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2.  Edward “lumpy” Stevens was an English
professional cricketer who played during
1756-1759,and considered to be the first great
bowler of game’s history
 on 22–23 May 1775, Stevens beat the
great Hambledon batsman John Small three
times with the ball going through the wickets
and subsequent protests introduced
something new in the game.

4.  The Smith and the Devil is a European fairy tale .
The story is of a smith who makes a pact with a
malevolent being—devil selling his soul for some
power, then tricks the devil out of his prize. In one
version, the smith gains the power to weld any
materials, then uses this power to stick the devil to
an immovable object, allowing the smith to renege
on the bargain.
 What is being so peculiar about this fairytale?

6.  ‘Sunny’ Gavaskar along with his fine batting
performances showed his bowling skills at
rare occasions earning him, his only wicket in
the entire career.
 Who was his only prey?

8.  They are responsible for looking after any
prisoners in this specific place and safeguarding
the British crown jewels;They have also
conducted guided tours since theVictorian era.
 ‘X’ the popular nickname of these people and is
believed to be originated because a very large
ration of beef is given to them daily at the
court,and they might be called ‘X’.
 Moira Cameroon holds a rare distinction with
regard to these people.What?

9.  First lady to be inducted to the group.

10.  This journey started as a pact between two friends to
culturally explore the whole of the Latin Americas.
 By the journey’s end the pair had travelled a symbolic nine
months and emerged “new born”(with new ideas) with
which we relate the protagonist.The little foray into
Miami seems to have a lasting impression on the
protagonist. While on the journey the pair documented
the plight of the commoners and the downtrodden.
 Millions of people try to emulate the same journey both as
a tribute and to garner inspiration from the same.
 Whose journey are we talking about? What book is this
journey documented in?

12.  Hydrogen is the lightest element on the periodic table, making it a
fantastic lifting gas. But when mixed with an oxidizer -like oxygen,
slightest spark can make it explode.
 It was this danger that led German aeronautical engineer Hugo
Eckener, to design his ship with helium as the lifting gas. Although
helium is rare, expensive, and weighs twice as much as hydrogen,
it doesn't explode.
 Unfortunately, in the 1930s, the U.S. had a monopoly on the
world's supply of helium. Out of fear that other countries might
use helium for military purposes, the government banned its
export, and Eckener retooled his 800-foot-long ship to use
hydrogen, as a result his airship bursted into flames just after its
first trans-Atlantic crossing.
 How did we better know this disaster?

13.  “Oh ,the humanity” famous phrase which
comes to mind .

14.  This disease was reported for the first by FelixVon
Winwarter in 1879 and later, another guy to give the
clear pathological description for this disease(disease
owes name to him).
 Scientifically Thromboangiitis obliteans, it is a
recurring progressive inflammation and thrombosis of
small and medium arteries and viens of the hands and
feet and is caused due to the use ofTobacco products.
 Rodrigo Duterte, quiting his smoking habit after
identifying himself to be the victim of this disease
recently banned public smoking in Philippines (kudos
to the prez).

15.  Leo Buerger gave the clear pathological
description for this disease.

18.  On the morning of September 5, 1936, Frederico Borrell
was one of about fifty men who arrived at Cerro
Muriano in Córdoba to reinforce the militia against
Francoist forces commanded by General José Enrique
Varela. During that afternoon Borrell was defending the
artillery battery to the rear of theAlcoi infantry when
enemy troops infiltrated behind the Loyalists and fired
at them from behind.
 Borrell was fatally shot around five o’clock on or near
the hill known as La Loma de las Malagueñas. According
to Spanish government records, he was the only
member of the Columna Alcoiana to die in the fighting
at Cerro Muriano that day.

19.  Photograph by Robert Capa.

20.  On July 27, 1941, a special cargo arrived from Moscow
to the city ofTyumen, accompanied not just by troops
but also a team of scientists and biologists.The
regional committee was instructed to keep it safe.
 The whole journey was officially top secret.The
package was transported under close surveillance. All
through the journey it was heavily guarded by armed
NKVD (People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs – the
precursor of the KGB) police officers.
 One of the Scientists recalls answering a curious kid’s
question about the end of the war by replying “The
war is over when I leave”.
 What was this special cargo?

21.  This was the only time Lenin’s body was
moved from its Mausoleum.
 As the Russian Government feared invasion
of Moscow by the GermanTroops.

