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KCircle
17th
July 2010
Mithun Paul
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 Golden Rules:
 1. There are No Rules…All you need to do is make
a few educated guesses.
 2. If you don’t get the answer after reading the
question once, read again
 3. Still if you don’t get the answer, you haven’t read
carefully. Go to step 2.
 4. In case of doubts, refer to the above rules..
 This is designed to be more of an Entertainer and
less of a Quiz. All references to Seriousness is purely
co-incidental
 The Quizzeee can ask for clues anytime, until
someone VETOes

 Qn)
 Its origins can be traced to a turkish version
called Chagathai, which was used by the early
mughals. It uses nastaliq unlike its counterpart
 The word ______ is believed to be derived from
the Turkic or Mongolian word '_______', which
means army encampment.It was initially called
Zab n-e-Ordu-e-Mu'alla " of the Exalted Camp"ā
(in Persian) and later just ______.
 It obtained its name from ______ Bazar, i.e.
encampment (______ in Turkic) market, the
market near the Red Fort in the walled city of
Delhi 3

 Qn)
 _______s received this name because they were
generally found along the walls in Middle Eastern
council chambers of a bureau called _______ (from
Persian, meaning a government council or office,
from the bundles of papers they processed, and next
their council chambers)
 Originally, in the Middle East (especially the
Ottoman Empire), a _______ was a long seat laid
against the side of the room, upon the floor, or upon a
raised structure or frame.

 The current meaning was taken into English in 1702.It
was fashionable, roughly speaking, from 1820 to
1850, wherever the romantic movement in literature
penetrated.
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From furnitures kept in mughal
offices like
Diwan-E-Aam,
Diwan-E-Khaaz etc 9
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 Dark blue: for law enforcement personnel, firefighters, and EMTs
 White: for medical professionals
 Light blue: for distribution by the Auxiliary only
 Brown: personal worker's testaments (for individual witnessing by Y)
 Periwinkle: personal worker's (for individual witnessing by the
Auxiliary) 10

The St.James version of the
bible distributed by Gideon
Internationale for free
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GIDEON BIBLES

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Qn)
What happened when, on 4 May 1951,
Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing
director of the________ Breweries,went
on a shooting party in North Slob, by
the RiverSlaney in County Wexford,
Ireland and became involved in an
argument over which was the fastest
game bird in Europe, the koshin
goldenplover or the grouse ?

Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the
Guinness Breweries...
Beaver’s idea became reality when Guinness employee
Christopher Chataway recommended student twins Norris and
Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency
in London.
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GUINNESS Book of
World Records

 What idea originated to Kiran
Seth, a young graduate from IIT
Kharagpur, studying for his
doctorate at the Columbia
University, New York, chanced to
attend a Dhrupad concert by
Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
and Ustad Zia Fariddudin Dagar
at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music, New York?
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As per Hindu mythology, The ________ is
said to be is the only creature that is
capable of separating milk from water once
they have been mixed together;
symbolically this is the display of great
spiritual discrimination.
Thus is derived a title meaning supreme
__________, to someone who has achieved
great spiritual prowess.

All blanks fill with the same word.
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Parama Hamsa(as in sri rama
krishna parama hamsa)
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 Qn)
 A fortnight as a ___ can be a school of hard knocks in the most
literal sense. Imagine the terrifying prospect of being on the
end of something coming at 140mph
 Before the ___s have even got to training, which takes place
once a week for five months, they must take a series of written
tests. Competition to be a ___ is stiff, with about half of the 400
applicants rejected.
 The application form states that a ______must "be able to stand
still for four minutes“.
 The ___________s receive no payment, but having
'____________ on their CV puts them ahead on the jobs
ladder," . "Employers think it shows they have discipline.”
 They work in teams of six - two centres , who are usually small
and quick, and four bases, who are typically tall and strong.
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Carol, Carlos or Charlie, as a third participant .
Chuck, as a third participant .
Dave, a fourth participant, and so on alphabetically.
Eve, an eavesdropper,
Isaac, a Provider
Ivan, an issuer
Justin, from the justice system.
Mallory, a attacker;
Matilda, a merchant
Oscar, an opponent, is usually taken as equivalent to Mallory.
Pat or Peggy, a prover, and Victor, a verifier,
Plod, a law enforcement officer
Steve .
Trent, a trusted arbitrator,
Trudy, an intruder: another alternative to Mallory.
Walter, a warden,
Zoe, often the last party to be involved
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These are basic characters that are
used when talking about any
cryptographic /communication related
protocol
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Qn)
His first starring role was in 1923's Where The North
Begins, playing alongside silent screen actress Claire
Adams. This film was a huge success and has often
been credited with saving Warner Brothers from
bankruptcy. It was followed by Shadows of the North
(1923), Clash of the Wolves (1925), and Tiger Rose
(1929).

