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    Although Tuscan and Composite were later added, only

    these three are considered to be part of the classicalorder/style of Greek architecture.

    The three are distinguished as follows:

    1. Ones lacking a base

    2. Ones with a volute capital

    3. Ones with ornate acanthus leaf capitals.

    Name all three in this ancient set.

    10.

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    Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

    The three ancient orders in Greek architecture

    distinguished by the type of columns used.

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    It all began in 1988 when James Sanborn was asked

    to create something. His 12-foot-high, copper, granite

    and petrified wood design showed a paraphrased

    page taken from the diary of Howard Carter describing

    the opening of a door in King Tutstomb on Nov. 26,

    1922. The uniqueness of the design was that this

    message had to be deciphered first.

    What is this mixture of art and science that we are

    talking about?

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    Answer

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    Kryptos

    the sculpture in the courtyard of the CIA

    campus

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    Maggie Graham was the fifteen year-old daughter of a

    Glasgow parliament member. She was sitting for a

    painting called Blue Girl, but complained of fatigue

    and illness and ultimately refused to sit any longer.

    The annoyed painter, half out of spite but who also

    possibly wanted to compensate for an effort that had

    come to nought four years earlier, threw up a surprise

    the next morning by requesting that to be allowed to

    do something.

    What did he do with the unfinished canvas?

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    Answer

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    James Whistler painted his mother

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    8. In humans, this is an uncommon consequence of

    nerve regeneration subsequent to Bell's palsy orother damage to the facial nervein which efferentfibers from the superior salivary nucleus becomeimproperly connected to nerve axons projecting to

    the lacrimal glands, causing one to lacrimate duringsalivation while smelling foods or eating.

    The same effect in animals gave rise to whatexpression by Photius in Bibliotheca?

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    Crocodile Tears

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    15. Which countrys flag is this? The upper orange bandrepresents the northern regions of the Sahara Desert, and the

    lower green band represents both hope and the countrysfertile regions. What does the center white represent (ageographic entity that gives the country its name)?

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    Niger

    River Niger

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    17. Its ancient name is Arbudaanchal. In the

    Puranas, the region has been referred to asArbudaranya ("forest of Arbhuda"). It is believedthat sage Vashistha retired here following hisdifferences with sage Vishvamitra. There is another

    mythology according to which a serpent named"Arbuda"saved the life of Nandi - Lord Shiva's bull.The incident happened here and so it was named"Arbudaranya.

    How do we better know this place?

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    Mount Abu

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    18. What genre of Hindustani classicalmusic gets its name from the Sanskritwords for restrained verseas it originallymeant singing with limited words & a

    limited melody?

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    Dhrupad

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    19. The hourd was a mountable,wooden scaffolding that was

    installed on the upper walls ortowers of a castle when a battlewas imminent. What modernfeature, especially in residential

    buildings was this a precursor to?

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    Balconies

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    29. Originally this word referred to the time 3pm, and since that was roughly nine hours

    after sunrise, a word meaning nine was

    used to refer to it. However a change in

    Christian prayer conventions meant that this

    word started referring to the sixth hour after

    sunrise, but the old word meaning nine

    was still retained. What word?

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    Noon

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    30. Poster for which

    movie?

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    Dracula

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    31. Which Olympic city has a name that

    translates to home of the monks?

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    Munich

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    40. MC Hawking is a nerdcore hiphop artist who raps in the style of

    Stephen Hawkingsvoice

    synthesizer. What was the title of

    his first and only album so far?

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    A Brief History of Rhyme

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    Complete this list & what is this a list of?_________, Uttar Pradesh

    _________, Madhya PradeshRampurva, Champaran, BiharVaishali, BiharSankissa, UPLauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran,

    Kandahar, AfghanistanRanigat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PakistanDelhi-MeerutDelhi-Topra,Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

    Lauriya-Araraj, Champaran, BiharAllahabad, Uttar PradeshAmaravati, Andhra Pradesh

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    Sarnath

    Sanchi

    Pillars of Ashoka

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    THEME!

    We continue clockwise

    Theme points - +15/-5 on first 2, +10/-5 on next 2, +5/0 on the last qn

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    Vautrin Lud was the Canon of St-Di in charge of themines of the valleys was the chaplain and secretaryof Ren II, Duke of Lorraine. He set up a team toproduce an edition of a Latin translation of Ptolemy's"Geography". In 1507, Ren II received the Soderini

    Letter from Lisbon. Lud had this translated into Latinand is purported to have said- and since ____X____and ___Y__ received names of women, I do not see anyreason not to call this latest discovery, _____Z______

    after a man.X, Y & Z.

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    ANSWER

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    X Europe

    YAsia

    Z- America (after the Latin translation of Amerigo)

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    He created an entirely new class of humorousliterature under the pseudonym of Hans Mikkelsen.Titled Pedar Paars, it is a 6,000-line epic poem and aparody of Virgil's Aeneid. He is considered the Fatherof Danish & Norwegian literature & established the

    first theater in Denmark. Edvard Grieg, the greatNorwegian composer, wrote a piece on his 200thbirth anniversary.

