3. 1. Some popular culture reference of ‘X’ are the following :
- In Tunisia, political censorship led to ‘X’ becoming so
ubiquitous that Tunisian bloggers invented a character called
Ammar they held responsible for its deployment.
- In the movie Four Rooms there is a segment that takes place
in room ‘X’, a room where people accidentally go to looking
for a party, but finding something else instead.
-XKCD, in reference to this phenomenon, skipped Comic ‘X’ so
that going to it manually via the URL gives a ‘X’.
9. 3. ‘X’ is a form of advance-fee fraud similar to the ’Spanish
Prisoner’ con scheme. Businessmen were contacted by an
individual allegedly trying to smuggle someone connected to a
wealthy family out of a prison in Spain. In exchange for
assistance, the scammer promised to share money with the
victim in exchange for a small amount of money to bribe
prison guards.
Another variant of the scam, dating back to circa 1830,
appears very similar to what is passed via email today: "‘Sir,
you will doubtlessly be astonished to be receiving a letter
from a person unknown to you, who is about to ask a favour
from you ...‘’ and goes on to talk of a casket containing 16,000
francs in gold and the diamonds of a late marchioness.
15. 5.
Alexandre Griletta created this game after getting
enraged by the closing of two furnaces of a well
known steel company at its plant in the French
town of Florange. The ultimate aim for players,
who take on the role of factory workers, is to
defeat the owner, who appears in the game as a
robot.
Who is the owner of that company?
16.
17.
18.
19. 6.
This is not an official
flag in any sense. The
colour red denotes is
present state, the green
and blue represent its
future state and its
dependence on
humanity. What flag is
this?
22. 7. Who uttered these famous words?
“In an ever changing world, it is a single point of
consistency. If my life were expressed as a
function on a four dimensional Cartesian
coordinate system, THAT spot, at the moment
I first sat on it, would be (0,0,0,0). ’’
23.
24.
25. It is round and usually has its name embossed
upon its top surface, the edges of which are also
embossed with an intricate design. It is made
with wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil and is
typically vanilla flavoured. It was created by the
London bakery Peek Freans in 1874 to
commemorate the marriage of the Grand
Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the
Duke of Edinburgh.
This became the symbol of civil war in Spain later.
8. What are we talking about?
29. 9.FITB
• The origins of the word ____, lie in these
types of rain water gutters.
• This is because, in the olden days, crooks used
to stand on these drains, without being
spotted by the people of the house, and gain
valuable information about the household.
30.
31. Eavesdrop
• The gutters were called eaves trough or eaves
gutter and a person standing there could
easily listen to what was being spoken inside
the house.
• These people were hence called
eavesdroppers and the verb eavesdrop is
derived from them.
35. 11.
• Urban dictionary defines this word as “African
Americans who betray their roots usually for
dating Caucasian girls, dressing too white,
talking too white.”
• What is the good word, which is often used as
a derogatory term by blacks to insult their
fellow blacks, as they are white on the inside?
38. 12.
1) Mahalia Jackson, “How I Got Over” and “I’ve Been ‘Buked and
I’ve Been Scorned”
2) Marian Anderson’s “He’s got the world in his hands”
3) Joan Baez’s “Oh Freedom” and “We Shall Overcome”
4) Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’”, “When the Ship
Comes In” (along with Baez) and “Only A Pawn In Their Game”
5) Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “If I Had a
Hammer.”
6) Odetta’s “I’m On My Way”
The following songs can be grouped together as one single
live album. Despite having such famous artists and tracks,
these songs were overshadowed as it was a part of another
historic event. Which one?
41. 13.
• James Berardinelli gave the film three out of four stars,
writing:
“ It transports us to a world that is like yet unlike our
own, and, in its mysterious familiarity, is eerie,
intense, and compelling. Reality is a fragile
commodity, but, because the script is well-written and
the central character is strongly developed, it's not
hard to suspend disbelief.”
• He actually said that the film deserved a ‘fractional’
more, but his rating scale didn’t support it. Which
movie are we talking about?
46. GOOGLE – PLEDGE TO VOTE
SHYAM SARAN NEGI – FIRST VOTER OF
INDEPENDENT INDIA. HE IS 97 YEARS OLD.
47. 15.