Between 1930 and 1955 he was involved in three
different radio series sponsored by national biscuit for
shredded wheat and milk-bone.He was honored with a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1623 Vine St

X is buried in the Cimetière des Chiens, the renowned
cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine
Clue next slide if no veto
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 This in New Orleans have been an integral part of
the city's public transportation network since the
first half of the 19th century.
 There are currently three operating lines of these in
New Orleans: The St. Charles Avenue Line, the
Riverfront Line, and the Canal Street Line.
 The most famous of this is probably the line that
passes through X Street (1920-1948) - This stop
became famous because blanche had to take that
route daily to reach stella's house at Elysian Field.
 Who/What are we talking about?
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 From which you get the name: A Street
car named desire
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 Qn)
 A study on Batesian Mimicry
 “Perhaps there is something even more basic going
on here. Take for example, the Plain Tiger Butterfly
The Indian Fritillary Butterfly and the Leopard
Lacewing exhibit Batesian Mimicry, so named after
naturalist Henry Walter Bates, who first documented
this phenomenon in the Amazon in the mid-1800’s. In
this example, the Plain Tiger is toxic to predators,
whereas the Indian Fritillary and the Leopard
Lacewing are not. However, these latter two have
evolved with the same coloration so that predators
will avoid them as well”
 What was the final conclusion of this study and what
is the relation to our normal life?
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 This study states that the color YELLOW
on RED instillates hunger in any species.
That is why...
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 Qn)
 Picture of a place in Southernmost Africa
called Cape Agulhas or Cape of Needles.
 What is blanked out?
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 This is the exact place, on the
southernmost tip of Africa, where Indian
Ocean ends and Atlantic Ocean starts.
 And against common perception, Cape of
Good hope is not the southernmost point
of Africa, Cape Agulhas is.
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 The two main legends associated with this are:
 1) Duke Godfrey III became Duke of Leuven,Belgium at the age
of 2. In 1142, the troops of this two-year-old lord were battling
against the troops of the Berthouts, the lords of Grimbergen. The
troops put the infant lord in a basket and hung it in a tree, to
encourage and this happened.
 2) In the 14th century, Brussels was under siege by a foreign
power. The city had held their ground for quite some time. The
attackers had thought of a plan to place explosive charges at the
city walls. A little boy named Juliaanske from Brussels happened
to be spying on them as they were preparing, and this
happened.
 What happened?
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 The duke pissed on his opponents from the tree top who lost the
battle eventually.
 The kid spying had pissed on the fuse of a huge cache of explosives
meant to blow up the city.
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 Qn)
 John harvey X was an especially zealous
campaigner against masturbation.
 X thought sex was the ultimate abomination and
remained celibate even in marriage.
Masturbation was the worst sin imaginable to
him.
 He believed it led to leprosy, tuberculosis, heart
disease, epilepsy, dimness of vision, insanity,
idiocy, and death. He also preached that
masturbation led to bashfulness in some people,
unnatural boldness in others, a fondness for spicy
foods, round shoulders, and acne.
 Hence he invented Y to keep young boys from
masturbation.51

 John L. X the son of the AFORE MENTIONED
X Company's founder and worked for the
family firm for many years, ultimately
becoming its president.
 He subsequently left the firm and settled in
Chicago, where he became a successful
entrepreneur in the food industry.
 He died in 1950 at the age of 67. In 1979, the
John L. and Helen X Foundation gave $10
million to Northwestern, and the school was
named the __________53

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 This is a kind of art in which the artist
uses alphabets from various languages
to portray his artistic essence.
 The qn is how do we know this art form
better?
 If it helps, it is also the name of one of the
heroes of a finest Heldenbuch (13th
century german poems) poetry

 Tintin and the ALPHA-ART; only
unfinished work of HERGE; talks about a
criminal who is an Alphart creater too
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 These were the cartoons which inspired
the doll called BILD-LILLI, which Ruth
Handler used to make BARBIE DOLLS
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 Qn)
 This is a division of the Los Angeles County Fire
Department.Their jurisdiction includes 31
miles,from San Pedro in the south, to Malibu in
the north.
 This is the largest professional service of its
kind in the world. It employs 132 year-round Ys
(chiefs, captains and Y specialists) and over 650
seasonal Ys.
 Each of their headquarters staffs a 24-hour EMT-
D response unit, and are part of the 911 system.
 Who/What?
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 The numbers are the typical way in which
you read a manga comic.
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 Qn )
 San Carlos Airport is a small general aviation
airport located two miles northeast of the central
business district (CBD) of San Carlos, California,
USA
 This airport is most famous because of its IATA
Code. Some people say the code X was given to
this airport because of its proximity to the
headquarters of Y.
 It is just a coincidence, though one that many
technically-inclined residents of the Bay Area
and Silicon Valley were sure to notice. But the
fact is that the airport was given this code well
before the founding of the Y
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 This is the closest airport to Oracle HQ
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The circular swing IanGillan,Roger lover,
Meshuggah,
James Mcilroy
The whiplash Mick Thomson,
Cliff Burton
The Two up, Two down Angus Young
The hammer Till Lindemann
The all-out Vaughan Cook, Sid Wilson

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Sun: our primary natural
resource. All life begins with
the sun – the ultimate symbol
of vitality.

