What is is common to: George Washington, Robert E Lee, George Patton, Julius Caesar, Pericles and this Quiz ?

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• What is is common to George Washington, Robert E
  Lee, George Patton, Julius Caesar, Pericles and
  this Quiz ?
• They are all General(s) !
• IISc Quiz Club presents a General Quiz (on India
  and the world) on Sunday 4th Nov 2012 _at_ 10 am.
• Where CSA Classroom (Ground Floor)
• Prizes for top three teams and Chocolates for
  the audience.
• So bring your backpacks (plus thinking caps
  and pen paper) to hitchhike across the globe
  for free !

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The IISc Quiz Club (IQC) General QuizSunday
4th Nov 2012QM Sumeer For feedback
sumeer.kumar_at_gmail.com Cell 9900 266 539

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• A BIG thanks to BT !
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• Ruckus Tangdi time !!!

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About Clues

• Most questions carry some clue(s).
• Clue(s) will be provided only as long as no team
  has an objection .
• If any team does NOT want a clue they can use
  their veto power to say so, and no clue shall be
  provided to anyone.

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Rules

• Infinite Bounce
• Each question carries 6 points.
• Some questions have 2 parts and some are 3 parts.
• For 2 part answers - each part carries 3 points
• For 3 part answers - each part carries 2 points.
• No negatives ! So feel free to Guess, Guess and
  Guess.
• Only one answer per team per question.
• In case of multiple answers, ONLY the first
  answer will be accepted.
• No pounces !
• The Quiz Master's decision is FINAL !
• Disclaimer
• Any resemblance to any persons living or dead is
  purely intentional.

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• TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
• And sorry I could not travel both
• And be one traveler, long I stood
• And looked down one as far as I could
• To where it bent in the undergrowth
• Then took the other, as just as fair,
• And having perhaps the better claim,
• Because it was grassy and wanted wear
• Though as for that the passing there
• Had worn them really about the same,
• And both that morning equally lay
• In leaves no step had trodden black.
• Oh, I kept the first for another day!
• Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
• I doubted if I should ever come back.
• I shall be telling this with a sigh

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• The Road Not Taken
• Robert Frost (18741963).

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WARM-UP QUESTIONS
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• What is Greek for "city on the extremity" or
  "High City" ?

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• Acropolis
• An acropolis is a settlement, especially a
  citadel, built upon an area of elevated
  groundfrequently a hill with precipitous sides,
  chosen for purposes of defense.
• In many parts of the world, acropoleis became the
  nuclei of large cities of classical antiquity,
  such as ancient Rome, which in more recent times
  grew up on the surrounding lower ground, such as
  modern Rome.

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• He is known as one of the founding fathers of the
  internet for having developed the TCP/IP
  protocol.
• Founded MCI in the 1970s which in turn was
  responsible for the breaking up the monopoly of
  ATT and creation of the Baby Bells(Regional
  Bells).
• Apparently,his surname was the basis for a common
  internet terminology.

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Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf Incidentally, the term
surfing as in 'surfing the net' is apparently a
good intentioned pun on his last name.
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OK,lets go folks !
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GENERAL ROUND
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• Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
• Whose woods these are I think I know.
• His house is in the village, though
• He will not see me stopping here
• To watch his woods fill up with snow.
• My little horse must think it queer
• To stop without a farmhouse near
• Between the woods and frozen lake
• The darkest evening of the year.
• He gives his harness bells a shake
• To ask if there is some mistake.
• The only other sound's the sweep
• Of easy wind and downy flake.
• Complete the last 4 lines of this famous poem.
• And who is the poet ?

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• The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
• But I have promises to keep,
• And miles to go before I sleep,
• And miles to go before I sleep.
• Robert Frost (18741963)

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• Sumerian texts repeatedly refer to three
  important centers with which they traded
• Magan, Dilmun, and X .
• Magan is usually identified with Oman.
• Dilmun was a trade distribution center for goods
  originating that might be in islands of Bahrain,
  Eastern Province (Saudi Arabia), Oman, or the
  Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf.
• The location of X however, is hotly debated.
• There are scholars today who confidently identify
  X with the Y on the basis of the extensive
  evidence of trading contacts between Sumer and
  this region.
• Sesame oil was probably imported from the valley
  in which Y is located into Sumer the Sumerian
  word for this oil is illu.
• In Dravidian languages of South India el or ellu
  stands for sesame.
• Id X and Y.

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Clue
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• This is the first novel of the Shiva trilogy
  series by ____.
• The story is set in the land of X and begins with
  the arrival of the Tibetan tribal Shiva.
• The X believe that Shiva is their fabled saviour
  Neelkanth.This is confirmed when he consumes the
  Somras,which turns his
• throat blue.
• Shiva decides to help the X in their war against
  the Chandravanshis, who had joined forces with a
  cursed group called Nagas.
• However, in his journey and the resulting fight
  that ensues, Shiva learns how his choices
  actually reflected who he aspires to be and how
  it led to dire consequences.
• (see pic)

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• X - Meluhha
• Y - Harappan Civilization in the Indus Valley.
• Book cover is that of "The Immortals of Meluha
  by Amish Tripathi.

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• 4 slides of a tourist location at the edge of
  the Sariska Tiger Reserve.
• Id the spot.
• What is its major claim to fame ?

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GuideMap
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SomeshwarTemple
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Gopinath Temple
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X Fort
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• "Omnem dimittite spem, o vos intrantes".or
  "Omnes relinquite spes, o vos intrantes".
• Translated means

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• "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"

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• Bhangarh
• Most haunted village in India (by most accounts)
• Entry to Bhangarh is legally prohibited between
  sunset and sunrise.
• A signboard posted by ASI (Archaeological Survey
  of India), specifies the instructions. While the
  board is written in Hindi, the instructions on it
  roughly translate into "Entering the borders of
  Bhangarh before sunrise and after sunset is
  strictly prohibited. Legal action would be taken
  against anybody who does not follow these
  instructions."
• "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"
• Quote is from Dante's Inferno - this passage is
  upon the gates of hell !

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• Bhangarh
• Most haunted village in India (by most accounts)
• Entry to Bhangarh is legally prohibited between
  sunset and sunrise.
• A signboard posted by ASI (Archaeological Survey
  of India), specifies the instructions. While the
  board is written in Hindi, the instructions on it
  roughly translate into "Entering the borders of
  Bhangarh before sunrise and after sunset is
  strictly prohibited. Legal action would be taken
  against anybody who does not follow these
  instructions."
• "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"
• Quote is from Dante's Inferno - this passage is
  upon the gates of hell !

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• Located on the outskirts of Ajmer, Rajasthan,this
  remarkable structure is an exquisite example of
  early Indo-Islamic architecture.
• The mosque is believed to have been built in a
  certain time period which is how it derives its
  name.
• According to another story the name is derived
  from a fair held here every year.
• Name ? (see 2 pics) clue ?

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• In the 12th century this monument prior to being
  a mosque was a flourishing Sanskrit college.
• Legend has it that Mohammad Ghori, destroyed it
  to construct a mosque in its place. As it was a
  hurried construction, many remains of nearby
  temples were used for building the monument.
• It is said that at least 30 pillars must have
  been used from other temples to build the elegant
  piece of architecture.

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• Adhai din ka jhopda
• It is named Adhai-din bcos it was supposedly
  built in two and a half days,
• The other version for the name comes from the
  fact that the fair here lasts for two and a half
  day.

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• Connect all slides/pics.

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• First slide
• Pics of Agrasen ki bowli,a stepped well just off
  of Connaught Place,New Delhi.
• Its a 14th Century marvel said to have been built
  during the Mahabharat era, this place used to
  serve as a destination for people to rest and
  rejuvenate during summer.
• The baoli is flanked by chambers and passageways
  on both sides and once acted as a reservoir for
  water.
• Second slide
• Pic is of Maharaja Agrasena who was a legendary
  Indian king of Agroha,a city of traders, from
  whom the Agrawal and Agrahari community claims
  descent.
• He is credited with the establishment of a
  kingdom of traders in North India, and is known
  for his compassion in refusing to slaughter
  animals in yajnas.
• The surname Agrawal was derived by taking 'Agra'
  from Agrasena and 'wal' ('wal'originally
  'bal'from Baalak meaning child). thus means
  "child of Agrasena".
• Third slide
• Some famous Agarwals.

