John Cazale appeared in five films that were all nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, making him the only actor with this distinction. He died of bone cancer after completing work on his fifth film, The Deer Hunter.
Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the USA, died after being wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr.
Harry Truman was smiling in a photograph because the election results from the previous day had been announced, showing that he had won the 1948 US presidential election, defeating predictions.
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Who is the only actor to have all his
movies nominated for the Best picture
Oscar??
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John Cazale
Movies Godfather I & II, The
Conversation, Dog day afternoon, The
Deer Hunter
He died of bone cancer after the Deer
hunter was completed
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The man in the pic is Alexander Hamilton.
One of the founding father of USA and one
of the early finance ministers. How did he
die??
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He was wounded in a duel(with guns no
less) with Aaron Burr, one of the vice-
presidents of USA. Apparently, Burr and
Hamilton were mortal enemies.
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The man in the picture is Harry Truman.
Why is he so happy??
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Because the results were announced the
previous day in the US presidential
elections of 1948 and Truman had won!!
The Chicago tribune had ran an incorrect
headline on November 3, 1948.
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Upon whose death was this told, It took
them only an instant to cut off his head,
but ______ may not produce another like it
in a century. Taken a keyword out,
because it will be too obvious a clue. This
person is discovery of hydrogen,
conservation of mass etc.
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This is generally considered a
masterpiece. _________ differs from
previous representations of the subject in
that _____ is not depicted with the slain
_______ (as he is in Donatello's and
Verrocchio's versions, produced earlier.
Instead of being shown victorious over a
foe much larger than he, _____ looks
tense and ready for combat. What is
referred to here??
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These are the kingdoms whose kings took
part in Mahabharatha war.
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___________________ is an international airport
serving Bangkok, Thailand. It was officially opened for
limited domestic flight service on 15 September 2006,
and opened for most domestic and all international
commercial flights on 28 September.
The airport is currently the main hub for Thai Airways
International, Bangkok Airways, Orient Thai Airlines,
PBair and Thai AirAsia.
The airport is located in Racha Thewa in Bang Phli
district, Samut Prakan Province, about 25 km east of
downtown Bangkok. The name ___________ was
chosen by King Bhumibol Adulyadej and refers to the
golden kingdom hypothesised to have been located
somewhere in Southeast Asia. Fill in the blanks.
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F.R.I.E.N.D.S. In the episode where all of
the friends make a list of 5 celebrities they
would like to get cosy with, which actress
does Ross meet and ultimately says that
he would just be friends with her??
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When __________ falls in water, ________
doesn't get wet. Water gets __________.
When ________ does pushups, he doesn't lift
himself up. He pushes the world down.
________'s tears cure cancer. Too bad he never
cries. Ever.
If ______________ is late, time better slow
down.
Who is being referred to here??
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Chuck Norris. Apparently an internet
meme. Some more gems.
They once tried to carve Chuck Norris'
face into Mount Rushmore, but the granite
wasn't hard enough for his beard
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
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George Ouzounian maintains the Best
page in the universe. How do we better
know him as??
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The eastern and western points of Grand
Trunk Road.
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The ruler of Kashmir acceded to India
even though the majority of his subjects
were Muslim. Almost opposite to this, the
ruler of a majority Hindu state, who was a
muslim, acceded to Pakistan. But a
plebiscite was ordered through British
intervention and state ultimately acceded
to India. Name it.
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__________ was founded by the Nawabs
of Carnatic in the 18th century AD and
was named Sayyid Khan _______ after
Sayyid Khan, the army commander of the
Nawab's forces. When the kingdom began
to decline, _________ was occupied by
the British East India Company and was
made the administrative headquarters of
Chingleput district.
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Sir Panaganti Ramarayaningar (July 9,
1866 December 16, 1928), also known
as the ______________, was a zamindar
of Kalahasti, a Justice Party leader and
the Chief Minister or Premier of Madras
Presidency from July 11, 1921 to
December 3, 1926. Fill in the blanks and
also name the famous locality based on
the answer.
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Present-day ___________ originated in
the 17th and 18th centuries AD, when it
supposedly served as source for the
horses of the stable of the Nawab of the
Carnatic. It is believed that the name
____________" itself might have been
derived from the Urdu word Ghoda Bagh
meaning "garden of horses. Fill in the
blanks.
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The name ___________ was coined by H. J. Whitley,
the Father of __________. He came up with the name
while honeymooning with his wife, Gigi in 1886,
according to Margaret Virginia Whitley's memoir. Whitley
arranged to buy the 500 acre E.C. Hurd ranch and
disclosed to him his plans for the land. They agreed on a
price and Hurd agreed to sell at a later date. Before
Whitley got off the ground with ___________, plans for
the new town had spread to General Harrison Gray Otis,
Mr Hurd and his wife, Whitley's wife Gigi, Mrs. Daeida
Wilcox, and numerous others through the mill of gossip
and land speculation. Fill in the blanks.
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Michael Schumacher said this, I saw that
his car was already touching quite a lot at
the back on the lap before, the car was
very nervous in this corner, and he nearly
lost it. On the next lap he did lose it. The
car touched with the rear skids, went a bit
sideways, and he just lost it. What is he
referring to??
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Ayrton Sennas crash in the Tamburello in
the 1994 San Marino grand prix.
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Picasso expert Pepe Karmel, reached in
New York the morning after the sale, was
waxing wroth about the whole affair. "I'm
stunned," he said, "that a pleasant, minor
painting could command a price
appropriate to a real masterwork by
Picasso. This just shows how much the
marketplace is divorced from the true
values of art . Why is he stunned??
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On May 5, 2004 the painting Garcon a la
pipe was sold for US$104,168,000 at
Sotheby's auction in New York City. Thats
why.
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All were made from short stories by
Philip.K.Dick.
Do Androids dream of electric Sheep??,
We can remember it for you Wholesale, A
Scanner Darkly and Minority Report
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Major nesting sites of the Olive Ridley
turtle. Red ones are major nesting
grounds, Yellow ones are minor nesting
sites.
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This rock band has won 22 Grammy
awards, more than anybody else. Rolling
stones lists them at #22 in its list of the
100 greatest artists of all time. They have
sold more than 145 million records of their
music so far. Name them.
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_______________ is an upcoming Bollywood
film, written and directed by Vijay Lalwani and
produced by X and Ritesh Sidhwani under the
banner of Excel Entertainment In an effort to
prepare for his role as loner introvert aka Y, X
isolated himself at home and school and turned
off his phone. He also learned to solve the
Rubik's Cube, an activity which his character
completes in only one try. Fill in the blanks and
give me X and Y
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Built between 1906 and 1921, it is a majestic white marble building
at the southern end of the Maidan and surrounded by a sprawling
garden. A black bronze Angel of Victory, holding a bugle in her hand
was placed at the apex of the dome. It is fixed to its pedestal with
ball bearings and acts as a weathercock when the wind is strong
enough.
_____________, built in the memory of Queen Victoria, X , the
capital city of Y. The foundation stone of the memorial was laid
down in the year 1906, by the 'Prince of Wales'. Apart from being a
_____________, the monument was intended to serve as a tribute
to the success of the British Empire in India. Lord Curzon was the
one who envisaged the main idea of the erection of the Victoria
Memorial Hall, which was to serve as the architectural culmination of
the X. Fill in the blanks and give me X and Y.