Flower: represents fragrance.

Ice cream: a treat, pleasure
and enjoyment.

Fish: represents food, sea or
fresh water.

Sparkle: clean, healthy and
sparkling with energy.

Wave: symbolises cleanliness,
freshness and vigour
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DNA: the double helix, the
genetic blueprint of life and a
symbol of bio-science.

Bird: a symbol of freedom.

Lips: represent beauty, looking
good and taste.

Bee: represents creation,
pollination, hard work and bio-
diversity.

Clothes: represent fresh
laundry and looking good.

Heart: a symbol of love, care
and health

Etc…

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Qn)Qn)
In 1870, a chemist Andrev Albanov wasIn 1870, a chemist Andrev Albanov was
experimenting with charcoal to find out if it hadexperimenting with charcoal to find out if it had
any inherent medicinal propertiesany inherent medicinal properties
One night he left a chuck of charcoal near to anOne night he left a chuck of charcoal near to an
open bottle of iodoform accidently. The followingopen bottle of iodoform accidently. The following
morning he found that the charcoal hadmorning he found that the charcoal had
absorbed the fumes from the bottle entirely.absorbed the fumes from the bottle entirely.
Which business man recognized the potential ofWhich business man recognized the potential of
this to make what?this to make what?

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 Qn)
 This jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii, which
is about as wide as a human pinky nail when
fully grown, was discovered in the
Mediterranean Sea in 1883. But its unique
ability was not discovered until the 1990s.
 Turritopsis typically reproduces the old-
fashioned way, by the meeting of free-floating
sperm and eggs. But when starvation, physical
damage, or other crises arise, instead of sure
death, it does something really peculiar.
 Why was this fish/phenomenon remembered in
2009?

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 When it faces starvation and certain
death, this gelly fish, instead of growing
old, grows young. Pretty much like
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 Qn)
 This is a worldwide society describing itself as a
fellowship of men and women with a desire to _____
______ while helping others to do so through a program of
character development by following its invention, the
Twelve Steps.
 Approximately two-fifths of people who participate in this
drop out within the first three months.
 The manual of the movement is known as The Big Book.
 This was started in 1934 by one Bill Wilson and one
Dr.Bob Smith.
 Infact the anniversary date of this is June 10, when it was
on 10th
June 1935 that......
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it was on 10th
June
1935 that
Dr.Smith the
founder LAST
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Simoni
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 Mary Magdalene -Donatello di Niccolò di
Betto Bardi
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 It is designed by French structural engineer
Michel Virlogeux and British architect
Norman Foster and is the tallest bridge in the
world.
 It has the highest bridge tower in the world
(343 m)
 It supports 4 lanes of traffic.
 Its construction had costs of 394 million
euros.
 Which bridge?? 102

 Qn)
 X-Y is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian
structures re-erected in London, Paris, and New York City
during the nineteenth century.
 Although the X-Y are genuine Ancient Egyptian structures,
they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular
connection with X of Egypt, and were already over a
thousand years old in X's lifetime
 They were originally erected in the Egyptian city of
Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC
 It was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler
of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of
the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir
Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.
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 Qn)__________ is one of Shakespeare's most sinister
villains, often considered such because of the unique trust
that X places in him, which he betrays while maintaining
his reputation of honesty and dedication.
 He manipulates his wife, Emilia, into taking from
Desdemona a handkerchief that X had given her; he then
tells X that he had seen it in Cassio's possession. Once X
flies into a jealous rage, ________ tells him to hide while he
(________) talks to Cassio. ________ then leads X to believe
that a bawdy conversation about Cassio's mistress, Bianca,
is in fact about Desdemona. Mad with jealousy, X orders
________ to kill Cassio, promising to make him lieutenant in
return. ________ then engineers a fight between Cassio and
Roderigo in which the latter is killed (by ________ himself,
double-crossing his ally), but the former merely wounded.
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 Qn)
 In 17th century France usually when a Petition was
made against the Higher Authorities, say against
the Crown or a High Government official, the
petitioners used this technique.
 What they do is, instead of signing the petition
one after the other, they put their signs along a
circle or a ribbon in a haphazard way.
 It was mainly to ensure that, the person whose
signature comes first, wont receive the maximum
wrath of the Crown, because of the human
tendency to mark the first person as the ring
leader.
 What was this custom called?

