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JAN 2 MAR
Miss Israel
photo
bombing
Miss
4
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Nonresident
Indian
Day),
is
celebrated in India each year to
mark the contribution of the
overseas Indian community to
the development of India.
Why is it
January?
celebrated
on
9th
6
Following an unveiling on January
18, Twitteratis had these to say
about what/whom?
looks like those wannabe actors
form Lokhandwala, with gym
bags & a moustache to copy
Ranveer Singh.
looks like a press photographer
in a Madhur Bhandarkar movie
looks like a loan collection agent
looks like a NY cab driver
(comparing it to Aamir Khan)
INDIA
1
Grassroots, a tourism company
that specialises in rural tourism
operates this particular tour to
Purushwadi, Maharashtra. The
tour is organised only for 3
weeks from the last week of May
over the nights, since you see
the "spectacle" only during those
hours.
.
What
tour/festival
do
they
2
India gave 12 villages to the
Pakistan in 1960s in exchange
for the village of Hussainiwala, a
small village in Punjab.
.
so
4
When the British wanted to
purchase land for settling down
in Kashmir, they were not
allowed to do so by the Maharaja
of Kashmir, a tradition which
continues till date as Kashmiris
rarely sell land to outsiders.
.
Nigambodh
Kashmiri
Mori
Kabuli
Lahori
Ajmeri
Turkman
Dilli
List of what?
(Non-exhaustive
exhaustive list)
selection
of
an
6
What started as a cottage industry in
Koonamavu, a small village, few
kilometers to the north of Kochi, has
now become a big business with more
than 2000 women making this
product.
.
Rosaries
Koonamavu is fondly called as "Little
Rome"
MIXED BAG
1
In South Africa they are called
that country's "national flower"
and there were moves to ban
them.
.
2
His great-grandfather W. D. Smiles was a
member of the Assam Legislative Council.
Though he was born and brought up in UK,
after leaving school, he considered joining
the Indian Army and spent a few months
hiking in the Himalayan mountains of
Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam.
.
3
XY appears in many legal cases as well
as in some hospital records all over
the world and is widely famous
especially in the United States and
Canada.
.
3
John Doe.
The
name
is
used
as
a
placeholder name for a party
whose true identity is unknown
or must be withheld in a legal
action, case, or discussion. The
name is also used to refer to a
corpse or hospital patient whose
identity is unknown.
4
The Indian currency when the
British invaded was the X. It was
worth nothing compared with the
pound sterling. When someone
tried to sell a shoddy product to
the
soldiers
they
would
sometimes respond that they
would not even pay a single X for
it, kind of like saying "I wouldn't
give you two cents for that.
6
German
scientist
and
philosopher
Georg
Christoph
Lichtenberg's idea forms the
basis for the standard size
series, based on an aspect ratio
of the square root of 2. The
significant advantage offered
through this system is that each
entity in this series when
divided into two yields the next
size.
7
A waggle dance involves running
through a small figure-eight
pattern: a waggle run (aka
waggle phase) followed by a
turn to the right to circle back to
the starting point (aka return
phase), another waggle run,
followed by a turn and circle to
the left, and so on in a regular
alternation between right and
left turns after waggle runs.
.
Bee Hive
8
The X campaign was launched in
social networking websites in
August 2014 as a token of support
for people in Gaza suffering from
Israeli air strikes. It was an
imitation of a similar campaign
that was viral during that time.
.
Norway
B
B
B
B
Indonesia
C
C
C
C
Poland
D
D
D
D
Finland
E
E
E has hosted 5 times the Summer Olympic
Games, 3 times the Winter Olympic Games,
and twice the FIFA World Cup. The 45th
parallel north, which marks the theoretical
halfway point between the Equator and the
North Pole, is said to be the limit between
Northern E, where the Ol dialects are
spoken, and Southern E, where the Occitan
E
E
France
F
F
F
F
Netherlands
G
G
G
G
Thailand
F&B
1
X is so named because it was a
speciality of the one-armed chef late
Haji Murad Ali. The ingredients of X
distinctive masala prepared by the
women in the family is a closely
guarded secret.
.
Tunday Kabab
2
Approximately 80 are randomly
selected at birth from thousands
and are trained to handle loud
noises, flash photography and
large crowds. From the 80, the
20 largest and best behaved are
chosen and eventually narrowed
down to two finalist.
The finalist for 2014 were Mac &
Cheese, for 2013 were Popcorn &
Thanksgiving Turkey
3
In 1965, after approvals a 450 ton
consignment of Lerma Rojo and Sonora 64
left to India & Pakistan but was stopped at
Mexico, then went by a 30 truck convoy to
Los Angeles, reaching LA after a detour due
to the Watts riots.
.
Norman Borlaug
the first dwarf spring wheat strain that
started the Green Revolution in India and
Pakistan.
4
British gunners in WWII were able to locate and
shoot down German planes at night due to the
invention of radar, which the Germans new
nothing about. To cover up the invention of
radar, the British spread about an urban legend
which suggested that the massive increase in
night vision of the pilots were due to ______.
.
This rationale was further popularized by the
British Royal Air Force through a story about the
night vision flying prowess of their skilled
fighter pilot John "Cats Eyes" Cunningham.
.
In response to the story, many British people
began to ______ as they wanted to improve their
vision so that they could see better during the
5
X was a businessman said to
have died of sepsis when an
infection in his toe flared up
after he tried to kick open a safe
he could not remember the
combination to.
The irony is that in his home
town of Lynchburg, Tennessee,
where his "workshop" is located,
you can get all sorts of X
Jack Daniel
6
Printing
of
Indian
Budget
document
begins
with
X
ceremony.
.
Halwa
TOMBSTONE
Frank Sinatra
S P O RT S
1
Yagli Gures is the national sport
of
Turkey.
The
annual
tournament has been hosted
since 1362. Some argue that it
could be the longest running
sports event in the world.
Gures means wrestling.
Yagli is something they use in
the sport.
Olive Oil
2
Mary Kom
: Priyanka
Chopra
Milkha Singh
: Farhan Akhtar
MS Dhoni
: Sushant Singh
Rajput
Md. Azharuddin
fitb
: ____________
Emraan Hashmi
3
The Maharaja of Patiala, a colourful
gentleman by all accounts, was
banished by Lord Kitchener from
Shimla for allegedly molesting an
English girl. [Legend has it that the
girl was Kitchener's own daughter].
.
4
In the 1984-85 season, India and
Pakistan were playing the 2nd
ODI in Sialkot Indian team was at
210/3 and Dilip Vengsarkar was
94 not out. At this point, the
match was suddenly abandoned.
Why?
Assassination of Indira
Gandhi
5
Which country, in the 2011 World
Cup, set the World Cup record
for the highest successful chase
in CWC history, by chasing down
a target of 329, against England
at the Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Bangalore?
Ireland
6
In 1930, H C Sircar, Bhupendra Singh, A
B Awan, Amarjeet Singh and became the
first five Indians who were accepted into
a famous institution at Cranwell, in
Lincolnshire. A sixth person, J N Tandon,
was rejected.
.
Subroto Mukherjee
First Indian Chief of Air Staff, IAF
(pic: Guardian Angel School,
Curchorem that represented Goa in
2011 Subroto Cup, New Delhi)
7
A Quiver Full of Arrows is a 1980
collection of twelve short stories by
British writer and politician Jeffrey
Archer.
.
Tiger Pataudi
8
On Dec 12, 2013, in a pioneering
initiative in the world of sports
advertising, FC Barcelona has
reached an agreement with X to
become a worldwide sponsor of
the Club, which will help Barca to
become
one
of
the
most
technologically advanced clubs
in the world.
Intel
PAIR
1
Who are the sisters
Bretton Woods?
of
The
2
The Government Pension Fund Global of
Norway is one of the largest pension funds in
the world deriving its financial backing from
oil profits. One of the investment policy is not
to invest in controversial companies belonging
to following categories:
Production of weapons
Sale of weapons and military material to
Burma
Serious
or
systematic
human
rights
violations
Severe environmental damages
Serious
violations
of
the
rights
of
individuals in situations of war or conflict
Other particularly serious violations of
fundamental ethical norms
4
Funchal
is
the
capital
of
the
autonomous region of Madeira. It was
named by settlers after the local word
for the Fennel plant, which grew in
abundance here. It is today known for
its beaches and the vibrant nightlife.
.
5
Issued on January 18, 1962, the
world's first cricket stamp came
from the Portuguese colony of
X, now an independent nation.
.
MIXED BAG
1
One day in 1971, Merle Robbins, an
Ohio barbershop owner came up with
the idea for X and introduced the
game to his family. When his family
and friends began playing X more
and more, Robbins and his family
spent $8,000 to have 5,000 games
made. At first Robbins sold X from
his
barbershop.
A
few
local
businesses sold it as well. Later
Robbins sold the X rights to a funeral
parlor owner and X fan from Joliet,
Illinois, for $50,000, plus royalties of
Uno
2
From a 1995 "book of 101 UnUseless Japanese Inventions" to
making to the Best 25 inventions
of 2014.
What?
Selfie Stick
3
Shiv
Nagar,
a
village
in
Muzzafarnagar district of UP had
water scarcity problem which
was solved by a company by
installing 15 hand pumps in June
2011. As a token of gratitude
villagers named their village
after the name of that company.
What is the new name of Shiv
Snapdeal.com Nagar
4
Khaled Mohamed Said was a young
Egyptian man who died under disputed
circumstances in Alexandria on 6 June
2010, after being arrested by the Egyptian
police. On seeing photos of his disfigured
corpse, Google marketing executive Wael
Ghonim decided to create a Facebook
memorial page for Said, called "We are all
Khaled Said". The page attracted hundreds
of thousands of followers, becoming
Egypt's biggest dissident Facebook page.
Support for Said rapidly spread, with many
Facebook members using his photograph
for their own profiles.
I am Anna
5
Connect:
1936: Wallis Simpson (USA)
1937: Soong May-Ling (China)
1952: Queen Elizabeth II (UK)
1975: American women (USA)
1986:
Corazon
(Philippines)
C.
Aquino
6
"Halo" is the name of the new
Concept Sports Car by whom,
which they demonstrated at the
Auto Expo 2014?
Mahindra
7
Apart from the US flag, which
other flag was carried by John
Glenn on the first US orbital
space flight in 1962, and taken
to the moon by Apollo 11
astronauts in 1969?
8
X was born in 1950 in Sargodha to a
conservative
Pakistani
Punjabi
family. His family lost 36 of its
members
when
migrating
from
Shimla to Lahore during the Partition
of India. General Mohammad Zia-ulHaq appointed him to the Council on
Islamic Ideology, and he later served
as an Islamic Studies teacher at the
University
of
Engineering
and
Technology, Lahore. One of his
famous quotes is "There cannot be
9
In September 2010, the BBC and
HarperCollins
started
legal
proceedings against each other,
with the BBC attempting to obtain a
judicial injunction to prevent the
publishing of a book entitled The
Man in The White Suit, apparently
authored by a man named Ben
Collins.
.
The Stig
10
10
Kim Jong-un
Connect:
Clive Lloyd
Viv Richards
Mohinder Amarnath
David Boon
Wasim Akram
Aravinda de Silva
Shane Warne
Ricky Pouting
Adam Gilchrist
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
.
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