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1• Identify the person whose Memorial, situated

in the Sackville Park in Manchester, England .A plaque on the statue calls him a ‘Victim of prejudice' and the statue is situated near the city's gay centre of Canal Street.

Alan Turing

2• NIZ was born in 1985 in a family that can

trace its lineage all the way back to the Nizams . On completing his engineering from IIT-Delhi, NIZ pursued a course in Urban Planning at Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in the United States. He is not one to stay away from his family and country for too long. Therefore, soon after completing his masters, he returned to India to use his knowledge to serve his fellow people. NIZ is seen to be a man who epitomises his city.

• Name the entity with which he is associated with?

Hyedrabad Metro Mascot

3•Piscine Molitor is a swimming pool and hotel complex located in Porte Molitor, 16th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France , Paris , France.

• The complex was built in 1929 and inaugurated by Olympic swimmers Aileen Riggin and Johnny Weissmuller. The pool is known for its Art Deco designs and the popular introduction of the bikini by Louis Réard on 5 July 1946.

•The title character of a Man Booker Prize winning novel is named after Piscine Molitor. This book was made into a movie of the same name which was released in 2012.

Life of Pi

4The history of this term can be traced back to the 1880s when Chicago Daily News sports reporter Finley Peter Dunne coined the term when covering the then-named Chicago White Stockings games. Dunne was known for giving colorful play-by-play and when a left-handed pitcher came on the field. So it originated “from the practice in baseball of arranging the diamond with the batter facing east to avoid the afternoon sun.”

Southpaw

5 Whose 86th birthday is celebrated by this doodle? India's award for best film on national integration in the annual National Film Awards is named the in her honour.

Nargis Dutt

6•It is a colloquial term for a money launderer. Also refers to one who seeks to evade scrutiny from government agencies by breaking up a transaction involving a large amount of money into smaller transactions that are below the reporting threshold. The term is derived from the cartoon characters.

Smurfs

7• S.R. Ranganathan, born on 12 August 1892

to Ramamrita, in Tanjore in British-ruled India.

• Ranganathan began his professional life as a mathematician; he earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics from Madras Christian College in his home province, and then went on to earn a teaching license

• His Birthday 12th august is celebrated as a day dedicated to a particular profession?

• Which profession?

National Librarians day

8• In China, the X waist challenge is going viral, especially with

women, and social media is flooded with the results. The X challenge encourages women to use X as a standard to measure their waist. X has a standard width of 21cm. What’s X ?

A4

9• The Haryana government will soon bring a proposal to change the

name of this animal to ‘roze’. There is something special about its name which serves as a protection for this animal , the reason why the name is changed. So what is its name? 

Nilgaai

10. Connect with a code

Ottendorf Cipher

11This is an interesting incident in election history of Britain.In 1979 General Elections, during the polling at Dover, the far-right National Front was also among one of the five candidates.As a mark of protest against their political views, a certain Jeremy Fox contested elections as well, under a rather humorous party name that was a reference to a pop culture entity with cult following till date.He managed to poll double the number of votes than the NF candidate.What rather simple name did he use for his party?

Silly Party

12• Tourists may call it X, the locals might call it X, but the full ceremonial name

of the city of X is actually, when written in anglicized Pali/Sanskrit: • Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya

Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasi 

• When translated into English, It’s full name is: • City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of nine gems, seat of

the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra’s behest. 

• While the ceremonial name is proudly displayed in places like city hall and on official stationary, it’s a bit more than a mouthful for casual conversation and the tourism industry, so X.

Bangkok

13 Connect this pic to a 2015 Bollywood movie.

14 What is its claim to fame?• This is the clock tower of Mirzapur

in UP roughly 650 km from both Delhi and Kolkata, almost 89 km from Allahabad. It was constructed in the year 1891, with its entire structure made up of finely carved stone and a 1000 kg alloy bell hanging from the tall structure.

Indian Standard Time Line

15• The X effect is based on the perception that you get what you pay

for. The story is that X was a struggling brand of scotch whiskey until they doubled their price. Then they not only made more money per bottle, they also doubled their unit sales. The example appears in several marketing books and has been cited in Time Magazine.

