sorry guys could'nt contribute during holidays due to various reasons. here is a little quiz on cartoon characters to keep u busy. just guess the name of the character from the picture>>>>>> 1.>

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Q.1) Its a quadricycle made of wooden planks and old jeep parts, variously known as kuddukka and pietered & is a common sight on the pot-holed roads beyond Ghaziabad and near Meerut. The vehicles, or kuddukkas, as they are known locally, are manufactured in small workshops in areas around Ludhiana in Punjab. What are they called?

Q.2) Where would you find the plaque :
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Q.3) This word derives its name from the plural word for 'student' in Pashto, since it was started by a bunch of students. What?

Q.4) Who is this famous actor?













Q.5) The term X originally derived from a Greek word, meaning a "completely burnt" sacrificial offering to a god. Since the late 19th century, it has been used primarily to refer to disasters or catastrophes. What is X?

Q.6) This famous object designed by Mrs. Savitri Khanolkar, is made of bronze (because bronze reflects the colour of motherland). It is circular in shape and s a radius of 1 and3/8 inches. The object has on it the Ashoka's lion, which is surrounded by 4 replicas of Indra's weapon "Vajra". This symbolizes Rishi Dadhici who donated his thigh bone for the formation of Vajra for defeating Asuras.
What object is being talked about?

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Q.8)In a review by Xavier Morales, titled "Beauty and violence", of X, he calls the film "a groundbreaking aestheticization of violence." Which movie?





Q.9)What do the countries in color represent?
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Q.10) Where would you find the maillot jaune, maillot vert, maillot a pois rouges, maillot blaanc, and prix de combativite?

1) He was awarded the nobel prize in physics for his work in Electro weak- Theory which provides the mathematical basis for interactions between Electromagnetic and weak interactions, the latest stage in the effort to provide a unified description of the four fundamental forces of nature.The validity of the theory was ascertained through experiments carried out at the Super Proton Synchrotron facility at CERN, particularly, through the discovery of the W and Z bosons.He was also the founder and director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) ,Trieste,Italy. Who? Hint: He was the first and till now, the only, Nobel laureate from his country.

2) Latin American or 'Laevo American' politics .Who is the founder of the Communist Party of Mexico?
3) Legend has it that a 17th century captain named Bernard Fokke is the model for the captain of the _________. Fokke was renowned for the uncanny speed of his trips from to Java and was suspected of being in league with the devil to achieve this speed..Another version says that the inspiraition behind ________ is Captain Hendrik van der Decken.He was a staunch seaman, and would have his own way in spite of the devil. For all that, never a sailor under him had reason to complain; though how it is on board with them nobody knows. What is being described here?
4) __________ was a cousin of the twenty-second Jain Tirthankara, Neminatha. His story is also mentioned in the Jataka tales in Bddhism in the Ghatapandita Jataka, as a prince and legendary conqueror and king of India.Bahá'ís believe that he was a "divine manifestation" or "one in a line of prophets who have revealed the Word of God progressively for a gradually maturing humanity". A certain sect of the Islam believes that he was a prophet of the god. He was canonized by Aleister Crowley and is recognized as a saint in the Gnostic Mass of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica. Who ?
5) What was preserved by Thomas Stolz Harvey until 1978 when it was discovered being stored in a mason jar within a cider box for over 20 years?
6) Who owns the designer clothing range "Aneres"?
7) In Late Greek, this word referred to the first sheet of a papyrus roll bearing the date of its manufacture. in some instances, it consisted of a flyleaf that was glued to the outside of a manuscript's case and provided a description of its contents. this gave us a word in english which in its original English sense (dating from the 16th century) referred to a record of a document or transaction. in the late 19th century, it began to be used in reference to the etiquette observed by the Head of State of France in ceremonies and relations with other dignitaries. what word?
8) This ‘article’ appeared in the Jan 10, 1929 issue of Le Petit Vingtieme, in the children’s supplement :"At Le Petit Vingtième we are always eager to satisfy our readers and keep them up to date on foreign affairs. We have therefore sent ______ one of our top reporters, to Soviet Russia. Each week we shall be bringing you news of his many adventures.’ , Footnote: ‘N.B. The editor of Le Petit Vingtième guarantees that all photographs are strictly authentic, taken by _____ himself, aided by his faithful ...."

Q.1) Who is the person missing in this group? (all da pics)

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Q.2) X is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe (lead vocals), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Bill Berry (drums and percussion). After considering names like "Twisted Kites", "Cans of Piss", and "Negro Wives", the band settled on X , which Stipe selected at random from a dictionary.

