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1. This book's premise is as follows: "Imagine that you meet a very old man who—you
eventually realize—knows literally everything. Imagine that he explains for you the great
mysteries of life—quantum physics, evolution, God, gravity, light, psychic phenomenon,
and probability—in a way so simple, so novel, and so compelling that it all fits together
and makes perfect sense. What does it feel like to suddenly understand everything? ___
____ isn't the final answer to the Big Questions. But it might be the most compelling
vision of reality you will ever read. The thought experiment is this: Try to figure out
what's wrong with the old man's explanation of reality." The author of this book is
famous for something else, yet not many in his fan base know about this book. He went
about giving away this book as a free download in order to create awareness about the
sequel to the book he had written. Identify the author and the book.

Scott Adams, God's Debris

http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/godsdebris/

2. Georg Agricola was a German scholar and man of science, known as "the father of
mineralogy." His most famous work, the De re _______ libri xii, was published in 1556.
It is a complete and systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy, illustrated with many
fine and interesting woodcuts and containing, in an appendix, the German equivalents for
the technical terms used in the Latin text. It long remained a standard work, and marks its
author as one of the most accomplished chemists of his time. The book is considered a
classic document of the dawn of metallurgy, unsurpassed for two centuries. It had ten
editions in three languages. Fill in the blank in the title.

Metallica

3. In 1912, the Mining Society's Mining Magazine (London) published an English

translation of Agricola's work which till date remains the definitive English language of
it. It was translated and edited by an American classicist and her husband, a wealthy
mining engineer. At 670 pages with 289 woodcuts, occupying the couple from 1907 to
1912 the translation became a bonafide achievement, although nowadays they are well
known for a different reason. Identify the couple.
Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Hoover.

4. A pack of mailing labels bought at the American office supplies chain Staples contained an
example address on it. Whose address is it supposed to be?

Tyler Durden from Fight Club.

5. Denzel Washington here at one of his stage play appearances. What role is he playing
here?

The role of Brutus in Julius Caesar.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7444437/site/newsweek/

6. Somnath, Dwarka, Mahakal, Srisailam, Bhimashankar, Omkareshwar, Kedarnath,

Varanasi, Trimbakeshwar, Rameswaram, Grishneshwar and Deoghar are the sites for?

12 Jyotirlinga Shrines of Shiva

7. In 1975, British rock journalist Nik Cohn wrote an article titled "Tribal Rites of the
New ___ _____" which appeared in the New Yorker magazine. Supposedly a journalistic
take on a certain subculture which prevailed in the early 1970s, it was revealed to be a
complete work of fiction by Cohn in 1997 when he finally acknowledged that the article
had been completely fabricated by him. A newcomer to the United States and a stranger
to the disco lifestyle, the British Cohn was unable to make any sense of the subculture he
had been assigned to write about. Baffled by the working-class subculture he was trying
to cover, in desperation, he created the characters that were to become Tony Manero and
company. Fill in the blanks.
Saturday Night. The article was the basis for the movie Saturday Night Fever.

8. Physicist Stephen Hawking once exclaimed, "When I hear of ___ ____, I reach for my
gun," paraphrasing German playwright and Nazi "Poet Laureate", Hanns Johst's famous
phrase "Wenn ich 'Kultur' höre, entsichere ich meinen Browning!" ("When I hear the
word 'culture', I reach for my Browning!") The blanks are a very famous construct which
was developed as a means to explain a concept. A humorous variation called "___ ____"
has been used to humorously label "terrorists" whose status as living or dead is unknown
and/or subject to contradictory rumors. Notable persons in this status have been Yasser
Arafat, in the comatose period before his death, and Osama bin Laden. Identify the
original set of blanks and the variant.

Schrodinger's Cat and Schrodinger's Terrorist

9. Although it was considered by some to be a derivation of a general indigenous martial

art style native to southeast Asia, it was the first to be popularized outside of southeast
Asia. It is referred to as "The Science of Eight Limbs", as the hands, feet, elbows, and
knees are all used extensively in this art. A very exponent was Nai Khanomtom. Around
1774, he was captured along with other prisoners. He was brought to Rangoon in Burma,
where the Burmese king Mangra was holding a religious festival in honor of Buddha's
relics. The festivities included many forms of entertainment. King Mangra was reported
to be curious to see how the various fighting styles of Burma and other countries would
compare. Nai Khanomtom was selected to fight against the Burmese champion. Nai
Khanomtom did a pre-fight dance which puzzled all of the Burmese. When the fight
began, he charged out and using punches, kicks, elbows, and knees, quickly pummelled
the Burmese. The referee was reported to have stated that the Burmese opponent was
distracted by the pre-fight dance, so the knockout was invalid. The King then asked if Nai
Khanomtom would fight nine other Burmese champions to prove himself. He agreed and
fought them all, one after the other. The last Burmese was reputed to be a great boxing
teacher. Nai Khanomtom defeated them all in a superior fashion. King Mangra was so
impressed that he remarked, "Every part of the him is blessed with venom. Even with his
bare hands, he can fell nine or ten opponents. As his lord master was incompetent, the
country was lost to the enemy. If his lord were any good, there was no way his city would
fall." He offered Nai Khanomtom freedom along with either riches or two beautiful
Burmese wives. Nai Khanomtom chose the wives as he said that money was easier to
find. He then departed with his wives for his native land. His feat is celebrated every
March 17 in his native country. Name the art.
Muay Thai, Thai Boxing aka Thai Kick Boxing

10. Early Greek explorers named this region "Ophiussa" (Greek for "land of serpents")
because the natives worshipped serpents. Its present name is derived from a Roman name
which is Latin for warm port or as some historians believe, has a Greek tinge to it which
makes it beautiful port. Name the area in discussion.

Portugal