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10. The X Conference is a one-day celebration of
subjects often considered trivial and pointless,
but when examined more closely reveal
themselves to be deeply fascinating.
People have talked about sneezing, toast, IBM
tills, the sounds made by vending machines, the
Shipping Forecast, barcodes, yellow lines,
London shop fronts, the television programme
Antiques Road Trip and the features of the
Yamaha PSR-175 Portatune keyboard.
It happened in London on May 6 this year.
Which conference is this?
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13. This Marvel superhero, Carl Lucas,
is known by his more famous
alias. He was created by Archie
Goodwin, John Romita,
Sr. and GeorgeTuska.
His alias was used by an actor as a
way to separate his identity from
his famous uncle. Id the actor.
He was the first _____ superhero
to be featured as the protagonist
and title character of a comic
book. FITB.
16. When Nicolas Cage and his wife Alice Kim found out they
were expecting in early 2005, choosing a name for their
baby boy to be was an issue for them. When he was born
on October 3rd, many were left scratching their heads as X
Coppola Cage was announced as the little one’s name.
Nicolas explains how he and Alice came up with the name
for their son.
My wife wanted a unique name and originally I thought of
the name Kyle and then she said, ‘No, something more
unusual but beautiful.’ Then, I remembered the old
________ comics and X was his original name. So I wanted
a name that stood for something good, was unique and
American and that’s all three. I just thought it was a
beautiful name and it had kind of a magical ring to it.
ID X.
23. What was the name given to Rick and Morty's
S03E01 to indicate Rick’s prison escape from
Galactic Empire?
Which entity from pop culture was
referenced in the title?
26. HBO is groveling for mercy after airing a grisly scene starring the head of
X.
His noggin shows up shish-kabobbed on a barbarian's pike in a scene
from the chainmail-and-boobs medieval fantasy series Game ofThrones.
Fans noted online that the show's creators had revealed their use of this
head in the DVD commentary that accompanied the first series. Now
HBO is scrambling to avoid the boiling oil of censure.
HBO's strong apology followed an earlier statement of contrition by the
co-creators of Game ofThrones, David Benioff and DBWeiss.They
admitted that the head was X's but said there was no political
commentary intended.
"We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc," the
pair said in a statement. "We can't afford to have these all made from
scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent
them in bulk. … After the [X] scene was already shot, someone pointed
out that one of the heads looked like X. …We meant no disrespect to him
and apologise if anything we said or did suggested otherwise.”
ID X.
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28.
29.
30.
31. The Order of Friars Minor X (Latin: Ordo
Fratrum Minorum X’ is an order of friars within
the Catholic Church, among the chief
offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide
head of the Order, called the Minister
General, is currently Mauro Jöhri.
By visual analogy, the X monkey and the Y are
both named after the shade of brown used
for their habit.
IdY.
35. He made a brief appearance in the 1934
movie 'Mazdoor', whose script he had written
himself. The movie depicted the poor
conditions of the labour class, with him
playing the role of the leader of the workers.
Who?
38. X will be an official medal sport at the 2022 Asian
Games in China, in the boldest step yet towards
its mainstream recognition.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced a
partnership with Alisports, the sports arm of
Chinese online retail giant Alibaba, to introduce
X as a demonstration sport at next year’s games
in Indonesia, with full-fledged inclusion in the
official sporting programme at the
Hangzhou Games in 2022.
Id X.
41. He announced the release of his first book in
this genre, Immortal India, last week.
He made this announcement during a live
Facebook session. He also launched the cover
of the upcoming book, which marks his entry
into this genre.
Id the author and the genre.
44. The objective of the forum as described by Wang
Xiaotao, deputy head of the National Development
and Reform Commission, is building "a more open
and efficient international cooperation platform; a
closer, stronger partnership network; and to push
for a more just, reasonable and balanced
international governance system.“
What?
45.
46.
47.
48. This University’s Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh
Kumar requested union ministers Dharmendra
Pradhan and General V K Singh to help in
“procuring an Army tank” that could be
displayed at a “prominent place” on the campus
to serve as a “constant” reminder to students of
the sacrifices the Army makes.
The idea of showcasing a military tank to “instill
nationalism” was first brought up in the
aftermath of some event on the campus.
Which university?
51. More than 200 residents and soldiers got
together to watch a movie known as ‘The
Eternity of Jiao Yulu’. The recently opened
Sansha Yinlong Cinema played the famous
movie on an island having the coordinates as
16.8366° N, 112.3368° E.
Why would a normal screening irk quite a few
nations?
54. The XY Game is an Internet "game" that is
claimed to exist in several countries. The
game allegedly consists of a series of tasks
assigned to players by administrators during
a 50-day period, with the final challenge
requiring the player to commit suicide. The
term XY comes from the phenomenon
of beachedY, which is linked to suicide.
What?
57. The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is a
wild cat occurring from the Himalayan
foothills through mainland Southeast
Asia into China. Since 2008, it is listed
as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. The
clouded leopard is the state animal of the
Indian state of Meghalaya.
A clouded leopard called Kheleo can be seen
recently in a number of places.
Who is Kheleo?
58.
59.
60. Kheleo is the mascot for 2017 FIFA U-17World
Cup.
61. Following is a 1998 British neo-noir crime drama film written
and directed by X. It tells the story of a young man who
follows strangers around the streets of London and is drawn
into a criminal underworld when he fails to keep his distance.
As X’s debut feature, it was designed to be as inexpensive as
possible to make. Scenes were heavily rehearsed so that just
one or two takes were needed to economise on 16mm film
stock, the production's greatest expense, and for which X
was paying from his salary. Along with writing, directing, and
photographing the film, he also helped in editing and
production.
Which acclaimed filmmaker’s directorial debut is being
talked about?
64. What’s the subject
of the book?
Id the author.
Editor's Notes
The Boring Conference is a one-day celebration of the mundane, the ordinary, the obvious and the overlooked; subjects often considered trivial and pointless, but when examined more closely reveal themselves to be deeply fascinating.