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ENQUIRY SESSION #3
04/04/2012

A quiz by Apratim Mukhopadhyay :-(

1. X was originally published in The New Yorker on October
13, 1997, and was subsequently published in a slightly
expanded version in a 1999 collection of short
stories, Close Range: Wyoming Stories. X won an O.
Henry Award prize (third place) in
1998. Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana
Ossana adapted X for the film of the same
name, released in 2005. The narrative is mostly linear; X
describes events in sequence from a starting point in
time, the year 1963 when the characters are
introduced, to the end of the story some 20 years later.
Other than the title location, the settings are actual
locations in the United States, and the characters are
described as real people living in a specific milieu.
Identify X.

ANSWER


Brokeback Mountain.

2. Literary mentions suggest that X may have
originated from Benaras. Onions are never
used in X. A certain name for X comes from
the fact that that an X is placed in the mouth
and eaten at one time, without biting.
According to Wikipedia, Kolkata has the most
famous variety of Xs. Identify X.


Phoochka/Panipuri/Golgappa.

3.Ad by?

Guinness.

4. One of the original names used for X was
"walghvogel" ("wallow bird" or "loathsome
bird," in reference to its taste), first used in the
journal of Wybrand van Warwijck. X was also
referred to as "dronte" by the Dutch, meaning
"swollen," a name still used in some
languages. A single account exists about the
diet of X, a document from 1631 rediscovered
in 1887 but now lost. Today X regularly
appears in works of popular fiction, and is
used as mascot for many kinds of
products, especially on Mauritius. Id X.

Dodo.

5. Doodle commemorating/representing what?

Sir Isaac Newton’s 367th birthday.

6. Complete.


Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

7. XYs have existed for at least 140 million
years, as witnessed in a rare find of Early
Cretaceous amber from Sussex, southern Engl
and. XY is, typically, used to refer to a Y that
apparently still in use i.e. clean as opposed to
another coinage. Researchers have
used genetically modified mammals to
produce the proteins needed to make XYs.
Communal XYs have also been known to exist.
Various kinds of XYs include
Funnel, Tangle, Spiral and Sheet. Id X.

Spider Web.

8. X was a very popular brand before the mid1950s, but its makers were slow to add
fluoride to its formula to counter the rise of
other highly promoted brands. X was so
popular that Rodgers and
Hammerstein included a reference to it in
their long-running 1949 hit musical South
Pacific. X’s minty flavour draws from Sassafras.
One of the great references to X is from an old
Mad Magazine which had a cartoon of
Leonardo Di Vinci looking at his easel, sitting
in front of the Mona Lisa thinking, "I wonder
where the yellow went?“. Id X.

Pepsodent.

9. The first meeting between X and Y occurred on
12 November 1881, when West Gorton ,who
would later become X hosted Z who would later
become Y. The game finished 3–0 in favour
of Y, and was described by the Ashton Reporter as
"a pleasant game“. Before WWII, many local
supporters watched X one week and Y the next.
After the war, a stronger rivalry developed and
following both teams became uncommon. One of
the most famous fixtures between the two took
place at Y’s homeground in the penultimate
weekend of the 1973/74 season, involving a late
goal by X from a former Y legend which relegated
Y. Joe Spence has the most number of goals in
games between the two, on 10. Id X and Y.

X-Manchester City, Y- Manchester United.
The Manchester Derby.

10. Connect.

Weapons possessed/ used by Jatayu.

11. X, born in 1170, is known to the modern world
for the spreading of the Hindu–Arabic numeral
system in Europe, primarily through the publication in
the early 13th century of his Book of
Calculation, the Liber Abaci. What major contribution
did X make to Mathematics, something he didn’t invent
but mentioned in the above work?

The Fibonacci sequence.

12. X occurred on April 20th, 1999, Adolf Hitler’s
110th birthday, a reason some people
attributed to the day of the occurence.
Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, the surrounding
Goth subculture and KMFDM were all
subsequently accused of having affected
people and indirectly having caused X. Since X
occurred , it has become an euphemism in
English for something particular. X is the
fourth deadliest of its kind to have happened
in the concerned country ever. Id X.

The Columbine Massacre.

