Jul 31, 2013

Q.1035

"Wayward Manor" is a video game all set to release in 2013. Quoting from its website's "About" section, it is "set in a 1920s Victorian Gothic pastoral estate" and "focuses on the plight of a ghost whose hope of a peaceful after-life is interrupted by a remarkable cast of intruders.".


The game is based on a tale by a renowned author, which therefore marks his debut foray into the world of video games.


Who is this author?

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This day last year: Q.669

Jul 30, 2013

Q.1034

The actor Sir Kenneth Branagh is well known for his Shakespearean work on stage and in film. In 2013, he returned to Shakespearean theatre after about a decade. In July, during a performance at the Manchester International Festival, he accidentally injured another actor during a on-stage sword fighting scene.


This incident is perfectly in keeping with this play's bloody reputation. So which play is he mounting?

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Jul 29, 2013

Q.1033

Pope Francis, elected the head of the Roman Catholic Country, made his first visit to a foreign country in July 2013 by visiting the world's most populous Roman Catholic country, which is in his native Latin America.


Which country is this?


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Jul 28, 2013

Q.1032

Haroon is a British-Pakistani singer who has roped in several Pakistani singers to promote an animated TV series that airs on the Pakistani TV channel "Geo" in August 2013. The series features a superhero, who is a schoolteacher when not in crime-fighting gear.


Part of the superhero's name is from the attire used by the character: this has led to some debate on whether this is a subversive choice or not. What attire, and what's the superhero's name?

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This day last year: Q.666

Jul 27, 2013

Q.1031

The London Grand Prix is an international athletics meet held in London, and part of the International Amateur Athletics Federation's top tier Diamond League. 2013's event will be held in the end of July, and this time, it will be called the Sainsbury Anniversary Games.


Which anniversary is it marking?

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Jul 26, 2013

Q.1030

In June 2013, Edwin Lee, a Hong Kong based film-maker, and some of his friends released a short, low budget film called "Verax" on Youtube. The film is set in Hong Kong's Mira hotel and though not a great piece of art by any standards, brought the team a lot of online attention.


What was the film based on?

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Jul 25, 2013

Q.1029

Thomas Jefferson was the first to hold this post in the United States government. Which former Presidential candidate and former Navy man is the latest to hold this?

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Jul 24, 2013

Q.1028

The Tamil film lyricist T. S. Rangarajan was better known as "Vaali". He passed away in July 2013, leaving behind a well received filmography and literary career. Apart from lyrics, he also wrote the odd script, one of which was turned into a 1989 film that was banned by the government. The case went to court, and became an important milestone in the history of Indian politics and entertainment.


Which film was this?

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Jul 23, 2013

Q.1027

The High Security Printing Conference is a regional forum for organisations that make artifacts such as currency notes, visas, licences, and other such governmental documents. The 2nd Latin American conference was held in July 2013, where it announced the inaugural Latin American Banknote of the Year prize.

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This went to Argentina for a new 100 peso banknote for its technical and design qualities. This note, released in 2012, features which famous Argentinian, despite the fact that the person never held any post in the government?

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Jul 22, 2013

Q.1026

"The Cuckoo's Calling" was a detective novel published in April 2013, where it opened to good reviews from critics. The book's author was Robert Galbraith, described as a former military man.

In July 2013, "Galbraith" was revealed to be a pseudonym used by which famous author?

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Jul 21, 2013

Q.1025

In 2013, for the second year in a row, Bill Gates blogged about a "summer reading list" of books that he's read or about to read around July-August. Top of this list was a book published in 2012 called "The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?". In the post, Gates also invited readers to review the book along with him on his blog.


Which well known scientist and author wrote this book?

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Jul 20, 2013

Q.1024

The calendar of the United Nations in July 2013 looked like this:

1st July: ECOSOC 2013 Substantive Session: High-level Segment

2nd July: Regional Preparatory Meetings for Small Islands Conference

11th July: World Population Day

17th July: Conference of States Parties to the Disability Convention

18th July: Nelson Mandela International Day

26th July: Launch of Free & Equal campaign for LGBT rights


What was observed on 12th July?

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Jul 19, 2013

Q.1023

In July 2013, KTVU (a TV station based in Oakland, California) put out a news report based on information received from the National Transportation Safety Board (an American governmental agency), containing the names such as "Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," and "Bang Ding Ow".

This information was shown to be wrong, so KTVU apologised; nevertheless, a firm announced that it would be suing KTVU.


Which airline, and why did they find this news report offensive?

