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The tradition of building X originated in Valls,
near the city of Tarragona, in the southern part
of Catalonia towards the end of the 18th century.
Later it developed a following in other regions
of Catalonia and, since 1981, when the first X of
9 levels of the 20th century was built, it has
become very popular in most of Catalonia and
even the Balearic Islands. The only 6 teams that
have built complex gamma extra castells are
from Valls, Vilafranca del Penedès, Terrass,
Mataró and Tarragona.
It‟s a very popular game in India also. Name of t

Since the mid-20th Century, advances in
rubber, plastics, synthetic cloth, and industrial
adhesives have allowed manufacturers to create „X‟
that stray considerably from traditional crafting
techniques. Leather, which had been the primary
material in earlier styles, has remained standard in
expensive dress „X‟, but „X‟ often have little or no real
leather. Soles, which were once laboriously hand-
stitched on, are now more often machine stitched or
simply glued on.
What am I talking about?

„X‟ were first created in 1936. Some years earlier, Lieutenant
John A. Macready returned from a balloon flight, complained
that the sun had permanently damaged his eyes, and contacted
Bausch & Lomb asking them to create Y that would provide
protection and also look sophisticated. On May 7, 1937,
Bausch & Lomb took out the patent, and the Aviator was made
available to the public.

Identify the X and Y.

He is General Douglas MacArthur

Career statistics

Competition Test FC

Matches 15 307

Runs scored 989 24692

Batting average 44.95 56.37

100s/50s 2/6 72/109

Top score 175 285*

Balls bowled 97 8056

Wickets 1 133

Bowling average 39.00 34.59

5 wickets in
– 4
innings

10 wickets in
– 0
match

Best bowling 1/23 6/53

Catches/stumping
13/– 233/–
s

The word X derives from the Sanskrit word for chord, jiva.
This was transliterated in Arabic as jiba , abbreviated jb .
Since Arabic is written without short vowels, "jb" was
interpreted as the word jaib , which means "bosom", when
the Arabic text was translated in the 12th century into Latin
by Gerard of Cremona. The translator used the Latin
equivalent for "bosom", X (which means "bosom" or "bay"
or "fold") The English form X was introduced in the 1590s.

What mathematical term??

In 1987, after turning 16, „X‟ began hacking under the name "Mendax" . He and two
other hackers joined to form a group they named the International Subversives. „X‟
wrote down the early rules of the subculture: "Don't damage computer systems you
break into (including crashing them); don't change the information in those systems
(except for altering logs to cover your tracks); and share information". The Personal
Democracy Forum said he was "Australia's most famous ethical computer hacker."
The Australian Federal Police became aware of this group and set up "Operation
Weather" to investigate their hacking. In September 1991 Mendax was discovered in
the act of hacking into the Melbourne master terminal of Nortel, the Canadian
telecommunications company. In response the Australian Federal Police tapped „X's
phone lines and subsequently raided his Melbourne home in 1991. He was also
reported to have accessed computers belonging to an Australian university, the USAF
7th Command Group in the Pentagon and other organisations, via modem. It took
three years to bring the case to court, where he was charged with 31 counts of
hacking and related crimes.

'X'?

According to Mechanical Engg, A resilient,
rubber-like material is bonded or otherwise
attached to a hard base material which keeps the
rubber-like material flat. The base has four
rubber-like pads on the opposite side from the
resilient material to refrain it from sliding on the
surface of a table, for instance. This may be
utilized to assist the operation of a cathode ray
tube pointer wherein a metal ball is rolled on a
hard surface.

What is being described here?

This Da-Vinci illustration is said to be the first time X was
conceived.
What is X?

Chess Boxing. Contestants play a round of boxing followed
round of chess.

In the film "Heroine", it was by Kareena Kapoor.
In "Gangs of Wasseypur", by Manoj Bajpai. For
most films, it was by one of the lead actors. Since
September 2012, all films that meet a certain
criterion need to have this, if they are to obtain
certification from the the Central Board of Film
Certification.
Filmmakers seem to prefer this, rather than a
scrolling ticker in the middle of their films.

Films (those who have scenes showing smoking) must
now carry a anti-smoking message before the film
begins, and just after it resumes after the interval. This
must be a voiceover by one of the lead actors of the film.