X became one of the most popular alternative rock bands, and gained early attention due to its first single, "Radio Free Europe". "Losing My Religion" was X's highest-charting single in the US and eventually in 2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The band has been actively involved in social awareness programs and famously helped raise awareness of Aung San Suu Kyi and human rights violations in Burma, when they worked with the Freedom Campaign and the US Campaign for Burma.

The name 'X' also means the roentgen equivalent in man which is a unit of radiation dose. It is the product of the absorbed dose in röntgens (R) and the biological efficiency of the radiation.

Q.3) This organization was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971 to oppose the United States testing nuclear devices in Alaska. The focus of the organization later turned to other issues: whaling, bottom trawling, global warming, old growth and nuclear power. Name this organization.

Q.4) Born in Germany, X is often renowned as 'the prince of mathematicians". A story goes that in primary school, X's teacher, J.G. Büttner, tried to occupy pupils by making them add a list of integers. The young X reputedly produced the correct answer within seconds, to the astonishment of his teacher. In his later life, he managed to predict the trajectory of the asteroid Ceres with very high accuracy and when he was asked how he did it, he replied, "I used logarithms." The questioner then wanted to know how he had been able to look up so many numbers from the tables so quickly. "Look them up?" X responded. "Who needs to look them up? I just calculate them in my head!"
Name X.

Q.5) This is one of those wonderful stories of innovation and its practical use.
The first innovation came when the Houston Baseball Stadium (whr the Houston team plays its home matches) was converted into an indoor stadium by constructing a huge dome of glass over it. Although this move elated the spectators, the baseball players complained that they couldn't spot the ball clearly due to the glare from the glass dome above.
In order to solve this problem, they decided to paint the galss dome gray. Now this resulted in an entirely new problem. The problem became so bad that the stadium no longer looked suitable for play.
They finally got the solution with a product that was co-invented in 1965 by James M. Faria and Robert T. Wright. The product(patent) was called something else but after its use in Houston its name changed to the more popular one we recognize today. What?

Q.6) This company named after its most famous product whose name when translated into English means "play well", had a very humble beginning in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund, Denmark. Christiansen began creating wooden toys in 1932 and the company began calling itself _________ two years later in 1934. The company expanded to producing plastic toys in 1940. However it was in 1947 that the company marketted its most famous product which was manufactured from cellulose acetate.
Incidentally, Fortune 500 named this toy as the toy of the century. What is being referred to?

Q.7) This company has the photograph of the Matterhorn mountain as it's logo. The logo also incorporates a 'hidden bear' which is the Swiss symbol for Bern, signifying the place of origin of this company by Theodor ______ and Emil Baumann in 1908. Identify.

Q.8)In 1900, seven brothers migrated from Italy to the USA and started an aircraft manufacturing company with their family name. This business was operational till 1976 although the products changed. In 1968, one of the brothers Candido, invented and started marketing their most famous creation till date. 'Water that moves you' is their base line. Identify the family/product.

Q.9)The origins of this term trace back to the early days of radio broadcasts when programmes were broadcast at time slots when housewives were available to listen. P&G, Colgate-Palmolive and Lever Brothers have contributed significantly to the origin of this popular term. Identify.

Q.10)This word debuted in the English language in the late 19th century. It means 'journey' in Swahili. And is originally from the Arabic word for travel and is widely used in tourism, fashion and is also a cinema genre. Identify.

1) Masherbrum, ______, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I.What is the missing entry ?
2) Which West African country existed for three years from 1967 and1970 between declaring its independence and being re-absorbed by Nigeria?
3) When Guru Nanak was 12 years old his father gave him twenty rupees and asked him to start a business. Guru Nanak bought food with all the money and gave it to the saints and poor. He then told his father that he had done “true business”. What is believed to have been inspired from this incident?
4) What structure did a General named Mirbaqui build and name after his master?
5) He was introduced to Sri Chinmoy by John Mclaughlin, the guitarist of "The Mahavishnu Orchestra". The Guru gave him a name meaning "The lamp and eye of God". Who is this famous personality?
6) The story goes that Ferrucio _____________ went to Enzo Ferrari to complain about the quality of the Ferrari 250 GT, he owned. Enzo Ferrari reportedly asked him to drive a tractor since he couldnt drive the car properly. The irritated man went on to start a company which became a competitor for Ferrari in certain fields. Fill up the blank
7) During the Second World War, Flying Officer Lloyd Trigg was responsible for the sinking of the German U-boat U-468. For his valor, he was later awarded the Victoria Cross. The awarding of the Victoria Cross to Trigg is unique in the history of the Victoria Cross. Why?
8) In 2002, the Hollywood Walk of Fame broke tradition by awarding him a star. His star is displayed on a wall of the Kodak Theater, due to his request that he did not want to be walked on. Who?

Q.1)X was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. The company comes from X Creek, which ran behind the house of one of the company's founders. X is now one of the leading companies in its field.

