2) Where was the Qur’an revealed first ?
A) In the cave of Hira (Makkah)

3) On which night was the Qur’an first revealed ?
A) Lailatul-Qadr (Night of the Power)

4) Who revealed the Qur’an?
A) Allah revealed the Qur’an

5) Through whom was the Qur’an revealed?
A) Through Angel Jibraeel (Alaihis-Salaam)

6) To whom was the Qur’an revealed?
A) To the last Prophet, Muhammed (Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

7) Who took the responsibility of keeping the Qur’an safe?
A) Allah himself

8) What are the conditions for holding or touching the Qur’an? A) One has to be clean and to be with wudhu (ablution)

9) Which is the book which is read most?
A) The Qur’an

10) What is the topic of the Qur’an?
A) Man

11) What are the other names of the Qur’an according to the Qur’an Itself?
A) A l-Furqaan, Al-Kitaab, Al-Zikr, Al-Noor,Al-Huda

12) How many Makki Surahs (chapters) are there in the Qur’an? A) 86

13) How many Madani Surahs (chapters) are there in the Qur’an? A) 28

14) How many Manzils (stages) are there in the Qur’an?
A) 7

15) How many Paara or Juz (parts) are there in the Qur’an?
A) 30

16) How many Surahs (chapters) are there in the Qur’an?
A) 114

17) How many Rukoo (paragraphs) are there in the Qur’an?
A) 540

18) How many Aayaath (verses) are there in the Qur’an?
A) 6666

19) How many times is the word ‘Allah’ repeated in the Qur’an? A) 2698

20) How many different types of Aayaath (verses) are there in the Qur’an?
A) 10

21) Who is the first ‘Haafiz’ of the Qur’an?
A) Prophet Muhammed (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam)

22) At the time of the death of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) how many Huffaz were there?
A) 22

23) How many Aayaath (verses) on Sajda (prostation) are there in the Qur’an?
A) 14

24) In which Paara (part) and Surah (chapter) do you find the first Verse about Sajda (prostation)?
A) 9th Paara, 7th Chapter-Surah-al-Araaf, Verse 206

25) How many times has the Qur’an stressed about Salaat or Namaaz (prayer)?
A) 700 times

26) How many times has the Qur’an emphasized on alms or charity? A) 150

27) How many times in the Qur’an, is the Prophet Muhammed
(Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam) addressed asYaa-Aiyu-Han-Nabi?
A) 11 times

28) Where in the Qur’an has Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) been named ‘Ahmed’?
A) Paara 28th, Surah Saff, Ayath 6th

29) How many times has the name of Rasool-ullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) been mentioned in the Qur’an?
A) Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)-4times Ahmed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)-1 time

30) Name the Prophet whose name is mentionedand discussed most in the
Qur’an?
A) Moosa (Alahis-Salaam)

39) Which is the first and the most ancient Mosque according to the Qur’an?
A) Kaaba

40) In Qur’an mankind is divided into two groups.Which are those two Groups?
A) Believers and disbelievers

41) Who is the man about whom, Allah has said in the Qur’an that his Body is kept as an admonishing example for future generations to come?
A) Fir’aun. (Pharaoh)

42) Besides the body of Pharaoh, what is that thing which is kept as an
Admonishing example for future generations to come?
A) Noah’s Ark.

43) After the wreckage of Prophet Noah’s Ark , which is its place of rest
Mentioned in theQur’an?
A) Cave of Judi .

46) In the Qur’an there is a mention of a Prophet who has been called by
His mother’s name. Who was he?
A) Jesus [Prophet Isa (Alahis salaam)] is mentioned as bn Maryam.

47) Which was the agreement that was titled Fath-hum-Mubeen’ without Fighting a battle?
A) Treaty of Hudaibiya

48) What are the different names used for Satan or Devil in the Qur’an?
A) Iblees and Ash-Shaitaan.

49) Which category of creature does the Qur’an put ‘Iblees’ into? A) Jinn.

