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Who was credited with these titles?

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The town of X, under the British Raj was the headquarters of the _____ district during the British Rule of India. It was named after Major

James ____, who was its founder.

In May 2011, the city came into limelight for a different reason altogether.

Give the city and the reason for which it gained worldwide attention.

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Antoine Laumet de La Mothesieur de ________, was a French explorer, trader and adventurer

from the colony of New France. He founded Fort Detroit, and is thus credited with

the establishment of the city of Detroit. A place in Michigan, another in Maine and a

globally recognized company has been named in his honour.

Fill in the blanks.

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Before Sunrise Before SunsetBefore _____

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How are Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones related?

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Jiang Qing was more known because she was X’s wife.

After X’s death, Jiang Qing was sentenced to death in 1981 in the trial during which she made

the famous quote:

"I was Chairman X’s dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite."

Identify X?

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Whose name has now been removed?

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Name the film/book.

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What does the map depict?

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Identify the TV series.

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Identify the logo?

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Identify.

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Name the art form.

13

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Identify the hindi song inspired from this song.

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Name the band.

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Who was credited with these titles?

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Jaspal Bhatti

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The town of X, under the British Raj was the headquarters of the _____ district during the British Rule of India. It was named after Major

James ____, who was its founder.

In May 2011, the city came into limelight for a different reason altogether.

Give the city and the reason for which it gained worldwide attention.

PRELIMS JAQUIZZIANSWER

AbbottabadOsama Bin Laden was killed here.

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Antoine Laumet de La Mothesieur de ________, was a French explorer, trader and adventurer

from the colony of New France. He founded Fort Detroit, and is thus credited with

the establishment of the city of Detroit. A place in Michigan, another in Maine and a

globally recognized company has been named in his honour.

Fill in the blanks.

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Cadillac

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Before Sunrise Before SunsetBefore _____

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Before MIDNIGHT

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How are Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones related?

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Half sisters

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Jiang Qing was more because she was X’s wife.After X’s death, Jiang Qing was sentenced to

death in 1981 in the trial during which she made the famous quote:

"I was Chairman X’s dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite."

Identify X?

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Mao Zedong

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Whose name has now been removed?

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Lance Armstrong

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Name the film/book.

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Forrest Gump

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What does the map depict?

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Identify the TV series.

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Hum Log

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Identify the logo?

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Rajasthan Tourism

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Identify.

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A K Hangal

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Name the art form.

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Warli Art

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Identify the hindi song inspired from this song.

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Ramba Ho

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Name the band.

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Colonial Cousins

HariharanLeslie Lewis

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DRY

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Gulzar was the main lyricist of the film, while Salil da got a song penned by Yogesh Gaur

without knowing Gulzar has already done lyrics for that. Hrishida opted for Gulzar version but to compensate Hrishida offered Yogesh money for his effort, which Yogesh refused to accept. So, to accommodate Yogesh's effort Hrishida &

team came up with a new song situation which was not part of the script.

Which song are we talking about?

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Authorship question is an important argument in the history of English literature about

whether this author wrote the works attributed to him. Anti-Stratfordians—a collective term

for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories—say that his name was a just a cover for the identity of the real author

or authors, who for some reason did not want or could not accept public credit.

Who are we talking about?

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William Shakespeare

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Cloud appersand bring to men a chance to restfrom looking at the moon.- Matsuo Basho

What traditional Japanesse form of poetry is this?

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Haiku (always has 17 syllabes)

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Which historic 1927 American film was about a Jewish boy

named Jakie Rabonwitz, who runs away from home and makes a

career as a stage performer under the pseudonym Jack Robin?

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The Jazz Singer, the first 'talkie'

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In 1883, the Indonesian volcanic island of Krakatoa exploded. The explosion was so loud that, reportedly, it could distinctly be heard in Perth, Australia — nearly 2,000 miles away.

There was one other after-effect: the sky changed color. Specifically, for a few years after the explosion, the skies around the world were

noticeably darker, and for a few months, blood-red sunsets were the norm.

Which world famous painting is likely inspired by the Krakatoa explosion?

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Edvard Munch’s The Scream

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“One day in our editorial review meeting, we discussed the common perception that ‘our journal

(Organiser) was too dry and only wrote about political issues’. Malkani responded, ‘That’s true. We should also cover other interesting facets of life, such as films. But who will write on films?’ I volunteered and began writing a regular cinema

column under the pen name ‘Netra’ (eye).”

Who?

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L K Advani

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X (literally "South of the River"), is one of the 25 local government districts which make up the

city of Seoul, South Korea. As of the 2010 census, X had a population of 527,641. making

it the 4th most populated district in Seoul. X is the third largest district in Seoul with an

area of 39.5 km

Identify X.

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Gangnam

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Barton went to Irving Kahn, a vice president at 20th Century Fox studios, with the idea of connecting cue cards in a motorized scroll.

Kahn brought in his employee Hubert Schlafly, an electrical engineer. Using half of a suitcase as an outer shell for his new device, he rigged

up a series of belts, pulleys and a motor to turn a scroll of butcher paper. The paper was turned

gradually, as controlled by a stagehand.

What was invented hence?

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Teleprompter

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1992 Barcelona Olympics - 582000 Sydney Olympics - 22012 London Olympics - 4

What are we talking about?

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Independent Olympic Athletes

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Where would you find North Bay Island / Coral Island, Andaman imprinted?

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Televisions and computers started to replace X hence making it obsolete by 1960s. One of its other use was in the form of

confetti, which were thrown from the windows above parades, primarily in lower Manhattan.What are we talking about?

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Ticker Tape

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This year in April, the Miss Universe beauty pageant made a policy shift which is said to

be a step forward for equality in the competition.

This decision was prompted after the organisation allowed Jenna Talackova to compete for Canada's spot in the Miss

Universe pageant this year.

What policy shift was made?

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Transgender women to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

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VISUAL

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Where would you find these?

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Wikipedia logo

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What is the significance of this photo?

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Gandhi’s image on currency is taken from this photo.

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Flags of which country?

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India

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Identify the poet.

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Oscar WildeC.3.3 was his prison cell number.

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Gandhi to Hitler

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Yahoo! hired Merissa Mayer.

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She was the first Hindi news caster of Doordarshan. Identify.

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Mrs. Pratima Puri

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Identify the temple which also features in a recent commercial.

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Somnath Temple, Gujurat

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CONNECTION

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Who is the fourth person?

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insert song

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insert song

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insert song