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1. Polandball Prelims

2. Q1
Whose Twitter handle is this?
Considered by some to be the
only black friend of an
individual.

4. Q2
In 1849 when Prussian troops tried to defeat the socialist insurgency in Dres- den
revolutionary anarchist Mikhail Bakunin suggested a method involving the National
Museum speculating Prussian soldiers wouldn't dare do this and therefore pass the
barricade. Inspired by Bakunin’s never realized proposal Ahmed Ogut a
conceptualized artist made use of Van Abbe’s Museum for future protests.
How were they planning on protesting?

6. Answer: Using artwork from the painting as barricade, noone would
destroy them

7. Q3
An international organization has its logo inspired by an ancient Chinese
proverb: “It is better to light a ______ than to curse the darkness”,
reflecting the founder's hope that its work would shine a light in the darkest
of places where rights abuses go unpunished.
Which organization is this?

9. Q4
The sculpture was made by a Swedish artist after the murder of John Lennon. While
there exists many copies of this, the most famous one or the most relevant to the
quiz is located in New York. Last year, a Non-profit who also gets its logo from this
sculpture, decided to make 150 replicas of this in partnership with a certain Asian
who even signed one of them. Which sculpture and with whom were the 150
replicas made?

10. A4 Knotted Gun/ Non Violence and Dalai Lama

11. Q5
This rock known as “Antique green”,
“Italian Green Marble” or “Green Italy” is
likely to be marble used in this iconic
place. Another usage of this marble can
be seen here.
Arguably, where is the most famous use
of this marble?

12. A- UNGA

13. Q6
The ongoing Belarusian protests against the dictator have been given an
interesting nickname (apart from anti-cockroach revolution) The opposition leader-
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s husband Sergei Tikhanovsky a blogger made a
reference to a children’s poem The Monster Cockroach which concerns a
dictatorial yet fragile insect and his brief, chaotic reign of terror over all the other
animals. Hence, the other name of the revolution comes from a common yet
effective way of getting rid of a cockroach. Protesters were seen waving this thing
in an attempt to squash him. Whats the other nickname of the revolution?

14. A6- Slippers Revolution

15. Q7
What word was used to refers to instances of photojournalism from the 2006
Lebanon War that misrepresented scenes of death and destruction in Lebanon
caused by Israeli air attacks. Photographer admitted to using photoshop to make
the destruction look worse and more movie-like.
To arrive at the word you can combine the name of a Political party from that region
and a suffix used by movie industries.

16. A7- Hezbollywood

17. Q8
One of the greatest cricket icons had described a bizarre yet true incident about an individual in his 2011
autobiography :
“Just before the World Cup in October 1987, when I was captaining, we played a warm-up match against the
West Indies at the. Moments before the match, the secretary of the cricket board, informed me that a
person who was a CM of a state then, was going to captain the team that day,” he wrote.
The cricket icon was taken aback but thought that it would probably be a non-playing role and the CM might
want to watch the match from the dressing room. A shock awaited the captain when the politician
announced that he will also open the batting. While the opener who scored over 4000 runs in his Test
career – wore batting pads, a thigh pad, chest pad, an arm guard, a helmet and reinforced batting gloves,
this CM simply had his batting pads, a floppy hat – and a smile.
Decades later the captain redeemed himself but not in the cricket field.

18. A8- Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif

19. Q9
In 1968, 31 North Korean commandos,
ordered by the Supreme Leader of North
Korea Kim-Il-Sung planned an
assasination of South Korean President
Park Chung-hee by assaulting his house.
The assassination was a failed attempt
and all 31 commandos were either killed,
captured or forced to flee. Taking clue
from the residence what was the name of
this North Korean operation ?

20. A9- Blue House Raid

21. Q10
For what reason was the CN Tower lit
this way in early August of this year,
something that sent shock waves in
that region?

22. A10- Beirut Explosion

23. Q11
Kadhem Sharif al-Jabouri found himself at the centre of the most euphoric moment
of a certain war 17 years ago.
A famous photo of the moment shows the former weightlifter using a
sledgehammer to topple something. When asked a few years later what he thinks
of that moment he says he regrets doing it because what succeeded was worse.
What was Khadhem attempting 17 years ago?

24. A- Dislodging Saddam Hussein’s Statue

25. Q12
Frida Kahlo’s painting titled- "Self Portrait Dedicated to ___ _______ " like most
other of the artist's painting focuses on a particular event in her life. This time it was
the brief affair she had with this revolutionary.
This romance lasted only for a few months but it came to attention when the
revolutionary was gruesomely assassinated few years later and Frida had to spent
some time in jail because she was suspected as an accomplice in the murder. Who
is being talked about?

26. A12- Leon Trotsky

27. Q13
In the 1970s the Indian Government introduced a new method to counter a massive
problem being faced by country as well as the entire world. The stigma associated
with this meant that many cases went unreported. This unusual method involved a
reward of 100 Rupees for reporting any fresh case. It was highly effective and the
programme was met with success. For what reasons was the government giving
out cash prizes?

28. A- Reporting Smallpox cases

29. Q14
When Jeremiah Denton was a Prisoner of war in Vietnam, he was forced to
participate in a 1966 televised propaganda interview which was broadcasted in the
United States. Obviously he couldn’t speak on camera that POWs were being
tortured, so how did he convey this message to the people?

30. A- Blinked his eyes to spell TORTURE in Morse

31. Q15
An announcement that has been going around since 2008 has fooled many
including JD(U) Minister Ajay Alok. The reality is the Agency involved in this has
never made such announcement. Shashi Tharoor even made a joke on it when he
performed Stand Up with Amazon Prime, he joked that he was in that room when
this announcement was made. Which announcement?

32. A- UNESCO Declaring Indian National Anthem As the
Best anthem