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Question 1 Which actor's autobiography is titled "Khullam Khulla"? The title is borrowed from the song "Khullam Khulla Pyar Karenge Hum Dono" from the actor's 1975 film "Khel Khel Mein". 

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Question 1 Designed by Ashwani Kumar Upadhyaya and Emil Jacob, this is a miniature form of a tram that requires only a five meter wide road for installation, thus making it a suitable mode of public transport near residential areas. What is it called?

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Question 1 The Keysi Fighting Method or Keysi is a self-defense technique developed in Spain in the 1950s. It is a method "created to act and react while defending yourself". Its training is based on the study and cultivation of natural instincts.  It became popular after release of which film in 2008?

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Question 1 Which famous actress has written the following novels? Postcards from the Edge Surrender the Pink Delusions of Grandma The Best Awful There Is

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Question 1 This is the world's first hospital train, which was started on 16 July 1991. It was developed by Impact India Foundation, in collaboration with the Indian Railways and Health Ministry. It was started to provide on-the-spot diagnostic, medical and advanced surgical treatment for preventive and curative interventions for disabled adults and children for outreach into inaccessible rural areas where medical services are not available and the services are offered using the Indian Railway Network. Which train?

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Question 1 The name of which terrorist group, which is a branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), means "Western" or "non-Islamic" education is a sin ? The group is mainly active in Nigeria.

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Question 1 X's sarcophagus was buried in the Gur-E-Amir Mausoleum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The sarcophagus of X was inscribed with the words “When I rise from the dead, the world shall tremble.” But Soviet Soviet anthropologist Mikhail M. Gerasimov went ahead and exhumed the body of X. However, there was also a curse laid in the form of an inscription inside the casket of X's sarcophagus “Whomsoever opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible than I.” And just three days after the casket was opened, Hitler started his invasion of Soviet Union. Id X, who was back in news recently.

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Question 1 Between the Assassinations is a book by Aravind Adiga, The Man Booker Winner in 2008. The book is a collection of short stories. The title of the book refers to an approximate seven year period between the assassinations of which two famous persons?

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Question 1 In January 1937, Spanish government commissioned Picasso to create a large mural for the Spanish display at the International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. At the time, Picasso was living in Paris. He had last visited Spain in 1934. His initial sketches for the project depicted his perennial theme of the artist's studio. However, immediately upon hearing reports of the 26 April bombing of a certain village in northern Spain, the poet Juan Larrea visited Picasso and urged him to make the bombing his subject. After reading George Steer's eyewitness account of the bombing, Picasso abandoned his initial project and started sketching a series of preliminary drawings for his painting. This resulted in which painting by Picasso?

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Question 1 This is a seven lettered word meaning "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream" is chosen by Merriam-Webster as its 2016 word of year. The publishing company said that this was the word "people came back over and over again in response to several events". The company also added that the searches of the word surged after US elections, bombings in Brussels and Bastille Day truck attack in Nice. Which word?

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Question 1 What is this poster about. Also, give me the blanked out part from the poster.

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Question 1 The blanked out part in the meme is the name of an American novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Which book, which was even adapted into movie in 1940, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford.

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Question 1 Which recently released film's opening scene was shot at Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, Los Angeles. Image of the interchange below.

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Question 1 Born Saloth Sar, he was a Cambodian revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge, a group following the ideals of Communist Party of Kampuchea. Later he also served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. How do we popularly know the person, whose name would resemble to something which is very common in Maharashtrian kitchens?

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Question 1 He was an Indian jurist who was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1952 to 1966. Also, he was the only South Asian person appointed to the International Military Tribunal for the trials of Japanese war crimes committed during the WWII. Among all the judges of the tribunal, he was the only one who submitted a judgment which insisted all defendants were not guilty. The Yasukuni Shrine and the Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine have monuments specially dedicated to this person. Who are we talking about here, who will be portrayed by Irrfan Khan in upcoming miniseries "The Tokyo Trial".

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Question 1 This is an image messaging and multimedia mobile app created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown. Initially, it was named "Picaboo", however now it is known as?

