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Sunday, December 25, 2011

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Connect this lady tennis player to the man. What is her famous incredible feat?

The interesting case of Renee Richards, born a boy, Richard Raskind and won a legal battle against Tennis Authority in USA to be allowed to play in women's tennis, after undergoing gender change surgery, thus becoming he first and probably, only person to play in both men and women tennis at US open. The two photographs are of the same person.

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This device, developed by Thomas Drummond in 1820s, is outdated now, but the popular term associated with it is still used. Which term?

Calcium oxide is quicklim and this device was used to focus a narrow beam of light on a person performing on theater. The beam was called Limelight, a term used widely in literature in various senses.

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Being X’s former employee, Henry Ford was especially fond of X, and when X was on deathbed, he demanded X's son to catch his final breath in a test tube. The test tube can still be found today in Henry Ford Museum.

Thomas Alva Edison

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Which very popular Nursery rhyme is supposed to be associated with the 1665 Great Plague of England and gives hidden details of the symptoms and eventual death from the disease?

Ring-o-Ring-o-Roses.

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Identify the person and the town named after him.

Mahakavi Vallathol Narayan Menon.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

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What is special about these chocolates?


Chocolates made by Camel milk.

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Logo of?

Wikimedia Commons.

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Which former RBI governor and later union Finance minister, resigned from his cabinet post to protest against the inclusion of Bombay in state of Gujarat, instead of the Marathi majority Maharashtra?

C. D. Deshmukh

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Started in 1855
Renamed to its present name in 1861
Reduced its product price from four annas to one anna in 1915 due to drastic dynamics in the industry
Changed its logo from the Lion and Unicorn logo of Imperial Britain to its present logo. What?

Times of India, Bennet Coleman company.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

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Cine Blitz is the largest selling fortnightly Hindi film and gossip magazine. Its tounge-in-cheek tagline is an indirect reference to which celebrity?

The tagline says: C to Z of Bollywood - because everyone talks about AB - Amitabh Bachhan.

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Among the many nicknames used for US president George W. Bush, one is 43. Why?

To distinguish him from George H. W. Bush, the senior, his father. George bush was the 43rd President.

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This organization's main objective is empowerment of women by providing them employment opportunities. Started in 1959 with a seed capital of Rs. 80, by 7 semi-literate Gujarati housewives, it has an annual turnover of around Rs. 650 crore. It uses an Indianized Bunny rabbit as its mascot What?

Shri Mahila Gruh Udyog Limited.

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Who are these people and why the commotion?

This is the Indian army at the end of Liberation of Goa 'Operation Vijay'