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5.  AnthonyTrollope(1815-1882) was a British novelist who lived in the
Victorian era. Some of his best loved works revolve around an
imaginary country of Barsetshire.
 He set firm goals about how much he would write each day. After
the decided time, he would stop even if it was on the middle of a
sentence. If a novel is completed before certain time, he would
start another. Despite his popularity, his works were not critically
acclaimed at all.
 He was a clerk of General post office in London. He is still
remembered because of his invention. What did he introduce or
Trollope is the father of?

6.  Father of British Post boxes
 He saw them while working in France

7.  The X-Y phenomenon, as it is popularly known, has made a major
impact on the American hospitality industry.
 A massive number of Indian immigrants to the US came in the
1960s and 1970s. Many of them worked in blue collar jobs and
saved up to buy undervalued properties, turning them into
businesses.As many as 60% of mid-sized Y properties all over the
US are owned by people of Indian origin. Of this nearly one-third
have the surname X - a popular one among Indian Gujaratis
 In popular culture, a Gujarati film Kevi RiteJaish satirizes the
community's fascination with emigrating to the US.

8.  "Patel-Motel" Phenomenon

9. Bharatha is like the face beauteous of Earth clad in wavy seas;
Deccan is her brow crescent-like on which the fragrant 'Tilak'
is the blessed Dravidian land.
Like the fragrance of that 'Tilak' plunging the world in joy
supreme reigns ________ with renown spread far and wide.
Praise unto You, _______, whose majestic
youthfulness, inspires awe and ecstasy
 ID the song (translated) written by a Malayalee or FITB

11.  TamilTayVazhattu (Invocation to MotherTamil)
 State song of the Government ofTamil Nadu
 Written by Manonmaniam Sundaram pillai

12.  X is an upcoming film directed byTony D'Souza and is based on
the life of a former Indian cricketer. Emraan Hashmi plays the role
of X.The film is scheduled to release on 13 May 2016
 The film also stars Huma Qureshi as Jwala Gutta,Gautam Gulati
as Ravi Shashtri,Nargis Fakhri will play the role of Sangeeta
Bijalni and Prachi Desai of X's first wife.
 While in character, Emraan tells viewers the 3 things that describe
him in the best way - a person who believes in god; his marital
status and a black spot in his career due to the allegations he
faced.

13.  Azhar

14.  Id the advertisers
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi08c_siQys

15.  Mercedes-Benz &Jaguar

16.  X is a type of swimsuit for women designed by Lebanese
Australian Aheda Zanetti under the company name Ahiida. X,
a portmanteau of 2 words, is a registered trademark
 The design is intended to comply with the Quranic admonition for
Muslim women to dress modestly.The suit covers the whole body
except the face, the hands and the feet, whilst being light enough to
enable swimming.
 Some hotels and resorts in Morocco prohibited the use of a X in their
pools for hygienic reasons. Bikinis and other swimsuit models are
allowed.This caused controversial political debates.
 Gimme X

18.  Burqini (Burqa+Bikini)

19.  The story behind the origin of this word is in its derivation
from a medieval word which means ball or thread
 The heroThesus was given a ball of thread to help him find
his way out of the labyrinth of Minos.By following the trail of
thread he left behind him he was able to navigate his way to
the exit.
 Which word?

20.  Clue

21.  Michel Adam Lisowski, a Polish
businessman is the founder and sole
owner of?

22.  FashionTV

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24.  The picture which comprises 103 famous faces appeared to
have drawn inspired from Raphael’s Renaissance fresco The
School of Athens.This extraordinary painting by little-
known-Taiwanese artists Dai Dudu, LiTiezi and ZhangAn
(who appear in the top right of the picture)
 This pic which was drawn in 2006 became a viral internet hit in
2009.
 Name the pic(Name consists of an Italian poet and his
masterpiece)?

26.  Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante

27.  X was developed in Rangoon by herbalist Aw Chu Kin.His dad had sent him to
Rangoon to help his uncle’s herbal shop.On his deathbed, he asked his sons to
perfect the product and they became eventually successful businessmen
 X was named after Aw Boon Haw,Kin’s father whose name means ‘Gentle
_____’. X is a household name in many East and South Eastern Asian countries
today
 X has several varieties like “the cold X” white and “the hot X” red.The
strongest version is called X Ultra.X gardens in Singapore and Hong Kong are
named so to promote the product.
 It has been used as an alternative to products like Icy Hot,Flexpower and
Bengay

28.  Tiger Balm

29.  Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
-DylanThomas
In which 2014 film this poem is used repeatedly?