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Question 1 Which fictional character, created by Helen Fielding and portrayed onscreen by Renée Zellweger has been named in the 2016 Woman's Hour Power List released by BBC Radio Four (a list comprising of the women who have had the biggest impact on women's lives over the past 70 years), alongside Margaret Thatcher, Barbara Castle, Helen Brook, Germaine Greer, Jayaben Desai and Beyoncé.

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Question 1 This is a form of government with corrupt rulers that use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to extend their personal wealth and political power. Typically, this system involves the embezzlement of funds at the expense of the wider population. The word comes from Greek language. Id this 11 lettered word.

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Question 1 This is a tweet by US President elect Donald Trump. As a result of this tweet, the market value of a certain aerospace company, which happens to be the manufacturer of the F-35 aircraft, dropped by 3 billion dollars. Which aerospace company are we talking about here?

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Question 1 A certain Urdu word meaning "red rose" has stormed into the news recently. Why? 

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Question 1 This is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi. The film focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate and the conflicts that arise when the husband hires a lower-class caregiver for his elderly father, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award. Which film?

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Question 1 Black rights activist Viola Desmond, who was jailed for defiantly sitting in the "whites only" section of a film house, will be the first woman from which country to be featured on the country's $10 bill, as declared by the country's Finance Mnister Bill Morneau and Stephen Poloz. Id country.

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Question 1 This is about a "Rate My Professor" page for a certain fictional character. It calls this character a Paleontology Professor, featuring a "chilli" in hotness section. Some of the reviews include, "Tell him you love him and... you'll get an A", "He gave me four zeroes for missing assignments I didn't show up for but WE WERE ON A BREAK". Which fictional character, who has a Ph. D. from Columbia University?

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Question 1 In 1974, while digging a well in the city of Xi'an, a man discovered something which was the first of its kind then. Since then, more than 8000 have been discovered and they are said to be one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of all time. What are we talking about here?

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Question 1 While Sachin Khedekar played the role of this freedom fighter in a 2004 film directed by Shyam Benegal, actor Raj Kummar Rao will be playing the role of this freedom fighter in an upcoming web series produced by Ekta Kapoor, which will reportedly present the untold story of his life. Which freedom fighter are we talking about here? 

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Question 1 He was the central figure in the Komagata Maru incident of 1914. A historical film titled "Lions of the Sea" is based on this incident and Irrfan Khan will be portraying him in the film. Who is the person we are talking about here?

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Question 1 Naam Shabana is an upcoming Hindi film starring Taapsee Pannu, Elli Avram, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher. It also has Akshay Kumar making special appearance. It is a prequel to which 2015 Hindi film?

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Question 1 I'm Not There is a 2007 film starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw. In the film, these six actors depict different facets of the public persona of which popular American singer and songwriter?

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Question 1 The literal meaning of this word is "the fear of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange". This word was invented by ancient Greeks and was named by dictionary.com as Word of the Year for 2016. Which word?

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Question 1 The following image is an artist's rendition of which hypothetical space phenomenon, which is also called as Einstein - Rosen bridge. Give me a popular term by which we know the phenomenon.

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Question 1 How do we popularly know Bollywood singer Angarag Mahanta, son of popular Assamese singer Khagen Mahanta?

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Question 1 This is a 1950 American film written and directed by Billy Wilder, starring Gloria Swanson,William Holden, Erich von Stroheim and Nancy Olson. The title of the movie comes from large road running between Los Angeles and Beverley Hills, California. The movie was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, winning only three. It is said to be one of the most iconic film in the category of film noir (a genre of film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace). Id the movie.

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Question 1 This is a paragraph from the famous song by Bob Dylan named "Motorpsycho Nightmare". Well, I couldn’t leave Unless the old man chased me out ’Cause I’d already promised That I’d milk his cows I had to say something To strike him very weird So I yelled out “I like _____ ______ and his beard” Rita looked offended But she got out of the way As he came charging down the stairs Sayin’, “What’s that I heard you say?” The blanked out name is that of a famous leader who died recently. FITB.

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Question 1 X was a French philosopher and writer who won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. X's views contributed to the rise of philosophy known as "absurdism". X is generally associated with the philosophy of existentialism, which X has repeatedly denied. Id X. 

