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3. A X word is a word that carries all the letters of
one of its synonyms in itself, the synonym being
called a Y word, and arranged such that these
letters appear in the same order in both
words.For example, the word ‘action’ is a X word
carrying the ‘Y’ word act.These words were
originally popularized as a word game by Ben
O'Dell in an article for The American Magazine.Id
X/Y
5. Oliwia Dabrowska after acting in this
film, confessed that she was horrified
when watching the film for the first
time at the age of 11, breaking her
promise to the director to wait until
she was 18. 'I was ashamed of being
in the movie and angry with my
mother and father when they told
anyone about the part,’ she said.
Which role is she talking about?
7. In Bhagavad Gita, the name of different Xs of Pandavas and
Kauravas are mentioned:
Then, Lord Krishna used Panchajanya; Arjuna used his, the
Devadatta; and Bhima used his terrific Paundram. King Yudhisthira
used his Anantavijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva used the Sughosa
and Manipuspaka.
Because of the association of the X with water, nāgas are often
named after X. The list of Nāgas in the Mahabharata, the Harivamsha
and the Bhagavat Purana includes names like X, MahaX, Xpala and
Xchuda.
X is also the state emblem of Kerela.
Which object are we talking about?
9. Bertrand Russel spent 10 years trying to reinvent
Mathematics starting at the most basic, it took him
over 360 pages to prove something which we use
almost everyday and even a kid from nursery could
tell "the proportion" he was trying to prove, it was
published in his book Principia Mathematica which is
widely considered to be one of the most import and
seminal works in logic. What was it that he was
trying to prove?
11. In high school and National Collegiate
Athletic Association(NCAA)
Basketball. How does the rule,
“Players cannot use the numbers 6, 7,
8, or 9 in either the ones or tens place
on their jerseys” help the official?
12. According to the rule,“The Official shall report fouls to
the scorer by using two hands to display the jersey
number of the person who committed the foul. The
official’s right hand will indicate the first digit of the
number or the tens and the left hand will indicate the
second digit of the number or the ones. The digits of
the number should be displayed at the same time.”
Now there are numbers like six that would cause
confusion. Depending on which fingers were used,
the scorer might think the official meant 15 or 51
rather than six.
13. In 1870, a German chemist named Erich von Wolf
was researching the nutritional benefits of X. In his
notes, he accidentally printed the decimal point in
X's content of a particular mineral in the wrong spot
hence claiming it to contain the mineral 10 times
more. In 1930's, America was mired in the Great
Depression. The U.S. government was looking for a
way to promote meat substitutes and merits of
canned foods. To help spread the word, they decided
to hire one of America's favorite "celebrity". Id X / put
funda
15. This term traces its origin to an opera by
French composer Edmond Audran in 1880.
The plotline revolves around a farm girl who
is believed to bring good luck to whoever
possesses her, so long as she remains a
virgin. However, the term is now integral to a
different field and is present in most of its
events. Which term?
17. According to a Hindu legend, X, an avatar of Parvati, was to
marry Shiva, who failed to show up on his wedding day. Rice
and other grains meant for the wedding feast remained
uncooked and unused. As the legend goes, the uncooked
grains turned into stones as time went by. Some believe that
the small stones on the shore today, which look like rice, are
indeed grains from the wedding that was never solemnised. X
is now considered a virgin goddess who blesses pilgrims and
tourists who flock the town. Her temple located in a city is a
Shakti Peetha or a holy shrine. The fact of X's marital status is
reflective in the name of the city itself.
19. This wooden block used as a door-stopper went
on sale on IKEA in 2016 for appropriate reasons.
Give the name of this product.
20.
21. The Steagles was the team created by the
temporary merger of two National Football
League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and
the Philadelphia Eagles,in the year 1943. The
league's official record book refers to the team as
"Phil-Pitt Combine", but the unofficial "Steagles",
despite never being registered by the NFL, has
become the enduring moniker. What was the
reason for the temporary merger of these two
teams? Put Funda.
22. Due to lack of players
during the recruitment of
World War 2
23. The Svalbard Vault is a secure bank on the Norwegian
island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard
archipelago.The structure is 120 meter high and inside a
sandstone mountain and employs robust security
systems. This was selected for the purpose it serves
because it lacked tectonic activity and had permafrost
and is 130 meters above sea level which keeps the site
dry even if the ice caps melts. An internationally
recommended temperature of -18 degrees is maintained
inside. This vault is an attempt to ensure the loss of one
of the most essential commodities during large scale
regional or global crises. What is the purpose of this
vault or simply what samples does it store? *image
follow*
26. As they plied their trade in eastern seas 400 years ago,
European merchants encountered the newly-risen Mughal
Empire of India. It became a place of great culture and art and
hence, it helped lots of European artists. Perhaps the greatest
of all of these artists was X as precious Mughal drawings,
watercolors and other pictures were highly cherished by rich
Hollanders. X was interested in Mughal miniatures, especially
around the 1650s. He drew versions of some 23 Mughal
paintings, and may have owned an album of them. These
miniatures include paintings of Shah Jahan, Akbar, Jahangir.