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Jul 18, 2013

Q.1022

As reported in IZ 653, two siblings for "Charon", "Nix", and "Hydra" were discovered in 2011 and 2012. They have now been named "Styx" and "Kerberos".

What are they?

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This day last year: Q.656

Jul 17, 2013

Q.1021

Douglas Engelbert, an engineer widely regarded as a pioneer in computing technology, passed away in California, USA, in July 2013. On Dec 8, 1968, he gave what is now known in the community as "the Mother of All Demos", because of the now-commonplace technologies showcased on that day.

That day he also demonstrated his version of a piece of hardware that he is best associated with. Which piece of hardware?

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Jul 16, 2013

Q.1020

The 21st of July is Belgium's National Day. In 2013, this Day will see the end of something that began thirty years ago, thus emulating something similar in neighbouring Netherlands. What will end, and who will follow?

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Jul 15, 2013

Q.1019

The 2013 film "Ranjhanaa" is set in Varanasi, is directed by Aanand Rai, and has music composed by A.R.Rahman. According to its director, his music composer paid homage to which Bharat Ratna through the music, by prominently using the shehnai in many of its songs?

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Jul 14, 2013

Q.1018

In 2013, the aeronautical firm AeroVelo was declared the winner of a competition named after Igor Sikorsky, a well known name in the field of air flight. Their entry, named "Atlas", was in the air for a minute, and achieved the required altitude levels of 3 meters.

What was the competition about?
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Jul 13, 2013

Q.1017

In 2013, this album (somewhat gratuitiously) yoked a magnificent 1215 charter to a piece of holy cutlery, and contained references to Picasso and the designer Tom Ford.

Which album?

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Jul 12, 2013

Q.1016

Marion Bartoli became only the third Frenchwoman to win the Wimbledon singles tournament in 2013. The legendary Suzanne Lenglen was the first to do so, while the second one was also Bartoli's coach at the 2013 Wimbledon.

Name this 2006 champion.
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Jul 11, 2013

Q.1015

This iconic American landmark re-opened on the 4th of July, 2013, after being closed since October 2012 as a result of Hurricane Sandy. One of the two islands in the area will remain closed though, pending further repairs.

Which landmark?

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Jul 10, 2013

Q.1014

Which geopolitical event in Croatia was welcomed with great enthusiasm on the midnight of 1st July, by celebrations in the main square in the capital Zagreb, including fireworks, cannon fire, and a rendition of Beethoven's Ode To Joy?

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Jul 9, 2013

Q.1013

"A Boy and his Atom" is a movie created by IBM Research, and depicts a boy playing with a ball. It has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for what distinction?

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Jul 8, 2013

Q.1012


The 2013 edition of this annual sporting selection took place on June 27 in New York. For the first time, a Canadian was on top of the charts, and for the first time, an Iranian student featured on the list.


What is this about?

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Jul 7, 2013

Q.1011

The first week of July saw several enthusiasts visiting a location in Adams County, Philadelphia, re-enact the events of which battle to commemorate a hundred and fifty years of its occurrence?

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Jul 6, 2013

Q.1010

The hundredth edition of which famous competition, with some infamous competitors and winners, began from the French island of Corsica in June 2013, the only French department not to have had the race pass through it in its history before?

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Jul 5, 2013

Q.1009

The Tate Britain is an art gallery that contains some of Britain's finest art pieces. In 2000, the gallery decided to controversially re-arrange its entire collection by different conceptual themes rather than by art movements. In 2013, it announced yet another arrangement,

By what rather simple method are the artworks now arranged?

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Jul 4, 2013

Q.1008

In June 2013, the Hubble Space Telescope took a striking photograph of two galaxies, one apparently twisted by the gravitational pull of the other, which resulted in the image looking like a giant bird with its egg. This had led to the first galaxy being dubbed the "____" galaxy. <[> Fill in the blank with the name of a bird.

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Jul 3, 2013

Q.1007

From 2014, this literature prize will be sponsored by the whiskey makers, Baileys Irish Cream. In 2013, the year when A.M.Homes won it, there was no official sponsor, and a group of people put up the money. From 2008 till 2012, a telecom company was the title sponsor.

Which company was this?

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Jul 2, 2013

Q.1006

After his death in April 2013, a funeral service was held for him at Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago. Concluding the service, Father Michael Pfleger said: "the balconies of heaven are filled with angels singing 'thumbs up.'".

Who?

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Jul 1, 2013

Q.1005

This fictional character celebrates fifty years in 2013. The last issue in the "Amazing" series was issue #700, which was published in December 2012. January 2013 saw the arrival of the first comic in the new "Superior" series.

Which character is this?

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