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5. 1
 X was officially launched on October 4, 2006. Rashmi Sinha,
the CEO and co-founder of X is responsible for partnerships
and product strategy. She was named amongst the world's
Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by FastCompany.
 Jonathan Boutelle is the CTO of X and came up with the
initial idea behind the website. He wrote the first version of
the site.
 The site is popular for sharing a particular type of file, which is
also reflected in its name.
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7. Answer
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8. 2 X is an astrophysicist. X’s PhD investigated reflected light from
interplanetary dust and the velocity of dust in the plane of the Solar
System. X was the co-founder of a group named Y. When Y received
international acclaim, X abandoned his doctoral studies. In October
2006, after almost 33 years, X re-registered for his PhD at Imperial
College and submitted his thesis in August 2007. X graduated at the
awards ceremony of Imperial College held in the Royal Albert Hall on
14 May 2008.
 An astronomer Royal Martin Rees once commented, "I don't know a
scientist who looks as much like Isaac Newton as you do".
 ID X and Y
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10. Answer
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X is Brian May
Y is Queen

11. 3 According to the wikipedia page on X,
 X, is a viral hemorrhagic fever of humans and other primates caused
by Xviruses. The disease has a high risk of death, killing between 25
and 90 percent of those infected, with an average of about 50
percent. This is often due to low blood pressure from fluid loss, and
typically follows six to sixteen days after symptoms appear.
 The disease was first identified in 1976 in two simultaneous
outbreaks: one in Nzara (a town in South Sudan) and the other in
Yambuku (Democratic Republic of the Congo), a village near the X
River from which the disease takes its name.
 ID X
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13. Answer
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Ebola

14. 4
 George Hudson proposed the idea of Z in 1895. The German
Empire and Austria-Hungary organized the first nationwide
implementation, starting on April 30, 1916. Many countries
have used it at various times since then, particularly since the
energy crisis of the 1970s.
 Only a minority of the world's population uses Z, because
Asia and Africa generally does not.
 ID Z
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15.  The acronym of Z is same
as an organisation, we,
IISERites are very closely
related to.
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17. Answer
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Daylight Saving
Time (DST)

18. 5 The flag of X was officially created by an Order in Council of 1801,
reading as follows:
 “ The X Flag shall be azure, the Crosses saltire of Saint Andrew
and Saint Patrick quarterly per saltire, counter-changed, argent
and gules, the latter fimbriated of the second, surmounted by
the Cross of Saint George of the third fimbriated as the saltire.”
 Y is not represented in the X Flag by Y's patron saint, Saint David, as
at the time the flag was designed Y was not a part of the Kingdom of
X.
 ID X and Y
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20. Answer
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X is UK
Y is Wales

21. 6 X was founded in 1964 by Y. Eight years earlier, Y, then a graduate
student at MIT, had purchased a certain electronic equipment and
was disappointed with its performance.
 Y began extensive research aimed at clarifying factors that he saw as
fundamental weaknesses plaguing that kind of equipments. The
principal weaknesses, in his view, were that overall, these
equipments failed to account for the spatial properties in typical
spaces (homes and apartments) and the implications of spatiality for
psychoacoustics, i.e. the listener's head as a sonic diffraction object
as part of the system.
 Eight years later, he started the company X.
 ID X and Y
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23. Answer
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X is Bose
Y is Amar Bose

24. 7
In something of a case of life imitating art, musician Bobby Farrell
died in 2010 in the same city and on the same day - 30th
December in St. Petersburg - as which influential figure 94
years earlier?
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26. Answer
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Rasputin

27. 8 The urn was made during the 1882-83. It is a very small red terracotta artefact
which some believe could be a perfume bottle. Two labels are pasted on it: the
top label says "The X"; the lower label is a verse cut out from Melbourne Punch
magazine of 1 February 1883 which reads:
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 "When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn;
 Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
 The welkin will ring loud,
 The great crowd will feel proud,
 Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
 And the rest coming home with the urn."
 The urn is supposed to contained a burnt Y
 ID X and Y
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29. Answer
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X is The Ashes
Y is a cricket
bail

30. 9
"It is exclusive because we are trying to solve huge technical
problems. It is not a paint that comes out of a tube; it’s toxic and
once the nano-material is placed on a surface and "grown" in a
reactor, it becomes incredibly fragile - you can hardly breathe
near it".
Who, about a substance he holds closely?
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32. Answer
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Anish Kapoor
about
vantablack.

