1) The document discusses various topics including billiard balls, ties, liberos in volleyball, tabla drums, William Minor's contributions to the Oxford English Dictionary, high jumper Dick Fosbury's technique, the 1974 Nav Nirman Andolan in India, different names for table football around the world, Tipu Sultan's involvement with Channapatna toys, and a 9 move river crossing puzzle.
2) Mohenjo-daro is an important archaeological site in Pakistan discovered in 1922 by Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay.
3) The document identifies 'The Last Telegram' campaign as the context for the line "AJAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT CLIENT
4. The earliest forms of _____ were made of wood and then later
clay.
Ox-bone _____ were in common use in Europe, ivory was
favored since at least 1627 until the early 20th century; the
earliest known written reference to _____ is in the 1588
inventory of the Duke of Norfolk.
By the mid-19th century, elephants were being slaughtered for
their ivory at an alarming rate, just to keep up with the demand
for high-end _____ – no more than eight _____ could be made
from a single elephant's tusks.
The related industry realized that the supply of elephants was
endangered, as well as dangerous to obtain. Inventors were
challenged to come up with an alternative material that could
be manufactured, with a US$10,000 prize being offered by a
New York supplier.
6. "The Sun King," Louis XIV of France, was intrigued and
delighted by the colorful silk _____ worn by Croatian
mercenaries.
Many experts believe the French word for _____, cravat, is a
corruption of "Croat." In fact, French kings maintained an elite
regiment, the Cravate Royale, until the French Revolution of
1789.
While these early _____ did serve a function (tying the top of
their jackets that is), they also had quite a decorative effect – a
look that King Louis was quite fond of.
8. In Volleyball one player of a team wears a contrasting jersey
color from his or her teammates and cannot block or attack
the ball when it is entirely above net height. _____ Italian
meaning of the word is ‘free’.
10. Invented by the Indian Sufi saint Amir Khusro in the 13th
century originating from the need to be played from the top in
the sitting position to enable the more complex rhythm
structures that were required for the new Indian Sufi vocal
style of chanting and Zikr.
Dayan,Bayan, Syahi are part of this.
12. In 1871, William Chester Minor after working in the American army
as a surgeon moved to England, in a slum of London. However, his
past misdeeds didn’t allow him to live peacefully as he was visited
quite often by the widow of the man he had killed. Although, now he
devoted most of the remainder of his life in volunteering, reading
through his personal library and compiling quotations that illustrated
the way particular words were used. Over time he became one of the
largest contributors to _____.
14. “I take off on my right, or outside, foot rather than my left foot.
Then I turn my back to the bar, arch my back over the bar and
then kick my legs out to clear the bar.”
Despite the warnings of his coaches, he perfected the
technique over the next few years and got selected to
represent the USA at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games.
“I have a bad back,” said ______ after his victory, “and I lost a
big patch of skin on the back of my left heel. Then I tripped on
some stone steps the other day and strained a ligament in my
right foot. I guess I use positive thinking. Every time I
approach the bar I keep telling myself, ‘I can do it, I can do it.’
16. On 20 December 1973, students of L.D. College of
Engineering, went on strike in protest against 20% hike in
hostel food bill. An indefinite strike started on 7 January in
educational institutes. Their demand was related to food and
education. People from middle class and some factory
workers also joined protests. Protesters demanded
Chimanbhai Patel's resignation.
Due to pressure of protests, Indira Gandhi asked Chimanbhai
Patel to resign. Fresh elections were conducted and Janata
Morcha won 88 seats and Babubhai J. Patel became Chief
Minister.
Identify the andolan.
17. Nav Nirman Andolan,
the only successful agitation in history of free
India that resulted in dissolution of an elected
government.
18. It is calledTaTa Box in South Africa
Metegol in Argentina
Kicker in Germany
Fla-flu in Brazil
Futbolin in Spain
What is the common English name?
20. Channapatna toys are a particular form of wooden toys (and dolls) that
are manufactured in the town of Channapatna in the Bangalore Rural
district. This traditional craft is protected as a geographical indication
under the World Trade Organization.
____ ______ invited artisans from Persia to train the local artisans in the
making of wooden toys. For nearly two centuries, ivory-wood was the
main wood used in the making of these toys, though rosewood and
sandalwood were also occasionally used.
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Can you get all four robots across the river safely?
A maximum of two smallbots or one tallbot are
allowed in the boat for each crossing.
The boat will not move if there is not a robot in it.
24. The modern name for the site, simply means
Mound of the Dead. The city's original name is
unknown, but analysis suggests a possible
ancient Dravidian name, Kukkutarma ("the city
[-rma] of the cockerel [kukkuta]").
Cock-fighting may have had ritual and
religious significance for the city, with
domesticated chickens bred there for sacred
purposes, rather than as a food source. _____
may have been a point of diffusion for the
eventual worldwide domestication of
chickens.
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay is credited with
the discovery of which famous archaeological
site in 1922.