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6. X, which started as the International
Time Recording Company ,in 1888,
changed several names and logos before
it came to be called the X Corporation.
The current logo, designed by Paul Rand,
was introduced in 1972. The horizontal
stripes forming the letters X are
suggestive of the 'speed and dynamism'.
ID X.
12. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?
“X" WAS RECORDED IN NEW YORK AND
ACCORDING TO MARTINEZ, WAS WRITTEN
"PRETTY QUICKLY.“ IT IS FROM THE DELUXE
EDITION OF HER DEBUT ALBUM, CRY BABY (2015).
IN APRIL 2020, THE SONG GAINED POPULARITY
DUE TO ITS WIDESPREAD USE ON THE
APP TIKTOK. ON MAY 1, 2020, THE SONG WAS
CERTIFIED GOLD BY THE RECORDING INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (RIAA) FOR SELLING
OVER 500,000 UNITS IN THE UNITED STATES.
18. WHICH COMPANY CAME OUT WITH THIS CAMPAIGN IN 1960,JUST
15 YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR 2 SO AS TO CHANGE THE
PERCEPTION OF AMERICANS,ABOUT AN ENTIRE GROUP OF
PEOPLE?
21. •HEADQUARTERED IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, X'S BUSINESS STRATEGY
FOCUSES ON PROVIDING A PLATFORM, MUCH EASIER THAN ITS PROMINENT
COMPETITORS. IT ALSO STANDS FOR A TECHNOLOGY THAT EVENTUALLY IS
COST-SAVING AND FOCUSES ON MINIMISING COMPUTATIONAL COST AND
HIGHER EMPLOYEE EFFICIENCY.
•X WAS FOUNDED BY ERIC YUAN, A FORMER CISCO WEBEX ENGINEER AND
ENGINEER IN 2011. X HAD A VERY AGGRESSIVE REVENUE GROWTH AND THE
RELIABILITY OF ITS SOFTWARE RESULTED IN A $1 BILLION VALUATION IN
2017, MAKING IT A 'UNICORN' COMPANY.
•WHICH COMPANY IS THIS THAT HAS MADE A PHENOMENONAL UNEXPECTED
GROWTH IN THE YEARS 2019 AND 2020?
24. PENALTY SHOOTOUT
•+30/0 ON DIRECT
•+20/-10 ON POUNCE.
•QUIZMASTER’S DECISION IS FINAL.
•NO GOOGLING(RELAX ,YOU GOT THIS)
25. •EVEN THOUGH IT’S SHORTER THAN MT. EVEREST (WHICH THOUSANDS
HAVE SCALED), NO ONE HAS REACHED ITS SUMMIT SO FAR. MANY CLAIM
THIS TO BE THE BIDDING OF SUPERNATURAL FORCES, WHILE SCIENTISTS
ARE LEFT BAFFLED.
•MANY ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GET TO THE PEAK, BUT ALMOST ALL
OF THEM WERE THWARTED BY EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS THE
MOMENT THEY SET FOOT ON THE MOUNTAIN, ALMOST LIKE THE MOUNTAINS
DIDN’T WANT PEOPLE CLIMBING IT.
•SEVERAL OTHERS CLAIM THAT ONCE ON THE MOUNTAIN, NAVIGATION
BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE AS DIRECTIONS BECOME CONFUSING, SOME EVEN
GOING AS FAR TO SAY THAT THE MOUNTAIN AND IT’S SUPERNATURAL
FORCES TWIST AND TURN DIRECTIONS.
•WHICH NATURAL ARCHITECTURE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
36. SPACEX-These are the Autonomous Spaceport
Droneship(ASDS) which are robot controlled. It allows
the recovery of rockets for reusing them since they're
landed over these platforms on sea so that the extra
fuel required to return to the launch site can be
saved as well.
37. In X is a phrase that has originated from Y's evolutionary theory
as a way of describing the mechanism of natural
selection.According to the aforementioned theory, the phrase
actually means the "long lasting existence of the individual
that will leave the most number of copies of itself in
successive generations".
X was first used by Herbert Spencer after reading Y's 'On The
Origin of Species' in his principles of Biology.
In 1866, Alfred Wallace wrote to Y about readers thinking natural
selection as a personification of nature and that he should adopt
Spencer's phrase instead of that to which Y positively
responded.
Identify X, which is a very popular term even today and Y.
40. •X started playing guitar at the age of 16 and songwriting
during late teen.Grown up in Jaipur, X completed his
graduation from the New York University before moving to
Delhi to pursue a full-time career in music.
•After releasing a pair of extended play records, his debut
album 'In Tokens and Charms' earned him the first place at
the prestigious International songwriting competition.
•He also did some arena support slots with Alt-J and Mike
Posner, and soon X was performing around the world.
•X however held the top headlines again in 2019 after being
Internationally recognised by a very eminent figure for his
album Cold/Mess.
•ID X
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53. Pakistan International Airlines(PIA)
It was in the news because of its pilot who made
a technical blunder and landed the plane over a residential
area in Karachi.