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• More on the baoli
• People used to come and swim too.
• They used to jump from the topmost floor straight
  into the heart of the baoli.
• The 103 steps at one time used to be submerged in
  water, which was a sight to behold. That was
  then. The water dried up some 15 to 20 years ago,
  and now people can walk down to the deepest point
  of the baoli. A popular belief sees people
  throwing in coins (silver and bronze), in the
  belief their wishes will be fulfilled, even
  today, says the caretaker. A 140-year-old neem
  tree which stands tall till date is one of the
  lesser known features of the place.
• http//www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/a
  rticle474340.ece

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• Rome was the first city in the world to have a
  population of one million.
• Which was the first city in Asia to have a
  population of one million ?
• (see pics on next slide)

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• Angkor Wat
• Angkor Wat is the largest Hindu temple complex in
  the world.
• The temple was built by King Suryavarman II in
  the early 12th century in Yasodharapura the
  capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple
  and eventual mausoleum.
• It has become a symbol of Cambodia,appearing on
  its national flag, and it is the country's prime
  attraction for visitors.
• Angkor Wat, means "Temple City" in Khmer Wat is
  the Khmer word for "temple grounds", derived from
  the Pali word "vatta" Prior to this time the
  temple was known as Preah Pisnulok (Vara
  Vishnuloka in Sanskrit), after the posthumous
  title of its founder.
• It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of
  the devas in Hindu mythology within a moat and
  an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are
  three rectangular galleries, each raised above
  the next.
• Mount Meru also called Sumeru i.e. the "Excellent
  Meru" and Mahameru i.e. "Great Meru", is a sacred
  mountain in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist cosmology
  and is considered to be the center of all the
  physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes.
• It is also the abode of Lord Brahma and the
  Demi-Gods (Dev).

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• In NE India,Neofelis nebulosa is called
  'Sebegyar' or "one who catches monkeys".
• It preys on monkeys and snakes.
• Its an endangered species found from the
  Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast
  Asia into China.
• What is its common name ? (see pics)

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• Neofelis new cat
• nebuosa cloud
• The clouded leopard
• So named due to the cloudy spots that cover its
  coat.
• When hunting they often spring to the ground from
  tree overhangs.

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• What 'tourist attraction',designed by Michel
  Virlogeux and Norman Foster,can one find en route
  from Paris to Montpellier in France on the
  A75-A71 autoroute ?
• It opened in Dec 2004.

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• The Millau Viaduct
• is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the
  valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern
  France.
• It is the tallest bridge in the world with one
  mast's summit at 343.0 metres (1,125 ft) above
  the base of the structure.
• It is the 12th highest bridge deck in the world,
  being 270 metres (890 ft) between the road deck
  and the ground below.
• Problems with traffic on the route from Paris to
  Spain along the stretch passing through the
  valley near the town of Millau, especially during
  the summer when the roads became jammed with
  holiday traffic, necessitated the building of a
  bridge across the valley.

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• X's name comes from the Guarani or Tupi words
  meaning "water", and "big".
• Legend has it that a god planned to marry a
  beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her
  mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe.
• In rage, the god sliced the river,creating the
  waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an
  eternal fall.
• The first European to find the falls was the
  Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
  in 1541.
• Upon seeing X,the United States' First Lady
  Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly exclaimed "Poor Y !"
• (Y at 50 m or 165 feet, are a third shorter).
• X and Y ? (see pics)

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• X Iguazu Falls
• Y Niagara Falls
• Iguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls or Iguaçu Falls are
  waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of
  Brazilian State Paraná and Argentine Province
  Misiones.
• The falls divide the river into the upper and
  lower Iguazu.
• The Iguazu River rises near the city of Curitiba.
  
