Famous Personalities of India and World Test 56

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Famous Personalities of India and World Test 56

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Question 1
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The Apprentice is an American game show that judges the business skills of a group of contestants. Episodes ended with the host eliminating the poorest contributor from the competition, with the words "You're fired!" Real estate tycoon Donald Trump was the show's host for the first 14 seasons. After Trump winning the Presidential elections of the United States, who will host the $$15^{th}$$ season?

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Solution

Arnold Schwarzenegger was the host of the 15th season of the American game show 'The Apprentice'. The game was formerly judged by Donald Trump for consecutively 14 seasons. The New Celebrity Apprentice was the eighth and final season of the reality game show.
Question 2
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Eenadu was launched from Visakha-patnam by this successful entrepreneur whose other enterprises included Priya Foods and Margadarsi Chitfunds. From a meagre circulation of $$3,000$$ copies in $$1974$$, Eenadu $$6$$ among the Indian language dailies with a total readership of about $$6$$ lakhs. Who is its founder-publisher?

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Solution

Eenadu meaning "This country; This Day" was founded by the Indian media Nobel Ramoji Rao in 1974. It was first launched in the city of Visakhapatnam where it has to struggle a lot as to become a daily publication. Eenadu's speedy extension led the diversification of its portfolio by venturing into other markets such as finance, foods, film production, etc.
Question 3
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He is an imprisoned Eritrean-Swedish journalist who has been awarded the $$2017$$ UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Identify him.

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Dawit Isaak, an imprisoned Eritrean-Swedish journalist was chosen to receive the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. He was awarded the prize on 3rd March 2017. He in recognition of his courage, resistance, and commitment to freedom of expression was awarded the prize. His current location is unknown last time he was heard from was in 2005.
Question 4
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Facebook, as we all know, is an online social networking service that was launched in $$2004$$ by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students. Since then it has grown from strength to strength. Which of the following companies is not acquired since its inception?

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Branch

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WhatsApp

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Instagram

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Youtube

Solution

Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg on February 2004. Till date, Mark Zuckerberg has acquired 72 companies in total. To name some like Instagram, WhatsApp messenger, Oculus Virtual Reality, Masquerade, etc. YouTube operates as one of Google's subsidiaries and is not acquired by Mark Zuckerberg.
Question 5
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America is named after an Italian explorer called

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Vasco da gama

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Marco polo

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Amerigo Vespucci

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George Washington
Question 6
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Detective Moochhwala was an eponymous Indian magazine comic strip that chronicled the adventures of the fictional detective and his dog Pooch, who solve several crimes armed with high tech equipment and a little bit of luck. It was published in the Target magazine. Who drew the popular detective?

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Ajit Ninan

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Sudhir tailang

C
Neelabh

D
Mario Miranda

Solution

Ajit Ninan is an Indian cartoonist who draws political caricatures. He is known for the fictional character, i.e., Detective Moochhwala. The detective was an eponymous Indian magazine comic strip that chronicled the adventures of the fictional detective and his dog Pooch, who solve several crimes armed with high tech equipment and little bit of luck.
Question 7
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The Time magazine's Person of the Year features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year". Who was named as the Time magazine's Person of the year in $$2017$$?

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Angela Merkel

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Pope Francis

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The Silence Breakers

D
Melinda Gates

Solution

"The Silence Breakers" was named the Time Magazine's 2017 Person of the Year. It was the representation of the anti-harassment movement, i.e., the MeToo movement. The Time Person of the year is an annual magazine that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea or an object that has influenced the events of the year.
Question 8
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Abraham Lincon, the $$16^{th}$$ US President, was watching the play Our American Cousin at the Food Theatre with his wife when he was assassinated. Who killed him?

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Mark David Chapman

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John Wilkes Booth

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Lee Harvey Oswald

D
James Earl Ray

Solution

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States was shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. He was assassinated while watching the play Our American Cousin at the Food Theatre with his wife.
Question 9
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Shakespeare introduces his character Puck as a 'shrewd and knavish sprite'. He is clever, mischievous elf and jester to the fairy king Oberon. In which of Shakespeare's plays does he feature?

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

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As You Like It

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The Tempest

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Twelfth Night
Solution
- A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596.
- The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
- In "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Puck is a mischievous sprite and Oberon’s servant and jester. Puck is perhaps the play’s most adorable character and stands out from the other fairies that drift through the play.
Question 10
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He was a Canadian voyageur who is known for his part in experiments on digestion in human, conducted on him by the American Army physician William Beaumont between $$1822$$ and $$1833$$. Who was he?

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Charles Darwin

B
Alexander Fleming

C
Stephen Jay Gould

D
Alexis St. Martin
Solution
- St. Martin worked as a voyageur in Canada. He was inadvertently shot at close range with a musket at a fur trading post.
- The blast blew a hole through his side, and when it healed it formed an abnormal passageway in his stomach.
- He was taken to a nearby army base, and treated by Beaumont. Amazingly, despite the severity of the injuries, the surgeon was able to save him.