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Question 1 While each page of this document was beautified and decorated by artists Beohar Rammanohar Sinha and Nandalal Bose, the document was hand-written with beautiful calligraphy by Prem Behari Narain Raizada. Which document are we talking about?

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Question 1 This is a wine collection which was prepared by Vintage Wine Estates, a Santa Rosa based winery in partnership with a prominent broadcaster. The collection includes a Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and red blend. The collection is inspired from what?

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Question 1 This test gauges whether a computer-based synthesized voice can tell a joke with sufficient skill to cause people to laugh. It was proposed by a famous film critic at the 2011 TED conference as a challenge to software developers to have a computerized voice master the inflections, delivery, timing and intonations of a speaking human. Who proposed the test or after whom is this test named?

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Question 1 The Warrior is a 2001 film by filmmaker Asif Kapadia starring Irrfan Khan. The film won BAFTA for Best Film and was selected as official entry of UK for Academy Award for Best Foreign Film that year. However the entry was rejected by Academy Awards. Why did they reject their entry?

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Question 1 There are various theories which try to explain the reddish sky in the background of this painting. One theory suggests that the artist's memory of the effects of the powerful volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, a volcanic island situated near Indonesia, which deeply tinted sunset skies red for months during 1883 and 1884, about a decade before the artist painted the painting. This explanation has been disputed by scholars, who note that X was an expressive painter and was not primarily interested in literal renderings of what he had seen. Another theory suggests that the proximity of both a slaughterhouse and a lunatic asylum to the site depicted in the painting may have offered some inspiration. Which popular painting are we talking about here and give me the painter?

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Question 1 This is a house enlisted on Airbnb which is modeled after which famous American animated television series?

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Question 1 This is an Italian saying which means used to "urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future". It was made popular by a certain Robin Williams movie in which he plays the role of an English teacher. Give me the saying and movie.

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Question 1 Sonam Wangchuk is an engineer based in Ladakh. He recently won the Rolex Award for Enterprise for his following creation. His aim behind this creation was to find a solution to the water crisis being faced by the farmers of Ladakh in the critical planting months of April and May before the natural glacial melt waters start flowing. Also, the technique has been used for disaster mitigation at high altitude glacier lakes. How do we commonly know this creation?

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Question 1 This Amul ad is in reference to what?

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Question 1 This is a sketchbook containing 65 previously unknown drawings, said to be drawn by X. However, the X Museum in Amsterdam had dismissed the drawings in the "so called lost sketchbook" as fake. Id X.

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Question 1 This is a Google Trends graph which shows the sudden spike in Google Search of removal of a particular thing. The people who searched about it were mainly from India. The thing we are taking about is produced by a certain company started by Maharaja Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar in 1937 and is the only company authorized to produce the product. Also, the search was about "how to remove the applied product". Just give me the name of the product we are talking about? (The spike can be seen from November 15, 2016 at 3.30 PM).

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Question 1 The DRDO X is a unmanned combat air vehicle being developed by DRDO. X is derived from the National Aerospace Laboratories's LCRA (Light Canard Research Aircraft) developed by a team under the leadership of late Prof X Damania in the 1980s. Also, X happens to be the name of a very popular Bollywood film released in 2016. Id X, which is a six lettered word.

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Question 1 This movie released in 2014, is based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It tells the story of a young robotics prodigy named Hiro Hamada who forms a superhero team to combat a masked villain. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was the highest grossing animated film of 2014. However, when released people thought that the movie was the sixth part of the original film series, which is untrue. Which movie?

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Question 1 A restaurant in Chennai named "Suprabaa" has introduced a "X White Dosa (Butter Dosa)" recently. When they uploaded the image of the dosa, an user commented that "It's actually supposed to be orange." Id X.

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Question 1 "Heil Honey I'm Home!" is a British sitcom that was aired in 1990 and was cancelled after one episode. It centers on fictionalized versions of X and his wife Y, who live next door to a Jewish couple, Arny and Rosa Goldenstein. The show spoofs elements of mid-20th century American sitcoms and is driven by X's inability to get along with his neighbours. Id X and Y.

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Question 1 This is a latest internet sensation wherein people stand completely still for a minute or so. A person films the whole thing with a camera moving around the area and sometimes getting close up shots of the people who are standing still. Give me the name of this new viral internet challenge.

