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MIXED BAG -I

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X came to be known as the keeper of thekeys to the kingdom of heaven after theywere presented to him by Jesus. As a result ofthis and a few other factors, he holds a

special place in the Catholic Church. He isconsidered to be the patron saint of quite afew professions Bakers, Cobblers, Masonsetc. He is also considered the patron saint of

_________ because he himself was a___________ by trade. Name him and theprofession.

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St Peter and Fishermen (St Peter is consideredto be the First Pope by the Catholic Church;As a result, all Popes wear a symbolicFishermans Ring)

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Vishwakarmas daughter was married to the Sun.Due to the Suns blazing power, she was unableto go near the Sun and she compalined to herfather about this. Vishwakarma took the Sun and

put him on his workshop and made him lessshining and thus his daughter was able to hugthe Sun. The left over Sun dust was collected byVishwakarma and he made 3 things out of it. The

1st

one was the famous aerial vehicle PushpakaVimana. The 2nd was the Trident of Lord Shivaand the 3rd was what?

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Sudarshan Chakra.

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"Keep Discovering - Until You Find TheBest"Virgin Atlantic Airways used the sloganto promote the launch of its

London to Dubai service on 28 March 2006.The slogan is the parody of a slogan that isused by one of Virgin Atlantic's competitors.Name the airline.

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Emirates, the slogan is "Fly Emirates, keepdiscovering"

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This is a city in the southernmost part of theRajasthan state of India. The rulers of thisstate are known as the MahaRawal. They aredescendants of Bappa Rawal. The last princely

ruler of this state was Sri Lakshman SinghBahadur. However the cricketing communityknows this place for the rulers youngest son,a fast bowler who played for them between1955 to 1970. He played 86 matches forthem claiming 206 wickets @ an average of28.84. Identify the place or the fast bowler.

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Dungarpur and Raj Singh Dungarpur

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This is an Indian thanksgiving festivaldedicated to one of the Gods. People gatheron the banks of the River Ganges to bathe inits sacred water, pray and make ritual

offerings to that God. It is a highly elaboratefestival noted for its impressive display ofcolorful costumes, music, singing andextravagant rituals. What festival ?

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THE CHATH FESTIVAL

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Krishna Chandra Deo (Dey) was said to be an expert in

tantric-miracles, hypnosis and was said to be a siddha

yogi. The Jahangir nama, the autobiography of Jahangir

mentions him and also the fact Jahangir was impressed

by Krishna Chandra and presented him with lot of gold

and an entire village called Sutigram in Dhaka. The Deo

family thus became landlords and hence their surname

changed. What did it change to or give the name of their

most famous descendant?

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Landlords and hence they became sarkars which got

corrupted to Sorcar. P C Sorcar is a descendant of

this lineage

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Roberto Baggio's missed spot kick resulted in the

elimination of Italy in 94 WC. Who missed in `98

causing the same?

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Luigi DiBiagio

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He was born to his parents after 3 male children had died

in their infancy, while a girl had survived. So when his

mother was pregnant with him, they prayed that if a boy

was born they would bring him up as a girl so as to

remove the family curse. So when he was born they

pierced his nose like a girl. He was named Ramachandra

but they added a prefix which in the local language meant

nose ring. Whom are we talking about?

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Shortly after independence India faces terrorists attacks inAssam, resulting in many deaths and casualties. A groupof concerned citizens, who are not connected with theGovernment, decide to do something to stop this carnage.

This is the plot of this super hit movie released in 1969.

This movie became 1st and the only Indian movie to beshot in this Asian city which at that time was called asThe Paris of the East

Name the movie?

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Aankhen (1969)

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Hitler & Churchill denounced him as amadman who had acted alone. He wouldspend the next 46 years as a solitaryprisoner. He had passed from history to

mystery never photographed, neverinterviewed and never allowed to tell hisstory. Who was he?

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Rudolf Hayess

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Acted as a child artiste in Bengali films from1950 film Maryada to 1959 film Sapnopuritottalling 30+ films. Noteworthy films includeAgni Pariksha & Lalu Bhulu. Now a fomous

character actor in Tollywood. Whom am Italking about?

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Bibhu Bhattacharjee

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It is believed to have been brought to India byTaimur Lane . Some people believed it comesfrom the Mughals who got it from Persia andsubsequently during their reign in India it

entrenched itself places troughout India.Some other people said, it is supposed tohave crossed the Arabian Sea and come toCalicut brought by the Arab traders. What is

it?

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Biriyani

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In ordinary usage,this word is used to meancomprehensive defeat. Geographers use thisword to denote the summer process by whichice formed in the rivers of Russia and North

America break up,causing floods. Whichword?

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Debacle

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What is the Significance of the Headline hasRajesh Khanna secretly married AnjuMahendru?

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This was the first Cover Story of Stardustmagazine

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Which word ,now related to transport,,originates from the fact that they wereoriginally made from tree trunks as a defenseof a town against invaders. When these were

no longer needed for defense,streets wereconstructed on them.

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Boulevard

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Female friendly car insurance firm Sheilasrecently found that a majority of theaccidents that occur with women drivers aredue to a very specific reason, unique to only

women. What was this reason?

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Wearing high heels