Admiral General Quiz

Admiral General Quiz

Admiral General QuizHosted by:Dr. Sudipto BhattacharyaManavi MuralidharAniket ChakrapaniAmey Karpe

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RulesPrelims will be in the form of 25 questions written on a single piece of paperEach question carries 1 pointSome questions are star marked. In case of a tie, the team with more star marks will qualifyIn case a tie persists, Sudden Death will be used.Obey your (Quiz) Master!

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1)According to Deakin and Al Wear, these are the 4 Characteristics which are used as the definition for X:

The application of a wide range of electronic and digital technologies to communities and citiesThe use of ICT to transform life and working environments within the regionThe embedding of such ICTs in government systemsThe territorialisation of practices that brings ICTs and people together to enhance the innovation and knowledge that they offer.

What is X, a term which (hopefully) will be used for Vellore in the near future.

AnswerSmart Cities

2)Fill in the blank

AnswerOzzy Osbourne.

3)In 1833, the ship Tuscany sailed into Calcutta carrying 100 tonnes of X in its hold.This commodity was a surprise to everyone there, with one person going as far as asking the captain whether X grew on trees in America.The import of X to India by Frederic Tudor continued for around 4 decades. X was never imported to India after that. The import of X to India received many special subsidies including being unloaded directly to warehouses, and being unloaded at night, and X was stored in poorly ventilated rooms called the "Bombay X House", "Calcutta X House" and "Madras X House". What is X?

AnswerIce

4)X is an optical illusion first presented by a Swiss Crystallographer(and named after him).The X has two possible interpretations

No visual clues are given regarding the depth and either shape is perceived depending on distance and angle from which the cube is seen.What?

AnswerNecker Cube

5)Bomis was a dot-com company launched in 1996 by Tim Shell, Michael Davis and Y.Bomis supported the creation and spread of free content on the internet and its most famous products were Bomis Premium, Bomis Babes, Bomis Babe Report and Bomis Browser. Advertising through these was its main source of revenue.Nupedia was formed as a subsidiary of Bomis by Larry Sanger and Y in 2000 as an online Free Encyclodepia which was written and reviewed by experts in that field.X was formed in 2001 by Sanger and Y, as a website which allowed collaborative content modification.Give X and Y.

AnswerX WikipediaY Jimmy Wales

6)X was a very important part of Ancient Egyptian culture and was the staple drink of poor Egyptians as well as central to the diet of wealthy Egyptians.There is evidence of wages being paid in the form of X and workers building the pyramids of Giza were given X three times a day as a part of their rations.

X also figures prominently in Egyptian literature and sayings. For example in this inscription dated to around 2200 BCThe mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with X.The following is from the Instructions of Ani:[your mother] sent you to school when you were ready to be taught writing, and she waited for you daily at home with bread and X.

Give X

AnswerBeer

7)

In the comic given on the next slide, a name has been blanked out.Which Indian Politician who, interestingly, did retweet this comic as well?

AnswerShashi Tharoor

8)A common misconception centered around the product X was that it was modeled after Y. The misconception is supplemented by the fact that X had perfect Aryan looks (Blonde hair, Blue eyes) and was proportioned strikingly similar to Y. The misconception lead to a belief that X was generally used as a tool for Nazi propaganda.The misconception was proved to be just that. The creator of X is in fact from Denver, Colorado and had nothing to do with Y or Nazism.Give X and Y.

AnswerX BarbieY Eva Braun

9)The following slide has a cropped out photo of a poster for the TV show Fresh Off The BoatJudging by the elements in the photo, which famous painting is being parodied?

AnswerAmerican Gothic

10)Jennifer Lee "Jen" Tayloris an Americanvoice actress best known for her roles as__________in variousHalogames; Zoey inLeft 4 Dead;Princess Peach,Toad&Toadettein various Mariogames; and Lina, Windranger, Puck and Medusa inDota 2.She however, has a more recent claim to fame. What is her latest project? (FITB)

AnswerVoice of Cortana, the Microsoft assisstant

11)Margaretha Geertruida"Margreet"MacLeodwas anexotic dancerduring World War I.During World War I, the Netherlands remained neutral. As a Dutch subject, she was thus able to cross national borders freely. To avoid the battlefields, she travelled between France and the Netherlands via Spain andBritain, and her movements inevitably attracted attention.Why would her movements attract attention and what do we better know her as (same as her stage name)?