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Question 1 Guanggun Jie is an entertaining festival widespread among young Chinese people, to celebrate the fact that they are proud of being ______. The date, November 11th, is chosen because the number "1" resembles an individual that is alone. FITB or give me the word by which we popularly know the festival.

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Question 1 This is an image which was shown by Barack Obama during White House Correspondents' Dinner, wherein Obama and Seth Meyers roasted X. Id X or the blanked part from the image. 

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Question 1 Whose biography?

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Question 1 Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) will be undertaking a pan - India bird count on 12th November, 2016 to commemorate the birth anniversary of which famous ornithologist?

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Question 1 This is a handwritten poem by X in 1942, months before she and her family went into hiding. The handwritten eight-line poem was written in the “poezie album” or friendship book of the older sister of X’s classmate and best friend Jacqueline van Maarsen. Id X.

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Question 1 In a scene in the movie Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Anushka Sharma asks Ranbir Kapoor, what he wants to become to which he replies that he wants to be a singer like X, to which she says that, "Woh gaate kam the rote jyada the (He sang less and cried more). Id X, who was a very popular singer.

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Question 1 A political party based in Maharashtra named Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will be making a small but significant change in their electoral symbol. What is the change which they have planned?

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Question 1 Twitter recently bought out this special emoji for the fifth season of which Indian show (Blanked out from the image is the name of the show)?

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Answer to Post 172 Swedish Schindler Question 1 This was an ad put up by a firm. The half of the profits from the selling of this particular beer will go to the "revival" of a particular thing, which was "pronounced dead" by some people a few days back. So for what purpose will the half of the profits gained from the sale of this beer will be used?

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Question 1 Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who was known for saving thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. He issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings designated as Swedish territory. Recently, he was formally declared dead by Swedish Tax Agency, 71 years after his disappearance. However, he is popularly nicknamed after a German who saved more than 1000 Jews during the Holocaust. So how do we popularly know Raoul Wallenberg?

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Question 1 Operation X was a plan drawn up by the Pakistan Army in May 1965 to attack the Akhnoor Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir. The operation ended in a failure for the Pakistan Army as the stated military objectives were not achieved and they subsequently were forced to retreat following a counterattack by the Indian Army. X also happens to be a popular term in sports. Id X.

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Question 1 What was the code name assigned to the operation by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to take control of Jaffna from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in late 1987, and to enforce the disarmament of the LTTE as a part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord?

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Question 1 If the first one was Olympus and the second one was London, what will be third one and what will it be about?

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Question 1 Merriam-Webster defines this breed of dog as, "any of a breed of tall slender graceful smooth-coated dogs characterized by swiftness and keen sight...of several related dogs." Also, the special force of the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, which undertake high risk operations against Naxalite terrorists are known by the same name. What?

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Question 1 X is an author from USA who writes poetry and fiction. A few of his works are The White Boy Shuffle, Tuff, Slumberland, Big Bank Take Little Bank, etc. However, X received widespread attention and fame in 2016 after his book Y received a top literary honor. ID X and Y (X being the name of the person and Y being the book).

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Question 1 This is a photo sharing application. Its CEO Ben Silbermann summarized the application as a "catalog of ideas," rather than as a social network, that inspires users to "go out and do that thing". Which application?

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Question 1 Reema Lamba made her debut in the 2002 film "Jeena Sirf Mere Liye" starring Tusshar Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Before entering films she had appeared in commercials with Amitabh Bachchan for BPL and Shahrukh Khan for Santro. How do we popularly know Reema Lamba? 

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Question 1 X was a Japanese manga artist and cartoonist. X is best known as the creator of the manga series Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack and Phoenix. X is also known as "the father of manga". X is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a X's major inspiration during his formative years. Id X.

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Question 1 This is a limited edition merchandise launched recently by Pokémon Company and Nintendo. What is it called?

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Question 1 SE7EN is a 1995 film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman play the role of a detective. The name of the character of Morgan Freeman, who goes by the first name William, is inspired from which famous British writer?

