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Don’t Panic – BQC March 2009,[object Object],© Anannya Deb,[object Object]

Question 1 : Who is missing?,[object Object],?,[object Object],2 points,[object Object],Amateur, had his own private gate into the Lord’s,[object Object],Came from a colliery; took 3 wkts in 4 balls,[object Object],?,[object Object],2 points,[object Object],Captain of the Green Howards, died in the Eighth Army’s first attack in Sicily,[object Object],Worked as groundstaff at Lord’s; 6’3”,[object Object]

Question 1,[object Object],?,[object Object],2 points,[object Object],Gubby Allen,[object Object],Bill Voce,[object Object],Harold Larwood,[object Object],?,[object Object],2 points,[object Object],Hedley Verity,[object Object],Bill Bowes,[object Object]

Question 2,[object Object],X died of an overdose – 9 pills of Vesperax where only one is normal. On the bedside was this couplet,,[object Object],“The story of love is hello and goodbye,[object Object],Till we meet again”,[object Object],Y died of an overdose. Y bequeathed $2,500 for a wake with the note “Drinks are on ___”. The Grateful Dead amongst others performed at her wake,[object Object],Who can Z be – (apocryphal story, Z had a premonition that Z would die similarly) ,[object Object]

Question 2,[object Object],Answer:,[object Object],X = Jimi Hendrix,[object Object],Y = Janis Joplin,[object Object],Z = Jim Morrision (the third J),[object Object]

Question 3,[object Object],The name of this language was originally a Turkish word for the camp of a Tartar king. It is cognate with the English word which Wiktionary.org defines as a “wandering troop or gang”. It came be the name of the language as the word was used to describe the broad speech of the members of the camp.,[object Object],Name the language ,[object Object]

Question 3,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Urdu (from Turkish Orda or Ordu meaning camp) cognate with the English “horde”,[object Object]

Question 4,[object Object],A hard silica rock found as lumps called nodes in beds of limestone, it is probably the first mineral to be mined and used (evidence from the many pre-historic tools discovered). It is the same material as chest, the origins of which are unknown.,[object Object]

Question 4,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Flint,[object Object]

Question 5,[object Object],Name the personality around whom all these clues revolve,[object Object],The Daily Telegraph, May 10th 2007,[object Object],“How _____ gave us medicine”,[object Object],According to documents dating back to 2600BC, the first peoples to have a scientific medical system were the Egyptians and the pioneer was _____,[object Object]

Question 5,[object Object],Answer: ,[object Object],IMHOTEP, the world’s first known engineer, architect and physician,[object Object]

Question 6,[object Object],Born in June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas, he was inspired by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and became a deep sea explorer. He has many achievements to his credit – the first manned exploration of the Mid Atlantic Ridge and the discovery of a number of shipwrecks including the Titanic, the Bismarck, USS Yorktown and PT109 (the patrol torpedo boat commanded by JFK).,[object Object],Name him,[object Object]

Question 6,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Robert Ballard,[object Object]

Question 7,[object Object],What Sanskrit word originally meant “water’s edge” i.e. the part where the land meets a water body (ford of a river, lake, etc) and referred to that physical feature as a bridge between this world and the divine? Because of this belief, traditionally holy spots and places of pilgrimage have been established on water edges across the country.,[object Object],From The Mahabharata, AnusasanaParva, Section CVIIITranslated by Sri Kisari Mohan Ganguli,[object Object],Yudhishthira said: Do thou tell me, O grandsire, of that which is regarded as the foremost of all _____ (place of pilgrimage). Indeed, it behoveth thee to expound to me what that ____ is which conduces to the greatest purity.,[object Object],The word ____ as explained in the SantiParva of the Mahabharata means a sacred water. There can be no ____ without water, be it a river, a lake, or even a well. Bhishma, however, chooses to take the word in a different sense.,[object Object]

Question 7,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Tirtha,[object Object]

Question 8,[object Object],In the 1994 FIFA World Cup, this lad, a defender, had the task of marking the following star strikers in successive matches. His team reached the second round losing to Brazil, their best performance since 1950. None of these strikers scored a goal against him.,[object Object],Name him,[object Object]

Question 8,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Alexi Lalas, USA,[object Object],USA v SUI 1-1,[object Object],USA v COL 2-1,[object Object],USA v ROM 0-1,[object Object],USA v BRA 0-1,[object Object]

