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starter question
1
Which poet laureate of Akbar?s court died in battle in the region of North West Frontier Province, fighting the Afghans, and was born as Mahesh Das?
bonus questions
Topic: Football Clubs Of Rio De Janeiro
A. Which team takes its name from the adjective
that means ?From the State of Rio de Janeiro? and is the
first team formed in that city in 1902?
B. Which Brazilian rowing club did some dissatisfied
Fluminense players join in 1911 from when it really took
off as one of the most popular football clubs in Brazil?
C. Which Goan sports club
shares its name with an important Rio de Janeiro club, both
having been derived from their common Portuguese root?
starter question
2
By what name were the anti-automation machine-breaking rioters of 19th century England known?
bonus questions
Topic: Movies made from Premchand?s stories
A. Which movie based on a Premchand story about
embezzlement by a court clerk was completed by Hrishikesh
Mukherjee in 1966 after the first director Krishan Chopra
passed away?
B. For making which film based on Premchand's
work about untouchability did Doordarshan commission Satyajit
Ray in 1981?
C. In which 1934 film based on his script did
Premchand himself play a role that was later banned because
it led to industrial unrest?
ANSWERS
1.Birbal: A) Fluminense B) Flamengo C) Vasco da Gama (Goa - Vasco Sports Club) 2. Luddites A) Gaban B) Sadgati C) Mazdoor (later renamed Gareeb Mazdoor)
Question of the week
Which Sail Training ship of
the Indian Navy circumnavigated the world, and has a name,
which comes from the Hindi word for ?waves??
ANSWER to last week?s question:
Naveen jindal
Winner of January 26 contest question:
Dhrubajyoti De, IIM, Indore
Send in your entry within seven days to
The Telegraph, 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street,Calcutta 700001e-mail:
career@abpmail.com
 All
correct entries will be eligible for a lucky draw. Watch
this space on February 23 to see if you have bagged the
prize.
 Catch
the answer on University Challenge on Thursday, 10 pm, BBC
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