I apologize, I do not have enough context to identify X and Y. Could you please provide more details?

3. 1 This Honorary award, unique in the history of
the Oscars, consists of one large statuette and
seven miniature statuettes and was given to
Walt Disney in 1938. What for?

4. •

5. • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

6. 2 Altamount was one of the of the two largest Open Air
Concerts in the USA in 1969. It was considered to be a
minor blip in comparison to the brainchild of two
businessmen who wanted to pay homage to Bob Dylan
by dedicating a studio in his hometown.
Because the original site could not accommodate the
fans expected, the site was shifted to nearby Wallkill,
yet retained the name of the original venue. Besides
being credited with the invention of the “Revolving
Stage” and “musician(s) setting their instrument(s) on
fire” this concert remains the most historically
significant in rock music. Identify the concert?

8. WOODSTOCK

9. • 3 This famous brand borrows its name from
the Greek goddess of victory.
• It’s trademark slogan apparently inspired
former US president Bill Clinton to get
married. What brand and slogan are we
talking about?

12. 4
In 1893, a young German chemist, Felix Hoffman
had exhausted all the known drugs in atempting
to ease his father’s arthritis. At Bayer, where he
worked, Hoffman prepared a batch of a synthetic
type of salicin and tested it in his father. It
worked.
Bayer realised that the young employee had
created an important new drug and decided to
produce the compound from the Meadow Sweet
plant and called it ________.

14. ASPIRIN

16. What does this map represent?

17. •

18. Left and Right hand traffic
throughout the world.

19. .It is speculated that this lady borrowed the name Victor from John Milton’s Paradise
Lost. Milton frequently refers to God as ‘the Victor’ in Paradise Lost, and the lady
attempted to portray her creation Victor as playing God by creating life. Victor’s
adventures happened at Ingolstadt, which also witnessed the creation of a body X on
on May 1, 1776, thanks to a German philosopher named Adam Weishaupt. Who’s the
lady and X?

20. •

21. Mary Shelley
Frankestein

22. • The leaf springs of recycled truck suspensions is the
most popular material for this purpose because their
high carbon content produces a quality of hardness
in the final product that allows it to be flexed without
breaking. However, many people use sections of rail
that has been packed by freight wheel impact. These
items are imported in large quantities from a
neighboring country. Making a single final product is
a task that takes four men an entire day. What is this
object, that also featured in the climax of Bram
Stoker’s Dracula? Pics of the initial stages of the
process follow

25. •

27. • Kryptos is an encrypted sculpture by
the American artist, Jim Sanborn, that is located on the
grounds of the ____________ in Langley, Virginia Since
its dedication on November 3, 1990, there has been
much speculation about the meaning of
the encrypted messages it bears. Of the four messages,
three have been solved, with the fourth remaining one
of the most famous unsolved codes in the world. The
sculpture continues to provide a diversion for
cryptanalysts, both amateur and professional, who are
attempting to decipher the final section. The sculptor
has given clues on several occasions.

30. C I A

31. ROUND 2

32. • X’s disappearance caused an outcry from the public. The
Home Secretary, William Joynson-Hicks, pressured police,
and a newspaper offered £100 reward. Over a thousand
police officers, 15,000 volunteers and several aeroplanes
scoured the rural landscape. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle even
gave a spirit medium one of X's gloves to find the missing
woman. Dorothy L Sayers visited the house in Surrey, later
using the scenario in her book Unnatural Death
• X's disappearance featured on the front page of The New
York Times. Despite the extensive manhunt, she was not
found for 10 days. On 14 December 1926, she was found at
the Swan Hydropathic Hotel (now the Old Swan Hotel
in Harrogate Yorkshire, registered as Mrs Teresa Neele
from Cape Town.I D X?

35. • AGATHA CHRISTIE

36. • The following image of a group of monkeys appeared
in 1886 in a German journal named Berichte der
Durstigen Chemischen Gesellschaft. It parodied an
anecdote that was famous through oral transmission
but had not yet appeared in print. The anecdote
itself has its origins in the harsh winter of 1861-62
that caused someone to doze off in front of a fire in
Ghent, Belgium. What anecdote?

38. •

40. • Nikola Tesla once remarked of him: “If he had a
needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at
once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw
after straw until he found the object of his search. I
was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a
little theory and calculation would have saved him
ninety per cent of his labor.”
• Incredibly, Henry Ford kept the last breath of this
inventive man in an enclosed test tube. Who?

41. •

42. • Thomas A. Edison

43. • Argo was Robert Ballard's unmanned undersea video sledge.
It had an array of cameras looking forward and down, as well
as strobes and incandescent lighting to illuminate the ocean
floor. It could acquire wide-angle film and television pictures
while flying 50 to 100 feet above the sea floor, towed from a
surface vessel, and could also zoom in for detailed views .
• Which immense tragedy did the Argo discover in the early
hours of September 1st, 1985?