Question 9,[object Object],From the clues given, what does the highlighted equation prove? ,[object Object],a + b^n,[object Object],-------- = x,[object Object], z,[object Object],Clue 1 – person honoured in the stamp. He wrote the proof,[object Object],Clue 2 – for whom this proof was made,[object Object]

Question 9,[object Object],From the clues given, what does the highlighted equation prove? ,[object Object],a + b^n,[object Object],-------- = x “Therefore God Exists”,[object Object], z,[object Object],Denis Diderot, French philosopher, atheist,[object Object]

Question 10,[object Object],Name the person,[object Object],Full name at birth: Karl Ernst Ludwig Marx ______ (1858 – 1947),[object Object],His family saga,[object Object],First wife: Marie, died of TB in 1909,[object Object],Eldest son: Karl, killed in action at Verdun in WW1,[object Object],Second son: Erwin, WW1 POW, Hanged in 1945,[object Object],Twin daughters: Both died at childbirth, one in 1917, the other in 1919,[object Object],Second wife and son (with second wife) survived him,[object Object],Helped a number of Jewish scientists to leave Nazi Germany while asking non-Jewish Germans to stay back (so that Jewish Germans would get whatever jobs available),[object Object]

Question 10,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Max Planck,[object Object]

Question 11,[object Object],What is the significance of this particular chronological series (exhaustive),[object Object],2 points for what the names make up; 2 points for the chronology,[object Object],1970: Nanga Parbat,[object Object],1972: Manaslu,[object Object],1975: Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak),[object Object],1977: Dhaulagiri ,[object Object],1978: Mount Everest, Nanga Parbat ,[object Object],1979: K2 ,[object Object],1980: Mount Everest ,[object Object],1981: ShishaPangma,[object Object],1982: Kanchenjunga, Gasherbrum II, Broad Peak, Cho Oyu,[object Object],1983: Cho Oyu,[object Object],1984: Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II ,[object Object],1985: Annapurna, Dhaulagiri,[object Object],1986: Makalu, Lhotse,[object Object]

Question 11,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],The fourteen 8000+ peaks on the planet (2 points),[object Object],Scaled by Reinhold Messner in the respective year - Only person to climb all 14 highest peaks (2 points),[object Object]

Question 12,[object Object],What got started by these,[object Object],The Novel – 1913,[object Object],"A GENTLEMAN to see you, Doctor." ,[object Object],From across the common a clock sounded the half-hour. ,[object Object],"Ten-thirty!" I said. "A late visitor. Show him up, if you please." ,[object Object],I pushed my writing aside and tilted the lamp-shade, as footsteps sounded on the landing. The next moment I had jumped to my feet, for a tall, lean man, with his square-cut, clean-shaven face sun-baked to the hue of coffee, entered and extended both hands, with a cry: ,[object Object],"Good old Petrie! Didn't expect me, I'll swear!" ,[object Object],It was ___ ___--whom I had thought to be in Burma! ,[object Object],The first comic, 1936,[object Object]

Question 12,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Fu Manchu (The Insidious Dr Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer),[object Object]

Question 13,[object Object],Something was made in 1962, a response in 1965 and something much bigger after that. Give funda.,[object Object],“HaiRui (1515-1587) was the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue under Chinese Emperor Shizong during the Ming dynasty. Hai wrote a controversial piece accusing Shizong of misappropriation of government funds and general inappropriate behavior toward the Chinese people. Because of this attack on the Emperor, Hai was sentenced to torture and death. The Emperor suddenly died before carrying out this sentence, and his successor Wei Zhongxian realized a way to utilize this as a positive public relations stunt. He replaced HaiRui into office, although in a different position -- "Censor in Chief" -- showing the populace that it was indeed okay to provide constructive criticism to the Emperor and the Chinese government. However, Wei Zhongxian later became recognized as one of the most power-hungry leaders in Chinese history.”,[object Object]

Question 13,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],“HaiRui Dismissed From Office” a Beijing opera piece written by Wu Han in 1962 attracted an accusation from Jiang Qing and Zhang Chungiao in 1965 which was followed by the Cultural Revolution in China,[object Object]

Question 14,[object Object],Give funda (Very specific answer),[object Object]

Question 14,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],The Five Takhts of Sikhism,[object Object],Takht Sri Darbar Sahib Damdama Sahib, Bhatinda,[object Object],Akal Takht, Amritsar,[object Object],Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, Anandpur,[object Object],Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Patna,[object Object],Takht Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded,[object Object]

