Q1
Complete the sequence (list not exhaustive): The Whistleblowers, The American Soldier, George W. Bush, The Good Samaritans, You, __________.
Q2
He was an American newspaper magnate and leading newspaper publisher. He was engaged in a bitter circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World which led to the creation of "yellow journalism"--sensationalized stories of dubious veracity. He exercised enormous political influence, most notably in creating public frenzy which pushed the U.S. into war with Spain in 1898. His life story was a source of inspiration for the lead character in Orson Welles' classic film, Citizen Kane. Who?
Q3
He is an entrepreneur and a life peer. He is best known as the founder and chief executive of Cobra Beer. Born in Hyderabad, India, He received the CBE in 2004 for services to business. In 2005, he became Chancellor of Thames Valley University — the United Kingdom's youngest university chancellor at the time. In 2006, he was chosen as a cross-bench life peer with the title Baron of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea by the House of Lords Appointments Commission, becoming the first-ever Parsi in the House of Lords. In 2008 he was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the president of India. Identify the person.
Q4
If the official line separating India and China is called the McMahon Line, what is the line separating India and Pakistan called? (Not LOC)
Q5
X recently participated as a panel speaker at the launch of a new book "Y at 100" in Mumbai, India, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Y's birth. X revealed that Y has had an influential role in his life, and that after Shakespeare, he considers Y's works to be his favorite. He particularly enjoyed the romanticism of one of HER books; at the event, he orally interpreted one of the dramatic scenes from the novel.
Identify X and Y.
Q6
The _______ are a series of geoglyphs located in the ______ Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches more than 80 km (50 miles) between the towns of ______ and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. They are believed to have been created by the Nazca culture between 200 BC and AD 700. There are hundreds of individual figures, ranging in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, llamas and lizards. The largest are over 200m across. What?
Q7
X told Y: 'Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?'. Y joined X at his company, but unfortunately for X, Y was the reason X was ousted from his own company. Identify X and Y.
Q8
It is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.[1] A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa. It is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction. Identify the monument.
Q9
Gandhiji developed the practice of Satyagraha, but it's roots lie in the ideas of a man for which Gandhiji himself has said the following: (He) was a great writer, philosopher, poet, and withal a most practical man, that is, he taught nothing he was not prepared to practice in himself. He was one of the greatest and most moral men America has produced. At the time of the abolition of slavery movement, he wrote his famous essay. He went to gaol for the sake of his principles and suffering humanity. His essay has, therefore, been sanctified by suffering. Moreover, it is written for all time. Its incisive logic is unanswerable. Who?
Q10
This guy's uncle was said to be the great-great-great-grandfather of Cherie Blair. Who? (Hint: Our American Cousin, National Treasure 2, Ford, 16, Good Friday)
Q11
Identify the logo.(Hint: Now, Google using Google)
Complete the sequence (list not exhaustive): The Whistleblowers, The American Soldier, George W. Bush, The Good Samaritans, You, __________.
Q2
He was an American newspaper magnate and leading newspaper publisher. He was engaged in a bitter circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World which led to the creation of "yellow journalism"--sensationalized stories of dubious veracity. He exercised enormous political influence, most notably in creating public frenzy which pushed the U.S. into war with Spain in 1898. His life story was a source of inspiration for the lead character in Orson Welles' classic film, Citizen Kane. Who?
Q3
He is an entrepreneur and a life peer. He is best known as the founder and chief executive of Cobra Beer. Born in Hyderabad, India, He received the CBE in 2004 for services to business. In 2005, he became Chancellor of Thames Valley University — the United Kingdom's youngest university chancellor at the time. In 2006, he was chosen as a cross-bench life peer with the title Baron of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea by the House of Lords Appointments Commission, becoming the first-ever Parsi in the House of Lords. In 2008 he was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the president of India. Identify the person.
Q4
If the official line separating India and China is called the McMahon Line, what is the line separating India and Pakistan called? (Not LOC)
Q5
X recently participated as a panel speaker at the launch of a new book "Y at 100" in Mumbai, India, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Y's birth. X revealed that Y has had an influential role in his life, and that after Shakespeare, he considers Y's works to be his favorite. He particularly enjoyed the romanticism of one of HER books; at the event, he orally interpreted one of the dramatic scenes from the novel.
Identify X and Y.
Q6
The _______ are a series of geoglyphs located in the ______ Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches more than 80 km (50 miles) between the towns of ______ and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. They are believed to have been created by the Nazca culture between 200 BC and AD 700. There are hundreds of individual figures, ranging in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, llamas and lizards. The largest are over 200m across. What?
Q7
X told Y: 'Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?'. Y joined X at his company, but unfortunately for X, Y was the reason X was ousted from his own company. Identify X and Y.
Q8
It is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.[1] A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa. It is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction. Identify the monument.
Q9
Gandhiji developed the practice of Satyagraha, but it's roots lie in the ideas of a man for which Gandhiji himself has said the following: (He) was a great writer, philosopher, poet, and withal a most practical man, that is, he taught nothing he was not prepared to practice in himself. He was one of the greatest and most moral men America has produced. At the time of the abolition of slavery movement, he wrote his famous essay. He went to gaol for the sake of his principles and suffering humanity. His essay has, therefore, been sanctified by suffering. Moreover, it is written for all time. Its incisive logic is unanswerable. Who?
Q10
This guy's uncle was said to be the great-great-great-grandfather of Cherie Blair. Who? (Hint: Our American Cousin, National Treasure 2, Ford, 16, Good Friday)
Q11
Identify the logo.(Hint: Now, Google using Google)
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