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Apart from the “GOD OF CRICKET” Sachin Tendulkar , who has scored a century on debut in Irani , Duleep and

Ranji Trophy ?

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Googly :D No one has and he still remains as a Star

X was established in the year 1956, is governed by a Council of Administration consisting of member representatives of the Industry, Government and Scientists.X is sponsored by the Industry and is

supported by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The foundation stone of X was laid by the then

Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 25th December 1955. X commenced functioning in 1956 in

the premises of the SIMA, Coimbatore, with 44 member mills and two Divisions. Quality control in Spinning and Maintenance management in weaving

are some of the books published by X.

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SITRA

Venkat Prabhu, had earlier announced that he was likely to have Hollywood actress X play

the character of Premji’s girlfriend in Goa. According to the sources, the actress had asked for a salary of around three million US Dollars (approximately Rs 14 crore), when the entire budget of this film is said to be around just Rs

six crore!Since this was impossible , he contacted Melanie Marie an Australian

model.But he badly wanted X’s presence and so he named Melanie’s character as X.Id X

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Jessica Alba

Id the “deity” fondly called as the Mother of

Telangana

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Sonia Gandhi

Russet Burbank(Solanum tuberosum) is a large white potato developed in the 1870s by horticulturalist

Luther Burbank. It was not patented because plants such as potatoes that are propagated from tubers were not granted patents in the United States. The Russet

Burbank is an expensive variety -- it consumes a great deal of water, takes a long time to mature, and requires large amounts of pesticides -- but it's easy to store and has a consistent texture and taste, which makes it the

perfect _______ potato .FITB

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French Fries

Mapin Publishing is an Indian art book publishing company started in 1984 by Bipin Shah and X , a

Padma Bhushan recipient. It publishes illustrated books on

Indian art, culture and literature and is based in Ahmedabad.

Crafts of Gujarat was the first book published by Mapin Publishing.Id the founder

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Mallika Sarabhai

First : Navy Bathyscaph Trieste piloted by Lt. Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard.

Second :Kaiko , an ROV built by Japan Agency for Marine-EarthScience and Technology

Third : Nereus , an HROV built by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Fourth : ???

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James Cameron and the exploration of Mariana Trench

ID

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Rey Mysterio

This sporting goods company was founded in 1954 in Jalandhar , India.But in 1995 when it’s current owner

Kunal Sharma wanted to pursue his studies , he established it’s Australian arm in Wollongong , South of Sydney.He settled in Australia and its headquarters was shifted to Wollongong.It still has an industry in Jalandhar which is mainly used for the production of

bats.It also manufactures goods for Football , Netball , Golf etc..Matt Prior , Viv Richards are some of its cricket ambassadors and Daniel Harte is its Fitness

ambassador.Which Sports goods company am I talking about ?

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Spartan Sporting Goods

This brand was born when the founder Bao Shen Liu observed that his twin daughters suffering from

cerebral palsy, were finding it difficult in gripping a pen or a pencil due to lack of co-ordination and

undeveloped muscles. He went on to invent a writing instrument which is now a popular brand. This award

winning pen is uniquely designed for more comfortable and "strain free" writing.It is suitable for

everyone but is particularly good for children, left handers, students and people with writing

difficulties.Which famous brand ?

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Yoropen

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Blobfish

Rupesh Paul Productions , an Indian company is set to produce a Thriller

made by Movie Makers in Cannes.Titled as “The Vanishing Act” , this movie tells the story of five people who seek revenge for the death of their loved ones. They hijack a plane. but

things aren't as they appear.This movie is inspired from which incident ?

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Disappearance of MH370

1944 Match between Army and Royal Air Force at Lords.Put Funda

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A german aircraft carrying a bomb was flying low and people thought it would be dropped at Lords.But it was dropped in Reagents Park and

the play was resumed.

During the Mahabharata battle, Kauravas travelled across the country. When they reached the place where the X’s temple is situated, the Kauravas divided their weapons

among them. Since then, the place came to be known as ‘Pakutheswaram’, which later became Pavithreswaram.X

returned to this place after the battle and attained ‘moksha’ with the blessings of Lord Siva and became Lord X. The

subdeities of the temple include Bhuvaneswari Devi, Kiratha Moorthi and Nagaraja.The festival of the temple, popularly known as Malakkuda Maholsavam, is observed in the Makaram month. The temple is maintained by the

Kurava community of the region.Who is the Main Deity ?

