2. 1) Identify.

4. 2)Two theories try to explain the origin of this
extremely common usage. :
• During the printing of appendix of Rene
Descarte‟s classic treatise „La Geometries‟.
While the text was being typeset, the printer
ran short of certain letters in the alphabet and
therefore used a single alternative for all of
them.
• Its usage alludes to the Arabic root word
„Shei‟.
What are we talking about?

5. Usage of „x‟ as unknown in algebra

6. 3) Instead of hours and minutes, the mean
solar day is divided up into 1000 parts called
"beats". Each beat lasts 1 minute and 26.4
seconds. Although the company does not
specify units smaller than one beat, third party
implementations have extended the standard
by adding "centi-beats" or "sub-beats" as a
decimal fraction, for extended precision:@248.00
There are no time zones; instead, the new
time scale of Biel Mean Time (BMT) is used,
based on the company's headquarters in Biel,
Switzerland. What am I talking about?

7. Swatch Internet Time

8. 4)T.N.Shrikantaiah was instrumental in
preparing and publishing Kannada version of
Constitution of India in 1952. He is perhaps
best remembered for suggesting the term
X, a sanskrit equivalent for Y. When there
was a discusssion on the equivalent term
for Y, as a member of Indian Constitutional
Council, it was he who suggested X.
The term was accepted unanimously and is
still in use.
Give me X and Y.

9. X-Rashtrapathi
Y-President

10. **5) Her name is
Anneleise Michel, a
young German girl born
in September,1952. The
tragic life of this girl
(and death) served as
the inspiration for what?

12. 6)It is believed that Yama, the God of death
and the custodian of ‘Naraka’ visits Yamuna
for a certain reason on a particular day
of the year.
Which auspicious occasion?

13. Bhai Dooj/Bhai Fota
Yamuna is sister of Yama who puts the auspicious
mark on his forehead and prays for his well-being.
So its held that anyone who gets tilak from his sister
on this day would never be hurdled into hell.

14. 7)In June 2006, Sarah Faberge, great-
granddaughter of Russian Imperial Jeweller
Carl Faberge, was commissioned to create the
X Egg . A strictly limited edition of 68 eggs
were produced, with all profits from the sale
of the eggs going to the X Foundation. The
first egg from the collection is now on
permanent public display at an airport.
Identify X

15. George Best

16. 8) The popularity of X was influenced by the
1960s television series ‘The Dick Van Dyke
Show’. The character of Laura Petrie, the
young housewife played by ‟Mary Tyler Moore‟,
caused a fashion sensation– and some mild
controversy– by wearing snug-fitting X during
the show's run. After a drop in popularity
during the 1970s through the 1990s X returned
to favour during the 2000s. Spanish tennis
player Rafael Nadal wore X in the majority of
his matches before 2009.
X???

17. Capri pants

18. 9) Viswakarma‟s daughter was married to the Sun.
due to the Sun‟s blazing power, she was unable to
go near the Sun and she complained to her father
about this. Viswakarma took the Sun and put him in
his workshop and made him less shining and thus
his daughter was able to hug the Sun. The left-over
Sun-dust was collected by Viswakarma and he made
Three things out of it.
Which 3 things?
Full marks for 3. Half marks for any 2.

19. • Pushpak Vimana
• Trident of Lord Shiva
• Sudarshan Chakra

20. 10) „X‟ was
modeled after Albert Einstein, Carl Sandberg
and pup dog. Michael Jackson
recorded the theme song „Someone in the dark‟
though it was not used, it features in the
story book version of the film. When the
cassette was released in the U.S., it was made
of Green plastic. Identify X?

