Conoscenza Finals
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The document describes an event from the towns of Guadix and Baza in Granada, Spain. It says that a worker named X found a sacred image of the Virgin Mary while working in Baza, but people from Guadix encouraged him to take it to their town. However, people from Baza took the image back before he arrived, angering the people of Guadix. Now the two towns celebrate the Fiesta de X for three days each summer to commemorate the event that unites and divides them.
Conoscenza Finals
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- 8. 2. ¨C Guadix and Baza are two towns in the Province of Granada, neighbours, sisters and rivals. X, a worker from Guadix, found a buried sacred image of the Virgen de la Piedad (Our Lady of Mercy) while working on the land of Baza. Encouraged by his Guadixan countrymen, he attempted to carry the sacred image to Guadix, but Bazans snatched it before he arrived, punishing what they considered a sacred theft. When X returned to Guadix empty-handed, his countrymen, who expected the image of the Virgin, were deeply disappointed and viciously pursued those they considered responsible for their frustration. Finally, hero and people reconciled, they prayed to the Virgin who was in the other town. Since then, recalling those events that unite and oppose them, Baza and Guadix celebrate the Fiesta de X for three days in the late summer of each year.
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- 15. 4. ¨C Bengali sweets are famous for its unforgettable taste and innovativeness. Even in proper Kolkata you can find handful of shops that actually make X regularly. Many renowned sweet confectioneries in Kolkata make these X during festival times only. ¨C Krishna Nagar (Nadia, West Bengal, India) is the birth place of this dessert. It is purely made of cream of the milk. Sometimes khoya and chhanna are also mixed with it. It follows one of the most difficult and tedious processes of making sweets. It needs extreme patience and expert skills. West Bengal government is set to claim geographical indication (GI) tag for their famous sweet dish.
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- 18. 5. ID X ¨C X is a common English word, which owes its origin to a Latin word. It is used for certain kind of people, because of their occupations. In Ancient Rome, the people having this occupation used to wear white. So, it is derived from a Latin word meaning ¡°shining white¡±.
- 20. Candidate ¨C From Latin candidatus ¡®white-robed¡¯, also denoting a candidate for office (who traditionally wore a white toga)
- 21. 6. ¨C X was an American game show that judges the business skills of a group of contestants. It has run in various formats across fourteen seasons since January 2004 on NBC. It was created by British-born American television producer Mark Burnett. Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview", the show features sixteen to eighteen business people who compete over the course of a season, with usually one contestant eliminated per episode. Contestants are split into two "corporations" (teams), with one member from each volunteering as a project manager on each new task. The corporations complete business-related tasks such as selling products, raising money for charity, or creating an advertising campaign, with one corporation selected as the winner based on objective measures and subjective opinions of the host and his advisors who monitor the teams' performance on tasks. Episodes ended with the host eliminating the poorest contributor from the competition, with the words "You're fired!"
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- 25. 7. ¨C What is it ? ¨C Give its exact name and funda
- 28. Fallen Astronaut ¨C Fallen Astronaut is an aluminium sculpture created by Paul Van Hoeydonck. It is a small stylized figure, meant to depict an astronaut in a spacesuit, intended to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration. It was commissioned and placed on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15.
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- 32. 11 herbs and spices ¨C If you check KFC¡¯s Twitter account you¡¯ll see that the chain follows six men named Herb and the five women who made up the Spice Girls. Normally, who a brand follows on Twitter wouldn¡¯t be worth a story but the restaurant, known for its fried chicken recipe with 11 herbs and spices, found a fun albeit strange way to make it newsworthy.
- 33. 9. ¨C 115 images and a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by surf, wind, thunder and animals (including the songs of birds and whales) were assembled. To this they added musical selections from different cultures and eras, spoken greetings in 55 ancient and modern languages, and printed messages from then U.S. president Jimmy Carter. Where would you find these ?
- 36. 10. ¨C Mercury used to be used in the making of hats. This was known to have affected the nervous systems of hatters, causing them to tremble and appear insane. The use of mercury compounds in 19th century hat making and the resulting effects are well-established - mercury poisoning is still known today as ¡®________ _________ disease'. That could be enough to convince us that this is the source of the phrase. The circumstantial evidence is rather against the millinery origin though and, beyond the fact that hatters often suffered trembling fits, there's little to link hat making to the coining of the phrase.
- 38. As mad as a hatter ¨C The use of mercury compounds in 19th century hat making and the resulting effects are well-established - mercury poisoning is still known today as 'Mad Hatter's disease'. That could be enough to convince us that this is the source of the phrase. The circumstantial evidence is rather against the millinery origin though and, beyond the fact that hatters often suffered trembling fits, there's little to link hat making to the coining of 'as mad as a hatter'.
