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24th Jan 2011
Clue 1• She holds both a Masters' of Science Degree in Zoology, and
a Ph.D. in Cardiac Anatomy from the University of Coloradoat Denver.
• She was nominated to head the Indian Council of CulturalAffairs. She also presided over the womenparliamentarians' group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in1993 and became founder president of theparliamentarians' forum for human development the sameyear. She was also elected President of Inter-ParliamentaryUnion, a post which she held from 16 October 1999 to 27September 2002. X was nominated by the United NationsDevelopment Programme as its human developmentambassador. X led a delegation to the UN Commission onStatus of Women in 1997.
Clue 2
• She was a staunch INC member and rose fastin the ranks- was the General Secretary ofCongress during 1986 with the additionalresponsibility of youth activities of the AllIndia Congress Committee and the NSUI.
• She is the grand-niece of Maulana Abul KalamAzad,
Clue 3
• In 2004 she quit INC and now is vice presidentof BJP an Indian politician and was a RajyaSabha member from Rajasthan from July 2004to July 2010.
• She lost to Hamid Ansari in the 13th Vice-Presidential Elections held in August 2007 by233 votes.
And the answer is
NAJMA HEPTHULLAH
• How will you connect a Charles Dickens character to a British rock band?
And the answer is
URIAH HEEP
Types of what
• alpine coil • artillery loop• corned beef • cow hitch • double figure eight bend • eskimo bowline • handcuff • monkey's fist • surgeon's loop • twined turk's head • Sheepshank
And the answer is
KNOTS
• _______is a Japanese Buddhist term forenlightenment that literally means"understanding". In the Zen Buddhist tradition,____refers to a flash of sudden awareness, orindividual enlightenment, and is considered a"first step" or embarkation toward nirvana.
• An english equivalent would be epiphany
And the answer is
SATORI
Clue 1
• this was created by Shubham Choudhury andHemantkumar Jain in 2004, then students at NITIE,Mumbai.
• It was initially created to serve as a mascot toMastishK' 04, an online contest - a part of Prerana, theinter-collegiate youth festival of the institute.
• In the subsequent years, competitions were heldamong the students of various B-schools, to identifygood ideas for it
Clue 2
• XY was awarded with the Manthan Award fordemonstrating how ICT could be used as aneffective marketing tool
Clue 3
• Y is a common Indian surname while the word "X" refers to the arbitrary ways of the
• protagonist.
And the answer is
ARBIT CHOUDHURY
• X is the Spanish and Catalan word for a turtle or tortoise.
• tHIS CAN alternately refer to:
• a novel by Rudolfo Anaya
• a place in Imperial County California, and also in haiti
• Dry Xs National Park, in the Florida Keys
• Ships in the United States Navy -USS X (LSD-46), commissioned in 1990 and on active service as of 2008
And the answer is
TORTUGA
• Literal meaning of what is 'to shy away from a definite commitment or from taking a firmstand'
• It can also refer to:British recording act;A Warner Bros. cartoon character; a film by the same name and also to the recipe below:
• 1 cl (0.33 oz) Grenadine Syrup
• 4 cl (1.35 oz) Pineapple juice
• 4 cl (1.35 oz) Orange juice
• 4 cl (1.35 oz) Grapefruit juice
• Shake or blend briefly, strain into a long drink glass. Garnish with fresh fruit, cherry, and a drinking straw
And the answer is
PUSSY FOOT
Who with what?
• Additional trivia:• He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia
(AO) in the Australia Day honours in 2002.
• In November 2008, Qantas named one of their Airbus A380s after him
• He was buried in a casket bearing the label “____ ____Inventor; Do Not Open".
And the answer is
David Warren with Black Box
And the answer is
Eddie Van Halen's rock-out guitar-support
• this was established in 1910 by Pattani Prime Minister of the erstwhile state of Bhavnagar
• The company derives its name from Vaidhya_____Bhattji
• He was a renowned Vaidhya not only of Gujarat but India in late 19th century & early 20th century
And the answer is
ZANDU
And the answer is
GRATEFUL DEAD