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How many pages is The Times' travel magazine?
Sunday Times Travel Magazine
What is the name of Britain's best-selling travel magazine?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
In what novel was The Times featured as an organ of a totalitarian ruling party?
George Orwell
What is the name of the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four?
dystopian
What kind of future world did George Orwell create in his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Nero Wolfe
The author, Rex Stout, created a fictional detection that is fond of solving London Times' crossword puzzles that goes by what name?
New York
In what part of the world did the fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, live in?
London Times
The fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, preferred what newspaper to American newspapers?
crossword
The fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, is described as fond of solving what kind of puzzle in the London Times newspaper?
The Times
The author, Ian Fleming, created a fictional character named James Bond who prefers to only read what newspaper?
James Bond
What is the name of the spy and hero in Ian Fleming's books?
From Russia, with Love
In what Ian Fleming novel is James Bond described as only reading The Times newspaper?
The Wombles
In what children TV series is there is a fictional character named Uncle Bulgaria that asks others to bring him copies of The Times found amongst the litter?
Very Behind the Times
What is the name of the episode where the newspaper, The Times, is featured and plays a central role in an episode of The Wombles?
Uncle Bulgaria
In the children's TV show, The Wombles, what character asks others to bring him any copies of The Times that they find amongst the litter?
Delhi
In what territory is New Delhi located?
New Delhi
What municipality serves as the capital of India?
Delhi
For what territory does New Delhi serve as the seat of Government?
New Delhi
What municipality serves as the seat of Government for India?
New Delhi
What municipality serves as the seat of government of Delhi?
George V
Who laid the foundation stone of New Delhi?
1911
In what year was the foundation stone of New Delhi laid?
Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker
Who designed the foundation stone of the city of New Delhi?
13 February 1931
On what date was New Delhi inaugurated?
Viceroy Lord Irwin
Who inaugurated the city of New Delhi?
Delhi and New Delhi
What are the two terms colloquially used to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi?
Delhi
New Delhi is a small part of what larger territory?
NCT of Delhi
Delhi and New Delhi are colloquially used to refer to what jurisdiction?
New Delhi
What is one name used to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi?
Delhi
What is one name used to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi?
hundred
How many Indian cities have been selected to be developed as a smart city?
Smart Cities Mission
What is the name of the mission to develop Indian smart cities?
PM Narendra Modi
Who is responsible for India's smart city initiative?
New Delhi
What is one Indian city that has been selected to be developed as a smart city?
Calcutta
What city was the capital of India until December 1911?
Kolkata
What is the name of the city formerly known as Calcutta?
Mughal Empire
What is the name of the empire for which Delhi served as the political and financial capital from 1649 to 1857?
Delhi
In the early 1900s, the capital of the British Indian Empire was shifted from Calcutta to what city?
the centre of northern India
In what part of India is Delhi located?
George V
Who announced that the capital of India would be moved from Calcutta to Delhi?
12 December 1911
On what date was it announced that the capital of India would be moved to Delhi?
King George V and Queen Mary
Who laid the foundation stone of New Delhi?
Edwin Lutyens
Who is responsible for designing large parts of New Delhi?
10 February 1931
On what date did inauguration ceremonies for New Delhi begin?
the Viceroy
Who rejected the proposals of Brodie and Lutyens?
the South site
Which site was eventually chosen by the Delhi Town Planning Committee?
Dinapanah citadel
Raisina Hill lay directly opposite what religious site?
King's Way
The Rajpath was also known by what name?
Herbert Baker
Who designed the Parliament House of New Delhi?
1933
The construction of Connaught Place was completed in what year?
Raisina Hill
On what hill did construction of Lutyen's Bungalow Zone begin?
twenty years
The Imperial Delhi Railway was built to transport workers and materials for how many years?
1924
In what year did the Imperial Delhi Railway line begin operating?
1926
In what year did the New Delhi Railway Station open?
1912
A temporary secretariat building was built in New Delhi in what year?
1931
In what year what New Delhi inaugurated as the capital of India?
Gole Market area
Housing for employees was built in what area during the 1920s?
Lodhi colony
What was the name of the last residential area built by the British Raj?
the 1940s
During what decade was the Lodhi colony built?
1947
In what year did India gain independence?
1956
In what year was Delhi converted into a union territory?
The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act
What is the name of the act that caused the Union Territory of Delhi to become formally known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi?
1993
The enforcement of the legislation of the Constitution Act began in what year?
a union territory
In 1956, Delhi was converted into what type of territory?
the 1950s
In what decade did New Delhi first extend significantly from Lutyen's Delhi?
the Central Public Works Department
What organization developed land to expand New Delhi in the 1950s?
Chanakyapuri
What was the name of the enclave created by the Central Public Works Department?
southwest
In which direction did Chanakyapuri extend from New Delhi?
residences of ambassadors
What was one use of the uses for the newly developed land of Chanakypuri?
16.5 sq mi
What is the total area of New Delhi in square miles?
the Indo-Gangetic Plain
On what plain is New Delhi located?
the Lungs of Delhi
The Delhi Ridge is also referred to by what name?
Yamuna River
New Delhi is located on the floodplains of what river?
seismic zone-IV
What seismic zone does New Delhi fall under?
5.4 magnitude
What was the magnitude of the notable 2015 earthquake that shook New Delhi?
25 November 2007
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake that affected New Delhi occurred on what date?
4.2-magnitude
What was the magnitude of the earthquake that affected New Delhi on September 2011?
twelve
How many earthquakes occurred on March 5, 2012?
fault lines
What is the geographical feature New Delhi lies on that is responsible for frequent earthquakes?
subtropical climate
In what type of climate is New Delhi located?
April to October
Between which months do New Delhi's long summers last?
the middle of the summer
When does the monsoon season occur in New Delhi?
25 °C (77 °F)
What is the annual mean temperature of New Delhi?
49.1 °C (120.4 °F)
What is the highest ever recorded temperature in New Delhi?
154
What is New Delhi's rank in Mercer's 2015 quality of living survey?
bad air quality and pollution
What is the main cause of New Delhi's relatively low ranking in Mercer's quality of life survey?
The World Health Organization
New Delhi was ranked as the world's worst polluted city by what organization?
1,600
How many cities were tracked for pollution by the World Health Organization in 2014?
230
How many cities were studied in Mercer's 2015 quality of living survey?
winter
In what season does New Delhi's air pollution worsen?
alternate-day travel
What method was introduced in December 2015 to reduce New Delhi's air pollution?
11 p.m
New Delhi's alternate-day travel scheme allowed trucks to enter the city after what hour?
15 days
How long is the initial trial period for New Delhi's driving restriction scheme?
Sundays
On what day of the week will travel remain unrestricted by New Delhi's alternate day driving scheme?
December 16, 2015
On what date did the Supreme Court of India enact restrictions on Delhi's transportation system to reduce pollution?
March 31, 2016
The Supreme Court restricted registration of some vehicles with engines of 2000 cc and over until what date?
compressed natural gas
All taxis in Delhi were ordered to switch to what type of fuel by March 1, 2016?
vehicles that are more than 10 years old
Which transportation vehicles were banned from entering New Delhi?
curb pollution
New restrictions on New Delhi's transportation system were enacted by the Supreme Court to accomplish what goal?
Delhi
New Delhi is the capital of what National Capital Territory?