AnswerMata Hari, she worked as a double agent

12)Inchaos theory, ____ _____________ _______is thesensitive dependence oninitial conditionsin which a small change in one state of a deterministicnonlinear systemcan result in large differences in a later state. For example, the randomness of the outcomes of throwingdicedepends on this characteristic to amplify small differences in initial conditionsthe precise direction, thrust, and orientation of the throwinto significantly different dice paths and outcomes, which makes it virtually impossible to throw dice exactly the same way twice.FITB with the name of a famous 2004 movie named after this phenomenon.

AnswerThe Butterfly Effect

13)The picture on the following slide is of two women Senators, Carol Mosely and Barbara Mikulski.Mikulski was the first Democratic woman to be elected to the senate. Mosely was the first black woman to be elected to the Senate.Both revolutionary in their thinking, they made a change in the Senate in 1993, the effects of which can still be observed. What change?

(insert picture)

AnswerLobbied to allow women to wear pants on the Senate floor

14)The series X (started in 1988) dramatically unfolds the past 5000 years of Indias history.It was narrated by Om Puri and has seen the likes of many actors such as Naseeruddin Shah, Irrfan Khan, Alok Nath etc. Which iconic series?

AnswerBharat Ek Khoj

15)The image on the next slide is a Batman centric take on a commonly used psychological testing technique.Interestingly, it also connects to another character in the comic universe.Name the testing technique.

AnswerRorschach Inkblot Test

16)A 'familiar form of address: friend, mateWhich word, in the news for recently being added to the Oxford Dictionary?

AnswerYaar

17)Though the setting of her childhood was an influence on her work, only one character in the books is directly drawn from the surroundings: X, the whose dropped word-endings are a Chepstow speciality. In shape he's modelled on the Welsh chapter of Hells Angels who'd swoop down on the town and hog the bar, "huge mountains of leather and hair".Which author and character?

AnswerJK Rowling; Hagrid

18)In early 2002 the subject of the photo was identified asSharbat Gula(born 1972) a woman who was living as arefugee in Pakistanduring the time of theSoviet occupation of Afghanistanwhen she was photographed. The photographer was particularly captivated by her striking green eyes.Which iconic photograph?

AnswerAfghan Girl

19)Whose tweets?(More on next slide)

AnswerDonald Trump

20)Ingress is an augmented-reality massively-multiplayer online role-playing location-based game created by Niantic Labs. The game was originally exclusively for Android devices, and was made available for Apple's iOS in 2014.This game served as the basis for what game coming up in 2016 which would let all our childhood dreams come true?

AnswerPokmon Go

21)Commissioned into the Household Cavalry in 1996, X served as an officer of the British Army till 2002.In 1999, his unit was posted to Kosovo, and his unit was responsible for directing NATO bombardment of Serbian positions.X carried his guitar through the deployment, strapped to the outside of his tank. His interaction with Russian soldiers here served as the inspiration of his song No BraveryIdentify X, who became a household name after a very famous song in 2004?

AnswerJames Blunt

22)Google Doodle for?Very specific answer needed.

AnswerCopa America 2015 Finals

23)The region of space that is an ideal distance from the home star so that its surface is not too hot and not too cold is referred to as the ______________ zone.Earth, of course, lies in a _____________ zone, wedged between Venus and Mars, both of which currently do not support life.FITB taking inspiration from the world of literature.

AnswerGoldilocks

24)Though movie is based on Greek Mythology, the main character himself is named after his Roman avatar.All other characters of the movie are named after their Greek avatars.Which movie?