• It flows through Brazil for most of its course.
• Below its confluence with the San Antonio River,
  the Iguazu River forms the boundary between
  Argentina and Brazil.

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• To the nearest Rupee,what is currently the price
  of a small size cup of Coca-cola (coke) at the
  Pizza Hut in the Forum Mall in Koramangla?

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• None. (googly!)
• You cant buy any Coca Cola products at a Pizza
  Hut outlet since Pizza Hut is a Pepsico company !
• It was spun off into an independent unit in 1997
  and also owns KFC and Taco Bell all part of
  Pepsi Foods.
• Based on Interbrand's best global brand 2011,
  Coca-Cola was the world's most valuable brand.

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• The difference between God and Larry Ellison is
  that?

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• God does not think he is Larry Ellison.
• Wilson, Mike (2003). The Difference Between God
  and Larry Ellison God Doesn't Think He's Larry
  Ellison.
• This is the title of a book about Larry Ellison
  which alludes that the CEO of Oracle thinks he is
  God.

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• News clip from November 5, 1997
• As the head of the Oracle Software Corporation,
  Ellison keeps his name firmly in the headlines
  Recently he announced his desire to buy Apple
  Computer (only to change his mind just weeks
  later) and now he has a place on Apple's board,
  alongside his friend Steve Jobs.
• Equally bold are his visionary ideas (the network
  computer, for example), his public determination
  to conquer Bill Gates, and his brash, yet
  immensely appealing personality, which has made
  him one of the most visible players in Silicon
  Valley.
• One of the ways he's done this is by making sure
  that Oracle software is everywhere you turn If
  you withdraw cash from an ATM, that's Oracle at
  work.
• If you make an airline reservation, you're
  experiencing Ellison's impact on today's
  technology landscape.
• While Microsoft was busy putting a computer in
  every home, Ellison was fomenting a revolution at
  the office, creating faster and better databases
  for businesses and government agencies.
• Along the way, as this probing book shows,
  Ellison developed the skills of a ruthless
  businessman, who sometimes employed misdirection
  and half-truths to achieve the success he
  desired.

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• Sleep with the fishes
• hit the mattresses
• make him an offer he cant resist
• all often used phrases both in the movies and in
  the real world.
• Made famous by which movie?
• (clue ?)

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Clue
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• Also famously used by Tom Hanks in the movie
  Youve got mail to explain human male
  psychology to Meg Ryan.

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• The Godfather
• is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis
  Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and
  Coppola.
• Based on Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name, the
  film stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the
  leaders of a powerful New York crime family. The
  story, spanning the years 1945 to 1955, centers
  on the ascension of Michael Corleone (Pacino)
  from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia
  boss while also chronicling the Corleone family
  under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando).

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• Crack this cryptic crossword clue
• A dual-degree can be a poisonous combination (5)

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• MAMBA (MA MBA)
• The African Black Mamba is one of the worlds most
  poisonous snakes.
• The species in the genus Dendroaspis (literally
  "tree snake") are collectively referred to as
  Mambas.
• They are a group of highly venomous, fast-moving
  land-dwelling snakes of Africa.
• They belong to the family of Elapidae which
  includes cobras, coral snakes, taipans, brown
  snakes, tiger snakes, death adders, kraits and,
  debatably, sea snakes (although sea snakes are
  now classed as Hydrophiidae).
• Mambas are feared throughout their ranges in
  Africa, especially the Black mamba. In Africa,
  there are many legends and stories describing
  these snakes.

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• The opening page of this book X by Al Ries and
  Jack Trout (Trout and Rice ?) goes
• Dedicated to one of the greatest marketing
  strategists the world has ever known Y.
• Y was a Prussian soldier and military theorist
  who stressed the psychological and political
  aspects of war.
• His most notable work, Vom Kriege (On War), was
  unfinished at his death. (see pic)
• X and Y ?

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• X - Marketing Warfare
• Y - Karl Von Clausewitz
• Al Ries is a marketing professional and author
  and co-founder and chairman of the consulting
  firm Ries Ries with his partner and daughter,
  Laura Ries.
• Along with Jack Trout, Ries coined the term
  "positioning", as related to the field of
  marketing, and authored Positioning
• The Battle For Your Mind, an industry standard on
  the subject.
• Jack Trout is an owner of Trout Partners, a
  consulting firm. He is one of the founders and
  pioneers of positioning theory, and also
  marketing warfare theory.

