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__ _____ is an international 24-hour English-language news

channel owned by the __ _____ Media Network. It is the first
English-language news channel to be headquartered in the
Middle East. Instead of being run centrally, news management
rotates between broadcasting centres in Doha and London.
So which news channel am I talking about, that literally means
“the peninsula”, referring to Qatar Peninsula.
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The term X is first known to have been recorded in print in 1889 in the
Kansas City, Missouri newspaper The Kansas Times & Star, but the
phenomenon of immediate popularity goes back to the early days of mass
production of printed books. For earlier books, when the maximum
number of copies that would be printed was relatively small, a count of
editions is the best way to assess sales.
Nowadays, In the United Kingdom, a hardcover book could be considered
a X with sales ranging from 4,000 to 25,000 copies per week.
Which term?
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X is a 1975 children's film by noted director Shyam

Benegal, based on the famous play by Habib Tanvir,
which itself was an adaptation of a classical Rajasthani
folktale by Vijaydan Detha.
So name the film/drama with an alliterative title, that tells
the story of an honest thief.
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X is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of

Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat. Also known locally as
Kotada timba, the site contains ruins of an ancient Indus Valley
Civilization/Harappan city. X’s location is on the Tropic of
Cancer. The site was initially discovered by a resident of X
village, Shambhudan Gadhvi, in early 1960s who made efforts
to bring government attention to the location.
Name the archeological site.
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In neo-Freudian psychology, the X complex, as proposed by Carl

Jung in his Theory of Psychoanalysis, ia a girl's psychosexual
competition with her mother for possession of her father. The X
complex derives from the Greek mythological character X, who
plotted matricidal revenge with Orestes, her brother, against
Clytemnestra, their mother, and Aegisthus, their stepfather, for their
murder of Agamemnon, their father.
Name the complex.
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The X festival is a music and arts festival with a countercultural

character. It takes place at a former military airport called Müritz
Airpark in Lärz, Mecklenburg in northeastern Germany .Due to its
attitude and the variety of art, the X Festival has been described as a
"European Burning Man". The festival combines all styles of the
underground electronic music scene and various other styles,
sometimes depending on the attendees who choose to play their own
music.
Name the festival.
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Identify this Croatian tennis player.

He is the only tennis player in singles to hold which record, that he
acquired in 2001?
Goran Ivanišević
Only player to win Wimbledon as a wildcard entry
H

_____ _____ is a recourse in law through which a person can report

an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the
court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to
bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is
lawful. The writ of _____ _____ was described in the eighteenth
century by William Blackstone as a "great and efficacious writ in all
manner of illegal confinement".
Which two word Latin term am I talking about, that literally means “let
you have the body?”
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X started his first-class cricket career with Victoria in the Sheffield Shield
in 1993 as an all-rounder. He was called up to the Australian one day
cricket team in 1997 and played 73 One Day Internationals. X bowled
tightly at the end of games, equipped with a well disguised slower ball, as
well as being a big hitting late order batsman, however he did not hit an
ODI half-century.
He also played in 2003 world cup taking 8 wickets and was included in
2004 widen cricketer of the year.
Name the cricketer.
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The real name of this man is Prakash Bhandari. He is an Indian

poet and lyricist. He composed the title track of the popular
serial Vikram Vetaal. His most famous written songs are “mera
naam chin chin chu” and “aye meherebaan” from Howrah
Bridge. However we know him with a different name. More
interestingly he took his surname from the place where he was
born.
Just tell me his surname.
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X lives in 41 Gechobazar, Kageyapoti. He once made an

advertisement where he said that he can do all the types of
calculations in scientific ways. The fee is one anna, and half
price for the children. In order to know the calculations, you
have to send your shoe size, skin color, if you're alive or
dead etc etc.
So identify this wise one.
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Elizabeth Bathory was a Hungarian noblewoman and a serial killer.

Báthory and four of her servants were accused of torturing and
killing hundreds of girls and women between 1590 and 1610. Her
servants were put on trial and convicted, whereas Báthory was
confined to her home.
Later many interpreted that she inspired a particular novel from
1897, which earned her a two word nickname.
Give me the nickname.
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Barley was the most prolific grain eaten by the arya of the Vedic period. One
preparation was a sweet cake called X, where barley flour was either fried in
ghee or boiled in water, and then dipped in honey. X is popular in Bangladesh,
Odisha, West Bengal and Maharashtra and Nepal where it is served during
festivals along with other sweets. X is one of the Chapana Bhoga of Lord
Jagannath and is included in the Sanja Dhupa (evening prayer).

