Xquizite finals

Finals
Xquizite 2012
Vikas Prasad
Kush Jain

Marking Scheme

1.Correct answer +10
2.On pounce (+10/-5)

Q1.
X‘ was invented in the United States as a medicine by scientist
Theron T. ‘X’ (1800–1852) in 1846, He extracted a healing tea
from witch hazel, with which he discovered he could heal small
cuts and other ailments. The product was named "Golden
Treasure." After Theron died, it would be known as “X's
Extract.“
In 1987, the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company by most
known as "Chesebrough-X", was acquired by Anglo-Dutch
company Y, giving ‘X’ a more international reach.

Give me that X , which everyone has used at any point of his life.

Q2.Which Picture follows next?

Q3 Lesser known counterpart of
what?

ISHIHARA Test for COLOR
BLINDNESS

 The numeral "74" should be
clearly visible to viewers with
normal color vision. Color blind
Viewers may see it as "21"

Q4.Like many of his countrymen he aspired to be
a fast bowler.
But in his own words,
"I was not fast enough ... Some of my friends used
to make fun that my run-up to the crease was
faster than my deliveries."
He took their advice and took to something else.
Who?

Q5.‘Y’ is a proper word in the Dutch language. Y was
first documented in the Oxford English Dictionary in
2011. In Welsh, Y means "nonsense”.
Y also shares its name with a 2012 movie directed by
Lisa Azuelos. Destiny Hope stars in this movie
alongside a model.
Y also forms the initial of a famous war-game
inspired by the Defense of the Ancients map for
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

Identify Y

■ Q6.
■ _____ ______is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests
and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of
letters that follows his name: "M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc."

■ Even though his name is visibly Dutch, he uses German
words instead of Dutch, such as "mein Gott" and "toll",
which translate in English to "my God" and "great"
respectively.

■ _____ _____is called in by his former student, Dr. John Seward,
to assist with the mysterious illness of Lucy Westenra.
■
■ It is later revealed that _______ _____ is really Gabriel, the Left
Hand of God - as well as the one who originally did the task.

VAN HELSING
 The original task done by angel gabriel being murdering the
Count Dracula

 Van/Von etc are typical dutch names

Bittorrent Inc
Eric Klinker , CEO
Ashwin Navin
Bram Cohen

Q8. X was born as a son of Vasudeva.
• Kansa, the brother of Devaki and an evil king,
was intent upon killing all the children of his sister
because of a prediction that he would die at the hands
of her _______ son.
• Kamsa thus threw his sister Devaki and her
husband Vasudeva into prison, and proceeded to kill
each of their children as they were born. However, X
was transferred miraculously from Devaki's womb to
the womb of Vasudeva's other wife, who desired a child
of her own.
• X's other name is also Samkarshan which
describes the transfer of the child from the womb.
• He was born under Shravana nakshatra on
Shraavana Purnima or Raksha bandhan.

ID X

Q9.
He has established six ashrams in India, 3 in
the corner and 3 in the central India as a part
of his activities. They are in Assam, Bihar,
Punjab, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh.
He was the first Indian recipient of an
international award for particular category.
Identify him.

Q11.
The Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2011 is a
book written in 2011 that analyses various
Indian brands and how the public view them.
The book is a result of a detailed research on
brand trust that generated 16,000 unique
brands from over 10,000 hours of fieldwork
conducted in 9 cities. Topping the rankings is
Nokia (1100 FTW!), followed by other expected
companies such as Tata, Sony, SBI, etc. Number
57 on the list, however, is rather unique. Give
me the name of this brand.

Q11.
The word _______ itself is of uncertain origin. Two
possibilities are commonly proffered. It could come
from a similar czech word or, it could be a blend of
mazurka and polonaise.

In the 1840s, the _______ was sweeping Britain and
America. It was the latest dance craze, like the
Charleston of the 1920s. In an effort to cash in on the
fad, manufacturers began naming all sorts of thing
_______. _______ gauze, _______ hats, _______ curtain bands
and many other products with the _______ name hit
the market in the 1840s. Of these, only the _______
_____ survives today.

Q12
.You find this on almost all the dongles and a few
MTS mobile phones.
what is the full form of ZTE ?

 Zhongxing Telecommunication
Equipment

Rules
4 images
Marking scheme

20/-10
15/-5
10

5

Q1. (Chronological exhaustive list)

Giveaway hint: They all relate to?

