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HEADRUSH
PRELIMS
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1.
August 1945: the US conducted two atomic bombings on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This led to the end of the World War 2 as after this Japan surrendered. I want you to give me the nicknames of the two bombs used.
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Fat Man and Little Boy
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2.
Whose finest moment came at the 1970 Football World Cup in Mexico in a group match against Brazil when he turned away a Pele header in what has been described by many as the ‘greatest save ever’ ?
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Gordon Banks, the English goalie
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3.
In 2004, he joined the All- India Trinamool Congress, a party of West Bengal headed by Mamata Bannerjee. He is currently the vice- president of it. In 2009, he was made the head of the Passenger Services committee of the Indian Railways. He was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on August 9, 2011. But he is famous in a completely different field. Identify.
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DEREK O’BRIEN
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4.
This question has been taken from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The triwizard tournament was held between three schools. One of them was obviously Hogwarts. I want you to name the other two.
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Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
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5.
In 2010, which company reportedly bought the domain name of the American Farm Bureau Federation for $8.5 million ?
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6.
Connect these two infamous people :1. John Wilkes Booth2.Lee Harvey Oswald
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They both assasinated American Presidents. Booth assasinated Lincoln and Oswald
assasinated Kennedy.
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_____ is a field of mathematics with application in several disciplines including physics, economics, biology and philosophy. _____ studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. A very popular Hollywood movie has also been made on ______ which stars Jason Statham and Wesley Snipes.
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Chaos Theory
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8.
Arranging all the ways by which one can get out in cricket in an alphabetical order , which is the last one ?
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Timed Out !!!! :P
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9. Identify this famous person
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Shawn Fanning
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10.
After hydrogen and helium, which is the most abundant element in the universe ?
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Oxygen
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11.
Identify this famous singer.
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
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12.
What started with a homing pigeon news link between Brussels and Berlin in 1850’s because the telegraph didn’t extend to Brussels?
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Reuters
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13. Identify
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Chip and Dale
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14. Which Movie ?
Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you’re gonna get.
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Forrest Gump
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15. How long did the Hundred Year war last ?
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116 years :P
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16.
From whose name did Sachin Tendulkar derive his name from ?
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S D Burman
The great music composer
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17.
What connects Louis Kahn with Ahmedabad.
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Architect of IIM-A !!
A very famous architect !!
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18.
What is celebrated internationally on 8th March ??
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World Women Day
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19.
Beyond The Last Blue Mountain …. What is it ??
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Autobiography of JRD TATA
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20.
The last words on the front page of the last edition of “NEWS OF THE WORLD” ?
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Thank You & Goodbye