Question 15,[object Object],What connects the two? (Specific title),[object Object]

Question 15,[object Object],What connects them? (Specific title),[object Object],Halloween Party (1969). Though they never met, Agatha Christie dedicated her novel to PG Wodehouse. Also the only book of Christie to include the word “lesbian”. And only the second story to have a child victim,[object Object]

Question 16,[object Object],His doctoral thesis was on the study of gastrointestinal juices of the vineyard snail. His autobiography ‘___ My Problem Child’ is about his own invention and the impact on popular culture that it has had and still has. When he first synthesised and tasted it, he wrote about the effects in his diary ,[object Object],“Desire to laugh, an extremely stimulated imagination” ,[object Object],He called it “medicine for the soul”,[object Object],Who and what?,[object Object],I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance ___. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.,[object Object]

Question 16,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Albert Hoffman, LSD,[object Object]

Question 17,[object Object],In 1847, an American Matthew Maury (1806 - 1873) prepared a document called “Wind and Current Chart of the North Atlantic”. He offered these charts to sailors in exchange for data from their voyages.,[object Object],He also got these sailors to toss bottles over and recover floating bottles when they see them. In side these bottles would be notes with information on the date and location of where it was tossed into the sea.,[object Object],In 1855, he summarised all the data and presented a report.,[object Object],Thus, what was born?,[object Object]

Question 17,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],A formal mapping of the oceans or the discipline of Oceanography,[object Object]

Question 18,[object Object],Percival Spear writes,[object Object],He had broken no pledge, violated no treaty, committed no treachery; he had merely exercised rights which Indian opinion had conceded to his ancestors through eleven generations. He should probably have been treated as a hostile ruler whose dominions might be liable for annexation and whose person might be subject to detention.,[object Object],[…],[object Object],A halo of martyrdom and an aura of romantic sympathy collected around the aged figure who would otherwise have been regarded as an unfortunate plaything of destiny. His poetry kept alive this memory.,[object Object],…,[object Object],Who?,[object Object]

Question 18,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],The Last Mughal, Bahadur Shah Zafar,[object Object]

Question 19,[object Object],Identify the novel from its frontispiece,[object Object]

Question 19,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain,[object Object]

Question 20,[object Object],The story of how this Indian town got its name is a favourite quiz question (at least it was in the eighties and nineties). It was the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Southern Army of the British Indian Army till 1918. After independence, it became a key Army training centre with three main institutions – the Infantry College, the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (alma mater to the Corps of Signals) and the Army War College.,[object Object],Mythology says this town is also the birth place of Parashuram while history says for sure, this town is the birth place of Dr. BR Ambedkar,[object Object],Name the town.,[object Object]

Question 20,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Mhow,[object Object]

Question 21,[object Object],Answers.com quoting American Heritage Dictionary gives the following meaning of this word:,[object Object],1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.,[object Object], 2. Capricious; impulsive: “At worst his scruples must have been ______, not malicious” (Louis Auchincloss).,[object Object],Quoting Roget’s Thesaurus, it offers the following synonyms,[object Object],Not compatible with reality: idealistic, romantic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, visionary. See hope/despair, real/imaginary.,[object Object],What word?,[object Object]

Question 21,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Quixotic,[object Object]

Question 22,[object Object],The botanical name of this plant is humulus lupulus (lupulus is Latin for wolf). It belongs to the same family as hemp. ,[object Object],It has scaly and conical shaped fruits. The fruit, in botany, is termed a strobite. It has glandular hairs which contain a bitter resinous principle. This resin is in much demand in medicine, especially in the treatment of tension. It is valued for its bitter taste and preservative action.,[object Object],Name the industry which is the biggest user of this fruit ,[object Object]

Question 22,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Beer / Brewery – the hop plant (hop fruit),[object Object]

Question 23,[object Object],There are ten aspects of the Divine Goddess (Durga) listed below. Each represents a particular wisdom and its greatness. ,[object Object],Kali,[object Object],Tara,[object Object],Bhuvaneshwari,[object Object],Bhairavi,[object Object],Chinnamasta,[object Object],Dhumavati,[object Object],Bagalamukhi,[object Object],Matangi,[object Object],Kamalatmika,[object Object],Tripura Sundari(also known as Lalita, Shodashi) ,[object Object],What are these ten aspects collectively known as?,[object Object]

