Which famous fictional residential place is this?

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I, Saleem Sinai, later variously called Snotnose, Stainface, Baldy, Sniffer, Buddha and even Piece-of-the-Moon, had become heavily embroiled in Fate- Which book would you be reading if you were to come to across these lines?1

2*. Funda?

3Who are the international goodwill ambassador of the Stop War, Start Tennis campaign?

4.It consists of three parts or acts-First part is called the pledge- it shows something ordinary.Second part is called the turn- it makes the something ordinary into extraordinary. What is the missing third part/What context is the three acts about?

5*ID where the following audio clip was used.

6.The 2006 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album was awarded to this personality, who is known world-over , however for a completely different field than music.

In the year 1930, in an unusual sale a handful of the item was sold to Dr. Kanuga, the highest bidder, for Rs. 1600. What ?7.

8.* CONNECT

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10*The term X originally denoted the fictional Republic of Anchuria, a servile dictatorship that abetted the exploitation of large-scale plantation agriculture. This pejorative term, denotes a politically unstable country dependent upon limited primary productions, which is ruled by plutocracy, a small, self elected, wealthy group who exploit the country by means of politico-economic oligarchy. What is the term ?

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11. Inspiration for what?

12.Alan Shephard ,the famous astronaut, was reprimanded by a professional association of earth, after one of his trips to the moon. Why?

13Connect:A man on a harvesterA woman at a computerAn offshore oil rigA satelliteAn automated steel production plant

14In 1956, while a graduate student at MIT, X purchased a high end stereo system and was disappointed when it failed to meet his expectations. He later began extensive research aimed at clarifying factors that he saw as fundamental weaknesses plaguing high-end audio systems. The principal weaknesses, according to him was that the overall design of the electronics and speaker failed to account for the spatial properties of the radiated sound in typical listening spaces.Eight years later, he started the company, charging it with a mission to achieve "Better Sound Through Research", now the company slogan. Identify the company and X.

15*Served as 58th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1998, X was named Man of the Year By TIME magazine for his role in ending the four decades long democratic majority in the house. He is one of the candidates for the 2012 Republican Party Presidential Nomination & has won the South Carolina Republican primary on January 21st. Identify.

Which band got its name from one of its member's experience as acashier at Starbucks, where he had to give a _______ _____ as change because customers would give $1.50 for a coffee that cost $1.45?

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Adam, Noah, Enoch, Eber, Saleh, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Jethro, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, John, Jesus, Paraclete17.

18.It is an excerptfrom theGran Vals, by the Spanish classical guitarist and composerFrancisco Tarrega, written in1902, which today is heard worldwide about 1.8 billion times per day. What am I talking about ?

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19* An award named after this author is presented at the annual Hay Festival and the winner is presented with jeroboam of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuve, and a Gloucester Old Spot pig is named after the winning novel. This author is credited with the first usage of the famous words, Elementary, my dear Watson. Who?

In the 1984-85 season, India and Pakistan were playing the 2nd ODI of the series at Sialkot. India were at 210/3 with Dilip Vengasarkar at an unbeaten 94. At this point the match was suddenly abandoned. Why ?

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21. Which literary character is Jennifer Aniston dressed as here?

When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn; Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return; The welkin will ring loud,The great crowd will feel proud, Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;And the rest coming home with the urn22.

23. In front of which F1 team HQ will you find this

______________________Admiral William H. McRaven/SEAL Team 6Ai Wei WeiRepublican Paul RyanDuchess Kate MiddletonSteve Jobs24.* FIB

25. Identify the man in this advertisement by Nando

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