5. • The X serials of 1930s followed space explorer
X as he battled against the forces of evil led by
Ming the Merciless.
• These serials were massive inspirations to
George Lucas to the extent that he directly
copied the opening credit crawls for the iconic
credits sequence of Star Wars.
• Hint : The character of X was referenced
heavily in the movie Ted too.
8. Give the blank
• ________is a series of books, usually featuring a
collection of short and dense inspirational stories
and motivational essays compiled by motivational
speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen.
• There have been numerous volumes of
_________ issued. As of January 2006, there
were over 105 titles. Many of the books are
directed at specific groups of people.
• The name of the series was chosen because X is a
home remedy and was thus good for the body.
11. @!!#?@!
• X is an arcade video game developed and published by
Gottlieb in 1982.
• It was well received in arcades and by critics. The success
resulted in sequels and use of the character's likeness in
merchandising, such as appearances on lunch
boxes, toys, and an animated television show.
• The game has been referenced in episodes of the
television series South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, and
The Simpsons and most recently in the movie Wreck it
Ralph.
19. Ans.
• They are
inspirations for
monsters in
Monsters vs.
Aliens
20. Some say, if you knew what X
knows, you’d wake up screaming.
• X attempted to race to 100 mph and then
come to a halt on the 200 metres long flight
deck of HMS Invincible, a Royal Navy aircraft
carrier, on which British Aerospace Sea
Harrier jump jets reach 100 mph before take-
off.
• However he ‘died’. Who?
27. Give X
• X (born 5 March 1925) is a French-Vietnamese lawyer who has
earned fame continually since the 1950s, first as an anticolonialist
communist figure and then for defending a long string of well known
clients which include both leftwing and rightwing terrorists, war
criminals, and militants, including Holocaust denier Roger
Garaudy, Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and international terrorist
Carlos the Jackal.
• The media have sensationalized him with the sobriquet, "the Devil's
advocate", and he himself has contributed to his "notorious"
public persona by such acts as titling his autobiography The Brilliant
Bastard and giving provocative replies in interviews. He claims that
when asked if he would have defended Hitler, he replied, "...I'd even
defend Bush! But only if he agrees to plead guilty."
30. Give the blank
• The Hague Convention of 1899, Declaration
III, prohibits the use in international warfare of bullets
which easily expand or flatten in the body, giving as
example a bullet with a jacket with incisions or one
that does not fully cover the core. This is often
incorrectly believed to be prohibited in the Geneva
Conventions, but it significantly predates those
conventions.
• These bullets were given the name ______, after an
early British example produced in the ______
arsenal, near Calcutta, India.
• Hint : The arsenal is popular for another reason too.
32. • Dum-Dum bullets
• Dum-Dum Arsenal was a British military
facility located near the town of Dum Dum
(near Calcutta) in modern West Bengal, India.
• The arsenal was at the centre of the India
Rebellion of 1857 regarding suspicion that
cartridges distributed at the arsenal were
greased with pig and cow fat.
33. Give X
• The X medal was instituted in 1943 in the United
Kingdom by Maria _____ to honour the work of
animals in war.
• The first recipients of the award, in December
1943, were three pigeons, serving with the Royal
Air Force, all of whom contributed to the
recovery of air crew from ditched aircraft during
the Second World War. The most recent animal to
be honoured is Theo, a search dog serving in
Afghanistan. As of October 2012, it has been
awarded 64 times.
36. Give X and Y
• John Walter Montagu of Beaulieu, was a British
Conservative politician and promoter of
motoring.
• During his first marriage Beaulieu had a daughter
by his mistress and secretary Eleanor Thornton.
Wanting an appropriate mascot for his
_______, and using Eleanor Thornton as a model
to symbolise the secrets of their love, the
sculptor was commissioned to design the
precursor (called “X") of the Y; the famous mascot
that has adorned nearly every _______ car since
1911.
39. Give X
• The X is a traditional Christian visual symbol
which expresses many aspects of the doctrine of
the _______, summarizing the first part of the
Athanasian Creed in a compact diagram.
• This diagram consists of four nodes (generally
circular in shape) interconnected by six links.
• The X is not generally intended to be any kind of
schematic diagram of the structure of God, but
instead is merely a compact visual device from
which the twelve propositions can be read off.
41. Shield of Trinity
• Propositions:-
"The Father is God"
"The Son is God"
"The Holy Spirit is God"
"God is the Father“
"God is the Son"
"God is the Holy Spirit"
"The Father is not the Son"
"The Son is not the Father"
"The Father is not the Holy Spirit"
"The Holy Spirit is not the Father"
"The Son is not the Holy Spirit"
"The Holy Spirit is not the Son"
42. Give X
• X is located
approximately 10 km off
the eastern coast of
India on the Bay of
Bengal and about 70 km
south of Chandipur in
Orissa. The island is
about 2 km in length
and 390 acres.
• Became widely popular
in India on 19th
April, 2012.
45. Give X
• X is a puzzle game and part of a very popular
video game series.
• On March 8, 2012, National Geographic updated
their Web site to offer the official companion
book to the game in their e-store namely X: A
Furious Flight into the Final Frontier.
• X paid homage to several popular games like
Tetris, Pac man, Super Mario etc. in its bonus
levels.
48. Give the movie
• Act of Providence is a supernatural detective
novella by Joseph Payne Brennan and Donald M.
Grant.
• The novella features Brennan's supernatural
detective Lucius Leffing and is set during the first
World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode
Island in 1975.
• A recent Bollywood movie is said to be inspired
from it, though the director and lead actor
vehemently oppose this.