 Qn)Thomas _________ (5 April 1588 – 4 December
1679), in some older texts Thomas ________of
Malmsbury, was an English philosopher,
remembered today for his work on political
philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established
the foundation for most of Western political
philosophy from the perspective of social contract
theory.
 _________ also contributed to a diverse array of
fields, including history, geometry, physics of
gases, theology, ethics, general philosophy, and
political science. His account of human nature as
self-interested cooperation has proved to be an
enduring theory in the field of philosophical
anthropology. He was one of the main philosophers
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 Qn)
 _________ _________ (27 January 1924 – 2 December 1963) was a
film actor of Indian origin—although he later took American
citizenship._________ was the son of an Indian mahout (elephant
driver).
 _________ was discovered by documentary film-maker Robert
Flaherty who cast him in the role of an elephant driver in the
1937 British film Elephant Boy, based on Toomai of the
Elephants, a story by Rudyard Kipling. _________ is perhaps
best known for his role as Abu in the 1940 British film The Thief
of Bagdad. In 1942 he once again played a role based on a
Kipling story, namely Mowgli in Jungle Book directed by Zoltán
Korda.
 After World War II, unable to secure the equivalent roles in
Hollywood that British films had offered him, his career went into
decline. He occasionally did get significant parts, such as his
supporting role in the classic British film Black Narcissus (1947). 113

 Qn)
 The Sloth Bear (Ursus ursinus =Melursus ursinus), also
known as the Labiated Bear,is an arboreal, nocturnal
and insectivorous species of bear restricted to the
Indian subcontinent.
 Officers in British India often kept sloth bears as pets.
The wife of Kenneth Anderson kept an orphaned sloth
bear cub from Mysore, which she christened "Bruno".
The bear could be fed on almost anything (including
motor oil) and was very affectionate toward people. It
was even taught numerous tricks, such as cradling a
woodblock like a baby or pointing a bamboo stick like
a gun
 In hindi they are called commonly as Rinch, ________
and Adam-zad 115

 It is designed by French structural engineer
Michel Virlogeux and British architect
Norman Foster and is the tallest bridge in the
world.
 It has the highest bridge tower in the world
(343 m)
 It supports 4 lanes of traffic.
 Its construction had costs of 394 million
euros.
 Which bridge?? 117

 Qn)
 X-Y is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian
structures re-erected in London, Paris, and New York City
during the nineteenth century.
 Although the X-Y are genuine Ancient Egyptian structures,
they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular
connection with X of Egypt, and were already over a
thousand years old in X's lifetime
 They were originally erected in the Egyptian city of
Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC
 It was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler
of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of
the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir
Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.
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 Qn)__________ is one of Shakespeare's most sinister
villains, often considered such because of the unique trust
that X places in him, which he betrays while maintaining
his reputation of honesty and dedication.
 He manipulates his wife, Emilia, into taking from
Desdemona a handkerchief that X had given her; he then
tells X that he had seen it in Cassio's possession. Once X
flies into a jealous rage, ________ tells him to hide while he
(________) talks to Cassio. ________ then leads X to believe
that a bawdy conversation about Cassio's mistress, Bianca,
is in fact about Desdemona. Mad with jealousy, X orders
________ to kill Cassio, promising to make him lieutenant in
return. ________ then engineers a fight between Cassio and
Roderigo in which the latter is killed (by ________ himself,
double-crossing his ally), but the former merely wounded.
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 Qn)
 In 17th century France usually when a Petition was
made against the Higher Authorities, say against
the Crown or a High Government official, the
petitioners used this technique.
 What they do is, instead of signing the petition
one after the other, they put their signs along a
circle or a ribbon in a haphazard way.
 It was mainly to ensure that, the person whose
signature comes first, wont receive the maximum
wrath of the Crown, because of the human
tendency to mark the first person as the ring
leader.
 What was this custom called?

 Qn)Thomas _________ (5 April 1588 – 4 December
1679), in some older texts Thomas ________of
Malmsbury, was an English philosopher,
remembered today for his work on political
philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established
the foundation for most of Western political
philosophy from the perspective of social contract
theory.
 _________ also contributed to a diverse array of
fields, including history, geometry, physics of
gases, theology, ethics, general philosophy, and
political science. His account of human nature as
self-interested cooperation has proved to be an
enduring theory in the field of philosophical
anthropology. He was one of the main philosophers
134

 Qn)
 _________ _________ (27 January 1924 – 2 December 1963) was a
film actor of Indian origin—although he later took American
citizenship._________ was the son of an Indian mahout (elephant
driver).
 _________ was discovered by documentary film-maker Robert
Flaherty who cast him in the role of an elephant driver in the
1937 British film Elephant Boy, based on Toomai of the
Elephants, a story by Rudyard Kipling. _________ is perhaps
best known for his role as Abu in the 1940 British film The Thief
of Bagdad. In 1942 he once again played a role based on a
Kipling story, namely Mowgli in Jungle Book directed by Zoltán
Korda.
 After World War II, unable to secure the equivalent roles in
Hollywood that British films had offered him, his career went into
decline. He occasionally did get significant parts, such as his
supporting role in the classic British film Black Narcissus (1947). 137

