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Hint: India was responsible of the change for the worse in 1974 and in 1998.

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The Doomsday Clockis a symbolic clockface, maintained since 1947 by the board ofdirectors of the Bulletin of the Atomic

Scientistsat the University of Chicago.

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Cupcake Donut clair Froyo All versions

of theAndroid OS

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Julia Child, Ethel Rosenberg, Karen Silkwood,Karen Blixen, Roberta Guasppari, Lindy

Chamberlain, Susan Orlean and __________. Bonus for filling the blank

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All are real life individuals played by MerylStreep.

Julia Child- Julie & Julia

Ethel Rosenberg-Angels in America Karen Silkwood- Silkwood Karen Blixen Out of Africa Roberta Guasppari- Music from the heart Lindy Chamberlain A cry in the dark Susan Orlean- Adaptation The bonus answer is of course Margaret

Thatcher.

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FOURSQUARE Dennis Crowley (Founder of Foursquare.com)

Dodgeball, the previous website created byCrowley and later sold to Google An ad for Four Square cigarettes

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The Warner brothers.. Albert Warner

Harry Warner Jack Warner

Sam Warner

The rights to the 'Happy Birthday' song arewith the Warner Brothers Corp.

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They come in 3 species- the Rimi,Nyalmot &Rakshibombo. They have reddish hair, smell

terrible and are very strong. They sometimesmake an ululating sound and are sometimesheard roaring like a lion. They are also veryfond of alcoholic drinks.What are we talking about ?

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In the British Isles, tradition says that awoman may propose for marriage only onleap years. If a man refuses, he pays a

compensation and in some cases he cannotrefuse. The pictures are post cards that weremade in the year 1908 that got quite famous.

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They were formed from the last girder of the_________. Their skins are made of highly

polished steel allowing them to reflect thepersonalities and appearances of the peoplethey meet. They have cameras for eyesfilming all of their adventures and taxiheadlights on them. What/who am I talkingabout?

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Wenlock and Mandeville. The mascots forLondon olympics. The blank is the Olympic

stadium.

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Harapriya, Kokilprabha, Paroshmoni andShashimoni were responsible for carrying out

this task at the Puri Temple.Rules of templeworship demanded their inclusion in mostreligious ceremonies.However in 1988 the practice was abolishedin India. Who and what practice are wetalking about?

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The last devadasis.

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TIPU SULTAN Noor Inayat khan..descendent of Tipu

Vijay Mallyaowner of sword of tipu sultan Tipus fav toy.

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Ais the founder of company B. According to A, thename of Bshould be

1. Start with his favorite letter

2. Should be short3. No one should be able to mis-pronounce it4. It should not resemble anything or be associated with

anything other than B It has also been suggested that Boriginated from the

suggestion of David Houston, from whom Aboughtseveral patents for B. David Houston is said to havechosen the nickname of his home state North Dakotaas a suggestion for B. Identify Aand B.

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A- George Eastman B - Kodak

The question is relevent in 2012 becausekodak filed for bankruptcy in jan 2012

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Pic 1: Do Aankkhen Barah Haath, this classic filmwas directed by V.Shantaram. He also starred init.

Pic 2: Gregory David Roberts(born Gregory JohnPeter Smith) .He is the author of the bestsellingbook 'Shantaram'.

Pic 3: Actor Johnny Depp. He is supposed to starin the upcoming film 'Shantaram' based onGregory David Robert's book of the same name.

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21st Dec 2012 - The doomsday as per theMayan calendar. The cycle of roughly 5125

years end which means the next world willbegin and the old one gets over.

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The names of the biblical figures Jeroboam,Rehoboam ,Methuselah and Goliath have allbeen used for sizes of what product?

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Champagne bottle Jeroboam (a.k.a. Double Magnum) Biblical, First king of NorthernKingdom.

Rehoboam Biblical, First king of separate JudeaImperialMethuselah Biblical, Oldest Man

MordechaiBiblical, Cousin of Esther Queen of

PersiaSalmanazar Biblical, Assyrian King

BalthazarEarly Christian folklore, one of theWise Men

Nebuchadnezzar Biblical, King of Babylon

MelchiorEarly Christian folklore, one of theWise Men

Solomon Biblical, King of Israel, Son of DavidSovereignPrimat or Goliath

MelchizedekBiblical and other Middle Eastreligions

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