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• Which fictional character takes his/her/its name
  from a generic terminology used while shooting a
  movie.
• Clue
• The movie clap that is used while shooting.

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• R2D2 from Reel 2 Dialog 2.
• when Lucas was making one of his earlier films,
  American Graffiti, sound editor Walter Murch
  asked for Reel 2, Dialog Track 2, in the
  abbreviated form "R-2-D-2".
• Lucas, who was in the room and had dozed off
  while working on the script for Star Wars,
  momentarily woke when he heard the request and,
  after asking for clarification, stated that it
  was a "great name" before falling immediately
  back to sleep.

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• John Forbes Nash Jr., American math genius was
  the subject of the award winning movie A
  Beautiful Mind based on the book by Sylvia
  Nasar.
• He was the co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize
  in economics.
• What was the pioneering work for which he
  received this award ?
• Clue It has its roots in the study of such
  well-known amusements as checkers, tick-tack-toe,
  and poker. (see pics)

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• Game Theory.
• is a study of strategic decision making. More
  formally, it is "the study of mathematical models
  of conflict and cooperation between intelligent
  rational decision-makers.
• Game theory is mainly used in economics,
  political science, and psychology, as well as
  logic and biology.
• The subject first addressed zero-sum games, such
  that one person's gains exactly equal net losses
  of the other participant(s).
• Today, however, game theory applies to a wide
  range of class relations, and has developed into
  an umbrella term for the logical side of science,
  to include both human and non-humans, like
  computers.
• Classic uses include a sense of balance in
  numerous games, where each person has found or
  developed a tactic that cannot successfully
  better his results, given the other approach.

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• Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics
• an athlete leapt 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1/4 in) over the
  bar in high jump.
• This action won him the gold medal and he set a
  new Olympic record.
• Who?
• Why is this event significant in the history of
  (and the furture of)
• athletics ?

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• Dick Fosbury.
• The Fosbury flop.
• The technique involved flinging his body backward
  over the bar with his back arched, following with
  his legs and landing on his shoulders.
• This technique,which he pioneered,was later
  adopted by athletes the world over.

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• He was a Turkish ruler and conqueror and one of
  the greatest military campaigners whose
  expeditions carried him from southern Russia to
  India,from Central Asia to Turkey.
• At Isfahan,Iran, which had rebelled after
  surrendering in 1387, he massacred 70,000 people
  and constructed towers of their skulls.
• In 1398 at Delhi,India, he had 100,000
  inhabitants slaughtered and razed the city.
• He was born near the city of Samarqand, in what
  is now Uzbekistan.
• A physical deformity he suffered from was added
  to his name in Persian.
• Who?

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• Timur Lang.
• Tamerlane
• Tamburlaine
• (1336-1405)

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• Which is the only Southeast Asian country never
  to have been occupied by any European or other
  foreign power, except in war and whose official
  name means, in the local language,Land of the
  Free?

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• Thailand or Siam.
• Prathet Thai.

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• What 3 word phrase connects the following
• a. Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker aircraft
  designer and manufacturer, A pioneer in the
  construction of airplanes
• b. An opera by Richard Wagner
• c. The haunted figure of a nautical legend
  concerning a ghost ship.

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• The Flying Dutchman
• Fokkers autobiography is titled The Flying
  Dutchman (1931).
• Wagners opera is called Der fliegende Holländer
  (The Flying Dutchman, 1843).

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• Jorn Utzon, Danish architect,is best known for
  designing this building which is often referred
  to as a peeled Orange.
• What building?

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• Clue Mission Impossible?

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• The Sydney Opera House
• is a multi-venue performing arts centre in
  Sydney, Australia.
• It was conceived and largely built by Danish
  architect Jørn Utzon, opening in 1973 after a
  long gestation that had begun with his
  competition-winning design in 1957.
• The government's bold decision to select Utzon's
  design is often overshadowed by the scandal that
  followed.
• The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World
  Heritage Site in June 2007.It is one of the 20th
  century's most distinctive buildings and one of
  the most famous performing arts centres in the
  world.

