the car's body.Some of his treasured pieces were owned, used ortouched by famous personalities.


Dr Y. M. Bhende was born on 27 September1911 He graduated from Grant Medical


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1911. He graduated from Grant MedicalCollege, Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1935 anddid his MD in General Medicine in 1940.Subsequently, he completed his MD in

Pathology from Seth G.S. Medical Collegeand K.E.M. Hospital in 1945. He joined SethG.S. Medical College as Assistant Professor inthe Department of Pathology in 1945 andwent to England in 1947 on a NuffieldResearch Fellowship. In 1952, Dr Bhendealong with his co-authors published a paper

in The Lancet proposing something thathogged the limelight in a 2012 Bollywoodmovie. Though many must have thought itfictional, it does exist. What?


Bombay Blood Group


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Bombay Blood Group



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The Great Wave off Kanagawa


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The Great Wave off Kanagawa


In the movie Rasputin and the Princess (image next slide) iwas insinuated that the character Princess Natasha was


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was insinuated that the character Princess Natasha wasraped by Rasputin. The real life Princess Irina who wassupposedly the inspiration behind the character suedMGM. After seeing the film twice, the jury agreed that the

princess had been defamed.

Princess Irina and her husband were reportedly awarded$127,373 in damages by the English Court of Appeal in1934 and $1 million in an out-of-court settlement with MGM

As a preventive measure against further lawsuits, the film

was taken out of distribution for decades.Movies were never the same again. Why?



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Mr. Harvey first spotted this face on a postcard pinned tothe office bulletin board of a friend who was an editor "It


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the office bulletin board of a friend who was an editor. Itwas a face that didn't have a care in the world, exceptmischief," recalled Mr. Harvey. The face would become anessential feature of something that Mr. Harvey started.

Initially it was named Mel Haney' but soon it would acquirits more famous name that continues till date. Id.


Mad Magazine's Mr. Neuman


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Maggi Humbling'sA Conversation with X Statue(imagenext slide) was installed in 1998, in Adelaide Street,


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next slide) was installed in 1998, in Adelaide Street,London. She created it from green granite and bronzeand shows X rising from a sarcophagus, inviting passers-by to sit down and converse with him. Id X



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Oscar Wilde


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During the 1850s a certain Gustave Dore came up with asuggestion for Hachette, the leading French publisher. He


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wanted to the Hachette to republish Dante's Inferno withsome additions by him. Because of the additions the bookwould cost a 100 Francs. Hachette turned him down,saying no one would pay that much. Dor said he wouldpay for the entire edition. Hachette was listed as thepublisher but was actually just the printer. But againHachette cautioned Dor to only have a hundred copiesbound, so as not to waste all that money on binding. Thebook came out in 1861.

A couple weeks later, Dor received a famous telegram

from Louis Hachette. "Success! Come quickly! I am an ass!Far from selling 100 copies, there have now been over 200editions of that book.

What did Gustave add to the book?


He illustrated it.


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What was Freud describing when in 1925 he wrote wheresuch men love they have no desire, and where they desire


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y ythey cannot love, specifically, he noticed the difficultysome men had in having sexual relations with their wivesbecause they differentiated women because of this. Those

men were aroused by prostitutes and mistresses but nottheir wives because, paradoxically, they respected thelatter too much to be sexually attracted to them.


'Madonna-Whore' Complex


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The founding members of the Parents Music ResourceCentre(PMRC), founded in 1985 included Tipper Gore, wife


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of Al Gore; Susan Baker, wife of the Treasury Secretary; PamHowar, wife of a Washington realtor; and Sally Nevius, wifeof a former Washington City Council Chairman. They were

known as the "Washington wives"a reference to theirhusbands connections with government in theWashington, D.C. area.

According to many, Tipper's involvement in the committewas a misguided attempt to get attention for herhusband's presidential aspirations.

What is PMRC's most important contribution to the world?


The PMRC was founded stated goal of increasing parentacontrol over the access of children to music deemed to be


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violent, have drug use or be sexual via labelling albumswith Parental Advisory stickers.


Harnik Food Industries was founded by a certain Mr. N. L.Hingorani over four decades ago. Their range of products


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includes instant food mixes and desserts and a wide rangeof confectionery products.

Their product X is one of its kind in India and remains by far

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The image is reference to something that happened inSeptember1993 and continues till date. what?


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Eternal September


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In Usenet slang, Eternal September (or the September thatnever ended)began in September 1993,the month thatInternet service provider America Online began offeringUsenet access to its tens of thousands, and later millions, ousers.

Since then, the rise in popularity of the Internet has broughon a constant stream of new users. Thus, from the point of

view of the pre-1993 Usenet users, the influx of new users inSeptember 1993 never ended


A paper titledMaterial Degradomics- On ________________was submitted to the American Chemical Society in 2009b t d t f th C t f S t i bl H it Th


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by students from the Centre for Sustainable Heritage, TheBartlett School of Graduate Studies, University CollegeLondon. The paper discussed the methodologies they used

to find _________________________. The main volatiledegradation products, constituting ________________, weredetermined using headspace analysis after a 24 hpredegradation procedure.

It was finally described as being a combination of grassynotes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over anunderlying mustiness.

What were they trying to find?


The smell of old books.


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The artist? Most famous creation?


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Shepard Fairy, Obama Hope Poster


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