A SET OF 15 QUESTIONS BY SAGNIK GOSWAMI, A QUIZ MANIAC FROM KALYANI, WB.

3.  X, A FAMOUS TERM WAS USED BY THE
SPANISH EMPIRE WHICH CAME IN POPULAR
CULTURE SEVERAL TIMES. A TRIBE OF SOUTH
AMERICA, MUSICA, ARE RESPONSIBLE TO
CREATE THE WORD X WHICH DEALS WITH
THEIR TRADITION. THEIR BENEFITS AND
VIRTUES ARE THE SOURCES OF X. ONE
SOURCE SAYS, X IS SUBMURGED IN THE LAKE
GUATIVATA WHILE ANOTHER LEGEND SAYS A
CITY OF MANOA NEAR LAKE PRIME IS THE
ACTUAL LOCATION OF X. WALTER RALEIGH,
FRANCISCO DE ORLLENA AND OTHER FAMOUS
WENT OUT IN SEARCH OF X BUT X IS STILL AN
UNSOLVED MYSTREY. SHAKIRA, VOLTAIRE,
CARL BARKS AND MANY OTHER DEALT WITH

4.  A FAMOUS FILM OF 1948 WAS ADAPTED FROM
A NOVEL “CESARE ZAVATTINI” OF LUIGI
BARTOLLINI WHICH BECAME FAMOUS AND
RECEIVED OSCAR AWARD FOR THE BEST
FOREIGN FILM. LAMBERTO MAGGIORANI WAS
A FATHER AND HIS SON WAS CASTED BY ENZO
STAIOLA. IN 1952, “SIGHT AND SOUND”
MAGAZINE VOTED THE FILM AS THE BEST OF
ALL TIME. IN 1985, A FILM RELEASED “PEE-
WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE” WHICH WAS BASED
ON THIS FILM. THIS GREAT FILM WAS ALSO
PARODIED IN 1989 WHICH’S NAME WASA
SLIGHTLY CHANGED. NORMAN LOFTIS’S FILM
“MESSENGER”(1994) IS CONSIDERED IT’S
REMAKE. IDENTIFY THE 1948 MAIN FILM AND

5.  X IS A 1978 DRAMA FILM BY ALAN PARKER.
IT IS BASED ON A NOVEL OF Y NAMED X
WHICH WAS ADAPTED INTO THE
SCREENPLAY BY OLIVER STONE. IT IS
BASED ON Y’S REAL LIFE STORY AND HIS
CRIMINAL APPROACHES. ON 6TH
OCTOBER,1970 IN TURKEY, Y TRIED TO
SMUGGLE AND STRAP 2 KG OF HASHISH
BLOCKS AND WENT TO JAIL. BRAD DAVIS
PLAYED THE ROLE OF Y, THE CENTRAL
CHARACTER AND DRUG SMUGGLER.

6.  IN EUROPE, WILLIAM ADDIS OF ENGLAND IS
BELEIVED TO HAVE PRODUCED THE FIRST X IN
1780. IN 1770, ADDIS WAS SENT TO JAIL FOR
CREATING A RIOT. ADDIS DECIDED TO USE
RAHG, SOOT AND SALT TO DO SOMETHING
RELATED TO X. HE USED A BONE TO DO HIS
EXPERIMENT OF FUNCTIONING OF X. AFTER
HIS RELEASE, HE STARTED A PROFITABLE
BUSINESS OF X. HE DIED IN 1808 AND THE
LEGACE WAS TOOK FORWARD BY HIS ELDEST
SON. IT REMAINED WITHIN THE FAMILY
OWNERSHIP TILL 1996 UNDER THE NAME OF
“WISDOM XS”. THOUGH THE FIRST PATENT OF
X WAS GRANTED TO A US, H.N.
WORDSWORTH. IDENTIFY X, A DAILY NEED

7.  IN 1844, HORACE WELLS, A DENTIST
INVENTED THIS METHOD. NITROUS
OXIDE WAS STRICTLY A PARTY TOY
WHICH MADE PEOPLE GROWL LIKE
HYENAS. BUT A FIEND OF WELLS TOOK
N2O TOO MUCH AT A LAUGHING GAS
STAGE SHOW AND GASHED HIS LEG.
WELLS REALISED THAT HIS FRIEND
HAD’NT HURT HIMSELF AND WAS
INTACT. HE USED N2O TO CONTINUE
THIS PRACTICE. IDENTIFY IT OR WHAT I

8.  IN 1872, CONSTANTIN FAILBERG AND IRA
RAMSEN SPENT A WHOLE DAY
STUDYING COAL TAR DERIVATIVES.
FAILBERG WENT ON DINNER. HE TASTED
SOMETHING PARTICULARLY SWEET,
WHICH CAME FROM HIS HANDS, WAS
NOT IN THE FOOD. IT TURNED OUT TO BE
CALORIE FREE. AS A RESULT, FAILBERG
SECRETLY TOOK THE PATENT OF IT BY
CUTTING RAMSEN OUT. WHAT I AM

9.  DR. JOHN HARVEY _________ AND HIS
BROTHER, WILL KEITH ________ OPERATED A
SANITORIUM IN BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN BACK
IN THE LATE 1890S. WHILE LOOKING FOR FOODS
TO FEED THEIR PATIENTS THAT WERE PART OF
THEIR STRICTLY VEGETERIAN DIET, THE DUO
ACCIDENTALLY LEFT WHEATBERRY COOKING IN
THE KITCHEN, AND A SPECIAL FOOD WAS
ACCIDENTALLY INVENTED FOR EXTRA HEATING.
THE FOOD IS VERY COMMON. IDENTIFY THE
FOOD. THE DASHED SURNAMES STAND FOR A
MARKETING COMPANY OF THAT SPECIAL FOOD.
FILL IN THE BLANKS TO FIND THEIR SURNAME...