Question 23,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],MahaVidya – Divine Wisdom,[object Object]

Question 24,[object Object],Note the following assumptions,[object Object],6 bits make 1 letter,[object Object],6 letters make 1 word,[object Object],300 words make 1 page,[object Object],500 pages make 1 book,[object Object],According to Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden, using the above assumptions, there are about 4000 books in every ___?,[object Object]

Question 24,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Human DNA,[object Object]

Question 25,[object Object],In the sixties, he rewrote advertising history by focusing on the attributes of the people who buy and consume the product rather than the attributes of the product itself,[object Object],“____ is young, spirited people doing active things”, he said,[object Object],What advertising campaign is this person credited with?,[object Object]

Question 25,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],The Pepsi Generation (Alan Pottasch),[object Object]

Question 26,[object Object],In the room outside the Security Council meeting room, there hangs a tapestry. In 2003, when Colin Powell came to the UNSC to make a case for war, this tapestry was discreetly covered with a blue sheet.,[object Object],When the original was first made, it was used to raise money across Europe. In many places, the price of admission was a pair of boots in reasonable condition to be sent to soldiers at the front,[object Object],Name?,[object Object]

Question 26,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Guernica (Picasso),[object Object]

Question 27,[object Object],Painting A: original, circa 1910 – 1912,[object Object],Painting B: annihilation of the original, 2008,[object Object],Name the original painter,[object Object]

Question 27,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Adolf Hitler,[object Object]

Question 28,[object Object],This is the oldest active sporting competition in the world predating the Modern Olympics by 45 years. The competition is typically a Challenger-Defender format with the activities hosted by the Defending team. ,[object Object],From 1851 to 1983, one country (X) has been defending and winning this tournament continuously making it the longest winning streak in any international sporting competition of any kind. ,[object Object],In 1983, John Bertrand led a team representing Australia to win that year. Since then teams from two other countries – New Zealand and Switzerland have won the competition,[object Object],Also since 2000, the last three competitions have been hosted outside X for the first time ever.,[object Object],Name the tournament,[object Object]

Question 28,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],America’s Cup,[object Object]

Question 29,[object Object],He is considered the father of modern Hindi literature. Author of many plays, poems, essays and editor of various journals, he was also pioneer of the use of Khadi Boli, a refinement of Hindi that had more Sanskrit and less Urdu / Persian.,[object Object],In 1881, he wrote a play – a satire about corrupt, idiotic administration headed by an indifferent king and the resultant chaos in the city. This may well have been a comment on the many Indian kings of the time who were incompetent and indifferent to their subjects leading to easy accession to the British government,[object Object],The name of the play is now part of the Hindi language with reference to ‘corrupt lands’ and / or ‘incompetent rulers’,[object Object],Name the play and the playwright (2 points each),[object Object]

Question 29,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],AndherNagariChaupat Raja / BharatenduHarishchandra (1850 – 1889),[object Object]

Question 30,[object Object],This legendary actor made his debut in 1959 in a film that won the National Award for Best Film that year. In the same film, his co-star actress also made her debut.,[object Object],Since then, in the last 50 years, this actor has acted in 68 films – 20 of these films have been with three top directors, all recipients of the DadasahebPhalke Award. 14 of his films including his debut film have won the National Award for the Best Film of the year (in various categories),[object Object],He himself had only got two “Special Mentions” till this year – he has been given an award for Best Actor for a movie in 2007. ,[object Object],Identify actor, debut film and the co-star actress (who also made her debut) – 2 points each,[object Object]

Question 30,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],SoumitraChatterjee, ApurSansar, Sharmila Tagore,[object Object]

Question 31,[object Object],“Like a _____ ____” was a phrase used by Juvenal c. AD 82 meaning an illusion. This metaphor stuck for over 1600 years,[object Object],But much before it’s modern usage as a mathematical concept, Hume, John Stuart Mill and later Karl Popper used the ‘The _____ ____ Problem’ to explain the concept of “inductive categorical inference”. ,[object Object],It is difficult to observe all possible occurences and therefore come up with sweeping generalised statements. However, it is possible to hunt for non-occurrences and therefore come up with a more accurate universal statement.,[object Object],Fill in the blanks.,[object Object]

Question 31,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],The Black Swan (One Black Swan),[object Object]

