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Can you identify this place? It's got a connection to a former Indian President.

WORKOUTABLES is not a routine quiz that merely tests your memory. This one is work-outable by thinking through popular relevant facts from current news. Here we go...

1. Wheeler Island is about two kilometers in length and measures 390 acres. It is located off the coast of Odisha on the Bay of Bengal.

It has been recently renamed after X to honour the work done by him on this island, which X himself had described as his ‘Theatre of Action'. Who is X? 

2. A U.K. based company that sells car insurance decided to work out a premium it would charge to cover X’s Aston Martin, ultimately deciding it was uninsurable. The company said: X’s propensity to crash owing to the history of road accidents was a concern. X might use an address in an exotic location where they may not provide insurance cover. Also, the special modifications made it difficult for them to source a like-for-like car while his was being repaired. Who is X? 

3. This event, which began as a dare in 2003, is now a worldwide movement. Last year, it raised $126 million for prostate cancer research. The goal of this event is to “change the face of men’s health”. Famous ambassadors for the movement include Indian cricketers Ravindra Jadeja and Shikhar Dhawan. What is this event?

4. K.R.Venugopal Sharma decided to paint a portrait of X when he learnt that ______, X’s most famous work, thoroughly conceptualised the appearance of X. In 1957, C.N. Annadurai recommended the Tamil Nadu Government to recognise this portrait as an official image of X. After two years, Indian Postal Service released it as a Postal Stamp. As a result, this conceptualised image of X became so popular that most people actually believe it to be the original appearance. Who is X?

5. The pages of the Norwegian passport are set to feature minimalist interpretations of the country’s striking landscapes, seen only under specific circumstances.   The purpose of this is to ensure the passport is viewed as a document of high value. The picture (refer photo) is from a page of the proposed Norwegian passport as it normally looks. The one on the right shows the page under UV light. What is being featured? 

 

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Answers:

1 . A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

2. James Bond.

3. Movember - a portmanteau of the word for moustache, “mo”, and “November”; also known as No-Shave November.

4. X is Thiruvalluvar and the most famous work is Thirukkural.

5. The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis.

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