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1) Three spots inside the TCS Siruseri campus in Chennai were designated as PokéStops in the mobile game Pokémon Go, attracting people to those locations. 2) Abdul Latif was an underworld figure in Gujarat associated with organized crime who is the reported inspiration for the upcoming Bollywood film Raees. 3) A stamp series pays tribute to the famous meeting between explorer Dr. Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley in Africa in 1871.
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- 1. SIRUSERI WEEKLY QUIZ QM: BIBIN BABU 5th January 2017
- 2. Rules •25 questions •Infinite pounceand bounce format. •+15 and -10 during written mode •No partial pounce •+10 and no negatives during oral ode •QM’s decision is final Welcome to the first quiz of 2017
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- 4. 1)Why these 3spots inside TCS Siruseri campus got special attention from a group of people before 6 months for a certain period of time? 1.
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- 6. Pokestops inside TCSSiruseri Campus
- 7. 2)Abdul Latif wasan underworld figure in Gujarat and an alleged associate of Dawood Ibrahim. He was based in Ahmedabad and was also politically well connected. He used to wait on tables in gambling dens where he started serving liquor as a teenager. He became a small- time bootlegger and eventually monopolised the illegal liquor business in Gujarat. Latif was wanted for over 40 cases of murder and a similar number of kidnappings and was a suspect in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Why he is in news recent days? Image follows
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- 10. The upcoming Bollywoodfilm Raees is said to be based on Latif's life
- 11. 3)This stamps paystribute to what?
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- 13. Dr. Livingstone, Ipresume Henry Morton Stanley meets David Livingstone
- 14. 4)Whom they areportraying?
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- 17. 5)Nalambalam (Four Temples)is a set of four Hindu temples in Kerala. Thriprayar Temple, Thrissur Koodalmanikyam Temple, Irinjalakuda
- 18. Moozhikkulam Temple, Ernakulam Payammal Temple, Thrissur Whoall are the deities in these temples? (3 more sets such of temples are there in Kerala. These 4 are the most famous)
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- 20. Rama, Bharatha, Lakshmanaand Shatrughna
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- 24. •X is basedon the 1973 film of the same name, which was written and directed by American novelist Michael Crichton •It is the second series based on Crichton’s original story after the 1980s Beyond X, which aired only three episodes on CBS before being cancelled. •Jonathan Nolan serves as executive producer of X along with Lisa Joy, Jerry Weintraub, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, and directed the pilot. •The first episode premiered on October 2, 2016 and went on to break the record set by Game of Thrones. 7)Identify X
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- 27. 8)Eriovixia __________, isa species of spider in the family Araneidae. The animal belongs to the genus Eriovixia. It was discovered in 2016 in the Indian state of Karnataka by Javed Ahmed, Rajashree Khalap and Sumukha Javagal. For obvious reasons this spider is named after someone who’s the original owner something. Who and what’s he owned? Image follows
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- 30. Eriovixia gryffindori namedafter fictional wizard Godric Gryffindor who’s the original owner of Sorting Hat from Harry Potter series
- 31. St. Louis, USA Antwerp,Belgium LosAngeles, USA Melbourne, Australia Munich, Germany Montreal, Canada Barcelona, Spain Atlanta, USA _______,______ ________,_______ 9)Complete the list
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- 33. Sydney, Australia Rio deJaneiro, Brazil Non-capitals that have hosted summer olympics
- 34. 10)Identify the person Clue:Thisis not Heath Ledger
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- 37. 11)Name the onlyIndian cricketer currently you can find in this non- exhaustive list and explain the obvious connection
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- 39. Karun Nair Cricketers currentlyhave endorsements deals with Gray- Nicolls
- 40. 12)It’s commonly believedthat the reason they are on the Coat of Arms is because they are two animals that are unable to walk backwards, signifying their aspiration and intent as a nation to always move forwards. Name the two animals and the country
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- 42. Australian Coat ofArms Emu and Kangaroo
- 43. 13)Certain content providersare nervous about piracy, in particular people capturing content off-air and relaying it over the internet or showing the content in a public place like a bar or cafe without permission. What teqnique are they using to counter this?