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Question 1 Connect these three movies with something very specific regarding Oscars It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Silence of the Lambs

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Question 1 This is a 2009 film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. In the movie, Jeff Bridges stars in leading role and plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist portrayed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Jeff Bridges won an Oscar for his role. Which movie?

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Question 1 X was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. X began in 1916 at Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich, spreading to Berlin shortly thereafter. X, in addition to being anti-war, had political affinities with the radical left and was also anti-bourgeois. X also happens to be the nickname of a famous Indian cricketer. Id X.

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Question 1 X Literary Fest is an annual literary fest held in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh since past 5 years. It is held in the memory of X, who was a famous writer, journalist and politician. Id X.

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Question 1 X is an impact crater on Mars named after Giovanni X, who was an Italian astronomer. It is located near Mars's equator. In the movie "The Martian", X is the landing site for Ares 4. The protagonist, Mark Watney, is stranded on Mars and he has to travel from Acidalia Planitia to X. Id X.

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Question 1 This Amul ad was created when there were allegations around a famous cricket administrator from Kolkata, who was the then chief of BCCI. So what is blanked out in the ad below? #AmulGirlturns50

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Question 1 Identify the novel, written by Walter Kim and which was adapted into a 2009 feature film of the same name starring George Clooney, Vera Farminga and Anna Kendrick and received 6 Academy Award nominations.

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Question 1 United Nations has named this fictional character as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls. The character will be formally designated for the position at a ceremony on October 21, the character's 75th anniversary. Which character?

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Question 1 How do we popularly know Robert Allen Zimmerman and why is he in news recently?

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Question 1 The X Taj Mahal was a casino and hotel in New Jersey, United States. The casino was owned by X Entertainment Resorts in 1990 and was built at a total cost of nearly one billion dollars. Given below is the image of casino. Id X.

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Question 1 This is a 2016 film directed by Clint Eastwood and based on the book Highest Duty. The film stars Tom Hanks along with Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney and others. The film is about an emergency landing of a commuter jet on the Hudson River in January 2009, which all 155 passengers and crew survived with only minor injuries and the subsequent publicity and investigation. Which movie?

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Question 1 Who completes the list and what is this list about? John Bardeen, Fredrick Sanger, Linus Pauling, International Committee of Red Cross, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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Question 1 This is a 2016 biographical sports drama film directed by Mira Nair and starring David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o and Madina Nalwanga. The film depicts the life of Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan chess prodigy who becomes a Woman Candidate Master after her performances at World Chess Olympiads. Which movie?

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Question 1 The Liberation of Goa was an action by the Indian Armed Forces that ended the rule of Portugal in its exclaves in India in 1961. The armed action involved air, sea and land strikes for over 36 hours, and was a decisive victory for India, ending 451 years of Portuguese overseas provincial governance in Goa. How is the operation popularly known as?

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Question 1 Which person will join the list? Gladwyn Jebb, Trygve Lie, Dagg Hamarskjold, U Thant, Curt Waldheim, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon.

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Question 1 This is a 1973 science fiction thriller film written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton, which is about amusement park robots that malfunction and begin killing visitors. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park. It also happens to be the first movie directed by Michael Crichton. Which movie?

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Question 1 This is a sandwich, which is said to be made of "white bread, full of bologna, side of Russian dressing, a little pickle, with a wall of Mexican chips" and comes with a disclaimer "if you come in to order this you may not get what you were told you were buying". It is being sold by Windsor Sandwich Shop in Canada. What is it named as?

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Question 1 This is a 1951 novel, which was originally published for adults and it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages and  around 1 million copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, and connection. Which famous novel?

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Question 1 This is a satirical, semi autobiographical novel by Kurt Vonnegut about his World War II experiences and journeys through time of the fictional character, Billy Pilgrim, from his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant, to postwar and early years. A central event in the novel is the fictional character Billy Pilgrim's surviving the Allies' firebombing of Dresden as a prisoner-of-war. Which novel?

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Question 1 Which will be the next in list? Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno.

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Question 1 This fictional character is a highly trained assassin of Greek descent who wields a pair of bladed sai as her trademark weapons. She has also appeared as a supporting character of X-Men's Wolverine. She has been portrayed on screen by Jennifer Garner, Laura Ward and Elodie Yung. Which fictional character? 