Double centurions of India against
England

Programming languages
1.C (sea),python
2.Java
3.perl
4.Pascal,Ada

Were not able to receive their
nobel peace prize
1. Andrei Dmitrievich
Sakharov,Lech Walesa
2.Liu Xiabo
3.Aung san suu kyi

Academy award venues
1.Millennium Biltimore Hotel
2. Pantages Theatre
3.Santa Monica Civic auditorium
4.Kodak/Dolby theatre

Loch Ness Monster

Mt Rushmore

Think fruity. Think refreshing.
Think a DNA scanner embedded in the lip of
your bottle reading all 3 gigabytes of your
base pair genetic data in a fraction of a
second, fine-tuning your individual
hormonal cocktail in real time using our
patented Auto-Drink™ technology, and
slamming a truckload of electrolytic
neurotransmitter smart-drug stimulants
past the blood-brain barrier to achieve
maximum optimization of your soon-to-be-
grateful cerebral cortex. Plus, it's low in
carbs! And with flavors ranging from Beta
Carroty to Glutamate Grape, you'll never run
out of ways to quench your thirst for
knowledge.

Requirements:

I am a world-class expert in:
Physics
First Aid
Engineering
Guitar Hero III

Q1.We took something and encoded it archaic
style… what?

"Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific;
Feign do I fathom your nature's specific
Exaltedly set on the aether capacious
A reasonable facsimile of a gem carbonaceous.

Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific;
Feign do I fathom your nature's specific“

 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Q2.What is being talked about ?
For it is related in our records how once upon a time your State
stayed the course of a mighty host, which, starting from a
distant point in the Atlantic ocean, was insolently advancing to
attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. For the ocean
there was at that time navigable; for in front of the mouth which
you Greeks call, as you say, 'the pillars of Heracles,' there lay an
island which was larger than Libya and Asia together; and it was
possible for the travellers of that time to cross from it to the
other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent
over against them which encompasses that veritable ocean. For
all that we have here, lying within the mouth of which we speak,
is evidently a haven having a narrow entrance; but that yonder
is a real ocean, and the land surrounding it may most rightly be
called, in the fullest and truest sense, a continent.

 Atlantis as described by Plato

Hosted on desimartini.com; what is so special about these web page(s)?

 This website ONLY runs when your
Internet is off.

Q4.Sparkling white object coming from the
north-eastern parts of France is called X. But only
that object might be called X - contrary to
popular perceptions. And in fact, it is European
Law. France's ownership of the word was further
confirmed in Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
However, a loophole remained : USA never
ratified that treaty. Hence, USA sparkling white
object also might be called as X.
ID X?

Q5.Born in Malaysia, this Order of British Empire
recipient started X Ltd. in 1996 with Vogue
Magazine accessories editor, Tamara Melton.

In 2001, X sold the 50% stake in company for 10
million Pounds.

X has claimed record eight pages in 1988 issue of
Vogue, and in 1990, X's image was boosted when
Princess Diana patronaged X's products.

Q6.What product the gentlemen named bough to the
market, which has delighted (a part of) generation since
then? The Map has to do something with the naming of
product.

Q7.Opening with the lines:
“X, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. “

This highly controversial book X deals with male narrator who is obsessed
with female protagonist of series whom he secretly called X.
Today the name X has become synonymous with a type of person.

Since its inception, this novel has evoked extreme reactions. It has been
banned, and bans have been lifted. It has been hailed as the best book or
degraded as “dirtiest book ever” full of “sheer pornographic stuff”.
Today, this book though generally is considered to be one of the greatest
works of twentieth century. It has been ranked fourth in Modern Library
Collection, included in Time’s List of 100 Best Books (1923-2005), has been
subject of multiple operas, stage plays, dramas, movies, ballets and even one
Broadway Musical.

Q8.During a Trip across Atlantic, X’s money, some of luggage and ticket were
stolen and he was nearly thrown overboard.
When he finally arrived in New York, he had 4 cents in his pocket, a letter of
recommendation and some remaining luggage.

The letter of recommendation was to Y – which stated, “I have known two great
people in my life, one is you [Y], and other is this young man. [X].
Y hired X and X rapidly rose in ranks of Y’s organization. X offered to do a
complete revamp of one of Y’s product claiming he can both improve its service
and economy.
Y who was known for stinginess, did not believe X, and offered him $50,000 if X is
to succeed. After months of work, X succeeded, and when he asked about his
payment, Y famously remarked:
“X, you don’t understand our American Humor.”

