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#70 #2016 Q) Chromecast is a line of digital media players developed by Google . Designed as small dongles, the devices play audio/video content on a high-definition television or home audio system by directly streaming it via Wi-Fi from the Internet or a local network. Connect It with the following. Ans:  First generation Chromecast  has the model number H2G2-42 which is a reference to the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy abbreviation H2G2 —in the novel, the number 42 is the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.”  Second generation Chromecast has the model number NC2-6A5 which is a reference to  USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is the central starship in the fictional Star Trek — the NC2 can be read as NCC , while 6A5 converted from hexadecimal is 1701 .

#69 #2016 Q) St Petersburg based confectionery company Rubiscookies , that released a lollipop featuring politician Vitaliy Milonov , known for spearheading laws against "LGBT propaganda" on April Fool's day 2015, recently unveiled a lollipop bearing X 's likeness. Each lollipop costs 50 roubles ($0.70; £0.50) with half of the revenues going to charitable projects supported by X . Id X ? Ans: X - Maria Sharapova . The lollipop comes with a ticket bearing a photo of Sharapova and the slogan: "100% Sharapova; no meldonium"  

#68 #2016 Q) Connect the following : Ans:  The June Cobb ’s English translation of the book "The Shark and the Sardines" written by Juan José Arévalo Bermejo ( image 1 ), Guatemala's first democratically elected president, is the only known book that Lee Harvey Oswald had withdrew from public library before he was arrested for the murder of President JF Kennedy.  

#67 #2016 Q) The term X means the crime of murdering a person, ordinarily by smothering so as to leave no or few marks of violence, for the purpose of selling the corpse. The term X derives its name from the method used by the killers to kill their victims during the West Port murders of the 18th century. One of the murderers after whom the term is named, became a victim of the body-parts trade himself when he was hanged in 1829 and some of his skin was sold to collectors. According to legend, Charles Dickens bought a piece of that skin to use it as a bookmark. Identify the term X ? Ans:  X - Burking.

#66 #2016 Q) In the November 1911 domestic qualifying trials for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Shizo Kanakuri had set a marathon world record for 25 mile distance at 2 hours, 32 minutes and 45 seconds. He was thus selected as one of the only two athletes that Japan could afford to send to the Olympic event. But at 1912 Olympic Marathon he took 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds to complete the marathon- the slowest and longest marathon time in history, remarking, "It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren." Why he took so much time ? Ans:  During that marathon due to heat and weakness he lost consciousness and did not complete the race and went home without telling any officials. So his official status with Olympics remained DNF (Did not Finish) and missing until 1967 when Swedish Olympic Committee invited him back to finish the marathon for the 55th anniversary of Stockholm Games .

#65 #2016 Q)  Connect the following exhaustive list. Ans: Dennis Amiss and Desmond Haynes , only players to score century in their first and final ODIs.

#64 #2016 Q) Trained as a nuclear physicist, Jack Cover spent most of his career working in aerospace and defense industries. He was a chief scientist for North American Aviation (later Rockwell International ) and helped the firm become a primary NASA contractor on the Apollo moon landing program in the early 1960s. He named his most successful invention after his favorite book “Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle” written by Stratemeyer Syndicate . Now my question,  which invention ? Ans: TASER Gun. Named after “ T homas A . S wift's E lectric R ifle”

#63 #2016 Q) This infamous chant devised by a piano player Ernst Hanfstaengl , was modeled on a gesture and a cheer shout “Harvard, Harvard, Harvard, rah, rah, rah!” by American football cheerleaders at Harvard football games. Identify this infamous chant ? Ans:  "Sieg Heil!" ( Hail victory! ) used during the mass rallies by Nazis.

#62 #2016 Q) He has a temple in his honor in Khera Rathore, Uttar Pradesh . His side-kick Roopa also has a temple to his name not far away. At the peak of his work, his actual followers numbered a mere 17. He was shot dead on 7th May, 1955 in Lavan village in Madhya Pradesh . Amitabh Bachchan once said that during his younger days he was in awe of him. There are many folk songs and nautanki plays based on his life. In 1971 a movie  based on his life starring Dara Singh in the lead was released. Identify him ? Ans: Daku Man Singh . He was among the dreaded dacoits of Chambal region and had 1,112 robberies and 185 murders to his credit between 1939 and 1955.