13. X was inspired by an altercation Y once had while
camping. Though Y was bruised and swollen, Y’s coworkers avoided asking Y what had happened on the
camping trip. Their reluctance to know what happened in
his private life inspired the writing of X.
Y first tried to publish his novel Invisible Monsters, but it
was rejected by publishers due to the novel being too
disturbing. Instead, Y concentrated on X, intending it to
be more disturbing.
Paper Street, a location in X, is a pun on the term paper
street meaning a street depicted on a map but not
actually in existence.
X ends with the narrator being carried away in a hospital
(after he has injured himself), where he’s told by the
people around that the plans are still on and that they
are waiting for someone to come back.
Id X and Y.

X-Fight Club, Y- Chuck Palahniuk.

14. What is said to have been prepared for the
first time in the Dhosi hills of Haryana by a
certain rishi? The first historically documented
formula for it is found in the Charaka Samhita.


Chyawanprash.

15. Which word in English derives from a Latin
word meaning “I increase”?


Auction.

16. The oldest Xs are believed to have originated
from the so-called "Russian
Mountains", which were specially constructed
hills of ice, located especially around Saint
Petersbur. Steel and Wooden are the two main
types of X. By 1919, the first underfriction X
had been developed by John Miller. In
Scandinavian languages, the X is referred as
"mountain-and-valley railway”. Id X.


Roller Coaster.

17. Xs were named after Mary Quant’s favourite
make of cars, who ran a popular clothes shop
in Chelsea, London. The popularity of Xs
peaked in the "Swinging London" of the
1960s, but its popularity is since still
commonplace. During her theatre
performances in the Folies Bergère in
1926, Joséphine Baker wore a sort of X made
from bananas. One of the most famous
incarnations of the X was the Mondrian
introduced in 1965. Id X.

Miniskirt.

18. Which word/term in English has been lent to
it by the actions of the above depicted East
Germanic tribe in the 5th century A.D.?

Vandalism.

19. Doodle representing what?

Francois Truffaut’s 80th birthday.

20. Zino _______ was born on March 11, 1906
in Kiev, Russian Empire, present-day Ukraine. He was the
eldest of four children born to a tobacco
merchant. Zino’s parents left some of their family behind
and emigrated to Geneva, Switzerland in 1911 for a
better life, where they opened their
own tobacconist shop in 1912. Returning to Switzerland
around 1930, Zino took over his parents' shop. What had
originally been a modest tobacco shop grew into a rich
business during and after WWII. In 1970, Zino sold his
small but highly successful tobacco shop in Geneva to the
Max Oettinger Company. Beyond tobacco
products, ____________ has expanded to include under
its brand such items as pipes and humidors. Fill in the
blanks.

Davidoff.

21. Accounts of the invention of X vary. One
account claims that this highball was invented
in Havana around 1901/1902. According to
Bacardi, it came about during the Spanish
American war after one Captain Russell had asked
for two different drinks and drank the concoction
with great delight. X was once viewed as exotic
for its dark syrup. X gained major popularity in
the United States after the Andrews
Sisters recorded a song in 1945 named after the
drink's ingredients, which were both available at
cheap prices then. Sheldon Cooper is known to
drink virgin Xs with a lime wedge. Id X.

Rum and Coke, or Cuba Libre.

22. People who indulge in XY generally prefer
revisionism to Y. Numerous accounts have been
given by XY supporters (including evidence
presented in court cases) of claimed facts and
evidence; however, independent research has
shown these claims to be based upon flawed
research. Arthur Butz’s 1976 work, The Hoax of
the Twentieth Century:The case against the
presumed extermination of __________ _____
was a major contribution to the XY philosophy.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been often seen
making pro-XY comments. XY is officially deemed
illegal in 17 countries , some of which are
France, Canada, Austria, Germany and Israel. Id
XY.

Holocaust Denial.

23. Identify.

Colonel Sanders and Alice Cooper.

24. Which very popular phrase (used largely in
American English) derives from the animated
activity a certain hunting animal would
undertake under something, mistakenly
believing quarry to be hidden there?


Barking up the wrong tree.

25. The earliest manufactured Xs were pieces of
polished stone such as obsidian, a naturally
occurring volcanic glass. In classical
antiquity, Xs were made of solid metal
(bronze, later silver) and were too expensive
for widespread use by common people.
Leonardo Da Vinci called Xs “the master of
painters”. Legends and superstitions abound
about Xs, including one which considers
placing two Xs against each other bad luck.
Atomic, Cold and Corner are certain unique
kinds of X. Id X.