44. •

45. • The wreckage of titanic

46. • The so called Ararat anomaly appears in
certain photographs. What is it that can
apparently be seen in these photos?
• Pics follow.

48. •

49. • The remains of noah’s ark

50. The Stereoscope, introduced in 1844 by David Brewster,
is believed to have been the world's first example of
what?

51. •

52. • 3D Camera, able to take three-dimensional
pictures.

53. • During one of the depositions in the film “The Social
Network”, it is mentioned that the invention of Facebook
made Mark Zuckerberg "the biggest thing on a campus that
included nineteen Nobel Laureates, fifteen Pulitzer Prize
winners, two future Olympians, and a movie star." One of the
lawyers then asks, "Who was the movie star?" and the
response is, "Does it matter?" This movie star was, in
fact, _______, who was enrolled at Harvard from 1999 to
2003 and helped screenwriter Aaron Sorkin by providing him
insider information about goings-on at Harvard at the time
Facebook first appeared there.

54. •

55. Natalie Portman

56. • It was designed by the British Ministry of Information during the
period 27 June – 6 July 1939 It was produced as part of a series of
three "Home Publicity" posters . Each poster showed the slogan
under a representation of a "Tudor Crown” (a symbol of the state).
They were intended to be distributed to strengthen morale in the
event of a wartime disaster, such as mass bombing of major cities
using high explosives and poison gas, which was widely expected
within hours of an outbreak of war Copies of Keep Calm and Carry
On were retained until April 1940, but stocks were then pulped as
part of the wider Paper Salvage campaign. An October 1940 edition
of the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury records the poster being
hung in a shop in Leeds The typeface is often assumed to be Gill
Sans, which is very close but not exact (see the terminals of the 'C',
for example). The lettering was perhaps hand drawn by a now-
unknown designer. What Poster are we talking about?

57. •

59. ROUND 3

60. Identify X?

62. Hello Kitty

63. This is Cubestormer 2.Give its use?

65. Solve Rubik’s Cube.
•

66. X Whaaaat?
• The taxon X was formally named in 1842 by Sir
Richard Owen, who used it to refer to the
"distinct tribe or sub-order of Saurian Reptiles"
that were then being recognized in England and
around the world. The term is derived from the
Greek words meaning "terrible," "potent," or
"fearfully great" and meaning "lizard" or "reptile".
Though the taxonomic name has often been
interpreted as a reference to X‘s teeth, claws, and
other fearsome characteristics, Owen intended it
merely to evoke their size and majesty.

68. • Dinosaur

69. Where?
• According to the FAI (Fédération
Aéronautique Internationale) guideline, as of
Jan 3, 2013, a total of 530 people from 38
countries are known to have gone into space,
but only 3 people have visited this place on
earth. Which place ?
• Hint follows.

70. Hell yeah, He was one of them

73. • Sixty years ago, on 28 February 1953, X walked
into the Eagle pub in Cambridge, UK, and
announced something for which he would
later share a Nobel Prize. "We have found the
secret of life," his collaborator and subsequent
fellow Nobel laureate Y later quoted him as
saying. The pair really had figured out
something very close to that. What??

75. Watson and Crick discovered the
double helixed DNA

76. What’s the Funda???

79. Identify these guys?

81. • Walt Disney and Wernher von braun

82. • Due to its negative depiction of Indians, which
film became the first to be fully censored in
India???

84. Indy Jones Temple of Doom

85. ROUND 4

86. • The name ‘X’ is from a fictional paradise peopled by
Black Amazons and ruled by Queen Calafia. The
kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was
said to be a remote land inhabited by griffins and other
strange beasts, and rich in gold. “Know ye that at the
right hand of the Indies there is an island called X, very
close to that part of the Terrestrial Paradise, which was
inhabited by black women without a single man among
them, and they lived in the manner of Amazons. They
were robust of body with strong passionate hearts and
great virtue. The island itself is one of the wildest in
the world on account of the bold and craggy rocks.” ----
- The Adventures of Esplandián Identify X.

88. CALIFORNIA

89. • The ______ were 19th century English textile
artisans who protested against newly developed
labor saving machinery from 1811 to 1817.
Though the origin of the term is uncertain, a
popular theory is that it is named after Ned ____
a youth who allegedly smashed two stocking
frames in 1779 and whose name became
emblematic with the movement. The term is
used today to refer to people who fear
technology and innovation and prefer the stays
quo. Give the term.

91. LUDDITES

92. • The X (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) denizen
of the Y plantations of Java, Sumatra, and
Sulawesi, eats only the ripest Y cherries.
Unable to digest the Y, the X graciously
deposits them on the jungle floor where they
are eagerly collected by the locals. The
stomach acids and enzymatic action involved
in this unique fermentation process produces
the beans for the world’s rarest Y. Give X and Y.

94. KOPI LUWAK
COFFEE

95. Why ???

97. • To protect the Taj from bomber jets in 1942.

