1) Identify the scientist in the picture above. Born in Kiel in 1858, his father was a professor of Law and he graduated in Physics. He was also a gifted music player. His professor Phillip Von Jolly warned him against study of Physics saying that "in this field, almost everything is already discovered, and all that remains is to fill a few holes." In 1879 he defended his dissertation, On the second fundamental theorem of the mechanical theory of Heat, and in 1885 he joined as associate professor in University of Kiel and in 1892 he became a full professor at University of Berlin. His second son Erwin was amongst those sentenced to death in 1945 for the assasination attempt on Hitler. In 1918 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, for his pathbreaking theory. Who?
MAX PLANCK
2) It was originally a shallow embayment called Wai Momi or Pu' uloa by Hawaiians. In local legend this was regarded as home of shark goddess Ka'ahupahau . Initially it was not considered a good place for ships because of its shallow waters. By what name is this place better known to us?
PEARL HARBOR
3) On Dec 7,1982 Charles Brooks Jr, a convicted murderer, was executed at the Huntsville Prison in Texas. It was the first execution in Texas after 64 years. But it also had another first to it, what was it?
FIRST PERSON TO BE EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
4)
Name is the person in the picture along with Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat.YITZHAK RABIN
5)
Richard Warren ________ in Minnesota he assisted his father in their wagon making business for some time. He learnt telegraphy and became the station agent in the Redwood Falls station on Minneapolis-St.Louis railroad line. In 1886, he made a profit of 5000$ selling watches to station agents all along the line, and this made him start his first company R.W._________ Watch Company and he also made use of mail order to reach out to clients in rural and small town areas. He later moved his company to Chicago, and hired his first employee Alvah Curtis with whom he later co founded the firm officially in 1893. Today this is one of America's most popular departmental store chains. Which one?
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO
6) Born as Ghanshyam Pande in Chhapaiya near Ayodhya in 1781, in 1792 he adopted the name of Nilkanth Vani and took a 7 year pilgrimage across India. In 1799, he settled in Gujarat where he began to preach. Initiated into the Uddhav Sampraday by his guru Ramanand Swami, he was named as Swami Sahajanand. After his Guru had passed away, he became the leader of the Uddav Sampradhay, and his followers referred to him by another name, which became the name of the sect also. By what name do we know him better.
SWAMI NARAYAN
7) Born to Jewish parents in Philadelphia, he often described his family as a sort of Jewish Ghetto split into a Yiddish side and a Hebrew side. At age of 10 he wrote an article about spread of Fascism, after the fall of Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War. He did his PhD in linguistics from University of Pennsylvania.
NOAM CHOMSKY
8) Connect Gatun, Pedro Miguel, Miraflore.
LOCKS ON PANAMA CANAL
9) William Smeile was the first editor in 1768 and Dale Hoiberg is the current editor since 1997. What am i referring to here?
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA
10) Designed by Robert Mills, a prominent architect, the construction of this monument started in 1848. However lack of funds and Civil War, caused delays and it was finally completed in 1884. On Feb 21,1885 it was dedicated to the nation, and until 1889, it was the worlds tallest structure. As of now its one of the tallest stone structures in the world, and in 1982, an anti nuclear protester Norman Mayer held 8 tourists hostage, threatening to blow up the monument. Name it.
WASHINGTON MEMORIAL
And the Scores
Ajay -5
Rabi Sankar-10
Beckhamdravid-3
Shreenath-7
Anagha-5
