Tuesday #03

1. 'X' and 'Y' were the puppets of two warring sisters-in-law who fight but also can't live without each other. Using the puppets of 'X' and 'Y', the puppeteers would create awareness about social evils. These were famous in early 60s-70s in the UP region of India. The puppets were created by Ram Niranjan Lal Srivastava of prayagraj, which is suddenly in news and trend again in 2020 due to something related to another person from UP, Amitabh Bachchan.

2. Carefully guarded in the Bank of England's vaults are a small number of special banknotes, worth £1M and £100M, they are not in circulation for good reason - each is worth a sum of money most of us can only dream of. What are they affectionately nicknamed, owing to its large value.

3. 

This was the logo pirate bay launched when there home domain .se(sweden) was taken down on charges of copyright infringement cases. Identify the mythic creature from which the figure beyond the ship is said to be inspired from.

It also signifies the approach by the site to own different domains, as one is taken down, other shall be used, eventually the feature this Figure is famous for in the mythology. 

4. "I too had a dream" is a biography by Gaurav Salvi, foreworded by none other than Ratan Tata. The creation of the subject of this book was recently in news due to being temporarily suspended by Twitter. We might also know this great person being the pioneer of a certain "Operation Flood". Who is the subject of this book.

5. A certain bowler from the English Cricket team performed a spectacle during a match. The villagers of the county from which he came, wished to reward him so they pooled in some money and bought him X. From X comes a famous phrase used often in sports.

Identify X and the spectacle.

Answers:

1. X:Gulaabo and  Y:Sitaabo made famous again by 2020 Amitabh and Ayushmann Khurana starrer "Gulaabo Sitaabo"

2. £1M are called "Giants" and £100M are called "Titans"

3. Hydra, the 9 headed dragon. As it is said in Captain America, depicting hydra, "If you cut off one head, two more shall take its place".

4. I too had a Dream is the biography of Verghesr Kurien the creator of "Amul" brand.

5. X is Hat . It is the origins of famous sports terminology hat-trick. The bowler had taken 3 wickets in 3 consecutive deliveries..