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Kartikeya GuptaYash BhadauriaFaizan Khan

• We know this woman as ‘Talisa Maegyr’, wife of Robb Stark from HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ series (this character has a significant presence in the 3rd season aired in 2012-2013).However she is not the only actor from her family. Who was her more famous (maternal) grandfather?

Q1

Q2*• May 4 is considered a holiday by some fans of a

particular franchise to celebrate the franchise's film series, books, and culture.

• The reference was first used on May 4, 1979, the day Margaret Thatcher took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

• The date was chosen for the easy pun on the catchphrase of the franchise. This saying was used in a UK Parliament defence debate on May 4th 1994.

• Give the name of the franchise or the name the day as observed by the fans.

May the ‘fourth’ be with you!

Q3 This is headquarters of a group in 1930s when it used to sell noodles. Name the group.

Q4*GIVE FUNDA

What is Heartbleed?It is important to understand that Heartbleed is not a virus, but rather a mistake written into OpenSSL—a security standard encrypting communications between you, the user, and the servers provided by a majority of online services. The mistake makes it viable for hackers to extract data from massive databases containing user names, passwords and other sensitive information.

• X is a French animator, film director, and voice actor. He is best known for co-directing films of Y franchise.

• Originally, the central characters of this franchise which number over 800 were supposed to be more like henchmen (human-like) but the studio didn't have the money for that so they were all made short.

• Also the voice of each of these characters is given by X.

Give X and Y .

Q5

X-Pierre CoffinY-Despicable Me

Her claim to fame.

Q6

FIRST TRANSGENDER PRINCIPAL OF COLLEGE

MANABI BANDOPADHYAY

Parody Of ?Q7

The Last Supper

Q8

What is she talking about?

Q8

What is she talking about?

Q9Old Logo of which company?

Q10• X is a Soviet puzzle video game originally

designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov, an artificial intelligence researcher working for the Soviet Academy of Sciences at their Computer Center in Moscow.

• He derived its name from the Greek numerical prefix for the number ‘four’(4) & tennis, Pajitnov's favorite sport.

• X has been the subject of academic research. Vladimir Pokhilko was the first clinical psychologist to conduct experiments using X. Subsequently, it has been used for research in several fields including theory of computation, algorithmic theory and cognitive psychology.

• Name X.

TETRIS

Q11X is a mnemonic device adopted in ancient Roman and Greek rhetorical treatises. In basic terms, it is a method of memory enhancement which uses visualization to organize and recall information. The term is most often found in specialised works on psychology, neurobiology, and memory, though it was used in the same general way at least as early as the first half of the nineteenth century in works on rhetoric, logic, and philosophy.

The technique is employed by fictional character Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal and Hannibal Rising, novels by American author Thomas Harris.

The technique is also the main focus of the book Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer.

Name X.

MIND PALACE

Q12*

Google doodle for what?

• 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON ATTENDING A PRIMARY SCHOOL.

• KIMANI NG'ANG'A MARUGE (C. 1920 - AUGUST 14, 2009) HOLDS THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE OLDEST PERSON TO START PRIMARY SCHOOL—HE ENROLLED IN THE FIRST GRADE ON JANUARY 12, 2004, AGED 84. ALTHOUGH HE HAD NO PAPERS TO PROVE HIS AGE, MARUGE BELIEVED HE WAS BORN IN 1920.

Q13Minimalist Poster of?

• X is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written, and illustrated by Hank Ketcham. It debuted on March 12, 1951, in 16 newspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall Syndicate.

• The inspiration for the comic strip came from the real life son of Hank Ketcham, who was only four years old when he refused to take a nap and somehow messed up his whole room. Afterwards his then-wife Alice shouted at him “Your son is a _________”, and hence he created the comic strip.

• This comic strip is still continued as a “zombie strip”.

• Id X

Q14

• For their 2015 April Fools Day joke, YouTube added a special feature, or more accurately a new Button to the video player.

• Clicking on this button added a certain song to any video that was playing. This actually references to a popular joke among the sites commenters.

• Anytime someone asks for the name of a song being played in a video, at least one person inevitably responds with the name of this song, which is recognized more easily by its signature melody than its title.

• Which song?

Q15*

On December 17th, 2009, the conservative political blog Authentic Connecticut Republican published a post highlighting a demotivational poster of a young girl making a “middle finger” gesture with the caption “X” (pic on next page)

This became a very famous Meme with the same name as the caption.

Give X.

Q16

What is missing in this ABSOLUT Ad ?

Q17

Q18

Connect

COMPANIES WHO HAVE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY ATLEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME.

X, is an entirely Indian owned company. It owns a bookstore chain that was co-founded by Emile Moreau, a French author, T K Banerjee, an Indian businessman and others in Allahabad in 1887. This chain grew to have stores all over India, especially in the north.

Q19*

A.H. Wheeler and Co.

Q20

Give Funda Behind this tweet.