Jeevan
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Q7. Which sporting term, meaning “great prize” in French, entered English from an international horse race for 3-yr-olds before becoming synonymous with another sport? #doolallyq
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Q2. Which Oscar-nominated animated film had the entire Oscars audience given golden lightsticks to wave during a live performance of its song “Golden”? #doolallyq

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Q4. Which New York landmark, designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, featured unusually narrow 18-inch-wide windows partly because Yamasaki himself suffered from a fear of heights? #doolallyq

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Q6. What term (X Y) did OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy coin in Feb'25 on X, saying “where you fully give in to the X, embrace exponentials, & forget the Y even exists"? #doolallyq
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Q5. Which European brewery company built Copenhagen's famous Elephant Gate with four granite elephants carrying a tower?#doolallyq

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Q3. Which social media platform was originally launched as “Burbn” (inspired by bourbon whiskey) in 2010 and began as a location-based check-in app before pivoting? #doolallyq

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Q1. Which 2011 comedy film celebrated its 15th anniversary at the Oscars this year when its entire cast reunited on stage to present the awards? #doolallyq

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Q1. Born in Punjab, Jasmeet “Jazz” Baduwalia made history as the first Indian actor to portray one of the costumed heroes in which long-running American action franchise adapted from a Japanese series? #doolallyq

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Q8. Jyotishko Biswas, founder of “The Trekking Buddha,” has cited the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries as a key inspiration for his love of offbeat travel. Which revolutionary figure is the central character of that film? #doolallyq
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Q7. Dial F for Frankenstein is also famous because Sir Tim Berners-Lee credited it as an inspiration for his historic invention What did he invent? #doolallyq
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Q6. In Arthur C. Clarke’s short story “Dial F for ___,” telecommunications systems begin to fail as household telephones connect to form a rogue “super brain” that unleashes chaos. Fill in the blank. #doolallyq
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Q5. At the 2021 Met Gala, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made headlines by wearing a gown emblazoned with a bold slogan calling out economic inequality and advocating for greater fairness. What slogan? #doolallyq
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Q4. In 1941, TIME magazine had planned to feature Dumbo as “Mammal of the Year,” but after which major event on December 7, it instead replaced the cover with its Person of the Year, Franklin D. Roosevelt? #doolallyq

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Q3. Frida Kahlo’s 1946 painting Tree of Hope, Remain Strong has been noted for its striking thematic parallels of extreme duality, bodily trauma, and the creation of a “better” self, with which 2024 body horror film directed by Coralie Fargeat? #doolallyq

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Q2. Saint Sarah, patron saint of the Romani people, is often called “Sara-la-___.” Characterized by her protective role against the marginalized, historians suggest her name and dark complexion parallel the worship of which Indian goddess? #doolallyq

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Q1. In 2011, woolen coffins emerged as a popular eco-friendly alternative in the UK, produced by Hainsworth in Yorkshire and supported by Prince Charles to revive the wool industry. What punny phrase did the news articles use to highlight this? #doolallyq
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Q8. In EA Sports FIFA, a well-known visual glitch causes corrupted model files to make one key object invisible, while gameplay, players, and animations continue normally. This bug is famously known as the Invisible X Glitch. What is X? #doolallyq
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Q7. Which aquatic plant was cultivated by 19th-century French horticulturist Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac, and which famous artist bought his hybrids, later drawing inspiration from them for an iconic series of paintings? #doolallyq

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Q6. The Khalistan movement, a separatist movement seeking to establish a sovereign Sikh homeland, uses a slogan that shares its name with a popular 2011 rock track from a cult Hindi film and a 2013 Punjabi movie. ID the slogan. #doolallyq
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Q5. This bronze memorial in New York City pays tribute to an American author’s most famous work from the 1950s and is the city’s only monument dedicated to an Oklahoman. Based on what you don’t see in the image, can you identify the work? #doolallyq

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