This organization was started by Fred DeLuca and Peter
Buck in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Fred wanted to start a
business to save money for college and become a doctor,
so he borrowed $1,000 to start the business from Doctor
Peter Buck. They named the company Doctor's
Associates, even though it had no affiliation with any
medical organizations or treatment. It eventually went on
to become famous in a business far removed from
anything to do with medicine.

Which company is this?

The Golden Raspberry Awards have been celebrating the
worst of Hollywood movies each year, for over three
decades. Traditionally, these awards (now in its 32nd
edition) have been announced a day before the Academy
Awards ceremony. In 2012, however, only the
nominations were announced one day prior to the Oscars.
When was the actual Awards ceremony for 2012 held?

Blagging, Blatching, Bumphing, Cobbing,
Flacking, Haversacking, Snitchnip- these are
faul of which game?

Tendulkar-5‟5‟‟
Picasso-5‟4‟‟
Gandhiji-5‟3‟‟
Nepolean-5‟2‟‟
….. Short is Greate.

Advertise of which company?

Name of his meaning is- „Tryphon Sunflower‟,
He is a genius, who demonstrates himself
throughout the series to be an expert in many
fields of science, holding three PhDs in nuclear
and theoretical physics, planetary astronomy and
calculus. He is also an experienced engineer,
archaeologist, biologist and chemis, Etc. He
learned savate at university, he is very famous
person to us.
Who?

In the recent news: An email send to the employees:

To all,
I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the
phone by Y’s Chairman of the Board. It has been my
pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the
best going forward.
X
Sent from my iPad
ID X and Y

Shivnagar is a remote and impoverished village in
Uttar Pradesh. A businessman from New Delhi
wanted to do something for the village with the
profits from his flourishing company. The company
adopted the village under its CSR initiative and has
pledged to develop its infrastructure, water
facilities and local hospital. The village renamed
itself as an expression of gratitude to the company.

What was it renamed to?

The editor M.S.Shinde (who passed away in 2012) is
perhaps best known to quizzers for being the only member
of the "Sholay" crew to win a Filmfare Award (for the year
1975). That year, the big awards for Best Film, Best
Director, and Best Story went to another film.

Incidentally, the director of that film also has a film release
in 2012 - which, ironically, shares its name with something
to do with "Sholay". Which was the 1975 film and
director?

"Deewar", by Yash Chopra. His latest film "Jab Tak Hai
Jaan" shares its name from the climactic song from
"Sholay“.

“We have, to all, in the western world, think about this.
You can actually let Christian symbols fall apart, but if
you do this with an Arab symbol, you would have a
fatwa , and that sounds a little bit like what the state of
this world is. So it‟s just something which I kind of
didn‟t think was an element, so I left it out of the
script.
Harald, my co-writer said - I will not have a fatwa on
my head because of a film”

Who speaking about what?

Ronald Emmerich speaking about the decision to not have a
scene of the Kaaba being destroyed in the movie “2012”.

When the Ottoman army left Vienna in 1683, soldiers
found bags full of X left behind with equipment. The
contents of the bag were initially mistaken for horse/camel
food but later found to be X, which bought a significant
change to Vienna‟s culture. What was X?

Coffee Beans,
Vienna got its coffeehouse culture from the Turks

In the early 1900s, this French manufacturer commissioned
the artist Andre Galland to do a series of posters to promote
various sports and one of its products X-Y which flowed
freely during the game breaks
The name X was removed from the name of the product
after a few years but the product itself did not change
However in 2006, the release of a movie renewed demand
for the original product X-Y and the manufacturer was
forced to educate the consumer that the product had never
changed
What product?

Kina Lillet, part of the famous James Bond martini

Identify him and connect to a Animation movie.

This is King Charles II. The Unicorn commanded by Sir Francis
Haddock was part of King Charles Iind fleet

The first 17-second attempt caused unconsciousness. In
the 2nd attempt Blood vessels under the skin ruptured .
The entire process took about eight minutes. George
Westinghouse later commented that "they would have
done better using an axe”.


On New Delhi, Wednesday, February, 22,2001… what could
be the Blank News?

ID the owner of this car that has no license plate and
in its place just the bar code for the Vehicle
Identification Number?

This is a throwing weapon made of weights on the
ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture
animals by entangling their legs. It is most famously
used by the South American gauchos. It shares its
name with something used in modern sport.
What??