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- 45. Codes appearing onTV Channels
- 46. 14)Name the book Clue1:Thename is three word term which become iconic over the last six years, and first of that something become a sensation in the show business Clue2: Title is fitting considering the weather conditions of the author’s homeland
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- 49. 15)Christmas Island isan Australian territory in the Indian Ocean lying south of Java, Indonesia. A national park covers most of the 135-sq-km island, offering rainforest hikes to wetlands and waterfalls like Hugh's Dale. At the beginning of the wet season (usually October / November) the authority and the people of the island become more vigilant to safeguard one of the wonders of the natural world. Some roads will be closed and drivers will be extra cautious, local park rangers work hard to ensure the safety of something that brought this island world wide fame. What?
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- 52. 16)Identify X •In NorseMythology, X were believed to be the reflections of the shields of the Valkyries racing across the sky on their way to their resting place, Valhalla. •In South Europe people see X as an omen of war and bloodshed to come. •Scandinavians believed the X was the reflection of huge schools of herring in the sea. •The Swedes used to believe a winter with much northern X gave good crops the next year. •Some Eskimos in Canada believed the X were the gods of harvest and hunting, and therefore took extra care not to offend the X.
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- 55. 17)What does Bangloregot to do with Saving Private Ryan?
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- 58. 18) Heisenberg Tokyo Caribbean Hunter Aviator Running in thestorm The Scream Gothic Dallas Mononoke Explain the list which is trending over the last few months. (Not exhaustive)
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- 61. 19)Identify X? •X wasborn on 13 June 1909 into an aristocratic upper-caste Brahmin family. •During his college days, he was deeply associated with the Indian National Congress and the Indian independence movement. •In 1934, he was one of the founders of Congress Socialist Party, a socialist wing within the Indian National Congress, and elected as it’s All India Joint Secretary from 1934 to 1940. •In 1957, he made history by becoming the first _________ leader in India to head a popularly elected government. •He was well known for his stammer. When asked if he always stammered, he would reply, "No, only when I speak”.
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- 63. Elamkulam Manakkal SankaranNamboodiripad or simply EMS
- 64. 20)Identify X X, isShree Bhagavathy in the form of an adolescent girl child. As an adolescent girl she had immense devotion towards Lord Shiva and the Lord decided to marry her. When sage Narada realized that only a virgin girl could kill Bana, a deadly demon, he interrupted the marriage by tricking Shiva by assuming the form of a rooster. It is said that in X's anger over Shiva not arriving that she scattered all the food items that had been assembled for the wedding. The small pebbles, resembling sand, and the multi- coloured sands found on the shore in southern India are attributed to the above incident.
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- 70. 22)Identify the superherowho’s punching down Tony Stark
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- 73. 1)Manchester of SouthIndia 2)Silicon Valley of India 3)City of Seven Islands 4)Automobile Capital of India 5)Queen of Arabian Sea 23)Identify the nicknamed Indian cities
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- 75. Manchester of SouthIndia - Coimbatore Silicon Valley of India - Bengaluru City of Seven Islands - Mumbai Automobile Capital of India - Chennai Queen of Arabian Sea – Cochin (Kochi)
- 76. 1.)“PAU, NAY, LORONwill be more of fire than of the blood, To swim in praise, the great one to flee to the confluence. He will refuse entry to the Piuses, The depraved ones and the Durance will keep them imprisoned.” 2.)“The blood of the just will be demanded of ______, Burnt by the fire in the year 66″ “The blood of the just will commit a fault at ______, burnt through lighting of twenty threes the six: The ancient lady will fall from her high place, several of the same sect will be killed.” 24)Decipher these 2 Nostrdamus predictions
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- 78. 1.)Rise Of Napoleon2.) The Great Fire of London
- 79. 25)Whose hand andwhose words? Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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- 81. Stan Wawrinka andSamuel Beckett