2. 25 Questions
10 points each
Part points given on the corresponding slide
Enjoy!
3. 1
• It’s no secret that The Beatles experimented with many
kinds of drugs in their primetime; some of their best songs
had clever, if not obvious, implications of the substances
they’ve used, which included
Benzedrine, Amphetamines, Cannabis and X. It had a
“profound effect” on the band’s songwriting and
recording, namely ‘Day Tripper’, ‘Revolver’ and ‘Tomorrow
Never Knows’.
But the song most associated with X in their discography is
John Lennon’s Y. Shortly after the song's
release, speculation arose that the nouns of the song Y had
X hidden in it intentionally. Although Lennon denied
this, the BBC banned the song.
• Give me X and Y?
6. (5/5)
2
These are two recreations of a particular photo
that caused some waves. The woman portrayed
on the right tried to upstage the one on the left
by arranging a near wardrobe malfunction at
dinner hosted in honour of the latter. Id both the
women.
9. 3
This is the document indicating a
pact that Urbain Grandier made with
someone, that subsequently led to
unfortunate circumstances (he
ended up dying). Who was it signed
with?
12. 4. What ‘good’ word?
• The Oxford English Dictionary states that the ultimate etymology is
uncertain, but that the word is "probably cognate" with a number of
native Germanic words with meanings involving striking and rubbing a
particular part.
• There have been other urban legends surround its etymology. It’s said that
during the Black Death in England, towns were trying to control
populations and their interactions. Since uncontaminated resources were
scarce, many towns required permission to have children. Hence, the
legend goes that couples that were having children were required to first
obtain royal permission and then place a sign somewhere visible from the
road in their home that said something.
What word is believed to have originated from this?
• William Dunbar's 1503 poem "Brash of Wowing" includes the lines:
"Yit be his eiris he wald haue _________/ Ye brek my hairt, my bony ane"
15. 5
These poems were read to Allen Ginsberg in a vision he had, unaided by drugs, that
lasted several days. Who wrote them/read them to Ginsberg in the vision?
23. • A record of everyone that the six titular
characters on F.R.I.E.N.D.S. have ever slept
with.
24.
25. 8.
According to the Discovery Channels hour-long documentary called
“How _______Saved the World,” ____ was responsible for the
birth and development of human civilization, and is the “greatest
invention of all.” It outlines how the agriculture revolution was
started because of the need to make _______, which led to many
inventions such as the plow, the wheel, and irrigation. Cities were
built in an effort to produce more _______ for the growing
number of people who craved it. Other lesser known inventions
were math, which needed to be mastered by farmers as their
fields grew and needed to be quantified, as well as written
language, which was vital to keep records of the expanding
________ trade. The documentary goes on to demonstrate that
every invention, innovation, and milestone of human history
was, at the core, because of the human love for _______.
31. 10
Continuum was a pseudoscientific
magazine published by an activist
group of the same name who denied
the existence of HIV/AIDS. It
addressed issues related to
HIV/AIDS, AIDS denialism, alternative
medicine, pseudoscience and
themes of interest to the LGBT
community. It ran from December
1992 until February 2001, when it
shut down under ironically
unfortunate circumstances. What?
32.
33. • All the editors/contributors died from HIV-
related illnesses
34. 11
_____'s primary subject was the female
body, his works are marked by a frank
eroticism. The artist was known for painting
his models nude first, and then painting on
clothes and surrounding them with the
atmospheric blood of ______ detail, as
discovered after his death when his
painting, The Bride, was left unfinished and
exposed. Similarly, he himself was known for
wearing a long robe with no undergarments.
Who are we talking about?
37. 12
In 2004, The Federal Communications Commission(FCC) fined CBS a record $550,000 for
a particular incident. The incident was ridiculed both abroad and within the United
States, with some American commentators seeing the incident as a sign of decreasing
morality in the national culture.
Given below is a graph of the years and the complains filed in FCC. You can see the
major increase in the complaints in 2004. What event/incident triggered this?
40. 5/5
13
X was a coffee table book written by Y. It was
shot in early 1992 and released in October the
same year. X depicted photographs with
softcore pornographic content as well as
simulation of sexual acts, which included
sadomasochism and analingus. Y wrote the
book as a character named Mistress Dita,
inspired by 1930s actress Dita Parlo. X is noted
for its impact on society, culture as well as on
Y, and is considered a bold, post-feminist,
work of art. Give X and Y.
46. 15
According to it's designer, Gilbert Baker, each of the ________ on the original X
created in 1978 was assigned a special meaning, these meanings being, in order:
Sexuality, Life, Healing, Sunlight, Nature, Magic/Art, Serenity/Harmony, and Spirit.
What is X?
47.
