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Which three word phrase am I talking about?

It originated Scotland around the 15th century because of a

law. It made its debut in Guy Livingstone, written by George

Alfred Lawrence and published in 1857:

My companion picked up the object; and we had just time to make out that it was a bell-handle and name-plate, when the pursuers came up – six or seven “peelers” and specials, with a ruck of men and boys. We were collared on the instant. The fact of the property being found in our possession constituted a ‘flagrans delictum’ – we were ________ _______ ___________.

2002 : Whoopi Goldberg2003 : Steve Martin2004 : Billy Crystal2005 : Chris Rock2006 : John Stewart2007 : Ellen DeGeneres2008 : John Stewart 2009 : Hugh Jackman2010 : Steve Martin , Alec Baldwin 2011 : James Franco, Anne Hathaway 2012 : Billy Crystal2013 : Seth MacFarlane 2014 : Ellen DeGeneres 2015 : ?

The picture on the right shows the

amtermath of a bombing in X on 26

April 1937 . It was an aerial attack on

the Basque town of X during

the Spanish Civil War, carried out at

the behest of the Spanish nationalist

government by its allies, the

German air force's Condor

Legion and the Italian Aviazione

Legionaria. The operation was code

named Operation Rügen.

The bombing is considered one of

the first raids on a defenseless civilian

population by a modern air force.

Just give me the name of the town.

In 1863, at the advice of her stepdaughter and son, she moved to England, moving in with her son James in London. She later relocated to St Mary's Terrace, Hastings, east Sussex. She was surprised by her son's "flamboyant Bohemian lifestyle"; however, she tolerated it, and befriended some of his friends as well.According to a letter from her, one day, after a model failed to appear, her son ( who was a prominent painter at that time) turned to her and suggested he do her portrait.

And so he did and named the painting “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1”.

How do we better know this painting?

It is the practice of looking through the contents of your refrigerator to see what

raw ingredients you can easily lay your hands on, and using those words as a

basis for a Google search term (which usually also incorporates the word 'recipe'

somewhere) in order to get a list of suggestions of what to cook.

Though it has only been in use for the last couple of years or so, this expression is

thought to have been coined in 2002 by Bostonian blogger Judy Hourihan, a

former Massachusetts software engineer.

In the Autumn of 1913, a well-known traditional dealer, Alfredo Geri, innocently

placed an ad in several newspapers which stated that he was "a buyer at good

prices of objects of every sort."

Soon after he placed the ad, Geri received a letter dated November 29 (1913),

which stated the writer was in possession of a product that was stolen two years

ago. The letter had a post office box as a return address and had been signed

only by the first name of the writer.

What object were they making a deal on ?

These are the ending lines of a speech by one of the Spokespersons of

the Bharatiya Janata Party in early 2014:

Did the PM refuse to take daily briefings from intelligence agencies and

did this not have a bearing on our security situation?

Did the PM forfeit his prerogative to decide on who would be in his

cabinet?

We will not give ___ ___ _______ ________(4 blanks)to this country.

Narendra Modi will work more like a leader of India. He will work as a

representative of 1.25 billion people of the country.

Just FITB.

Pazuzu is often depicted as a combination of diverse animal and human parts. He has

the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog,eagle-like taloned feet, two

pairs of wings, a scorpion's tail, and a serpentine penis. He is often depicted with his right hand pointing upward and

left hand pointing down.

Although Pazuzu is, himself, an evil spirit, he drives away other evil spirits, therefore

protecting humans against plagues and misfortunes.

He was made famous in 1971 by WilliamPeter Blatty

and in 1973 by William Friedkin.How?

The rhyme has often been associated with the Great Plague which happened in England in 1665, or with earlier outbreaks

of the Black Death in England. Interpreters of the rhyme before the Second World War make no mention of this by

1951, however, it seems to have become well established as an explanation for the form of the rhyme that had become

standard in the United Kingdom. Which Rhyme ?