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Shakuni

William Gilbert , was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both

the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. He is

remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600). A unit of magnetomotive force, also known as

magnetic potential, was named the gilbert in his honour.He is regarded by some as the father of

_______ and Magnetism.He is credited to have coined the word ______ . FITB

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Electricity

In Armenian , it is called hndkahav literally meaning “Indian chicken”.

In Catalan, it is called gall d’indi, literally meaning “Indian chicken”.

In French, it is called la dinde, which means “chicken from India".

In Georgian, it is called indauri, meaning India.

In Hebrew, it is called tarnegol hodu literally meaning "rooster of India".

In Italian it is known as pollo d'India, with clear reference to India

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In Polish and Ukrainian, it is Indyk, a reference to India. Similarly it is indik

in Yiddish, also referring to India.In Russian, it is called indeyka ,

relating to India.In Turkish, the bird is called hindi

which means “from & related to India,"

Turkey

Sarat Talluri Rao has recently shot to fame with his documentary titled “Furiously Curious”. Rao shot the documentary using a hand-held camera between 2011 and 2013, spending most of his shoestring Rs.4 lakh budget on travelling costs and the purchase of hard

disks.The 31-year-old screenwriter, who is currently working on director Dev Benegal’s forthcoming

feature Dead, End, shot the documentary over two years before hitting a creative block. “I could have gone on forever,” he says. “I lost some faith in the film—I thought it wasn’t a good enough product

technically. But I was always sure of the content.” This 85 minute documentary covers events From

Coimbatore to Guwahati.What is its subject ?

Quizzing in India !

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X was founded in 1919 by Frank Little and Alva Kinney, who brought together four grain mills as Nebraska

Consolidated Mills (NCM). Initially headquartered in Grand Island, Nebraska, it moved to Omaha in 1922. The

company ran at a profit until 1936, when Kinney retired. In 1940, the company began producing flour at its own mill,

and in 1942 ventured into the livestock feed business. That year president R.S. Dickinson opened the company's first

out-of-state facility in Alabama with a flour mill and animal feed plant. In 1971, Nebraska Consolidated Mills

changed its name to X ,a combination of Consolidated and Agriculture.It’s famous product Y was Act II was invented

by James Watkins, a former engineer for the Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis, MN and then Founder/President

of Golden Valley Microwave Foods. X&Y Please

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ConAgra FoodsACT II

In 2011 , Japanese arm of X proposed a branch on earth’s galactic neighbour ,

Moon.Maeda Corp , A Japanese company has come up with a plan for a dome shaped concrete

X on the surface of the moon.Company estimates the entire cost will be 1.67 Trillion

Yen.But , The company said it will keep the cost down by using mineral deposits on the moon to make concrete.The workers will be required to

live on its premises.Which company ?

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Steve Jobs

X’s history traces to 1916 when Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and

Engineering Co., Ltd. plan a cooperation with the Tokyo Gas and Electric Industrial Co. to build automobiles.The Ishikawajima company was renamed to X in 1934.It was named after a river in Japan which has it’s source in Mie Prefecture.X literally means “50 Bells” and hence its cars were named

“Bellel” and “Bellet” focusing on Bell.Which company ?

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Isuzu

Codex Gigas (Giant Book) AKA ______ Bible is a large 13th-century manuscript from

Bohemia, one of the historical Czech lands.It is known for two features. First, it is reputed to be

the biggest surviving European manuscript. Secondly, it contains a large, full page portrait of the ______.It is believed to have been written by

a man named Hermann. Codex Gigas is composed of 310 leaves of vellum allegedly

made from the skins of 160 donkeys or perhaps calfskin.It is the only holy book dedicated to

whom ?

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Devil’s Bible / Satan

During the World Environtment Day this year , Penguin books

launched a new book of poetry called “Green Poems”.These had poems by a

renowned poet X whose poems are mainly based on nature.The book was translated into english by JDU Leader Pavan K Varma.Who is this renowned poet,who, among other things is one of

India’s finest writers for Children ?

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GulzarChildren books bosky series

Following the Armistice of 1918, Allied forces occupied the German territory west of the Rhine. To maintain a military

presence on the eastern side, the Allied powers extended their zones of occupation by creating three semi-circular bridgeheads of

30 km radius, radiating from Cologne , Koblenz , and Mainz.Because of an error in measurement, the French and

American zones did not meet. The resulting gap on the eastern side of the Rhine contained the Wisper valley, the towns of Lorch and

Kaub, and villages of Lorchhausen, Sauerthal etc ... Surrounded by the two Allied bridgeheads, the Taunus range to the north-east, and the Rhine to the south-west, this tiny region was effectively cut off

from the rest of Germany and subsequently separated from the administration of the Weimar Republic. Owing to the circular

nature of the Allied bridgeheads, this enclosed territory took on the shape of a _______, hence the name that was given to the

microstate, when it was declared on 10 January 1919.

