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• Released Worldwide by Hodder and Stoughton

, this entity has been breaking some new

records.It has broken the record for the most

no.of pre-orders in India when 150,000 of

these were ordered before its release.It was

created with the help of Boria Majumdhar , a

Rhodes Scholar.What ?

Answer

• Playing It My Way

Book by Sachin Tendulkar and Boria

Majumdar

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• “610” is the flat number from where this

company founded in 2007 by Sachin and Binny

Bansal started operations.This is the reason that

was given when asked why this company

choose that specific date for it’s huge project

helping millions.What thus happened ?

Answer

• Flipkart’s Big Billion Day

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Answer

• Jayalalithaa

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•C Premkumar is an cinematographer from Coimbatore who has worked in various films like Pasanga , Rummy , Sundarapandian and X.He was also the assistant cameraman for Vaaranam Ayiramduring which he suffered from something.It stood as an inspiration for which 2012 movie in which he worked as a cinematographer ?

Answer

• Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

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• The name X is a term that is sometimes used

to refer to people who have one white parent

and one black parent.This brand thus gets its

name due to the fact that it’s“Black on the

outside and white Inside”.What am I talking

about ?

Answer

• Oreo

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Answer

• DreamWorks Studios

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Answer

• Faber-Castell

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• Cybapee creations created this font called Arab

Dances.We saw this font somewhere in 2013.Where ?

• Answer

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• The European system (which is followed in

India too) of labelling what item uses a ‘degree’

scale from H (for ‘hardness’) to F (for ‘fine

point’) to B (for ‘blackness’)?

Answer

• Pencil

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• The recent flood in Kashmir not only

destroyed houses but also many industries.One

such Industry is almost in the verge of

extinction since the floods were of high

magnitude in the Southern Kashmir where this

is situated.The product has a huge demand in

countries like India, Australia, Sri Lanka,

South Africa and Bangladesh.It’s quite cheap

too.Which Industry is suffering ?

Answer

• Cricket bat manufacturing using Kashmir

willows

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• During the 1970’s , football was quite a rage and

the matches were telecasted in the TV’s.But there

was problem because people couldn’t see the ball

clearly since there were no color televisions

during those times.Adidas , thus came up with a

concept and the problem was solved.What

concept did Adidas come up with ?

• Telstar

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• This food item is named not directly after the

Schwarzwald mountain range in southwestern

Germany but rather from the specialty liquor of

that region, known as Schwarzwälder Kirsch

distilled from tart cherries. This is the

ingredient, with its distinctive cherry pit flavor

and alcoholic content, that gives the item its

flavor.The ingrediants used to make these are

Chocolate cake , Vannila Cream , Cherries and

Kirsch.What ?

Answer

• Black Forest

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• The Entertainment and Sports Programming

network was founded by Bill Rasmussen, his

son Scott Rasmussen and Aetna insurance

agent Ed Eagan. It was launched on September

7, 1979 in Connecticut. It is a U.S.-based

global cable and satellite television channel,

that is owned as a joint venture between The

Walt Disney Company and Hearst

Corporation.How is it known today ?

Answer

• ESPN

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• Selfie – Taking an image of oneself

• Groupie – Group+selfie

• Celfie – Selfie in Prison

• Squelfie – Selfie with Squirrel

• Velfie - ??

Answer

• Video+selfie

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• Ethyl mercaptan (C2H5SH) aka Ethanethiol is

added to LPG due to an unique reason.What ?

Answer

For the addition of smell

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• What is prepared by special hereditary priests

known as archakas using 1 Cup Besan , 1 cup

Sugar - 1 1/2 cups Cardamom - 2 Clove - 2

Cashews - 4 Saffron - a pinch, one tablespoon

raisin, one tablespoon - diamond kalkandu, Dry

Camphor - a pinch Pachai Karpooram/Coloring

agent - a pinch Oil” in special kitchen known as

‘potu’?

Answer

• Tirupati Laddu

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• This is the bus route of 10A from Srinagar to

Majestic via City Market in Bengaluru.Why

did this rise to prominence ?