• To quote an instance of X’s effect in 1950’s Coca Cola was twice as expensive as Pepsi. Yet pepsi sales increased after they raised the price of their soda. What is X effect?

Chivas Regal

16 FITB1. Masherbrum2. _______3. Broad4. Gasherbrum II5. Gasherbrum I

Mount K2

17• This literary piece is itself divided into five books. The first book

deals with the imperial household, and the second with the servants of the emperor, the military and civil services. The third book deals with the imperial administration, containing the regulations for the judicial and executive departments. The fourth book contains information about Hindu philosophy, science, social customs and literature. The fifth book contains sayings of ______,along with an account of the ancestry and biography of the author. Name the literary masterpiece.

Ain-i-Akbari

18• The German name has largely ousted the original English

which occurs in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. However, the ultimate etymology is unclear; for example, the Italian word derives from the Latin words itself from Greek ____ meaning pastry and “___" meaning bread Among the other possible etymologies set forth in the Oxford English Dictionary, one theory proposes that the word may be a corruption of ___________ (used for utensils in all the north India) now known as Mottama which is a Burmese town famous for its jars.

Marzipan

19• Godrej Besto • Benzer• Banque Nationale de Paris• Charagh Din • Variati• Royal Diamond • Charmis • Paville • Vinod Stainless Steel Works • Binaca Fluoride • Sur Sangam

• Why have rare print ads of these brands seen a recent spurt in interest?

20• X (a greek mythical creature) was the name of this company

selected for the association of good luck and fortune but was shortened to Y as it is an old marketing trick to name your company with favorable alphabetic ranking to ensure it is at the top of any list it is placed on.

• Give X and Y?

• X=Pegasus• Y=Asus

21• “XXX YYY” is commonly used to describe wild or erratic behavior,

but the phrase actually began its life as a medical term. The saying was popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries, when European visitors to Malaysia learned of a peculiar mental affliction that caused otherwise normal tribesmen to go on brutal and seemingly random killing sprees. Y—derived from the “Amuco,” a band of Javanese and Malay warriors who were known for their penchant for indiscriminate violence—was initially a source of morbid fascination for Westerners. Once thought to be the result of possession by evil spirits, the phenomenon later found its way into psychiatric manuals. It remains a diagnosable mental condition to this day.

To Run Amok

22• Rambha, the king of Asuras was enticed with the beauty of a she-

buffalo. Eventually he married her. Out of this bestiality union, was born X which was half buffalo and half human. X, being an Asura wanted to wage war against their arch-enemies, the Devas; to make himself invincible, he performed a tapas to Brahma and requested that he be granted immortality. Brahma refused him the boon of immortality and instead gave him a boon such that his death will happen only at the hands of a woman.

• A city is also named after him.• Who is X and also name the city.

Mahisasur and mysore

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23• This term traces its origin to an opera by French composer Edmond

Audran in 1880. The plotline revolves around a farm girl who is believed to bring good luck to whoever possesses her, so long as she remains a virgin. The term has now become integral to sports and sporting events. What term?

Mascot

24Ronald ___________ is the name of the mascot of this company. The company uses only one actor at a time to play the character in national television commercials. Following is a list of such primary Ronald actors:• Willard Scott (Washington, D.C. 1963–1965)• Bev Bergeron (Southern California, 1966–1968)• George Voorhis (Southern California, 1968–1988)• Ray Rayner (1968–1969)• King Moody (1975–1984)• Squire Fridell (1984–1991)• Jack Doepke (1990–1995)• Joe Maggard (1995–2007)• Brad Lennon (2007–present)

Mcdonald

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25• André and his brother Édouard published the first edition of a

guide for French motorists. At the time there were fewer than 3,000 cars in France, and the guide was intended to boost the demand for cars, and thus for their product. For the first edition of the Guide the brothers had nearly 35,000 copies printed. It was given away free of charge, and contained useful information for motorists, including maps, instructions for repairing and changing tires, and lists of car mechanics, hotels and petrol stations. After a particular section of the guide became famous they started awarding something which is coveted till date. Name the company.

Michelin Star

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