10.  RELATE THE AUTHORS:
A. KATE BROWN
B. IGOR KOSTIN
C. ADAM HIGGINBOTHAM
D. ANDREW BLACKWELL
E. SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH
F. DARRAGH MCKON
G. BILL MURRAY
H. REBECCA L. JOHNSON
I. RUDOLPH HERZOG
J. GALE EATON

11.  IT IS AN CRONYMN FOR “YET ANOTHER
HIERACHICAL OFFICIOUS ORACLE”. THE
TERM “HIERACHICAL” DESCRIBED HOW ITS
DATABASE WAS ARRANGED IN LAYERS OF
SUBCATEGORIES. THE TERM “ORACLE”
WAS INTENDED TO MEAN “SOURCE OF
TRUTH AND WISDOM”. THE CO FOUNDER
OF IT, DAVID FILO INSISTED TO MAINLY
SELECT THIS NAME BECAUSE HE LIKED
THE SLANG DEFINATION OF IT. FILO WAS
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A “__________” BY
HIS COLLEGE GIRLFRIEND. IDENTIFY IT OR
FITB OR WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT??

12.  X, A GREAT SCIENTIST WAS BORN IN 1766 AT
“EAGLESFIELD” OF ENGLAND. ONCE, X WAS
NOMINATED BY THE KING OF ENGLAND, GEORGE
THE FOURTH, AS THE CHIEF GUEST. THE COURT
WAS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED. THEN, PM OF
ENGLAND WAS LORD CHAMBERLINE. BUT X
REJECTED TO WEAR SPECIAL COSTLY VELVET
SHIRT, SHINY SHOES AS THESE WERE BANNED
ACCORDING TO X’S RELIGION ‘KOYEKAR’. THE KING
AN D THE PM WERE ANNOYED WITH X. AT LAST, X
FOURCEFULLY AGREEDTO WEAR RED DRESS OF
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, X WAS FASCINATED WITH THE
DRESS AS X COULDN’T IDENTIFY THE RED COLOUR
FOR A REASON. THE KING FELICITATED HIM.

13.  IT IS A KIND OF DISEASE RELATED TO STROKE.
IT IS A JAPANESE WORD WHICH MEANS “PUFF
OF SMOKE” WHICH IS FOUND MOSTLY IN ASIA
AND ESPECIALLY IN JAPAN. THE BLOOD
VESSELS ARE BLOCKED FOR DIFFERENT
REASONS. IT MAY CAUSE PARALYSIS OF BRAIN,
TERRIBLE HEADACHE. HEREDITY IS A RISK
FACTOR OF IT. IDENTIFY THE SPECIAL NAME OF
THE DISEASE...
 INFORMATION TAKEN FROM A CLASSIC MEDICAL

14.  BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY IN 1997,
DISCOVERED THE SEVEN TYPES OF A THING.
WHAT IS THE THING?? THESE ARE:
 1. TYPE 1: SEPERATE HARD LUMPS, NUT LIKE
 2. TYPE 2: SAUSAGE SHAPED LUMPY
 3. TYPE 3: SAUSAGE WITH CRACKS
 4. TYPE 4: LIKE A SNAKE, SMOOTHY
 5. TYPE 5: SOFT BLOBS WITH CLEAR CUT
AGES
 6. TYPE 6: FLUFFY PIECES WITH RAGGED

15.  IN LOKSABHA, THE LOWER HOUSE OF
PARLIAMENT OF INDIA, THERE ARE 545 SEATS
FOR THE MEMBERS. AMONG THEM, 2 ARE
ANGLO INDIAN. EVERY CONSTITUENCY HAS A
NUMBER WHILE THE CHJAIR OR SEAT
NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT FOR THE MPS. FROM
1 TO 545, THERE IS ONLY ONE NUMBER IS
MISSING FOR A TRADITIONAL REASON OF
EVILNESS WHICH WAS PROPOSED TO RENEW IN
THE 14TH LOKSABHA. IDENTIFY THAT SPECIAL
SEAT NUMBER WHICH HAS NO EXISTENTENCE

16.  X WAS SENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL FOR BAD
BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL DAYS.
 X HAS GERMAPHOBIA.
 X OWNED 14000 APARTMENTS AT THE AGE OF 27
 X WAS PAID 375,000 US DOLLARS FOR THE TV
SHOW “THE APPERENTICE”
 X IS SELF CONCSIOUS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF
HIS FINGERS.
 18 GOLF COUSES ARE OWNED BY X.
 X SAID ONCE, “I DO PLAY WITH BANKRUPTCY
LAWS--- THEY ARE VERY GOOD FOR ME.”
 IDENTIFY X.................................................................

17.  X PROVIDED HIS SERVICES IN THE INDO PAK WAR
OF 1965 BYS ASSISTING THE SOLDIERS AT THE
RAILWAY STATIONS DURING THEIR JOURNEY.
 X SPENT TIME WITH HIMALAYAN SADHUS AND
WANTED TO BE A GYPSY.
 X SWAM WITH CROCODILES IN LAKE SHARMISTHA
AND ONCE BROUHT A BABY CROCODILE HOME.
 X HAS GOOD POETRY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SKILLS.
 X STUDIED IMAGE MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC
RELATIONS IN USA.
 X PLAYED ROLES IN THEATRES AND DRAMAS IN
SCHOOL LIFE.
 IDENTIFY X........................................................................