Hercules (By Greek mythology, he should be named Heracles)

25)

Inception

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RulesQuestions will follow an infinite pounce and bounce patternOn pounce, scoring will be +10/-10On bounce, scoring will be +10/0You cannot pounce on a direct questionIn case no team gets the question on bounce, the next question stays with the same team.

1)Which country does this countryballs comic mock?Bigger picture on next slide

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AnswerSealand

2)X is a term used in the military for an enlisted man assigned to a Commissioned Officer.The X is responsible for the upkeep of the officers uniform, driving his vehicle and digging his foxhole in combat.The name X is derived from a term meaning the officers pack saddleWe have all come across X in a totally different context and he debuted in this form in a comic in 1939.

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AnswerBatman

3)While promoting herLiving Proofline in 2013, X was asked about The Ys impact on pop culture. "It's never honestly been a big deal to me," thestar admitted. "It's a big deal because of Chris McMillan and a ______ I think a lot of people, a lot of gals, kind of thought was fun.Earlier in 2011, she had called it ugly and one of the hardest ________ to maintain.Who on what?

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AnswerX Jennifer AnistonY The Rachel

4)Depicted on the next slide are styles of painting of 3 artists. ID all 3.

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5)On April 4th2015, a team of 34 officers and soldiers of the Indian Army began an expedition to scale the Everest.As a part of the mission, the army will be contributing to a national campaign which was launched on October 2, 2014 by Modi.Give funda

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AnswerSwacch Bharat AbhiyaanThe Indian Army is to pick up 4,000 Kg of trash from the Summit of the Everest, including old tents, oxygen cylinders and even corpses.

6)This Album was inspired by a George Orwell novel.There are various similarities between the album and the novella, especially in the personification of the animals with Pigs representing Politicians and Dogs representing businessmen.Id Band and album

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AnswerPink Floyd - Animals

7)The following slide contains an image of a truck designed by DaimlerWolfgang Bernhard, the head of the Bus and Truck division of Daimler in a 2015 statement said that the truck would make the job of the driver less tedious and the design could save up to 5% more fuel that normal trucks. He also said that the design would be ready for the market only by 2025.What is special about this truck?

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AnswerDrives itself

8)Google Doodle for?

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AnswerTeachers Day

Theme 1Songs inspired by famous people

RulesWritten Round8 questions total+10 for each correct answer, and a bonus +10 for getting all right.

1The following are lyrics from a song by Johnny Wakelin called The Black SupermanGiven on the following slide are a few lyrics containing clues as to the identity of the person on whom the song is based. ID Y.

This here's the story of XWho changed his name to YHe knows how to talk and he knows how to fightAnd all the contenders were beat out of sight.Sing, Y, Y,He floats like a butterfly and stings like a beeY, was known to have saidYou watch me shuffle and I'll jab off your headHe moves like the black supermanAnd calls to the other guy I'm Y catch me if you can.

Muhammad Ali

2X wrote this song for Y after her father passed away. She came home from the hospital , drenched and covered in tears. X started crying and he kept asking her "What can I do for you? Tell me how can I help?" She looked up at him and said "Just hold me cause you're the only thing that can fix me right nowWhich iconic, fairly recent song was born as a result?

Fix You

3The singer had this to say about his iconic song In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms. I was sitting on the veranda one morning, reading a biography of X, and suddenly I knew I had to write a song arguing that he wasnt crazy. He had an illness and so did his brother Theo.ID the famous personality.

Vincent Van Gogh

4Xs first version of Y from 1973, was a tribute to Marilyn Monroe. Following Dianas death, lyricist Bernie Taupin rewrote the words to describe Dianas circumstances, and Sir Elton played it at the princess funeral on September 6, 1997. As the world mourned, copies of the single flew off the shelves, and Y 1997 remains one of the two best-selling singles of all timeName the famous song Y.

Candle in the Wind

5X never confirmed that her song "Dear _________" (which included the line "Don't you think I was too young / To be messed with?") was written about her rumored fling Y, but he certainly thought it was. In 2012, he toldRolling Stonethe song "humiliated" him, adding, "I will say as a songwriter that I think it's kind of cheap songwriting.Just give Y.

