This document contains summaries of 30 questions and answers about various topics. Some of the topics covered include architecture, linguistics, history, mythology, science, and more. For each question, a short 1-3 sentence response is provided to identify the key information asked about and answered.

1. OQA SESSION
FINALS

2. • Name this building currently under construction in
Mumbai and designed by Atkins, Dubai.
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4. • Namaste Tower
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5. • Known as presque vu, it is a phenomena where
lexical access occurs in stages and in Sanskrit it
translates to Jihvagram but used in entirely different
context.
• Name ?
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6. • Tip of the tongue
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7. • The original items were made out of clay such as
this, later on the term became associated to edicts.
The etymology of these edicts were mistakenly
derived from cattle however the more accurate
etymology is from Bubble such as this.
• What are these edicts called ?
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9. • Papal Bull
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10. • French Revolution was especially bloody and there are
several incidents where revolutionaries like Jean-
Baptiste Carrier used this method of execution
• Where male and female were bound naked and run
through by sword, bayonet, or thrown into icy waters.
This method of execution was specially used for killing
priests and nuns together.
• The two word name derives from the fact that nationalist
faction forced the male and female into a union and
sealed it off by running a sword through them.
• Name ?
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12. • Republican Marriage
• Republican faction(as opposed to monarchy)+
Marriage(Union)
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13. • In 1990, approximately 800 such entities came about
which is collectively known as Babyflots
• What are Babyflots ?
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14. • Dissolution of USSR led to Aeroflot break up as well,
hence the name
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16. • These winged light cavalry were often used as
scouts to penetrate enemy territory. For the fear of
being noticed, they could not make a fire for cooking.
Instead they mixed their food to make a cold salad.
So this salad was named after this cavalry unit.
• Name ?
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17. • Hussar Salad (Huzaren Salade)
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18. • This sage is regarded as the founder and patron
saint of Silambam and Varmam an ancient science
of healing using varmam points for varied diseases
and southern Kalaripayat.
• The translation of his name means the mountain
thrower and he is credited for socializing the vedic
culture in deccan.
• Who ?
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19. • Rishi Agastya
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20. • Name this jewelry piece Deepika is wearing. The
word comes from a portmanteau word of false(in
french) and a typical hairstyle.
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22. • Fohawk(Faux+Mohawk)
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23. This medal awarded by the British monarch between
1900 and 1947, to civilians of any nationality who
rendered distinguished service in the advancement of
the interests of the British Raj.
The name literally means "Emperor of India” in
Urdu(derived from persian)
Name the medal ?
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25. • Kaiser-i-hind
• Tribute to OVB :)
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26. A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la
Lune) is a 1902 French silent film directed by Georges
Méliès. Inspired by a wide variety of sources, including
Jules Verne's novels From the Earth to the Moon and
Around the Moon
Describe the much replicated iconic image that comes
after the movie ?
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28. 10 Man in the moon image

