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Round-I(16 questions)-clockwise
Round-II: Audio-video round on famous
ads(6 questions)
Round-III(16 questions)-anti clockwise
Round –IV: The “surprise” round(22
questions)
16 questions in all.
On the pounce +10/-10, on the pass +10
 A X is an electric motor, pneumatic motor, hydraulic
motor, in an internal-combustion engine or in case of
very large engines or other device used for rotating an
internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the
engine's operation under its own power.
 Cicchetti are small snacks or side dishes, typically
served in Venice, Italy. Common cicchetti include
tiny sandwiches, plates of olives or other vegetables,
halved hard boiled eggs, small servings of a
combination of one or more of seafood, meat etc.
 In gastronomical reference, ciccheti is Italian word for
X.(pics next slide)
Starter!!(that is the starter motor in the
second picture and cichetti(first picture) is
the Italian word for starters).
In Spain people put 12 grapes into their
wine at midnight of 31st and make a wish
on each one .
Why the number 12?
They represent the twelve months of the
year ahead.
X was really the one who lived through his
own erasure from the Soviet Union. As
Stalin’s main rival, he was a trusted
advisor to Lenin and was the one who
everyone, Lenin included, saw as the next
in line to take power. Stalin, of course,
would ensure that it never happened and,
as with many others, proceeded to scratch
out any signs of X from the public
record.(pic next slide)
X sent an elephant to Ueno zoo in Japan
on the request of 815 children in Tokyo -
1,500 according to unofficial accounts -
who had never seen an elephant after
animals in Japan's premier zoo, the Ueno,
died during the World War.
Who is this “uncle” whose family had a
habit of giving awards to themselves?
What “small island” was discovered in
1869 by this German pathological
anatomist(who gives a part of his name to
the discovery) which constitutes
approximately 4.5% of the volume of the
organ in the human body and receive 10-
15% of its blood flow.
The pic. on the left shows the biologist
and the one on the right shows the same
region for a mice.
Islet of Langerhans/Pancreatic islets
The beta cells of the pancreatic islets
secrete insulin, and so play a significant
role in diabetes and similarly the alpha
cells secrete Glucagon that increases
blood sugar level(if lowered).
Islet means a “small island”.
What portmanteau word was coined by
by Atlantic City mayor Thomas D. Taggart,
Jr. to describe
the American Thanksgiving holiday from
1939–1941 in honour of the person who
moved it one week earlier than normal,
believing that doing so would help
bolster retail sales during one of the final
years of the Great Depression?
In 1868, Australia toured England for the
first time. Since there was no concept of
official uniform back then, so the players
dressed in traditional white trousers,
the team sported distinctive bright red
shirts with accompanying blue sashes.
What did they do, in order for the public to
identify them?
They wore different coloured caps to assist
the public in identifying the players
 The term “X boots" originated from Australia,
initially as utilitarian footwear worn for warmth, and
were often worn by surfers during the 1960s and it
also emerged as a fashion trend in the U.S. in the
late 1990s and as a world-wide trend in the mid-
2000s.
 It also shares its name with another company
called “X Australia” that had its roots in traditional
Australian X boot design and the range has
expanded to include various styles of footwear,
including leather, canvas and other materials,
handbags, clothing, outerwear etc.
Ugg boots/Uggs, the company being UGG
Australia.
 According to one Greek myth , the origin of the
symbol is part of the story of Tiresias who found
two snakes copulating and killed the female with
his staff. Tiresias was immediately turned into a
woman, and so remained until he was able to
repeat the act with the male snake seven years
later. This staff later came into the possession of
the god Hermes, along with its transformative
powers.
 What is this symbol that is often confused with
another famous symbol associated with a popular
profession (for which neat handwriting is a
blasphemy!)
Benjamin Guggenheim, one of the
wealthiest ones present there, went to his
room, changed into his evening clothes
and declared that they have dressed up in
their best and prepared to “go down” like
gentlemen.
What was the context or put funda.
He was aboard RMS Titanic and said
these when he knew they were about to
die.
 The person whose
image you see on the
right(X) is the true
inventor and he sold it
to Y, who refused to buy
saying it was useless.
But after the person’s
death, Y had a “bright”
idea and bought the
patent from X’s wife for
a fraction of original
value and soon fame
was all his.
 The “Question of Red” tells the story of two lovers,
Amba and Bhisma, driven apart by one of the
bloodiest political purges in the 20th century—the
massacres that took place in the particular country
between 1965 and 1968 in which some 1 million
people were killed.
 The lives of the central characters interpret the
Mahabharata—that timeless allegory of war within
a family—with a modern twist. What is the political
backdrop of the story that also featured in
prominent pop-culture references?
 It featured the mass killings/genocide in
Indonesia between 1965 and 1968 where
some 12,000 alleged Communists were
incarcerated and many others killed on
suspicion of being Communist(hence the
word Red in the title) without trial during the
Suharto administration.
 The Act of Killing is a 2012 documentary
film about the individuals who participated in
the Indonesian killings of 1965–66, directed
by Joshua Oppenheimer and also won the
BAFTA awards the same year.
 In a significant departure from the Indian
parliamentary system, in May 1996, the
11th Lok Sabha unanimously elected a
member from the Opposition as the
Speaker for the first time.
Who is this person who named both his
children in honour of somebody whom you
can connect with the atomic no
33(because it formed an important theme
of majority of the person’s work)?
P.A.(Purno Agatok) Sangma
He named both his daughters, Agatha
Sangma and Christie Sangma after the
famous British novelist “Agatha Christie”.
33 is the atomic number of Arsenic,
arsenic poisoning is one of the most
common forms of murder in her novels.
 This term is usually used with a
derogatory intent, implying that an intellectual is out of touch
with ordinary people. Though first used by
journalists to insult editorial writers, the term was popularized
as an epithet of Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic
presidential candidate.
 Kevin Ashman who is often considered one of the greatest
quizzers in the world(four times WQC winner) has competed
on the British quiz show with the same name(with an
additional ‘s’) since 2003, teamed up with other quiz
champions, in which members of the public pit their wits
against them in order to win a cash prize.
 This term is sometimes also used to refer a bald person.
 It has been estimated that around two million of these
animals (which we otherwise associate with their
supreme “sacrifices”for humans)were killed and
collected by the locals, after a bounty of 40 paisa
(approximately 1 US cent according to present-day
rates) was placed on each but that didnot suffice.