The weapon is called Bolas
Bola- the bowling machine used by cricketers

Originally made of tortoise shell it is usually shaped
in the form of an acute isoceles triangle. Nowadays
they can also be made of acetal, ultem and lexan
amongst other materials. The extra light/thin
version has a thickness less than 0.44 mm.

What am I talking about???

Echo ___ Mines Limited was a mining company founded
in 1964 and had its initial operations on the shores of the
Great Bear Lake in Canada. They were based out of the
mining area of Port Radium in Northwest Territories and
takes its name from a silver mine of the same name in the
region. They later expanded to other regions in Canada and
the US. In 2003, the company merged with Kinross Gold
Corporation and is now its subsidiary.
The company would be remembered for necessitating the
shortening of the name of a famous company.

Which company?

The internet domain echobay.com was already owned by Echo Bay
Mines Limited .

Facebook changed his name
to Ahmad Rushdie.

He protested and got his
name back.

'X' is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and
accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that
follows his name: "M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc." 'X' however uses
German words instead of Dutch, such as "mein Gott" and
"toll", which translate in English to "my God" and "great"
respectively. 'X' shares the same first name as the 'X's creator. In
the Marvel Comics miniseries 'X-Men: Apocalypse vs.
Dracula', 'X' joins forces with the immortal mutant Apocalypse
and his worshipers, Clan Akkaba, in order to destroy
Dracula, their common enemy. In a movie adaptation the first
name of 'X' was changed to Gabriel because 'Universal' wanted
copyright privelages to 'X'.

Id 'X'....

In June 1836, French newspaper La Presse was the first to
include paid „X‟ in its pages, allowing it to lower its price,
extend its readership and increase its profitability and the
formula was soon copied by all titles. Around 1840, Volney
B. Palmer established the roots of the modern day „X‟
agency in Philadelphia. In 1842 Palmer bought large
amounts of space in various newspapers at a discounted
rate then resold the space at higher rates to „X‟.
Recent days it is very familier to us.


In November, the Guinness Book of World Records noted that
it was considering a Pakistani entry in a particular category for
a world record. Three months ago, a group of almost 6000
people gathered in Karachi to sing something, in an attempt to
break the previous record held by a group in the Phillipines.
In November, perhaps spurred on by competitiveness and
patriotism, an Indian group, made up mostly of school-
children, attempted to go past the Pakistani numbers as well.
Its status is still not clear.

What record are all these people trying to wrest?

A record for the most number of people singing their country's
national anthem.

This was created by a group of professors at MIT
Sloan School of Management in early 1960s to
demonstrate a number of key principles of supply
chain management. It is played by teams of at least
four players, often in heated competition, and takes
one to one and a half hours to complete.

What in the world of Supply Chain Management is
am I referring to ?

In 1969, just months after the world had marvelled at Neil
Armstrong's first steps on the moon, a company founded by
Larry Hillbloom, Adrian Dalsey and Robert Lynn , took
another small step that would have a profound impact on the
way the world does business. This company began to ship
papers by airplane from San Francisco to Honolulu. With this
concept, a new industry was born: international air express,
the rapid delivery of documents and shipments by airplane.

Name the company

First letter in the surname of the founders

Many alternative, often contradictory, theories have been
proposed regarding the X‟s construction. Many disagree on
whether the blocks were dragged, lifted, or even rolled into
place. Earlier it was believed that slave labour was used, but
modern discoveries suggests it was built by tens of thousands
of skilled workers. The labour was organized into a
hierarchy, consisting of two gangs of 100,000 men, divided
into five zaa or phyle of 20,000 men each, which may have
been further divided according to the skills of the workers.

Identify X

Russian Ark was a 2002 historical drama, directed by
Alexander Sokurov. It was filmed entirely in the Winter Palace
of the Russian State Hermitage Museum. The characters in this
film include Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and the
nineteenth century French traveller, Marquis de Custine.
The film was featured at the Cannes film festival.
What was unique about this movie?

The film was a 96 minute movie, taken entirely in one
single 96 min steadycam sequence shot, officially
making this the longest single shot in the history of
cinematography.