Question 32,[object Object],Popular apocryphal stories of this person include ,[object Object],Use of old men and women as his messengers and agents in return for which he would gift them expensive watches and even a holiday in the islands of the Caribbean,[object Object],A wrong sobriquet that came upon him because a particular book was found amongst his belongings (and a number of films with the sobriquet as the title,[object Object],He is addressed as Monsignor,[object Object],He and his two brothers were named Vladimir, Illich and Lenin,[object Object],He was one of the few non-Arab, non-Nazi most wanted by the Mossad,[object Object],Name,[object Object]

Question 32,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Carlos, Illich Ramirez Sanchez,[object Object]

Question 33,[object Object],This is Paul Cezanne c. 1888 – 1890; the character is a from a popular drama style in the 16th – 18th century in Europe, particularly Italy and England. What word originates from the batte that the character is holding.,[object Object]

Question 33,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Slapstick,[object Object]

Question 34,[object Object],Sir Richard Burton, in his translation of the Arabian Nights, makes the following footnote:,[object Object],In an Arabic wedding, one of the last rituals is the displaying of the bride to the bridegroom for the first time. This displaying is done seven times, each time the bride wearing a different dress.,[object Object],After this, the bridegroom can proceed to unveil his new bride, but he has to first pay a tax (which Sir Richard Burton jokes – the tax of face unveiling),[object Object],What Hindi word originates from the Arabic term for this ritual?,[object Object]

Question 34,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Jalwa (from Arabic Jila),[object Object]

Question 35,[object Object],A prominent member of the Chhayavaad literary movement in Hindi literature, his last poem was “Ek November 1984” – reference to Indira Gandhi.,[object Object],He has translated Shakespeare into Hindi – Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet and King Lear. He is considered to be the last National Poet of India.,[object Object],He would typically introduce himself as ”Mitthi ka tan, masti ka man, kshan-bhar jivan – mera parichay” (A body of clay, a mind full of play, a moment’s life - that is me),[object Object],Name his most popular poem, inspired by a Persian classic?,[object Object]

Question 35,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Madhushala,[object Object]

Question 36,[object Object],He was member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1991. In 1996, he was nominated a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. His term was only three years as the Vajpayee govt fell in 1999 and there was reelections. ,[object Object],He is a famous educationist – he was Chairman, Council of ICSE. He has been a long serving English teacher at St Xavier’s College, Calcutta. ,[object Object],He started something in 1967.,[object Object],Name him.,[object Object]

Question 36,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Neil O’Brien,[object Object]

Question 37,[object Object],Story of a legendary vocalist ‘The Empress of the African Song’: Born of a Swazi mother and Xhosa father, she grew up in the slums of Pretoria. She started her singing career in an amateur group and then formed her own band called “The Skylarks” and she was known as the Songbird ,[object Object],She died on 9th November 2008.,[object Object]

Question 37,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Miriam Makeba “Mama Afrika”,[object Object]

Question 38,[object Object],In 1824, a mathematician published a paper “General Remarks On The Temperatures of the Terrestrial Globe and Interplanetary Spaces” in the respected French scientific publication Annales de Chimie et de Physique (Chemistry and Physics Annual). This paper was in continuation with his 1822 publication “Theory Analytique de la Chaleur” (Analytic Theory of Heat). ,[object Object],In the Analytical Theory of Heat, he presented an alternative view to heat and heat measurement. Instead of using the Calorific Theory (as championed by Poisson, Lavoisier and other people of the Laplacian school), he used Newton’s law of cooling and expressed the problem in the form of differential equations. ,[object Object],The 1824 paper is today the basis of a global movement. Name the mathematician.,[object Object]

Question 38,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Joseph Fourier. The 1824 paper presented the concept of “Greenhouse Effect”,[object Object]

Question 39,[object Object],Please read the following:,[object Object],This is the opening lines of a Prologue. What key philosophical concept was introduced in the book that begins with these words?,[object Object],When ___________ was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and solitude, and for ten years did not weary of it. But at last his heart changed,—and rising one morning with the rosy dawn, he went before the sun, and spake thus unto it: ,[object Object],Thou great star! ,[object Object],What would be thy happiness if thou hadst not those for whom thou shinest! ,[object Object]

Question 39,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Superman (Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzsche),[object Object]

Question 40,[object Object],Using the trade name Rollo Banks, Micheal Malone created a concept called “the flash” – 11”x7” posters with various designs. ,[object Object],According to the New York Times obituary (when he died in 2007) ,[object Object],“…helped popularise and standardise _________ through vivid images of dragons, daggers, cartoon characters and crests. ,[object Object],…,[object Object],Rollo educated the bulk of all _______ across the world using the flash”,[object Object],What activity is being spoken of,[object Object]

