Rodney Cox was discovered providing information to former Tories about American naval capabilities. He was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by firing squad. The American President at the time, who was notoriously anti-British, took an action that is still remembered today.

1. 9.Rodney Cox, from North Carolina was discovered in the act of providing former Tories with
information regarding the American naval forces capability to secure American shores. After a brief ad
hoc trial, Cox was convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad. X an American President, being a
notorious Anglophobic at the time, did something that is remembered till day.
Q12. This famous “theorem” or equation is famously called beautiful because it combines 5fundamental
mathematical constants. Indeed, after proving ______ during a lecture,Benjamin Peirce, a noted
American 19th-century philosopher, mathematician, and professorat Harvard University, stated that "it
is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, andwe don't know what it means, but we have
proved it, and therefore we know it must be thetruth." What am I talking about?
10. Which city is best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports
car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati are, or were, located here and all,
except Lamborghini, have headquarters in the city or nearby.
20 Giving his version of this term’s origin, BBC’s Pat Murphy said: “My understanding is that it came
from the mid-sixties and a guy called Grahame Corling … apparently the suggestion was that this guy's
wife was [having an affair] with another team-mate, and when he came into bat [the other team]
started singing When a Man Loves A Woman, the old Percy ______ number.” What term?
19 Which bankrupt entity owns about 6,000 pieces of art - including the likes of Van Gogh's self portrait,
Bellini's 'Madonna and Child', 'The Window' by Henri Matisse, several of Monet's works and a casting of
Rodin's 'The Thinker' among many rare ancient artifacts- valued collectively to be more than its debt
amount of $18 billion?
22. It is said that when X visited the Apollo Hotel, he was denied entry as he was a Non European. This
enraged X and he built Y. Soon Y became the centre of attraction and it put Apollo out of business. Y
became a landmark for the city and is considered to be one of the best in its league in the world. Identify
X & Y.
23. The origin of this phrase, which means ‘to make up one’s mind to go through with an unpleasant
situation or experience’ dates back to the days when the wounded had to be seen without the benefits
of anesthetics or painkillers. The victim would be given an object that would help him brace himself
against the coming pain. Which phrase?
24. Contrary to popular myth, the deciding factor that won him the prized seat ahead of five other
candidates was not his physical toughness, his psychological resilience or his credentials. Instead, it was
the fact that he took off his shoes when visiting a prototype for a look around that earned him this
coveted position. Who was the man?
25. A company called De La Rue Identity systems , based in Basingstoke, UK, makes a lot of money
periodically out of a product named ES/A purple, containing silver nitrate and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol.
The product has been marketed as far afield as India, Burundi, Rwanda and Bosnia. What is ES/A Purple
used for?
28. "I was waiting for my team mates to embrace me, and no one came...I told them, ‘Come hug me, or
the referee isn’t going to allow it.’"Whose words about what?