30.  Interstellar
 It is used repeatedly by the character Professor John Brand,
played by MichaelCaine

31.  The words MalalaYousafzai, Rosetta space probe,Pixar
studios and Selfie have been included in the latest edition of
one of the most famous French dictionaries, Le Petit
Larousse, for the first time. As many as 150 new words will
enter Le Petit Larousse's 2016 edition.
 A delicious dish from the Indian subcontinent has also
been included in the dictionary.Name the dish

32.  Biriyani

33.  KHAM theory was propounded by Madhavsinh Solanki in
1980s in Gujarat to create vote bank for Indian National
Congress.The theory was prepared by Jhinabhai Darji.The
theory alienated Patels permanently from Congress
 Expand KHAM

34.  Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi and Muslim

35.  This is Gopan, an ex-employee of DelhiAkashavani.He did his
MA History inThiruvananthapuram University college and
went to Kashmir university for teaching as per the advise of
Sardar KM Panikkar.After that, he worked in Akashavani for
40 years.His voice is very familiar to us in a different
way.How?

36.  The man behind the anti-tobacco voice
 “ശ്വാസക ാശ്ം സകപാഞ്ച് കപാലെയാണ്” 

37.  Whose selfie?

38.  Saina Nehwal

39.  JuliusYego won gold at world athletic championships in
JavelinThrow.He was a fan of Jan Zelezny and Andreas
Thorkildsen.
 As a field athlete from a country that produces mainly track
stars,Yego has had to take an unorthodox path to the top.The
26-year-old does not have a coach, and learned how to throw
by a different way.How didYego learn the lessons of
throwing javelin?

40.  He watchedYouTube videos
 Yego now has a coach: Petteri Piiroinen of Finland

41. • 8 Questions : Written
• Differential Scoring
• Your score = 5 x no of teams who didn’t get it right.

42.  This town is located on the shore of the river Sarayu. Mempi Forest is
nearby.When Mahatma Gandhi visits X, the meetings and speeches are
held right on the banks of river Sarayu.The Shyam Group operates X
hotel chain in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad
 Y told West 23rd street in NY had the same features of X.WhenY was
talking with a youngTV producer in London,he requestedY to allow
him to take a documentary on the geography and demography of
X.ButY wittily rejected his request.
 Id the famous town

43.  Malgudi

44.  According to Urban Dictionary, X is a synonym for one who is
pretty/handsome yet manages to do ditzy things(much like
Jessica Simpson).It is a person fun to be around(namely for
their ditzy moments)
 X is also the name of a south Indian actress. X plees?

45.  Shakeela

46.  Sasha Chettri,19,from Bhopal was a student of All Saints’
Academy, Bhopal. Later, she took admission in a BBA course. She
says that modeling has always been her dream. She was
registered with many modeling agencies and fortunately got a
call from Taproot Dentsu, the agency which has produced the
advertisement. She went Mumbai and was selected.
 Sasha had never imagined such type of popularity throughout
India for just an ad. Now she is planning to settle in Mumbai for
more opportunities. She has never been seen onTV before.
Initially, many took her as Akshara Hassan.Taproot dentsu was
looking for a fresh face for this ad
 Which ad am I talking about?

47.  Airtel 4G challenge

48.  If goal keeper touches the ball before it’s touched by an
opponent,it’s foul.There will be only 5 players per side.A
standard match consists of two equal periods of 20 minutes.
 No offside rule, Unlimited substitutions are permitted, walls or
boards are not used.The field is made up of wood or artificial
material
 The 1st women’s tornament of this game in India was held at
Thiruvananthapuram on 24 May,2015.A team from Kottayam
Mevellur Sports Academy represented Kerala there.
 Which game am I talking about? (Pic follows)

50.  Futsal (aka. Room football)

51.  A survey conducted by National Council of Applied Economic
Research (NCAER) showed that an average Indian spends
around Rs 4,400 annually for this purpose.
 Perk,Skim,Golden parachute, Sweetheart deal, sop etc.are its
different forms
 In Arab countries, this may be called baksheesh or shay.
French-speaking countries often use the expressions dessous-
de-table or pot-de-vin