21. E.T.(Extra Terrestrial)

22. 11)Minimal poster of which film

24. **12) What is divided into three parts:
• Top note
• Middle note or modifier
• Basic note or end note

25. Perfumes

26. 13) Men's X can be categorized by how they
are closed:
• Oxfords (also referred as "Balmorals"): the vamp
has a V-shaped slit to which the ____ are attached;
also known as "closed _____". The word "Oxford"
is sometimes used by American clothing companies
to market X that are not Balmorals, such as
Blüchers.
• Blüchers (American), Derbys (British): the _____
are tied to two pieces of leather independently
attached to the vamp; also known as "open _____"
and is a step down in dressiness.
• Monk-straps: a buckle and strap instead of lacing
• Slip-ons: There are no _____ or fastenings. The popular
_____ are part of this category, as well as less popular
styles, such as elastic-sided X.

27. Shoes

28. 14)What/Who
inspired this
Barbie design?

29. Florence Griffith-Joyner

30. 15) This two word term refers to any online
Coordinated event in which an ad‐hoc group
of participants meet up at a central location for
various purposes. While some events may convey a
political or commercial message, they are usually
organized for the spontaneous amusement of the
participants and bewilderment of bystanders.
Which two word term?

31. Flash mob

32. 16) According to the Guinness Book of World
Records, the smallest advertisement ever
was of the size 100 micron
X 100 micron placed on the knee-band
of a bee in the year 2000.
This was to launch a particular web site.
Which one?

33. Guinessworldrecords.com

34. 17) An Irish immigrant X became a merchant
in Lousiana and in his dealings with the
Spaniards he used their currency Peso.
In true Spanish tradition, X used an
abbreviation for pesos. This abbreviation
looked like transportation of two letters
and soon became popular for what?

35. The „$‟ sign for Dollar currency

36. 18) Connect this tree with
the world of business and
in many way lifestyle.

38. **19) In 1994 Bob Herbert and his son Chris,
advertised through „The Stage‟ newspaper
for audition for a band. Out of numerous
responses five girls were picked and formed
the group “Touch”. However
Michelle Stephenson was not completely
devoted to the group and eventually left to
pursue her education and was replaced.
How do we know this band as of now?

39. Spice Girls

40. 19) During a celebration people usually
have a practice of toasting drinks, by clinking
the glasses with each other.
Give funda about its origin/ why is it done?

41. It is believed that devil is always around us.
The clinking sound of glasses resembled
a church bell‟s ring and thus
the sound would drive away evil.

42. 21) The idea of X came into
this gentleman when he was waiting at the
railway station after spending a weekend
with Agatha Christie and her husband in
Devon. He wanted something to read but
could find nothing suitable except for
tabloids and newspapers.
What is X?

43. Paperbacks

44. **22)Engelberg is a small town in Switzerland
which usually hosts a round of the ski
jumping world cup. It changed its name in
1999 in honor of which Indian company?

45. In 1999 Engelberg was renamed to
“SOTC Indian Village”

46. 23)All the three terms given below mean the
same:
• Lucky Birthday
• Star Birthday
• Champagne Birthday
What do they mean?

47. when a person turn the
age of their birth day
Eg: You turn 6 years today
Every person has this only
once in his lifetime.

48. **24)This is Eric James Torphy, a Japanese
robber and an anti social element, who was
arrested by police and he made an appeal
to the court that “ if I am going to go down,
I am going to go down in ______ _____
_____”.
Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott
said “We accommodated his request and he
was just as happy as he could be”.
What is being talked about here?

49. He was imprisoned for 30 years and
he made an appeal to make it 33, to
make a perfect match with Larry
Bird’s jersey no. And finally judge
accepted it and made it 33

50. 25) The X brand is used by Y for two types of drinks:
• A carbonated water with a wide array of variants:
tonic, bitter lemon, ginger ale, club soda and fruit
flavoured. Available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech
Republic,
Denmark, El-Salvador, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel,
Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Moldova,
Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,
Sweden, Switzerland, West Bank-Gaza and Zambia.
• A high quality water available in Bangladesh, Bulgaria,
India, Maldives, Nigeria and Pakistan.

51. X-Kinley
Y-Coca-Cola