Mirrors.

26. What is Lipophobia the fear of?


Fat in foods.

27. The reflex of producing X is known
as piloerection, or the pilomotor reflex. X also
occurs in many mammals besides humans.
Various names for X around the world
translate to hen, duck skin and bird skin. X can
also be caused by withdrawal
from opiates such as heroin. Id X.


Goosebumps.

28. X was commissioned by King Frederick
William II as a sign of peace and built by Carl
Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. X's
design is based upon the Propylaea in Greece
and is consistent with the concerned city’s
history of architectural classicism. On October
3, 2002, the twelfth anniversary
of something, X was reopened following
extensive refurbishment. X was once used as a
symbol by a particular political party. Id X.


Brandenburg Gate.

29. Several exhibitions have devoted to the meme
of X; distributed merchandising
products, novels, films and stage plays have
captured X. There have been many different
theories and speculations about X. Biographer
Charles Cross has commented upon a discernible
statistical spike at a certain point in
lives, something that has been often viewed as a
misconception. Richard Turner was the latest to
have had his name associated with X, whilst
lesser known figures to have undergone this from
the past include Robert Johnson, Leslie
Harvey, Alan Wilson and Jacob Miller. Id X.

27 club.

30. Aorangi Terrace is named after Aorangi
Park,the New Zealand Rugby Club's grounds
which were situated on the site until 1981.
During television broadcasts, cameras often
sweep over it, and journalists frequently
conduct vox pops and interviews with members
of the crowd. Since the 1990s, it began to be
referred by a different name as it often became
the focal point of something in July. Though the
above referral has been dropped on occasion in
the past, and much more vociferously in recent
years, the BBC and other media still use the
above name for it. What is the name in question?

Henman Hill(often referred to as Rusedski Ridge in the
past, and now often referred to as Murray Mound).

31. Election symbol of which party which has
been in the news recently for having
overturned a longstanding tradition in a
particular state?

Shiromani Akali Dal.

32. Identify the band covering and the original
band.

Iron Maiden covering Led Zeppelin.

33. A "personal, portable information
manipulator" was imagined by Alan Kay in
1968, one of the first major prototypes
thought of as regards X. The first X came out
in 1975. based on the SCAMP model. The
measurement of at least 11 inches across has
been suggested as the threshold for X in order
to do away with mix-ups with other types.
Performance and upgradeability have been
often stated as disadvantages in comparison
with X’s most well-known and common
opponent, so to say. Id X.

Laptop.

34. X originally became popular in America in
the late 19th century. X was a
neat, uniform, low-maintenance style that
echoed the standardization and uniformity
brought on by industrialization, in contrast to
the flamboyance of earlier times. X was
introduced in Germany in the late 19th
century by visiting Americans. X became
completely unfashionable after WWII because
of a particular association it had. In China, a
trimmer version of X is viewed as a stereotype
of Japanese people. Id X.

Toothbrush/Charlie Chaplin/ Hitler moustache.

35.X was created by Charles Leiper Grigg, who
launched his St. Louis-based company The
Howdy Corporation in 1920. X, originally
named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime
Soda", was launched two weeks before
the Wall Street Crash of 1929. X contained a
mood-stabilizing drug until 1950. A myth
surrounding X’s name suggests it was so
named because it’s pH value was ascertained
to be more than something. Id X.


7Up.

36. Born in 1949, X first shot to international fame
after Forbes controversially named him the
seventh richest man in the world in 1989, worth
$3 billion. X’s aim was to become a millionaire by
22 and he spent the early 1970s as a thief and a
bodyguard. X’s accountant, also his brother, later
stated that at the height of their power, they had
to spend $2500 a month just purchasing rubber
bands to wrap stacks of money. X had built a
Robin Hood like image in Medellin, and the city’s
poor still rue over his death in 1993. There is
something named after him in the 2002 video
game, GTA:Vice City. Id X.

Pablo Escobar.

