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3. 1
• The Battle of X took place on 11 September 1803
during the Second Anglo-Maratha War,
between British troops under General Lake,
and Marathas of Scindia's army under
General Louis Bourquin and Wable Sardar.
6. 2
• Seth MacFarlane was supposed to be on Flight 11,
the first plane to hit the Twin Towers, but missed it
because he was ______ and arrived to the airport
after the gate had already closed.
• He is the creator of the TV series Family Guy, co-
creator of the TV series American Dad! and The
Cleveland Show, and writer-director of the
films Ted (2012), its sequel Ted 2 (2015), and A
Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).
9. 3
Several theories have been put forward as to where X got inspiration for the
character, like:
•It has been suggested that he chose the name Y ("stone (of) help") to reflect
the help given to Z to change his life.
•The surname, Z, may be from the now obscure English verb ______, meaning
"press".
•One school of thought is that X based Z's views on the poor on those
of demographer and political economistThomas Malthus.
•Jemmy Wood, owner of the Gloucester Old Bank and possibly Britain’s first
millionaire, was nationally renowned for his stinginess, and may have been
another.
•The man whom X eventually mentions in his letters and who strongly
resembles the character portrayed by X's illustrator, John Leech, was a
noted Britisheccentric and miser named John Elwes (1714–1789).
•During King George IVs visit to Scotland, the Ball catering contract was won by
YZ.
12. 4
Connect (exhaustive)
• Winston Churchill
• William Penn
• Hannah Callowhill Penn
• Mother Teresa
• Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier
• Casimir Pulaski
• Raoul Wallenberg
15. 5
• Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin
Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop
Noppharatratchathaniburirom
Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit
Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit
• The name, composed mostly of Pali and Sanskrit root
words, translates as, City of angels, great city of
immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the
king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate,
erected by Visvakarman at Indira's behest.
How do we better know this city as?
18. 6
• The code names were taken from the movie ‘The
Maltese Falcon’. The designs were created by Robert
Serber who chose the codenames according to the
design shapes of the ______. The ‘...1...' was round
and fat, and was named after Sydney Greenstreet’s
‘Kasper Gutman’ character in The Maltese Falcon.
‘...2...’ was named after Elisha Cook, Jr.’s character in
the same film, as referred to by Humphrey Bogart.
21. 7
• X was a temporary art project organised by street
artist Y, constructed in the seaside resort town
of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset,
England. Prepared in secret, the pop-up exhibition at
the Tropicana, a disused lido, was "a sinister twist on
_______" that opened during the weekend of 21
August 2015 and closed permanently on September
27, 2015, 36 days later. Y described it as a "family
theme park unsuitable for children."
24. 8
• The widest coverage of the event, and one of the best-known
photographs of the event, appearing in both Time and Life magazines,
was documented by Stuart Franklin. He was on the same balcony as
Charlie Cole, and his roll of film was smuggled out of the country by a
French student, concealed in a box of tea.
• The most-used photograph of the event was taken by Jeff Widener of
the Associated Press, from a sixth-floor balcony about half a mile away
from the scene. It was taken using a Nikon FE2 camera through a Nikkor
400mm 5.6 ED IF lens and TC-301 teleconverter. With Widener running
out of film, a friend hastily obtained a roll of Fuji 100 ASA color negative
film, allowing him to make the shot. Though he was concerned that his
shots were no good, his image was syndicated to many newspapers
around the world and was said to have appeared on the front page of all
European papers.
• Which photograph?
27. 9
• A _____ is a historic cache of goods or information, usually
intended as a method of communication with future people
and to help future archaeologists, anthropologists or
historians. They are sometimes created and buried during
celebrations such as a World's fair, a cornerstone laying for a
building or at other events.
• Currently, four _____ are "buried" in space. The two Pioneer
Plaques and the two Voyager Golden Records have been
attached to spacecraft for the possible benefit of
spacefarers in the distant future.
• X is known for its ______ contributions during the 1939 New
York World's Fair and 1964 New York World's Fair. They also
participated in the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. They
sponsored the X Auditorium at the fair, where they showed
films documenting X products and company plants.
30. 10
• The _____ family is a wealthy family intimately
connected with the innermost circles of the Saudi
royal family. The financial interests of the family are
represented by the Saudi _____ Group, a global oil
and equity management conglomerate grossing US$2
billion annually, and the largest construction firm in
the world, with offices in London, Dubai, and Geneva.