Thus started one of most interesting public battles between X and Y, which spread
over decades, and find its supporters to both sides even today.
ID X.

 Nikola Tesla, Thomas Alva Edison

Q9.
‘XY‘ was born and raised in North Highlands,
California, to a working-class family. Her mother
worked for the state of California and her father is a
mechanic.

Her ancestry includes Greek, Irish, and Polish.

Originally she toyed with the name Anna Karina,
taken after the French New Wave actress, before
deciding on her present name. The name “X" was
taken from X Konietzko of the band KMFDM,[16] and
“Y" represents Oscar Wilde’s novel ‘Z’

 Preet Bhatara
 (Prosecutor of Rajat Gupta Case)

Q11.X first developed his system for baseball players, called PECOTA which
he then sold to Basketball Prospectus, and managed from 2003-2009.

He began using the system for different fields, and by 2009, was on TIME’s
list of 100 Most Influential Men.

Writing under pseudonym, “Poblano” He opened FiveThirtyEight.com, and
revealed his identity in March 2008 winning huge accolades, and fame.

In early November of 2012, he had achieved huge celebrity status in cyber
world, and twitter-verse has created a meme dedicated to him as #Xfacts,
where he attained cult status equal to Rajnikanth, or Chuck Norris.

ID X.

Q12.
The brand was founded by the X Brothers (today known as Y) in 1899.
The name changed from “Sunlight Flakes” to “Z” in 1900, a Latin word for
“light” and suggestive of “luxury.”

Z was launched in the United States in 1925 and in the United Kingdom
in 1928. Subsequently, X has been marketed in several forms.

Since the 1930s, more than 400 of the world’s most famous female
celebrities have been associated with Z.

Reflecting the shift in beauty trends in the 70s, the Z stars stepped down
from their pedestals and were portrayed as multi-faceted women with
natural, wholesome beauty that the ordinary consumer could relate and
aspire to. The executions were more of ‘a day in the life’ of the stars with
focus on their ‘natural beauty’. Stars included Brigitte Bardot and Natalie
Wood.

Give me Z.

LONG CONNECT
For the connect
First Two : +40/-20 (a, b)
Next Two : +30/-15 (c, d)
Next Two : +20/-10 (e, f)
Last : +10 (g)

People featured on currency
notes.

2.a)
The owner converted an acquired
athletics stadium into a football
ground to lease it to a local football
club but when they refused, the
owner made his own team to play
there.

2.b
They won their first major European
honour after beating the white European
giants of that era, if you are confused on the
name of white giants its Real Madrid.

2.c
The 1970s was a very hard time for the
club, an ambitious redevelopment of the
club home lead to star players being sold,
club being nearly relegated to the third
division but along came a new owner that
changed the fortunes of the club buying the
club at a price of 1 pound.

2.d
Their most capped player is their ex
captain, who was a defender and played
795 games there.

2.e
They may not be their local rivals , but a
strong rivalry with Leeds United dates
back to several heated and controversial
matches in the 1960s and 1970s,
particularly the 1970 FA Cup Final

2.f
The club's 21–0 aggregate victory
over Jeunesse Hautcharage in the
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1971
remains a record in European
competition.

2.g
A referee had to end his career
following a controversial defeat at the
hands of eventual champions of the cup
in the 2nd leg of the semi final that was
decided on an away goal, the game
being marked with very poor display by
the referee giving many wrong
decisions against the losing side

Connect: Age of Empires 2 / Age of empires 2 campaigns

1. Saladin
2. Barbarossa
3. Atiila the hun
4. William Wallace
5. Genghis Khan
6. Joan of Arc
7. Montezuma

3.(12 point for every name next
7 slides-differential marking)
a)Antarctica

The seven Summits
Asia: Mount Everest 29,035 feet (8850
meters)
South America: Aconcagua 22,829 feet (6962
meters)
North America: Denali AKA Mount McKinley
20,320 feet (6194 meters)
Africa: Kilimanjaro 19,340 feet (5895
meters)
Europe: Mount Elbrus 18,510 feet (5642
meters)
Antarctica: Vinson massif 16,067 feet (4897
meters)
Australia: Mount Kosciusko 7,310 feet (2228

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