37. X’s sizes can vary considerably; but their shape
is generally uneven and squared, often tapering
towards the top. Xs are widely distributed across
Europe, Africa and Asia, but are most numerous
in Western Europe; in particular in Ireland, Great
Britain and Brittany. The word X was adopted
from French by 19th century archaeologists. Over
the centuries Xs have variously been thought to
have been used by Druids for human
sacrifice, used as territorial markers or elements
of a complex ideological system. Id X, an object
famous for its association with the world of
comics.

Menhirs.

38. Connect. (Exhaustive).

Animals Dilbert lives with.

39. Who replaced him?

Ronald McDonald.

40. Although the X name was first trademarked
in the U.S. in 1935, the brand was developed
in Canada. Moe Nadler, who founded and
owned most of the Canadian Lady Corset
Company, licensed the trademark for the
Canadian market in 1939. On January
3, 2007, the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation broadcasted the results of their
internet poll, in which Canadian respondents
ranked X 5th out of the top 50 "Greatest
Canadian Inventions" . In a March 2008 survey
of 3,000 UK women, X was reported as the
greatest fashion innovation in history. Id X.

Wonderbra.

41. Paul Bettany, Robin Williams, Adrien Brody
and Steve Carrell had all expressed interest in
the role of X publicly, but the director chose Y
because had wanted to work with Y on a
number of projects in the past. To prepare for
the role, Y lived alone in a hotel room for a
month, formulating X's posture, voice, and
personality, and kept a diary, in which he
recorded X's thoughts and feelings. Y later
stated A Clockwork Orange and Sid Vicious as
early inspirations in formulating X. Y won an
Oscar for all his troubles. Id X and Y.

X-The Joker, Y-Heath Ledger.

42. In Canada and the northern United States, X is
sometimes known as "hockey hair" or "hockey
player haircut", as X was common among ice
hockey players in the 1980s. The term X was used
frequently by George Kennedy's character in the
1967 American film Cool Hand Luke. Superman
was drawn as having a X from issue 505 (1993) to
544 (1997) in Adventures of Superman. According
to the Oxford English Dictionary, X was
apparently coined, and certainly popularized, by
Beastie Boys, who used X and Xhead as epithets
in their 1994 song X Head. Id X.

Mullet.

43. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the
earliest known appearance of the term XY in print is
in an 1894 article from The Sandusky Register, a
newspaper in Sandusky, Ohio. Author Paul Wellman
suggests that XY and other terms associated with
the American Old West originated in Dodge
City, Kansas. This has not been proven, but the
Dodge City use was likely responsible for XY
becoming pejorative. XY is also said to have derived
from objects that were used to cover blemishes and
spots in the past for a certain purpose. De Wallen
and Reeperbahn are two of the most famous XYs in
the world. Id XY.

Red-Light District.

44. Identify the band covering and the original
band.

Pantera covering Black Sabbath.

45. Either state whose epitaph this is, or
complete the first five lines:__________ ___ ____ ______ ______

THE PHILOSOPHERS HAVE ONLY INTERPRETED
THE WORLD IN VARIOUS WAYS; THE POINT IS
TO CHANGE IT.


Karl Marx
Workers of the world unite.

46. The origin of the XY has been lost. It is thought
that the people concerned originally used
something red in colour to signal that no quarter
would be given. This was referred to as
something meaning ”Pretty Red” in French, and
may have been corrupted into English as XY.
Some historians think XY is more likely a
reference to the English use of Y as a term for
fornication. The early development team of
the Apple Macintosh used a XY to maintain a
"rebellious" spirit. A number of sports teams
have been known to use variations of the XY. Id
XY.

The Jolly Roger.

47. The name of which food item is the plural for
an Italian word, drawing from a
diminutive, meaning thin string?


Spaghetti.

48. View of what?

Tienanmen Square.

49. One part of X represents Y’s origin as a fishing
village, while the other represents Y’s original
name. The X symbol was designed by Fraser
Brunner, a member of the Souvenir Committee
and curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium. On 15
September 1972, the then PM officiated the
installation ceremony of the X. The original X
used to stand at the mouth of a river, at the tip of
the current The Fullerton Waterboat House
Garden with Anderson Bridge as its
background, till being relocated in 2002. In
addition to the officially recognised five Xs. an X
statue is found at the X Restaurant in Cupertino in
California, USA. Id X and Y.