33. 10
A Tom Swift novel that was also known as Daring Adventures in
Elephant Land was one among many of the series written under
the pen name Victor Appleton. Jack Cover, a NASA researcher
and an ardent Swift fan was inspired by the book to
develop/name what?
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35. Answer
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TASER (Tom A.
Swift’s Electric
Rifle)
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36. 11
The term comes from Japanese meaning 'blur' or 'haze'. It
may also mean mental haze or senility. The English
spelling was popularized in 1997 in Photo Techniques
magazine. Name this photographic effect.
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38. Answer
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Bokeh

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In 1915, more than thirty years after the fact, Lady Hope, a
zealous evangelist, came out with a story that made headlines.
She claimed that she’d visited X on his deathbed, where he
expressed his regrets about his life's works and added that that
he’d become a believer. Although subsequently discarded for
being a falsehood, it continues to be popular among this man's
opponents. Who is the man in question?
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41. Answer
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Charles Darwin

42. 13
Krasevietz, Beck, Ikar, Tungus, Nalyot and Toi are some of
the set of creatures that made critical contributions to a
seminal early 20th century scientific study. Who or what
are these?
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44. Answer
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Pavlov’s dogs

45. 14
It is thought to have originated from a folktale about Prophet
Mohammed's pet Muezza who saved him from a venomous
snake. When the prophet stoked her back in gratitude, it is
believed that they earned this ability that is also known as the
Righting Reflex. What are we talking about?
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47. Answer
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Cats’ ability to
always land on
their feet

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48
What is the title of this work of art (a series of paintings on un-stretched canvas) by
leading contemporary British artist, curator, critic and academic, Keith Piper?

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50. Answer
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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If a Quora post is to be believed, the identity of the picture, was a 4 year 3
months old Neeru Deshpandey from Nagpur.
However, Mayank Shah, group product manager, put all the folklore to
rest and revealed: It's actually an illustration by Everest back in the 60s. It
is one of the largest selling products in the world, if the number equivalent
to its annual sales is kept end to end, 192 is the number of times one
could go around the world.
What?
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53. Answer
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Parle-G girl

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Extract from Terry Pratchett’s “Soul Music”. FITB

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56. Answer
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Lyre/Liar

57. 18
“_____ __ _________” (abbreviated as SXSW) is an annual conglomerate
of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take
place in mid- March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987, and
has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. The 2018 edition
was held from 9 - 18 March.
What is the name of this festival which is a wordplay of a Hitchcock’s film
name?
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59. Answer
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South by
Southwest

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66. Answer
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Smells like teen
spirit

67. Taken from German typographer Rudolf
Koch’s Book of Signs, a single circle
intersecting three vesica pisces (a
triquetra). It is intended to symbolise a
person who possesses both confidence
and competence

68. Taken from the same book, three
interlocking (Borromean) rings, it
represents the triad of mother, father and
child, but, inverted, it also happens to be
the logo for Ballantine beer.

69. A feather within a circle, based on the sign
of the supposed Mu civilisation

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72. Answer
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73. 21It is debated that feminism is a theme of this movie - a movie which one may almost
intuitively associate with ‘toxic masculinity’.
Here are excerpts from reviews supporting this point of view - “Throughout the film, the
female lead demonstrates the physicality of a hero committed to a rescue mission. In the
end, the movie...sets up the start of a matriarchal society as an antidote to the
barbarian, warlike tribes that came before".
“She (the female lead) is a sharpshooting powerhouse and a character exactly equal to
the male lead (also the titular character). In fact he is actually a secondary figure” and
the movie is “about a feminist revolt” against the barbarian ruler.
Which movie (latest of a famous franchise)?
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75. Answer
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Mad Max : Fury
Road

76. 22
Percival is a Polish folk music band, fascinated with history and historical
reenactment.
The name "Percival" refers not to any historical figure, but to the gnome
named Percival Schuttenbach from “Y “ series of novels written by X.
In a ‘dream come true’ for the band, they were invited to compose music
for the game based on the same novel, which achieved critical acclaim,
with both the game and the soundtrack bagging multiple awards.
ID Y, bonus for X
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78. Answer
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The Witcher 3 :
Wild Hunt
Andrzej
Sapkowski

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79
The official name of Guyana is the ______ Republic of Guyana, the
only country in the world to have this prefix. What prefix which will
remind you of banks and societies in India.