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Free state of Bottleneck

X is a large, deep, freshwater lake in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 kilometres southwest of the city of Inverness. It is connected at the southern end by the River Oich and northern end opens out into Lake Dochfour.X is the second largest and second deepest lake in Scotland. The only island on X is Cherry Island, visible at its southwestern end, near Fort Augustus. It is a crannog, which is a form of artificial island.Since 1933 X has caught the attention of news agencies worldwide due to a spotting of an unusual creature by George Spicer and his wife in X

although the creature is believed to exist since 7th century.How do we know this place better ?

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Loch Ness

Carol Ann Susie is an American actress who is known for appearances in

many dramas like Seinfield , Grey’s Anatomy , Cats & Dogs , That ‘70’s show

etc..Although she isn’t seen on screen in Big Bang

Theory , she has been paid for more than 30 episodes.Why ?

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Mrs.Wolowitz

Various trees are claimed to be "the" X tree which Y describes. The King's School, Grantham, claims that the tree was

purchased by the school, uprooted and transported to the headmaster's garden some years later. The staff of the

National Trust-owned Woolsthorpe Manor dispute this, and claim that a tree present in their gardens is the one described by Y. A descendant of the original tree can be seen growing outside the main gate of Trinity College, Cambridge, below

the room Y lived in when he studied there. The National Fruit Collection at Brogdale can supply grafts from their tree, which appears identical to Flower of Kent, a coarse-fleshed cooking

variety.Id X and Y

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Apple , Newton

Who is the father of India ?

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Movies shot in one take

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar rationally known as the Gregorian Calendar to replace the

old Julian Calendar.The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. Allegedly those

celebrating the old date were called X. Most ancient cultures celebrated the New Year around the time of the Vernal Equinox, the first day of spring. Seemed like a

good time to bring in a new year. In 1582, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's Day to Jan. 1. So the popular explanation is that many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on _____. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists

and the practice spread throughout Europe and it is observed till date.What is this practice ?

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April Fools

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Luiz Suarez bites Giorgio Chiellini

I was born in Jamshedpur in 1957, to doctor parents passionately interested in Carnatic music. Father, a very good untrained singer, taught me my first songs. Started Carnatic

training locally at 7, and later with Sh T.M.Thiagarajan in Chennai, while I studied Economics at Loyola College. Parween Sultana's

music made me yearn to learn Hindustani music. After an MBA at XLRI, I joined ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a music scholar under Pt.Nivruttibua Sarnaik of the Jaipur gharana.. Unfortunately,

certain cardinal errors in training methods damaged my voice. Pt.Sunil Bose, another SRA Master with a brilliant scientific

approach had studied some Western voice principles and evolved his own method for Indian music. He brought my voice back, but it was not a musical voice. Nonetheless, I owe my perspective of the

Indian singing voice to him. I knew my salvation lay in the Western system and after years of searching, I found Prof. Peter Calatin in

Rep. of Ireland in 1991. I started singing in 1993, and teaching voice in 2003.Who am I ?

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Ananth Vaidyanathan

When heaven and earth began, three deities came into being, The Spirit Master of the Center of Heaven, The August

Wondrously Producing Spirit, and the Divine Wondrously Producing Ancestor. These three were invisible. The earth was young then, and land floated like oil, and from it reed shoots

sprouted. From these reeds came two more deities. After them, five or six pairs of deities came into being, and the last of these were

Izanagi and Izanami, whose names mean "The Male Who Invites" and "The Female who Invites". The first five deities commanded Izanagi and Izanami to make and solidify the land of X, and they

gave the young pair a jeweled spear. Standing on the Floating Bridge of Heaven, they dipped it in the ocean brine and stirred.

They pulled out the spear, and the brine that dripped of it formed an island to which they descended. On this island they built a

palace for their wedding and a great column to the heavens.Thus born what ?

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Japan

The word derives from the Venetian phrase literally meaning "I am your slave“. The

expression was not a literal statement of fact, of course, but rather a perfunctory promise of good will among friends (along the lines of "at your

service" in English). Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms (1929), which is set in

northeast Italy during World War I, is credited with bringing the word into the English language.Today it is an informal way of

greeting.Which word ?

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Ciao