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Douglas Engelbart, with his primitive
version of the mouse .

2.
X, the Greek version of the
Phoenician royal
name Pumayyaton , was the
name of a Greek sculptor
who fell in love with the
statue he carved. Upon
making offerings to Venus ,
his statue comes to life and
they lead a happy life . The
story of X in Ovid's narrative
“metamorphosis” has been
adapted into pop culture in
many forms . Id. X

#TCQ
3.sitter , who is the subject of the
conversation the 2 characters are
having

4.
• X is a plant that gets its
name from a Greek
hunter . A species of X is
said to have sprouted
from the place of the
hunter’s death. A more
common name of X , Y
is the title of a very
famous poem .
• ID X and Y

5.
ClickStar is a movie distribution
company Co-founded by actor
Morgan Freeman . It was
highlighted by the American
Film Institute in their AFI
Awards 2006 "Moments of
Significance" for a certain
achievement it received for its
distribution of the movie “10
items or less” starring Morgan
Freeman and Paz Vega. This was
a first of a kind thing in the
entire motion picture history.
What was the first of a kind feat
?

In 2006 ClickStar became the first
company in motion picture history to
offer a legitimate motion picture
download while the movie was still
playing in the theatres .

6.
Alison DiLaurentis is a fictional character in
the Pretty Little Liars book series by Sara Shepard.
The book also has a television adaptation of the
same name. Vivian Darkbloom is her alter ego
that appears both in the novel as well as in the
series . Coincidentally.
Vivian Darkbloom is an anagram of a very famous
writer and also the name of a character , who is a
partner of the shadow of the protagonist in the
writer’s most famous work . Vivian Darkbloom is
considered to be writer’s cameo in his most
famous novel . Id the writer

7.
X is the French equivalent of the academy
awards named after a noted French sculptor . X
is also considered as a reference to the 3rd movie
of the Great French Filmmaker Marcel Pagnol’s
Marseille trilogy .
Y is the Spanish equivalent of the academy
awards named after the legendary Spanish
romantic painter and printmaker considered to
be the last of the old masters .The award itself is
a small bust of the himself
ID X and Y (images in the next slide, 20 points for
pouncing without image.)

X- Cesar Awards
Y- Goya Awards

8.
CASSIUS :Yet I fear him; For in the ingrafted love he bears to Caesar
BRUTUS :Alas, good Cassius, do not think of him: If he love Caesar, all that he
can do Is to himself, take thought and die for Caesar: And that were much he
should; for he is given To sports, to wildness and much company.
TREBONIUS: There is no fear in him; let him not die; 190 For he will live, and
laugh at this hereafter.
Clock strikes.
BRUTUS :Peace! count the clock. CASSIUS The clock hath stricken three.
TREBONIUS :'Tis time to part.
CASSIUS: But it is doubtful yet, Whether Caesar will come forth to-day, or
no; For he is superstitious grown of late, Quite from the main opinion he held
once Of fantasy, of dreams and ceremonies: It may be, these apparent
prodigies, The unaccustom'd terror of this night,
This portion of the play had been once a subject of debate and criticism . Put
Funda !!

Ans :
Shakespeare portrayed Brutus, plotting to
assassinate Caesar in 44 BC, being
interrupted by the striking of the clock,
although ancient Rome was the era of
the sundial, with invention of
the mechanical clock dating from the 11th-
13th centuries AD

9.
Mool Chand Chowhan received it for his outstanding
contributions to Table Tennis in India and overall
development of Indian sports.
Jasdev Singh , the radio commentator was also
awarded this .
Indira gandhi was awarded this in 1983 for her
contribution to the organisation of the New Delhi Asiad
(1982.)
The above 3 are the only Indians to have received it .
What am I talking about ?

The Olympic Order- the highest award
for the Olympic movement

10.
X is the name of a former BBC
broadcaster made more famous
by a word Y coined by the
private eye magazine. Upon X’s
retirement a newspaper article
was titled thus
“X Retires without a Word: It's
Probably Safer That Way”. Give
me the word Y coined with X’s
name in it 

11. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi, India, is a
multipurpose sports arena hosting football and
other sporting events, as well as large-scale
entertainment events. The Stadium has
hosted two One Day International matches
featuring India: against Australia in 1984,
and South Africa in 1991. What was special
about these 2 matches played there ?

Batsman Kepler Wessels played in
both the matches, but for different
countries, scoring 107 for Australia and
90 for South Africa.

12.
X is a Victor Hugo novel that was also made into a
movie in 1928 under the same name . The protagonist,
Gwylpaine’s appearance in the movie is said to have
been the inspiration to a cult villain T . Coincidentally ,
the villain’s first encounter with the hero appears in the
comic with the same title X. According to the novel,
Gwynplaine was the son of an English nobleman who
has offended King James II. The monarch sentences
Gwynplaine's father to death in an iron maiden, after
calling upon a surgeon, Dr. Hardquannone, to do
something to the child that in turn would remind him
of what a fool his father was .There is also an inaccurate
version of this story being referenced to T. Id X and T

13.
• The cave in Managaon ,
nepal is a Hindu pilgrim
spot. It’s said that X, a
part incarnation of lord
Vishnu is said to have
born here and done one
of his famous works
here . X’s original name
comes from his
complexion and his
place of birth .
• X in Sanskrit means to
“split, differentiate or to
describe”.The rock
formation itself is
attributed the
arrangement of pages
in X’s manuscript . Id X
(image in the next slide
)

14.This form of literature was started
by Edward Lear , in his “first book of
nonsense “. However he did not use
the name X for it . X is often attributed
to be a reference to the county of X in
Ireland .X is basically referred to Lear
as non-sense poems often meant to be
humorous usually following a AABBA
scheme . Id X 

The limerick packs laughs
anatomical
Into space that is quite
economical.
But the good ones I've
seen
So seldom are clean –
And the clean ones so
seldom are comical.

15.
• Named after a 50s
publication Eagle , the
Eagle awards were given
to excellence in a field
which Will Eisner
described as “sequential
art”. They were decided
by a public poll . What
were the eagle awards
given for ?

16.X is a science fiction film directed by Fred M.
Wilcox, with a screenplay by Cyril Hume. It stars Walter
Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. The
characters and its setting have been compared to those
in William Shakespeare's The Tempest. It was also the
first science fiction film that was set entirely on another
planet in deep space, away from the planet Earth. Thus
it has been an inspiration to the famous Star Trek , Star
wars series. The poster of the movie is also seen in
Sheldon Cooper’s room in Big Bang Theory during the
early seasons. Id the movie. Image in the next slide.

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