The word X also means "mud brick" in Egyptian which later on came to use in Spanish and English. What is X ?

Q.2)This short poem of only 111 stanzas recounts how the attendant of Kubera (the God of Wealth) after being exiled for a year to central India for some unknown transgression, convinces a passing cloud to take a message to his wife on Mount Kailasa in the Himalaya mountains. The attendent accomplishes this by describing the many beautiful sights the cloud will see on its northward course to the city of Alaka, where his wife awaits his return. Name the poem and the poet.

Q.3) Who is the next in the sequence :
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This book has only been produced in a limited edition of seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by the author. The books were bound with brown Moroccan leather, and decorated with hand-chased silver ornaments and mounted semi-precious stones by Hamilton & Inches Ltd. in Edinburgh. Infact, each of the seven copies were decorated with different stones, six of them being dedicated to six people who influenced the life of the author. The seventh book, the moonstone edition, was offered for auction and it was sold for £1.95 million ($3.98 million) by Amazon, making the selling price the highest achieved at auction for a modern literary manuscript. The money earned at the auction of the book was donated to The Children's Voice charity campaign.

The book consists of several stories and one of the stories is said to have been inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Pardoner's Tale from The Canterbury Tales.

Name this extemely popular book and the author.

Q.5) This Padma Vibhushan awardee holds a 20% stake in the English second division Football Club Queens's Park Rangers joining the likes of Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore. He was also recently inducted into the Goldman Sachs group as an independent director in the board of directors. Who is he?

Q.6) Identify this (yet to be released) movie.

Q.7) This was the country's previous flag. Name the country.

1) While studying in a renowned Institution, 'X' qualified to try for a transfer scholarship at Cal Tech, widely considered the world's most competitive scholarship. The transfer scholarship is rarely won, One among the toughest exam u can ever attend. 'X' was the only applicant in the entire world dat year to get a passing score above 60. The next highest score was 20 points below.Launched ‘Y’ in 90’s, in the first hour, it had 100 subscribers. By mid-1998, the company Picked subscribers at the rate of 1.25 lakh a day! In just over two years, the company's user base was faster than any media company in history. Faster than CNN, Faster than BBC. Identify ‘X’ & ‘Y’.

2) He had a photographic memory, with which he could read entire books within minutes.. He formed an amateur theatrical company and a gymnasium and took lessons in fencing, wrestling, and many other sports. It would be quite surprising for us to know that he was a chain smoker as well. Some of his works are regarded by many scholars as the greatest comprehensive works of its kind. So many places were associated with him including St Louis, Boston, New York, Los Angeles & even Kerala.

3) When Laxmi Merchant, the sister of the legendary Indian opening batsman Vijay Merchant, went to get X's autograph, he scanned through her book for a suitable page, eventually settling upon one containing the names of the 1933-34 MCC touring party. Captained by Douglas Jardine, the team included the Yorkshire slow left-armer Hedley Verity and the Essex all-rounder Stan Nichols. The party had 16 members. To their list of numbered signatures was now appended: “17. X”. id X

4) In 1941, the British Secret Service requested John Waddington Ltd to create silk maps which can be used by World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis. The maps were hidden inside something that was patented Charles Darrow .Other than maps, hidden inside these were compasses, real money and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by the International Red Cross. Which product, am I talking about?

5) "The Pet Goat" is a children's story contained in the book 'Reading Mastery II: Storybook 1', by Siegfried Engelmann and Elaine C. Bruner The story is of a girl's pet goat which eats everything in its path. The girl's parents want to get rid of the goat, but she defends it. In the end, the goat becomes a hero when it butts a car robber into submission. Why was this in news related to an incident that happened early this decade?

6) When the prisoner was asked to get ready for his execution, he is supposed to have told his jailor “Wait a while. A revolutionary is talking to another revolutionary." He was reading a book by/about Lenin and the jailor waited for him to put down his book. He was then taken to the gallows for his death. Which famous prisoner ?

7) On his death bed, the author asked his close friend Max Brod and lover Dora Dymant to destroy all the manuscripts of his un-published works. Dora dutifully obeyed his request, but Brod did not do so. Some of the most acclaimed works of the author were brought to light by Brod's decision. Identify the man who died from TB at the age of 40.

(HINT: Think of movie NO SMOKING)

8) The story, based on a play by Joseph David, centers around the fictional kingdom of Kumarpur. Dilbahar, one of the two wives of the King, tries to seduce Adil, the minister of the court. When Adil refuses her approach, she imprisons him and exiles his daughter who gets raised by nomads. The nomads finally invade the kingdom, release Adil and expose the schemes of Dilbahar. Adil's daughter gets married to the Prince of the Kingdom. Which famous movie ?

9) identify the person: