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Infinite Bounce II

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• This is published in Italian, French, English,
Spanish, German, Portuguese, Polish and
Malayalam. The top banner of every issue
carries these two Latin phrases :

Unic uiq ue s um - To each his own
N n p ra e va le bunt - The gates of Hell shall not prevail
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• Which publication?

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2.
• Greenpeace activists displayed
this poster and they justified by
saying :

to ins p ire A e ric a ns to ta ke a c tio n, a nd
m
re m ind the wo rld tha t he ro is m a nd le a d e rs hip
a re p a rt o f o ur na tio n's his to ry - a nd m us t be
a p a rt o f o ur future .

• The under trial activists were
asked to perform 50-100 hours of
community service under the
National Park System and a part
of their penalty would go to
conservation efforts and public
park programmes.
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3.

• The first Mughal.
• Founder of Afghanistan
• A species of mountain falcon
• Arabic for victory.
• Arabic for a boy or servant
• Swords of Prophet Mohammad – d e a d ly and chiv a lro us .

• What is the connection, which becomes
exhaustive with three more names? (as updated
on Wiki)

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rMissiles of Pakistan

• Babur
• Durani
• Shaheen
• Nas’r
• Hatf and Ra’ad
• Abdall

• Ghori
• Ghaznvi
• Timu

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4.

• Identify both voices

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5.

• These are the possible origins of the name of which
substance. Let’s call it 51. :

• 51 ever existed in pure form and thus named in
Greek to mean o p p o s e d to s o litud e .

• Alchemists(many of them who were monks) died
from 51’s poisonous properties. The French named
51 for m o nk kille r , also m o nk’s ba ine )

• The Egyptian phrase b lo o m o f the G o d X. X would
otherwise remind you of bullets and FPS games. 2012
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6.
• This man of Portuguese
ancestry was called the
American March King. He also
composed Romantic melodies
and the National March Tune.
In his days he was unhappy
with the helicons which were
being produced and thus
ordered a new instrument to
be built.. Which instrument?

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• John Philip Sousa

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7.

• This is the only
major temple
dedicated to this
person in
Kancheepuram.
• A palm leaf and a
quill is in the idol’s
hands. Which
offspring of Surya
is he?
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8.

• Identify the actor.

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9.

• He studied his trade from
Columbia University
College of Physicians and
Surgeons and finished his
postgraduate training at
Harvard.
• Post that he has been in a
variety of related jobs –
ran an infirmary in
Massachusetts, was in
charge of a blood-gas lab
in south France, served in
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10.

• Paul Valley in The Independent on 18 th June,
2006:

“X’s Yth birthday is not merely a personal
event. It is a cultural milestone for a generation.
Such is the nature of celebrity, X is one of those
people who has represented the hopes and
aspirations of those born in the baby-boom era,
which had its awakening in the Sixties .”

• Identify X and Y.NighthawkBoat Club Open
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11.

• Saint Erasmus of Formiae martyred in 303 AD,
and is considered one of the Fourteen Holy
Helpers. He is the patron saint of abdominal
pain and is given the same patronage by people
from a particular profession. He is also said to
have continued preaching even after a
thunderbolt had struck the earth beside him.

• By which more common name
is he known?

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12.

• The name of this Dualist Inquiry song is the Latin
word for wha t kind or wha t s o rt. The same is term is
used in philosophy as ra w fe e l. The song begins
with the same voice saying :

• _ _ _ _ is a n unfa m ilia r te rm fo r e v e ry thing tha t’ s
a c tua lly ve ry fa m ilia r to us . _ _ _ is the wa y thing s
s e e m to us . The e x p e rie nc e o f ha p p ine s s , the
re d ne s s o f a p p le , the ta s te o f wine , the to uc h o f a
lo ve d o ne … . _ _ _ _ _ is a wo rd fo r ho w we e x p e rie nc e
e ve ry thing a ro und us .

• Which term, or which English word’s |9root 10 22June,thword35 2012
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• Quaity from qualia

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13.

• Forbes.com released this fictional interview with
someone, after he was dropped from a certain
list. Whose interview?

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14.
• Whose collection of
poems is this?
• Also, what is the name of
the poem? (same poet)

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15.
• The screenshot is from a 2008 movie called Little Ashes.
The movie is about the relationship of the two people
seen and the Student’s Residence.. Identify both.

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• Salvador Dali and Fernando Garcia Lorca.

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16.

• Identify this 1965 film, where three people try to
protect the fourth from a cult that practices
human sacrifice.

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17.

1906 - 1978 1685 – 1750

1898 - 1972

• Identify all three. (The American in the next slide
might help)
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• For his 1979 book.

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18.

• X Select is an annual American award given
(since 1990) to five board games which is
thought to be o rig ina l, c ha lle ng ing a nd we ll
d e s ig ne d . It is a part of a larger competition.
One tagline says – Lo o k fo r the X Se le c t s e a l.

• Recipients include Taboo, Trivial Pursuit :
Genius Edition, Tetris Link, The Da Vinci
Challenge, Word on the Street.
• Who gives these awards?
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19.

• The two Christan Palestine villages of Ikrit and
Kafir Birim were depopulated and residents
expelled by the Haganah(Hebrew for The
Defence) in 1948.

• Decades later, what act titled as “I a nd
krit
Birim ’?

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• Black September’s operation name for Munich
Massacre

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20.

• Identify both singers.
• Also, which TV show was named after this song.

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21.

• In 1860, Pierre Lacroix saw that rice extracts
made the product perfect. So, he decided to
name this company for the combination of the
French word for rice and a syllable from the
family name. He also incorporated a cross, since
that is what the family name meant. The
product was introduced in the US in 1900, when
the Lacroix family was one of the richest in
France.

• Which brand? th
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• Thins English word has its roots in the Greek to
mean to le a d the c hild ; coming from words
meaning c hild and le a d . It was used in the sense
that slaves accompanied the male child on his
way to/from the school from/to home.

• Which word?

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• Pedagogue

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23.

• In a province in present day Pakistan, the
Hindus turned to God Varuna to protect them
from a tyrannical ruler called Mirkshah. Varuna
responded to their penance saying that he would
take birth in human form to one Mata Devki.
• The child born was greeted with much love. It
was also noticed that his cradle never stopped
swinging, a sign they thought came from above.

• Whose legend?
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24.

• What is the name of this fish?

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• Archer Fish

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• Connect.
25.

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Controversial World Cup decisions

• Tofiq Bohramov – allowed Hurst’s goal against
Germany in 1986.
• Ali Ben Nasser – allowed Maradona’s 1986 Hand
of God
• Jorge Larrionda – disallowed Lampard’s goal
against Germany in 2010.

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