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Question 1 This is an Indian daily newspaper founded in 1924 by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab Province. It contained writings and articles from C. F. Andrews, Nihal Singh, Dr Saifuddin Kichlu, etc. The newspaper is currently owned by Shobhana Bhartia. Which Indian newspaper?

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Question 1 Brajesh Mishra was the first person to hold this post. He was appointed to this post in November 1998, under the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. J N Dixit, M K Narayanan and Shivshankar Menon also held this post at some time. Which post and who is currently holding this post?

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Question 1 The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo is a humorous autobiographical book by American stand-up comedian and actress X. The book addresses subjects such as gun violence in the United States, sexual assault and consent, domestic violence, as well as more personal issues such as X's troubled relationship with her mother and X's father's multiple sclerosis. Also, the book's title is a reference to which other book? And Id X.

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Question 1 This term is defined as "the lowest velocity which a body must have in order to escape the gravitational attraction of a particular planet or other object". However, the term became immensly popular in the context of Indian politics after its usage by a certain Indian politician in his speech in October 2013. Which term and who used it in October 2013?

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Question 1 Nintendo had to ban X from submitting his Tetris score to Nintendo Power magazine in 1988, as X would top the listings every month. The company wanted fresh names and hence didn't accept X's submission. However, X submitted his next entry as "Evets Kainzow", which was accepted. Id X.

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Question 1 "P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke" is a TV serial which will premiere on Star Plus. It is an Indian adaptation of Israeli TV show "Hatufim". However, the Israeli TV show has also inspired an American television series. Which TV series?

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Question 1 Syria Civil Defense is a volunteer civil defense organization that operates throughout Syria. It was founded in early 2013 by British security consultant James Le Mesurier, primarily as a response to indiscriminate bombardment of civilian communities in rebel-held areas by the Syrian Arab Air Force. However, they are popularly known by the head gear they wear. How do we popularly know them?

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Question 1 Gudu hara or Ha-do-do is a game played throughout the Chakma region in Bangladesh. In this game, two teams stand on either side of a central line. They take turns sending a player into opposing territory to touch as many people as he or she can during the space of one breath, while at the same time saying "Ha-do-do." If the player runs out of breath or is caught by his or her opponents, he or she is out. This game is similar to which other game?

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Question 1 It is a brand of fruit-flavored sweets, currently produced and marketed by the Wrigley Company. They have hard sugar shells which carry the letter S. The inside is mainly sugar, corn syrup and hydrogenated palm kernel oil along with fruit juice, citric acid and natural and artificial flavors. The confectionery has been sold in a variety of flavor collections, such as Tropical and Wild Berry. However, the confectionery was very much in news recently for different reasons after the Donald Trump Jr. used it in his tweet. Which confectionery am I talking about?  Also, the image below, which was the cause of controversy.

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Question 1 Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 Australian-American biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson. The film is based on the true story about US Army medic _______ ____, a conscientious objector (individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, disability or religion) who refused to bear arms, yet was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman for single-handedly saving the lives of over 75 of his comrades while under constant enemy fire during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. FITB and blanks are indicative of the size of the word.

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Question 1 German pharmaceutical company Bayer promoted the use of this drug for children suffering from cough, cold and irritation in 1900s. The company named it so because its employees, on whom the drug had been tested, reported feeling heroic after taking it. How do we commonly know the drug?

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Question 1 A new mobile game based on the US Presidential election candidate Donald Trump has been launched with the tagline "Make the galaxy great again". It requires players to build a wall on which Trump jumps to reach the galaxy to "make it better". The game features Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders as Trump's obstacles. What is the name of the game?

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Question 1 German pharmaceutical firm Bayer invented the drug acetylsalicyclic acid in 1987. The drug was created as a safer alternative to the salicylate drugs, which caused damage to the stomach. How do we popularly know acetylsalicyclic acid?

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Question 1 La Liga President Javier Tebas, during the launch of La Liga's New Delhi office said that the matches of the Spain's top-tier football league will start earlier than usual. He further said that the matches will now kick-off at 4.30 pm local time in Spain. Why the sudden change in timings?