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• Why was the year 2005 designated as the
  international year of Physics ?
• (be as specific as possible)

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• It was the centennial (100 years) of four
  revolutionary papers published by Albert Einstein
  in 1905 while working as a clerk at the patent
  office in Bern Switzerland.
• 1.Photoelectric effect light quantum
• 2.Brownian Motion
• 3.Special theory of relativity
• 4.Mass energy Equivalence

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• 1922 2 Men on a boat to New York.
• A
• B tried to explain his theories to me throughout
  the voyage. Even though I may not have understood
  them, I am quite sure that B now understands them
  completely.
• B was offered the Presidency of Israel in 1948
  but courteously declined.
• A went on to become the first President of modern
  Israel.
• Identify A and B.

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• A - Chaim Weizmann
• B - Albert Einstein
• Chaim Azriel Weizmann, (1874 1952) was a
  Zionist leader, President of the Zionist
  Organization, and the first President of the
  State of Israel.
• He was elected on 1 February 1949, and served
  until his death in 1952.
• Weizmann was also a chemist who developed the
  ABE-process, which produces acetone through
  bacterial fermentation.
• He founded the Weizmann Institute of Science in
  Rehovot, Israel.

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• Which Igor Stravinsky work when first performed
  on stage in Paris in 1908,almost caused a riot
  amongst the audience for its depiction of Virgin
  sacrifice, the avant-garde nature of the music
  and choreography and other issues.
• Who did the stage designs and costumes for this
  performance ?

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• The Rite Of Spring
• Nikolai Roerich
• French title Le Sacre du Printemps (Russian
  Vesna svyashchennaya)
• is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the
  Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.
• It was written for the 1913 Paris season of
  Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company, with
  choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and stage designs
  and costumes by Nikolai Roerich.
• When the ballet was first performed, at the
  Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913, the
  avant-garde nature of the music
• and choreography caused a near-riot in the
  audience.
• Nevertheless, Stravinsky's music achieved rapid
  success as a concert piece and became recognised
  as one of the most influential musical works of
  the 20th century. It is very widely performed in
  the concert hall and is frequently revived on the
  stage.

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• The movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was based on a
  book by this person.
• He served as Moscow correspondent for the Reuters
  news agency from 1929 to 1933 and was then a
  banker and stockbroker in London until the
  outbreak of World War II.
• Who?

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• Ian Fleming

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• Give me X ,Y and connect this with the next
  slide.
• X was an Allied plan during World War II, that
  monitored Spain after the Spanish Civil War.
• The goal of the operation was to ensure that
  Britain would still be able to communicate with
  Gibraltar in the event Spain joined the Axis
  Powers.
• Additionally, it was a plan for the defence of
  Gibraltar had the Germans invaded through Spain.
• Ultimately Francisco Franco, the dictator of
  Spain, declined to join the Axis Powers. Adolf
  Hitler refused to give Gibraltar and French North
  Africa to Spain.
• The plan was developed by Y of British Naval
  Intelligence. Fleming was sent to Gibraltar by
  Naval Intelligence to monitor military
  installations in the Mediterranean.
• While there Y was also tasked to liaise with
  William Joseph Donovan from the American Office
  of Strategic Services OSS.

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• X - Operation Golden Eye
• Y - Ian Fleming
• Fleming later dubbed his Jamaican estate
  "Goldeneye", and began writing his series of
  James Bond novels there. The name was also used
  for the title of the seventeenth James Bond film,
  GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan as Agent 007.

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• He was a 53-year old Harvard University graduate
  and former mathematics professor at the
  University of California at Berkeley,who turned
  anarchist whose ingenious homemade bombs killed
  and wounded people in 16 separate incidents in
  the United States from 1978 to 1995.
• He made extreme statements of opposition to
  science, industry, and technology.
• By 1995 the FBI had spent more than 50 million
  in what had become the longest and most extensive
  search in the history of the agency.
• Finally his brother gave the breakthrough leading
  to his arrest while living in a one-room plywood
  shack in the mountains of western Montana.
• Who ?

