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1. ______ ____ is a movie directed by
Srilankan movie maker Sanjeewa
Pushpakumara. It was the first short film to be
producd by a film festival, International Film
Festival Rotterdam.

2. X is the author of Y, one of the
international bestsellers in 2003
which was appeared in the theatre in
2006 by Ron Howard.
Y featured Z, a religious iconology
and symbology professor in Harvard
University. Y had one ancestor and
two heirs. The last part was written in
2013.
X, Y and Z ?

X = Dan Brown
Y = The Da Vinci Code
Z = Robert Langdon

3. Some of the considered names for
thisproduct/brand were:
iCUCyrix
iamfastest
GenuIn5
SWIFFT
RADAR1
Finally , the name _____ was adopted.

4
It was 1894, and 26-year old Václav Klement, a
bookseller, was unable to obtain spare parts to
repair his bicycle. Klement returned his bicycle to
the manufacturers, Seidel and Naumann, with a
letter, in Czech, asking for them to carry out
repairs, only to receive a reply, in German, stating:
"If you would like an answer to your inquiry, you
should try writing in a language we can
understand". A disgusted Klement, despite not
having technical experience, decided to start a
bicycle repair shop, which he and Václav Laurin
opened in 1895. Which company was born
henceforth?

5. Saraswatichandra, starring
Nutan and Manish, won
the National Film Awards in
the Best Cinematography & Best
Music Director categories in 1969.
As per official records, what is so
special about this movie?

Last Bollywood movie to be made in
black and white.

6. Traveler's diarrhea is the most common
illness affecting travelers. It is defined as
three or more unformed stools in 24 hours
passed by a traveler, commonly accompanied
by
abdominal cramps, nausea, and bloating. Its
diagnosis does not imply a specific organism,
but Escherichia coli is the most commonly
isolated pathogen.
There are a number of colloquialisms for
travelers' diarrhea, such as “Montezuma's
revenge”, “Aztec two step”, “Pharaoh's
Revenge”. What is the Indian colloquialism for
this disease?

1. Identify the game
Bats: 25" to 26" long, 2¼" diameter, maximum
weight 17 to 20 ounces
Balls: typically appear identical to baseballs
but are slightly softer to reduce injuries: 9" to
9½" around, 4 to 6 ounces weight, with a
molded core or sponge rubber center.
Footwear: Casual footwear such as tennis
shoes. In some cases, baseball cleats.

2. Id the last one (till date) of this collection
safety slide

4. Doodle is a tribute to whom?

6. X is known in Burmese as
Thurathadi, Tipitaka in Medaw
language, Biancaitian In Chinese
and Benzaiten in Japanese. By
which name we better known X ?

 Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Friends
Without Borders, an International NGO, these
two leading dailies started this campaign on 1st
January, 2010 to spread peace among the citizens
of these two South Asian neighbours.
 Name this campaign.
1

2
This is a toy used to pacify crying babies in
Spain. What is it’s significance to modern
day football?

3
Founded in 1889, X’s first product was handmade hanfuda cards.
By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses,
such as a cab company, a love hotel, a TV network and a food
company. Eventually, it entered its current business becoming one
of the most influential in the industry and third biggest company in
its home country, Japan with a market value of more than $85b.
According to X's Touch! Generations website, the name “X"
translated to English means "Leave luck to Heaven“
ID X.

4
Kenya took the first major stand on this issue
back in 1989 by torching 12 tons of this material.
The country's president, Daniel Arap Moi, lit the
flames himself. It was November, 2013 when the
United States finally got into the act. It pulverized
six tons of this material, a stock pile accumulated
over 24 years. China soon followed suit and it is
expected that Hong Kong will also destroy its
stock pile (at 28 tons, it is the largest stockpile
known).
What material?

Nowruz on March
21 is the first day in
Persian calendar.

6
A famous Indian temple’s name is
derived from a Sanskrit word of a
sweet fruit whose scientific name is
Phoenix Dactylifera? Identify the
name of the temple?
Identify both the fruit and temple

Khajuraho
Khajur fruit or Date palm

3
An ad film made in 2005 for Air Deccan
held the then record for the longest ad
ever to be telecast on Indian television. The
ad titled The Old man and the Sky was
meant to mirror the emotions of millions
of Indians who could now fly at Re 1.
Which national award winning actor played
The Old Man in this ad?

X was reformed in January 2007, when X
reorganized its automobile business, and
traces its history back to 1899 when the
first, X automobile, was produced. Really X
was the largest automobile manufacturer in
Italy.
Id X.
1

FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino

2Which company derives its name
from the name of the league?
………..League was an
alliance of trading cities
and their guilds that
established and
maintained a trade
monopoly along the coast
of Northern Europe, from
the Baltic to the North
Sea and inland, during the
Late Middle Ages and
early modern period
(c.13th–17th centuries)

3
Operated by Karnataka Tourism, which luxury
‘service’ has been named after this structure found in
the Vitthala Temple at Hampi?

4
The parker brothers print about $50 billion
money each year. Till date they may have
printed $ 3 trillions. For what purpose are
these money used ?