These oriental studies raise questions of whether they taught
him new techniques, the costumes and other aspects of his
works. X?
28. Ryan Giggs’ desperate bid to keep his name out of the papers
over an alleged secret affair with Imogen Thomas by hiding
behind a court gagging order finally came to an end when MP
John Hemming in the Commons named him the footballer
who had the alleged six-month fling with 28-year-old Big
Brother star Imogen. He told MPs: “With about 75,000 people
naming Ryan Giggs on Twitter it’s obviously impracticable to
imprison them all.” And that is how Ryan’s attempt to keep his
affair private finally came to an end, thanks to the sites like
twitter who named him. All of this was featured in an article by
Mirror. Which pop-culture reference with a wordplay was the
title of this article?
29.
30. "Moonshine" still implies that the liquor is produced
illegally, and the term is sometimes used on the labels of
legal products to market them as providing a forbidden
drinking experience.
Once distilled, drivers called bootleggers smuggled the
moonshine across the region in specially adapted cars,
which were ordinary on the outside but modified with
souped-up engines, extra interior room, and heavy-duty
shock absorbers to coddle the jars of illicit alcohol. After
Prohibition ended, the out-of-work drivers kept their skills
sharp through organized races, this lead to the formation of
which association?
31.
32. Kazuto Nakazawa is a Japanese character
designer and director of numerous anime series
and video games who also goes by the
pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji. His directorial work
includes Parasite Dolls, the Moondrive segment
of Genius Party Beyond, etc. He has also
animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for
the Linkin Park song "Breaking the Habit.".
For which purpose was he employed in the west
in the early 2000s?
34. In 1994, contemporary artist Tom Sachs was invited to
create a scene for Barneys New York Christmas displays
and titled it X Nativity. For this scene, the Virgin Mary was
replaced by X with an open Chanel bra, the three Kings
were all Bart Simpson, and the stable was marked by a
McDonald's logo. This contemporary revision of the
scene received mostly great attention, and demonstrated
Sachs' interest in the phenomena of consumerism.
Identify X who, according to her backstory is a perpetual
3rd-grade student who lives outside London. She has no
mouth, as its Japanese creators want people to "project
their feelings onto the character"
35.
36. In 'The Odyssey', a Greek epic poem by Homer,
Odysseus meets the monster cyclops Polyphemus
during the course of his wanderings. Polyphemus
asks Odysseus his name, and Odysseus replies
that his name is "Utis", which translates as "No
Man" or "No One". This pseudonym, in the Latin
translation of the Odyssey, is the basis of whose
name, who, like Odysseus, wanders the sea in exile
and likewise grieves the tragic deaths of his
crewmen ?
38. In an episode of Rick and Morty,
Snuffles,the family dog, develops
higher intelligence and wants to
enslave the Smith family. After he gets
these intention he says he wants to go
by the name 'Snowball'. Why was this
name chosen or what is this a
reference to?
40. The XY Alliance is a nonprofit organization founded by
comedian Andrew Slack, a rock band named 'X and the
Ys' and XY fans in 2005 to draw attention to human
rights violations in Sudan. Since then, the organisation's
campaigns have focused on topics such as literacy,
United States immigration reform, economic justice, gay
rights, etc. They have received recognition from many
popular figures in the XY community and have been the
subject of multiple academic studies on fan activism and
civic engagement among youth. XY?
42. The word "X" comes from a comment Colonel
Neville F.F. Chamberlain made about a player who
missed a shot. He called him "a real X", referring
to his lack of experience, "X" being a slang term
for a first year cadet. The first official set of rules
for X were drafted in 1882 at Ootacamund "Ooty"
in Madras Province.The BBC began broadcasting
in colour and were looking for programmes that
could exploit this new technology. The programme
first aired on 23 July 1969, on BBC2, which played
a large part in the popularisation of the modern
game. X?
44. A resident of Southwestern USA has
erected a 6-foot-high wrought iron fence
around her house to keep out people who
come to, among other things, throw a
particular object on the roof because they
think it’s commemorative. Which object
and which incident which may remind you
of a Horse without a Name.