Featured in BBC’s 9 New Buildings To Look Out For
in 2014 is this upcoming skyscraper slated for
completion this year in London. What moniker has
this earned by virtue of its structure?
50. 16.
• Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini was a man of many
virtues. He was a writer, an early humanist, and even
served under the reign of seven popes at the Vatican.
Besides being a well-read scholar, one special attribute
this man had was his handwriting. People considered it
elegant, pleasing, and easy to read. People loved his
handwriting, and this made him want to improve it
while working in Florence as a manuscript copyist.
In what manner has his unique handwriting endured
till today?
54. NAME THE MOVIES
• Movie posters of Hollywood movies dubbed
into other languages
• Id the movies
• +5 for each
• +10 for getting all correct
• 10 movies in total; 60 points up for grabs
86. 17.
The Greenlandic Federation of tae kwon do,
badminton, handball, volleyball, biathlon, and
table tennis have gained full membership into
the International Federation.
However, the same can't be said for soccer.
Why is Greenland not allowed to be a part of
FIFA?
87.
88. The grass IS greener on the other side
NOT ENOUGH NATURAL GRASS TO PLAY AND
PRACTISE ON .
92. 19. ID X and Y. Explain.
• 1. Justin Bieber – Baby
• 2. X
• 3. Miley Cyrus – We can’t stop
• 4. Y
• 5. Rick Perry – Strong
• 6. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
• 7. Nicki Minaj – Stupid Hoe
• 8. Rebecca Black – My Moment
93.
94. The most disliked videos on Youtube
X- Friday, Rebecca Black
Y=PSY Gangnam Style
99. As a little girl she stopped believing in Santa Claus
when she was six - when asked why she said
“Mother took me to see him in a department
store, and he asked for my autograph.”
This multifaceted personality was among other
things the US ambassador to Ghana and more
importantly Czechoslovakia in 1989, during the fall
of Russia and the Iron Curtain.
She sat on the boards of corporations and
organisations including The Walt Disney Company,
Del Monte Foods, and the National Wildlife
Federation.
102. 22.
British banks are banning ‘X’ because they
may offend some Muslims.
Halifax and NatWest banks have led the move
to scrap this time-honoured symbol of money
from being given to children, the Daily
Express/Daily Star group reports.
What are we talking about?
110. CISCO SYSTEMS
• It represents the two towers of the Golden
gate bridge.
• The name "Cisco" was derived from the city
name, San Francisco, which is why the
company's engineers insisted on using the
lower case "cisco" in its early years
111. 25.
This brand name has Dutch roots. The product
was imported by a dutch company, Dada and Co.
In the early 1930s, when this international
company wanted to start manufacturing this
product in India, Dada & Co. insisted that the
branded product should reflect their name. The
international company, in a bid to establish the
ownership of the brand managed to prevail and
introduced a letter into the name. Today owned
by Bunge limited, name the iconic brand/product.
114. 26. Gibberish?
This language X was created by the linguist David J.
Peterson. As of September, 2011, this language
contained 3,163 words.
David Peterson has said that ‘You know, most
people probably don’t know what Arabic actually
sounds like, so to an untrained ear, it might sound
like Arabic. To someone who knows Arabic, it
doesn’t. I tend to think of the sound as a mix
between Arabic and Spanish, due to the dental
consonants.
ID X.
123. 29.
Facebook says that, “Stickers are illustrations or
animations of characters that you can send to friends.
They’re a great way to share how you’re feeling and
add personality to your chats” .
Despicable Me’s minions, Chumbak’s expressions,
Wide Eyes are some of the stickers that one can use.
In January 2014, Hungama Digital Media
Entertainment along with another company ‘timely’
launched another set of stickers on facebook for a
social media promotion. (Some of which are shown in
the next slide)
What are these stickers called?
127. 30. Alls well that ends well?
X was asked many times why he chose the number Y.
Many theories were proposed, including that Y is
101010 in binary code, that light refracts off water by Y
degrees to create a rainbow, that light requires
10−y seconds to cross the diameter of a proton.
X rejected them all.
The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had
to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I
chose that one. Binary representations, base
thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I
sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought ‘Y
will do'. I typed it out. End of story.
128.
129.
130. THANK YOU FOR STAYING UP!
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