#61 #2016 Q) She got married to a person who not just belong to a different faith, him being a Muslim while she belonged to a Bengali Brahmo family , but was 22 years elder to her. Their marriage took place with Muslim rites in September 1928 against severe opposition, which was attended by only two relatives of her and few common friends. Post marriage her name was changed to Kulsum Zamani , but she became popular by another name during the Quit India movement of 1942 . Name her ? Ans:  Aruna Asaf Ali

#60 #2016 Q) Connect the following railway stations Deula Gondia Junction Venkatagiri Kote Halt Jalna Raipur Junction Shrirangapatna Yeliyur Ans:  Railway Stations with Single Alphabet Station Codes. Deula ( D ) Gondia Junction ( G ) Venkatagiri Kote Halt ( H ) Jalna ( J ) Raipur Junction ( R ) Shrirangapatna ( S ) Yeliyur  ( Y )

#59 #2016 Q) This place in India was originally named by the Captain Charles Pratt Kennedy , who was one of the first explorers to come to this valley and was very struck by its beauty, after his sweetheart in the boyhood days. The place is now misnamed, and will remind you of a famous place from Scotland , which was associated with a Legendary King , who was immortalized by Sir Walter Scott 's "Tales of a Grandfather" . Name the place in India. Ans: Annandale (Shimla) . Its original name was Annadale ( "Anna" , the name of the girl and "dale" meaning a valley). The Legendary King of Scotland is Robert the Bruce, 7th Lord of Annandale .

#58 #2016 Q) Angus Finlay Hutton , a British-Indian tea planter, while working in the High Wavy Mountains in the western ghats of Theni district, Tamil Nadu in 1948 collected a new genus of Bat which was later named after after a famous Indian Personality . The bat is considered as one of the rarest fruit bats in the world and even entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1993 for its rarity. Name the bat OR after whom it is named ? Ans:  Salim Ali's Fruit bat , named after Indian ornithologist Salim Ali .

#57 #2016 Q) His name is Harish Chandra Mehra. What is his claim to fame ? Ans:  He was India's first bravery award-winning child. On February 4, 1958, at a special programme, he was presented the first National Bravery Award by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru .

#56 #2016 Q) This generic term used for a product is believed to be derived from the fact that its production "was done at night by the light of the moon to avoid discovery" . It is known by different names around the globe, depending on available indigenous ingredients, reflecting the customs, tastes, and raw materials. It is called “Crazy Mary” in Brazil , “Kill me quick” in Kenya and “Push me, I push you” in Nigeria . Then in Assam how do we know it ? Ans: Country Liquor: Sulai .. লোকেল মদ : চুলাই

#55 #2016 Q) Jim Laker is the only bowler to take X 's wicket in X 's only first class match. The first batsman to score 1000+ runs in a single Ranji Trophy season was X 's ADC when X was the Governor of Bombay . X 's younger sister was the first woman to hold Cabinet rank in Jawaharlal Nehru 's first Cabinet. X holds a unique record in First Class cricket. Id X and what record ? Ans: X - Raja Maharaj Singh . Oldest cricketer to make his first class debut at the age of 72 years.

#54 #2016 Q) The following song "Na Bole Tum Na" from the film “Baaton Baaton Mein”(1979) copied from the same tune used by both i) a military marching song and ii) an anti-war protest song . The tune was also used as background score in the film "Dr. Strangelove“(1964) . Listen the song and give me that immensely popular Military Marching Song, which was sung by both sides of the American Civil War . Ans: The military song is "When Johnny Comes Marching Home“ . The anti war song is “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye” .

#53 #2016 Ans:  PowerPoint . The party is Anti-PowerPoint Party .

#52 #2016 Ans:  X - Mark Zuckerberg

#51 #2016 Ans:  X - Tickling

#50 #2016 Ans:  Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa.

#49 #2016 Ans:  X- Christopher North , CEO of the online retailer Amazon.co.uk .

#48 #2016 Ans:  Chinaman . In cricketing parlance, the word "Chinaman" is used to describe the stock delivery of a left-arm "unorthodox" spin bowler. The name has its origins in a Test match played between the West Indies and England at Old Trafford, Manchester , in the year 1933. Elliss "Puss" Achong , a player of Chinese origin, was a left-arm orthodox spinner, playing for the West Indies at the time. According to folklore, Achong is said to have had Walter Robbins stumped off a surprise delivery that spun into the right-hander from outside the off stump. As he walked back to the pavilion, Robbins said to his teammates "Fancy being done by a bloody chinaman!" , leading to the popularity of the term in England, and subsequently, in the rest of the world.

#47 #2016 Ans:  Camelot. Logo of World Camelot Federation ( in image ). "Camelot" is the most famous castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur ( in image ) The charisma of John F. Kennedy ( in image ) and his family led to the figurative designation of "Camelot" for his administration, credited by his wife to his affection for the contemporary Broadway musical of the same name. In 1882, George S. Parker ( in image ) invented the game "Camelot" .

#46 #2016 Ans:  Padma Khanna

#45 #2016 Ans: Kevan James . He is the only player in first class cricket's history to take a double hat-trick and score a century in the same match in the first class match between Hampshire and India at Southampton in 1996.