X-Merlion, Y-Singapore.

50. X first entered the UK Singles Chart on 30
April 1994, and remained there for a total of
15 weeks, reaching a two-week high of #1. X is
the only single of its kind to reach #1 in the
UK charts. With Y being involved in recording
X, it was agreed upon that Y’s 1988 single
“Burning Bridges” would form the basis of X. X
was released on April 25th, 1994, four weeks
ahead of a major annual sporting
showpiece, and by the time it came around, X
was #1 on the charts. Id X and Y.

X-Come On You Reds, Y-Status Quo.

51. X is also known as the “Rebel”, “Dixie” and is
often incorrectly referred to as "Stars and
Bars“. During the first half of the 20th
century, the X enjoyed renewed popularity. By
the end of World War II, the use of the X in
the military was rare. Supporters of X have
often justified its use on grounds of promoting
and depicting a distinct cultural heritage, and
also free speech in places where X is banned.
X has been used by noted performers like
Hank Williams, Pantera and Lynyrd Skynyrd
without political connotations. Id X

The Confederate Flag.

52. X is a 1974 novel, the fifth featuring a
particular character who is looking to track
someone down in the “Circus”. Following the
author’s established patterns, X begins in
medias res and the background is established
through a series of flashbacks. X is also the
first novel in the Karla trilogy. X is famous for
the characters’ copious use of jargon specific
to their trade. Id X, which has been in the
news recently.


Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

53. Anthony Burgess has stated that the inspiration
for X might have been advertising billboards for
educational correspondence courses from a
company called Bennett's, current during WWII.
The original posters showed Bennett himself; a
kindly looking old man offering guidance and
support to would-be students. Speculation has
also focused on Lord Kitchener, who among other
things was prominently involved in British
military recruitment in WWI(picture next slide).
The magazine Book ranked X #59 on its 100 Best
Characters in Fiction Since 1900 list. Wizard
magazine rated X the 75th greatest villain of all
time.I d X, a darling of popular culture.

Big Brother.

54. The name of which place is derived from the
Masai word for “Endless Plains”?


Serengeti.

55. Complete the equation.

Marshall Bruce Mathers III(Eminem).

54. Ad by?

Durex.

55. X was the only non-NASA recipient of a
moon rock. X was once voted the most trusted
man in America in an opinion poll. X voiced
the 1985 IMAX film, The Dream Is Alive.
Among X’s numerous awards were four
Peabody awards. X’s catchphrase was, “And
that’s the way it is.” X died of cardiovascular
disease in 2009. X made numerous movie and
TV appearances, and a chronicle of his
career, X Papers, are preserved at the
curatorial Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History at the University of Texas. Id X.

Walter Cronkite.

56. In the early hours of June 5, 1960, four
teenagers were camping on the shores of B.
Between 4AM and 6AM, an unknown person
or people murdered three of them with a
knife wounded the fourth. To date, these
murders remain unsolved. In the mid
90s, when the members of Inearthed from
Espoo were asked to come up with a new
name, they looked into the town
phonebook, read about the incident, and
decided to adopt a new name, as B had an
impact and a very interesting story behind it.
Id the group/B.

Children of Bodom and the Lake Bodom murders.

57. X majorly helped in the founding of Detroit. Between
1710 and 1716 X was the governor of
Louisiana, although he did not arrive in that territory
until 1713. X also lent his name to a brand, founded in
1902 and bought by GM in 1902. The brand survives to
this day under GM, operating in 37 countries. Id the
guy/brand.

Cadillac.

58. Connectamundo.

Metallica songs.

59. Whose entrance music?

Brothers of Destruction.

60. At 130 cm (4 feet, 3 inches) tall and 54 kg (119
lbs), X was designed to operate in real-world
environments, with the ability to walk or run on two
feet at speeds up to 3.7 mph (6km/h). In the USA, X
is part of the attractions at Disneyland. The research
conducted on the E- and P-series led to the creation
of X. Development began at the Wako Fundamental
Technical Research Center in 1999 and X was
unveiled in October 2000. In 2007, X's intelligence
technologies were updated, enabling multiple Xs to
work in coordination. Id X.


ASIMO.

61. Identify the footballer.

Patrick Vieira.

62. Connectamundo.

The only novels written/published by the concerned authors.

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