 Apathy on the part of government and mishandling the
situation ( dismissing the warnings on basis of
superstition), led to the creation of a popular regional
political party who succeded to create a new state in
1986 after a hard fought battle with the Indian army.
 What am I talking about that is expected to take place
again around 2054 and also name the political party?
The ecological phenomenon talked about
is “Mautam (Mizo for bamboo death)”.
During Mautam, a particular species of
bamboo, flowers at one time across a wide
area and is followed invariably by a plague
of black rats in what is called a rat flood.
The political party is Mizo National front .
 The late Gustano Pizzo was given the Ig Nobel
prize in “safety engineering” for the year 2014 for
inventing an electro-mechanical system to trap
certain “intruders” — the system drops the
intruders through trap doors , seals them and then
drops the encapsulated package through the
specially-installed bomb bay doors and in the
mean time police, having been alerted by radio,
awaits them with full preparation.
 Who/what am I talking about that once was so
common that it occured at the rate of one per week
and the last official one proved ‘that there is
always women involved(pun intended)’.
 The system was developed to trap
airplane hijackers.
When Egypt Air was hijacked and taken to
Cyprus last month, their president Nicos
Anastasiades said “There is always
women involved” referring to the hijacker
Mustafa who later claimed his motivation
was to reunite with his ex-wife and
children.
6 questions on famous ads.
Its a written round with no negatives.
The scoring is differential:
1-2 teams: 25
3-4 teams:20
4-5 teams:15
5-6 teams:10
7-8 teams: 05
Round-III(16 questions)
On the pounce +10/-10, on the pass +10.
1)
http://www.nospoiler.com/y/Xh9jAD1ofm4
Pause at about 1:17
2)
http://www.nospoiler.com/y/eykTEORG6j4
Pause at about 0:22
3)
http://www.nospoiler.com/y/QkSTfQYR4bg
Pause at about 0:56
4)
http://www.nospoiler.com/y/OAlyHUWjNjE
Pause at about 1:24
5)
http://www.nospoiler.com/y/jmNrvlQ73pU
Pause at 0:21
6)
http://www.nospoiler.com/y/632CHpeHYZE
Pause at about 2:54.
 Codariocalyx motorius , is a tropical Asian
shrub, one of a few plants capable of rapid
movement.
 The common name is due to the rotation of
the leaflets with a period of about three to five
minutes; this was similar to a particular
structure with adjustable paddles that could
be seen from a distance, the position of which
conveyed a message ; hence the common
name(pic of the structure and the plant in the
next slide).
It is commonly called
Telegraph/Semaphore plant.
The structure shown in the right is called
Semaphore telegraph/optical telegraph
and information is encoded by the position
of the mechanical elements liked pivoted
shutters(it was the precursor of electrical
telegraphs).
 A certain American called Margaret Abbott went on
holiday in the French capital at the turn of 20th century
to visit the world’s fair that was being organised
concurrently with another major event.
 Unknown to her, she participated in what was
considered a “ladylike” activity in the gala event and
earned a certain first in her name. Two questions:
 (a)what was unique about the awards given to the
winners of that year’s event, something not repeated
ever since?
 (b) How is the “ladylike” activity going to be resurrected
in about four months?
 Margaret Ives Abbott (June 15, 1876 – June
10, 1955) was the first American woman to
take first place in an Olympic event; she won
the women's golf tournament
 (a) The 1900 games were the only Olympics
in which winners received valuable artifacts
instead of medals.
 (b) It will be the first time for golf to be played
at the Olympics(in Rio,2016) since the 1904
Summer Olympics.
At the time of First World War, Switzerland
had a tiny standing army, but a populace of
skilled rifleman.
In 1912, Kaiser Wilhelm II asked what a
militia of a quarter million Swiss would do if
he invaded them with half a million
Germans.
The response was an epic but logical one.
What did they say?
“Shoot twice and go home”.
 When asked about the title of his new book,
he said he was indeed a big fan of the
books(and its screen adaptation) from which
he borrowed the title but also felt that the title
fitted the theory of history being seasonal and
cyclical and how his country’s domestic
ferment and foreign policy were affected by
Western, particularly American attitudes and
dreams.
 Which book and the person famous in a
completely different field?
 Since the 1800s, those wanting to drop a few
pounds were able to buy this “sanitized” item.
 Claiming “no ill effects” ,they help users lose
weight by absorbing nutrients. Illegal in most
places now, the side affects range from
bloating and diarrhoea to cysts all over the
body including eyes and brain!
 This was believed to be one of the most
absurd lies that companies used, to sell their
products.
 A X victory is a victory that inflicts such a
devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to
defeat. Someone who wins such a victory has
been victorious in some way but the heavy toll
negates any sense of achievement or profit.
 The phrase is named after king X of Epirus,
whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties in
defeating the Romans at Heraclea in 280 BC
and Asculum in 279 BC during the X war.
 The term is used as an analogy in fields such as
business, politics, and sports to describe struggles
that end up ruining the victor itself.
Pyrrhic victory.
 The album offers both an endearing yet tragic coming-
of-age tale and a formal expression of the fear and
sadness felt within the country at the turn of the
century.
 While the full-length has already featured plenty of
wonderful examples of these sentiments, its eleventh
track is easily the most poignant, striking, and
universal one up until now. A heartbreaking eulogy to
the losses of its central character, vocalist, and even
the nation in which it takes place, the song is
devastatingly somber, hypnotic, and beautiful.
 Which song believed to be one of the best in terms of
pure songwriting?
 The Battle of Tanga was the first major battle
in the East African theatre of World War I.
With a significant advantage in numbers, the
British army thought it would be a piece of
cake to take what is now Tanzania off the
Germans' hands.
 Unfortunately for them, Africa unveiled their
biggest secret weapon(Sherlock probably had
221 of them(bad pun intended)), which is
apparent from this battle's famous nickname,
the Battle of the X.
 Singapore's growing gulf between "scholars" and
"commoners" has given a sharper edge to the
definition of class as "the manifestation of
economic differentiation”.
 Scholars walk into plum jobs in government,
speak better English, tend to marry other scholars
and are also seen joining or supporting the ruling
People's Action Party which further guarantee their
elite position.
 What basically is the difference between a
“scholar” and a “commoner”?
Scholars are young Singaporeans who win
state scholarships to the better British or
American universities. Commoners are
educated at home.