John Mayer

6Noel Gallagher of Oasis had this to say about his song Live Forever in a statement to The Guardian - "I heard this song called 'I Hate Myself and I Want to Die' and I thought, I'm not having that, I cannot have this American rockstar who everybody is lauding as a genius with all the money in the world sitting there in his mansion on smack saying that. What d'you want to die for?"

Who is the American Rockstar being spoken about?

Kurt Cobain

7Slayer guitaristJeff Hannemanwrote ______ __ _____" after reading books about X while on tour with the band.The lyrics detail X's surgical experiments on patients at the during World War II. X's explorations were conducted on such groups asdwarfsandtwins, and included both physical and psychological examinations."Sewn together, joining heads. Just a matter of time 'til you rip yourselves apart", a line from the penultimate verse, is a reference to the allegation X stitched together twins, one of them deformed; "the hunchback was sewn to the other child, back to back, their wrists back to back too.ID X.

Josef Mengele

8)X and Y were allegedly good friends at one point in time, indicated by the fact that Xs solo was featured in one of Ys songs. X wrote one of his most iconic songs for Ys wife. That, as one might imagine, put a strain on their friendship.Who are X and Y?

X Eric ClaptonY George Harrison

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1)So the Vogelfluglinieis a rail corridor between Copenhagen(Denmark) and Hamburg(Germany).It was created as the most direct route to join the two cities.What makes this truly unique is a 19 kilometer link between Rodby(Denmark) and Puttgarden(Germany).This is however, going to be replaced by a tunnel system by 2021.What?

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AnswerThe train is transported across the North Sea aboard a ferry.

2)Force 10 from Navarone is a novel written by Alistair Maclean, later adapted into a movie.In the novel, Capt Keith Mallory and his team are supposed to recue a number of partisans from behind enemy lines.The reason their mission is called Force 10 is explained in the novel by their CO, Capt Jensen, RN as them causing a metaphorical storm by defeating the German Army.Why would a Metaphorical storm be called Force 10?

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AnswerForce 10 is used to denote Storm on the Beaufort Scale

3)Given on the next slide is a schematic of a famous recent murder. ID the murdered and (alleged) murderer.

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Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius

4)The following slide is a scene taken from the TV show HannibalWhat iconic movie does it pay tribute to?

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AnswerThe Shining

5)There has been only one time(in recent memory at least), a post from the subreddit India was the first post on the front page of reddit.What post, from end July 2015 is this?

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Answer

6)In theStar Trek: Voyagerepisode "The 37's" (first aired 1995), X, portrayed bySharon Lawrence, was one of many humans abducted by an alien race in 1937, only to be found in cryo-stasis on a planet on the other side of the galaxy.What is interesting is X actually went missing, in the Pacific Ocean in 1937.Identify this first female recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross

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AnswerAmelia Earhart

7)Following are three Pearls Before Swine comics which have been drawn by a guest artist. Just give me his name

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AnswerBill Watterson!

8)This famous sculpture was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board till 1901, and among its original purposes was to be used as a lighthouse.However, when the torch on this statue was illuminated, it was described as more like a glowworm than a beacon.Subsequent efforts to improve its effectiveness as a beacon failed, and it was transferred to the War Department in 1901.It is currently maintained by the National Park Service.What?

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AnswerStatue Of Liberty

Long Connect

Set of 8 questions.Each slide carries +5 for the correct answerThe answer of every question(unless specified otherwise) connects to a bigger theme.Points distribution for theme is in the form of slabs of 2 questions each.You can try for a theme only once per slab

+40/-30

1)X ran into controversy recently after The Sun, a British tabloid, dug up an old photograph of X doing the Nazi saluteWhat is interesting is, the home movie from which this photograph is sourced is from 1933, when she was 7 years old. Most people, of course, consider this controversy extremely stupid considering X is an 89 year old, highly respected statesperson of international repute.X?

