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- 1. The Sorting Hat: Freshers’Quiz BY- ARNAB DAS GAURAV PATOWARI JISHNU KASHYAP HAZARIKA
- 2. Special Thanks Abhishek da:Seni daaaaaaaa Tarun: the nihilist Manav: the wolfie Gagan(ch*tiya): Lone coder from ECE
- 3. 0. #Naam_Mein_Kya_Rakha_hain Oh youmay not think I'm pretty, But don't judge on what you see, I'll eat myself if you can find A smarter ___ than me. You can keep your bowlers black, Your top ___s sleek and tall, For I'm the ________ _______ ___ And I can cap them all. There's nothing hidden in your head The _______ ___ can't see, So try me on and I will tell you Where you ought to be. . . . . So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands (though I have none) For I'm a Thinking Cap! This is the 1991 version of the self-composed song sung annually by the _______ ___ Simply FITB.
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- 5. 1. #HumFitTohIndiaFit Thisactivity was created and is owned by Colombian choreographer and dancer Alberto “Beto” Perez during the 1990s. Contrary to the original public belief that it is a generic name for such activity, it is actually a trademark owned by the gentleman in question. Name the activity.
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- 7. 2. #HyphenInBetween Which Characterinspires the name of this specific type of Push-up.
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- 9. 3. #Referee Longback, in the year 1883, while printing a telephone directory, the factory ran out of white paper and used something else an alternative. This resulted into something and the rest, as they say, is history. What was used by the company as an alternative? Put funda.
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- 11. 4. #Hide&Seek Whatdoes the following map describe?
- 12. Military Camouflages allaround the World
- 13. 5. #Eve-Teasing Declaredas a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2009, the Silbo Gomero language is spoken by inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands to communicate across the ravines and gullies prominent throughout the island. The first major published work researching the language was El Silbo Gomero Analisis Linguistico (1978) by Ramon Trujilo, which concluded that there were 2 vowels( 1 high pitch and 1 low pitch) and 4 consonants in the language. What is unique about the language in question?
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- 15. 6. #TheMysteryContinues TheScotland triathlon is an Annual event that involves cycling, swimming and running-contested among various countries. Insurance premiums are common for such events, but one such policy made with NIG Insurance for an edition in the mid 2000s made news world over for a 1 million euro policy for each players in the swimming leg of the event-whose health and safety was feared by the organisers. What was the irrational reason for such a policy?
- 16. Rumours regarding thepresence of the Loch ness monster
- 17. 7. #ScreamAimAndFire Atthe entrance to which significant site in History would you find these hedges?
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- 19. 8. #Preity_Zinta Inthe initial days of playing this sport, it was observed that balls which were used and beaten appeared to yield much better results. Over the years, aerodynamic analysis has suggested that this was due tot the nicks and cuts acting as ‘turbulators’ that introduce a disturbance in the adjacent layer of earth-which achieves the desired effect. Eventually, a formal, symmetric way of generating this turbulence was found and currently exists in the form of 380 to 432 of these on every ball. What is this an explanation for?
- 20. Dimples on aGolf Ball
- 21. 9. #Filmi(y) Whatpresent day term of daily usage was used for the first time by HRF Keating in his Inspector Ghote book ‘Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote’ to describe the “____ capital of India”?
- 23. 10. #Direction_important_hai_Babu Thesign as shown in the picture is found in hotels in certain part of the world, indicating something for the convenience of their guests. Put Funda.
- 24. The direction ofMecca
- 25. 11. #every_man_has_a_Kid_in_their_heart Argentina’s 1978Football WC winning team was suspected to have doped heavily due to a certain anomaly in their urine test results, which suggested switching of samples. Who were the players accused of switching their samples with? And what was the anomaly?
- 26. Switching with theirpartners/wives Samples tested positive for Pregnancy test.
- 27. 12. #2Minutes #Momo TokyoStadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Chofu. The stadium is the home of J. League Division 2 Football clubs F.C. Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy 1969. It was the first stadium in Japan that offered its naming rights when in 2003 it signed a deal with USD 9bn Company whose name is used as a synonym of sorts for one of its products in several Asian dictionaries . Which Company?
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- 29. 13. #The_Thirteenth_Question According tomany biblical legends, there exist 7 “Gates to Hell” on Earth. Out of them, most were believed to be deep under the seas and couldn’t be easily found. One, among these 7 was believed to be the closest to the surface of the Earth, due to the geographical aspects of the location. Which place, with a very suitable name, was believed to have this gate beneath it?
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- 31. 14. #Heart_beats_for_you This emojiwas designed to be used as a symbol for X, which happens to be a booming industry in various parts of the world, especially Japan where it is estimated to have a worth double that of the Anime Industry. However, in our daily conversations, the majority of the population uses the same emoji as Y, which is a genuine misunderstanding owing to the letter on the building and the various other factors shown in the emoji. Give us X and Y.
- 32. X- Love HotelsY- Hospitals(obviously!)
- 33. 15. #State_and_Solution During the1940s when Germany invaded Denmark during WW-II, Niels Bohr, the famous Danish physicist saw that the Nobel Prizes of James Franck and Max Von Laue may fall into the hands of the Nazis. In order to prevent this catastrophe, he ordered his assistants to do something with the medal so that it cannot be found. The task was done and the remained in the same state until the war was over. What was Bohr’s solution to the problem?
- 34. He ordered themedals to be dissolved in Aqua Regia, and to be re-moulded once the war is over.
- 35. 16. #Royale_with_Cheese The TDress, currently owned by Florida-based businesswomen Maureen Dunkel, was originally custom made by Edelstein for the Princess of Wales, Lady Diana during her visit to the US in 1985. During this visit, she attended a gala dinner in the White House where she was photographed, dancing with T, on his songs. She wore it on many further occasions including her last official portrait photograph. Who is the person on whom the dress was named?
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- 37. 17. #Silchar’s_Pride In thewords of Sardar Patel, this Operation was extremely necessary at that point of time to remove, what he called, the “ulcer in the heart of India”. It started on the 13th of September, 1948 and was carried on for the next 5 days ending fruitfully for the Indian side. The Operation in question was named so because of the presence of the largest number of X grounds in the region where this operation took place. What is X or what was the operation all about?
- 38. Operation Polo Annexation ofHyderabad
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- 40. Forrest Gump Lifeis like a box of chocolates, Bubba Shrimp Company, Fruit Company – Apple, Running shoe with bubba shrimp company logo, ping pong champion
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- 42. Quentin Tarantino’sMovies 1. Pulp Fiction 2. The Hateful Eight 3. Inglorious Bastards 4. Kill Bill 2
- 43. 20. #Banaras TsheringTashi, an author of several books on Bhutan talks of a legend behind the annoying habit of P. He says, “Earlier the country was filled with savages who ate each other until Guru Rinpoche weaned them off”. This practice led to the guru advising them to eat P whose juice symbolised blood. ID P.
- 44. The practiceof chewing PAAN.