What nickname was given by Berliners to
British and American pilots due to the fact
that they used to voluntarily throw these
confectionary items on little tinkered
parachutes to children lined up on the
edges of the West Berlin airfields watching
the planes during the soviet blockade of
1948/49, thereby improving German-
American relationships?
 The existence of this place is of mythological
importance and is much more than just an
archaeological site. This is the city where X
was born and raised as per Hindu mythology.
The remains found here are as good as 9500
years old.
 The present day city's name(same as that in
pic) literally means the "gateway to heaven"
in Sanskrit. This mythological account of X's
migration to this place is closely associated
with the culture of the state to which the place
belongs.
Originally turnips and potatoes were used
for this purpose. Large beets were also
used in some countries like England.
When the immigrants came to United
states they brought the tradition with them
and soon found something else as a better
alternative, it being a fruit native to
America.
What am I talking about?
For literally dancing on a thin wire which
has since been dubbed as “The artistic
crime of the century”, why was a certain
young Frenchmen arrested on August 7,
1974 and which also came in prominence
in popular culture around 2008?
 This is one of the most notable feature visible
in the Southern Hemisphere, and hence is
depicted on flags and coats of arms of
various countries and sub-national entities. It
is visible mostly in the southern hemisphere
and it therefore symbolises the southern
location of its users.
 What unique pattern/symbol/feature in the
flags of those countries am I talking about?
 Just near the Catatumbo river, these
lightnings(pic. next slide and Flag of Zulia
showing the phenomenon in the second slide)
take place around 140 to 160 nights per year,
over 10 hours everyday. These lightning
storms are thus called Catatumbo Lightnings.
 Why has this phenomenon been the topic of
hot discussion among environmentalists,
weather scientists,physicists and other like –
minded people including political heads?
It is considered to be the world's largest
single generator of tropospheric ozone.
 Beekeepers in North-Eastern France found
themselves in a sticky situation a few years
back as the honey they produced did not
meet France’s standards of honey production
and hence couldn’t be sold.
 That was bad news for a region that had to
deal with high bee mortality rate and low
honey production after a harsh winter.
 What was the fuss all about and what has this
to do with with "colorful button-shaped
chocolates"produced by the company Mars,
Incorporated?
Instead of collecting nectar from flowers,
local bees were feeding on remnants of
local M&M candy shells produced nearby.
Because of that factor, honey produced
was in shades of blue and green and
deviated from the French
specifications(standard color being
colorless to dark brown)
This round is a tribute to some of the
legends of the quiz club who have
occasionally conducted quizzes for the
same.
2 questions pertaining to the genre of
each, 3 in case of Amitabh and Nikhil(their
style being my personal favorite)
Total 22 questions , with rules being the
same as Round-I and III.
 In 1981, Jacob de Gheyn III, a portrait from 1632 by X,
was taken from the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London
by four men in a taxi. This proved to be the first of four
occasions on which the painting has been stolen and
hence given the moniker ‘Y X’ – as the painting has
become known – has simply turned up again each
time.
 Firstly the painting was returned to the gallery, and the
next time it was found in the luggage rack at a German
railway station. The third time Jacob de Gheyn III was
stolen it turned up in a graveyard, and on the most
recent occasion it was found in the basket of an
abandoned bicycle.
The painting of De Gheyn is smaller than
most of Rembrandt's works, measuring
only 29.9 by 24.9 centimetres (11.8 by
9.8 inches). It has been stolen numerous
times and its size is one factor that has
contributed to its numerous thefts.
 The character of X (played by Moira Kelly)
was abandoned after the first season in “The
West Wing(1999-2006)”. Aaron Sorkin and
Kelly both agreed that the character had run
its course. However, Sorkin never explained
on the show what happened to X - the
character just disappeared. This gave birth to
the term “Xville", a reference to where
characters go when they disappear from a
series.
Mandyville(the character being Mandy
Hampton)
 AP is a parenting philosophy that proposes
methods which aim to promote the attachment of
mother and infant not only by maximal
maternal empathy and responsiveness but also by
continuous bodily closeness and touch. The term
has been coined by the American paediatrician
William Sears.
 The doctrine has hence been targeted by criticism
from a host of objectors and also appeared in the
controversial TIME magazine cover titled “Are you
MOM enough?”(pic next slide)
Attachment Parenting(AP).
 X was the first woman, along with her twin brother, Y according
to Vedic beliefs.
 The Rig Veda, in the tenth Mandala, contains a hymn in which they
sing to each other. X proposes marriage to Y but Y flatly refuses as
he considers it incest.
 The Atharva Veda also has a variant of the tale. In both texts, X
argues that since they have slept together inside their mother's
womb together, it was not wrong to sleep together outside it.
However, the hymns abruptly end, without the final outcome being
known.
 In later version of the tale, they are depicted as the first human
beings and it is conjectured that X was successful in becoming Y’s
wife.
 X and Y are ironically god /goddess of two polar opposite
departments and X shares her name with a famous Bollywood
actress who autobiography (if it ever releses)should be titled 50
shades of Fair and lovely(another terrible pun intended).
X: Yami(lady of life)
Y: Yama(lord of death, infact Yama was the
first mortal to die)
 Although this phrase is usually popular in a different context, it
can also be applied to statistics and technology.
 In statistics, the term has been used to describe the tradeoffs
of statistical learners (e.g., in machine learning). That is, any
model that claims to offer superior flexibility in analyzing data
patterns usually does so at the cost of introducing extra
assumptions, or by sacrificing generalizability in important
situations.
 It is sometimes used as a response to claims of the virtues
of free software. Supporters of free software often counter that
the use of the term "free" in this context is primarily a
reference to a lack of constraint ("libre") rather than a lack of
cost ("gratis"). Richard Stallman has described it as "'free' as
in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'".
 According to the New York Stock Exchange, a X Y is a
stock in a corporation with a national reputation for
quality, reliability, and the ability to operate profitably in
good times and bad. Prominent examples include
General Electric, Intel, Visa, Wal-Mart and Walt Disney.
 The term derives from another sport( where all you
probably need is a good “hand”) where these items(X
Y) are traditionally of the highest(about $25) value.
 In the recent Imtiaz Ali’s short film “India tomorrow” ,
the leading lady suggest the guy to buy these stocks
after he lost all his money when his previous stocks
crashed(screenshot next slide).
