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The Paris Olympics in 1900 saw the introduction of two games that still attract passionate crowds all over the world. One was soccer which continued to be staged at the Games even after 1900, but the other game despite being popular during the games was discontinued and never came back. Which game?
Cricket
In 1914,the Indian Govt. began printing tens of thousands of 2. 5 rupee notes [Rs. 2 and 8 annas]. In 1919 after WWI, the notes were considered useless, withdrawn from circulation and destroyed. Why this funny denomination ?
2. 5 = $1 - All trade payments reqd USD
In medeival france,people who were impaled or hung as witches were covered in a yellow cloth. This was to prevent the "spread of their disease". What was this yellow cloth called? (Not the reason for the origin of the word)
Condom
What was Captain John Miller's last mission?
"Saving Private Ryan"
When this product was first released, the makers of this product changed the name of the product from its original name, citing 'Bad English' . It was hence released under different names in different countries. For Eg in U. K-Stowaway,In Sweden-Freestyle. But later the company's influential boss, reverted back to the original name,which is still in use today. What are we talking about?
Walkman
What is
hippopotamonstrosesquipadelanophobia?
Fear of Long words
"Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers; the next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place. . a town. . a house like a lot of houses. . A yard like a lot of other yards. . On a street like a lot of other streets.
And the thing is. . After all these years,I still look back. . . with wonder"
Whose famous words are these in what?
Kevin Arnold,Wonder Years
Bangkok city's crime supression division recently made it mandatory
that all officers being recruited should do this before they pass out
of their training.
What are they supposed to do?
All the aspiring offficers need to watch HANNIBAL & SILENCE OF THE LAMBS to
understand Criminal Psychology
His powers were acquired through years of schooling in Tibet,where he began his studies during childhood. One of his teachers, Luciphor,later decided to use his powers for evil, adopted the name "Cobra", and appeared in the strip as a recurring villain. He had an evil brother,Derek; a troublesome younger sister, Leonore; and a benign elderly master named Theron. Who am I talking about?
Mandrake
Agnes, Gertrude, Trinita, Dorothy, Clare, Bernard,Lactitia, Jacinta, Francesca, Florence, Margaret Mary.
These 11 women and a 12th started something on the 7th of October 1950 which gone on to become very famous.
Who was the 12th ? What did they do ?
The 12th was Mother Teresa. They were the first 12 of the "Missionaries of Charity"
When X walked into his house proudly
clutching a gold medal in the National under-14 Speed Skating championship,his father snatched the medal from
his son, flung it away and warned him not to skate ever again.
X has gone on to become very famous in another sport? Who? What?
Yuvraj Singh
1977 was the centenary year of Wimbledon. Something was introduced this year to keep the feminists happy. What?
Ball Girls
Writer Jerry Baldwin, English teacher Gordon Bowker, and history teacher Zev Siegl saw a business opportunity together. Each contributed $1,350 and borrowed another $5,000 to open a store that sold X which they ordered from Peet's X Store in Berkeley. They wanted to use a nautical theme for their company and looked for names in the nineteenth century novel Moby Dick and named the company after the ship's first mate in Moby Dick. What company?
Starbucks