6. Reguli i reglementăriș
• There'll be 15 dries & 1 written round.
• Direct-(+10)
• Pounce-(+20/-10)
• Pass-(+5)
• Googlers and cheats will get a scholarship
under the "Osama bin Laden scholarship
plan".
9. 1.
• X is a German/Polish name derived from the ancient
Slavic word for "new/ newcomer", which roughly means
"stranger" in English.
• X is also the occupational surname for the people who
use slash-and-burn agriculture to create new arable
land.
• Tommy X is the name of the character played by Clint
Eastwood in the movie "Pink Cadillac".
• X is also the name of an electronics company found by
Bob X in Irvine,California, whose racing division "Team
X" has won 20 IFMAR World Championships.
• Gimme X, a name that is an absolute "phenomenon" in a
completely different field.
15. 3.
• XY is a 2006 documentary movie directed by Billy Corben and Alfred
Spellman. The film explores the rise of X and the Miami Drug war in the
1980's.
• Producers of XY use the interview videos featuring law enforcing agencies,
journalists, former drug smugglers and gang members to provide a 1st hand
account of this drug war.
• X is also the name of a highly caffeinated energy drink destributed by Redux
beverages in the U.S.A.
• The term Y was used extensively during the American Revolution to
describe the American fighters who opposed the movement for
independence. Claudius Smith, an outlaw identified with a loyalist cause,
was referred to as the " Y of Ramapos", due to his penchant for "stealing
oxen, cattle and horses" from the colonists, and giving them to the British.
• Another theory states that the word Y was used in 1880's countryside
America to describe the men who have been implicated in various crimes.
• ID X and Y. (Image on Next slide for X)
19. 4.
• X is a series of fan-written factoids and memes that are
presented as the personality traits of X.
• Typically iterated in the form of tweets, comments and
image macros, the series is meant to poke fun at the X’s
stage persona as being emotionally sensitive and even
effeminate, which goes against the alpha male
stereotype that is still prevalent in hip hop.
• X was born as Aubrey Graham, and raised in
Toronto,Ontario, and has won a Grammy, 3 Juno and 6
BET awards,and became an internet sensation of this
year for his music video Y, which went viral across all
social platforms.
• Id X,Y.
25. 5.
• The term X is widely considered as "derogatory" and its
use was also curbed during the period of the European
crisis by the Financial Times and the Barclays Capital.
• X refers to the economies of 4 countries, that were
unable to refinance their debts on their own during the
debt crisis.
• Italy, the original member, is sometimes replaced by
Ireland, while the Iberians never lost their place, thus
leading to repetition of a letter.
• Again, repetition of another letter occurs when Great
Britain is included to this list.
• Patrick Allen, senior correspondent with CNBC, was
suggesting France to be included to the X group.
• Id X. (Hint on the next slide)
29. 6.
• The Suzuki X is a compact SUV produced by Suzuki
since 1988. It's known by various names like Sidekick,
Vitara, and Grand Vitara.
• X is Portuguese and Spanish word for "shield".
• Portuguese X was the currency of Portugal, prior to the
introduction of Euro on 1st January, 1999 and was
removed from circulation on 28 February 2002.
• However, X is still in circulation in Cape Verde, a small
island off the West African coast.
• ID X, image on the next slide.
35. ANSWER:-
• Inauguration of New Delhi as the official
seat of Government (1931)
• 20 years after the capital was shifted from
Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911
36. 8.
• Most reports suggest that the 1st X was designed by
Jack Kelley of Herman Miller Inc. in late 1969.
• The three most important benefits of the introduction of
the X were higher speed, more precision, and comfort for
the user.
• Modern X are typically made of lesser density rubber
composites (open cell styrene, butadiene rubber or open
cell SBR) with fabric bonded to the upper surface.
However, many other types of material have been used,
including fabric, plastics, recycled rubber tires, neoprene,
silicone rubber, leather, glass, cork, wood, aluminum,
stone and stainless steel. High-quality gaming X are
usually made from plastic, glass, aluminum or high-tech
fibers.
• Id X.
39. 9.
• X is an animated GIF series featuring a cutout of Y in the
1994 black comedy crime film Pulp Fiction edited into
other base images of various contexts.
• On November 17th, 2012, user karmafrappuccino posted
a reaction GIF of the Pulp Fiction character _______
____ (played by Y ) looking around a room while being
spoken to over an intercom by the character Mia
Wallace.
• Id X n Y.
• N.B. :- If you get X, then you can easily get Y.
42. 10.
• Most people have a misconception that X and Y are the same
cities/part of the same city. But actually, they're not.
• X, considered as the greenest city of India, came into administrative
existence on 17 April 1976, and hence, this day is celebrated as X
day.
• X was created under UP Industrial Development Area Act, and the X
authority happens to be the richest civic body in the country.
• Y was earlier a part of X, but in 1990's, due to huge influx of people
from all parts of North India, the sale of residential plots and project
launches increased, thus carving out an entirely new city.
• Sectors of Y are named after Greek alphabets like
alpha,beta,gamma, omicron, mu, etc.
• Y houses the village of Rampur Jagir, where the great revolutionary,
Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil was hiding underground for mainpuri
conspiracy in 1919. Id X,Y.
45. 11.
• X is an operetta by Jacques Offenbach.
• X was designed in 1864 by noted French architect
Charles Duval, and has been a "legendary" venue for
"Rock Music".
• The term X is also a pun on the French expression "tout
le X", which means "the whole nine yards"/"all that jazz".
• X is an 8-lettered word, where the 1st four letters form
the name of a "very popular footwear brand", and the
last 4 letters form a word which indirectly/directly refers
to "all the members and relations existing in a family".
However, the word formed by last 4 letters of X may also
remind you of a hugely popular online multiplayer game.
• Id this place X, which was very much in the news in mid-
November, for some very "wrong" reasons. (Pic in next
slide)
49. WRITTEN ROUND
• Here's a list of ten hollywood
movies/posters which have inspired some
popular Bollywood movies/posters.. Just
Identify the Bollywood movie.
• +10 for each correct.
• +20 bonus for 5/more correct.
• +30 bonus for 7/more correct.
• +50 bonus for getting all correct.