29. • American Indians are known for their association
with nature and that reflects in their warfare style as
well, in one such instance three tribes Miamis,
Shawnees and Buckongahelas successfully
executed an attack on white men camp
• To coordinate the attack the tribes used some
signals which the white man were sure to miss
• What sort of a signal ?
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30. • Emulated bird calls that are not native to the region
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31. • Rene Iche is a french sculptor whose crowning work
is this. Often described as the most violent art he has
sculpted, inspired his friend to paint another art by
the same name.
• What ?
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33. • Guernica
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34. • This piece of armor which protects the leg of a Knight
is derived from the root word Savate(in french)
• A band whose main lyrical themes are based on war
and historical battles, goes by the same name. What
name ?
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35. • Sabaton
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36. What was the name given to the ship full of English
girls who between the late 17th and mid 20th centuries
came to India to hook/angle themselves a spouse ?
By 19th century, India had become a thriving marriage
market for those considered too plain, too poor or too
old to make a good catch at home.
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37. • Fishing Fleet
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38. • This the historic Champs-Élysées avenue, also
known as the grandest of the avenues. One of
landmark shown is Place de la Concorde and the
other one is Arc de triumphe. Name the Blanked out
one ?
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40. • Louvre
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41. The ____ ___ __ ____ Club was an exclusive club
organized by the men who fell from the Golden Gate
Bridge during its construction in 1936 and 1937 and
were saved by the safety nets.
Al Zampa (1905–2000), as one of the club's first
members and the last surviving member, became the
unofficial spokesman for the club. According to Zampa
when a man fell to his death from a bridge it was said
"he's gone to hell."
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43. • Half Way to Hell Club
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44. • 1964, Paris: Something new got introduced to
manage traffic despite that measure the number of
accidents increased.
• What caused this ?
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45. • First female traffic cops, skirts were distracting
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46. • What is small in Small pox ?
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47. • Small was used to distinguish between Small pox
and syphilis(STD) which was a greater problem in
15th century
• The headgear(wigs) for Barristers and noblemen
came into fashion for a more functional reason, i.e.
to hide the hair loss caused by Syphilis
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48. • Why is this costume has such a long beak, apart
from looking trendy :)
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49. • That is a Plague Doctors mask, The beak which was
filled with aromatic items, which (according to the
miasmatic theory of disease) was seen as the cause
of infection.
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50. • Vibrio harveyi, is a marine bacteria that clings
together in numbers and creates a layer on top of sea
surface for miles and produce a visual imagery
• It additionally uses something called Qurom Sensing
which can be roughly described as the use of
synthase (LuxI) to produce a species-specific
autoinducer (AI) that binds a cognate receptor (LuxR)
that regulates changes in expression
• In Indian mythology their is a parallel to the effect
produced by this bacteria, what ?
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51. • It produces the “Milky sea effect”(Kheera Sagara)
• It has bioluminescence which is controlled by Qurom
sensing
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52. • Thats a Louis Vuitton on the back of a Rolls Royce
Phantom. What has such an assembly added to the
english vocabulary ?
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53. • Trunk
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55. • This mirage is an unusual and complex form of superior
mirage that is seen in a narrow band, right above the
horizon.
• It is an Italian phrase derived from the vulgar Latin for
"fairy" and the Arthurian sorceress, from a belief that
these mirages, often seen in the Strait of Messina, were
fairy castles in the air created by her witchcraft to lure
sailors to their death.
• Name ?
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56. • Fata Morgana
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57. This is the King’s bed at Jaipur, Why was it built high
off the ground ?
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59. For the detection of intruders, it was built high off the
ground and the room was filled with a few inches of
water after the king had climbed up into the bed.
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60. This is a widely employed and effective method of discouraging
something during the medieval period when manuscripts were written
by hand.
Here is one example from Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, written on
his Tablets
“I have transcribed upon tablets the noble products of the work of the
scribe which none of the kings who have gone before me had
learned, together with the wisdom of Nabu insofar as it existeth [in
writing]. I have arranged them in classes, I have revised them and I
have placed them in my palace, that I, even I, the ruler who knoweth
the light of Ashur, the king of the gods, may read them. Whosoever
shall carry off this tablet, or shall inscribe his name on it, side by side
with mine own, may Ashur and Belit overthrow him in wrath and
anger, and may they destroy his name and posterity in the land.”
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61. • Book curses to prevent thieving of manuscripts,
books etc.
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• Amir Khusrow the legendary Sufi mystic, poet and
inventor of Khayal gayaki style of indian music was
composing a piece one day. When he played it the
pakhawaj/mridangam did not go well with the tune
because of it basso sound. So he took out a sword
and cut the pakhawaj.
• What resulted thusly ?

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• Tabla

64. • If someone wants to join Roman legion as an archer,
they had a unique way of testing eyesight. What ?
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65. • Identify Big Dipper(Saptarshi) stars
• Mijar(Vashishta) & Alcor(Arundhati)
• You see all 7 you are an archer, if you see 6 then
cook may be!!
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Daniele Ricciarelli, better known as Daniele da
Volterra, was an Italian mannerist painter and sculptor.
He is best remembered for his association with the late
Michelangelo. After Michelangelo's death Daniele was
hired to do something to the Last Judgment which
earned him a nickname "Il Braghettone”
What is the english translation of his nickname or what
was he hired to do ?

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68. • Breeches Maker, He was hired to cover up the
figures with loin cloths
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• According to vedic tradition if a some kills a Sudra, then
he has to pay 10 cows to the family of victim. Similarly
100 for Baisya, 1000 for Khyatriya. Brahmana is
avadhya.
• The king who is responsible for his subjects well being
and growth also has to pay something to the victims
family since the murder happened on his watch.
• What is the King’s due ?

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• A bull(Growth!!)

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Shree Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, Amaravati
got a medal(Gold) in 1936 Berlin olympic from Hitler
himself.
After the demonstration Hitler asked them if all men in
India are so fit. To which they replied with a smile.
What was the demonstation all about that impressed
hitler ?

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73. 29
• Mallakhamb

74. 30
• What is the most iconic work from this voice artist ?

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• Mein Samay hoon(by Harish Vimani)