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81. Answer
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Co-operative
Republic of
Guyana

82. 24
This word, surprisingly, was made by Van Helmont in the 17th CE
from the greek word that also gave us ‘chaos’. This was properly
because, he realized that there were many different types of
______, as evidenced by his discovery of CO2.
What word?
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84. Answer
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Gas

85. 25
The romans gave three distinctions for this activity : basium,osculum and
savium.
Basium : between acquintances
Osculum : between friends
Savium : between lovers.
Which activity.
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87. Answer
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Kissing
(osculation is
still a word for
it)

88. 26
Lola Montez was an Irish actress who became famous as a ‘Spanish
dancer’, courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She has
been repeatedly mentioned as an inspiration as a character from a
famous 1891 work of fiction.
ID this women, a powerful performer who also influences national politics,
through her relationship with a powerful individual, and whom the
protagonist greatly admired for her intellect.
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90. Answer
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Irene Adler

91. 27
Launched in 2002, and still operational, the German American project GRACE
(Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment), has two satellites in high polar orbit,
chasing each other round the earth and tracking their mutual distance. This is to
measure gravitational anomalies to help create the most accurate map ever of the
earth’s gravitational field.
The two satellites are aptly named for which two adversarial but much loved
characters in film and TV.
ID the names.
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93. Answer
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Tom and Jerry

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According to historians, this is the oldest device of personal hygiene still used
by humans. The skulls of Neanderthals, as well as Homo sapiens have shown
clear signs of uses of this item. Versions made of bronze, silver and gold have
been found as burial objects in prehistoric apes
Which item of fairly regular daily use are we talking about?

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96. Answer
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Toothpicks

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Speaking at a lecture in 2013, US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch noted with
concern that his professions reflected image in pop culture was no longer ‘X’ but ‘Y’.
‘X’ is one of the most beloved characters in 20th CE fiction and the hero of a Pulitzer
prize winning 1960 novel.
‘Y’, of course, is how ‘Jimmy McGill’ is better known to us.
ID ‘X’ and ‘Y’.
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99. Answer
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X : Atticus Finch
Y : Saul
Goodman

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The scientific name of this famous predator literally means
‘fearsome dog’ and it roamed the western hemisphere till 10,000
years ago. It came back into the spotlight after featuring in a
smash hit TV Series in the last few years.
Name this creature.
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102. Answer
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Direwolf

103. 31
What is this exhibit which you can find at the Mutter Museum in
Philadelphia in 46 microscopic slides?
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105. Answer
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Einstein’s brain

106. 32
During his term as the editor of the skateboard magazine, ‘Big
Brother’ in the 1990s, Dave Carnie coined this portmanteau term
to refer to the sort of relationships that developed between
skaters who spent a great deal of time together.
ID the term
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108. Answer
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Bromance

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109
Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) is a YouTube webseries created by Peter Shukoff and
Lloyd Ahlquist .The series pits notable historical and pop culture figures, real and fictional,
against one another in a rap battle format. The characters portrayed are determined by
suggestions from viewers in the comments sections of the channel's videos.
The next slide shows a clip from the series. Id the personalities who are having a showdown.

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111. Answer
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Stanley Kubrick
and Michael
Bay

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The next slide shows another clip from the series. Id all the personalities ‘except Lenin’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT2z0nrsQ8o&list=RDZT2z0nrsQ8o&start_radio=1

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114. Answer
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In order-
Rasputin,
Stalin,
Gorbachev and
Putin

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Another one from ERB, this time an audio clip.
ID the personality.
Who and what is he dissing.
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117. Answer
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Personality – JRR
Tolkien
On the receiving
end – GRR Martin
and his ASOIAF

118. 36
In September 2016, woman rights activist Trupti Desai, Who ran a campaign to gain
into Shani Shignapur Temple was approached to participate in Big Boss Season 10.
She said that she’ll consider joining it but on one condition. The condition was not
accepted by the producers of the show and hence she didn’t take part in it.
What was the condition?
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120. Answer
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She wanted the
voice of BIGG
BOSS to be
changed to
female voice.

121. 37
Johnny Walker has released a limited edition of scotch whisky, inspired by the most
enigmatic and feared character on a hit show. Created by whisky specialist George
Harper alongside the small team of expert blenders at Johnny Walker. This
innovative whiskey is best served directly from the freezer.
What the name of the Whiskey?
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123. Answer
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White Walker

124. 38
Both Indian and Australian teams were spotted wearing black armbands today on
day one of the 4th test. Australian team were wearing it as a mark of respect to
former batsman Bill Watson who passed away recently.
Why was the Indian team wearing black armbands?
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126. Answer
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As a mark of
respect to
Ramakant
Acharekar
(Sachin’s
childhood coach)

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130. TIEbreaker
The impossible forward angling of this work of art was explained by X-Ray studies
which revealed a massive lead counterweight in the base serving as an anchor, and
coiling iron armatures, holding core material in place.
Which work in art?
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132. Answer
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The Thinker by
Auguste Rodin

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