Question 40,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Tattoo Art,[object Object]

Question 41,[object Object],A play on names: __A__ __B__ is a comic character,[object Object],__B__ ___C___,[object Object],Above is the most famous and saddest aspect of his career,[object Object],__A__ ___C___,[object Object],Recipient of New Zealand’s “Driver in Europe” scheme – designed to give promising Kiwi drivers experience,[object Object]

Question 41,[object Object],A play on names: Bruce Wayne is a comic character,[object Object],Wayne McLaren,[object Object],Bruce McLaren,[object Object]

Question 42,[object Object],The production of this crop is supervised by a department in the Ministry of Finance. Each farmer is given a licence under which he is paid Rs. 250 per kilogram and he has to harvest a minimum of 4.5 kgs.,[object Object],According to the Indian Economy Overview (www.ieo.org) the annual revenue for India from this crop is Rs. 30 crores. It is primarily exported to United States, United Kingdom, France and Japan.,[object Object],It is processed and treated in two places in India shown in the maps below. Name the crop.,[object Object]

Question 42,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Opium,[object Object]

Question 43,[object Object],A bit of contemporary history coming up: Identify the blitzkrieg being narrated below,[object Object],2nd August 19XX,[object Object],00:00 hrs – Commandos “pathfinders” infiltrate across border posts, eliminate border guards, clear the path,[object Object],01:00 hrs – Border posts attacked and crossed by 120,000 soldiers in two prongs – one headed for the capital, the other headed south to cut off possible reinforcements from neighbouring countries,[object Object],03:30 hrs – The Tanks reach the capital,[object Object],04:00 hrs – There is combat in the capital. The king’s palace is attacked, one member of the ruling family is killed,[object Object],12:00 hrs – The Capital is under the invader’s control. The country no longer exists in its independent form ,[object Object]

Question 43,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Iraq invading and annexing Kuwait,[object Object]

Question 44,[object Object],It was one of the largest districts in the Bengal Presidency (under the British Raj). It is mentioned in memoirs of both Fa Hein and Hueng Tsang. It was defended by Mir Jaffar against the Marathas but the subsequent betrayal of Mir Jaffar, it passed on to British hands.,[object Object],It is believed to have two origins for its name – the Muslim version was the number of mosques reminded many of a certain holy place in Saudi Arabia; the Hindu version was the presiding deity whose name meant Mother of the World.,[object Object],It is also the birth place of a former prime minister of Pakistan who later became founder of the Awami League in East Pakistan,[object Object],Name the district,[object Object]

Question 44,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Midnapur (Medinipur, Midnapore),[object Object]

Question 45,[object Object],In the Kamasutra, it is advised that a woman must learn 64 practices along with the Kama Sutra and by doing this earns the name “Ganika” or a public woman of high quality. She receives a seat of honour in any assemblage and is always respected by the king and learned men.,[object Object],Random from the list (quoting the translation by Bhide and Sir Richard Burton),[object Object],18. Art of making ear ornaments,[object Object],21. Magic or sorcery,[object Object],27. Solution of riddles, enigmas, covert speeches, verbal puzzles and enigmatical questions,[object Object],37. Chemistry and mineralogy,[object Object],50. Composing poems,[object Object],The question: Which is the first practice she must learn?,[object Object]

Question 45,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Singing,[object Object]

Question 46,[object Object],Solve for the fifth one,[object Object],Agkistrodon Contortia (sub species: Southern, Broadband, Northern, Osage, Trans Pecos),[object Object],Crossword clue for Common name: Metal above shoulders,[object Object],Agkistrodon Piscivorus (Florida, Western, Eastern),[object Object],Lateral clue for Common name: Dryness in the throat after smoking pot,[object Object],Crotalus Cerastes (Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Colorado Desert),[object Object],Lateral clue for Common name: a missile,[object Object],Lampropelis Getula (California, Florida, Eastern, Speckled, Black, Black Desert, Desert, Outerbanks) Crossword clue for Common Name: Gold state heights,[object Object],Dendroaspis Polylepis - Common name = ?,[object Object]