50) What were those worships and prayers that were ordered by Allah to
The community of Bani Israeel and which were continued by the Muslim Ummah also?
A) Salaat and Zakaat. (Al-Baqarah:43)

51) The Qur’an repeatedly warns of a certain day.Can you say which day
It is?
A) Youmal Qiyamah.(Doomsday)

52) Who were those people with whom Allah was pleased and they were Pleased with Him, as mentioned in the Qur’an?
A) Companions of Prophet Muhammed.(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

53) In which language Quaran was translated first?
A) Sindhi.

54) In which year were the vowels inserted in the Qur’an?
A) 43 Hijri.

55) Who were the first serious students of the Qur’an?
A) As-haabus Suffah.

56) Which is the first Residential University where the faculty of the
Qur’an was established for the first time?
A) Masjid-e-Nabvi.[Mosque of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)]

57) By what name did the Qur’an address those noble and pious people who
Were selected by Allah to convey His message to mankind?
A) Nabi (Prophet) and Rasool (Messenger).

58) What type of a person does the Qur’an want to make?
A) Momin.

59) What is the scale or measure of one’s dignity according to the Qur’an?
A) Thaqwa. (Piety)

60) What according to the Qur’an is the root cause of the evil? A) Alcohol.

61) What are the two most important types of kinds of Aayaat (Verses)found in the Qur’an?
A) Muhakamaat and muthashabihaath.

62) Which is the longest Surah (Chapter) in the Qur’an?
A) Surah-al-Baqarah.

63) Which is the smallest Surah in the Qur’an?
A) Surah-al-Kausar.

64) What was the age of Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)
When Qur’an was first revealed to him through Jibraeel (Alaihis- salaam)?
A) 40 Years.

65) How long did Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) receive
The revelation of the Qur’an in Makkah?
A) 13 Years.

66) How long did Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) receive
The revelation of the Qur’an in Madinah?
A) 10 Years.

67) Where was the first Surah revealed?
A) In Makkah.

68) Where was the last Surah revealed?
A) In Madinah.

69) How many years did it take for the complete revelation of the Qur’an?
A) 22 years,5 months and 14 days.

70) Which Surah(Chapter) of the Qur’an is to be read compulsorily in Each raka’at of the Salaat (Namaaz)?
A) Surah-al-Fatihah.

71) Which is the Surah, which Allah taught as a Du’a(Prayer)? A) Surah-al-Fatihah.

72) What is the reason of keeping Surah-al-Fatihah in the beginning of
The Qur’an?
A) It is the door to the Qur’an

73) What is the Surah (Chapter) revealed completely and found first Place in the Qur’an?
A) Surah-al-Fatihah.

74) Who was the only lady whose personal name is found in the Qur’an?
A) Mariam(Alaihis-salaam).

75) In which Surah (Chapter) of the Qur’an do you find maximum Instructions?
A) Surah-al-Baqarah.

76) When and Where did the Prophet Muhammed Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and Jibraeel (Alaihis-salaam) meet for the second time? A) On Friday,18th Ramadan,in the Cave of Hira .

77) What was the interval between the first and the second
revelation?
A) 2 years and six months.

78) Which is the Surah (Chapter) that does not start without Bismillah?
A) Surah-al-Taubah or Bara’ath.

79) In which Surah (Chapter) of the Qur’an Bismillah is repeated twice?
A) Surah-al Naml.

80) How many Surah (Chapter) in the Qur’an have the titles named after
Different Prophets?
A) 6 Surahs (Chapters):
A) Surah-al-Yunus.
B)Surah-al-Hood.
C) Surah-al-Yusuf.
D) Surah-al-Ibraheem.
E)Surah-al-Nuh.
F) Surah-al-Muhammed.

81) In which part of the Qur’an do you find ‘Ayat-ul-Kursi’(Verse of the
Throne)?
A) In the beginning of the third Part .(Chapter2-55)

82) How many different names of Allah are mentioned in the Qur’an? A) 99

85) Which is that only book which is completely memorized by millions of
People in the world?
A) Al-Qur’an.

