WORKOUTABLES is not a routine quiz that merely tests your memory. This one is work-outable by thinking through popular relevant facts and current news. Here we go...
1. In this picture (refer photo) taken on March 11, whose casket is the New Zealand-born actor Russell Crowe carrying?
2. This symbol was widely used in accounting and commercial terms. A common contemporary use of this was introduced by Ray Tomlinson when he used it to distinguish the user name from the machine name in one of his creations. It is also used in various programming languages although there is no consistent theme to its usage. What popular symbol is this?
3. X, known as ‘The Glide’, was immortalised by Y during a performance of his song ‘Billie Jean’ in 1983. Subsequently it became his signature move and almost became synonymous with Y. His autobiography is titled ‘X’ and he also starred in a movie titled ‘X-er’ (without the hyphen). French mime artist Marcel Marceau used it in his ‘Walking against the wind’ routine where he pretends to be pushed backwards by a gust of wind. Find X and Y.
4. A team of X could take part in the Rio Olympics 2016 after the International Olympics Committee agreed to them participating under the IOC flag. “We have all been touched by the magnitude of this X crisis. By welcoming this team, we want to send a message of hope to all the X in the world,” said Thomas Bach, IOC President. They were a Syrian swimmer based in Germany, a judoka from the Democratic Republic of Congo who was living in Brazil and an Iranian taekwondo fighter training in Belgium. Athletes will be selected based on their sporting qualification and UN-verified X status. What is X?
5. X, a famous 20th century scientist said this in an interview while reminiscing about his most famous project “We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’ I suppose we all thought that one way or another.” Who is X?
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Answers:
1. Martin Crowe, Former captain of the New Zealand cricket team, who died a few days ago. Russell Crowe is his cousin.
2. The ‘@’ symbol used in e-mail addresses.
3. X - Moonwalk Y - Michael Jackson.
4. Refugees
5. Robert Oppenheimer. He worked on the project to develop the first atomic bomb during World War II.
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