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2) Steve Wozniak said that : “All the best people in life seems to like X.” whereas Mr Steve Ballmer said that : “X is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.” What is X? ( Google definitely likes X :P )

3) What is the capital of Hungary ?

4) On the banks of which river is the holy city Ayodhya located ?

5) Poached Eggs”, “Mighty Hoax”, “Danger Above”, “Big Setup”, “hang 'em High” – What is the connection?

6) who is the author of "the great enigma"?

7) Identify the logo

8) Which game means “number place”

9) According to the Mahabharata, who crowned Karna, Kunti’s son, the King of Anga?

10) The secret society organized by Veer Savarkar was

11) “Pundit Ravi Shankar” is famous for his expertise in playing

12) “Who Do You Know” is the slogan of which, now dormant, famous social networking

website?

13) # symbol : its actual name?

14) How do we better know the footballer Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri? (Clue – Think 2010 FIFA World Cup)

15) This Kiwi batsman was dismissed in the very first ball of a One day cricket World Cup, the only one to have been done so. Can you name the batsman?(clue :he has some Indian relations )

16) If Michael Holding was known as “Whispering Death”, who is known as the “Slow Death”?(think cricket!)

17) Identify the logo

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BONUS QUESTIONS

*** Give the funda :

Funda?

*** This brand X has its origins in Germany, when a trading ban was placed on that nation by the Allies during World War II. The Coca-Cola company therefore was not able to import the syrup needed to produce Coca-Cola in Germany. As a result, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola's operations in Germany during the second World War, decided to create a new product for the German market created using only ingredients available in Germany. And hence X was developed. Identify this well known brand X

*** "I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many long months of toil and struggle.” - This highly famous speech was given by whom and in what context?