86) What did the Jinns who heard a few Aayaath Verses) of the Qur’an say
To each other?
A) We have heard a unique discourse which shows the right path, verily
We believe in it.

88) Into how many languages of the world has the Holy Qur’an been Translated?
A) Nearly 103 languages.

90) What will be our condition on ‘The day of the Judgment’ according to
The Qur’an?
A) Everybody will be in a state of anxiety.

91) Who was the Prophet mentioned in the Qur’an whose three generations
Were prophets?
A) Ibraheem (Alaihis-salaam).

92) What is that book which abolished all old rules and
regulations?
A) Al-Qur’an.

93) What does the Qur’an say about property and wealth?
A) They are tests of one’s faith.

94) According to the Qur’an who is “khaatamun Nabiyyeen” (the last of
The Prophets)?
A) Prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa-aalehi Wasallam)

95) What is the name of the book that tells us clearly about the reality
Of the beginning and the end of the world?
A) Al-Qur’an.

96) In the Qur’an what other name is given to the city of Makkah ? A) Bakkah and Baladul Ameen.

97) According to the Qur’an what other name is given to the city of Madinah?
A) Yathrib.

98) Whose Generation is known as “Bani Israeel” according to the Qur’an?
A) The generation of Prophet Yaqoob(Alaihis salaam) who is also known as
Israeel.

99) Which are the mosques that are mentioned in the Qur’an
A) Masjid-ul-Haram.
B) Masjid-ul-Zirar.
C) Masjid-ul-Nabawi.
D) Masjid-u l-Aqsa.
E) Masjid Quba.

100) The name of which angels are mentioned in the Qur’an?
A) Jibraeel Ameen.Alaihis salaam)
B) Meekaeel.(Alaihis salaam)
C) Haroot.(Alaihis salaam)
D) Maroot.(Alaihis salaam)

1)      40-60% kickbacks for lab tests. When a doctor (whether family doctor / general physician, consultant or surgeon) prescribes tests - pathology, radiology, X-rays, MRIs etc. – the laboratory conducting those tests gives commissions. In South and Central Mumbai — 40%. In the suburbs north of Bandra — a whopping 60 per cent! He probably earns a lot more in this way than the consulting fees that you pay.

2)      30-40% for referring to consultants, specialists & surgeons. When your friendly GP refers you to a specialist or surgeon, he gets 30-40%.

3)      30-40% of total hospital charges. If the GP or consultant recommends hospitalization, he will receive kickback from the private nursing home as a percentage of all charges including ICU, bed, nursing care, surgery.

4)      Sink tests. Some tests prescribed by doctors are not needed. They are there to inflate bills and commissions. The pathology lab understands what is unnecessary. These are called "sink tests"; blood, urine, stool samples collected will be thrown.

5)      Admitting the patient to "keep him under observation". People go to cardiologists feeling unwell and anxious. Most of them aren’t really having a heart attack, and cardiologists and family doctors are well aware of this. They admit such safe patients, put them on a saline drip with mild sedation, and send them home after 3-4 days after charging them a fat amount for ICU, bed charges, visiting doctors fees.

6)      ICU minus intensive care. Nursing homes all over the suburbs are run by doctor couples or as one-man-shows. In such places, nurses and ward boys are 10th class drop-outs in ill-fitting uniforms and bare feet. These "nurses" sit at the reception counter, give injections and saline drips, perform ECGs, apply dressings and change bandages, and assist in the operation theatre. At night, they even sit outside the Intensive Care Units; there is no resident doctor. In case of a crisis, the doctor — who usually lives in the same building – will turn up after 20 minutes, after this nurse calls him. Such ICUs admit safe patients to fill up beds. Genuine patients who require emergency care are sent elsewhere to hospitals having a Resident Medical Officer (RMO) round-the-clock.