The name of the antagonist in this movie,
is another name for the Devil in
Christianity, dating back to the mid-17th
century.
The protagonist tells her son about the
Count of Monte Cristo, whose main
character was imprisoned in one cell for
many years which is quite appropriate
keeping in mind the events taking place in
the movie.
 Early in 2005, school officials in Shenyang, the capital
of Liaoning Province (People's Republic of China),
banned something famous from pop-culture because students
had been altering books to resemble something and then
writing the names of acquaintances, and teachers in
them. The ban was designed to protect the “physical and
mental health” of students from horror material that "misleads
innocent children and distorts their mind and spirit".
 In Gig Harbor, Washington, one middle school student was
expelled and three were suspended on May 14, 2008 for
having 50 names in their own version of the book , including
President George W. Bush.
 What am I talking about?
What very playful, accurate and
"preciousssss" name was given to this new
species of harvestman discovered in SE
Brazil who lost most of its pigmentation
after generations of living in moist, dark
caves?(pic. Next slide)
 In this unique and paradigm-changing book, internationally
acclaimed and controversial sex educator Dr. Susan Block
offers a brilliant new view of human sexuality, war, peace and
community, inspired by a role model who isn't even human:
our closest genetic cousin, the X.
 X’s have a very unique lifestyle
They have lots of sex.
They never kill each other.
They empower the females.
They stay younger longer.
They live in peace through pleasure
All those interested in human happiness should definitely read
this book as pointed by many critics.
 A X is a fairy chess piece that moves like
a rook, but can go only one square. It is given
the symbol W and represented by an inverted
rook.
 The X by itself is not much more powerful
than a pawn, but as an additional power to
other pieces it is worth about half a knight.
Three Xs and a king can force checkmate on
a bare king.
 X has also caught on the popular imagination
in a certain pop culture connect in recent
times.
 X valley is situated at a distance of 15 kilometers
from Pahalgam in Anantnag district in India's
northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir.
 Interestingly, the valley got its name from
the Sunny Deol-Amrita Singh hit debut film X. This
is probably the first Indian film to get a U/A Rating
(Parental Guidance) from the Central Board of Film
Certification.
 Scores of films were shot in the Valley
like Aarzoo, Kashmir Ki Kali, Jab Jab Phool
Khile, Kabhie Kabhie, Silsila, Satte Pe Satta , Roti
(1974 film), Haider to name a few.
What "acronym " that last appeared in
1971 (in something that may remind you of
an advertising slogan of a famous
company whose name probably
gave"hangovers") and then disappeared
for decades due to legal disputes to finally
come again to prominence few months
back?
 According to Nigel Monaghan, keeper of natural history
at the National Museum of this country(X) said that
there were no suggestions of Y in the country, atleast
not scientifically.
 Ys likely couldn't reach X. Most scientists point to the
most recent Ice Age, which kept the island too cold for
reptiles until it ended 10,000 years ago. After the Ice
Age, surrounding seas may have kept Ys from
colonizing the Emerald Isle.
 Many scholars believe that Ys were a metaphor for
Pagans and symbols of evil in the Judeo-Christian
tradition—the Bible, for example, portrays a Y as the
agent of Adam and Eve's fall from grace.
 What Myth were they trying to debunk?
Scientists are developing next-generation
battery-free implantable pacemakers. The
technology may eliminate the medical
risks, costs and inconvenience of having a
battery replacement every five to 12 years
for millions of people worldwide,
researchers said.
What is the unlikely power source of this
pacemaker?
The heart itself!!(the vibrational energy
from the heart beats is converted to
electrical energy based on a piezoelectric
system).
 The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991
commonly referred to as the Gulf War, was a war waged by
a United Nations-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led
by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion
and annexation of Kuwait.
 It was a heavily televised war. For the first time, people all
over the world were able to watch live pictures
of missiles hitting their targets and fighters taking off
from aircraft carriers from the actual perspective of the
machinery. The images of precise land bombing and use
of night vision equipment gave the reporting a futuristic spin
which was said to resemble something and encourage the
“war drama” and hence the nickname.
 What was the nickname, something that has been an
important part of our childhood probably?
 Which multi-national company in India has
introduced a very interesting policy called
‘Hours That Help’, which allows employees to
donate their leaves to their colleagues.
 Recently, the multinational firm has also
dumped annual performance reviews and has
developed a more fluid system where
employees will receive honest, timely
feedback from their managers to actually
ensure that “high performance is delivered”.
 The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer
Olympics in St. Louis took place on over a distance
of 24.85 miles and thirty-two athletes representing
four nations competed, but only 14 managed to
finish the race, which proved to be a bizarre affair
due to poor organization and officiating.
 Despite arriving first at the finish line, why was
American runner Fred Lorz not awarded the gold
medal and Amateur Athletic Union(AAU) banned
him for life (although they reconsidered and lifted
the ban a year later)?
He revealed he had hitched a lift in a car
for most of the distance before racing to
the finish from four miles out!!
 In early April 1961, Cuban exiles were trained
and ready to execute the CIA’s secret plan to
attack Cuba’s Bay of Pigs and overthrow
Fidel Castro’s socialist government. After a
failed air strike, President Kennedy sent in six
American fighter planes to help.
 But what fundamental mistake did the pilots
make that has since been the reason for the
strained relationship between Cuba and
USA?
The pilots forgot to sync their watches to
Cuba time, and hence arrived an hour late,
rendering them useless!!
George Washington was born in Virginia
on February 11, 1731. But why then his
official birthday in various sources
including Wikipedia show it to be on
February 22, 1732?
Britain and all its colonies adopted the
Gregorian calendar instead of the old
Julian calendar which moved Washington's
birthday a year and 11 days to February
22, 1732.
 The person whose picture you see on the next slide
initially worked on RADAR technologies during world
war II . During late 1950s, he joined a certain company
and was in charge of England’s first business
computer. After the successful completion of his
project, he was asked to find new applications to
computer technologies and fortunately he went to build
something that has since been a sort of panacea to
humanity.
 Although recently disputed, what was believed to be
the source of funding for his invention, considering the
company he worked? ( The address location St.
John’s wood, London does have a connect to the
answer)
The person in the previous slide is
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, who built the first
CT(computer tomography) scanner.
Revenues from the sale of The Beatles
records in the 1960s help fund the
development of the scanner in
EMI(originally Electric and Musical
Industries), the company where Hounsfield
worked.