#44 #2016   Ans:  Sir Charles Aubrey Smith , the England Test cricketer who became a stage and film actor. In 1932 he founded the Hollywood Cricket Club ( in image ) and created a pitch with imported English grass. Commander McBragg ( in image ) in the TV cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is a parody of him. The cartoon character also appears in The Simpsons episode "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" . Evelyn Waugh satirized the Hollywood Cricket Club in his 1946 book The Loved One , with its protagonist "Sir Auberon Abercombie" , a thinly-disguised portrait of Sir Aubrey Smith .The book was adapted in 1965 by Terry Southern into a sprawling film of the same name.( in image )

#43 #2016 Q) Authors X and C.S. Lewis made a pact to write books on two topics. Lewis would take "space travel," and X "time travel" . Lewis completed his "space travel" trilogy, but X never finished his "time travel" books. Instead, X wrote Y trilogy. Id X and Y ? Ans: X- J. R. R. Tolkien and Y- T he Lord of the Rings trilogy

#42 #2016 Q) They are the only players to have what ? Ans: They are Pelham Warner (1904,1921) and Jack Hobbs (1909,1926) , only winners to win the Wisden Cricketers of the Year Twice.

#41 #2016 Q) Connect the following Ans: Rube Goldberg. In the 1989 Tamil language film Apoorva Sagodharargal (Appu Raja) , Appu ( Kamal Haasan ) kills Francis Anbarasu (Delhi Ganesh) using a Rube Goldberg machine. A Rube Goldberg machine or device is a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The expression is named after American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg . The award is Reuben Award awarded by National Cartoonists Society to the Cartoonist of the Year is named after Rube Goldberg , the founding member and the first president of the organization.

#40 #2016 Ans:  He is John Hampshire . He was the first one-day player to officiate as umpire in one-day internationals.

#39 #2016 Ans:  Cricketer to open the batting and bowling for India in the same Test. X= Vinoo Mankad was first for India in the Test Match, India v England at Kanpur, Jan 12-14, 1952 Y= Virender Sehwag does the same in the Test Match, India v Australia at Delhi, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2008.

#38 #2016 Ans: S Venkataraghavan . The bowlers to dismiss all 11 batsmen in the opposition in a Test are: JC Laker, S Venkataraghavan , G Dymock, Abdul Qadir, Waqar Younis, M Muralitharan.

#37 #2016 Ans: Bishan Singh Bedi . The complete comment is as follows When Jim Laker was asked about his idea of paradise, he replied "Lord's cricket ground, bathed in sunshine, with Ray Lindwall bowling at one end and Bishan Bedi at the other."

#36 #2016 Ans: John Traicos . The two Greeks to play Test cricket are John Traicos and Xenophon Ballaskas ( Image ).

#35 #2016 Ans: Wes Hall and Greg Matthews , who bowled the last ball of the two tied Test Matches respectively. First tied Test match was between Australia v West Indies at Brisbane on Dec 9-14, 1960. Second tied Test match was between India vs Australia at Chennai on Sep 18-22, 1986.

#34 #2016 Ans:  The Smallest victory margin in a Test Match . West Indies defeated Australia by 1 run .

#33 #2016 Ans: He is Janardan Navle . He was the batsman who faced the first ball for India in Test Cricket in 1932.

#32 #2016 Ans: He is New Zealand paceman RC Motz , the first bowler to be prevented from bowling because of running on the pitch in a Test.

#31 #2016   Ans: "Laurel and Hardy" . They are VK Ramaswamy and Swaroop Kishen .

#30 #2016 Q) Who had established the "Passive Resisters Soccer Club" in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg during the early 20th century ? (Clue : The circled one) Ans: Mahatma Gandhi.

#29 #2016 Ans: Yaadein (1964 film). This Sunil Dutt satrrer film is the first Indian film in cinema that features only a single actor and hence has found an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records in the category Fewest actors in a narrative film . The only other actor in the film is Nargis Dutt that too in a silhouette in the final scene . Mario Miranda cartoon figures were used to depict the customers in a restaurant scene.

#28 #2016 Ans: X = Czeslaw Milosz, Y = Raja Rao,  and the poem is "To Raja Rao"

#27 #2016 Ans:  M. G Ramachandran refused to accept the award on grounds of unpatriotic behavior by the government. He wanted the wording to be in his mother tongue Tamil instead of the traditional Hindi.

#26 #2016 Ans:  Johnny Cash and the name of the science fiction tale is "The Holografik Danser".

#25 #2016 Ans:  The "English is a Funny language" dialogue by Amitabh Bacchan in film "Namak Halal"(1982) when he was introduced to Ranjeet.

#24 #2016 Ans: "The Waste Land" by T. S. Eliot.

#23 #2016 Ans:  She is Kumari Kamala and her first husband is Famous cartoonist R. K. Laxman.

#22 #2016 Ans: Ravi Shastri.  In the match MCC v Rest of the World XI in 20-25 August 1987.

#21 #2016 Ans:  Unbirthday. It is is an event that is typically celebrated on any or all of the 364 (365 on leap years) days in which it is not the person's birthday.

#20 #2016 Ans:  Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"

#19 #2016 Ans:  Alternate names for the card 10 in a deck of playing cards - Dime, Sawbuck, Bo Derek