The document discusses the 1992-93 triangular World Series between Australia, West Indies and India. It mentions specific details like practice sessions being held in Adelaide and Saurav Ganguly requesting extra practice time and boarding the West Indian team bus, finding the only vacant seat in front of iconic West Indian cricketer Curtly Ambrose.
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1. AUSTRALIA, WEST INDIES AND INDIA PARTICIPATED IN THE 1992-93 TRIANGULAR
WORLD SERIES. THE PRACTICE SESSIONS OF THIS SERIES WERE HELD AT THE
ADELIADE. THOUGH THE PRACTICE SESSIONS FOR INDIA FINISHED, IT WAS STILL ON
FOR WEST INDIES. SAURAV DID NOT GET THE CHANCE OF SPENDING MUCH OF A
TIME IN THE NETS BUT ON THIS OCCASION HE REQUESTED THE TEAM MANAGER FOR
SOME EXTRA TIME IN THE NETS AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT GANGULLY WOULD
RETURN IN THE WEST INDIAN TEAM BUS. HAVING FINISHED THE PRACTICE SESSIONS
GANGULLY BOARDED THE BUS TO FIND ONLY ONE SEAT VACANT INFRONT OF THE
SEAT OF AN ICONIC WEST INDIAN CRICKETER. WHO IS THAT CRICKETER?
3. THE TRAM SERVICES IN CALCUTTA FACED A SET BACK IN THE 90S. IN THAT PERIOD
ROBERTO CAME TO CALCUTTA AND MET DEBASHIS BHATTACHARYA, ONE OF THE
NOTED TRAM ENTHUSIASTS IN THE CITY. IN ORDER TO REVIVE THE LOST GLORY OF
THE TRAM SERVICES THEY STARTED A CAMPAIGN WITH THE NAME, KOLKATA-
MELBOURNE TRAM YATRA WITH THE HELP OF THE THEN TRANSPORT MINISTER
SUBHAS CHAKRABORTY. AT THE LAUNCH OF THIS CAMPAIGN ROBERTO CAME UP
WITH A SLOGAN WHICH CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE SLOGAN ASSOCIATED WITH A
POLITICAL PARTY IN INDIA. THIS VERY SLOGAN WAS THE THEME OF SHYAM BAZAR
PALLY BAROYARI FOR THE DURGA PUJAS IN 2019. WHAT SLOGAN AM I TALKING
ABOUT?
5. WILLIAM JACK WAS A NOTED SCOTTISH BOTANIST AND SURGEON. IN 1812
HE GOT THE MEMBERSHIP IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF
ENGLAND. WITH THE HELP OF THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY HE
VISITED INDIA AND LATER IN 1818 HE WENT TO SUMATRA. THERE HE SPENT
A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME IN LEARNING THE DIVERSE FLORA OF
THAT ISLAND. HE DOCUMENTED ALL THAT HE OBSERVED IN THAT PLACE
BUT UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF IT WERE BURNT TO ASHES DUE TO FIRE.
DUE TO HIS CONTRIBUTION IN THE BOTANY OF THE SUB CONTINENT AND
ITS SURROUNDING ISLAND SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL
COUNTRIES WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. WHAT IS THAT THING?
7. TP- 82 IS A RUSSIAN GUN WHICH HAD BEEN IN SERVICE FROM 1996 TO 2007.
THIS RIFLE COULD HAVE BEEN USED AS A SHORT GUN AND ALSO IT CAME
WITH A KNIFE ATTACHED WITH IT. WHEN ALEXEY LEONOV FAILED IN HIS
MISSION AND GOT STUCK IN THE WOODS OF SIBERIA AND HAD TO SURVIVE
THE FOREST AND THE WILD ANIMALS HE OUT OF HIS BITTER EXPERIENCE
SUGGESTED THIS GUN TO BE USED IN A TYPICAL PROFESSION WITH WHICH
HE WAS RELATED. FOR WHICH PROFESSION WAS THIS GUN USED?
9. X IS AN INDIAN COMPANY WHICH DECLARED IN 2019 THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO LAUNCH A PRODUCT Y WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A
LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD IN WHICH X WORKED. THEY GOT
IT ADVERTISED THROUGH OUT THE NATION USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA
YOUTUBE AND TELEVISION. THESE CAMPAIGN RECEIVED MORE THAN HALF
A MILLION VIEWS AND 70 THOUSAND SHARES AND CREATED A
SENSATION WITHIN 48 HOURS OF ITS LAUNCH. THOUGH SURPRISING
EVERYONE ON THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER THE APRIL FOOLS DAY, ON 2ND
APRIL X REVEALED THAT IT WAS NOTHING BUT A PRANK SAYING, WE ARE
NOT ONLY MASTER.BUT ALSO MASTER PRANKSTERS. ID THE COMPANY
X AND PRODUCT Y.
11. J.K ROWLING , INTRODUCED HARRY POTTER, IN THE FIRST STORY
DESCRIBING HIS FAMILY FRIENDS AND DAILY ROUTINE OF A LITTLE BOY.
