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HEADRUSH

PRELIMS

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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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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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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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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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In 2010, which company reportedly bought the domain name of the American Farm Bureau Federation for $8.5 million ?

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Facebook

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The last words on the front page of the last edition of “NEWS OF THE WORLD” ?

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Thank You & Goodbye