52.  Bribery

53.  What does this map show?

54.  Land under ISIS

55.  X cut is a popular hairstyle.There’s no exaggeration that X cut
has many fans all over the world.X’s barber trimmed the
quarter of his hair everytime .X’s hairstyle was a point of
discussions ,for decades.Amjad Habib and his father Habib
Ahmed are the hair stylists of X
 Once, X told an interviewer,”My hair grows and grows,you
cannot stop it-that fellow grows,it grows wild”

56.  Kalam cut

57.  Ad
against?

58.  Firecrackers

59.  8 QUESTIONS : CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY
 WRITTEN ROUND
 ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSARY
 ALONG WITH ANSWER, WRITE AN EVEN NUMBER FROM 6 TO 20 IN THE
BRACKET.
 YOU GET WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN IF YOU’RE RIGHT.
 YOU LOSE HALF THE SCORE WRITTEN IN THE BRACKET IF YOU ARE
WRONG.

60.  Eighty-one-year-old Shiv CharanYadav of Alwar district in
Rajasthan has failed in his 46th attempt at clearing his Class X
exam under the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education. but
unlike last year, this time he managed to pass in at least one
subject.
 When asked what drives this octogenarian to attempt the class X
exam year after year, he said he was doing it to honour the
promise he made to himself in his youth. Now there is no hope of
_________, so I am attempting to make a world record.
 What was his promise?

61.  not to marry till he passes class 10

62.  WhenAkola resident Chaitali D. Galakhe's marriage was fixed with
Devendra Makhode ofYavatmal made a one-point demand to her family: "I
am not interested in a television, refrigerator or a washing machine or gold
jewellery as a wedding gift... I only want a ready-made X which I can carry
to my in-laws home.“
 Initially her father Dilip Galakhe found the demand ridiculous and thought
she had gone bonkers, but soon he was convinced. It was decided to "make
her happy" by fulfilling her wish before marriage.
 A pre-fabricated X was ordered for Chaitali from a local manufacturer which
would cost a hefty Rs.18,000 -- around the cost of a mediumTV or
Refrigerator .When the manufacturer casually enquired the need for the
pre-fabricated X, he was pleasantly surprised.
 X plees

63.  Toilet

64.  Harman Singh was at home inTakanini, South Aukland, when
he heard the screech of tyres at around 9am on Friday and
rushed to see what had happened.
 Outside, the business student found Daejon Pahia, 6, lying on
the roadside, where he had been hit by a four-wheel-drive. He
helped to treat an injured 6-year-old by doing something
breaking the religious code.
 However, some others pointed out that while it is unusual for
a Sikh man to do so in public.
 What did he do in order to save the child?

65.  He took off his turban

66.  It is one of the most frequently stolen books from public libraries
in the United States
 In 2012,Warner Bros. announced the development of a live-
action film version of this book with Daniel Chun as scriptwriter.
The film version will apparently use the heroic achievements in
this book
 A video game in the same name was developed byTT Fusion and
released for Nintendo DS,Wii and iOS in November 2008.
 Gimme its name

67.  The Guinness Book ofWorld Records

68.  Charles Cunningham _______ was a British land
agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the
English language the verb to _____. He had served in the British
Army which brought him to Ireland.
 In 1880the Irish Land League under Charles Stewart
Parnell and Michael Davitt withdrew the local labour and began a
campaign of isolation against ______ in the local community.This
campaign included shops in nearby Ballinrobe refusing to serve him,
and the withdrawal of laundry services. According to _______, the
boy who carried his mail was threatened with violence if he
continued.
 FITB

69.  Boycott

70.  Lina Medina is a Peruvian woman who is the youngest
______ in medical history, doing something at the age of five
years. She lives in Lima, the capital of Peru.
 Medina was brought to a hospital by her parents at the age of
five years due to increasing pain. She was originally thought
to have had a tumor.
 What is her claim to fame?

71.  Youngest confirmed mother

72. Whose Status
update?

73.  SP Udayakumar

74.  Theme song of?
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGCusDI_fUg

75.  KSWDC
 The Kerala StateWomen’s DevelopmentCorporation Ltd.

76.  LongVisual Connect:10 SLIDES
 NON EXHAUSTIVE LIST
 Points are indicated on the slides

87.  Joan Brown
 Meera Sanyal
 Alvin Kallicharan
 Sanath Jayasuriya
 K.Jayakumar
 Sunil Gavaskar
 KV Kamath
 Aishwarya Rai
 SachinTendulkar
 Atal BihariVajpayee

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