 Qn)
 The Sloth Bear (Ursus ursinus =Melursus ursinus), also
known as the Labiated Bear,is an arboreal, nocturnal
and insectivorous species of bear restricted to the
Indian subcontinent.
 Officers in British India often kept sloth bears as pets.
The wife of Kenneth Anderson kept an orphaned sloth
bear cub from Mysore, which she christened "Bruno".
The bear could be fed on almost anything (including
motor oil) and was very affectionate toward people. It
was even taught numerous tricks, such as cradling a
woodblock like a baby or pointing a bamboo stick like
a gun
 In hindi they are called commonly as Rinch, ________
and Adam-zad 141

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 Percival Christopher X was a British writer,
mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered
best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of
1924 involving the French Foreign Legion in
North Africa, and its sequels, Beau Sabreur and
Beau Ideal.
 But his claim to fame across the world is
because of something he created primarily for
the children of British officers resident in India.
This was primarily associated with the color
red.
 Who/What?

 GULA,
 AVARITIA,
 ACEDIA,
 _________
 IRA,
 SUPERBIA,
 LUXURIA.
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GULA,

AVARITIA,

ACEDIA,

INVIDIA

IRA,

SUPERBIA,

LUXURIA.

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Qn)
A translation from Pliny’s Historia Naturalis,
written c. 77 A.D

“After the defeat of that mighty monarch,
Mithridates, Gnaeus Pompeius found in his
private cabinet a recipe for an antidote in his
own handwriting; it was to the following effect:
Take two dried walnuts, two figs, and twenty
leaves of rue; pound them all together, and
take it ____-_____-_____-____-____; if a person
takes this mixture fasting, he will be proof
against all poisons for that day.”

►Qn)
►The sketch book of geoffrey crayon,
a collection of stories and novels by
Washington Irving is well known for
two contributions to the modern
world.
►One is the story of RIP VAN
VINKLE…what is the other?
►Next slide
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►He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and
soot;
►
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how
merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
►
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
►The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
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►A visit from St. Nicholas
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 Qn)
 Stalin: ' Is there a foreign country close to the
area' ?
 Others: ' No'
 Stalin: ' Is there a port from which you can
escape' ?
 Others: ' No'
 Stalin: 'Is there any other sanctuary where
you can take
 refuge' ?
 Others: ' No'
 Stalin: ' In this circumstances, it seems
difficult for you to succeed'
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► Qn)
► Geena Davis, Winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting
Actress in 1988, refused to go up to stage to get her
award, because of this.
► A lock-out of _____ ____ensues, prompting Davis to
threaten vigilante action against the union.
► A bemused George Lucas infamously dubs the would-
be Hollywood hero, ‘Geena Fett,’ and then coolly offers
a $60 million solution: The ____ ____, now equipped with
Skywalker-brand buttock-cooling equipment, return to
work only days later at the Teen Spirit Awards, where
they are received, somewhat ironically, with a standing
ovation
181

 Qn )
 A) Jim Wesley was a drummer who worked with X in
his club gigging days (1980-1981). But he later quit
the band to go and sell carpets because there was
no money to be made as a musician back then.
 B) Jody Perpick is a Canadian former musician and
current Sound Engineer for X . He got married
almost at the same time when Jim Wesley had quit
the band. Perpick was once a part of X's group
during his early days but quit to concentrate on the
Sound Equipment for X as he achieved success.
 You needn’t tell me who X is, just connect A and B
186

189
 Jimmy Quit…
 Jody Got Married….
 I shoulda known we’d never get far….
Oh when I look back now..
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice….
Ya - Id always wanna be there….
Those were the best days of my life…
 Back in the Summer O’ 69
 

190
 It was fashioned from a large blue diamond worn
by Louis XVI. Shortly after his execution in 1793,
it disappeared and was recut into a heart like
shape, known as “Le Coeur De La Mer” ("The
Heart of the Ocean“)
 Years later, treasure hunter Brock Lovett's team
while searching within the ______ and finds a
drawing having clues to the whereabouts of the
diamond.
 What was there in the drawing?

193
 Qn)
 The first reference to this is in oil workers in
Iran creating the _______ comes in an article
from the April 1965 issue of House &
Garden, “_____ lore and legend“:
 "...the __________, which tastes like
orange juice but is considerably more
potent, is believed to have originated with
American oil workers in Iran who drank this,
stirring it with ________s they carried
attached to their fatigue pants by loops.

197
 This is a painting called:
 Arrangement in Grey and Black: The
Artist's Mother
by James McNeill Whistler
 Where have u seen this better?

202
 Qn 2)
 Charles O'Rear is a photographer with the
National Geographic for more than 25 years. He
is into photography of winemaking and has been
travelling from Napa valley to various breweries
across the world.To date, O’Rear has provided
photographs for seven wine books.
 Once when he went to NAPA valley to click the
grape vines there, he found that the hills were
covered only with grass and no grape vines. This
was because of a bug infestation in the grapes as
a result of which the entire vineyard had to be
pulled out. Nevertheless since he had travelled
till there, he pulled out his hand held camera took
the photograph from the side of the highway
12/121.