• The groupings of the family, based on the
nationalities of the wives, include the most
prominent "Saudi group", a "Syrian group", a
"Lebanese group," and an "Egyptian group".
33. 11
• X A is the name given to 5 A in India, named after
YX. These are located in Mumbai, New
Delhi, Pune and Bangalore. The one in Allahabad is
called Y A.
• Established in Pune in 1954, it was the first one of
its kind in Asia.
• In New Delhi, it is situated on the grounds of 'X
Memorial Museum and Library‘.
36. 12
• X Cars is a Dutch sports car marque. The company's motto is "Nulla
tenaci invia est via", which is Latin for "For the tenacious, no road is
impassable". The marque's logo displays the rotary engine of
an airplane, a reference to the historic company which manufactured
aircraft. In an attempt to save from bankruptcy, Swedish Automobile in
September 2011, announced the immediate sale of X
to American private equity and hedge fund North Street Capital for €32
million (US$41 million).
• On December 18, 2014, X confirmed that it deliberately had gone
bankrupt, hoping to restructure its finances and getting back on its feet.
• The reborn company was founded by Victor Muller and Maarten de
Bruijn in 1999, and since 2000, X has been building exclusive sports cars
like the C8 Spyderand the C8 Laviolette (with its elegant glass roof).
X is also an apparel brand, albeit a bit different spelling.
39. 13
• X was one of Lavoisier’s assistants, who was among
the people who physically defended King Louis XVI
and Marie Antoinette from a mob during the French
Revolution. After his father narrowly escaped the
guillotine and the family house was burnt down, he
escaped with his family to the United States. In his
new home, he used the expertise he had gained
under Lavoisier in nitrate extraction to set up a
gunpowder manufacturing unit. What was his name
under which he set up this company?
42. 14
• Sir William Mitchell Acworth, KCSI (22 November
1850 – 2 April 1925) was a British economist,
barrister and politician.
• In 1921 Acworth was knighted and appointed
chairman of the Committee on _______.The report
of the committee, known as the "Acworth Report",
led to reorganisation of _______, and the creation
of a separate ______ something which continues
in India even today.
45. 15
• In the novel, no particular chess game is depicted,
though it is mentioned that the Y can play chess and
other games with X, and that, for purposes of morale,
X is programmed to temper its superiority and win
only 50% of games. The film's director was a
passionate chess player, so unlike many chess scenes
shown in other films, the position and analysis make
sense. The actual game seems to come from a
tournament game between A. Roesch and W.
Schlage, Hamburg 1910.
48. 16
• She was born out of love of a mother in the
software industry, and a father who managed the
electricity supply for the region. He works in the
recycling division of the power plant. For her own
safety, she does not live with her parents. Who is
she?
49.
50. • Sati from the Matrix Revolutions, daughter of Rama
Kandra and Kamala.
51. 17
• Back in 2012, she became the longest-living actor
to have appeared on Doctor Who, as well as the
first centenarian associated with the show.
• Who?
54. 18
• His full name is X Horrendous Haddock the Third,
the Hope and Heir to the Tribe of the Hairy
Hooligans.
• In the first film he is 14 years old, eventually
becoming 15 years old. He is 20 years old in the
second film.
• He has the most rare and intelligent species of
_____ in the film.
57. 19
• According to the Mahabharata, X was married to Vrushali.
He had ten sons: Vrishasena, Sudama, Vrishaketu,
Chitrasena, Satyasena, Sushena, Shatrunjaya, Dvipata,
Banasena, and Prasena; eight of them took part in the
Kurukshetra war. Sudama was killed
by Arjuna at Draupadi's swayamvara when he was 9 years
old. Prasena was killed by Satyaki. Shatrunjaya, Vrishasena,
and Dvipata were slain by Arjuna. Bhima killed Banasena;
Nakula killed Chitrasena, Satyasena, and Sushena.
Vrishakethu was his only son who survived the war.
• After the war when Pandavas were made aware of their
fratricide, Vrishakethu was put under the patronage of
Arjuna and took part in various battles that preceded the
Ashvamedha yagna. Vrishakethu was killed by Arjuna's
son Babruvahana during the battle fought
during AshvamedhaYagna.
60. 20
• The X dynasty, in Puranic literature, was a mythical
dynasty founded by X. X, literally means "sugar cane".
The dynasty is also known as Suryavamsa (the Solar
dynasty). Rama, hero of the Ramayana belonged to
this dynasty. Twenty-two out of the twenty-four Jain
Tirthankara belonged to this dynasty.
