CULTURALQUIZ

Ustad Bismillah Khan was awarded this distinction in 2001, becoming the Fourth classical musician after M. S. Subbulakshmi, Ravi Shankar and Bhimsen Joshi to be accorded this distinction. What are we talking about?

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1.A type of Latin American dance music incorporating elements of jazz and rock.

2.A dance performed to this music.3. the Spanish term for sauce, and in English-speaking

countries usually refers to the often tomato-based, hot sauces typical of Mexican cuisine.

4.Different dance styles adopted are:-3.1 Colombian / Cali style3.2 Cuban "Casino" style

3.2.1 Miami-style Casino3.2.2 Rueda de Casino

3.3 Los Angeles style3.4 New York style

• X was created in 1971 for the Hindi magazine Lotpot. It soon became popular among kids and the elderly alike.• According to a Diamond Comics press release, the Indian

kids in the age group 10–13 years ranked X as their most recognizable comic book character.• Creator of the series, Pran once stated that "Each family

has its own wise old man. He solved his problems with common sense, but with a touch of humor. Humor is the basis of my cartoon.“

Identify X

Some of Joanne’s literary works include the following. But we know her for an entirely different reason. What?

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (1 March 2001)• The Tales of Beedle the Bard (4 December 2008)• The Casual Vacancy (27 September 2012)• The Cuckoo's Calling (as Robert Galbraith) (18 April 2013)

A. S. Dileep Kumar is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time. He has won two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South. His extensive body of work for film and the stage earned him the nickname "the Mozart of Madras”. How do we better know him?

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X became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. X’s compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems, one of them being Bangladesh's Amar Shonar Bangla. On 25 March 2004, X’s Nobel Prize was stolen from the safety vault of the Y University, along with several other of X’s personal belongings. On 7 December 2004, the Swedish Academy decided to present two replicas of X’s Nobel Prize, one made of gold and the other made of bronze, to the Y University.

Identify X and Y.

X is composed of couplets, five or more. The couplets may have nothing to do with one another, except for the formal unity derived from a strict rhyme and rhythm pattern.  The form is ancient, originating in 6th-century Arabic verse. It is common in X for the poet's name to be featured in the last verse (a convention known as takhallus). The X spread into South Asia in the 12th century due to the influence of Sufi mystics and the courts of the new Islamic Sultanate. 

Breaking from the Shaivism tradition of previous kings, this monument was instead dedicated toVishnu. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu, then Buddhist. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia,  appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.

Mugshot of D-Company gangster, Maya Dolas. It was crossed with an "X" after his death, signifying that he was eliminated. The four hour long shootout was termed as India's "first daylight encounter" and was videographed and conducted in full view of the public. It ended in the deaths of all seven gangsters, including Maya Dolas, Dilip Buwa and Anil Pawar.

Actually there were two of them, twins . Even though there was only one in the movie. Both of them acted in the movie .That was the only movie they acted till date.  They are Adam and Jacob Worton. The movie came out in 1994 and has been an all-time favourite of kids as well as elders.

• According to the RIAA, they are the best-selling band in the United States, with 177 million certified units.

• They have had more number-one albums on the British charts and sold more singles in the UK than any other act.

• In 2008, the group topped Billboard magazine's list of the all-time most successful "Hot 100" artists.

• As of 2013, they hold the record for most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart with 20.

• They have received 7 Grammy Awards, 1 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and 15 Ivor Novello Awards.

• Collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, with EMI Records estimating sales of over one billion units.

• In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them as the best artist of all-time.

How do we better know the band that John, Paul, Ringo & George as a group? [Clues below]

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• 1954  Barry Nelson

• 1956  Bob Holness

• 1962  Bob Simmons

• 1962-1967  Sean Connery

• 1964  Roger Moore

• 1967  David Niven

• 1969  George Lazenby

• 1971  Sean Connery

• 1973-1985  Roger Moore

• 1973  Christopher Cazenove

• 1983  Sean Connery

• 1987-1989  Timothy Dalton

• 1995-2002  Pierce Brosnan

• 2006-2012  Daniel Craig

• 2012 George Baker

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Talking of the evolution of a very famous logo, try to connect the following information to get the company’s name : -

The Newton Crest: 1976-1976The Rainbow Logo: 1976-1998The Monochrome Logo: 1998 – Present

The first logo didn’t last for even an year as it was quite weird and inappropriate.

The second logo was abandoned as it couldn’t be placed on the metal surfaces of the company’s products.

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XY is considered to be largest peaceful gathering in the world with over 100 million people visiting. X means a pitcher and Y means fiesta in Italian.  The festival is billed as the "world’s largest congregation of religious pilgrims". According to Hindu Mythology,  For twelve days and twelve nights the Devas and Asuras fought in the sky for the X of amrita. But, Lord Vishnu (incarnated as Mohini-Mürti) flew away with X spilling drops of amrita at four different places.

When Latin was the language of scholarship, many scholars and scientists used to “Latinize” their names, adopting either translations or suffixes.In the same manner(probably to spoof the practice),Charles Lutwidge Dodgson translated his first two names into Latin to get Carolus Lodovicus, then swapped the order of the names and re- anglicized them to get his pen name.What is the pen name?

Anuradha Sawhney, PETA Indias ex-chief functionary said, "the X ads are a refreshing change from the earlier …ad campaigns." She also said, "the popularity of this ad campaign proves that there are many creative ways to convey a message without using animals. Animals used in films are often treated as little more than props, and many suffer terribly behind the scenes.” Consequently this ad campaign came to win the (PETA) 2009 Glitterbox Award. What are we talking about?

Before starting his commission, Bartholdi had travelled to the United States and personally selected Bedloe's Island as the optimum site for the structure. The United States agreed to responsibility for funding the building of the pedestal, with about $300,000 being raised. In October 1886, the structure was officially presented both to the nation and to all aspirers to within the world, as the joint gift of the French and American people.

Colour X Y Z Brightness

X 0.313 0.319 0.368 72.6

Y 0.538 0.360 0.102 21.5

Z 0.288 0.395 0.317 8.9

A renowned masterpiece was created by Pingali Venkaiyya after more than 30 design attempts around the year 1916. The final accepted version created by him has the following technical specifications. What did he create??

CODE SNIPPET OF WHAT??