42. Barber Feat

In the Kashmir valley a king banned the playing of the pungi in his court due to its shrill sound. A barber, belonging to a family of musicians, improved on it and created a new musical instrument. Which musical instrument?

41. Hail St. Valentine!

This famous term was coined by Erica Jong in her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The term is defined as a sexual encounter for its own sake, without emotional involvement or commitment, between two previously unacquainted persons.
Which term?

40. Contact Theory

The Locard exchange principle, also known as Locard's theory, was postulated by one Edmond Locard and states that "with contact between two items, there will be an exchange"

Which branch of science derives its working principles from this basic axiom?

39. Eureka!

One of many eureka moments came one day when Ram Chandra Sharma had a flat tyre while riding his bicycle. According to Chandra, he went to a roadside stall whose owner happened to be retreading a tyre with vulcanised rubber. Once his bicycle was fixed, Chandra rushed to X for consultations on how this method could be used for a particular purpose. Later he returned to the tyre shop, and did something. What came out as a result for which X is attributed to ?

38. Which book?

It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world and has been translated in more than 40 languages. The title of the novel comes from William Butler Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming."

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
_____ ______ ______ ; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Which popular book?

37. Sound of Music!

This is a musical instrument belonging to the clarinet family. Although it is not a horn; its name probably derives from the resemblance of early, curved or angled versions to a horn. According to one theory it was so named beacuse it was invented by a person named Horn.

The Italian name for the instrument was used by Bernard Shaw as a pseudonym when writing music criticism.

Which musical instrument?