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April 29, 2012

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While returning from a funeral eight days before his 57th birthday,X pulled into a rest stop on Interstate 95 to take a nap. DanielGreen and Larry Martin Demery spotted the car, a silver LexusSC400 coupe that Y had recently purchased for him, and shot X todeath while he slept in his car and proceeded to steal the vehicle.His body was found on August 3 in a swamp in Bennettsville,South Carolina, and was not positively identified until August 13.Green and Demery made several calls from X cell phone and as aresult were immediately captured. They had taken other itemsfrom the car including two championship rings given to X, Sr. byhis son. Demery was wearing a Y T-shirt at the time of his arrest.Demery claims that they had planned only to tie up their victimand that Green pulled the trigger for no reason. Both wereconvicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for this and otherviolent crimes. What did the above event eventually led to in thehistory of Sports ?

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Michael Jordan’s first retirement !

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2

In which city do you find these stars ?

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Answer

Birmingham Walk of Stars

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3

Identify this Camera shot , popularized by Tarantino . Give me theexact name

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Answer

Trunk Shot

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4

X is a protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinumand is the most powerful neurotoxin yet discovered.X can causebotulism, a serious and life-threatening illness in humans andanimals.Popularly known by one of its trade names, Y, it is usedfor various cosmetic and medical procedures. Give me Y .

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Botox

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5

Identify the “real thing” or Put Funda :-p

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Answer

The Bridge On The River Kwai

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6

When the movie X was being adapted from the book, DePodestadid not approve of the way that his character was being portrayed.The role was previously going to be given DePodesta’s name andto be played by Demetri Martin, but DePodesta did not want hisname or likeness to be used in the movie; instead the character ofY was created as a composite of Beane’s deputies in Z, as thecharacter is not an accurate representation of any specific real-lifeperson. Give me X and Y.

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X - Moneyball , Y - Peter Brand

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7

In 1949, a young entrepreneur opened a small toy balloonmanufacturing unit in a shed at Tiruvottiyur, Madras . Althoughthe factory was just a small shed without any machines, a varietyof products, ranging from balloons and squeaking toys to industrialgloves and contraceptives, were produced. Which multi- billiondollar company had such a humble beginning?

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MRF/Madras Rubber Factory

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8

Identify the below person and which famous book did he write ?

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Brigadier John Parashuram Dalvi & Himalayan Blunder

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9

Identify the animal from it’s skeleton shown below .(Clue: Bali Tiger)

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Dwarf Elephant

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10

In which famous ancient kannada literary work do we find thebelow stanza

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Kavirajamarga by Amogavarsha I , ’Nripatunga’

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11

State Stigler’s law of eponymy !Examples :Arabic numerals, Gaussian distribution, Halley’s comet ,Matthew effect, Snell’s law ,Wheatstone bridge.

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“No scientific discovery is named after its originaldiscoverer.”

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12

How are these below pictures related to the field of Music ?

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We all came out to Montreux

On the Lake Geneva shoreline

To make records with a mobile

We didn’t have much time

Frank Zappa and the Mothers

Were at the best place around

But some stupid with a flare gun

Burned the place to the ground

Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

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13

Identify the guy on the left in the below pic from the popular 1980satirical comedy movie Airplane.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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14

The below shown senator Lamar S. Smith is a very unpopular manthroughout the world . What is his “rise to fame” ?

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The below shown Stone/Rock enjoys celebrity status in Karnataka! Tell me why ?

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Answer

Halmidi Inscription ,the oldest known Kannada languageinscription in Kannada script.

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