Given is a model of the Viraat Ramayan Mandir which is an upcoming Hindu temple complex that began construction in Kesaria, Bihar, India, in 2012 with an estimated budget of INR500 crore.When completed, it will be the largest religious monument in the world. The temple will have a hall with a seating capacity of 20,000 people.

The temple is inspired from the _________ Temple in __________and Rameshwaram and Minakashi Temples in India. The temple will comprise of 18 homes for various Hindu gods with focus on Lord Ram and Sita. The plan is spearheaded byAcharya Kishore Kunal.

It is located at a distance of 60 km from Vaishali and at a distance of 120 km from Patna, the capital of Bihar. Its exact location is at Janaki Nagar near Kesaria in North Bihar. It will be 2800 ft in length, 1400 ft in width and 405 ft in height.Name the Famous mounument that has inspired it’s construction.

Khaled Mohamed Said was a young Egyptian man who died under disputed circumstances in Alexandria on 6 June 2010, after being arrested by the Egyptian police. On seeing photos of his

disfigured corpse, Google marketing executive Wael Ghonim decided to create a Facebookmemorial page for Said, called "We are all Khaled Said".

The page attracted hundreds of thousands of followers, becoming Egypt's biggest dissident Facebook page. Support for Said rapidly spread, with many Facebook members using his

photograph for their own profiles. This is often considered to have been the inspiration for a certain phenomenon in India.

What am I talking about?

Yusuf Meherally was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist leader.

Born on September 23,1903 and died on July 2, 1950 He was elected Mayor of Bombay in 1942 while he was imprisoned

in Yerawada Central Prison.Yusuf Meherally, who was a freedom fighter and socialist

leader, founded the National Militia and the Bombay Youth League. He also played a leading role in peasants'

organizations' and trade unions. He was imprisoned eight times during the freedom movement. It was during his stint in Lahore jail that he was elected the Mayor of Bombay in

1942. Perhaps, he is most famously remembered in popular consciousness for having coined two of the most famous

slogans which were used at different points in the freedom struggle.

Identify both the slogans.

Known as 'Hazaar Dinari' because he was

purchased for a 1000 dinars while a boy in

1297 from Khambat in Gujarat, castrated and

turned into a eunuch slave for the pleasure

of Sultan Alauddin Khalji.

Named 'white camphor' , _(X)_ rose up the

ranks to become a General in the Sultanate's

army defeating the Mongols in 1305 at

Amroha. Then defeating the Kakatiyas of Warangal in 1309, capturing Koh-i-noor

diamond. Finally defeating the Pandayas in

1311.

In 1316, Alauddin Khalji was believed to be

poisoned by this trusted lieutenant _(X)_, who ruled the sultanate as regent for 35 days

before being assassinated.

Figure Out X

The Bania (otherwise known as Baniya, Vani and

Vania) is an occupational community of merchants,

bankers, money-lenders, dealers in grains or in spices,

and in modern times numerous commercial

enterprises. The term is used in a wider sense in

Bengal than it is elsewhere in India, where it is applied

to specific castes.

Bania is derived from the Sanskrit word vaṇij or baṇij,

which means merchant.In western India the caste is

called Vani or Vania. Although in Bengal the term is

applied to all people who are involved in

moneylending and similar activities, elsewhere in

India it is used in the more limited sense of referring to

specific castes.

A few of them started selling perfumes and what

evocative term/word evolved because of this?

This is a picture of the national bird of Israel. The bird is known as the “______" in the Quran, and appears in the story of Sulayman (Solomon).

What in 2014 was named after this bird ?

Which three word phrase am I talking about?

It originated Scotland around the 15th century because of a

law. It made its debut in Guy Livingstone, written by George

Alfred Lawrence and published in 1857:

My companion picked up the object; and we had just time to make out that it was a bell-handle and name-plate, when the pursuers came up – six or seven “peelers” and specials, with a ruck of men and boys. We were collared on the instant. The fact of the property being found in our possession constituted a ‘flagrans delictum’ – we were ________ _______ ___________.