 Below are some of the steps to create which “terrific, icy cold” make
up:
 First, you'll need to change your nose and complexion with wax.
Cake it onto your face with the provided spatula rub it into on your
forehead. Apply it in triangles to the cheeks as well.
 Next, use setting or translucent powder to cover this sticky
substance.
 Then apply white face paint all over the surface of your skin, making
sure to cover the newly-created bumps and ridges formed from that
wax mixture.
 Continue by applying black eye shadow to the upper lids of each eye
as well as around the mouth.
 Keep adding these black "highlights" until you've added the lines for
your mouth, forehead, and other facial features. Then, use gum and
stuffing to stick a fluff of white fur to your chin for a final makeshift
beard.
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4.16.24 Poverty and Precarity--Desmond.pptx
 

Finals zugzwang(2016)

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  • 2. Round-I(16 questions)-clockwise Round-II: Audio-video round on famous ads(6 questions) Round-III(16 questions)-anti clockwise Round –IV: The “surprise” round(22 questions)
  • 3. 16 questions in all. On the pounce +10/-10, on the pass +10
  • 4.  A X is an electric motor, pneumatic motor, hydraulic motor, in an internal-combustion engine or in case of very large engines or other device used for rotating an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's operation under its own power.  Cicchetti are small snacks or side dishes, typically served in Venice, Italy. Common cicchetti include tiny sandwiches, plates of olives or other vegetables, halved hard boiled eggs, small servings of a combination of one or more of seafood, meat etc.  In gastronomical reference, ciccheti is Italian word for X.(pics next slide)
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  • 8. Starter!!(that is the starter motor in the second picture and cichetti(first picture) is the Italian word for starters).
  • 9. In Spain people put 12 grapes into their wine at midnight of 31st and make a wish on each one . Why the number 12?
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  • 11. They represent the twelve months of the year ahead.
  • 12. X was really the one who lived through his own erasure from the Soviet Union. As Stalin’s main rival, he was a trusted advisor to Lenin and was the one who everyone, Lenin included, saw as the next in line to take power. Stalin, of course, would ensure that it never happened and, as with many others, proceeded to scratch out any signs of X from the public record.(pic next slide)
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  • 16. X sent an elephant to Ueno zoo in Japan on the request of 815 children in Tokyo - 1,500 according to unofficial accounts - who had never seen an elephant after animals in Japan's premier zoo, the Ueno, died during the World War. Who is this “uncle” whose family had a habit of giving awards to themselves?
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  • 19. What “small island” was discovered in 1869 by this German pathological anatomist(who gives a part of his name to the discovery) which constitutes approximately 4.5% of the volume of the organ in the human body and receive 10- 15% of its blood flow. The pic. on the left shows the biologist and the one on the right shows the same region for a mice.
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  • 22. Islet of Langerhans/Pancreatic islets The beta cells of the pancreatic islets secrete insulin, and so play a significant role in diabetes and similarly the alpha cells secrete Glucagon that increases blood sugar level(if lowered). Islet means a “small island”.
  • 23. What portmanteau word was coined by by Atlantic City mayor Thomas D. Taggart, Jr. to describe the American Thanksgiving holiday from 1939–1941 in honour of the person who moved it one week earlier than normal, believing that doing so would help bolster retail sales during one of the final years of the Great Depression?
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  • 26. In 1868, Australia toured England for the first time. Since there was no concept of official uniform back then, so the players dressed in traditional white trousers, the team sported distinctive bright red shirts with accompanying blue sashes. What did they do, in order for the public to identify them?
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  • 28. They wore different coloured caps to assist the public in identifying the players
  • 29.  The term “X boots" originated from Australia, initially as utilitarian footwear worn for warmth, and were often worn by surfers during the 1960s and it also emerged as a fashion trend in the U.S. in the late 1990s and as a world-wide trend in the mid- 2000s.  It also shares its name with another company called “X Australia” that had its roots in traditional Australian X boot design and the range has expanded to include various styles of footwear, including leather, canvas and other materials, handbags, clothing, outerwear etc.
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  • 32. Ugg boots/Uggs, the company being UGG Australia.
  • 33.  According to one Greek myth , the origin of the symbol is part of the story of Tiresias who found two snakes copulating and killed the female with his staff. Tiresias was immediately turned into a woman, and so remained until he was able to repeat the act with the male snake seven years later. This staff later came into the possession of the god Hermes, along with its transformative powers.  What is this symbol that is often confused with another famous symbol associated with a popular profession (for which neat handwriting is a blasphemy!)
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  • 36. Benjamin Guggenheim, one of the wealthiest ones present there, went to his room, changed into his evening clothes and declared that they have dressed up in their best and prepared to “go down” like gentlemen. What was the context or put funda.
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  • 38. He was aboard RMS Titanic and said these when he knew they were about to die.
  • 39.  The person whose image you see on the right(X) is the true inventor and he sold it to Y, who refused to buy saying it was useless. But after the person’s death, Y had a “bright” idea and bought the patent from X’s wife for a fraction of original value and soon fame was all his.
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  • 42.  The “Question of Red” tells the story of two lovers, Amba and Bhisma, driven apart by one of the bloodiest political purges in the 20th century—the massacres that took place in the particular country between 1965 and 1968 in which some 1 million people were killed.  The lives of the central characters interpret the Mahabharata—that timeless allegory of war within a family—with a modern twist. What is the political backdrop of the story that also featured in prominent pop-culture references?
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  • 45.  It featured the mass killings/genocide in Indonesia between 1965 and 1968 where some 12,000 alleged Communists were incarcerated and many others killed on suspicion of being Communist(hence the word Red in the title) without trial during the Suharto administration.  The Act of Killing is a 2012 documentary film about the individuals who participated in the Indonesian killings of 1965–66, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer and also won the BAFTA awards the same year.
  • 46.  In a significant departure from the Indian parliamentary system, in May 1996, the 11th Lok Sabha unanimously elected a member from the Opposition as the Speaker for the first time. Who is this person who named both his children in honour of somebody whom you can connect with the atomic no 33(because it formed an important theme of majority of the person’s work)?
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  • 48. P.A.(Purno Agatok) Sangma He named both his daughters, Agatha Sangma and Christie Sangma after the famous British novelist “Agatha Christie”. 33 is the atomic number of Arsenic, arsenic poisoning is one of the most common forms of murder in her novels.
