The nirmaan quizelims
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• The words are those of a bereaved lover singing about his darling, the daughter of a miner in the 1849 California Gold Rush. He loses her in a drowning accident, though he consoles himself towards the end of the song with the subjects "little sister".Which Song?
A1
My Darling Clementine
2**
• Who is the only fictional character whose death in a book was announced to the world in the New York Times?
A2
Hercule Poirot
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• Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class is a mobile trash compactor, the last operational unit in a massive line created by the Buy n Large Corporation to gather and compact the waste created by the humans that used their products. His best friend is Hal. How do we know him better as?
A3
• WALL-E
4**
• X and Y were brothers. Both played football for the Akademisk Boldklub (X was a goalkeeper, Y a half-back), and Y was also played for their country’s national team. He played in the 1908 summer Olympics, bagging a silver medal.
• Their father was a famous physician (and even has a biological ‘effect’ named after him.)
• Y went on to become a world reknowned mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions, and even worked with G. H. Hardy.
• X went on to become a Nobel prize winning physicist.• Identify X and Y.
A4
• The Bohr brothers, Neil (X) and Harald (Y).
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• Identify the patent holder and the function of the invention.
A5
• MJ
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• ID the title
A6
• Contra
7• Q. In an attempt to define this South African ethic and humanist
philosophy, Archbishop Desmond Tutu stated the following:
"A person with ___________ is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed."
What modern-day product takes its name from the above mentioned philosophy mostly because it is based on the same principle?
A7
• Ubuntu - Linux's operating system is distributed as free and open source software.
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• His first product was soap. In order to sell the soap, he offered free baking powder. The baking powder became more popular than the soap so he switched to that. To help sell his baking powder, he began offering something else for free. Well, that became even more popular then and today he leads in the production of that particular product. Who am I talking about and what product?
A8
• William Wrigley and the Chewing Gum
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• What?
A9
• BSE
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• The phrase that this picture illustrates.
A10
• Bakers Dozen
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• Id the logo of the famous Organisation/Company/Foundation..
A11
• Sri Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art Of Living .
12 ID?
A12
Flag of Jammu & Kashmir..Article 370 gives it the autonomy to have a flag..
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• Whose "Authorised" Biography ?
A13
• Clive Lloyd's Biography .
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• The _________ outfit was the first service uniform registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The costume was made from rayon-satin constructed on a merry widow corset. Satin ears, cotton tails, collars with bow ties cuffs with cuff links and matching high-heeled shoes completed the outfit. A name tag on a satin rosette was pinned over the right hip bone.Roberto Cavalli was chosen to re-imagine the original _______.Genuine _______ in good condition have sold for over $10,000.
What are we talking about here. Single term fills up all the blanks.
A14
• Playboy Bunny
15**
• Connect
A15
• The Brocode... This scene is the violation of brocode.. when Barney sleeps with Ted's ex-GF Robin
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• Identify the ad
A16
• Viagara.The old man and the lady at a very suggestive position.Now u know what I am talking about.
17**
A17
• Yoga
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• When would you find this?
A18
• Technical Problems on twitter.com
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• ID the logo
A19
• Alpha Romeo