• According to the Puranas, supreme preceptor of the X
dynasty was sage Vashishta.
• X is the first king who executed the Manusmrti or
religious rules of Hindu living which were composed
by his father Manu.
63. 21
• The Emerald Route is a travelogue published
by Indian Thought Publications in 1980. The book was
commissioned by the Government of Karnataka, and
the initial non-commercial version was published in
1977 as part of a government publication. The book
is focused on local history, culture and heritage. This
book is the author’s account of his travels across
Karnataka. Who are the author & the illustrator of the
book?
66. 22
• X was part of his trilogy inspired by Omar
Khayyam's Rubaiyat, which he had earlier translated into
Hindi.
• When first published in 1935 this work of art brought the
poet instant fame which was further increased by his own
recitations. But it also met some criticisms along the way.
After listening to the poems Mahatma Gandhi rejected the
criticisms saying that they were unwarranted.
• The poet tries to explain the complexity of life with his four
instruments, which appear in almost every verse.
• Which poem?
69. 23
• X started as lists of answers to common questions
in Usenet newsgroups. Mark Horton wrote the first X,
which he regularly posted on the Usenet newsgroups
with the answers to common questions, such as "What
does 'foobar' mean?", and "What does 'unix' stand for?".
• Eugene Miya wrote the next X for the ARPANET "space"
and "net.space" mailing list, which he started distributing
in 1983 once a month to try to answer a lot of the simple
questions from new users that could drown out the rest
of a list.
• On 15 September 1983, Jerry Schwarz announced on
net.general that he was going to publish a list of
"questions not to ask". On 1 November, he published
the first Usenet X under the title "Frequently Submitted
Items".
72. 24
• This entity's decor changes depending on the time
of day, though candles in sconces always light the
interior. It can travel up to 160 km in an instant, and
objects dodge it so that it can travel at breakneck
paces. This describes, what mode of transportation,
which costs 11 sickles and requires only that the
customer hold out his arm?
75. 25
• The most boring class in HP universe was of History
of Magic, which was the only one taught by a
______.
• Professor Binns had been very old indeed when he
had fallen asleep in front of the staff room fire and
got up next morning to teach, leaving his body
behind him. Binns droned on and on while they
scribbled down names and dates.
81. 27
• X is the name of a local legend, similar to the Bigfoot,
which is reported to live in Missouri. The name X is
short for 'Missouri Monster' and it is reported to have a
large, pumpkin-shaped head, with a furry body, and
hair covering the eyes. First reported in 1971,
near Louisiana, Missouri by Joan Mills and Mary Ryan, X
was first reported up and down the Mississippi River
with later sightings documented further west by travel
of water ways. It is supposedly a large, 7 ft tall, hairy,
black, manlike creature that emits a terrible odor. Some
suggest it was a rogue American Indian.
• What is the common moniker bestowed by the
Americans a term that has apparently found its way to
every foodie's dictionary in India?
85. 28
• Although X are the pride of the Middle East and also
find a place in the hearts of every Indian, the dish
itself was invented during the Medieval Era in Turkey.
The story says that in order to save meat during their
travels, the soldiers cut it up in small pieces, grilled it
and ate it with some bread. The word itself is a huge
giveaway – X in Turkish loosely translates to
“Skewered Grilled-Meat”. Although the dish and the
word are both Turkish, the dish is served all over the
world today.
88. 28
• A software called CODA which is available for
about £ 30.00 from ASQM Consultancy Unit,
Faculty of Computer Studies and Mathematics,
University of the West of England is used to
calculate what?
91. 29
• Roland Ratzenberg, a rookie driver lost his life when
his car crashed at the Villenueve corner.
• He was mourned, but soon forgotten. Why?
92.
93. • Ayrton Senna died a day later when his car crashed
at the Tamburello corner.
94. 30
• The founder of TIBCO, and also known as 'the guy
who digitalized Wall Street', who was the first
person of Indian origin to buy a team in the NBA?
97. 31
• Playing against England at Lord’s, Nissar opened
bowling after England's captain Douglas Jardine
elected to bat first. Nissar sent down the delivery to
the great Percy Holmes.
• Why is it significant?
98.
99. • Mohammad Nissar had the honour of bowling
India’s first-ever ball in Test cricket.
100. 32
• Shamsher Singh came 5th in 200m butterfly in 1956
Melbourne olympics.
• Again, significance?