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- 41. People who have won Oscar and Nobel ¨C George Bernard Shaw received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. Thirteen years later he won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay ("Pygmalion," based upon his stage play) ¨C Bob Dylan won Nobel Prize In Literature in 2016. He won an Oscar in 2000 in the Best Song category for ¡°Things Have Changed¡± from ¡°Wonder Boys.¡±
- 42. 12. ¨C Young Winston is a 1972 British film based on the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. ¨C The film was based on the book X. The first part of the film covers Churchill's unhappy schooldays, up to the death of his father. The second half covers his service as a cavalry officer in India and the Sudan, during which he takes part in the cavalry charge at Omdurman, his experiences as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War, during which he is captured and escapes, and his election to Parliament at the age of 26.
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- 45. LIST IT ¨C +1 on every correct answer ¨C No negatives
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- 47. 14. ¨C List all the Classical Languages of India.
- 48. 15. ¨C X is the TV series which inspired this meme. In X, Y and Z try to do such a thing by saying the word W. Let me know about W, X, Y, Z.
- 49. 16. ¨C List all the cricketers who have played for both India and Pakistan.
- 50. 17. ¨C Pandawas sent a message to the Kauravas that they won't lay their claim to the throne if they were given just five villages/Prastha. List all of them.
- 51. 18. ¨C X is a 2008 American-German historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts Y in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Z and to use the Operation X national emergency plan to take control of the country. X was directed by Bryan Singer for the American studio United Artists, and the film stars Tom Cruise as W, who played the key role in implementing Operation X.
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- 54. 14. ¨C Tamil (in 2004) ¨C Sanskrit (in 2005) ¨C Kannada (in 2008) ¨C Telugu (in 2008) ¨C Malayalam (in 2013) ¨C Odia (in 2014).
- 55. 15. ¨C W= Fusion Dance technique ¨C X= Dragon Ball Z ¨C Y= Goten ¨C Z= Trunks
- 56. 16. ¨C Gul Mohammad ¨C Abdul Kardar ¨C Amir Elahi
- 57. 17. ¨C Indraprastha ????????????- Delhi ¨C Panprastha ???????? (Panipat) - Haryana ¨C Sonprastha ????????? (Sonipat) - Haryana ¨C Tilprastha ????????? (Tilpat) - Haryana ¨C Vyagprastha ??????????? (Bagpat) - Uttar Pradesh
- 58. 18. ¨C W= Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg X= Valkyrie Y= 20 July plot Z= Hitler
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- 60. 19. ¨C They are intricate paintings which portray Lord Krishna. They exist in the holy town of Nathdwara in the Rajasthan state of India. ¨C Krishna is shown in different moods, body postures, and attire more commonly found on a cloth or paper. It is a very ancient form of art passed on from generation to generation and it has a very devotional theme towards Lord Krishna. ¨C Its purpose other than its artistic appeal, is to narrate tales of Krishna to the illiterate.
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- 64. 20. Country X Australia 5 NZ 5 Pakistan 2 Sri Lanka 8 WI 4 England 3 South Africa 1 Bangladesh 3 Y 1 32
- 66. X-List of ODI cricket centuries by Virat Kohli Y-Zimbabwe
- 67. 21. ¨C While in his days in London as a civil engineer, X witnessed the Gunners¡¯ remarkable run to the European Cup Winners¡¯ Cup final in the 1993/94 season. So enthralled was he by George Graham¡¯s side that he bought his eldest son an Ian Wright replica shirt. ¨C As a teenager too, he shared the love for the beautiful game and played as a centre forward, making use of his tall 193cm frame. ¨C He joins Fidel Castro, Darren Ferguson, and Queen Elizabeth as an unlikely entrant to the list of ¡®Celebrity Gooners¡¯, a list of famous Arsenal fans. Who?
- 69. Osama Bin Laden
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- 76. 24. ¨C This country before a few years was entirely unmapped by Google Maps. So, whenever you would cross 38th parallel North at a certain longitude, all you would see on Google Maps was darkness and black. However in the past 2-3 years, it has changed as the few people who can really access the internet contributed and made the maps using Google Map Maker. ID this country
- 77. North Korea
- 79. GOOGLE DOODLE ROUND ¨C +10 on every correct answer ¨C No negatives
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- 88. 26. Asima Chatterjee's 100th Birthday
- 91. 29. 115th Anniversary of the Antikythera Mechanism's Discovery