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Answer to yesterday's post: Robert Mugabe striking the Superman pose. Question 1 Bhavin and Divyank Turakhia started this Internet domain registrar company in 1998. At present, the company is valued at $1.4 billion, thus making the Turakhia brothers billionaires. One of their most successful venture "Media.net" was sold to a Chinese consortium for $900 million in 2016. Which company I am talking about?

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Question 1 X is an acronym. Similar to Latin phrase "carpe diem" ("seize the day"), it implies that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks, as if there would not be another chance for it. The acronym is widely used in youth culture and music, and was popularized by the 2011 song "The Motto" by rapper Drake. As a part of its September 2016 update, The Oxford English Dictionary has added the acronym to the dictionary. Id X.

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Question 1 Logo of which company?

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Question 1 "Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy" is a documentary directed by filmmaker Dilip Mehta which premiered recently at the Toronto International Film Festival. This documentary is based on the life of which famous personality?

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Question 1 Very recently, who joined this two individuals and became a part of the coveted club: Murlikant Petkar, Devendra Jhajharia

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Question 1 Minimalist poster of which TV series?

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Question 1 This is a document translated in Sanskrit by Dr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi. The photo of the cover page of the document was tweeted by India's Permanent Representative to UN, Mr. Syed Akbaruddin, also praising Dr. Tripathi for his "pioneering effort". Which document are we talking about?

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Question 1 "The Life and Crimes of  _______ _______ " is a biography of a famous serial killer, written by Richard Neville and Julia Clark. Which serial killer?

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Question 1 These are the personal representatives of a head of state or government at an international summit, particularly the summits like G8, G20 or Nuclear Security Summit. The name is derived from the particular group of people of Nepalese ethnicity. Give me the six lettered word with which we know them popularly.

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Question 1 This soft drink by Coca-Cola originated in Germany during World War II, due to difficulties in importing the original Coca-Cola syrup from US. Coca-Cola's German plant manufactured the drink using ingredients available in Germany. Which soft drink? 

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Question 1 This is a minimalist poster of which 2014 Bollywood film?

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Question 1 This is a term given to an imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas. The use of the term is as a metaphor for strict separation that goes back at least as far as the early 19th century. It is originally referred to fireproof curtains in theaters. The image below depicts the Warsaw Pact countries on one side of the line which appear shaded red; NATO members on the other side which appear shaded blue; militarily neutral countries shaded gray. The black dot represents Berlin. What I am looking for is the term for the black line.

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Question 1 Why this rangoli was made by the employees of RBI?

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Question 1 The _________ system, also known as the VJD method, is a method for calculating target scores in interrupted one-day and Twenty20 cricket matches. The method was devised by V _________, a civil engineer from Thrissur, Kerala. The now-defunct Indian Cricket League had begun to use this method instead of the Duckworth-Lewis method used in matches. The VJD method takes into account the statistics from the T20 games played in the past. Recently, Tamil Nadu Premier League is also using this method. FITB. (The blank is the name of the person who devised this method and blanks are indicative of the size of the word)

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Question 1 On August 31, 1968, X became the first ever batsman in the history of the cricket to hit six sixes in an over. X achieved this feat in English county while captaining Nottinghamshire and X hit them against Y, who was playing from Glamorgan. Id X and Y.

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Question 1 Bengaluru-based food company Zzungry has introduced two offbeat dishes in its menu to celebrate the legacy of X. Zzungry said it has introduced limited edition of "Ulundu kozhukattai" and "Kova kozhukattai" that are inspired from the cuisines of two states that hold great relevance in the life of  X. "Ulundu kozhukattai" is a dish which is inspired from the cuisine of Madhya Pradesh where X was born whereas the other dish "Kova kozhukattai" is inspired from the cuisine of Tamil Nadu that connects to the origins of X. Id X.

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Question 1 Which is this trophy? The only recipients of this trophy are Lionel Messi, Andreas Iniesta, Frank Ribery and Cristanio Ronaldo.

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Question 1 These triplets, Leila, Liina and Lily, represent Estonia and competed in 2016 Olympics in marathon and became the first triplets to compete in marathon. What are they popularly known as? Question 2 X is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. X is a ten-time world champion and four-time Olympic champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. X was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. X is the first female in any sport to win individual-event gold at four consecutive Olympics. X is possibly the greatest ever female wrestler. Id X.

