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THE BOOT CAMP
Prelims
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1. X died in prison on April 28, 1918
due to tuberculosis. Being too young to
receive the death penalty X received the
maximum sentence of twenty years in
prison. What was he imprisoned for?
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Gravrilo Princip, the man who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria thus triggering a chain of events culminating in World War I
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2. What phrase owes its origin to the big
American owned United Fruit Corporation
which controlled vast tracts of land in South
America and did not hesitate to manipulate
governments in deference to its interests?
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Banana Republic
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3.
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TATA Airlines
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Ad for ? (Think Logical)
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5.
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Seven Deadly Sins
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6. After ‘Flight Into Danger ’ was
written by Arthur Hailey, what
changes were brought about in the
airline operations?
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In the novel the pilots died from food poisoning
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8. This Germany-born person married a Parsi
architect in 1951. Wrote books like To Whom
She Will, Nature of Passion, Esmond in India,
The Householder, Like Birds, Like Fishes, A
Stronger Climate etc. She is part of a successful
trio. Won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay
in 1987 & 1993. Who?
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Ruth Praver Jhabwala
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9. This UNESCO World Heritage Site stretches for
more than 30,000 hectares, between the
foothills of a volcano and the valley of the Rio
Grande River. It is an exquisitely blue landscape
shaped by the cultivation of a plant which has
found use since the 16th century. What product
of the plant is the most popular, worldwide?
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Tequila from the Agave plant
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10. Complete the list
Jackie, Tito,
Jermaine, Marlon and ___
(Hint: Don’t think Famous 5)
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Michael Jackson. They formed the Jackson 5 boy band
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11. "The length of the film should be directly
related to the endurance of the human bladder"
"I've become a body of films, not a man. I am all
those films"?
Shares a habit with our very own Subhash Ghai.
Who?
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Alfred Hitchcock
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13. The X was recorded as early as 1955 in
a performance by Bill Bailey. But the X
gained worldwide popularity
after Y executed it during his performance
on the March 25, 1983, television
special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today,
Forever and was considered his signature
style. X and Y?
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The Moonwalk Michael Jackson
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14. Which Cricketer was called ‘The
Maritzburg Mamba’ because of his
unique and lethal(for the opposition
of course) abilities?
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Jonty Rhodes
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15. Which movie director started his
career as a copywriter in Crest
Communications? One of his
colleagues was Anurag Kashyap.
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Abbas Tyrewala
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Treasure Island
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17. X weighs 6 3/4 pounds, and stands
13 1/2 inches high. It was named by
Margaret Herrick, the librarian, who
remarked in 1931 (upon seeing X),
"Why it looks like my Uncle X!“. X ?
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Oscar statuette
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18. During WW II British MI5 captured
Nazi agents and made them
broadcast false information to the
Nazi high-command. What term
came out of this?
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XX
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19. At the London office of ______ an
executive was going through a fax from
the Honk Kong office, when he noticed
the TO and FROM addresses on top of the
fax. The idea of renaming the brand struck
him. What was the brand renamed as?
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FCUK
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20. The United States Navy Fighter Weapon School
was established on March 3, 1969 at NAS Miramar
California following a recommendation that a flight
school to be established to counter the relatively
poor air combat performance of Navy aircrews
over Vietnam. How do we know this school better?
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Top Gun
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21. In September 2000, when he signed a
whopping contract with Nike, Jay Leno
joked, "This marks the first time Nike has
paid anyone of Thai descent more than 11
cents an hour!“. Who was he referring to?
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Tiger Woods
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22. She is a staff attorney at the ACLU's
Immigrants' Rights Project. She has fought for
the release of thousands of US government
documents related to the conduct of the War
on Terror and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
She is co-author of the book Administration of
Torture. But in India people know her because
of entirely different reasons. Who?
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Amrit Singh
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23. In 1945, the name of Paul Tibbet’s
mother who became famous because
of a certain incident?
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24.
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Around The World In 80 Days