Q.1369

The 2013 Sahitya Akademi Awards, among India's highest honours in literature, were presented in mid-2014. Among the winners is a Rajya Sabha MP, for his work of poetry in Urdu titled "Lava".

Who is this awardee?

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Javed Akhtar. More on the awards.

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Q.1368

In May 2014, a 'hologram' of this person appeared at the Billboard Music Awards ceremony in the USA as a hologram, dancing along to a song named "Slave to the Rhythm". This is from an album named "Xscape", which is a posthumous compilation of that person's songs.

Who

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Michael Jackson (see this). Incidentally, the effect is technically not a hologram - see this for more.

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Q.1367

Based on a guest question by Vaibhav Bajpai | contribute questions

Gran Turismo (GT) is a popular and critically acclaimed series of racing video games developed exclusively for Sony's flagship gaming console PlayStation. In line with promotion of a related sporting event from 20th-22nd June 2014, GT 6 released an update 1.09 in June 2014 that contains a new track with a scenic view as shown below.

What is the name of the new track added as an update to Playstation 3 version of GT6?

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Red Bull Ring, the track for the Austrian Grand Prix (20th-22nd June 2014)

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Q.1366

In June 2014, the British Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi unveiled eleven commemorative plaques, honouring close to 200 men. One of these plaques had the names of six Indians, such as Sepoy Chatta Singh, Lance-Naik Lala, and Naik Darwan Singh Negi, and will be sent to India later.

What was being commemorated?

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Overseas recipients of the Victoria Cross for valour during World War I (these are the six Indians to have been awarded the medal). More here.

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Q.1365

This 2014 hit Hollywood movie joins films such as "North by Northwest" in getting its title from a line in Shakespeare. The book it is based on was named after this dialogue from "Julius Caesar": "The _____, dear Brutus, is not in our _____, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings."

Complete the blanks and find out the name of the film.

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"Fault" and "Stars", giving "The Fault in Our Stars". More on the 2012 book.

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Q.1364

The wife of King Bhimadeva I, Udayamati, is said to have been responsible for building something, which the Archaeological Survey of India describes on its website as "the highest watermark of Solanki architecture." You could also say it makes one go "wow".

What?

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"Rani-ki-Vav", a step-well in Gujarat that was included in UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in June 2014. More here.

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Q.1363

What is common to these people:

* The King of Spain in June 2014
* The King of Belgium in July 2013
* The Emir of Qatar in June 2013
* The Queen of the Netherlands in April 2013
* The King of Bhutan in December 2006

but not the Pope of the Catholic Church in February 2013?

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All these monarchs abdicated in favour of their sons (except for Pope Benedict XVI of course, despite his title meaning "father"). Juan Carlos I of Spain was succeeded by Felipe VI in June 2014.

This day last year: Q.998