AS THE STORY PROGRESSED THE DARKER SECRETS OF THE TIME OF HIS
BIRTH AND MYSTERIES BEFORE THAT WERE REVEALED. FRIENDSHIP ,
SEPARATION , DEATH , MURDER SEX ALL THIS ASPECTS BECAME A PART
OF THE STORYLINE GRADUALLY . FOR THIS REASON , THE PRODUCERS
WARNER BROTHERS DID SOMETHING TO MARK THIS GRADUAL CHANGE
OF EVENTS IN HARRYS LIFE , WHICH WAS COMPLETELY REAVEALED
AFTER THE RELEASE OF ALL THE 8 PARTS . WHAT DID THE WB DO ?
13. X IS A VILLAGE IN TUSCANY, ITALY. IT HAS TWO TWIN CITIES IN
ALLENTOWN USA AND AMBOISE IN FRANCE. ALTHOUGH IT IS A VERY
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL PLACE, THE MAIN SIGHTS ARE A MUSEUM WHICH
EXHIBITS SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF A LOCAL AND THE BIRTH
PLACE OF THE LOCAL 3KM TO THE NORTH EAST OF X AND A CHURCH OF
SANTA CROCE BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY. THE LOCAL WHICH WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IS SIMPLY KNOWN AS LION OF X IN ENGLISH. ID THE
VILLAGE X.
15. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS THE BIRTH
DATE OF X IS 3RD NOVEMBER 1954. X GOT THE
OFFICIAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE SINJUKU PROVINCE IN
JAPAN ON 9TH APRIL 2015. THOUGH HE VISITED
SINJUKU FOR ONLY THREE OCCASIONS IN 1984, 1991
AND 1999, HE WAS MADE THE OFFICIAL BRAND
AMBASSADOR OF TOURISM OF SINJUKU IN 2015. ID X.
17. MAKING X IS AN ART FORM THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION
TO GENERATION. IT IS SAID THAT X MUST BE PRODUCED BY A MEMBER OF THE
BRAHMAN CASTE; THESE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE TO KNOW THE RULES AND
RITUALS FOR CREATING SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE. THESE MAKERS ARE
KNOWN AS UNDAGI TAPEL.
MAS, A SMALL VILLAGE IN INDONESIA, IS PARTICULARLY WELL-KNOWN FOR
CREATING X , WITH MAKERS USING A SELECTION OF WOOD AND A VAST ARRAY
OF TOOLS TO DESIGN AND MAKE THEM. THE MAKERS USE EVERYTHING FROM
GOATS SKIN AND BUFFALO HAIR TO BOARS TEETH. X TAKES HOURS OF
PAINSTAKING PAINTING AND CARVING TO CREATE. ADDITIONALLY, THE
PRODUCTION TIME AND COST IS SO HIGH THAT WHOLE VILLAGES OR
COMMUNITIES OFTEN CLUB TOGETHER TO PAY FOR THE X THAT IS NECESSARY
FOR LOCAL CEREMONIES.
EACH X IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED WITH CERTAIN STYLES, RITUALS AND
PROCESSES GOING INTO EACH ONE.
THE WEARING OF A TRADITIONAL X IS A SACRED TASK, AND THE DANCERS AND
PERFORMERS USUALLY WEAR THEM, UNDERTAKE BLESSINGS AND
PURIFICATION RITUALS BEFORE THEY BEGIN. ONCE READY, THEY THEN
REPRESENT DIVINE MESSENGERS WHO BRING WORDS FROM GOD(S) OR
ANCESTORS PAST TO THE PRESENT DAY.
19. "CONQUEST OF PARADISE IS A SOUND TRACK WHICH ICC
PALYED IN 2011 AND 2015 ODI WORLD CUP AND 2010 AND
2014 T20 WORLD CUP IN BETWEEN THE NATIONAL
ANTHEMS OF THE PLAYING COUNTRIES. THEY USED THIS
TRACK TO CONVEY THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET. THIS TRACK
WAS ALSO USED AS THE THEME MUSIC IN A BOLLYWOOD
MOVIE STARRING SHAHRUKH KHAN. ID THE MOVIE.
21. SHER SINGH RANA IS A CONVICTED ASSASSIN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 2001 VENDETTA-RELATED
ASSASSINATION OF X. HE SURRENDERED TWO DAYS AFTER THE CRIME, BUT MANAGED TO ESCAPE
FROM TIHAR JAIL IN 2004. HE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN BY THE SPECIAL CELL OF THE DELHI
POLICE AT DHARAMTALLA IN KOLKATA IN 2006. HE PENNED A BOOK JAIL DIARY: TIHAR SE KABUL-KANDHAR
TAK WHICH ACCOUNTS HIS JOURNEY OF BRINGING BACK THE REMAINS OF THE LAST HINDU
RULER PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN FROM AFGANISTAN AFTER ESCAPING FROM THE TIHAR JAIL . RANA, ALONG
WITH TWO OTHER MEN, MURDERED X OUTSIDE HER HOME IN NEW DELHI. AT THE TIME OF HER
ASSASSINATION, X WAS A SITTING MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN THE 13TH LOK SABHA. RANA CLAIMS HE WAS
MOTIVATED TO TAKE REVENGE UPON X FOR XS ACTIONS , THAT ACTED PRIMARILY AGAINST THE HIGHER
CASTES IN THE LATE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S. HE ALSO THREATENED BOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR SANJAY LEELA
BHANSALI WHO WAS ATTACKED BY THE HINDU KARNI SENA WHILE SHOOTING FOR HIS FILM PADMAAVAT. A
TRIAL COURT IN JANUARY 2012 ALLOWED SHER SINGH RANA, TO FILE HIS NOMINATION PAPERS FROM TIHAR
TO CONTEST UTTAR PRADESH ASSEMBLY ELECTION.