206
Qn)
Zerão, also known as Estádio Milton Corrêa is a
multi-use stadium located in Macapá, Brazil. It is
used mostly for Football matches and hosts the
home matches of clubs like Amapá Clube,
Esporte Clube Macapá, Trem Desportivo Clube
and Ypiranga Clube.
The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000
people and was built in 1990. Apart from all
these, what one major significant fact
distinguishes this Football stadium from the rest
of the others in the world?
Pic Next Slide:

 So one team
plays in the
Northern
Hemisphere
and the other
in the
southern
Hemisphere
209

 Mary Anning’s father was a cabinet maker, and had
this hobby of collecting fossils from the sea shore.
When her father died, leaving the family in distress,
Mary took up the fossil collection and selling as her
primary job. She used to go around the seashores of
Lyme Regis in England, and collect sea shells and
fossils. This she used to sell to the tourists and make
money. She rose to fame when she discovered in
1811 a skeleton of ichthyosaur, the giant marine
reptile of yester years .This was the first complete
skeleton of an ichthyosaur ever discovered proving
its existence.Her next major discovery was a real
first, the first-ever skeleton of a plesiosaur in 1821.
 But she was immortalized in an entirely different
way. How do we remember her still?
211

 SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA
SHORE
213

 Qn)
 John M. Scott, a Unitarian Church reverend,
created this in Ithaca, New York. on Aug
3rd,1892, after the Sunday Services.
 It was named the "Cherry ________" in honor
of the day it was created.
 Later the spelling was turned to "_______" so
that it sounded less blasphemous in the
Catholic dominated Ithaca.
214

 Qn) What did Afonso de
Albuquerque. Carry on most of his
journeys to Goa?
217

 AFONSO MANGOES are named after
ALFONSO ALBERQUEUE
219

220
Qn) Fill in the blanks
You're a good soldier
Choosing your battles
Pick yourself up
And dust yourself off
And back in the saddle
You're on the frontline
Everyone's watching
You know it's serious
We're getting closer
This isnt over
When you fall get up
Oh oh...
And if you fall get up
Oh oh...
______ ______
Zangalewa
______ _____ ____ ______
_____ ____ eh eh
_____ ____ eh eh
_____ ____
Anawa aa
______ _____ ____ ______

sHAKIRA
222
Tsamina mina
zangalewa
Anawa aa
This time for Africa

• Acoustic Guitar
• Land Line
• Bar soap
• George hw Bush
• Forward slash
• Hot Chocolate
• Asia Minor
• Great Briton
• Live Music
• Optical zoom
• Natural
language
• Real Numbers
• Roman catholic
• Whole milk
• Washington DC
etc
223
*Qn 8)Connect:

Words that didn't exist until a newer version of it
was coined
The word LAND LINE was never coined until
MOBILE PHONES were invented etc
225
RETRONYMS

 On the cover of the Abbey Road, there
are 5 Beatles being featured.
 Who all?
226

 John Lennon, Paul McCartney,RIngo
Starr, George Harrison. And..
228


It is the world's most demanding training
course for and applicants will usually need at
least 12 'Appearances' (attempts at the final
test), after preparation averaging 34 months,
to pass the examination.
231


they applicants must be 'of good character',
meeting strict requirements regarding any
criminal record, then first pass a written test
which qualifies them to make an
'appearance'. At appearances, Knowledge
boys must, without looking at a map, identify
the quickest and most sensible route
between any two points that their examiner
chooses.
232


During training would-be _____, known as
Knowledge boys (or girls), have to familiarize
themselves with the 320 main (standard)
routes, or 'runs', through central London of
the Knowledge are contained within the 'Blue
Book' (officially known as the 'Guide to
Learning the Knowledge of London'),
produced by the Public Carriage Office
233

Sub Title
And the answer is
234

The Women's Titanic Memorial is a granite statue in southwest
Washington, D.C., that honors the men who died on the RMS
Titanic. 238

The "____ ____" term arose in March 1984, after a CDC study.
It actually stood for O/Out of California, but was mistakenly
later interpreted as _____.
This was featured prominently in Randy Shilts's book And the
Band Played On In 1988, Andrew R. Moss published an
opposing view in the New York Review of Books.
A more recent article in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences on November 1, 2007 dismisses the
hypothesis and claims that this transited from Africa to Haiti
in 1966 and from Haiti to the United States in 1969.
240

Sub Title
And the answer is
241


This name is also associated frequently with
Qaysibn al-MulawwahibnMuzahim a Bedouin
poet and his trysts with _________ bint
MahdiibnSa’d from the same tribe

In India it is believed that ______ found refuge in
a village in Rajasthan before breathing their last.
The 'graves' of ______ are believed to be located
in the Bijnore village near Anupgarh in the
Sriganganagar district. According to rural legend
there, ______ escaped to these parts and died
there. Hundreds of __________ from India and
Pakistan, despite there being no facilities for an
overnight stay, attend the two day fair in June. 243

Sub Title
And the answer is
244


Hundreds of newly wed and lovers
come to this place
Indian version of
Laila and Majnum.
245


Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Christa McAuliffe
received bachelor's degree in education and
history from Framingham State College in 1970,
and a Master of Arts from Bowie State University
in 1978. she took a teaching post as a social
studies teacher at Concord High School in New
Hampshire in 1982.