2002 : Whoopi Goldberg2003 : Steve Martin2004 : Billy Crystal2005 : Chris Rock2006 : John Stewart2007 : Ellen DeGeneres2008 : John Stewart 2009 : Hugh Jackman2010 : Steve Martin , Alec Baldwin 2011 : James Franco, Anne Hathaway 2012 : Billy Crystal2013 : Seth MacFarlane 2014 : Ellen DeGeneres 2015 : ?

The picture on the right shows the

amtermath of a bombing in X on 26

April 1937 . It was an aerial attack on

the Basque town of X during

the Spanish Civil War, carried out at

the behest of the Spanish nationalist

government by its allies, the

German air force's Condor

Legion and the Italian Aviazione

Legionaria. The operation was code

named Operation Rügen.

The bombing is considered one of

the first raids on a defenseless civilian

population by a modern air force.

Just give me the name of the town.

In 1863, at the advice of her stepdaughter and son, she moved to England, moving in with her son James in London. She later relocated to St Mary's Terrace, Hastings, east Sussex. She was surprised by her son's "flamboyant Bohemian lifestyle"; however, she tolerated it, and befriended some of his friends as well.According to a letter from her, one day, after a model failed to appear, her son ( who was a prominent painter at that time) turned to her and suggested he do her portrait.

And so he did and named the painting “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1”.

How do we better know this painting?

Whistler’s Mother !

It is the practice of looking through the contents of your refrigerator to see what

raw ingredients you can easily lay your hands on, and using those words as a

basis for a Google search term (which usually also incorporates the word 'recipe'

somewhere) in order to get a list of suggestions of what to cook.

Though it has only been in use for the last couple of years or so, this expression is

thought to have been coined in 2002 by Bostonian blogger Judy Hourihan, a

former Massachusetts software engineer.

Fridge Googling

In the Autumn of 1913, a well-known traditional dealer, Alfredo Geri, innocently

placed an ad in several newspapers which stated that he was "a buyer at good

prices of objects of every sort."

Soon after he placed the ad, Geri received a letter dated November 29 (1913),

which stated the writer was in possession of a product that was stolen two years

ago. The letter had a post office box as a return address and had been signed

only by the first name of the writer.

What object were they making a deal on ?

The Monalisa !

These are the ending lines of a speech by one of the Spokespersons of

the Bharatiya Janata Party in early 2014:

Did the PM refuse to take daily briefings from intelligence agencies and

did this not have a bearing on our security situation?

Did the PM forfeit his prerogative to decide on who would be in his

cabinet?

We will not give ___ ___ _______ ________(4 blanks)to this country.

Narendra Modi will work more like a leader of India. He will work as a

representative of 1.25 billion people of the country.

Just FITB.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Pazuzu is often depicted as a combination of diverse animal and human parts. He has the

body of a man, the head of a lion or dog,eagle-like taloned feet, two pairs of wings,

a scorpion's tail, and a serpentine penis. He is often depicted with his right hand pointing

upward and left hand pointing down.In Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, Pazuzuwas the king of the demons of the wind, and

son of the god Hanbi. He also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms and

drought.Although Pazuzu is, himself, an evil spirit, he

drives away other evil spirits, therefore protecting humans against plagues and

misfortunes.He was made famous in 1971 by William Peter

Blatty and in 1973 by William Friedkin.How?

The rhyme has often been associated with the Great Plague which happened in England in 1665, or with earlier outbreaks of the Black Death in England. Interpreters

of the rhyme before the Second World War make no mention of this by 1951, however, it seems to have become well established as an explanation for the form of the rhyme

that had become standard in the United Kingdom. Peter and Iona Opie, the leading authorities on nursery rhymes, remarked:

The invariable sneezing and falling down in modern English versions have given would-be origin finders the opportunity to say that the rhyme dates back to the Great

Plague. Sneezing or coughing was a final fatal symptom, and "all fall down" was exactly what happened.Which Rhyme ?