48. • Gay Pride Flag
hot pink: sexuality
red: life
orange: healing
yellow: sunlight
green: nature
turquoise: magic/art
indigo/blue: serenity/harmony
violet: spirit
49. 16
________ ____ is a subculture and subgenre of hardcore punk whose adherents
refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs. It was a direct
reaction to the sexual revolution, hedonism, and excess associated with punk
rock.For some, this extends to not engaging in promiscuous sex, following a
vegetarian or vegan diet, and not using caffeine or prescription drugs. The term
was adopted from the song of the same name by Minor Threat.
The letter X is the most known symbol of ________ ____, and is sometimes worn as a
marking on the back of both hands, though it can be displayed on other body parts
as well.
A variation involving a trio of Xs, XXX, is often used in show flyers and tattoos to show
that an adherent is extremely straight edge. It can be ironic based on the fact that
three X's was popularized in cartoons and television shows to signify alcohol or
poison. Historically, moonshiners used an "X" to notate how many times a
particular batch of moonshine ran through the still adding additional irony.
56. 18
Henry & June is a 1990 American biographical drama film
directed by Philip Kaufman and stars Fred Ward, Maria de
Medeiros, and Uma Thurman. It is loosely based on the book
of the same name by the French author Anaïs Nin, and tells
the story of Nin's relationship with Henry Miller and his
wife, June.
The film holds the distinction of being the first in a certain
category, and also the only Academy Award-nominated movie
of the category. What?
59. 19
X never got a proper funeral as the private
ceremony that his mother had planned was
cancelled at the last minute. The next day, he
was cremated, and his friends and associates
mixed his ashes with marijuana and
essentially smoked him. Who is X?
62. 5/5 20
• X perfectly manifested the phrase “struggling
artist”, spending most of his adult life as a
depressed and mentally ill man. According to
the X Gallery, an addiction to absinthe and a
prescribed drug Digitalis (used to ease his
epilepsy) may have been one of the reasons
why the color yellow is such a prominent
presence in his paintings – take the painting Y.
Chemicals in absinthe and Digitalis can cause
one to see in yellow or see yellow spots.
63.
64. • X – Vincent Van Gogh
• Y – Starry Night/Yellow House
65. 5/5 21
X’s lust for Y was so strong that he dreamed of knocking off her husband, so he
could marry her.
According to a book by a former X mistress, he was hoping to woo Y with a
mansion in Khartoum, Sudan.
“He told me Y was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen,” Sudanese author
Kola Boof wrote in her 2006 autobiography, “Diary of a Lost Girl.”
“He said that he had a paramount desire for [Y] and although he claimed music
was evil, he spoke of someday spending vast amounts of money to go to
America
and try to arrange a meeting,” Boof wrote.
X would rave about “what a nice smile she has, how truly Islamic she is, but is
just brainwashed by American culture and by her husband, whom X talked
about
having killed, as if it were normal to have women’s husbands killed,” Boof
wrote.
68. 22
- The French call it „wood mouth.‟
- Germans refer to it as „wailing of the cats.‟
- Italians call it „out of tune.‟
- Malaysians call it „lo.‟
- Norwegians identify it as „carpenters in the head.‟
- Spaniards call it „backlash.‟
- Swedes refer to it as „pain in the hair roots.‟
What is it in English?
71. 23
X was a Vedic ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the
subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the
Rigveda, whose X Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing
qualities.
It is described as being prepared by extracting juice from the stalks of a certain plant.
In the 19th century, John Greenleaf Whittier wrote a poem called The Brewing of X.
The last part speaks of how Christians should draw near to God without such
things as X
In the books Junkie and Naked Lunch, author William S. Burroughs refers to X as a non-
addictive, high-quality form of opium said to exist in ancient India.
In Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods, X is referred to as "concentrated prayer", a
drink enjoyed by the gods, such as Odin.
X is the name of a fictional drug in Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World. In the
novel the government rations the drug to citizens to maintain control, it produces
both intoxicating and psychoactive properties and is used in religious services.
74. 24.
The Moloko Plus, also called Knifey Moloko is a highball cocktail drink.. There are
many variations, all of which use a large milk base and may have drugs, such as
barbiturates added. it has been stated one may have moloko plus with "vellocet"
(opiate), "synthemesc" (sythetic mescaline), or "drencrom" (adrenochrome), or
other hallucinogen substances. Minors may be served this drink since it contains
drugs that have not been declared illegal by the law. In one (apocryphal)
commercial incarnation, it is created by combining 1 oz Absinthe, 1 oz Anisette
Liqueur, 2 oz Irish Cream Liqueur, 1 Tablespoon sugar, and 5 oz milk in a shaker
with ice; the ingredients are then shaken and strained into a tall glass. The drink's
name originates from the "Nadsat" word for milk, translated as "milk plus".
Where did this drink originate?
77. 25
The game got its common nickname, X, from a practice in illegal
casinos in the early 1900s. Some casinos paid a bonus if a two-
card sum was made up of an ace and ____ of spades. Others paid
bonuses if an ace of spades was accompanied by a ____ of either
clubs or spades.
The X was the key to the bonus, and became the name of the
game.
