OQA SESSIONFINALS

• Name this building currently under construction in Mumbai and designed by Atkins, Dubai.

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• Namaste Tower

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• Known as presque vu, it is a phenomena where lexical access occurs in stages and in Sanskrit it translates to Jihvagram but used in entirely different context.

• Name ?

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• Tip of the tongue

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• The original items were made out of clay such as this, later on the term became associated to edicts. The etymology of these edicts were mistakenly derived from cattle however the more accurate etymology is from Bubble such as this.

• What are these edicts called ?

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• Papal Bull

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• French Revolution was especially bloody and there are several incidents where revolutionaries like Jean-Baptiste Carrier used this method of execution

• Where male and female were bound naked and run through by sword, bayonet, or thrown into icy waters. This method of execution was specially used for killing priests and nuns together.

• The two word name derives from the fact that nationalist faction forced the male and female into a union and sealed it off by running a sword through them.

• Name ?

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• Republican Marriage

• Republican faction(as opposed to monarchy)+ Marriage(Union)

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• In 1990, approximately 800 such entities came about which is collectively known as Babyflots

• What are Babyflots ?

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• Dissolution of USSR led to Aeroflot break up as well, hence the name

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• These winged light cavalry were often used as scouts to penetrate enemy territory. For the fear of being noticed, they could not make a fire for cooking. Instead they mixed their food to make a cold salad. So this salad was named after this cavalry unit.

• Name ?

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• Hussar Salad (Huzaren Salade)

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• This sage is regarded as the founder and patron saint of Silambam and Varmam an ancient science of healing using varmam points for varied diseases and southern Kalaripayat.

• The translation of his name means the mountain thrower and he is credited for socializing the vedic culture in deccan.

• Who ?

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• Rishi Agastya

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• Name this jewelry piece Deepika is wearing. The word comes from a portmanteau word of false(in french) and a typical hairstyle.

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• Fohawk(Faux+Mohawk)

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This medal awarded by the British monarch between 1900 and 1947, to civilians of any nationality who rendered distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj.

The name literally means "Emperor of India” in Urdu(derived from persian)

Name the medal ?

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• Kaiser-i-hind

• Tribute to OVB :)

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A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la Lune) is a 1902 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by a wide variety of sources, including Jules Verne's novels From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon

Describe the much replicated iconic image that comes after the movie ?

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10 Man in the moon image

• American Indians are known for their association with nature and that reflects in their warfare style as well, in one such instance three tribes Miamis, Shawnees and Buckongahelas successfully executed an attack on white men camp

• To coordinate the attack the tribes used some signals which the white man were sure to miss

• What sort of a signal ?

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• Emulated bird calls that are not native to the region

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• Rene Iche is a french sculptor whose crowning work is this. Often described as the most violent art he has sculpted, inspired his friend to paint another art by the same name.

• What ?

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• Guernica

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• This piece of armor which protects the leg of a Knight is derived from the root word Savate(in french)

• A band whose main lyrical themes are based on war and historical battles, goes by the same name. What name ?

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• Sabaton

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What was the name given to the ship full of English girls who between the late 17th and mid 20th centuries came to India to hook/angle themselves a spouse ?

By 19th century, India had become a thriving marriage market for those considered too plain, too poor or too old to make a good catch at home.

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• Fishing Fleet

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• This the historic Champs-Élysées avenue, also known as the grandest of the avenues. One of landmark shown is Place de la Concorde and the other one is Arc de triumphe. Name the Blanked out one ?

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• Louvre

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The ____ ___ __ ____ Club was an exclusive club organized by the men who fell from the Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in 1936 and 1937 and were saved by the safety nets.

Al Zampa (1905–2000), as one of the club's first members and the last surviving member, became the unofficial spokesman for the club. According to Zampa when a man fell to his death from a bridge it was said "he's gone to hell."

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• Half Way to Hell Club

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• 1964, Paris: Something new got introduced to manage traffic despite that measure the number of accidents increased.

• What caused this ?

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• First female traffic cops, skirts were distracting

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• What is small in Small pox ?

