Mitochondrial Fusion Vital for Adult Brain Function and Disease Understanding...
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2. "Hitler with his Brown Shirts, riding for a fall
Mussolini with his Black Shirts, back against
the wall
De Valera with his Green Shirts, caring not at
all,
Three cheers for “_________________”
Fill in the blank, the answer is a phrase.
3. In 1988, Warner Bros. bought the Summy
Company for $25 million. With this, They also
got the rights to something the company
owned, itself valued at $5 million. What along
with the Summy Company did they acquire?
4. What every year is held in the Spanish town of
Valencia in last Wednesday of the month of
August?
5. Who is a very well known author of the books:
Facing Up
Facing the Frozen Ocean
and The Mission Survival Series ?
8. X denotes "south" in Sanskrit. The ancient
Indian epics such as the Mahabharata,
mention X as a tribe whose members fought
on the side of both Pandavas and Kauravas.
However X today is a very famous (and recently
politically disturbed) region. ID X
10. This event is also one of the first instances of
its kind, witnessed during the modern times,
what is it ?
+1 For what is
it an example of
11. This man used to sell Meat to the US Army on a
tender basis.
His name is X Wilson.
I’m not disclosing X
else it’d make the
answer obvious.
The question is
behind which famous
figure did he inspire
In the modern days?
12. This airport is located in Tibet, named
Daocheng Yading. However on being built it
stripped a certain Indian Airport of its
record. Tell me the name of the Indian
Airport, and +1 for it’s record.
14. Earlier Kahargpur
Rail way station had
The record of the
world’s longest
platform.
Now this record is
held by
another Indian Station
itself.
It is given In the
picture.
Name the station.
15. This is the Dragon Stadium In Taiwan. What is
so unique about it?
17. X gathered an inexperienced crew, although both
his cameraman Subrata Mitra and art director
Bansi Chandragupta went on to achieve great
acclaim. The cast consisted of mostly amateur
actors. He started shooting in late 1952 with his
personal savings and hoped to raise more money
once he had some passages shot, but did not
succeed on his terms. As a result, X shot Y over
three years, an unusually long period, based on
when he or his production manager could raise
additional funds. He refused funding from
sources who wanted a change in script or
supervision over production. X and Y?
29. X went to Nizam of Hyderabad(then reputedly the
richest man in the world) asking for donation for Y.
Nizam was angry and took off his footwear and flung
it at X. X picked up the footwear and left silently. X
went directly to the market place and began to
auction the footwear. When Nizaam heard of this, he
became uneasy. He thought it would be an insult if
his footwear were to be bought by someone for a
pittance. So he sent one of his attendants with the
instruction, "Buy that footwear no matter whatever
the price be." Thus, X managed to sell the Nizam's
own footwear back to him, for a huge sum of money.
X used that money to build Y
Id X & Y
30. Which country was offered a permanent seat in
the United Nations Security Council on the
recommendations of the US, however it did
not become the sixth country with a
permanent seat in the UNSC because one it’s
leaders, refused it; which many allege is due
to his aims for the Noble Peace prize. Id the
country. Id the Leader
31. The World Trade Center in Bahrain is the
second tallest building in the Bahrain.
However it’s a first of a kind of some thing in
the world. What?
[Hint: Think Green!]
32. X was a very famous aviator. X did something on
May 20–21,1927; with his aircraft the Spirit of St.
Louis that made him a phenomena.
Another magazine Y failed to feature him on it’s
cover, causing huge embarrassment to the
magazine. So from the next year it started an
yearly practice of honoring people; Z . The first
person to be honored so was X; and this also
managed to cover up the controversy. This
practice continues even today; and we wait every
year for it. ID the Person X; The Magazine Y and
the honor or the title Z.
35. In Island countries its the all purpose boat built
by using very few tools. They’re used in
fishing , inter-island transport, movement of
cargo, diving boats, live-aboard cruise
vessels, passenger ferry boats and deep-sea
fishing craft complete with outriggers and
fighting chairs. In India, the "name" is a
phenomenon. What is the boat called?
[Hint: answer is a celebrity]
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Gandhi with no shirt at all
Happy B'day song copyright
La tomatina
Bear Grylls
Khadi Stamp
Baygon: Now kills spiders
Andhra
Highest Mobile tower; providing 3G
coverage to Everest Summit
US Anthrax Attacks: Bio-Terrorism
Uncle Sam
Dhramshala Airport, Leh: Highest
Barack Obama
Gorakhpur
Solar Powered
Skype
Pather Panchali; Stayajit Ray
Ground Zero
Shrodinger's Cat
Buddh International Circuit
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Leap Year
Vicky Donor
Life of Pi
Kansai Int Airport; only man made
structure apart from the Wall of China to
be Visible from space
Millau Viaduct; Tallest Bridge
John Lennon
Pushkar, Brahma
Mariguana Legal Sale
Madan Mohan Malviya; BHU
India; Nehru
First Building with Integrated Wind
Turbines
Charles Lidenburg, TIME, Person of The
Year
Paul Walker
Bin Laden
Dhoni
Louise Brown; First Test Tube Baby