QC# 70

1. Identify this place which witnessed the starting of a famous revolution in 2004. 
Also identify the monument featured here.

2. Identify the personality who co-led the above said revolution and later she became the _________ of that country...

3. At first it was an Orthodox church. Then it became a mosque and now a museum. It remained the world's largest cathedral until the construction of Cathedral of Seville.
Identify this engineering marvel

Answers :::

1. Orange revolution which took place after 2004 presidential elections in Ukraine.
The monument is monument to Berehynia in Kiev's Independence Square. Berehynia is a female spirit in Slavik mythology.

2. Yulia Tymoshenko, former PM of Ukraine. 

3. Hagia Sofia

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QC# 69

1. It was a series of events that took place for overthrowing the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which was then replaced by the Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. What are we talking about ?

2. Connect these 3 pics

3. Who was appointed as the group spokesperson and brand custodian of TATA Group on 6 February 2013 ?

4. Who is she and why was she in news recently ?

5. February 2nd every year is celebrated as World X day which marks the date of adoption of Convention on X in 1971 in the Iranian city of Y. Since then this convention is known by the name of the city Y on the shores of Caspian sea.
Identify X and Y.


Answers
1. Iranian Islamic revolution of 1979
2. Venus Rosewater Dish, the ladies' singles trophy in Wimbledon Chamipoship
3. Mukund Govind Rajan
4. Anette Schavan, the German education minister whose Phd was stripped off recently
5. X - Wetland, Y - Ramsar

QC# 68

Connect these....

Ans is the 1959 musical "the Sound of Music" by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein.

First pic is of Georg von Trapp, an Austro - Hungarian Navy officer whose expliots at sea during WW I earned him numerous decorations like Military Order of Maria Theresa. The story of his family was the inspiration for the 1959 musical "The Sound of Music". 
Second pic is the flower named Edelweiss, which is also the name of a show tune from the same musical.

QC# 67

This monument was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate _____________ revolution of 1932.
Identify it and FITB.....

"Democracy monument" in Bangkok which was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate "The Siamese Revolution of 1932" which led to the establishment of constitutional monarchy in Thailand.