In 1985, she was selected from more than 11,000
applicants to participate in what?

Apparently she was chosen because "she had an
infectious enthusiasm", and "she was the most
broad-based, best-balanced person of the 10
finalists. 247

Sub Title
And the answer is
248


The school teacher who
died in the challenger
space disaster, jan
28,1986
249

Qn)fill in the blanks with the same
word

The ________ logo - a wolf howling at a crescent moon -
represents the Persian name for Georgia, Virshan, meaning “land
of the wolf”. Today, Georgia is still home to the grey wolf, which
for hundreds of years has been a part of Russian culture and
folklore.


It was first created for Prince ________ in 1806.


________’s bell-shaped bottle is embossed with the imperial
crown and around the base of the bottle the words “Original
Recipe of Prince ________ of 1806” are written in Russian Cyrillic
text.



What are we talking about?
250

ERISTOFF
Vodka from the Land of Wolf
252

 Qn)
 The first known incident of this kind was a 1575 Mexican
ecclesiastical council decree that forbid the use of
_______in any church in Mexico and Spanish colonies in
the Caribbean.
 The Ottoman ruler Murad IV prohibited _______ in his
empire in 1633.
 Pope Urban VII in particular threatened to
excommunicate anyone who took _______ in the
porchway of or inside a church.
 The first modern, incident was imposed by the Nazi
Party in every German university, post office, military
hospital, and Nazi Party office, under orders from Adolf
Hitler. What?
253

 Qn) This place gets its name from Saint Galava who
cured king Suraj Sen of Leprosy.About the Fort at this
place, it is said that the Mughal Emperor Babur
described it as, "The pearl in the necklace of the forts
of Hind". The fort, also given the epithet "Gibraltar of
India',
The fort’s history relates to two parts namely,the X
Mahal and the Man Mandir palace. The first part was
built during the early Tomar rule, while the second
part, the X Mahal (now a Museum) and the palace,
was constructed by Raja Man Singh Tomar in the 15th
century for his favourite queen, Y

 Two parts to the qn:
 1.Easier part- Name the place
 2.Fill in X and Y
258

Qn) According to the hindu mythology,Muni
Agastya was once on his way back from
Mt.Kailas with his Kamandalu(pot) full of
sacred water.On his way, he stopped at a
place for sometime to take rest.At that time a
crow came and perched on the Kamandalu
which caused it to topple over.Furious at this
the Muni cursed the crow, who was Lord
Ganesha himself in disguise,who then came
to the real form and asked him,”Is this what I
get in return for starting the great ________”?
What?
260

 ____________is a Malayalam television
channel based in Trivandrum, Kerala.
Currently, Padmasree Bharath
Mammootty, a leading film actor in
Malayalam, holds the post of Chairman
and John Brittas is the Managing Director
and editor.
 The channel is the official mouthpiece of
the CPI(M).
262

 _________ University, Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Orissa and
the seventeenth oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating
University, that has produced some of the best brains in Orissa.
 After the separation of Orissa from Bihar and the creation of the new
province of Orissa in April 1936, there was a strong desire among the
leaders of the province for the establishment of a separate university in
Orissa
 Motto "Seek The Highest Truth"
 Established 1943
 Type Public
 Chancellor Mr. M. C. Bhandare
 Vice-Chancellor Prof. Binayak Ratha
 Location Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
 Campus Urban
 Affiliations UGC
264

 _______is a town in Nagapattinam district
in the southern Indian state of Tamil
Nadu. It was once a flourishing ancient
port city known as Kaveripattinam, which
for a while served as the capital of the
early Chola kings in Tamilakkam
 The Silappatikaram, apart from being the
first known epic poem in Tamil, begins in
this city.
266

 Where will you find this form of Lord
Shiva?
 As the history says, Due to king's
misunderstanding with this temple
builder, king ordered to make him blind.
Hearing this the builder plucked his own
eyes and throw at this temple walls. Till
date one can find those blood scars on
that particular wall.
269

 Qn) This place gets its name from Saint Galava who
cured king Suraj Sen of Leprosy.About the Fort at this
place, it is said that the Mughal Emperor Babur
described it as, "The pearl in the necklace of the forts
of Hind". The fort, also given the epithet "Gibraltar of
India',
The fort’s history relates to two parts namely,the X
Mahal and the Man Mandir palace. The first part was
built during the early Tomar rule, while the second
part, the X Mahal (now a Museum) and the palace,
was constructed by Raja Man Singh Tomar in the 15th
century for his favourite queen, Y