2)After his death, Xs ashes were poured into urns which were sent across India for memorial services.Most were immersed at theSangam at Allahabadon 12 February 1948, but some were taken away. Some of Xs ashes were scattered at the source of theNile River and a memorial plaque marks the event. On 30 January 2008, the contents of another urn were immersed atGirgaum Chowpatty(Mumbai). Another urn is at thepalaceof theAga KhaninPune(where X had been imprisoned at one time)One urn is in theSelf-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrinein Los Angeles.X?

+30/-20

3)Identify the artist

More images on next slide.

4)Among the first successfully mass produced computers, it was an 8-bit Home Computer first sold in 1982It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest selling single computer model of all time till it was discontinued in 1982Having a 64kB RAM and 20kB ROM, it was considered revolutionary at the timeIdentify this computer, which parents seem to love bringing up whenever anyone talks about growth of technology.(Answer does not connect to the theme)

+20/-10

5)Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, X is ranked 15th in the Forbes list of BillionairesX has a fascination with Space travel, and in 2000 set up Blue Origin, a human spaceflight Startup company.Blue Origin revealed, in September 2011, that it had lost an unmanned prototype vehicle during a short-hop test flight.Identify this American entrepreneur and investor, famous for another company, who has been ranked the second best CEO by Harvard Business Review.

6)X created a Google+ account soon after G+ was created, saying he sees it as a "validation for his vision" of online social networking.By July 2011, X had become the most followed user on Google+, outranking Google co-foundersLarry PageandSergey Brin.His public profile is minimal with one photo and a bio that reads "I make things".X has also voiced himself on an episode ofThe Simpsonstitled "Loan-a Lisa", which first aired on October 3, 2010. In the episode, X tells Lisa that she does not need to graduate from college to be wildly successful, referencingBill Gatesand Richard Bransonas examples.Who is X?

+10/0

7)#KolstylzThe leader of the 1979 Iranian revolution, X took control from Mohammed Rehza Pahlavi, the earlier Shah of Iran.Referred to by titles like Imam, Ayatollah and Grand Ayatollah; identify this Statesman

8)Preserved at the National Air and Space Museum, the Spirit of St Louis was a custom built, single engine, single seat monoplane.(Image on next slide)The flew for only one year, from 1927 to 1928, when it was retired.Officially known as the Ryan NYP, the NYP is a reference to a famous flight for which this plane was created.Who was its famous pilot?

Answers!Please exchange your papers

1)X ran into controversy recently after The Sun, a British tabloid, dug up an old photograph of X doing the Nazi saluteWhat is interesting is, the home movie from which this photograph is sourced is from 1933, when she was 7 years old. Most people, of course, consider this controversy stupid considering X is an 89 year old, highly respected statesperson.X?

Queen Elizabeth

2)After his death, Xs ashes were poured into urns which were sent across India for memorial services.Most were immersed at theSangam at Allahabadon 12 February 1948, but some were taken away. Some of Xs ashes were scattered at the source of theNile River and a memorial plaque marks the event. On 30 January 2008, the contents of another urn were immersed atGirgaum Chowpatty(Mumbai). Another urn is at thepalaceof theAga KhaninPune(where X had been imprisoned at one time)One urn is in theSelf-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrinein Los Angeles.X?

AnswerMahatma Gandhi

3)Identify the artist

AnswerAdolf Hitler

4)Among the first successfully mass produced computers, it was an 8-bit Home Computer first sold in 1982It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest selling single computer model of all time till it was discontinued in 1982Having a 64kB RAM and 20kB ROM, it was considered revolutionary at the timeIdentify this computer, which parents seem to love bringing up whenever anyone talks about growth of technology.(Answer does not connect to the theme)

AnswerCommodore 64

5)Born in Alburquerque, New Mexico, X is ranked 15th in the Forbes list of BillionairesX has a fascination with Space travel, and in 2000 set up Blue Origin, a human spaceflight Startup company.Blue Origin revealed, in September 2011, that it had lost an unmanned prototype vehicle during a short-hop test flight.Identify this American entrepreneur and investor, who has been ranked the second best CEO by Harvard Business Review.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com

