the 15th entry ---TT_07803

1. Germanic and Latin speaking countries use their languages' equivalents: German Donnerstag, torsdag in Scandinavia, Italian giovedì, Spanish jueves, French jeudi. What is it in English?

2. In corporate terminology, what is the process of ‘sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible’ called?

3. What was introduced to cricket by a Kent cricketer, John Willes who actually learnt it from his sister, Christina Willes who found that her skirt was getting in the way when she tried to do something, and hence as she tried to do something new?\

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4. He was a good motorcycle racer. Racing at the Altvater in Germany in 1928 he nearly beat the German champion Walfred Winkler, but he stopped a lap early thinking that the race was over. He is the inspiration behind a celluloid masterpiece, thought that is not about his sporting achievements! Who?

5. This term owes its origin to the slaves given to Roman soldiers to reward them for performance in battle. Eventually, a person who was a slave to anything became known as this. Which word?

6. The "special" message tone of NOKIA is actually the morse code for what?

7. This term traces its origin to a opera by French composer Edmond Audran, who was a unknown entity till he churned this production out in 1880. The plotline revolves around a farm girl who would bring good luck to whoever had possession of her, provided that she stayed a virgin. The term has become integral to sports and sporting events. what?

8. The cathedral bell of the church at Emila-Romagna in Italy is rung on a special occasion apart from the usual business of the church. When?

9. Connect "aryan", "iqbal", "stumped", "the cricketer", "mujhse shaadi karogi“ and “gopichand jasoos”?

10. Lewis Hamilton, after a series of scintillating GP2 victories last season, is slated to race for Mclaren this season. There is a certain "first" associated with his debut, though some sections claim that this unique place in F1 history belongs to American William Theodore Ribbs Jnr, better known as Willy T. Ribbs. What am I talking about?

11. "There are three ways of knowing a thing. Take for instance a flame. One can be told of the flame, one can see the flame with his own eyes, and finally one can reach out and be burned by it.In this way, we seek to be burned by God."
--- said to be the guiding philosophy behind which
school of thought/mystic tradition/sect?

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14. The first known mention was in the 2nd century A.D. in a poem called De Medicina Praecepta by Serenus Sammonicus, physician to the Roman emperor Caracalla, who prescribed that the sufferer from the disease wear an amulet containing the word written in the form of an inverted cone. Possible sources are : Aramaic for "i create as i speak" or Hebrew for "it will be according to what is spoken" or even "hurl your thunderbolt even unto death". What am I talking about?

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15. It is a little known fact that he was a staunch Naxalite. But tragedy struck his family when his only brother got accidentally electrocuted and killed in a freak accident. He returned to his family and left the Naxalite fold, even though doing so meant a grave risk to his own life from the Naxalites, because this was considered a one-way road (it was an unwritten law somewhat like an Omerta, that one could not abandon the Naxalite cause once it had been embraced). This proved to be a turning point in his life and became one of the prime causes that led to his iconic status. Another lesser known fact is that he had undergone expert training in martial arts. The Highest Tax payer of the country for consecutive years from ’94 to ’99, Who am I talking about ?

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17. A. “The Eyemouth Disaster, a severe European windstorm that struck the southern coast of Scotland, specifically Berwickshire, on October 14, 1881”
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The Johnstown Flood disaster (or Great Flood of 1889)
C. The fires of January 13, 1939, in Victoria, Australia, are considered one of the worst natural bushfires (wildfires) in the world, and most certainly the single worst in Australian history as a measure of land affected.
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Oct 5, 1945
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The Edmonton tornado (31st July 1987)

F. A series of mass protests that occurred on September 8, 1978 (17 Shahrivar 1357 AP) in Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, declared martial law in response to protests against his rule. The military of Iran used deadly force, including tanks and helicopter gunships, to break up the largely peaceful demonstrators.

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