 Two parts to the qn:
 1.Easier part- Name the place
 2.Fill in X and Y
271

 GURJARI
 MRIGANAYANI
273

Qn) According to the hindu mythology,Muni
Agastya was once on his way back from
Mt.Kailas with his Kamandalu(pot) full of
sacred water.On his way, he stopped at a
place for sometime to take rest.At that time a
crow came and perched on the Kamandalu
which caused it to topple over.Furious at this
the Muni cursed the crow, who was Lord
Ganesha himself in disguise,who then came
to the real form and asked him,”Is this what I
get in return for starting the great ________”?
What?
274

 ____________is a Malayalam television
channel based in Trivandrum, Kerala.
Currently, Padmasree Bharath
Mammootty, a leading film actor in
Malayalam, holds the post of Chairman
and John Brittas is the Managing Director
and editor.
 The channel is the official mouthpiece of
the CPI(M).
277

 _________ University, Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Orissa and
the seventeenth oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating
University, that has produced some of the best brains in Orissa.
 After the separation of Orissa from Bihar and the creation of the new
province of Orissa in April 1936, there was a strong desire among the
leaders of the province for the establishment of a separate university in
Orissa
 Motto "Seek The Highest Truth"
 Established 1943
 Type Public
 Chancellor Mr. M. C. Bhandare
 Vice-Chancellor Prof. Binayak Ratha
 Location Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
 Campus Urban
 Affiliations UGC
281

 _______is a town in Nagapattinam district
in the southern Indian state of Tamil
Nadu. It was once a flourishing ancient
port city known as Kaveripattinam, which
for a while served as the capital of the
early Chola kings in Tamilakkam
 The Silappatikaram, apart from being the
first known epic poem in Tamil, begins in
this city.
284

 Where will you find this form of Lord
Shiva?
 As the history says, Due to king's
misunderstanding with this temple
builder, king ordered to make him blind.
Hearing this the builder plucked his own
eyes and throw at this temple walls. Till
date one can find those blood scars on
that particular wall.
288

 GURJARI-GUJARAT
 MRIGANAYANI-RAJASTHAN
 KAVERI-KARNATAKA
 KAIRALI-KERALA
 UTKAL-ORIYA
 POOMPUHAR-TAMILNADU
 LEPAKSHI-ANDHRA
292

 End now or continue for more qns..
293

294
Frederick I ________(1122 – 10 June 1190) was elected King of
Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152.The name ________
came from the northern Italian cities he attempted to rule, and
means "red beard" in Italian Frederick is the subject of many
legends, including that of a sleeping hero, like the much older
British Celtic legends of Arthur or Bran the Blessed. Legend says
he is not dead, but asleep with his knights in a cave in the
Kyffhäuser mountain in Thuringia or Mount Untersberg in
Bavaria, Germany, and that when the ravens cease to fly around
the mountain he will awake and restore Germany to its ancient
greatness. According to the story, his red beard has grown
through the table at which he sits.
Coupla qns
1)fill in the blanks.
2) connect this word with Timur the Lame

On an interesting note, Timur's body was exhumed from his tomb in 1941 by the
renowned Russian anthropologist Mikhail M. Gerasimov. The scientist found that
Timur's facial characteristics conformed to that of Mongoloid features, supporting
Timur's notion, in some part, that he was descended from Genghis Khan. His
height was 5 foot 8 inches, tall for his time and era. He also confirmed Timur's
lameness. Gerasimov was able to reconstruct the likeness of Timur from his skull.
Unfortunately, a curse has been attached to opening Timur's tomb. In the year of
Timur's death, a sign was carved in Timur's tomb warning that whoever would
dare disturb the tomb would bring demons of war onto his land. Gerasimov's
expedition opened the tomb on June 19, 1941. Operation Barbarossa began three
days later on June 22, 1941.”
296
Operation
Barbarossa

The literal translation of this is Sign Of
God.
This is a high ranking title given to Usuli
Twelver clerics.
The next lower clerical rank is
Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin
Those who carry the title are experts in
studies such as jurisprudence, ethics,
and philosophy and usually teach in
seminaries.
297

 Ayatu-illah - "Signs of God",
299

300
QN)What was named after
February,1980, the month in which
the consortium met to decide on
mutual standards/protocols?

Sub Title
301
And the answer is

302

A
ll IEEE
standards start
with 802
because the first
one was created
in Feb 1980-
Hence 80-2

308
 Peary and Amundsen, -Biscuit
Horlicks company.-William
Horlick,
 The mountain that you see in
the first pic is a mountain in the
Antartics which was named as
Horlick mountain in dedication
to the support provided by the
Horlicks company in these
expeditions.

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