There were no focus groups or trial issues and the magazine was based entirely on Henry Luce’s research, consisting of letters written to a long roster of plutocrats, describing a magazine that existed only in his head. The first issue of this magazine was clad in its own cardboard box and was priced at a staggering $1. Which magazine?
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Question by BV Harish Kumar
What are these some of the types of: up and down, circular swing (windmill), Drunk style, half-circle, figure eight, side to side, whiplash, Two up, Two down, all-out, tandem, hammer, full body?
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He was rejected by the US Army because of the poor constitution of his body in the early 1940s but later managed to enlist himself for a top-secret Defense project Operation Rebirth. He was also seen punching Hitler in the nose in March 1941. Who?
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Question by BV Harish Kumar
In 1888, while registering X as a trademark, this person explained his criteria for choosing a brandname: “it must be short, you can not mispronounce it, and it could not resemble anything or be associated with anything but X.” Who are we talking about, and what is X?
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George Eastman. X is Kodak.
Question by Amit Varma
The _____ ______ theory states that _____ ______s are short in times when general consumer confidence and excitement is high, meaning the markets are bullish. In contrast, the theory says _____ ______s are long in times of fear and general gloom, indicating that things are bearish. Fill in the blanks.
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Question by BV Harish Kumar
Andrei Shevchenko – 2005; _______ – 2006; Gennaro Del Vecchio – 2007.
Fill in the blank.
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Zinedine Zidane. All these people headbutted Marco Materazzi.
Question by BV Harish Kumar
The Polish media and the foreign ministry of Poland have voiced objections to the use of the word ‘Polish’ with reference to something, and the Polish government has even made a request for a name change to UNESCO regarding the same. What are we talking about?
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The description of Auschwitz as “a Polish death camp.” (More here.)
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What is common to these Amitabh movies: Amar Akbar Anthony, Deewar, Besharam, Ganga Jamuna Saraswati, Giraftaar, Inquilab, Khoon Pasina, Lal Badshah, Mard, Muqaddar ka Sikandar, Suhaag?
(This is an exhaustive list.)
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These are the films in which Nirupa Roy played Amitabh’s mother, or a mother-like figure.
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“Its length is 96 times the breadth of the four fingers of a man, which is believed to be his height. Each of the four fingers represents one of the four states that the soul of a man experiences: waking, dreaming, dreamless sleep and knowledge of the absolute.”
What are we talking about?
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The Sacred Thread of Hindus, the Yajñopavītam.
Question by BV Harish Kumar
If “three short – three long – three short” (. . . – – – . . .) is Morse code for SOS, where would you be most likely to come across “three short – two long – three short”?
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On Nokia phones, where it is the default ringtone for incoming SMS messages. The sequence is the Morse code for SMS (obviously!).
(Beep-beep-beep, Beeeep-Beeeep, beep-beep-beep)
Question by Sumant Srivathsan