Question 46,[object Object],Solve for the fifth one,[object Object],Agkistrodon Contortia (sub species: Southern, Broadband, Northern, Osage, Trans Pecos),[object Object],Common name: COPPERHEAD,[object Object],Agkistrodon Piscivorus (Florida, Western, Eastern),[object Object],Common name: COTTONMOUTH,[object Object],Crotalus Cerastes (Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Colorado Desert),[object Object],Common name: SIDEWINDER,[object Object],Lampropelis Getula (California, Florida, Eastern, Speckled, Black, Black Desert, Desert, Outerbanks) Common Name: CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN SNAKE (KINGSNAKE),[object Object],Dendroaspis Polylepis - Common name = BLACK MAMBA,[object Object],THE DEADLY VIPER ASSASSIN SQUAD,[object Object]

Question 47,[object Object],A distinguished IAS officer having served many top positions including Secretary to the President of India, High Commissioner to South Africa – he is also a man of letters. He translated Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy into Hindi “Koi Achha Sa Ladka”. ,[object Object],He is however consigned to history as being the grandson of two distinguished individuals – one on his maternal side (a Bharat Ratna) and one on his paternal side (who is beyond a Bharat Ratna). ,[object Object],Name?,[object Object]

Question 47,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Gopal Krishna Gandhi, present Governor of West Bengal – grandson of Mahatma Gandhi (father’s side) and C Rajagopalachari (mother’s side),[object Object]

Question 48,[object Object],What are these instructions (randomly selected from an entire book),[object Object],If you open your legs so much as to decrease your height 1/14 and spread and raise your arms till your middle fingers touch the level of the top of your head you must know that the centre of the outspread limbs will be in the navel and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle.,[object Object],…,[object Object],The hand from the longest finger to the wrist joint goes 4 times from the tip of the longest finger to the shoulder joint.,[object Object],…,[object Object],The arm, as it turns, thrusts back its shoulder towards the middle of the back.,[object Object],…,[object Object],The loins or backbone being bent. The breasts are always lower than the shoulder blades of the back.,[object Object]

Question 48,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],The Vitruvian Man – Leonardo Da Vinci’s instructions to painters on how to depict the human body in paintings,[object Object]

Question 49,[object Object],Liem Siew Liang at one time was the richest individual in his country. He was very close to the ruling dictator Suharto and this ensured that all the major industrial assignments were with him. Similar connections have helped him build up his presence in other countries as well making him one of the biggest conglomerates of South East Asia.,[object Object],In line with the ruling regime of his country, he became Islamic and changed his name.,[object Object],Name the conglomerate which takes from his Islamic name.,[object Object]

Question 49,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Selim (Salim?) Group,[object Object]

Question 50,[object Object],Follow the sequence and suggest the last one,[object Object],Mountain Chestnuts,[object Object],Wind Sun on the daisies,[object Object],Dark Eggs,[object Object],Fish Fish on a small table, man sitting on a stool, cat eating bones,[object Object],Time _______,[object Object]

Question 50,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],The Ring. The sequence of riddles exchanged between Bilbo Baggins and Gollum inside the dark passages (The Hobbit) ,[object Object]

Question 51,[object Object],The second image is a logo designed based on the generic character shown in the first image. What is the character called?,[object Object]

Question 51,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Chinthe, Lion god in Burmese legends – hence The Chindits,[object Object]

Question 52,[object Object],On Dec 7, 1872, a British naval corvette HMS Challenger under the command of Captain George Nares with 200 crew set sail to circumnavigate the world. Their assignment was to study the oceans. They spent 3.5 years measuring the depth of the ocean (372 points), observing new organisms (4417 species) and dredging (133 points).,[object Object],Their report serves as a major platform for many marine institutions across the world,[object Object],How did the ship leave their calling card?,[object Object]

Question 52,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],The Challenger Deep, the deepest known point on earth, located in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean (named after HMS Challenger),[object Object],The name of the space shuttle is also inspired from this ship,[object Object]

Question 53,[object Object],QudratullahShahab, a renowned Pakistani diplomat and writer, was once the District Magistrate during the Bengal Famine of 1943. Going against the British government’s directives, he routed strategic wheat reserves to the starving local community.,[object Object],In 2009, a bye election held in the Assembly constituency saw the ruling party lose this seat to the opposition candidate FerozaBibi. ,[object Object],A meeting held in early 2007 to celebrate the full toilet coverage of the village turned into a nasty affair.,[object Object],Name the village / place,[object Object]

Question 53,[object Object],Answer,[object Object],Nandigram,[object Object]

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