22.  Which trophy, still in use and nicknamed as ‘The
Holy Grail’ , is the only one in professional sports
that has the name of the winning players, coaches,
management, and club staff engraved upon it?
 Each winning player and team management
member gets to take it home for a day to share with
family and friends , thus being used as a baptismal
font once.

24.  The number of layers for this is calculated with
the formula:
{ l=(f+1)^(n) };
Where ’l’ is the number of finished layers, ’f’ the
number of folds in a single folding move, and ’n’ is
how many times the folding move is repeated. For
example, twice-folding (i.e. in three), repeated
four times gives {(2+1)^(4)=81} layers.
 What item from the world of food is related to
the above calucation?

26.  X was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist,
and a Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known
for alerting the colonial militia to the approach of British
forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as
dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “X’s
Ride“
 Y ,the underrated war hero is termed as ‘the women X’ has
been celebrated as a heroine of theAmerican Revolutionary
War who, mounted on her horse, became famous after 1900
for her night ride onApril 26, 1777, to alert militia forces to
the approach of the British regular forces.

27.  X- Paul Revere
 Y-Sybil Ludington

28.  X came with his new invention “the inductor
telegraph”, also known as the multiplex telegraph.
The device helps to communicate between trains and
train stations over telegraph wires, preventing crucial
errors such as train accidents.
 This was unfortunate toY who was working on the
same field and took X to court over the patent dispute
but X came out on top.
 In case of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ’em”,Y offered to
make X a partner. ‘X’ rejected the proposal
vehemently earning him the
nickname’_____________’

29.  X- GranvilleT.Woods
 Y-Thomas Alva Edison

30.  Ergot is a fungus which creeps up in rye and rye-like plants. In smaller
doses it proved to be a powerful hallucinogen. Due to the
psychedelic/surreal effect it had on the mind it was called flying
ointment.
 In 14th 15th century people realized that absorbing them through the skin
could lead to hallucinations that arrived without unsavory side
effects(that would otherwise occur when ingested). And one of the most
receptive areas of the body for that absorption was the mucus
membranes of the genitals.
 A certain group of women who were interested found a household item
to apply on/in the genitals to get the maximum effect of the
hallucinogen.
 This led to associating this group with the said household item.
 What are the group of women are we talking about?Which household
item?

32.  MosesCotsworth suggested that the last day of the year
should be designated a Sunday, and hence, because the
following day would be NewYear's Day and a Sunday also, he
called it a Double Sunday. He carried over all the features of the
Gregorian calendar consistent with this goal, including the
traditional month names, the week beginning on Sunday, and
the Gregorian leap-year rule.
 To promote Cotsworth's calendar reform the International
Fixed Calendar League was founded in 1923, just after the plan
was selected by the League of Nations as the best of 130
calendar proposals put forward.
 George Eastman, of the Eastman Kodak Company, became a
fervent supporter of the IFC, and instituted its use at Kodak.
The International Fixed Calendar League ceased operations
shortly after the calendar plan failed to win final approval of the
League of Nations in 1937.

34.  In 1582, Italian scientistAloysus Lilius used
observations of the heavens to better align the
Christian calendar with the seasons, creating
the Gregorian calendar. In the 1800s, Father Angelo
Secchi was the first to classify stars based on their
spectra, a method of star classification still in use
today.These facts stands as a support for X built in
1578 in vatican.
 But later,Vatican City eventually became so bright
that X was not able to use up to its full potential, so
the church moved the whole outfit of X to the Papal
Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, 25 kilometers
southeast of Rome.

36.  In 1936, Colgate University's swim coach Sam
Ingram took his team to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
to practice during a specific time(X).The city had
the only Olympic size swimming pool at that
time in Florida.Two years later in 1938, the city
of Ft. Lauderdale caught on and decided to host
300 collegiate swim teams for a meet during X to
help boost the local economy.
 The phenomenon of “X" was reported on for the
first time in 1959 byTIME magazine.
 [hint : seasons, birds…]

38.  Central government has implemented official
language policy in the banking sector and
honouring banks with ‘Official Language
Policy Award’.
 Which bank was awarded first prize in the
category, this year?
 [current affairs]

40.  Scientists discovered ‘The Polka DotTree
frog’ having a palette of green, yellow and
red under normal light and bright blue and
green glow in the dark
 Three molecules-hyloin-L1,hyloin-L2,and
hyloin-G1 in the lymph tissues, skin and
glandular secretions of these frogs give them
a special and unique feature