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A Word of ThanksTo Agon 2016 Organizing Committee for giving me this wonderful opportunityShreshth Shah and Saswata (Bonnie) Chakrabarty for suggesting some of the questions

Prelims25 question Prelims1 and multiples of five are starredTop 8 teams qualifyPoints obtained in prelims are multiplied by 3 and carried over to the finals

Question 1*Saint X of Lisieux (January 2, 1873 September 30, 1897), was a Roman Catholic French Carmelite nun widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known as "The Little Flower of Jesus" or simply "The Little Flower".She has been a highly influential model of sanctity because of the "simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life". Together with Saint Francis of Assisi, she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church. Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times". She is also the patron saint of missionaries.Give me X .

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Answer 1ST Therese, after whom Mother Theresa chose to name herself when she took her religious vows as a nun.

Question 2Which sportsperson has launched a sportswear brand called A-Z . According to him, its for people who are fighters like him. The name signifies that everyone can start from scratch (A) and become like him (Z)

Answer 2

Question 3This country was originally named by Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado as "Provincia De Nuestro Seor Jesus Cristo, ___ ___ Del Mundo" ("Province of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World"), which was subsequently abbreviated to ___ ____. FITB.

Answer 3El Salvador

Question 4The word originates from horse-racing in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. At a time when there was no guaranteed prize money for horses finishing second or third, there was no incentive to run a horse in a race it could not win. So the winning horse just had to _____ the course. The eighteenth century champion racehorse Eclipse was so dominant over his contemporaries that he was allowed to ____ on nine occasions, and the 1828 Epsom Derby winner Cadland was allowed to ______ on at least six occasions.The good word please.

Answer 4Walkover

Question 5*A Spanish version of an all time hit song by Gypsy Kings. Which song?

Answer 5

Question 6X is a school of Mahayana Buddhism which emphasizes rigorous self-control, meditation, insight into Buddha-nature, and the personal expression of this insight in daily life, especially for the benefit of others. It originated in China during the Tang dynasty . The name comes from the Sanskrit word Dhyan which gave rise to the middle Chinese word Chan and which was ultimately transformed n Japan to X, all of which roughly mean a meditative state. Give me X.

Answer 6Zen Buddhism

Question 7Which author dedicated his 1926 best seller to his daughter thus in his inimitable and unmistakeable style To my daughter Leonora, without whose never-failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been finished in half the time.?

Answer 7

Question 8The X is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the province of Ontario in Canada (on the west) and the state of New York in the United States (on the east). The river, which is occasionally described as a strait, is about 58 kilometres long. Its most well-known feature can be divided into three parts and has moved approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) upstream in the last few thousand years due to a high rate of erosion. Identify X ,a name we all know.

Answer 8

Question 9CZ Initiative is a limited liability company founded by X and Y with an investment of "up to $1 billion in shares in each of the next three years". Its creation was announced on 1 December 2015, for the birth of X and Ys daughter.The aim of the Initiative is to "advance human potential and promote equality in areas such as health, education, scientific research and energy"Rather than a charitable trust it promotes itself as a for profit company which will use its gains for the good of humanity. Give me X and Y.

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Answer 9

Question 10*This is a 2011 Tamil film. Who has reprised the lead role ,played here by Arulnidhi, in the official hindi remake of this movie?

Answer 10

Question 11Which Sobriquet originated from this sentence in the mid 19th century report in The Times,London?(edited and keyword blanked out)When silence and darkness have settled down upon those miles of prostrate sick, she may be observed alone, with a little ____ in her hand, making her solitary rounds.

Answer 11Lady with the Lamp

Question 12Seen in this satellite picture is an orange line, which looks like this as it is lit by over 100,000 floodlights. What is this line?

Answer 12Radcliffe Line.

Question 13A semi-retired wrestler, a former federal prison, a British Overseas Territory, and a sports arena in Newark, New Jersey(Home of the New Jersey Devils in the NHL) all share what nickname?

Answer 13 The Rocka. Dwayne Johnsonb. The Alkatrazc. Gibralter nicknamed the Rockd. The Prudencial Center nicknamed rock

Question 14 With a name derived from a Sanskrit word for "city," this final capital of a certain Empire was destroyed by invaders from the Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1431. Name this city, whose ruins are visited by over two million tourists each year?

Answer 14Angkor

Question 15*Identify the voice

Answer 15

Question 16X are an unorthodox school of roaming Sufi dervishes that originated in medieval al-Andalus as an answer to fundamentalist onslaught and quickly spread Central Asia, Pakistan and India. It is a title given to a saint who is at a very high level of spirituality. They are different from other saints and have very strong feelings of love for God's creation. It is claimed that all living things are given in their charge and command, every part of the universe may be at their disposal but these holy people are far above temptation, greed or lust.They have always spread the message of love and humanity, they are always in the state of ecstasy and their actions are with the will of God. Give me X.

Answer 16Qalandar

Question 17EATS," "Facts," "Partner," "Iris," "Racer," "Genius," and "Social" are among words that, when preceded by a certain prefix, refer to currently existing smartphone apps. What is that prefix, which is itself the name of a popular app (and likely the inspiration for all the others)?

Answer 17

Question 18A bakery owned by Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane,which was a congested neighbourhood surrounded by paper warehouses, near London Bridge in the City of London is widely believed to have been the origin of what in the second half of the 17th century?

Answer 18Great Fire of London

Question 19According to recently declassified documents, the US NAVY wanted to secretly explore the wrecks of two nuclear submarines ,the Thresher and the Scorpion, which sunk in 1963 and 68 respectively. As a cover for that , they funded robotic submersible technology for what supposed purpose?

Answer 19Search for the Titanic

Question 20*X (meaning "With the Good Bread") is a fast-casual bakery and caf chain headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1978, Louis Kane founded the first X in Boston. Since its inception, the chain has expanded throughout the United States. Additionally, there are numerous franchise locations internationally including in India.In 2015, X was ranked the healthiest United States chain restaurant by Grellin Grade.Identify X

Answer 20

Question 21The name X in Ancient Greece was the name for the planet Venus and is derived from the Greek words ,which roughly translates as light-bringer or light carrier. Due to one of its characteristics, the first chemical element to be discovered that was not known in some form in ancient times was named X. several alchemists discovered it in secret in the 17th Century before Robert Boyle revealed its existence in 1680. Name this element.

Answer 21Phosphorus

Question 22In a new trend in the Orthodox Jewish circles in USA, the Zumba fitness dance has been modified to reflect their cultural traditions. Woman-only Zumba dances are performed. Music and lyrics containing sexual references are replaced with non-explicit material.They call it the _____ Zumba. Fill in the blanks

Answer 22

Question 23Though now its name is inseparable from its appearance it was originally grey and only got its present look 202 years ago to hide damages to it by an act of arson as revenge for events in Toronto. It didnt officially get its present name until 1901.What am I talking about?

Answer 23

Question 24It is the most successful book ever to have come out of the famous Ursa Minor publishing corporation more popular that Life Begins at Five Hundred and Fifty ,better selling than The Big Bang Theory A Personal view by Eccectrica Gallumbits (the triple breasted whore) and more controversial than Oolon Colluphids latest blockbusting title Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Sex But Have Been Forced To Find Out.It contains much that is apocryphal or at least wildly inaccurate,but it scores over older and more pedestrian works in 2 respects. First, it is slightly cheaper, and secondly it has a reassuring phrase printed in large friendly letters on its cover.What am I talking about?

Answer 24

Question 25*When John Paul II became the pope in 1978, he became the first pope in four centuries who was not __________?Fill in the blanks.

Answer 25Italian.