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Rules

Every qn gets you 10points (intially)

QM will whimsically make

up rules thereafterInfinite Bounce

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What is special about the clock on centre courtat Wimbledon ?

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The only Rolex digital watch/clock in the world

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FIB or ID the product being mocked

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Everything else is just HOT AIR

Product being mocked is Macbook Air

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FIB

One of the simplest methods to measure___________ this way is to count the number (N)

of cricket chirps in 15 seconds and add 40. Thesum usually approximates ________quiteaccurately.

The original formula for determining _________from cricket chirps appears to have beenpublished in 1897 by A.E. Dolbear, a physicsprofessor at Tufts College. Since Dolbears

time, other formulae have been devised :

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Temperature

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Team A

C.B.K. Beachcroft

(captain)

Arthur Birkett

Alfred Bowerman

George Buckley

Francis Burchell

Frederick Christian

Harry Corner

Team B

W. Andersen

W.T. Attrill

J. Braid

W. Browning

R. Horne

T.H. Jordan

Arthur McEvoy

D. Robinson

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England vs France

1900 Olympics Only time cricket was one ofthe Olympic events

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This was a New York Times Headline :

A Horse Named _______ Beats Man o War

By FRED VAN NESS

August 13, 1919 SARATOGA, N.Y.-The Glen Riddle

Farm's great two-year-old, Man o' War, met with hisfirst defeat here today in the running of the SanfordMemorial. He was forced to bow to Harry PayneWhitney's ______ in a neck-and-neck finish in thissix-furlong dash.

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Upset

Hence the term

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X received a posthumous honorary fellowshipin 2002 from the Royal Society of Chemistry,which is the United Kingdom's professionalbody for chemical scientists.

The fellowship is generally exclusive toeminent scientists. X was made a fellow for

contributions to forensic chemistry. X = ?

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Sherlock Holmes

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Spinners delivieries

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At the global level , this record is held by theAgricultural Bank of China unit at Naqu. InIndia, till recently, the record was held by theUTI bank unit at Thegu, but it is to be

overshadowed soon by the Union Bank of Indiaunit at Sherathang. What record?

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ATM at the highest altitude

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_________ was well enough known by 1845 forthe condition to be used as a metaphor for allthat is annoying. For example, this item fromthat year, from the Wisconsin Herald and Grant

County Advertiser: When Illinois caughtMormonism off Missouri, she caught somethingworse than the __________. Job sitting in theashes and scratching himself amongstthepotsherds, was infinitely more comfortablethan poor Illinois who now is, burning andfestering under the scab of Mormonism. Themore popular version of this usage is theinclination of men to become unfaithful after a

certain period of marriage. FIB.

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The seven year itch

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Fiction

Riot (2001)

Show Business (1992)

The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories (1990)

The Great Indian Novel (1989)

Non-fiction

X: [with Shaharyar Khan] (2009)

The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone:Reflections on India in the 21st Century (2007)

Bookless in Baghdad (2005)

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Shadows Across the Playing Field 60 Years ofIndia Pakistan Cricket

It was a list of books by Shashi Tharoor.Shadows is his latest book

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Shortly before the match, X entered theAstrodome carried aloft in a chair held by fourbare-chested muscle men dressed in the garbof ancient slaves.

Y followed in a rickshaw drawn by a bevy ofscantily-clad models

A few critics were less than impressed by X'svictory. X was 26 years younger, and someexperts claimed that it was more an ageversus youth game. According to Jack Kramer,I don't think X played all that well. X hit a lotof short balls which Y could have taken

advantage of had he been in shape. I would

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Battle of the sexes

Billie Jean King (X) vs Bobby Riggs (Y)

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ID

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Charlie Chaplin

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Connect

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X began in London's poor East End just

before Queen Victoria's reign. In 1835, CharlesHenry, a tea merchant and grocery wholesaler,started his own shop opposite his home in

Stepny. Xs motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique (AllThings, For All People, Everywhere). X later

diversified into various businesses which are nowknown as X Bank, X Estates, X Casino, X Aviation

and Air etc.

X????

