Vinay Handa
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Petroleum Industry Veteran & Blogger, Passionate about Environment ,Quizzing, Space Exploration, Popular Science. Tweets are personal. RTs are no endorsements.
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Q.195: Identify this Institute connected with performing arts.Yesterday(29th April) a day founded by this Institute was celebrated. This has been celebrated since 1982. Name This Day also.
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RT @kmp19k: @newvinay @AkshayaS90 He was known as Caravaggio and not Michelangelo. There was another very famous Italian painter by the nam….
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Q.198(Contd.): recorded the Comic Strip as World’s most widely syndicated.Identify the character and the inspiration for its name.(2/2)
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Q.198 : A Comic Strip character was created by Jim over 45 years ago.He drew cartoons as a child because he was homebound with Asthma. His character also loved eating as he did. In 2003 the Guinness Book of World Records (1/2).
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Q.196: Indian Spice Brands have been recently under scrutiny for the presence of a Carcinogenic Pesticide in the products shipped to Hong Kong,Singapore and European Union.Identify the pesticide which has been detected in the Indian Spices.
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Q.194:19th Century Publishers in Great Britain used Arsenic pigments to color book bindings. Researchers of a US University have identified such books through their 'Poison Book Project'.Identify the US University and which pigments have been identified as potentially dangerous?.
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Q.193:A set of eight stamps was issued to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first book in a fantasy series. Two of the stamps are displayed below. Who issued these stamps and also identify the Author, Series name, and the characters shown in these two stamps ?
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Q.192: Identify the Author who wrote a detailed account of a hurricane in the U.K. in 1704, which is considered one of the first works of modern journalism. He also wrote a fictional adventure to the Moon. Name both his hurricane report and the Moon adventure.
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Q.191: 'YouTube' was launched in 2005. The first Video was uploaded on YouTube 19 years ago by a co-founder. Where was the Video shot and name the Video also?.
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Q.190:McDonald's used Scent Marketing in a recent campaign in the Netherlands. India had also used it at the G20 Leaders'Summit in New Delhi last year. Which scents were used by McDonald's and by India in the G20 Summit?
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Q.189: This Ad campaign has captured the attention of social media users. Identify the advertiser and their competitor.
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Q.188: Wireless Internet is known popularly as Wi-Fi. Who Coined the term Wi-Fi and what's the Technical Term/Standard for 'Internet Protocol for implementing Wireless LAN computer communication'?.
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Q.187(Contd.:): . Which were his acting debut productions/Films in English Theatre, Bengali Cinema, and Hindi Cinema, and who were his first Directors?(2/2)
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Q.187: Utpal Dutt was an Actor(Theatre & Films), Director, and Writer-Playwright.He started off his craft in English Theatre but later did plays in Bengali Theatre. He acted first in a Bengali Film in 1950 and later in some Hindi Films also. (1/2).
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Q.186: Osama Bin Laden was killed, by a team of U.S Navy SEALs, in May 2011 while hiding in Pakistan. Expand SEAL and also name this Military Operation.
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Q.185: Baltimore Bridge's Collapse in the U.S. is in the News these days. What's the connection between this bridge's location and the Poem 'Defense of Fort McHenry' and what's special about this poem?
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Q.183: The European Union today is a result of action taken in 1951 to create a common European Community to help the economy of Europe and prevent future wars among the European Countries. Which was the first common European Community created in 1951?.
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