1.Madras(X) was given as a grant to establish a trading post spread over three sq km of beach sand by the rulers to two Britons - Francis Day and Andrew Cogan.It is today the 34th largest city in the world & recently celebrated its 369th birth anniversary.
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The photograph on the left is that of Blake Ross.The photograph on the right is that of Dave Hyatt.The duo developed the first Mozilla browser.Mozilla Firefox now controls about 20% of the browser market and poses intense threat to its rivals , chief among them being Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx(X) (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made 15 feature films with his siblings, the Marx Brothers(Y), and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life.
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Sir Mokshagundam Visweswaraiah,(15 September 1860 - 14 April 1962) was an eminent Indian engineer and statesman. He is a recipient of the Indian republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was also knighted by the British for his myriad contributions to the public good. Every year, 15th September is celebrated as the Engineer's Day in India in his memory and is a public holiday in some places, especially his birth state Karnataka.
With the support of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, Maharaja of Mysore, Visweswaraiah made an arguably unprecedented contribution as Diwan to the all-round development of the State. Not only the Krishnaraja Sagara dam and reservoir, but also the hydroelectric projects at Shivanasamudram, the steel mills at Bhadravathi, the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Institute (SJP) at Bangalore, the University of Mysore and many other industries and public works owe their inception or active nurture to him. He was instrumental in the founding of the "Government Engineering College" at Bangalore in 1917, one of the first engineering institutes in India. This institution was later named the "University Viswesvarayya College of Engineering" (UVCE) after its founder.
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Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry(X), (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American screenwriter and producer. He became best known as the creator of what would become the science fiction universe of Star Trek(Y). He would also become one of the first people to be "buried" in space. Roddenberry was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Roddenberry was sometimes referred to as the "Great Bird of the Galaxy" in reference to his role in Star Trek.
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Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in Kristiansand, Norway, on 19 August 1973), is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.Along with UNAIDS, the Crown Princess is president of various other organizations. They are The Norwegian Scouting Association, the Amandus Film Festival, Kristiansand's International Children's Film Festival, Risor Festival of Chamber Music, FOKUS Forum for Women and Development Questions, Norwegian Design Council, Red Cross Norway, The Norwegian Council for Mental Health, the Full Rigged Ship Sorlandet, and the Oslo International Church Music Festival.The Crown Prince and Crown Princess' Humanitarian Fund was established in 2001.The fund allocates funds to humanitarian projects in Norway and abroad. In Norway the fund mainly focuses on projects aimed at improving conditions for children and young people. Abroad the fund mainly focuses on projects related to health and education.
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Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Marquis de Mazan, (June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814), known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French aristocrat, revolutionary, and writer of philosophic, violent pornography espousing extreme freedom (licentiousness), who was morally, religiously, and legally untrammelled in pursuing personal pleasure as the highest principle. He was imprisoned for cruelty and debauchery, in an insane asylum and prisons: 11 years in Paris (10 in the Bastille); 1 month in Conciergerie; 2 years in a fortress; 1 year in Madelonnettes; 3 years in Bicêtre; 1 year in Sainte-Pélagie; and 13 years in the Charenton insane asylum. The Marquis de Sade wrote mostly while imprisoned; the word "sadism" derives from his surname, describing the sexual cruelty in his books.
The movie Quills directed by Philip Kaufman was based on him.It starred Kate Winslet,Joaquin Phoenix & Geoffrey Rush as The Marquis De Sade & was nominated for 3 Oscars.
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Ángel Valodia Matos Fuentes (born December 24, 1976 in Holguín) is a Cuban taekwondo athlete. He received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and added another at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.
at the 2008 Summer Olympics where Matos kicked a referee after being disqualified in the bronze medal match.The World Taekwondo Federation banned Matos and his coach for life following this incident.
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Benjamin Button is a character created by F.Scott Fitzerald.The story begins in 1860 with the birth of the protagonist.He is born with the body of a seventy-year-old man, and when his father first visits him mere hours after his birth he is already able to speak. To avoid embarrassment,his father forces him to shave his beard and dye his hair in order to look younger.
As the story progresses it soon becomes apparent to Benjamin's family that he is aging backwards. At the age of eighteen he attempts to enroll at Yale University, but the officials at Yale send him away believing that he is a fifty-year-old man.
Many tragi-comedic incidents happen to him & finally, at the end of his life, he ceases to exist.
The movie,"The Curious case Of Benjamin Button" is based on the story of the same name and is directed by David Fincher whose previous works include "Fight Club" & "Zodiac".
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The photo is that of Ray Tomlinson , the founding father of the modern E-Mail system.He is a programmer who implemented an email system in 1971 on the ARPANet. Email had been previously sent on other networks such as AUTODIN. It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to the ARPAnet (previously, mail could only be sent to others who used the same computer). To achieve this, he used the @ sign to separate the user from their machine, which has been used in email addresses ever since.
Here are the scores(Calculated from a total of 105 points which includes bonus 5 points for question number 7):
1.Deepanshu Berry-50 (Your second answer to question number 5 was "Norway Corporation".Norway Corporation was established by Gene Roddenberry no doubt but it was established in 1963.Star Trek was the answer I was looking for.)
2.Bharath-20
3.
Arun Thulasi-35
4.Abhishek Upadhya-40
5.Kamal Rathi-50
6.Mehar Sridhar Uddandam-35
7.Shrinidhi Rai-10
8.Swarun-20
9.Arjayes-50
10.Raji Muthukrishnan-55
11.Jitaditya-75
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