7)      Unnecessary caesarean surgeries and hysterectomies. Many surgical procedures are done to keep the cash register ringing.
Caesarean deliveries and hysterectomy (removal of uterus) are high on the list. While the woman with labour -pains is screaming and panicking, the obstetrician who gently suggests that caesarean is best seems like an angel sent by God! Menopausal women experience bodily changes that make them nervous and gullible. They can be frightened by words like " and "fibroids" that are in almost every normal woman’s radiology reports. When a gynaecologist gently suggests womb removal "as a precaution", most women and their husbands agree without a second’s thought.

8)      Cosmetic surgery advertized through newspapers. Liposuction and plastic surgery are not minor procedures. Some are life-threateningly major. But advertisements make them appear as easy as facials and waxing. The Indian medical council has strict rules against such misrepresentation. But nobody is interested in taking action.

9)       Indirect kickbacks from doctors to prestigious hospitals. To be on the panel of a prestigious hospital, there is give-and-take involved. The hospital expects the doctor to refer many patients for hospital admission. If he fails to send a certain number of patients, he is quietly dumped. And so he likes to admit patients even when there is no need.

10)  "Emergency surgery" on dead body. If a surgeon hurriedly wheels your patient from the Intensive Care Unit to the operation theater, refuses to let you go inside and see him, and wants your signature on the consent form for "an emergency operation to save his life", it is likely that your patient is already dead. The "emergency operation" is for inflating the bill; if you agree for it, the surgeon will come out 15 minutes later and report that your patient died on the operation table. And then, when you take  delivery of the dead body, you will pay OT charges, anesthesiologist’s charges, blah-blah-

Doctors are humans too. You can’t trust them blindly. Please understand the difference.

Young surgeons and old ones. The young ones who are setting up nursing home etc. have heavy loans to settle. To pay back the loan, they have to perform as many operations as possible. Also, to build a reputation, they have to perform a large number of operations and develop their skills. So, at first, every case seems fit for cutting. But with age, experience and prosperity, many surgeons lose their taste for cutting, and stop recommending operations.

Physicians and surgeons. To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Surgeons like to solve medical problems by cutting, just as physicians first seek solutions with drugs. So, if you take your medical problem to a surgeon first, the chances are that you will unnecessarily end up on the operation table. Instead, please go to an ordinary GP first

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If you are right handed,  you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. If you  are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of  your mouth.
 
To make half a kilo of  honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual  flowers
 
Heroin is the brand name  of morphine once marketed by ‘Bayer’.
 
Communications giant  Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik  Idestam.
  
Tourists visiting  Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an  insult!
  
People in nudist  colonies play volleyball more than any other  sport.
  
Albert Einstein was  offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he  declined.
  
Astronauts can’t belch -  there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their  stomachs.
  
Ancient Roman, Chinese  and German societies often used urine as  mouthwash.
  
The average person who  stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a  night.
  
The Mona Lisa has no  eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them  off!
  
Because of the speed at  which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse  to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
  
The night of January 20  is "Saint Agnes’s Eve", which is regarded as a time when a young woman  dreams of her future husband.
  
There are over 25  million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle of  Champagne
  
Google is actually the  common name for a number with a million zeros
  
It takes glass one  million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be  recycled an infinite amount of times!
  
The heat of peppers is  rated on the Scoville scale
  
Gold is the only metal  that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for thousands of  years
  
Your tongue is the only  muscle in your body that is attached at only one  end
  
If you stop getting  thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated,  its thirst
mechanism shuts  off.
  
Each year 2,000,000  smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related  diseases.
  
When it originally  appeared in 1886 – Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed Brain Tonic and  Intellectual Beverage.
  
Zero is the only number  that cannot be represented by Roman numerals
  
Kites were used in the  American Civil War to deliver letters and  newspapers.
  
The song, Auld Lang  Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking  country in the world to bring in the new year.
  
For every real Christmas  tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its  place.
  
