24. **8. Happiness, Eternal Life, God, Death, Love, Hope, Silence, Charles De Gaulle, Future, a famous French cyclist, a Paris Street notorious for its prostitutes All these are suggested answers to which bugging question?
27. 9. The Transpolar Drift and the Beaufort Gyre together keep a certain water body unusually free of pollutants. The Transpolar Drift was discovered in 1893 by Fritdjof Nansen who tried to use it to sail to the North Pole. Which water-body?
30. **10. The Cosmic Censorship Conjecture is the idea that every black hole will have an event horizon that allows this singularity to remain hidden. This idea was proposed in 1969 by a British scientist who then went on to find superstar status outside the scientific community. Who?
33. **11. The emperor Trajan added a province named Dacia , north of the Danube to his empire and set about ‘civilising’ the province. This eventually resulted in a present-day language that is more Latinate than others in the region as also in the name of the country—one that acknowledges its ties to the ancient empire. Which country?
45. 15. ___ ___ ___was a fortified city with thirteen gates which was one of the ancestors of modern-day Delhi. It takes its name from the legendary 12th century figure who had it built. This figure also lends his name to a heroic epic. Name city and person.
48. 16. This town in Haveri district of Karnataka is home to the famous Tarakeshwara temple built by the Chalukyas.. Most of us have heard of this town because it has served as the surname for a famous Hindustani musician and a character actor in Bollywood films and television. Which town?
51. 17. Queen-Regent Kanchanprabha Devi signed a merger agreement with India in 1949--this brought which former princely state with an international border into the Indian union?
60. 20. The Printbox is a New York agency specializing in promotional items--their most famous product is made of either rubber or silicone and more than 70 million units have been sold across the world—and in every continent except Antarctica or so they claim. What do they produce?
69. 23. What demand was dropped in 1956 following the Gentleman’s Agreement promising non-discrimination, signed between B Gopal Reddy and B Ramakrishna Rao?
72. 24. Purists insist that this is employed to make sure that a certain kind of sports equipment is ready for use. What would you knock into readiness using this?
93. **31. Created in 1974 by a designer fascinated with notions of space, it came into its own only in 1980 when the socialist government of that country permitted its export to the West. Since 2007, it has seen a bit of a resurgence, selling more that 15 million units, because, as one analyst says, “in troubled times, adults are looking for things that remind them of happier days”. YouTube features 38000 videos dedicated to this object, and an organisation called WCA brings enthusiasts together for international meets. What are we talking about?
96. **32. Illegal trade over the India-Bangladesh border is roughly of the same volume as the legal. Wheat, rice, sugar and cough syrup account for 50% of the illegal trade. The other 50% is accounted for by just one commodity—which can fetch as much as $900 per unit. Many people make as much as $22 every time they transport a unit into Bangladesh. This typically involves a jury-rigged mechanism of bamboo poles, iron hooks and old barbed wire because the units are bulky and need to hoisted over a 1- foot high fence . In 2008, the BSF captured about 70000 units, worth $ 63 million, but had to auction them –where they were bought back by the same chaps who tried smuggling them in the first place. What?