  • 49.  This term is usually used with a derogatory intent, implying that an intellectual is out of touch with ordinary people. Though first used by journalists to insult editorial writers, the term was popularized as an epithet of Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate.  Kevin Ashman who is often considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world(four times WQC winner) has competed on the British quiz show with the same name(with an additional ‘s’) since 2003, teamed up with other quiz champions, in which members of the public pit their wits against them in order to win a cash prize.  This term is sometimes also used to refer a bald person.
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  • 52.  It has been estimated that around two million of these animals (which we otherwise associate with their supreme “sacrifices”for humans)were killed and collected by the locals, after a bounty of 40 paisa (approximately 1 US cent according to present-day rates) was placed on each but that didnot suffice.  Apathy on the part of government and mishandling the situation ( dismissing the warnings on basis of superstition), led to the creation of a popular regional political party who succeded to create a new state in 1986 after a hard fought battle with the Indian army.  What am I talking about that is expected to take place again around 2054 and also name the political party?
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  • 54. The ecological phenomenon talked about is “Mautam (Mizo for bamboo death)”. During Mautam, a particular species of bamboo, flowers at one time across a wide area and is followed invariably by a plague of black rats in what is called a rat flood. The political party is Mizo National front .
  • 55.  The late Gustano Pizzo was given the Ig Nobel prize in “safety engineering” for the year 2014 for inventing an electro-mechanical system to trap certain “intruders” — the system drops the intruders through trap doors , seals them and then drops the encapsulated package through the specially-installed bomb bay doors and in the mean time police, having been alerted by radio, awaits them with full preparation.  Who/what am I talking about that once was so common that it occured at the rate of one per week and the last official one proved ‘that there is always women involved(pun intended)’.
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  • 57.  The system was developed to trap airplane hijackers. When Egypt Air was hijacked and taken to Cyprus last month, their president Nicos Anastasiades said “There is always women involved” referring to the hijacker Mustafa who later claimed his motivation was to reunite with his ex-wife and children.
  • 58. 6 questions on famous ads. Its a written round with no negatives. The scoring is differential: 1-2 teams: 25 3-4 teams:20 4-5 teams:15 5-6 teams:10 7-8 teams: 05
  • 59. Round-III(16 questions) On the pounce +10/-10, on the pass +10.
  • 66.  Codariocalyx motorius , is a tropical Asian shrub, one of a few plants capable of rapid movement.  The common name is due to the rotation of the leaflets with a period of about three to five minutes; this was similar to a particular structure with adjustable paddles that could be seen from a distance, the position of which conveyed a message ; hence the common name(pic of the structure and the plant in the next slide).
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  • 69. It is commonly called Telegraph/Semaphore plant. The structure shown in the right is called Semaphore telegraph/optical telegraph and information is encoded by the position of the mechanical elements liked pivoted shutters(it was the precursor of electrical telegraphs).
  • 70.  A certain American called Margaret Abbott went on holiday in the French capital at the turn of 20th century to visit the world’s fair that was being organised concurrently with another major event.  Unknown to her, she participated in what was considered a “ladylike” activity in the gala event and earned a certain first in her name. Two questions:  (a)what was unique about the awards given to the winners of that year’s event, something not repeated ever since?  (b) How is the “ladylike” activity going to be resurrected in about four months?
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  • 72.  Margaret Ives Abbott (June 15, 1876 – June 10, 1955) was the first American woman to take first place in an Olympic event; she won the women's golf tournament  (a) The 1900 games were the only Olympics in which winners received valuable artifacts instead of medals.  (b) It will be the first time for golf to be played at the Olympics(in Rio,2016) since the 1904 Summer Olympics.
  • 73. At the time of First World War, Switzerland had a tiny standing army, but a populace of skilled rifleman. In 1912, Kaiser Wilhelm II asked what a militia of a quarter million Swiss would do if he invaded them with half a million Germans. The response was an epic but logical one. What did they say?
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  • 75. “Shoot twice and go home”.
  • 76.  When asked about the title of his new book, he said he was indeed a big fan of the books(and its screen adaptation) from which he borrowed the title but also felt that the title fitted the theory of history being seasonal and cyclical and how his country’s domestic ferment and foreign policy were affected by Western, particularly American attitudes and dreams.  Which book and the person famous in a completely different field?
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  • 79.  Since the 1800s, those wanting to drop a few pounds were able to buy this “sanitized” item.  Claiming “no ill effects” ,they help users lose weight by absorbing nutrients. Illegal in most places now, the side affects range from bloating and diarrhoea to cysts all over the body including eyes and brain!  This was believed to be one of the most absurd lies that companies used, to sell their products.
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  • 82.  A X victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins such a victory has been victorious in some way but the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit.  The phrase is named after king X of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties in defeating the Romans at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279 BC during the X war.  The term is used as an analogy in fields such as business, politics, and sports to describe struggles that end up ruining the victor itself.
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  • 85.  The album offers both an endearing yet tragic coming- of-age tale and a formal expression of the fear and sadness felt within the country at the turn of the century.  While the full-length has already featured plenty of wonderful examples of these sentiments, its eleventh track is easily the most poignant, striking, and universal one up until now. A heartbreaking eulogy to the losses of its central character, vocalist, and even the nation in which it takes place, the song is devastatingly somber, hypnotic, and beautiful.  Which song believed to be one of the best in terms of pure songwriting?
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  • 88.  The Battle of Tanga was the first major battle in the East African theatre of World War I. With a significant advantage in numbers, the British army thought it would be a piece of cake to take what is now Tanzania off the Germans' hands.  Unfortunately for them, Africa unveiled their biggest secret weapon(Sherlock probably had 221 of them(bad pun intended)), which is apparent from this battle's famous nickname, the Battle of the X.
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  • 92.  Singapore's growing gulf between "scholars" and "commoners" has given a sharper edge to the definition of class as "the manifestation of economic differentiation”.  Scholars walk into plum jobs in government, speak better English, tend to marry other scholars and are also seen joining or supporting the ruling People's Action Party which further guarantee their elite position.  What basically is the difference between a “scholar” and a “commoner”?
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  • 94. Scholars are young Singaporeans who win state scholarships to the better British or American universities. Commoners are educated at home.
  • 95. What nickname was given by Berliners to British and American pilots due to the fact that they used to voluntarily throw these confectionary items on little tinkered parachutes to children lined up on the edges of the West Berlin airfields watching the planes during the soviet blockade of 1948/49, thereby improving German- American relationships?
