#137

Identify the pair.

#136

             This lake is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of 4,350 m. Its circumference is 134 km, and its maximum width is 5km. The lake passes through the India-China border and requires an inner line Permit for travel from Leh, which is a five-hour drive. The lake entered into popular culture when it was the site for the final scene in the Bollywood blockbuster Three Idiots. Name the lake. 

#135

There is a recurring phenomenon amongst henchmen in many movies and has been dubbed X. No matter how notoriously dangerous an antagonistic group may be, they cannot seem to injure/kill anyone who may be vital to the plot. We have seen this in Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, James Bond and many other movies. What is this effect called?

#134

Recently, 'Bossa Nova' and 'Carnavalesca' emerged second and third respectively in a public vote in which close to a million people participated.
What was the winning entry and for what were these entries nominated for?

#133

Which bankrupt entity owns about 6,000 pieces of art - including the likes of Van Gogh's self portrait, Bellini's 'Madonna and Child', 'The Window' by Henri Matisse, several of Monet's works and a casting of Rodin's 'The Thinker' among many rare ancient artifacts- valued collectively to be more than its debt amount of $18 billion?

#132

One of the Navratnas of Akbar’s court, he was  the son of a schoolmaster. He mastered Persian and Arabic, philosophy and astronomy. He was accepted by Akbar but was disappointed when he was put in charge of the poultry house. He later went onto to become famous with a dish that he created, which according to legend happened when he asked for one particular ingredient to be increased.Identify him.

#131

X is the only sport that women contest in olympics but men do not. The sport has been played from 1996 to 2008 but IOC has voted to drop it from 2012 olympics.ID X.

#130

     In the 1800's, Charles was an Irish real estate manager who refused to lower rents in hard times; the tenants retaliated by refusing to do business with him thus creating the popular term __________?

 

#129

Patients suffering from a rupture of the biceps tendon may develop a bulge in their arm. This is the retracted muscle bunched up in the arm, and is sometimes referred to as a “______ muscle” in medical circles because it is more pronounced than normal. Fill in the blank.

#128

During the great war the americans called it cyclonite the germans called it hexogen the italians called it T4 how is it known these days?

#127

An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati are, or were, located here and all, except Lamborghini, have headquarters in the city or nearby.

#126

In 2008, the surface of X was changed after 20 years for better consistency and less retention 

of heat (primarily because of a thin upper layer). However it was controversial because of its similarity to the surface of Y. Name X and Y.

#125

Environmental Pollution, Genetic manipulation, Accumulating excessive wealth, Inflicting poverty, Drug trafficking and consumption, Morally debatable experiments, Violation of Fundamental Rights of human nature. What are they?

#124

Give the reason behind the 3 dots in the logo.

#123

Identify the advertisement 

#122

            Born to wealthy parents in Lithuania in 1938. His father was a count, his mother a descendant of the Visconti family in Milan. His family was killed by the Nazis, and he was the lone survivor. In 1970’s he started his psychiatric practice in Baltimore, Maryland. He is described as being short with red eyes and 6 fingers on his left hand. He has the habit of tilting his head to one side while listening, and his former caretaker Barney Jackson spotted him last in Buenos Aires in 1993.

#121

Richard Colvin Reid, also known as the Shoe Bomber, is an Englishman who attempted to detonate explosives packed into the shoes he was wearing, while on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. According to his father, Reid became depressed and blamed racism for some of his problems. His father advised him to convert to Islam, telling him that Muslims were more egalitarian and they got better food in prison. An attempt was made by the South Asia bureau of Wall Street Journal to retrace the steps of "shoe bomber" Richard Reid trying to set up a meeting with Sheik Gilani, a spiritual leader. What resulted ?

#120

       On 12 October 1969, a caller to Detroit radio station WKNR-FM told disc jockey Russ Gibb about an urban legend and its clues. That can be considered the real start of the rumour’s spread. The ‘evidences’ included album arts, cryptic messages which can be heard on songs playing backwards. The subject of this, X poked fun at this by naming one of his live album Y, parodying the urban legend.    

#119

After winning the game, X caused more controversy when he was told that Y had lost three teeth, and replied: "If that's all that's wrong with him, I'll pay him the crowns.”

X said the reason he did not go over to check on Y's condition was because a number of _______ players were standing around Y and making threatening gestures in his direction.

Identify X and Y

#118

X is a genus of flowering plants. It contains roughly 20 species of small understory trees native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. X cacao, the most well known species of the genus, is used for making chocolate. X, the genus name, is from the Greek and translates to “food of the gods,” a designation that chocolate-lovers would agree is befitting. Although Linnaeus was reputedly fond of chocolate, he would have been familiar with early Spanish writings describing the Mayan and Aztec beliefs that cacao was a gift from the gods. X is also a popular dessert shop in Mumbai.

#117

•The photographer who clicked this is  remembered for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and in motion-picture projection

•Early in his career he worked as an U.S army commissioned photographer.

•He was a sinister character. In 1874 he shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover, and was acquitted in a jury trial on the grounds of justifiable homicide.

•He came to the forefront again this year when Google dedicated a doddle to him on his birth day in April.

Who is he ,to whom the movie industry would be forever grateful for being the first person to experiment with moving photos which later gave birth to video?