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Wish you all a very happy new year 2014. All the questions in this post are related to events that happened in 2013.


1) In 2013,which country became the first country in the world to reject a seat on the UN security council? The position was eventually taken over by Jordan?

2)Once when Lord Shiva was engrossed in deep meditation upon his abode, Mount Kailash, three drops of perspiration originated from his forehead and fell down on the earth. From those drops manifested a very beautiful infant, who was of reddish complexion and who had four arms.The child was handed over to the earth goddess, Bhumi for upbringing by Lord Shiva. The child was named Bhauma as he was nurtured and brought up by 'Bhumi'.When Bhauma grew up, he went to Kashi and did a tremendous penance to please lord Shiva. Lord Shiva blessed him by granting him a special abode.Whom are we talking about here?

3)What is special about this ice cream creation?













5)What do these devices create? I know I will be frowned up if I did not bring this up.

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1) What are these phablet, omnishambles, selfie,digital detox,vom-worthy?
#New words included in the English language.

2)Names of what include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Horney Airport?
#Area 51.

3)X was a profession in England and Ireland that lasted until Y's became affordable and reliable. X's often used a truncheon or a heavy stick made of bamboo to reach windows on higher floors. X was paid a few pence a week. X was not supposed to leave unless the client has acknowledged. X was a very popular profession with elderly men, women and also with police constables to supplement their earnings.

What are X and Y?
#Knocker up

4)What is common to Leonardo Davanci, Srinivasan Ramanujam, James Watt, Ekalavya?
#All are self dictacts or self learned.

5)Screenshot of what and what is special about this?

#Video Game completely designed based on the actual terrain of Mars.

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1)What is special about this image?



#First image ever to be uploaded on Instagram.






#Hedy Lamar, One of the early founders of the concept of Bluetooth.



4)What is Y?
Perhaps the most guilt-inducing holiday, Y,takes place on the day in which we have used up our resources for the year. Meaning, humanity has used more than the earth can regenerate for the year. It started in 1987, though humanity first went into overshoot the year before. In 1987, we acknowledged the extent of our resource gluttony on December 19. Last year, the holiday took place on August 22. The New Economics Foundation calculates the calendar day of Y by using the following formula: (world biocapacity/world ecological footprint) x 365.

Parade Swag: Hermione's time turner
Celebrity Spokesperson: Al Gore
#Ecological Debt Day.
 

5)What is Z? Z is the Malay and Indonesian word for "language", which derives from the Sanskrit word भाषा. In many modern languages in South Asia and Southeast Asia which have been influenced by Sanskrit or Pali, Z and cognate words are now used to mean "language" in general.
#Indonesian Bahasa.

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1) Connect PredictWise, Ben Zauzmer,Peter Gloor,The Social Oscars,Farsite Forecast?
#Prediction models for the Oscars.

2) Connect William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield,William McKinley, Warren G Harding,Franklin Roosevelt, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagen,George W Busy Jr.?
#The curse of Tippecanoe

#Radioplanes the company that made the WW2 Airplane drones.


4)Connect 105.6 ,Babur, Surya Bhagavan?
#Kohinoor Diamond which weighs 105.6 carats, Babur owned it briefly, Syamantaka jewel originally owned by Surya Bhagavan is believed to be the current day Kohinoor Diamond.

5)The variations could be black or white smoke..but where?












#The smoke coming out of the Vatican to announce the Papal Selection.