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  • 99.  The existence of this place is of mythological importance and is much more than just an archaeological site. This is the city where X was born and raised as per Hindu mythology. The remains found here are as good as 9500 years old.  The present day city's name(same as that in pic) literally means the "gateway to heaven" in Sanskrit. This mythological account of X's migration to this place is closely associated with the culture of the state to which the place belongs.
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  • 103. Originally turnips and potatoes were used for this purpose. Large beets were also used in some countries like England. When the immigrants came to United states they brought the tradition with them and soon found something else as a better alternative, it being a fruit native to America. What am I talking about?
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  • 106. For literally dancing on a thin wire which has since been dubbed as “The artistic crime of the century”, why was a certain young Frenchmen arrested on August 7, 1974 and which also came in prominence in popular culture around 2008?
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  • 109.  This is one of the most notable feature visible in the Southern Hemisphere, and hence is depicted on flags and coats of arms of various countries and sub-national entities. It is visible mostly in the southern hemisphere and it therefore symbolises the southern location of its users.  What unique pattern/symbol/feature in the flags of those countries am I talking about?
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  • 112.  Just near the Catatumbo river, these lightnings(pic. next slide and Flag of Zulia showing the phenomenon in the second slide) take place around 140 to 160 nights per year, over 10 hours everyday. These lightning storms are thus called Catatumbo Lightnings.  Why has this phenomenon been the topic of hot discussion among environmentalists, weather scientists,physicists and other like – minded people including political heads?
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  • 116. It is considered to be the world's largest single generator of tropospheric ozone.
  • 117.  Beekeepers in North-Eastern France found themselves in a sticky situation a few years back as the honey they produced did not meet France’s standards of honey production and hence couldn’t be sold.  That was bad news for a region that had to deal with high bee mortality rate and low honey production after a harsh winter.  What was the fuss all about and what has this to do with with "colorful button-shaped chocolates"produced by the company Mars, Incorporated?
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  • 119. Instead of collecting nectar from flowers, local bees were feeding on remnants of local M&M candy shells produced nearby. Because of that factor, honey produced was in shades of blue and green and deviated from the French specifications(standard color being colorless to dark brown)
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  • 121. This round is a tribute to some of the legends of the quiz club who have occasionally conducted quizzes for the same. 2 questions pertaining to the genre of each, 3 in case of Amitabh and Nikhil(their style being my personal favorite) Total 22 questions , with rules being the same as Round-I and III.
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  • 123.  In 1981, Jacob de Gheyn III, a portrait from 1632 by X, was taken from the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London by four men in a taxi. This proved to be the first of four occasions on which the painting has been stolen and hence given the moniker ‘Y X’ – as the painting has become known – has simply turned up again each time.  Firstly the painting was returned to the gallery, and the next time it was found in the luggage rack at a German railway station. The third time Jacob de Gheyn III was stolen it turned up in a graveyard, and on the most recent occasion it was found in the basket of an abandoned bicycle.
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  • 126. The painting of De Gheyn is smaller than most of Rembrandt's works, measuring only 29.9 by 24.9 centimetres (11.8 by 9.8 inches). It has been stolen numerous times and its size is one factor that has contributed to its numerous thefts.
  • 127.  The character of X (played by Moira Kelly) was abandoned after the first season in “The West Wing(1999-2006)”. Aaron Sorkin and Kelly both agreed that the character had run its course. However, Sorkin never explained on the show what happened to X - the character just disappeared. This gave birth to the term “Xville", a reference to where characters go when they disappear from a series.
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  • 131.  AP is a parenting philosophy that proposes methods which aim to promote the attachment of mother and infant not only by maximal maternal empathy and responsiveness but also by continuous bodily closeness and touch. The term has been coined by the American paediatrician William Sears.  The doctrine has hence been targeted by criticism from a host of objectors and also appeared in the controversial TIME magazine cover titled “Are you MOM enough?”(pic next slide)
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  • 135.  X was the first woman, along with her twin brother, Y according to Vedic beliefs.  The Rig Veda, in the tenth Mandala, contains a hymn in which they sing to each other. X proposes marriage to Y but Y flatly refuses as he considers it incest.  The Atharva Veda also has a variant of the tale. In both texts, X argues that since they have slept together inside their mother's womb together, it was not wrong to sleep together outside it. However, the hymns abruptly end, without the final outcome being known.  In later version of the tale, they are depicted as the first human beings and it is conjectured that X was successful in becoming Y’s wife.  X and Y are ironically god /goddess of two polar opposite departments and X shares her name with a famous Bollywood actress who autobiography (if it ever releses)should be titled 50 shades of Fair and lovely(another terrible pun intended).
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  • 137. X: Yami(lady of life) Y: Yama(lord of death, infact Yama was the first mortal to die)
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  • 139.  Although this phrase is usually popular in a different context, it can also be applied to statistics and technology.  In statistics, the term has been used to describe the tradeoffs of statistical learners (e.g., in machine learning). That is, any model that claims to offer superior flexibility in analyzing data patterns usually does so at the cost of introducing extra assumptions, or by sacrificing generalizability in important situations.  It is sometimes used as a response to claims of the virtues of free software. Supporters of free software often counter that the use of the term "free" in this context is primarily a reference to a lack of constraint ("libre") rather than a lack of cost ("gratis"). Richard Stallman has described it as "'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'".
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  • 142.  According to the New York Stock Exchange, a X Y is a stock in a corporation with a national reputation for quality, reliability, and the ability to operate profitably in good times and bad. Prominent examples include General Electric, Intel, Visa, Wal-Mart and Walt Disney.  The term derives from another sport( where all you probably need is a good “hand”) where these items(X Y) are traditionally of the highest(about $25) value.  In the recent Imtiaz Ali’s short film “India tomorrow” , the leading lady suggest the guy to buy these stocks after he lost all his money when his previous stocks crashed(screenshot next slide).
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  • 147. The name of the antagonist in this movie, is another name for the Devil in Christianity, dating back to the mid-17th century. The protagonist tells her son about the Count of Monte Cristo, whose main character was imprisoned in one cell for many years which is quite appropriate keeping in mind the events taking place in the movie.