Answer

• Rajinikanth Route

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• Waldorf-Astoria is a chain of famous luxury

hotels.The Waldorf Astoria in New York is so

magnificient due to its new methods that the US

ambassadors to United Nations always opt for

this hotel to stay.However , after days following

the hotels acquisition by a Anbang group , a

Chinese Insurance company people are hesitating

to stay there.What is the reason behind this ?

Answer

• Due to Chinese spying

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Juan Ponce DeLeon was born in Tierra de

Campos Palencia, Spain.While searching for

The Fountain of youth , he made the first

European landing on the X shore in North

America. He named it X after the spanish word

for flowers.The next day he claimed the land

in the name of the King of Spain. Which

present day US State was named thus ?

Answer

• Florida

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Answer

• Rey Misterio

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Answer

• CCL- Celebrity Cricket League

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• Which place in Coimbatore gets its named due to

the “Poolai” flowers that used to grow in that

elevated land ?

Answer

• Peelamedu

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• This nursery rhyme has been banned in some

countries after it’s original meaning was

known.The rhyme actually sung about the

slaves in the middle ages who had to

contribute one-third of what they earn to the

King and the Nobility and had to take care of

his poor family using the remaining

money.Which famous rhyme am I talking

about ?

Answer

• Baa Baa Black Sheep

24• X is a female rabbit cartoon

character, designed by Robert McKimson and is the girlfriend of Bugs Bunny who was used for merchandising purposes beginning in the late 1960s.X debuted in looneytunes comic book as the cousin of Bugs Bunny.Everybody knew this characted due to an ad jingle in 2010.

Answer

• Honey Bunny-Idea jingle

25• This restaurant chain was started in 1960 by Tom

Monaghan.The logo of this restaurant chain consists

of its famous item colored Blue and Red. The first

franchise store was opened in Ypsilanti.The

company logo was originally planned to add a new

dot with the addition of every new store, but this

idea quickly faded, as the company experienced

rapid growth. The three dots represent the stores that

were open in 1969 and it continues till today.Which

restaurant chain ?

Answer

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• Ula is an upcoming Tamil Thriller written and

directed by Rajan Madhav featuring an ensemble

cast including Ajmal Ameer , Vidharth etc..The

film will be released in April 2015.But the movie

has been capturing the headlines since last year

due to a special appearance by someone who is

known for his impromptu dance.He danced and

gave his voice for the song “Yenda”.Who am I

talking about ?

Answer

• Dwayne Bravo

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• Scott E Fahlman is a computer scientist in

Carnegie Mellon University.In the early 1980’s ,

the Computer Science Community at Carnegie

Mellon was making heavy use of Online

Bulletin Boards.There were some serious

disscussions and jokes as well.In order to

separate the two above mentioned groups , he

invented something.When people asked what

that is , he said , “Read it Sideways”.What?

Answer

• Smiley

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• Samoa , the Pacific country’s national airline

Samoa Air was the first airline to introduce a

specific concept in the world of Aviation.This

concept was generally used in Food

Industry.The ticket cost is not fixed but depends

on some other factor.What was thus introduced

by Samoa Air ?

Answer

• Charging the passengers base on their weight

29• The painting you see is the watercolor version

of Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill

Whistler.Predominantly everyone would have

seen this painting since 1997.How ?

Answer

• Bean

30In the Mahabharata, as soon as Draupadi was married to the Pandava brothers, she was taken to their house. Kunti was worried that her daughter-in-law might create a rift amongst her sons by showing extra affection to one over the other. It was tough times and she also wanted to see whether this new bride would be able to successfully manage resources. So she decided to test her.Kunti gave her just enough dough (atta) to make one ______ and told her to satisfy the hunger of all five of her sons. There was also some left over potato masala from last night. It was then that the ingenious Draupadi invented X. This also goes on to explain why every standard plate has 5 pieces. Kunti was so amazed with her daughter-in-law’s creativity that she blessed her dish with immortality.Whichfamous dish is believed to be created by Draupadi ?

Answer

• Panipuri