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Question 1 When Almaz Ayana was asked about the allegations of doping after winning her 10,000 m Gold at 2016 at Olympics by breaking the record long held by Wang Junxia, she responded, "My doping is my training and my doping is _____. Nothing otherwise - I am crystal clear.”. FITB. The blank is indicative of the size of the word. Question 2 What is the clothing the woman in the picture wearing called? It is a subject of much controversy in France currently.

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Question 1 Which is this 2005 American–Spanish action-comedy adventure film directed by Breck Eisner that is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Clive Cussler. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn and Penelope Cruz. Shown below is the poster of the movie. Hope so it helps! Question 2 Instituted in 1991-92, the first recipient of this award was Vishwanathan Anand while the second recipient of this award was Geet Sethi. Which award?

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Question 1 This competition is an international men's tennis competition scheduled to be held annually, except during Olympic years, two weeks after the US Open. The first edition will be held in Prague on September 22-24, 2017. The competition will pit six top European players against their counterparts from the rest of the world. The competition is named after which tennis legend? Question 2 Who is this American athlete, said to be the only female track and field athlete to win six golds.

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Question 1 Which country has reportedly launched its own Netflix-style on-demand video service "Manbang" which will allow viewers to watch documentaries about their leaders and learn languages like English and Russian. Question 2 Connect them to a recently concluded event: Singapore, Bahrain, Fiji, Cote d'Ivorie, Jordan, Puerto Rico, Tajikistan, Vietnam and Kosovo.

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Question 1 X's wife Dana won a gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1952 Olympics, only a few moments after X's victory in the 5 km run. However, when X attempted to take some credit for his wife's Olympic victory at her press conference, claiming that it was his victory in the 5,000 m that had "inspired" her. Dana's response was, "Really? Okay, go inspire some other girl and see if she throws a javelin fifty meters!". Id X. Question 2 Eric Moussambani is a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea. What was he nicknamed by the media, after he swam his heat of the 100 m freestyle in 2000 Sydney Olympics in a time which was more than double that of his faster competitors, thus prompting media to give him that nickname.

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Question 1 Who is this person and in which attire is he dressed? Question 2 The _______ manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system. The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century, and it may have been composed in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance. The manuscript is named after Wilfrid _______, a Polish book dealer who purchased it in 1912. The manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, but no one has been able to decipher the text and has become a famous enigma to cryptographers. FITB.

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Crossed the mark of 10,000 views in around 100 days. Thank you for the positive response! Keep visiting and Happy Quizzing!! Question 1 Who is this person and why is he in news? Question 2 This is a mural seen in Rio de Janerio during the ongoing Olympics. It features players from a particular team. Which team?

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Question 1 Who is this Chinese badminton player? Question 2 These are types of what? Keirin, Omnium, Team pursuit, Individual pursuit, Madison, Tandem

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Question 1 This was a picnic basket which was recently unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours de’Elegance, the prestigious California car show. It is crafted from American walnut wood and leather that matches its color with with car's exterior and is equipped with the finest dining wares including a walnut cutting board, napkins embroidered with the logo of the car maker, and stainless steel cutlery. There are genuine lead crystal wine glasses and dishes with details in black paint and platinum. The picnic basket is a product of which famous car maker? Question 2 Who is this Indo-French professional golfer from Bangalore?

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Question 1 Who is this young Indian golfer? Question 2 "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" was a sports article written by Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, first appearing in an issue of Scanlan's Monthly in June of that year. Though not known at the time, the article marked the first appearance of which journalism?

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Question 1 These are the members of which Indian band: Asheem Chakravarty, Amit Kilam, Rahul Ram, Tuheen Chakravorty and Nikhil Rao Question 2 This is a Google Doodle celebrating famous Indian writer Munshi Premchand, However, this Doodle is inspired from his which famous work?

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Question 1 Along with India, which 3 other countries celebrate their Independence day on 15th August? Question 2 This is a Google Doodle celebrating which Chinese festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day.

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Question 1 Who is this Indian athlete? Question 2 Which vault, also a part of Dipa Karmakar's routine in women's vault finals at 2016 Olympics.