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What is the name of this building?

And the answer is…

One World Trade Center (1WTC)

#2 Which country’s national flag is this? It is the only country in the world to feature such a modern rifle (the AK-47) on its national flag.

Mozambique

#3X was a member of a group of

provincial English Catholics who planned the Gunpowder

Plot of 1605 which was a failed assassination attempt against

King James I of England.

A mask resembling X’s face became popular on several

internet forums and has become a well-known symbol for the online hacktivist group

Anonymous.

Give us X’s name.

Guy Fawkes

Ben Affleck

#5In January 2002, after several years of

searching, a team from National Geographic Television and Film

finally located this woman and met her in a village in Afghanistan.

The 30 year old woman named Sharbat Gula lived an ordinary life in a remote region near the mountains

of Tora Bora.

In recognition of her, National Geographic set up the Afghan Girls Fund, a charitable organization with the goal of educating Afghan girls

and young women.

In what other way is this woman known to the rest of the world?

The Afghan Girl

________ is an economic phenomenon which struck

Germany between the years 1921 and 1923.

We can see in the picture that the woman is burning banknotes because back then it was much cheaper

than buying firewood.

What is this phenomenon called?

Hyperinflation

#7The title of a best selling book comes from a line in

the translated version of the poem titled ‘Kabul’ written by a 17th century Iranian poet called Saib

Tabrizi. The lines are as follows:

"Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eyeThrough the bazaars, caravans of Egypt pass

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs

And _____________ that hide behind her walls“

Identify the book.

In a village called Ytterby, the rare earth mineral Yttria was discovered and was hence named after the village itself. This crude mineral eventually proved to be the source of four new elements that were in turn named after the mineral ore and the village. These elements

are Yttrium (Y), Erbium (Er), Terbium (Tb) and Ytterbium (Yb).

In which country is this village situated?

Sweden

Find the connect between these two images.

The two most prestigious awards in Mathematics.

Fields Medal & Abel Prize.

(*) #10There are currently 9 Kilo-class diesel electric submarines that are

in active service with the Indian Navy. X is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘river’ or ‘ocean’ which when prefixed with the following

nine words would yield the names of all the nine submarines. Identify X.

______ghosh ______dhvaj

______raj______ vir

______ratna______kesari______kriti______vijay

______shashtra

‘Sindhu’INS Sindhughosh INS Sindhudhvaj

INS SindhurajINS Sindhuvir

INS SindhuratnaINS SindhukesariINS SindhukritiINS Sindhuvijay

INS Sindhushashtra

(*) #11This painting, titled ‘Sunset At Montmajour’ was recently unveiled by a museum in Amsterdam and was declared as

an original work of art of a very popular artist X.

It was painted by X in 1888, purchased by a Norwegian industrialist in 1908, had its authenticity questioned and

ever since it remained stored in the buyer’s attic until now.

Scientific analysis shows that the pigments and canvas correspond with those often used by X and the style and

brushwork is typical of X’s art.

Who is the artist behind this painting?

Vincent Van Gough

(*) #12This rarely seen creature is

the first carnivorous American mammal to be discovered in 35 years.

After researchers spent several years studying its

DNA & conducting tests, its discovery was announced

earlier this year by the Smithsonian National

Museum of Natural History.

What is this little fellow called?

Olinguito

(*) #13

These two images of a very prominent

building represent a historic transition.

Tell us what the transition was.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The letters ‘CCPP’ from the Moscow Kremlin were removed and replaced with the Phoenix

Coat of Arms.

(*) #14The film Rasputin and the Empress released in 1932 which inaccurately portrayed Princess Irina and her husband Prince Felix of Russia. The two royalties then sued the producers of

the film, MGM, stating that they had been defamed.

Irina and Felix won the lawsuit and were awarded over $127,373 in damages and an additional $1 million in an out-

of-court settlement with MGM.

Prompted by the outcome of this case many studios began to incorporate something in their films in order to try to protect

themselves from similar court action.

The ‘All characters are fictional…’ disclaimer

This is the portrait of which famous 19th century Scottish

novelist?

Robert Louise Stevenson

#16This desert is the world’s largest sand desert covering

almost 650,000 square kilometers and spanning across Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE and Yemen.

The city of Ubar, popularly known as the ‘Atlantis of the Sands’, was a city that supposedly existed in this

desert around 1400 years ago. Legend has it that when the people of the city defied their God, they were cursed with a sand storm that drove the city

deep into the sands. It is said that the ruins of Ubar still lie buried within the sands of this desert.

Which desert are we talking about?

The Rub’ al Khali a.k.a The Empty Quarter

#17Sir Ian McKellen has signed on to

play the lead role in an upcoming film which will be an adaptation of the book ‘A Slight

Trick of the Mind’ written by Mitch Cullin.

The story, which is set in 1947, finds the lead character living in retirement, grappling with

weakening powers of his mind and being haunted by an

unsolved mystery from half a century before.

Which character will he be portraying?

Sherlock Holmes

#18The word ‘hooah’ is a military slang used by the soldiers

and the airmen of U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force.

Thanks to the American pop culture for their excessively incorrect usage of this word in films and T.V shows,

many actual soldiers find its use to be annoying. In the Canadian armed forces, users of this word are perceived to be unpatriotic and to be not taking their jobs seriously.

The word is said to have originated from the abbreviation HUA.

So, what does HUA stand for?

Heard Understood Acknowledged

#19First discovered in Canada

in 1811, this apple is known for having a vivid red colour brushed with bright green. It is also

known for having a very juicy and tender flesh along with a strong

sweet tart like flavor.

Dubbed the most popular of all the apples in the USA, The State of New

York produces the largest number of these apples

every year.

What is this apple called?

McIntosh Apple Or

McIntosh Red

This dance form originated during the 1980s in the suburbs of New York City, USA. Originally called

‘albee’ after the person who introduced it, this dance is based on an Ethiopian dance form called Esksita.

Since its beginnings it has spread to other urban localities and has become very much popular.

What is this dance form now popularly known as?

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Harlem Shake

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