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Doublethink, thought crime, Newspeak, Room 101, Tele screen, 2+ 2 = 5, and memory hole, are the words that entered everyday use from which book having the opening line “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen…….”?

2. Who is the only person to win an Olympic medal as well as Nobel Prize?

3

• X was born when Lord Brahma sang sacred hymns over the halves of the egg shell from which Garuda hatched. X is also known as Arkasodara, meaning "brother of the sun". X featured as a character in the Devil Survivor video game. Solve for X.

Airavatha

4

• PENTHARAPHOBIA is the fear of................

5

• Who wrote the autobiography titledWandering in Many Worlds?

V R Krishna Iyer

6

What is the common peculiarity of the national anthems of Spain, San Marino and Republic of Kosovo?

No lyrics

7

• Which Lithuanian born fictional character nicknamed The Chesapeake Ripper, was created by Thomas Harris as a Forensic Psychiatrist and a serial killer?

Dr. HANNIBAL LECTER

8

Who won the Panda Award (known as the Green Oscar) recently for the documentary titled “Sirrocco-How a Dud become a Stud”, about Kakapo parrots?

Aswika Kapoor

9

The victims of this disease misperceive the passage of time. Malfunctioning of occipital lobe causes patients to perceive objects smaller or larger than they really are. Name this rare disorder.

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

10

One of the founders of this Company was the first Finance Minister of Pakistan. This company was set up as a steel trading company in Ludhiyana in 1945. Identify this Indian Multinational.

11

Which American sportsperson nicknamed “Iron Horse” delivered his iconic speech “Luckiest man on the face of the Earth……….”?

12

The earliest mention of this occurs in the Kannada writing Vaddaradhane by ShivakotiAcharya in 920 AD. Chavundaraya II, the author of the earliest available Kannada encyclopaedia, Lokopakara describes the preparation of it in the systematic manner, taking inspiration from the steaming process in Indonesian cuisine. Which food item are we talking about?

13. They are all different kinds of-------

• Butterfly

• Cool

• Eskimo

• Wood Pecker

• Spiderman

• French

Kisses

14

"Where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." This is the motto of which organization?

15

When this state wrestling champion of Kerala (1977-78) was due to go for the national championship in Delhi, he was called for auditioning in Navodaya Productions. He decided to put an end to his professional wrestling career and joined Malayalam film industry. Who?

16

How do we commonly know the ‘Five wire resisting technology’ patented by a Danish Electronic Engineer Bent Stumpe for the control room of CERN’s Super Proton Synchotron accelerator?

Touch Screen

17

The CIA was obsessively trying to kill X in the 1960s. Shooting him with a machine gun fitted T.V camera, putting thallium salts in his shoes or cigars, using agents in his homeland to spread rumors that the second coming of Christ is imminent and that X is an anti Christ are all some of the failed plots of CIA to kill X. John F. Kennedy asked for suggestions from Ian Fleming for innovative and James Bond style methods to kill X. Solve for X

FIDEL CASTRO

18. Which city did Mahatma Gandhi call the Ever Green city of India?

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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These twin brothers are worshipped in the city of Sparta as they were the sons of Ares (Greek God of War) and Aphrodite (Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty and Pleasure). Though they are the personifications of terror in mythology, scientists across the world are conducting extensive study on them. Name these brothers.

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• Triplicane Six is a group consisting of four law students and two teachers active in the intellectual circle of Madras. What did they start in 1878 to support the campaign for T.Muthuswamy Iyer for a Judgeship @ Madras High Court to counterbalance the Anglo Indian Propaganda?

21

Saul, Gigi, TRU-D and Little Moe are in the news recently.

Who/what are they?

EBOLA VIRUS KILLING ROBOTS

22

Which Norwegian expressionist painting based on the volcanic eruption of Mount Krakatoa is often referred as the icon of modern art, the Mona Lisa of our time?

THE SCREAM by Edward Munch

23

What term connects Rolls Royce, a narcotic drug MDMA, an existential philosophy, a collection of Irwin Welsh novella, a music album and a super villain in Marvel Comics Universe?

24

Which Brazilian percussion instrument created by Carlinhos Brown, consisting of a closed plastic basket with a flat bottom filled with small synthetic particle, is certified as the official musical instrument of FIFA world cup 2014?

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• Alexander the Great for Skopje (Macedonia)

• Nikos Kazanthzakis for Heraklion (Greece), George Bush for Houston (USA),

• Simon Boliver for Maiquetia (Venezuela)

• John Lennon for Liverpool (England)

• -----------for New Delhi(India). FITB

Indira Gandhi