98. • In 2000, there was a poll conducted in Japan
by the Fuji Research Institute to identify the
greatest Japanese innovation of the 20th
century. Karaoke finished second in the poll,
followed by the Sony Walkman. Then came
video gaming consoles, CDs and compact
cameras. The films of famous director Akira
Kurosawa finished in 7th place, just ahead of
Nintendo's Pokemon. Which commonplace
invention topped the poll?

100. INSTANT NOODLES

101. • This is a PEZ dispenser (for the uninitiated, PEZ is an Austrian company
making mint candies..) This was later incorporated by other mint candy
manufacturers too, like tic tac. Why is it shaped this way?
•

103. PEZ mints were first marketed as an alternative to smoking, and so the
dispensers were similar in shape to a cigarette lighter.

104. ?
• The X River in northern Democratic Republic of
the Congo is the headstream of the Mongala
River, a tributary of the Congo River. It is roughly
250 km in length. It lends its name to a
particularly virulent family of beings, which have
wreaked havoc since 1977. In 2000,their name
was changed to add Zaire to it, though it has
been discontinued since 2010. These particular
beings have eluded medical science, and even
recently (and ongoing) caused great speculation
about bringing an apocalyptic end if they break
loose. Give me X.

106. • Ebola River, lending its name to the
epidemic.

107. • Edison’s first patented invention was never
used for the purpose for which it was made.
• The people who were supposed to use it were
unimpressed and more importantly they
thought it would reduce the time taken for
performing a particular activity and this would
reduce the time they had to convince people.
What invention greatly used in the modern
day?

109. EVM

110. ROUND 5

111. In a bid to increase profits, radio stations in the
1920s convinced businesses that sold household
goods to sponsor their radio shows.
With the advent of the daytime serial drama
format, the motive was to appeal to the main
consumers of household goods, being female
homemakers.
A product of Proctor & Gamble called Oxydol was
one of the sponsors of a popular daytime serial
drama in 1933. This is the supposed origin of a
commonly used term. What term?

113. SOAP OPERAS

114. British gunners in WWII were able to locate and shoot down German
planes at night due to the invention of radar, which the Germans
knew nothing about. • To cover up the invention of radar, the
British spread about an urban legend which suggested that the
massive increase in night vision of their pilots was due to
_________________. • This rationale was further popularized by
the British Royal Air Force through a a story about the night vision
flying prowess of their skilled fighter pilot John "Cats' Eyes"
Cunningham. • In response to the story, many British people began
to ___________as they wanted to improve their vision so that they
could see better during the compulsory blackouts that were
common during World War II. • This alleged legend not only
convinced the Germans, but also persists even to this day. • What is
the legend/rationale?

116. • The Royal Air Force in order to keep their on-
board Airborne Interception Radar (AI) under
wraps, according to research pulled from the
files of the Imperial War Museum, the Mass
Observation Archive, and the UK National
Archives, the Ministry provided another
reason for their success: carrots.

117. _________often contains citric acid because it
preserves some of the oils in______itself.
________became the first product to be sold in
a sachet in India??

119. SHAMPOO

120. • In 1999 a team of Lockheed Martin engineers used the
English system of measurement, while the rest of the
team used the metric system for a Mars orbiter.
• The use of two different measurement systems
prevented the spacecraft's navigation coordinates from
being transferred from a spacecraft team in Denver to
a lab in California. The orbiter was then lost in space,
and ________ was out $125 million.
• Who???

123. Alternative Poster for what film?

125. FIGHT CLUB

126. • Thomas Jefferson is known for two things:
being the father of democracy and being
the inventor of a chair with a seat able to be
turned on its base to face in any direction.
• How do we commonly know this commodity?

128. SWIVEL CHAIR

129. Identify x & y?
• In 1994, Apple chose the internal codename “X" for its
PowerMac 7100. Though it was meant as an homage to XY
(and an in-joke that the computer would make Apple
"billions and billions" of dollars), they also used the
codenames "Piltdown Man" and "Cold Fusion" for the
Power Mac 6100 and 8100, respectively. When XY found
out that he was being put alongside scientific hoaxes, he
sued Apple. Though Apple won the suit, the codename was
changed to BHA (Butt Head Astronomer) ... which
prompted yet another lawsuit from the p.o.'d astronomer!
Apple won again, but their lawyers demanded the
engineers change the codename one more time, which
they did. The PowerMac 7100 was known by its final
codename LAW, which stood for "Lawyers Are Wimps."

131. CARL SAGAN

132. X in beverage advertisements are typically made
of acrylic so they won’t melt under hot
photography lights or move around. Bubbles are
made by adding detergent, and water is added so
light will filter through better.
When a chewing gum gets stuck in your clothing,
Keep your cool and grab X. Rub it on the gum to
harden it, then scrape it off with a spoon.
I D X?

134. ICE CUBES