Ringa Ringa Roses !

George Stevenson’s First Steam Train

Given is a model of the Viraat Ramayan Mandir which is an upcoming Hindu temple complex that began construction in Kesaria, Bihar, India, in 2012 with an estimated budget of INR500 crore.When completed, it will be the largest religious monument in the world. The temple will have a hall with a seating capacity of 20,000 people.

The temple is inspired from the _________ Temple in __________and Rameshwaram and Minakashi Temples in India. The temple will comprise of 18 homes for various Hindu gods with focus on Lord Ram and Sita. The plan is spearheaded byAcharya Kishore Kunal.

It is located at a distance of 60 km from Vaishali and at a distance of 120 km from Patna, the capital of Bihar. Its exact location is at Janaki Nagar near Kesaria in North Bihar. It will be 2800 ft in length, 1400 ft in width and 405 ft in height.Name the Famous mounument that has inspired it’s construction.

Ankor wat in Cambodia !

Khaled Mohamed Said was a young Egyptian man who died under disputed circumstances in Alexandria on 6 June 2010, after being arrested by the Egyptian police. On seeing photos of his

disfigured corpse, Google marketing executive Wael Ghonim decided to create a Facebookmemorial page for Said, called "We are all Khaled Said".

The page attracted hundreds of thousands of followers, becoming Egypt's biggest dissident Facebook page. Support for Said rapidly spread, with many Facebook members using his

photograph for their own profiles. This is often considered to have been the inspiration for a certain phenomenon in India.

What am I talking about?

I AM ANNA HAZARE

Yusuf Meherally was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist leader.

Born on September 23,1903 and died on July 2, 1950 He was elected Mayor of Bombay in 1942 while he was imprisoned

in Yerawada Central Prison.Yusuf Meherally, who was a freedom fighter and socialist

leader, founded the National Militia and the Bombay Youth League. He also played a leading role in peasants'

organizations' and trade unions. He was imprisoned eight times during the freedom movement. It was during his stint in Lahore jail that he was elected the Mayor of Bombay in

1942. Perhaps, he is most famously remembered in popular consciousness for having coined two of the most famous

slogans which were used at different points in the freedom struggle.

Identify both the slogans.

“Quit India” and “Simon Go Back”

Mail Service as R.M.S stands for Royal Mail Ship.

Known as 'Hazaar Dinari' because he was

purchased for a 1000 dinars while a boy in

1297 from Khambat in Gujarat, castrated and

turned into a eunuch slave for the pleasure

of Sultan Alauddin Khalji.

Named 'white camphor' , _(X)_ rose up the

ranks to become a General in the Sultanate's

army defeating the Mongols in 1305 at

Amroha. Then defeating the Kakatiyas of Warangal in 1309, capturing Koh-i-noor

diamond. Finally defeating the Pandayas in

1311.

In 1316, Alauddin Khalji was believed to be

poisoned by this trusted lieutenant _(X)_, who ruled the sultanate as regent for 35 days

before being assassinated.

Figure Out X

Malik Kafur!

The Bania (otherwise known as Baniya, Vani and

Vania) is an occupational community of merchants,

bankers, money-lenders, dealers in grains or in spices,

and in modern times numerous commercial

enterprises. The term is used in a wider sense in

Bengal than it is elsewhere in India, where it is applied

to specific castes.

Bania is derived from the Sanskrit word vaṇij or baṇij,

which means merchant.In western India the caste is

called Vani or Vania. Although in Bengal the term is

applied to all people who are involved in

moneylending and similar activities, elsewhere in

India it is used in the more limited sense of referring to

specific castes.

A few of them started selling perfumes and what

evocative term/word evolved because of this?

Gandhi !

Shane Warne’s ball of the Century!

This is a picture of the national bird of Israel. The bird is known as the “______" in the Quran, and appears in the story of Sulayman (Solomon).

What in 2014 was named after this bird ?

Cyclone Hudhud !

Danny Denzongpa !

Finals in a shortwhile