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X came to be known as the keeper of the keys to the kingdom of heaven after they were presented to him by Jesus. As a result of this and a few other factors, he holds a special place in the Catholic Church. He is considered to be the patron saint of quite a few professions Bakers, Cobblers, Masons etc. He is also considered the patron saint of _________ because he himself was a ___________ by trade. Name him and the profession.

St Peter and Fishermen (St Peter is considered to be the First Pope by the Catholic Church; As a result, all Popes wear a symbolic Fishermans Ring)

Vishwakarmas daughter was married to the Sun. Due to the Suns blazing power, she was unable to go near the Sun and she compalined to her father about this. Vishwakarma took the Sun and put him on his workshop and made him less shining and thus his daughter was able to hug the Sun. The left over Sun dust was collected by Vishwakarma and he made 3 things out of it. The 1st one was the famous aerial vehicle Pushpaka Vimana. The 2nd was the Trident of Lord Shiva and the 3rd was what?

Sudarshan Chakra.

"Keep Discovering - Until You Find The Best"Virgin Atlantic Airways used the slogan to promote the launch of its London to Dubai service on 28 March 2006. The slogan is the parody of a slogan that is used by one of Virgin Atlantic's competitors. Name the airline.

Emirates, the slogan is "Fly Emirates, keep discovering"

This is a city in the southernmost part of the Rajasthan state of India. The rulers of this state are known as the MahaRawal. They are descendants of Bappa Rawal. The last princely ruler of this state was Sri Lakshman Singh Bahadur. However the cricketing community knows this place for the rulers youngest son, a fast bowler who played for them between 1955 to 1970. He played 86 matches for them claiming 206 wickets @ an average of 28.84. Identify the place or the fast bowler.

Dungarpur and Raj Singh Dungarpur

This is an Indian thanksgiving festival dedicated to one of the Gods. People gather on the banks of the River Ganges to bathe in its sacred water, pray and make ritual offerings to that God. It is a highly elaborate festival noted for its impressive display of colorful costumes, music, singing and extravagant rituals. What festival ?

THE CHATH FESTIVAL

Krishna Chandra Deo (Dey) was said to be an expert in tantric-miracles, hypnosis and was said to be a siddha yogi. The Jahangir nama, the autobiography of Jahangir mentions him and also the fact Jahangir was impressed by Krishna Chandra and presented him with lot of gold and an entire village called Sutigram in Dhaka. The Deo family thus became landlords and hence their surname changed. What did it change to or give the name of their most famous descendant?

Landlords and hence they became sarkars which got corrupted to Sorcar. P C Sorcar is a descendant of this lineage

Roberto Baggio's missed spot kick resulted in the elimination of Italy in 94 WC. Who missed in `98 causing the same?

Luigi DiBiagio

He was born to his parents after 3 male children had died in their infancy, while a girl had survived. So when his mother was pregnant with him, they prayed that if a boy was born they would bring him up as a girl so as to remove the family curse. So when he was born they pierced his nose like a girl. He was named Ramachandra but they added a prefix which in the local language meant nose ring. Whom are we talking about?

Shortly after independence India faces terrorists attacks in Assam, resulting in many deaths and casualties. A group of concerned citizens, who are not connected with the Government, decide to do something to stop this carnage. This is the plot of this super hit movie released in 1969.

This movie became 1st and the only Indian movie to be shot in this Asian city which at that time was called as The Paris of the East
Name the movie?

Aankhen (1969)

Hitler & Churchill denounced him as a madman who had acted alone. He would spend the next 46 years as a solitary prisoner. He had passed from history to mystery never photographed, never interviewed and never allowed to tell his story. Who was he?

Rudolf Hayess

Acted as a child artiste in Bengali films from 1950 film Maryada to 1959 film Sapnopuri tottalling 30+ films. Noteworthy films include Agni Pariksha & Lalu Bhulu. Now a fomous character actor in Tollywood. Whom am I talking about?

Bibhu Bhattacharjee

It is believed to have been brought to India by Taimur Lane . Some people believed it comes from the Mughals who got it from Persia and subsequently during their reign in India it entrenched itself places troughout India. Some other people said, it is supposed to have crossed the Arabian Sea and come to Calicut brought by the Arab traders. What is it?

Biriyani

In ordinary usage,this word is used to mean comprehensive defeat. Geographers use this word to denote the summer process by which ice formed in the rivers of Russia and North America break up,causing floods. Which word?

Debacle

What is the Significance of the Headline has

Rajesh Khanna secretly married Anju Mahendru?

This was the first Cover Story of Stardust magazine

Which word ,now related to transport, ,originates from the fact that they were originally made from tree trunks as a defense of a town against invaders. When these were no longer needed for defense,streets were constructed on them.

Boulevard

Female friendly car insurance firm Sheilas recently found that a majority of the accidents that occur with women drivers are due to a very specific reason, unique to only women. What was this reason?

Wearing high heels