    Which Danish great are we talking about?

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    ANSWER

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    Ludvig Holberg

    Holberg Suite

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    Anyone Going for the Theme

    +15, -5

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    Johann Georg Halske, an inventor withdrew from hisoriginal joint venture and focused on improvementof Berlin City. He set up the Museum of DecorativeArt in Berlin.

    Which companys original name included his name?

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    Siemens & Halske

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    The adjective ________", derived from his name, hasbecome so commonplace in mathematical writingthat it is conventionally spelled with a lower-caseinitial "a.

    Possibly Norways greatest Mathematician. ID him.

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    ANSWER

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    Niels Henrik Abel

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    Anyone Going for the Theme

    +10, -5

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    The first such was named after a GB Shaw character.Russian-born Vladimir Veselov & Ukrainian EugeneDemchenko named theirs - Eugene Goostman. Itfinally convinced 1/3rdof the people involved.

    What are we talking about?

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    Turing Test being passed by a chatbot named EugeneGoostman in June 2014. The chatbot needs to convince1/3rdof the judges and apparently it did!

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    Last Chance

    +5, No Negs

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    And the theme is

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    Equivalent of Nobel Prizes in Other Fields

    Vautrin Lud Prize Geography Nobel

    Holberg Prize - "Nobel prize" for the artsand humanities, social sciences, law and

    theology

    Ernst von Siemens Prize Music Nobel

    Abel Prize- The other Mathematics Nobel

    Turing Award

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    The vault shown by the arrow is

    where Marilyn Monroes remains lie.

    a) Why is it discolored thus?

    b) Who has bought the vault next to

    hersand will be buried there

    when he dies?

    c) On the vault above herssomeone

    named Richard Poncher is buried.

    What is different about about the

    way he is?

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    Lipstick stains of fansapparently it is athing to kiss her grave

    Hugh Hefner

    He is buried facing downso that he canalways be on top of Marilyn

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    What was the utility of such artifacts from the

    Victorian era?

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    Answer

    Since male doctors would not touch theirfemale patients directly, they would use adummy like this one to point, and figure

    out where the patient hurts

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    According to some historians, this surname came from the

    Latin for hairy. Later it became a minor title, adopted by heir

    to the throne and the junior member of a duarchy ortetrarchy.

    It was even used by the 1st Ottoman emperor, Mehmed II,

    after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, who calledhimself X of the Roman Empire.

    What surname / title?

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    Caesar

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    Facing difficulties in administering its far flung

    provinces, which country lauched a One Unit program

    in 1954, uniting its 4 western provinces into one tocounterbalance its one Eastern province? This

    program continued until early 1970 after which it

    became redundant. Which country?

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    Pakistan

    Q 17

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    The new fad which has become popular among US women is going under the

    knife to change the shape and size of their feet so that they look better in

    shoes or simply fit into smaller sizes. Dr Ali Sadrieh, the podiatrist who

    popularized this procedure says Ihad never met a patient who asked for ahallux valgus correction with osteotomy and screw fixation. So I decided to

    create a name that captures the result of the procedure, without all the Latin.

    The point of the _______: being able to put a shoe on that didnt fit

    comfortably before.

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    Cinderella Surgery

    Q 27

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    The word ______ in reference to cross-dressing, first appeared in

    the dictionary in 1870. The term originated in the theater. Where

    female characters were played by young men. Men wearingelaborate gowns found that long hems tended to ____ on the

    ground, and eventually referred to any character requiring a

    dress as a _____role. Which word?

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    Drag

    Q 31

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    In 2008, it was the worlds second largest refugee-

    hosting country. By 2013, it was the worlds second

    largest refugee-producing country that most

    dramatically illustrates how quickly a countrys fate

    can be upended by civil war. Which country?

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    Syria

    As a tradition the referee in Sumo wrestling carries a

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    ceremonial sword with short blade (called tanto) in his

    belt. What is the reason behind this custom?

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    In ancient times the referees were expected to commit

    seppuku if they made wrong decisions.

    However, in modern days it is just a ceremonial

    accompaniement to signify that the referee

    understands the seriousness of the decisions he has to

    make and his symbolic willingness to commit seppukuif his decision is overruled by the shimpan (the judges).

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    For years, scientists and armchair philosophers have

    pondered on one of humanity's great evolutionary

    question: Why do humans _______?

    Some of the theories propounded to explain this were:

    It helped them expend less energyIt helped them in carrying more food

    It helped them control their temperature better by

    reducing the amount of skin directly exposed to the sun

    What was this great evolutionary question?

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    Why did humans walk on two legs?

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    Till late 19thcentury some churches in US would

    hang a pinewood slab on the door with a combhanging from a string. Why?

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    Discrimination against Blacks

    A person could enter the church only if his or her skin was lighter

    than the pinewood and if they could run the comb through their

    hair without it snagging.

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    h Ci l

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    Manchester City logo

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