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Harrods

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The X (a post) was historically the officeresponsible for enforcing law and order in thecounty and bringing criminals to justice. Foryears the post has been directly appointed by

the Lord Mayor of the county in question and inmodern times with the existence of the policeforce, the position is entirely ceremonial andsustained to boost tourism due to thelegendary enmity between X and Y. The currentpost is held by Councillor Chente Arnaud whowas sworn in during January 2008.

ID X and Y.

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X = Sheriff Of Nottingham

Y = Robin Hood

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Connect

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Chimera or Bellerophon

The mythical creature itself (R-Bot), Pegasuswas used to kill it (L) and MI2 (Cruise R-Top)has a virus named chimera and an antidotenamed Belaraphon

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MIT students have calculated my speed to bearound 1046 km/sec, about 3000 times thespeed of light. The total load weight involved inmy transfer is 321000 tonnes. 214000 living

organisms of the same species are involved inmy transfer. I have 918 million destinations toreach in 31 hours across 24 time zones visiting822.6 destinations per second. Who or whatam I?

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Santa Claus

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Pickles (the dog) will forever be rememberedfondly wrt football history. After England wonthe 1966 world cup, Pickles was invited to thecelebration banquet and was allowed to lick

the plates clean . Why? What was so specialabout Pickles?

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He was the dog that found the Jules RimetWorld Cup trophy that was stolen before itbegan

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One story that explains Ys decision to build Xwas that he was denied entry in WatsonsHotel, Mumbai, as it was restricted to 'whitesonly'. Another urban myth surrounds X that

the architects plans had been to make X facewest where as the contractor mistakenly builtit facing east. At the same time people claimthat X was deliberately built facing inlandrather than to the harbor, as a deliberate snubto the British king due to Ys nationalisticfeelings. X is named after a symbol, which hasmade India famous throughout the world

ID X and Y

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X Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

Y Jamshedtji Tata

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XXX got international recognition 12 yearsafter his death in 1974, when the Australianwriter Thomas Kennealy wrote the Booker prizewinning novel about his story. He has mostly

remained an enigmatic character; the commonperception of him is built more on how he isportrayed in fiction. The motive for hisextraordinary deed is unknown, however XXXis supposed to have commented I knew thepeople who worked for me... When you knowpeople, you have to behave towards them likehuman beings."

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Oscar Schindler

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This Man(Jerry West)has beenimmortalized in what

way?

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The NBA Logo is based on him

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FD

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The spot where the Titanic sank

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Rupture of the proximal head of the bicepstendon involves one of two heads of the bicepstendon. This condition usually occurs in olderindividuals and is caused by degenerative

changes within the biceps tendon leading tofailure of the structure. After the rupturedtendon retracts, patients may notice a bulge intheir arm at the biceps muscle. This is theretracted muscle bunched up in the arm, and issometime referred to as a ______ Muscle.

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Popeye

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Why was SC Boses Bharat Ratna withdrawn??

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It was awarded posthumously when his deathhad not been ascertained

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Born: 1867 in Glasgow, Scotland

Father - Fergus

Mother - Downy

Sisters - Matilda and Hortense

Uncle -Angus (Mississippi river boater)

Niece - Della Thelma

Occupations - Businessman, (in his earlier dayshe worked as a cowboy, a shoe polisher, agold-prospector in the Klondike, Australia, etc.)

Identify him. Clue Right now hes number 1on a Forbes Rich List

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Scrooge McDuck

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Little is known about X's identity. One of themost widely reproduced versions of X'sphotograph was taken by Jeff Widener for theAssociated Press from the sixth floor of a hotel,

about half a mile (800 m) away from thescene, through a 400 mm lens.

Shortly after the incident, British tabloid theSunday Express named X as Wang Weilin. In

April 1998, Time included X in its 100 mostinfluential people of the 20th century. ID X.

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Tank Man Tiananmen Square incident

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FD

E : Person excused from flyingI : Person is insaneR: Person requests evaluationU : Universal set of persons: Null set

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Catch 22

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CONNECT

Tar is not a play thing

Nobody likes sunburn slappers

Garlic gum is not funny

Spitwads are not free speech

Funny noises are not funny

I will not prescribe medication

I did not see Elvis

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Stuff written on Barts board

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In 1972, Carolyn Davidson came up with a newwork of art. While she was only paid $35 for it,it's recognition now sparks billions in revenue.

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The Nike Swoosh

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ID

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Stockholm Syndrome

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