1. Pripyat, Ukraine was abandoned after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. 2. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor as a gift to the United States from France in the 1880s. 3. Picasso's painting Nude, Green Leaves and Bust is the most expensive painting ever sold, auctioned for $106.5 million.

1. BPHC Weekly Quiz

2. 1.''The one who never fails''. Identify him.

3. 2.This book was quite a hit in 2006, albeit for a lot of wrong reasons...

4. 3.What was unique about this match?? 22 February 1992, Venue:Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand

5. Scorecard

6. New Zealand 248/6 (50 overs) v Australia 211 (48.1 overs)

7. New Zealand won by 37 runs

8. Umpires: Khizer Hayat and David Shepherd

9. Player of the match: Martin Crowe

10. Martin Crowe 100* (134) Craig McDermott 2/43 (10 overs)

11. David Boon 100 (133) Gavin Larsen 3/30 (10 overs)

12. 4.Identify him and his famous recent feat!!

13. 5.Where have we seen it?? The Rongbo monastery, the worlds highest monastery is located at the base of Mt. Everest. It has served as a base for climbers .

14. 6.Why did this happen??? Pripyat was a small city with a population of about 50,000 and growing at about 1500 persons every year. It was the ninth city of its kind in the USSR, but eventually it was abandoned and is now a ghost town. The city is being supervised now by the Ministry of Emergencies under the Zone of Alienaton Jurisdiction.

16. 7.Identify the artist and the song. Hint: She is iTunes' first double platinum artist.

17. 8.Connect

18. 9.This was one of the first proposals for what????

19. 10.Connect 1851- London

20. 1889- Paris

21. 1933- Chicago

22. 1962- Seattle

23. 1970- Osaka

24. 2008- Zaragoza

25. 2010- Shanghai

26. 2012- Yeosu

27. 11.The little mermaid statue draped in a burqa...??

28. 12.Identify the company...

29. 13.Name the company that they founded. The pic given in the next slide is of the ''Traitrous Eight''. These people left the firm which was asked in the previous question and founded ''Fairchild Semiconductor'' in 1957. But in 1968 two of the ''Traitrous Eight'' open another company which becomes a giant in the field.

31. 14.Identify the guy to the extreme right. Karate Kid???!!

32. 15.The deal inked in 2006 was a first for the club....!!!

33. 16.…....................!!!! What is so special about this movie????

34. 17.A special academy award. Identify the movie.

35. 18.How do we know him better? Tenzin Gyatso was born in Takster, Qinghai on 6 July, 1935 to a farming and horse trading family. While he was only 15 years of age, he attained a position of power in his society.

36. 19.Fill in the blank. Ben & Jerry's a Boston based company brought out a new flavour dedicated to the star in the next picture.

38. 20.Name the superhero. Virgin Comics had announced in 2007 that they are going to release a comic book in India with an Indian superhero. Though the plans have now apparently been shelved.

39. 21.Google released this doodle in 2004....

40. 22.You all must remember the powerpuff girls... But how many of you remember the name of the Professor???

41. 23. Identify the sequence 643667767068

42. 24. What national soccer team was attacked in their bus by gunmen, on the way to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola?

43. 25. So are you quitting??? 31 May 2010 was promoted as 'Quit...what...Day' by privacy campaigners ?

44. 26. Identify the event.