6)X created a Google+ account soon after G+ was created, saying he sees it as a "validation for his vision" of online social networking.By July 2011, X had become the most followed user on Google+, outranking Google co-foundersLarry PageandSergey Brin.His public profile is minimal with one photo and a bio that reads "I make things".X has also voiced himself on an episode ofThe Simpsonstitled "Loan-a Lisa", which first aired on October 3, 2010. In the episode, X tells Lisa that she does not need to graduate from college to be wildly successful, referencingBill Gatesand Richard Bransonas examples.Who is X?

Mark Zuckerberg

7)#KolstylzThe leader of the 1979 Iranian revolution, X took control from Mohammed Rehza Pahlavi, the earlier Shah of Iran.Referred to be titles like Imam, Ayatollah and Grand Ayatollah identify this Statesman

Ruhollah Khomeini

8)Preserved at the National Air and Space Museum, the Spirit of St Louis was a custom built, single engine, single seat monoplane.(Image on next slide)The flew for only one year, from 1927 to 1928, when it was retired.Officially known as the Ryan NYP, the NYP is a reference to a famous flight for which this plane was created.What makes this plane quiz worthy? Or who was its famous pilot?(Pilot connects to the theme)

AnswerCharles Lindbergh.The first plane to fly across the Atlantic.

Connecting Theme Times Person of the Year

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1)X is an American alternative rock band formed in 1994, and gained popularity for Yankee Hotel FoxtrotX takes its name from a Radio Procedure word, and they described this as a fairly ironic for a rock band to name themselvesThe radio procedure word X means Will comply.What is X?

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AnswerWilco

2)The Parthians were an ancient race who lived in North East Persia.The Parthians were very skilled Archers and Horsemen, and among their favourite maneuvers was to fire a volley of arrows just before retreatingThis gives rise to an English phrase meaning an insult issued just as the speaker is leaving.What is the phrase?

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AnswerParting shot(taken from Parthian shot)AoE players might recall a research called Parthian Tactics for Cavalry Archers which refers to this.

3)The following slide has photos from a two leg fixture between Arsenal and Hamburg from the Champions League in 2006.A slight change was made to the jerseys of both teams for this match in particular. What change and why?

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AnswerBoth teams had to wear a jersey having the word Dubai on the front for one leg each of the fixture as UEFA rules do not permit both teams to have the same sponsors name (Fly Emirates) on the front.

4)With the original game released 13 years back, and its expansion released 12 years back, this classic Strategy game is getting a new expansion in the near future(likely to be officially announced on 2nd October).Called Tale of the Dragon, this expansion developed by Forgotten Empires and SkyBox Labs, will explore China!Which game?

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AnswerAge of Mythology!!!

5)The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seed bank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1,300 kilometres from the North Pole.A withdrawal from the bank was made for the first time in 2015. What prompted this withdrawal?

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AnswerSyrian Civil War

6)Often considered the southernmost point of Africa, this is actually a little West Northwest of the southernmost point(Cape Agulhas)

Originally called the Cape of storms, this was renamed to X because of the promise of a shorter trade route to IndiaWhat?

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AnswerCape of Good Hope

7)So far, the most widely accepted theories for the strange behaviour exhibited have been attributed largely to memory following a car crash, though many other theories have been proposed. Andrew Norman, a former doctor, however had a different take on the situation. Norman believes X was in a fugue state, or, more technically, a psychogenic trance, a rare, deluded condition brought on by trauma or depression, which may also have led the writer and actor Stephen Fry to travel to Bruges in 1995 without leaving word with his friends or family.What strange unsolved mystery has invoked such theories as explaination?

Disappearance of Agatha Christie

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8)What is so unique about this comic?

Bigger photo on next slide

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AnswerLast Calvin and Hobbes comic. :(

VincentDon McLeanAmerican Pie1990iTunes 10.3.1, QuickTime 7.7.1

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