Drinking water after  eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61  percent
  
Peanut oil is used for  cooking in submarines because it doesn’t smoke unless it’s heated above  450°F
  
The Shell Oil Company  originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold  seashells
  
The roar that we hear  when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather  the sound of blood surging through the veins in the  ear.
  
Nine out of every 10  living things live in the ocean
  
The banana cannot  reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of  man
  
Airports at higher  altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air  density
  
Fish and Chip selling  officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it  produces
  
The University of Alaska  spans four time zones
  
The tooth is the only  part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
  
In ancient Greece,  tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage.  Catching it meant she accepted.
  
Do you know the names of  the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no  evil)
and Mazaru(Speak no  evil).
  
Warner Communications  paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy  Birthday.
  
Intelligent people have  more zinc and copper in their hair.
  
A comet’s tail always  points away from the sun
  
The Swine Flu vaccine in  1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to  prevent
  
Caffeine increases the  power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some  medicines.
  
The military salute is a  motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised  their visors to reveal their identity.
  
If you get into the  bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even  in the middle of the day.
  
When a person dies,  hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is  sight
  
Trivia in Roman  mythology was the goddess who haunted crossroads, graveyards and was the  goddess of
sorcery and witchcraft.  She wandered about at night, and was seen only by the barking of dogs  who told of her approach. 
  
In ancient times  strangers shook hands to show that they were  unarmed
  
Strawberries are the  only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside
  
Avocados have the  highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred  grams
  
It cost the soft drink  industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending  machines
  
The moon moves about two  inches away from the Earth each year
  
The Earth gets 100 tons  heavier every day due to falling space dust
  
Due to earth’s gravity  it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000  meters
  
Men’s shirts have the  buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the  left
  
Mickey Mouse is known as  "Topolino" in Italy
  
Soldiers do not march in  step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration  which could be sufficient to knock the bridge  down
  
The painting that won  second place in a competition held by the US National Academy of Design  was hanging upside down when it was judged
  
Everything weighs one  percent less at the equator
  
For every extra kilogram  carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at  lift-off
  
The letter  J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.  
  
 And last but  not least:
In 2011,  July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens  once every 823 years!  This is called ‘money bags’.  So send  this on to 5 and money will arrive in 5 days.  Based on Chinese  Feng Shui, the one who does not pass this on will have money troubles  for the rest of the year.

Following some simple tips can help you out in becoming a good student and these good practices will also help you throughout your life.

Maintain good health

Health is wealth so give it the foremost priority. Watch what you eat — avoid junk food, eat more vegetables and fruits, and drink plenty of water. Never skip breakfast and take something with you for lunch at school. Make some light exercises an essential part of your daily routine and cut down the time you spend on watching TV and playing computer games.

Keep an eye on your sleeping habit too. Sound sleep gives you a refreshing feeling the whole day, so sleep for about eight hours per day. Go to bed early and try to wake up early as well — if you have the habit of getting up late, you would feel lethargic the entire day.

Get organised

When you have a healthy body, your mind also works well. So now think about your study routine. Make a timetable and allocate reasonable time to each and every subject. Give more time to difficult subjects but do not completely ignore the easier ones.

Don’t wait for the night before the exams to study. Make it a habit to revise each day all that you are taught in your class that day. This way your learning will be a continuous process and you will just have to revise most of the things before the exams.

Don’t forget to enjoy

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Don’t let it happen to you! Always take some time out to relax. When you take a break from your study routine, indulge in some outdoor sport or you can also utilise your free time in helping out your mom or dad in their chores. Take a short nap if you feel like it or watch some entertaining programme on TV, but don’t overdo it.

Pay attention in class

Pay attention to what is being taught in the classroom. Note down important points in your notebook and do revise the lesson when home.

Don’t hesitate to ask questions in the class. Always be the first to raise hand and ask your teacher anything you feel you didn’t get during the lecture. If there is any student in your class who is good at some particular subject, don’t be shy in going to them for some help.

Making these practices, a routine of your life will not only help you get good grades but also make it easier for you to manage your life after school.

