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- 4. / Directed by William Wellman, starring Clara Bow and Charles Rogers, this was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929. (5)
- 6. / The most famous alcoholic beverage among the Klingons. It is a very important part of the Klingon culture, and it is traditional for Klingons to celebrate victorious battles with copious amounts of it. It is extremely strong, and can prove dangerous to Klingons themselves if not used carefully. As with most Star Trek beverages, its exact nature has not been mentioned, but it is made from the blood of animals native to the Klingon world. (9)
- 7. / An American socialite, she was the first woman ever to be elected the Time person of the year. She went on to marry the King of England post his abdication of the throne. The King's desire to marry a woman who had two living ex-husbands threatened to cause a constitutional crisis in the UK, and ultimately led to his abdication in December 1936 to marry "the woman I love". After the abdication, the former king was created Duke of Windsor by his brother and successor, King George VI. (6, 7)
- 8. / It was in 1994 that filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra first mentioned the idea of setting a thriller around two chess players to Abhijat Joshi. Initially titled Chess, the title has gone through several changes; Fifth Move and 64 Squares being some of them. The film’s structure, character and probable cast too, have undergone a series of alterations. In the ’90s, which Hollywood superstar was tipped to play the protagonist of this movie, which now got released as Wazir? ( 6,7)
- 10. / Together with Gibraltar on the European side, it formed one of the famous "Pillars of Hercules". Later, it was renamed for a formation of seven surrounding smaller mountains, collectively referred to The Seven Brothers. Along with the Spanish exclave Melilla, is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish territories in mainland Africa. (5)
- 11. / Held in Buffalo, New York each Thanksgiving Day, it is the oldest continually running public footrace in North America, having established itself in 1896 and run every year since. (7, 6, 4)
- 13. / The Company is responsible for approximately 30% of the world's dairy exports and is New Zealand's largest company. The name of the company comes from a Latin word meaning, "spring from the land". (8)
- 15. / Currently the highest ranked American Grandmaster in Chess. In October 2014, he achieved an Elo rating of 2844, becoming the third highest rated player in history. (7, 7)
- 17. / A system of philosophy based upon the teachings of an ancient Greek philosopher, who followed in the steps of Democritus. He believed that what he called "pleasure" is the greatest good, but the way to attain such pleasure is to live modestly and to gain knowledge of the workings of the world and the limits of one's desires. This led one to attain a state of tranquillity and freedom from fear, as well as absence of bodily pain. (12)
- 19. / This capital city takes its name from the Mandé people who gathered specific fibres on the island which were used in the manufacture of ropes. The mispronunciation of the Mandé word for fibre led to the word _______. The city was earlier known as Bathurst (named in honour of Henry Bathurst) from 1816-April 14, 1973. (6)
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- 1. / The Man Who Skied down Everest, was the first sports film to win an Academy Award for best documentary in 1975. Identify the protagonist who still holds the record of being the oldest person to climb Everest, reclaiming his record after he had lost it once. (8,5)
- 2. / Directed by Romesh Sharma and written by Gulzar, starring Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Om Puri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in lead roles, the movie depicted political corruption in media. It remains the only movie for which Shashi Kapoor received his only National Award as the Best Actor in a leading role. (3,5,5)
- 3. / The company, a boxing, mixed martial arts and clothing brand that was founded in London, England in 1960 is named after Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of _________, who in 1891 set up the first organised boxing matches with gloves, following the deaths of three boxers in bare-knuckle fights. (8)
- 5. / This area is Mumbai is named after the first Chief Minister (then called prime minister) of the Bombay State after he had allotted plots of land to people belonging to the Hindu-Khatik (Scheduled caste) community in 1950-51. (8)
- 6. / A political party in India, formed by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Charan Singh. The party was founded at a meeting in Lucknow in October 1967. After the 1977 general election, the party merged into the Janata Party. (9,6,3)
- 9. / The starting line-up on a basketball team usually comprises five positions and is called the 2-1-2 line-up : PG - Point guard; SG - Shooting guard ; _________ ;PF - Power forward; C – Center. (5, 8)
- 12. / In Greek mythology, she was one of the primeval gods who was a daughter of Nyx, the goddess of night, who was believed to be the mother of everything mysterious and anything that was inexplicable and unpleasant, such as death, disease, sleep, ghosts, dreams, witchcraft and enchantments. Her father was Erebus, who reigned in a palace in the dark regions of the Underworld. As the sister of the many of the dark gods of death, night and the Underworld, she personified distress, misery, anxiety, and worry. (5)
- 14. / This European along with Miroslav Klose are the only two footballers ever to score at least two goals in four consecutive World Cups. (3, 6)
- 16. / They are small snacks or side dishes, typically served in traditional "bàcari" in Venice, Italy. They include tiny sandwiches, plates of olives or other vegetables, halved hard boiled eggs, small servings of a combination of one or more of seafood, meat and vegetable ingredients laid on top of a slice of bread or polenta, and very small servings of typical full-course plates. (9)
- 18. / A technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information. The term was introduced to cinema primarily by Sergei Eisenstein, and early Soviet directors used it as a synonym for creative editing. This technique was effectively used by Salim-Javed to represent a child growing into an adult, a technique that dates back to Raj Kapoor's Awaara . In Deewaar showed a character entering a temple as a child and then leaving the temple as an adult. ( 7)