Mixed Bag quiz 004

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1. Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation in 1967 and the celebrations culminated on the 1st of July ,which was the Canadian Dominion day . All children born in this year were declared centennial babies . Who was declared “THE CENTENNIAL BABY” because this person was thought to be the first child born on the 1st of July, though it was discovered later that another baby had taken birth two hours earlier on the same day ?

2. This city with a striking resemblance with New York has a population of 4 million . It is often referred to as “The Worst place in America ’’ because of the ever-escalating crime situation . Just identify .

3. The World Chess Championship match of 1978 was held in Baguio in the Philippines, and was probably the most bizarre World Championship match ever played. The match featured Anatoly Karpov and Victor Korchnoi . Histrionics surrounding the match included X-raying of chairs, protests about the flags used on the board, the hypnotism complaints [Karpov's team included a Dr. Zukhar ,a well known hypnotist], and the mirror glasses used by Korchnoi to counter hypnotism . When Karpov's team sent him a blueberry yogurt during a game without any request for one by Karpov, the Korchnoi team protested, claiming it could be some kind of code. Korchnoi himself had adopted two local renegades belonging to a particular organisation to counter the negative energy which he thought was being used by Karpov . Prominent among them being Victoria Shepherd , who at that time was out on an appeal bond after her conviction for attempted murder of an Indian diplomat . Which organisation did these renegades belong to ?

4 . Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar was one of the finest and most powerful Indian classical singers of the 20th century . "Jaat Kahan Ho", one of her recordings , of duration 3:30, is an interpretation of Raga Bhairavi . This recording was regarded by the ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown (famous for coining the term “World Music” ) to be the finest recorded example of Indian classical music . He liked this piece to such an extent that he recommended it for something and this recording became the only piece of Indian music with a unique honour bestowed upon it . What is this unique distinction ?

5. Whats common to :

- The Third Sacred War of 353 BC

- A gallic army lead by Brennus beating a Greek army lead by Calippus in 279 BC

- The Roman army under Manius Acilius Glabrio defeating the Syrian army under Antiochus III the Great in 191 BC

- The confrontation between the German army and the ANZAC army in 1941 during WW II which allowed the British Expeditionary Force to escape

1. Pamela Anderson
2. Liberty City , the most featured city in the Grand Theft Auto game series
3. Anand Margis
4. The only piece of Indian music on the Voyager Golden Record
5. The are all the lesser known "Battles of Thermopylae" , the most famous being the one which is the subject of the movie '300'


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