So which dish am I taking about?

For which elderly aunt, this dish came into popular culture in 1953? (A proper
noun needed)
Malpua
Molina Devi
N

Complete the meme with a response in Bengali language.

O

Prashantakumar Pal and Shantidev Ghosh both have agreed to the

fact that this song was composed while travelling by train from Bolpur
to Kolkata to meet Lord Hardinge as he wanted to see Tagore.
however, Kanika Bandyopadhyay had said that this was a song written
while having a journey by boat.
’This song was later adapted as a song in the drama ‘Phalguni’. The
notations were given by Indira Devi Chowdhurani.
Name the song beautifully portraying nature.
P

Ex eBay executives Ambareesh Murty and Ashish started X in

Mumbai in 2012. The company opened its first offline store in
Mumbai in 2014, and by 2019 there were over 70 stores across 28
cities in India.
The company has four warehouses in Bangalore, Jodhpur,
Mumbai, and Delhi.
Name the company, which is a portmanteau word.
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X is a 2019 Danish drama film directed by May el-Toukhy, and

starring Trine Dyrholm, and Gustav Lindh. It was selected as the
Danish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd
Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film won the
2019 Nordic Council Film Prize.
So name this movie with a three word name that shares it name
with a piece from 52.
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X was one of several design leaders raised in the Jewish community in the
Bronx, along with Calvin Klein and Robert Denning.
X started the company in 1967 with men's ties. At 28 years-old, X worked
for the tie manufacturer Beau Brummell. He persuaded the company's
president to let him start his own line. Drawing on his interests in sports, X
named his first full line of menswear "Polo" in 1968. He worked out of a
single "drawer" from a showroom in the Empire State Building and made
deliveries to stores himself.
Which world famous company am I talking about?
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X is a type of wide-brimmed Mexican men's hat used to shield the face

and eyes from the sun. It usually has a high pointed crown, an extra-
wide brim (broad enough to cast a shadow over the head, neck and
shoulders of the wearer) that is slightly upturned at the edge, and a
chin strap to hold it in place.
Name the type of hat.
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Inaugurated as 'Flagstaff House' in 1930, the building was the winter headquarters
and residence of the Commander-in-Chief of Forces in India who maintained unified
command of the (colonial) Indian Army, British Army, and princely states forces. The
road on which it stood was named after Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, the
Commander-in-Chief for over seven years between 1885 and 1893.

After independence in August 1947, the house became the year-round official
residence and workspace of the Prime Minister, and Field Marshal Auchinleck
relocated.

So which building is this, that is named after a Memorial by British sculptor, Leonard
Jennings.
Teen Murti Bhavan
U

All the action of X takes place in and immediately around Dublin on

a single day (June 16, 1904). The three central characters—
Stephen Dedalus; Leopold Bloom, a Jewish advertising canvasser;
and his wife, Molly—are intended to be modern counterparts of
Telemachus, Odysseus, and Penelope, respectively, and the
events loosely parallel the major events in Odysseus’s journey
home after the Trojan War.
What am I talking about?
V

This is the filmography of whom?

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In February 2019, a match was going on between

Everton and ____, suddenly a black cat rushed on to the
ground to stop the play. The players of _____ started
chasing to catch the cat and commentator Peter Dury
wittily said “let's see who will win the chase? The cat or
the ____?”
Fitb.
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X is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles. The

original members are vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist-bassist
John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer D. J. Bonebrake. The
band released seven studio albums from 1980 to 1993. After a
period of inactivity during the mid-to-late 1990s, X reunited in the
early 2000s, and currently tours, as of 2021.
Name the band.
Y

In this Sherlock holmes story, a man is convinced that his wife is up to no

good. While the evidence does show suspicious activity, such as asking
for money and lying about her whereabouts, the ending proves that no
transgressions were committed. One of Doyle's sentimental pieces, the
story is remarkable in that Holmes' deduction during the course of it
proves incorrect.
So what physical feature the woman’s child from her previous marriage
had due to a tropical disease, that is also present in the name of the
story? (Two word answer)
Z

The Anglo-X War was a military conflict fought between the United
Kingdom and the X Sultanate on 27 August 1896.The immediate
cause of the war was the death of the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin
Thuwaini on 25 August 1896 and the subsequent succession of
Sultan Khalid bin Barghash.
So name the battle named after a geographical entity.
Also what record this war holds in the record books?