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  • 150.  Early in 2005, school officials in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province (People's Republic of China), banned something famous from pop-culture because students had been altering books to resemble something and then writing the names of acquaintances, and teachers in them. The ban was designed to protect the “physical and mental health” of students from horror material that "misleads innocent children and distorts their mind and spirit".  In Gig Harbor, Washington, one middle school student was expelled and three were suspended on May 14, 2008 for having 50 names in their own version of the book , including President George W. Bush.  What am I talking about?
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  • 154. What very playful, accurate and "preciousssss" name was given to this new species of harvestman discovered in SE Brazil who lost most of its pigmentation after generations of living in moist, dark caves?(pic. Next slide)
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  • 158.  In this unique and paradigm-changing book, internationally acclaimed and controversial sex educator Dr. Susan Block offers a brilliant new view of human sexuality, war, peace and community, inspired by a role model who isn't even human: our closest genetic cousin, the X.  X’s have a very unique lifestyle They have lots of sex. They never kill each other. They empower the females. They stay younger longer. They live in peace through pleasure All those interested in human happiness should definitely read this book as pointed by many critics.
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  • 163.  A X is a fairy chess piece that moves like a rook, but can go only one square. It is given the symbol W and represented by an inverted rook.  The X by itself is not much more powerful than a pawn, but as an additional power to other pieces it is worth about half a knight. Three Xs and a king can force checkmate on a bare king.  X has also caught on the popular imagination in a certain pop culture connect in recent times.
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  • 166.  X valley is situated at a distance of 15 kilometers from Pahalgam in Anantnag district in India's northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir.  Interestingly, the valley got its name from the Sunny Deol-Amrita Singh hit debut film X. This is probably the first Indian film to get a U/A Rating (Parental Guidance) from the Central Board of Film Certification.  Scores of films were shot in the Valley like Aarzoo, Kashmir Ki Kali, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Kabhie Kabhie, Silsila, Satte Pe Satta , Roti (1974 film), Haider to name a few.
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  • 171. What "acronym " that last appeared in 1971 (in something that may remind you of an advertising slogan of a famous company whose name probably gave"hangovers") and then disappeared for decades due to legal disputes to finally come again to prominence few months back?
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  • 174.  According to Nigel Monaghan, keeper of natural history at the National Museum of this country(X) said that there were no suggestions of Y in the country, atleast not scientifically.  Ys likely couldn't reach X. Most scientists point to the most recent Ice Age, which kept the island too cold for reptiles until it ended 10,000 years ago. After the Ice Age, surrounding seas may have kept Ys from colonizing the Emerald Isle.  Many scholars believe that Ys were a metaphor for Pagans and symbols of evil in the Judeo-Christian tradition—the Bible, for example, portrays a Y as the agent of Adam and Eve's fall from grace.  What Myth were they trying to debunk?
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  • 178. Scientists are developing next-generation battery-free implantable pacemakers. The technology may eliminate the medical risks, costs and inconvenience of having a battery replacement every five to 12 years for millions of people worldwide, researchers said. What is the unlikely power source of this pacemaker?
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  • 180. The heart itself!!(the vibrational energy from the heart beats is converted to electrical energy based on a piezoelectric system).
  • 181.  The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991 commonly referred to as the Gulf War, was a war waged by a United Nations-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.  It was a heavily televised war. For the first time, people all over the world were able to watch live pictures of missiles hitting their targets and fighters taking off from aircraft carriers from the actual perspective of the machinery. The images of precise land bombing and use of night vision equipment gave the reporting a futuristic spin which was said to resemble something and encourage the “war drama” and hence the nickname.  What was the nickname, something that has been an important part of our childhood probably?
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  • 186.  Which multi-national company in India has introduced a very interesting policy called ‘Hours That Help’, which allows employees to donate their leaves to their colleagues.  Recently, the multinational firm has also dumped annual performance reviews and has developed a more fluid system where employees will receive honest, timely feedback from their managers to actually ensure that “high performance is delivered”.
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  • 189.  The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis took place on over a distance of 24.85 miles and thirty-two athletes representing four nations competed, but only 14 managed to finish the race, which proved to be a bizarre affair due to poor organization and officiating.  Despite arriving first at the finish line, why was American runner Fred Lorz not awarded the gold medal and Amateur Athletic Union(AAU) banned him for life (although they reconsidered and lifted the ban a year later)?
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  • 191. He revealed he had hitched a lift in a car for most of the distance before racing to the finish from four miles out!!
  • 192.  In early April 1961, Cuban exiles were trained and ready to execute the CIA’s secret plan to attack Cuba’s Bay of Pigs and overthrow Fidel Castro’s socialist government. After a failed air strike, President Kennedy sent in six American fighter planes to help.  But what fundamental mistake did the pilots make that has since been the reason for the strained relationship between Cuba and USA?
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  • 194. The pilots forgot to sync their watches to Cuba time, and hence arrived an hour late, rendering them useless!!
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  • 196. George Washington was born in Virginia on February 11, 1731. But why then his official birthday in various sources including Wikipedia show it to be on February 22, 1732?
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  • 198. Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar instead of the old Julian calendar which moved Washington's birthday a year and 11 days to February 22, 1732.
  • 199.  The person whose picture you see on the next slide initially worked on RADAR technologies during world war II . During late 1950s, he joined a certain company and was in charge of England’s first business computer. After the successful completion of his project, he was asked to find new applications to computer technologies and fortunately he went to build something that has since been a sort of panacea to humanity.  Although recently disputed, what was believed to be the source of funding for his invention, considering the company he worked? ( The address location St. John’s wood, London does have a connect to the answer)
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  • 202. The person in the previous slide is Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, who built the first CT(computer tomography) scanner. Revenues from the sale of The Beatles records in the 1960s help fund the development of the scanner in EMI(originally Electric and Musical Industries), the company where Hounsfield worked.
  • 203.  Below are some of the steps to create which “terrific, icy cold” make up:  First, you'll need to change your nose and complexion with wax. Cake it onto your face with the provided spatula rub it into on your forehead. Apply it in triangles to the cheeks as well.  Next, use setting or translucent powder to cover this sticky substance.  Then apply white face paint all over the surface of your skin, making sure to cover the newly-created bumps and ridges formed from that wax mixture.  Continue by applying black eye shadow to the upper lids of each eye as well as around the mouth.  Keep adding these black "highlights" until you've added the lines for your mouth, forehead, and other facial features. Then, use gum and stuffing to stick a fluff of white fur to your chin for a final makeshift beard.