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  • Trivia 2

    * Parisians have a high place for Jules Verne and Altitude 95. Now, what are Jules Verne and Altitude 95?

    They are the restaurants on the Eiffel Tower!

    * A peep into the sobriquets. Which country is called the 'White Russia'?

    Belarus

    * For which of her literary work did Arundati Roy win the famous Booker Prize?

    The God of small things

    * On this day (12 April) in 1981, there was yet another giant leap in space exploration. What is referred as the 'leap' here?

    The first space shuttle Columbia was launched.

    * If I stand on the banks of river Spree, in which European city would I be?

    Berlin

  • Trivia 1

    * How would you associate e with google?

    e=2.718281828. Google brainiacs love e so much that when they filed for their initial public stock offering, they put down $2,718,281,828 as the amount they hoped to raise!

    * With what first would you credit Marcos César Pontes?

    He is the first Brazilian in space (also the first Lusophone)

    *How would you relate the controversial movie Saint Jack with an Asian city-state?

    Saint Jack is the first ever Hollywood movie to be shot on location in Singapore.

    *Directed by John Henry Timmis IV, it premiered in its entirety at The School Of The Art Institute in Chicago,Illinois from January 31 to February 3, 1987,in one continuous showing. What are we talkin about?

    The Cure for Insomnia.It is the longest movie ever made at a total running time of 85 hours (5,220 min)!

    *Identify the people. Whats common with them?



    Dennis Tito (US), Mark Shuttleworth (South Africa) and Gregory Olsen (US). They are the world's first three space tourists.

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