5
X is powered by an ordinary 6 volt alkaline
battery manufactured by Bharat Electronics
Ltd., Bangalore and Electronic Corporation
of India Ltd., Hyderabad. This design
enables the use of X throughout the
country without interruptions because
several parts of India do not/or have erratic
power supply.
X??

Electronic voting machines (EVMs)

6……………………produced some of the earliest
motorcycles in 1903
These were two cylinder machines with French
engines made by Antoine, which were marketed by a
garage in Chelsea in London - one of the first
motorcycle dealerships in the UK
The motorcycle failed to impress the military
authorities, despite optional accessories including a
sidecar complete with Maxim machine gun
This venture was not a success. After the WWI they
decided to continue to develop the in-line four engine
- but in a new car called the 'Deemster' and they
never returned to motorcycle production
Today, it is a major competitor to a company acquired
by P & G recently

1.Ingredients : Sucrose, Corn Syrup, Flavoring
50/-25

Pusa ( It is the place where the HQ of
ICAR and National Physical
Laboratory )

Hans Raj (The person is Hans Raj
Bhardwaj, Hon’ble Ex-Governor of
Kerala )

തവളക്കണ്ണൻ

And finally the connect is all are the names
of Rice Varieties

2. Left led to Right being called X.
Man on right, X?

Hermann Maier
‘Herminator’

3Born on March 2, 1944 in Tunisia, X’s World
Cup career spanned five matches including
an appearance in a Round of 16 match
between Denmark and Spain. However, all
these distinctions faded into irrelevance due
to what X claimed was an adverse reaction
to the treatment X was receiving for a latent
haemorrhoidal condition which caused X’s
medium-distance vision to suddenly
become unfocused, causing X to miss Y. X,
Y?

Ali Bin Nasser (X), the referee who missed Maradona’s
“Hand of God” goal in the Estadio Azteca at the 1986
World Cup (Y).

That X headed the sporting reform of his
country is difficult to believe. Despite his
undeniable brilliance on the field, he's not
necessarily considered particularly wise off
it. The law, named after X, sought to
modernize the country's sports industry.
Salient features include:
- forcing professional sports clubs to
observe business law and pay tax within
two years.
- allows clubs to organise their own
leagues, breaking the monopoly of official
4

What method well-known to
sports fans was used for
the first time in a rugby
union match in the
Heineken Cup semi-final
which saw the Leicester
Tigers beat the Cardiff
5

 This is a street food
common in Cape Town,
South Africa, which was
supposed invented by
Rashaad Pandy one night
in 1976, when he tried to
feed some day laborers
after he had sold out of
fish
 It was named after a
famous 1925 novel, today
widely regarded as a
paragon of the Great
American Novel, and a
literary classic.

 The Great Gatsby
 ( Gatsby will also be
accepted )

X, Y and the mirror and the
light are 3 entities in news
which involve an ancestor
of this Englishman whose
body was subjected to a
symbolic posthumous
execution in 1661.
Identify X and Y.

X Y
Thomas Cromwell Trilogy by Hillary Mantel

There are four mandatory constitutional duties in South
Korea - taxes, education, labour and military service being
Olympic medal winners or Gold medalists in the Asian
Games. X supposedly performed his military service from
2003-2005, but was later accused of not doing it properly. X
filed a litigation against the military authorities in an effort to
block his re-conscription. However he lost his appeal and
was eventually re-drafted into the military in December 2007.
This was supposedly the first such incident in Korean
History. Who is X.

The Telecommunications Regulatory
Commission (TRC)of Sri Lanka recently
announced its plan to establish The Sri
Lanka Space Agency by signing an MOU
with Surrey Satellite Company Ltd in UK to
launch its first geostationary satellite. The
satellite will be named after an
internationally renounced visionary. Who is
this person or after whom will this satellite
be named?

He was the author of the best-selling book,
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People. Other books he authored include
First Things First, Principle-Centered
Leadership, and The Seven Habits of Highly
Effective Families. This prominent author
died recently due to complications from a
fall, having lost control of his bicycle on a
steep road two years before. Who was he?

Stephen Covey
(full name:Stephen Richards Covey)

He is the subject of a biography titled “The
Most Dangerous Man in the world” by
Andrew Fowler. He is none other than
Julian Assange, the editor –in –chief and
founder of WikiLeaks website. In August
2012, Assange was granted political asylum
by Ecuador, resulting in a tense diplomatic
standoff between U.K. and the Latin
American Country. Who is the current
President of Ecuador who is in the news
due to Julian Assange affair?

According to local belief, shepherd Buta
Malik was once given a bag full of Coal by a
Saint. To his utter surprise, he found the bag
was full of gold coins. He went back to thank
the Saint but couldn’t find him. Instead, he
found an Ice-structure inside a cave.
Which holy place was thus discovered by
Buta Malik?

NASA’s Space Shuttle Program ended
after 30 years with the final mission of
STS 135 of Shuttle Atlantis in July 2011.
What you see is the crew of the final
Space Shuttle mission. It comprises of
veteran astronauts Pilot Doug Hurley,
mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex
Waldheim plus, of course, the mission
commander. Who is the Commander of
the final Space Shuttle Mission?

2. This song is an advertisement of
which corp.

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