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Ted or Theodore Kaczynski.AKA the Unabomber.
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What does the map depict?(be very specific)
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Brown Guyana - English Purple Surinam
Dutch Blue French Guyana - French
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Official languages of SA countries. There are
countries in South America, apart from Brazil,
where Spanish is not the official
language.Guyana - official language there is
English. Hindi, Urdu, and Native American
languages are also spoken.Guyana was not settled
by the Spanish and Portuguese. It was originally
a Dutch colony that came under British control in
the early 18th century.
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• He took time off from his busy film career to
  serve as mayor of Carmel ,California (CA)
  (population 4800) for 2 years on a
  pro-development platform in 1986.
• In true filmy style,he stopped greedy developers
  from buying the 22 acre Mission ranch by buying
  it himself for 5 million.
• Clue

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• he is now best known as a director but also
  sometimes acts.

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• Clint Eastwood.

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• Credit for its 'invention' goes to the Bridgeport
  ,Connecticut Baker William Russell ___________
  whose last name gives us its name.
• Invented in the 1870's ,it was not until Yale
  students in the 1940's re-discovered and
  popularised it that it became universally known.
• It was aggressively marketed under the trademark
  toy of the Wham-O manufacturing company.
• What ?

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• Frisbee
• The baker used to throw the tin plates used in
  baking.

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• What very famous over a 1000 year old words can
  you find on a pack of Marlboro cigarettes ?

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• Veni, vidi, vici"
• is a Latin sentence reportedly written by Julius
  Caesar in 47 BC as a comment on his short war
  with Pharnaces II of Pontus in the city of Zela
  (currently known as Zile, in Turkey).
• Veni, vidi, and vici are first person perfect
  forms of the three Latin verbs venire, videre,
  and vincere.
• The sentence appears in Plutarch and
  Suetonius.Plutarch reports that he "gave
  Amantius, a friend of his at Rome, an account of
  this action",whereas Suetonius says "In his
  Pontic triumph he displayed among the show-pieces
  of the procession an inscription of but three
  words, 'I came, I saw, I conquered'

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• The Dutch called it disgusting bird
• the Portugese simpleton
• its name being a British corruption of the
  original Portugese word.
• It also finds mention in Lewis Carrolls Alice in
  Wonderland.
• Within a 100 years after it was first discovered
  in 1598, not a single one of its species was
  alive.
• What ?

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• The Dodo
• (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird
  that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east
  of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
• A white Dodo was once incorrectly thought to have
  existed on the nearby island of Réunion.
• One of the original names for the Dodo was the
  Dutch "walghvogel", first used in the journal of
  Vice Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, who visited
  Mauritius during the Second Dutch Expedition to
  Indonesia in 1598.

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• This institute was founded in the US with funds
  provided by an Englishman who had never visited
  the US for the establishment of an institution
  for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge
  among men.
• A distinguished scientist he was the illegitimate
  son of the 1st duke of Northumberland.
• What institute ?

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• The Smithsonian.
• established 1846 "for the increase and diffusion
  of knowledge", is a group of museums and research
  centers administered by the United States
  government.
• Termed "the nation's attic" for its eclectic
  holdings of 137 million items,the Institution's
  Washington, D.C. nucleus of nineteen museums,
  nine research centers, and zoomany of them
  historical or architectural landmarksis the
  largest such complex in the world.
• Additional facilities are located in Arizona,
  Maryland, New York City, Virginia, Panama and
  elsewhere, and 168 other museums are Smithsonian
  affiliates.
• The Institutions's thirty million annual visitors
  are admitted without charge funding comes from
  the Institution's own endowment, private and
  corporate contributions, membership dues,
  government support, and retail, concession and
  licensing revenues.Institution publications
  include Smithsonian and Air Space magazines.
• James Smithson, FRS, M.A. (1765 1829) was a
  British chemist and mineralogist. He was the
  founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution.

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