Some interesting GK

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1.       *Ash nazg durbatulúk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul

What? (don't bother to translate)

2.       "A public toilet, where you would not know who used it last“ - Encyclopedia Britannica. What were they referring to??

3.       X is the senior supervising producer. X was born on 6 June 1973 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh and was brought up in Delhi. He studied at Woodstock School, Mussoorie, but continued his graduation in Delhi University. X was a student of the Deshbandhu college in the first year. In the second year, he joined Sri Venkateswara College but he didn’t sit for the third year at all. Both he and his brother dropped out of the college. When they were studying at the Delhi University, their teachers predicted that they both have no future and would sell bananas on the streets. His first solo project was called Find the Road. Who?

4.       Another off the assembly line of “New Maradonas”, X may be the first to live up to that unfair comparison. Javier Saviola, Juan Roman Riquelme and Pablo Aimar have unsurprisingly failed to match HIS high standards despite initial promise. X started playing when he was just five years old at a club which was coached by his father. After three years he moved to Newell's Old Boys. At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. Cost of treatment was $900 a month. A big European club offered to pay for his treatment and signed him. The rest is history. Id X.

5.       Fill in the blank:

Janus, Chicago, Memphis, Millennium, Odyssey, Whistler, ____ , Vienna, Red Dog.

6.       Saqib Abdullah a.k.a Skip was born in Dammam, Saudi Arabia in 1984. He is the 3rd and youngest amongst his siblings. Skip attended a Pakistani school in Saudi Arabia. He started a one man band. Name of the band is a Persian word meaning life & existence, while synonymously it can be used as Hope, faith, light etc. Skip's major breakthrough came in early April 2005, when he released his 4-5 year old composition through the Internet for free mp3 downloading. Within no time, his single became a popular hit amongst Desis living not only in Pakistan and India, but also throughout the world. The song became one of the most downloaded songs in India. Name the band.

7.       X and Y teamed up for a film, Devaa, somewhere in 80's. It was later unceremoniously scrapped due to some misunderstandings. X and Y being the giants of bollywood have never worked together since then. X finally relinquished the title and it was Sunny Deol (co star: Amisha Patel)  who was supposed to star in the movie which is due for release this December.

Identify X, Y.

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Answers

1.       Inscription on the Sauron’s One Ring (LOTR)

2.       Wikipedia

3.       Raghuram or Raghu of Roadies

4.       Lionel Messi

5.       Longhorn (these were all Window 7 codenames)

6.       Zeest

7.       Subhash Ghai & Amitabh Bachhan