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We are inundated with advertising messages from the time we wake to the time we go to bed. Some of these messages are welcomed and some are a source of irritation. The difference between noise and communication boils down to relevance, and relevance is a function of how advertisers deliver three basic ingredients: substance, style, and technique.

Our brains have a built-in spam filter that can filter out much of the irrelevant and absorb the significant. In a room full of people all talking and laughing at once like at a party, your brain is able to recognize your name being spoken while everything else is a cacophonous blur. The goal of advertising is to make your message significant like the sound of your name, significant enough to demand your attention. So, is your marketing communication significant, or is it merely noise?

Everyóne in our organization is constantly learning new things. Each of us receive dozens of newsletters on all kinds of subjects, some of which are directly related to what we do, and some help us better understand the world we live in and the needs of our clients. And some of it is just intended to make us think.

Substance Without The Pitch

I recently got an email with a video from the Editor of AE Tuts Plus, Adam Everett Miller. AE Tuts Plus produces a website that specializes in After Effects motion graphics. After Effects is a high-end software program used to create all those fancy motions graphics we all love. Most of the information is pretty sophisticated and aimed at a specialized design community but in this case they sent out a video that wasn’t about how to do something but rather why something was the way it was.

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Would the video make anyone a better designer – no. Would the video provide its viewers with a technique they could sell their clients – no. The video merely explains to people why Hex Color Values are what they are. There is no sales pitch other than a subliminal message that AE Tuts knows what it’s talking about, is in business to help its audience, and can be trusted to deliver on its promise without always feeling the need to sell something.

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Style Enhances Identity

From a branding and marketing point-of-view this video establishes an approachable, friendly style that helps define the AE Tuts brand, and indirectly makes their audience wiser and more informed. It’s interesting, memorable, and entertaining; and it makes viewers a more knowledgeable audience.

The style portrayed is not a random accident. The video uses a number of techniques intended to deliver a carefully thought-out image designed to gain audience acceptance as the industry knowledge leader.

A Casual Non-Pedantic Approach

The Web has changed many things not the least of which is how people expect to be taught. Your standard old fashion no nonsense schoolteacher approach is just so pre-Web and quite frankly turns people off. If you really want to educate an audience you better be approachable and entertaining in your delivery, and that is exactly what Adam has managed to do.

Everything from the casual monochromatic attire to the geek-chic glasses and beard are designed to deliver the impression that Adam is just like his audience: just one of the guys with some cool stuff to tell you. The presentation focuses attention on Adam and the accompanying mnemonics by placing everything within a plain white environment, slightly enhanced by a gradient spot to frame Adam, who is placed slightly off center nicely qualifying as a good example of the Rule of Thirds that provides space for the onscreen text and graphics.

The language Adam uses is down-to-earth, delivered in a cadence and rhythm that is just fast enough so the audience doesn’t get bored but slow enough so the information can be absorbed.

Each point is highlighted and emphasized with some onscreen graphic, text, or sound effect. Some of the points are accompanied by a humorous visual and verbal aside that maintains the presentations rhythm while at the same time allowing a small mental respite so the brain can absorb one idea and get ready for the next. And it’s all packaged with a Sesame Street style music score that goes unnoticed but is critical to the overall impression of learning can be enjoyable and doesn’t have to be tedious work.

The Last Word

It takes a lot of knowledge and know-how to make something look easy and this video does a damn good job doing it. Every detail from concept to content was carefully thought-out and the execution was spot-on.

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Originally called the Lahore Stadium when it opened in 1959, the cricket ground was renamed Gaddafi Stadium in 1974 in honour of the Libyan leader after his “rousing speech” at an Organisation of the Islamic Conference meeting in favour of Pakistan’s right to have a nuclear weapons programme. It houses the Pakistan Cricket Board, was the venue of the 1996 World Cup final, and saw the Sri Lankan cricket team come under terrorist attack in the golden jubilee year of the stadium, after which no international cricket team has toured the country.