In Tamil Nadu it is a prevalent myth, that Andaal worshipped Lord
Thirumal and get married in the month of Markazhi. So this
month, unmarried girls got up before dawn to welcome God and did
something in an act of remembrance of this incident.

Legend has it that once when a the son of a certain king died, Brahma is
supposed to have asked the king to built on land a sculpture of the boy
given sketches of the boy so that he could be brought back to life.

In this context is another story that Brahma had a craze for the common
juice of a certain fruit. So using the nectar of the fruit he drew a figure of
a woman. This is sometimes referred to as the first instance of ______.

stories and circumstances behind what?

The men of the Zaraniq tribe, on the west coast of
Yemen, have a truly unique tradition, ___ (a sport).
Famous throughout Yemen for their speed, strength and
courage, the members of the Zaraniq tribe are the world‟s
only professional ___.
The origins of ____ can be traced back to ancient
times, but the tradition was almost completely
forgotten, until recently, when Zaraniq members began
practicing it once again. ____ events take place during
local celebrations like weddings, and at the al-Khamis, an
annual festival that marks the end of the palm season, and
are always accompanied by singing and dancing.

In 1967, „X‟ was the first woman to run the Boston
marathon.
After realizing that a woman was running, race
organizer Jock Semple went after „X‟ shouting, “Get
the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.”
However, „X‟s boyfriend and other male runners
provided a protective shield during the entire
marathon.
The photographs taken of the incident made world
headlines, and „X‟ later won the NYC marathon with
a time of 3:07:29. e
Identify the lady.

This man developed one of the most popular file-
format and the first software to create it. The software
carried his initials in its name. Who is he? What did he
create?

Phil Katz, creator of PKZIP and .ZIP file format.

From the records available in the Basel Mission at Balmatta,
Mangalore, it can be ascertained that in 1851, a weaver, John
Haller was sent out to exploit the opportunities that beckoned.
After 19 months, he already had 20 looms where 27 workers
were employed. By 1856, their skills had progressed and they
won the second prize at an industrial fair in Madras. Haller
experimented with the sap of a bark of a semecarpus tree and
invented a colour. He named this invention a Kannada word.

What the invention ?

What was Engineer and inventor Pascal Cotte's rise to
fame in October 2007, using a high-definition camera
of his own design, which produced a 240-million pixel
image using 13 light spectrums, including ultra-violet
and infrared?

He photographed the original Mona Lisa painting, and
revealed that the Mona Lisamay have once had eyebrows and
lashes.

. Oll Korrect, a "facetious alteration" of all correct
"Old Kinderhook" a nickname for President Martin Van Buren which
was a reference to Van Buren's birthplace Kinderhook, NY
Choctaw word okeh or hoke
Wolof and Bantu word waw-kay or from a Mande (aka "Mandinke" or
"Mandingo") phrase .
One theory of derivation which, perhaps surprisingly, has received little
attention, is that it was a corruption from the speech of the large number
of descendants of Scottish and Ulster Scots (Scots-Irish) immigrants to
North America, of the common Scots phrase "och aye." Another
postulation, that it derives from the Lakota word "Hokaheh" (also
anglicised as "Hoka Hey" and "Hoka Hay") which has many popular
mistranslations but which is probably most accurately rendered as "Let's
go!" A third suggestion is the loan of the Greek phrase Όλα Καλά or Ola
Kala, meaning "Everything's Fine".
all debated origins of a certain word.
Which word ?

this is Francis Nolan.he is Professor of Phonetics at
the University of Cambridge.
Between 1993 and 1995 he was Secretary of the
International Phonetic Association, and from 1999 to
2003 its Vice-President. He specialises in phonetics
and phonology as well as in forensic linguistics. He is
currently President of the British Association of
Academic Phoneticians.
his major claim to fame is because he was selected to
create something for a certain reason.
what did he create???

Parseltongue language featured in the
Harry Potter film.

One of the many origins to X is that the great scholar
Confucius, who lived from roughly 551 to 479
B.C., influenced the development of it.Being a pure vegetarian
and non violinist, Confucius believed knives would remind
people of slaughterhouses.
Another origin of X seems to have resulted from the fact that
smaller food cook faster and food was cut into small pieces
before cooking.
In recent times the use of X has made environment
conservationists protest as about 45 billion of X's are being
disposed off every year,resulting in imposing taxes on them.

what am I talking about????

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