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• Small was used to distinguish between Small pox and syphilis(STD) which was a greater problem in 15th century

• The headgear(wigs) for Barristers and noblemen came into fashion for a more functional reason, i.e. to hide the hair loss caused by Syphilis

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• Why is this costume has such a long beak, apart from looking trendy :)

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• That is a Plague Doctors mask, The beak which was filled with aromatic items, which (according to the miasmatic theory of disease) was seen as the cause of infection.

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• Vibrio harveyi, is a marine bacteria that clings together in numbers and creates a layer on top of sea surface for miles and produce a visual imagery

• It additionally uses something called Qurom Sensing which can be roughly described as the use of synthase (LuxI) to produce a species-specific autoinducer (AI) that binds a cognate receptor (LuxR) that regulates changes in expression

• In Indian mythology their is a parallel to the effect produced by this bacteria, what ?

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• It produces the “Milky sea effect”(Kheera Sagara)

• It has bioluminescence which is controlled by Qurom sensing

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• Thats a Louis Vuitton on the back of a Rolls Royce Phantom. What has such an assembly added to the english vocabulary ?

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• Trunk

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• This mirage is an unusual and complex form of superior mirage that is seen in a narrow band, right above the horizon.

• It is an Italian phrase derived from the vulgar Latin for "fairy" and the Arthurian sorceress, from a belief that these mirages, often seen in the Strait of Messina, were fairy castles in the air created by her witchcraft to lure sailors to their death.

• Name ?

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• Fata Morgana

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This is the King’s bed at Jaipur, Why was it built high off the ground ?

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For the detection of intruders, it was built high off the ground and the room was filled with a few inches of water after the king had climbed up into the bed.

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This is a widely employed and effective method of discouraging something during the medieval period when manuscripts were written by hand.

Here is one example from Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, written on his Tablets

“I have transcribed upon tablets the noble products of the work of the scribe which none of the kings who have gone before me had learned, together with the wisdom of Nabu insofar as it existeth [in writing]. I have arranged them in classes, I have revised them and I have placed them in my palace, that I, even I, the ruler who knoweth the light of Ashur, the king of the gods, may read them. Whosoever shall carry off this tablet, or shall inscribe his name on it, side by side with mine own, may Ashur and Belit overthrow him in wrath and anger, and may they destroy his name and posterity in the land.”

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• Book curses to prevent thieving of manuscripts, books etc.

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• Amir Khusrow the legendary Sufi mystic, poet and inventor of Khayal gayaki style of indian music was composing a piece one day. When he played it the pakhawaj/mridangam did not go well with the tune because of it basso sound. So he took out a sword and cut the pakhawaj.

• What resulted thusly ?

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• Tabla

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• If someone wants to join Roman legion as an archer, they had a unique way of testing eyesight. What ?

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• Identify Big Dipper(Saptarshi) stars

• Mijar(Vashishta) & Alcor(Arundhati)

• You see all 7 you are an archer, if you see 6 then cook may be!!

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Daniele Ricciarelli, better known as Daniele da Volterra, was an Italian mannerist painter and sculptor.

He is best remembered for his association with the late Michelangelo. After Michelangelo's death Daniele was hired to do something to the Last Judgment which earned him a nickname "Il Braghettone”

What is the english translation of his nickname or what was he hired to do ?

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• Breeches Maker, He was hired to cover up the figures with loin cloths

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• According to vedic tradition if a some kills a Sudra, then he has to pay 10 cows to the family of victim. Similarly 100 for Baisya, 1000 for Khyatriya. Brahmana is avadhya.

• The king who is responsible for his subjects well being and growth also has to pay something to the victims family since the murder happened on his watch.

• What is the King’s due ?

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• A bull(Growth!!)

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Shree Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, Amaravati got a medal(Gold) in 1936 Berlin olympic from Hitler himself.

After the demonstration Hitler asked them if all men in India are so fit. To which they replied with a smile.

What was the demonstation all about that impressed hitler ?

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• Mallakhamb

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• What is the most iconic work from this voice artist ?

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• Mein Samay hoon(by Harish Vimani)

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