1. Name the popular jazz saxophonist, considered the biggest-selling instrumental musician of the modern era, born on this date in 1956.
2. Who won the Orange and Purple Caps in this year's IPL?
3. Which annual event starts at Gorak Shep, near the Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5,356 metres, and finishes around 2,000 metres lower in the town of Namche Bazaar?
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4. Eugene Polley, who passed away recently, was the inventor of which now-indispensable entertainment equipment?
5. What is Australia's longest river?
6. Dr. Shakeel Afridi was recently sentenced to 33 years imprisonment in Pakistan for treason. What was his ‘crime'?
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7. Which Asian capital is served by the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport?
8. The Princess Tower, at 413.4 metres with 101 storeys, has been declared the world's tallest residential building. In which Asian city is it located?
9. Traditionally, what is the main ingredient of the Borscht soup?
10. Dr. Manmohan Singh recently became the first PM in 25 years to visit one of India's neighbours. Name the country.
11. What is the height of a table tennis net?
12. “Awara”, a Hindi classic, was recently added to Time magazine's ‘All-Time 100' list of the greatest films to be made since 1923. Name its famous director.
13. Name the now-defunct English-language Web-based encyclopaedia considered the predecessor of Wikipedia.
14. The U.S. President bestowed the nation's highest civilian honour on singer Bob Dylan, astronaut John Glenn and 11 others recently. What is it called?
15. Which is the largest body of fresh water in Africa?
Answers : 1. Kenny G; 2. Chris Gayle and Morne Morkel; 3. Everest Marathon, the world's highest marathon; 4. Wireless TV remote; 5. Murray; 6. Helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden by collecting DNA samples; 7. Dhaka; 8. Dubai; 9. Beetroot; 10. Myanmar; 11. 6 inches; 12. Raj Kapoor; 13. Nupedia; 14. Presidential Medal of Freedom; 15. Lake Victoria.