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Try the quiz without googling Otto Königsberger was born in Berlin in 1908, and

trained as an architect there at the Technical University, graduating in 1931. In 1933, he won the Schinkel Prize for Architecture for a design for the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. However, with the rise to power of the Nazi Party, Königsberger was forced to leave the country, as was his uncle, physicist Max Born.

Königsberger later worked in India and helped in Town planning of 2 cities.Jamshedpur and which other city?

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A sweet questionAccording to one of the legends, Goddess Laxmi gets

upset because her husband Lord Jagannath goes on a 9-day sojourn (the ratha yatra) without her consent. So, she locks Jai Vijay Dwar, one of the temple gates and prevents his convoy from re-entering the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. To appease her, Jagannath offers her Khira Mohana

What dish now in controversy had such divine origins?

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This one should be a low full toss for Cricket lovers

Ian Redpath by Charlie Griffith(1968)Brian Luckhurst by Greg Chappel(1974)Derek Randall by Ewan Chatfield(1977)Sikandar Bhakt by Alan Hurst(1978)Grant flower by Dipak Patel(1992) What are we talking about?

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Located on a very busy street in the Lal Darwaza area of Ahmedabad, the Sidi Saiyyed Mosque is an unpretentious, small mosque that, at first glance, does not seem to offer anything extraordinary. If you look closely, though, you will notice the fine lattice windows of the mosque, which tourists from across India and abroad come to see.One of the windows in the Mosque inspired a famous Logo.Which one

(i cant show that window because then it will become too damn easy)

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Explain the Connect 5

Whats the connect Roosevelt Ambassador Biltmore Grauman's Chinese Shrine Pantages Santa Monica Dorothy Chandler

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Identify the very famous ? awards 7

May force you to think a bit In 1866, George McGill

received U.S. patent 56,587 that was a precursor to the modern staple.He showed his invention at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.This device weighed over two and a half pounds .

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Geeks will crack this one...Most likely the first one was QWERTYIOP.This was often misquotedWho used it and what are we talking

about

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The cartoon drawn by Gabriel from Brentford Middlesex had these words Freedom is in Peril, Defend it with All Your Might' was used by an Indian firm on its Logo.Which firm are we talking about

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..a quizzing venture• Started as quizmaster in ‘Quest ‘a club in Wadia

college Pune where the most passionate quizzers

had trivia as their four square meals

• In 2010, rediscovered the passion at a

summer school camp in kerala

• 40 quizzes at school, college, business schools

in Kerala and Mumbai followed in the next 4 years….

• Helped me to improve as a quizzer also.Won the

ultimate TATA Crucible Kochi round last year.

• Works as Brand manager for living in Malayala

Manorama handling the ULTIMATE encyclopedia..

Manorama Yearbook

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