Around the world, Gaddafi who until recently seemed to be untouchable by both his people and other peoples, especially in the African continent, is best remembered for his preferences that made him unique among African leaders.

The 68-year-old Libyan leader is best remembered for his longing for sexy young female bodyguards with some of them reportedly virgins, long expensive motorcades and pitching his tent in African capitals.

A foreign correspondent based in Dar es Salaam remarked recently that Gaddafi enjoys strong support among some Muslim clerics in Tanzania because of his generous support to mosques.

The journalist added that Tanzania’s reluctance to condemn Gaddafi stems from the country’s huge debt with Libya.
On July 20, 2005 the Libyan government agreed to cancel interest and penalty interest on a debt it owes Tanzania to the tune of $101,687,077.50.

The man Gaddafi could be the centre of volumes of pages of best selling memoirs describing his excessive behaviours such as his love for sexy young female bodyguards and long motorcades with expensive cars such as Mercedes Benz and Ferrari.

For example, when the Libyan leader visited Italy recently he chose to cruise the streets of the capital Rome with a motorcade of no less than 36 cars.

During a visit to South Africa in 2002, Gaddafi reportedly rolled out in a motorcade of 60 armored vehicles and two 46-seater buses, all packed with 400 bodyguards.

Wherever the convoy traveled, local mobile networks broke down, thanks to a jamming device which disrupted all electronic and radio signals in the surrounding areas.

It is an open secret Gaddafi does not spare any expense when it comes to his own security. He is best known for his 40 extremely loyal female guards that follow him everywhere.

And it seems he is still recruiting, since when he was in Rome, he reportedly converted three Italian women to Islam.
Gaddafi’s personal bodyguard, the Amazonian guard, is composed of women who are martial arts experts and highly-trained in the use of weapons.

The Amazonian Guard sparked an international incident in 2006 when Gaddafi landed in Nigeria with over two hundred armed guards for a summit.

Nigerian security officials refused to allow the Libyans entry based on their armaments, and Gaddafi angrily resolved to set off on foot 40 km to Nigeria’s capital from the airport. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo personally intervened, and a compromise was sought.

The army colonel is also the brainchild of the concept car he reportedly helped design, called the Libyan Rocket.
Revealed in 2009, the $2.5 million prototype was powered by a 230 horsepower V6 and was set to be produced in Tripoli for the benefit of the masses, since it was described as the “safest car produced anywhere”.

However, the car did not get into mass production, but at the time, the embattled Libyan ruler explained hecreated the car for the safety of his people, because too many of them died on the roads. Sadly, death reports in Libya have nothing to do with car accidents.

Libya’s wealth has allowed Col Gaddafi to foster close ties with African leaders. He had no qualms about pitching his tent in African capitals and could drive his motorcade across several African borders to attend a conference or just to dazzle them with oil money as an array of designer shaded curvaceous bodyguards attended to his needs.

From the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa to Namibia’s freedom fighters, plus every rebel without a cause like Sierra Leone’s Foday Sankoh to Liberia’s Charles Taylor, Uganda’s late Iddi Amin and even that country’s present leader Yoweri Museveni – they have all supped at his revolutionary table or taken his money and weapons.
Only recently Gaddafi was the chairman of the African Union (AU), and has almost single-handedly funded its existence for decades, pushing for a United Africa over which he would preside.

At 27 years of age, Gaddafi, with a taste for safari suits and sunglasses, then sought to become the new “Che Guevara of the age”.

Gaddafi has been the leader of Libya since a coup in 1969. His regime has been associated with numerous acts of state-sponsored terrorism in the 1970s, 80s and early 90s.

From 1972, when Gaddafi relinquished the title of prime minister, he has been accorded the honorific “Brotherly Leader and Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya” (or more concisely as “Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution”) in government statements and the official press.
With the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon on June 8, 2009, he became the longest serving of all current non-royal national leaders and he is one of the longest serving rulers in history.