THE DELHI HIGH COURT HAS GRANTED BAIL TO SHER SINGH RANA AND HE WAS RELEASED ON 24 OCTOBER
2016. ID X.
23. A CZECH MAN: WALTER KAUFMANN. WAS ONE OF THE MANY JEWISH REFUGEES WHO FOUND A HAVEN IN
INDIA FROM THE NAZIS. KAUFMANN HAD ARRIVED IN INDIA IN FEBRUARY 1934 AND ENDED UP STAYING
FOR 14 YEARS. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF LANDING IN MUMBAI, KAUFMANN FOUNDED THE BOMBAY
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY, WHICH PERFORMED EVERY THURSDAY AT THE WILLINGDON GYMKHANA.
KAUFMANN WAS NO ORDINARY MUSICIAN. HE WAS BORN IN 1907 IN KARLSBAD IN THE FORMER
CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND IN 1930 GRADUATED FROM THE STAATLICH HOCHSCHULE FR MUSIK IN BERLIN.
HE MOVED ON TO DO A PHD IN MUSICOLOGY AT GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE, THOUGH HE REFUSED
TO PICK UP HIS DEGREE WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF HIS TEACHERS, GUSTAV BECKING, WAS THE
LEADER OF THE NAZI YOUTH GROUP. FROM 1927 TO 1933, HE CONDUCTED SUMMER SEASONS OF OPERA
IN BERLIN, KARLSBAD. DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF THE MUSICIANS LIFE IN MUMBAI ARE TO BE FOUND IN
AGATA SCHINDLERS ESSAY, WALTER KAUFMANN: A FORGOTTEN GENIUS, IN THE VOLUME JEWISH
EXILE IN INDIA: 1933-1945. THE MUSICIANS REASON FOR COMING TO INDIA WAS SIMPLE: I COULD EASILY
GET A VISA, SCHINDLER QUOTES HIM AS SAYING IN ONE OF HIS LETTERS.
HOW IS HE REMEMBERED IN INDIA?
25. MATHIAS BOE WON
THE SILVER MEDAL IN
THE MEN'S DOUBLES
AT THE 2012 SUMMER
OLYMPICS. HE IS ALSO
A WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP SILVER
MEDALIST. HE IS ALSO
FAMOUS FOR HIS
AFFAIR WITH INDIAN
ACTRESS X. IDENTIFY X.
27. X CONDUCTED THREE- AND FIVE-DAY SEMINARS (OFTEN
LABELED "RETREATS") AND USED HIGH-PRESSURE TACTICS TO
SELL THESE TO ITS CUSTOMERS. IT DID NOT CONFER COLLEGE
CREDIT, GRANT DEGREES, OR GRADE TO ITS STUDENTS. IN 2011,
THE COMPANY BECAME THE SUBJECT OF AN INQUIRY BY
THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR ILLEGAL
BUSINESS PRACTICES WHICH RESULTED IN A LAWSUIT FILED IN
AUGUST 2013. AN ARTICLE IN THE NATIONAL
REVIEW DESCRIBED THE ORGANIZATION AS A "MASSIVE SCAM".
ID THE INSTITUTION NAMED X.
29. FOUND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA,
THE CIVET HAS A LONG TAIL LIKE A MONKEY, FACE
MARKINGS LIKE A RACCOON, AND STRIPES OR SPOTS ON
ITS BODY. IT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FOOD
CHAIN, EATING INSECTS AND SMALL REPTILES IN
ADDITION TO FRUITS AND BEING EATEN IN TURN BY
LEOPARDS, LARGE SNAKES, AND CROCODILES.
IN INDONESIA, THE ASIAN PALM CIVET, WHICH RAIDS
COMMERCIAL FRUIT FARMS, IS OFTEN SEEN AS A PEST,
BUT THE GROWTH IN A TYPICAL INDUSTRY ENCOURAGED
LOCAL PEOPLE TO PROTECT CIVETS FOR THEIR
VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONS ECONOMY.
WHY ARE THESE CATS SO VALUEABLE TO THOSE
COUNTRIES ?
30. Its the worlds most expensive coffee, and its made from
poop. Or rather, its made from coffee beans that are
partially digested and then pooped out by the civet, a
catlike creature. A cup of kopi luwak, as its known, can
sell for as much as $80 in the United States.