Quiz Meet
- Namita, Anusha, Pratyush
• The first successful X was created by Bill Wasik, a senior editor
  of Harper’s Magazine in 2003. He claimed he created X to
  poke fun at hipsters and at the atmosphere of conformity.
• X is a subset of Y but essentially differs from Y in the sense
  that it doesn’t serve a social purpose.
• The first documented use of the term X was in 2003 in a blog
  post. The term X was added to the Concise OED in 2004
  where it was defined as an “unusual and pointless act”.
He was born in Jetpur near Rajkot in Gujarat and is the
   youngest of three brothers. He was introduced to
musical performance by his elder brother Manhar. His
  first stage performance was during the Sino-Indian
  War, when he sang "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" and
was given Rs. 51 by an audience member as a reward.
His first album, Aahat, was released in 1980. From this,
    he began to have success and, as of 2011 he has
    released more then 50 albums and hundreds of
 compilation albums. In 1986, he got the opportunity
       to perform in the film Naam, alongside Lata
                      Mangeshwar.
In the 14th century, X was the name given to the heart, liver,
entrails etc. of animals. X soon began to be called Y through
metanalysis which is the changing of boundaries between
words. Y was used in Z, which is a part of a famous idiom .
B, also a part of the idiom, is said to have been derived
separately from Y. The similarity of the sound of the words,
and the fact that Y-Z was often consumed by those of B
situation could easily have been the reason for the idiom to
have come to have its current meaning.
Identify B
• Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter
  and a major figure in the abstract expressionist
  movement. He is well known for his uniquely defined
  style of drip painting.
• After a workshop in liquid paints, he began painting
  with his canvases laid out on the studio floor, and he
  developed what was later called his drip technique,
  turning to synthetic resin-based paints. In 1956
  Time magazine dubbed Pollock "Jack the Dripper" as a
  result of his unique painting style.
• This habit of laying down his large canvases on the
  floor had an unexpected result in some of his greatest
  works.
X is the surname of a two time Best Director
Oscar winner described by the New York Times as
"one of the most honored and influential
directors in Broadway and Hollywood history”. X
was responsible for discovering Marlon Brando. X
means cauldron in Turkish.
X is also the capital of the Russian Republic of
Tatarstan and lies at the confluence of
the Volga and Kazanka Rivers.
• The term X originated during the American Gilded Age
  with the circulation battles between Joseph Pulitzer’s New
  York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York
  Journal. The battle peaked from 1895 to about 1898, and
  historical usage often refers specifically to this period .
  During this period both papers were accused by critics of
  using unethical means in order to drive up circulation.
• The term X was coined by Erwin Wardman , the editor of
  the New York Press with reference to a well known comic
  strip Y that was published by both the newspapers during
  the period.
• X became one of the prime causes of the United States’
  entry into the Spanish American War due to the
  sensationalist stories of the terrible conditions in Cuba.
• X is a best-selling and critically acclaimed book
  by Dr.Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of
  2001, according to Publishers Weekly, it was the
  fourth-best-selling English-language children's book
  (novel) of all time.
• The vocabulary of the text consists of 50 words and
  was the result of a bet between Seuss and and his
  publisher. The storyline is relatively simple revolving
  around a strange dog-like creature that finds himself
  being constantly pestered by a smaller being known as
  "Sam I Am" who insists that he taste a bizarre type of
  cuisine.
• X is a fictional character in the. Created by
  writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller-co-
  plotter Jack Kirby, X first appeared in Fantastic
  Four #52 (July 1966). He is the first African
  American superhero in mainstream American
  comics, debuting several years
  before superheroes such as Falcon ,Luke
  Cage and John Stewart.
• X is the ceremonial title given to the chief of the
  ________ Tribe of the advanced African nation
  of Wakanda.
• One of the popular theories is that the term X
  was derived from the phrase Y which dates back
  to 1781 when Reverend Samuel Peters published
  his history of Conneticut. He painted the strict
  laws of the puritan colonists as Y meaning “
  bloody laws” or those that were enforced by
  brutality. Y became shorthand for any strict, old
  fashioned laws such as those forbidding the sale
  of alcohol on Sundays. Y had forbidden X and
  hence became associated with X.
X is a historically derogatory slang term used in
     reference to poor, uneducated white farmers,
especially from the southern United States. It is similar
  in meaning to cracker (especially regarding Georgia
 and Florida), hillbilly (especially regarding Appalachia
and the Ozarks), and white trash (but without the last
            term's suggestions of immorality).
In recent decades, the term has expanded its meaning
   to refer to bigoted, loutish reactionaries who are
opposed to modern ways, and has often been used to
  attack Southern conservatives and racists. The term
 characterized farmers having a certain feature caused
      by sunburn from hours working in the fields.
Connect
They are a set of philosophical problems devised
        by a 5th century Greek philosopher to
   support the doctrine that "all is one“. Aristotle
   offered a refutation of some of his arguments.
These are perhaps the first examples of a method
 of proof called reductio ad absurdum also known
    as proof by contradiction. One of the most
  famous of these arguments says “You will never
reach point B from point A as you must always get
   half-way there, and half of the half, and half of
that half, and so on...” , also called the Dichotomy.
The earliest known appearance of X is from The Michigan
School Moderator, a journal that provided teachers with
education-related news and suggestions for lessons, where it
was given as a suggestion for writing practice. It was used to
test keyboards and typewriters. Versions of Microsoft
Word prior to Word 2007 on Windows and Microsoft Word for
Mac 2011 feature the text if =rand() is typed and followed by
a return. The text is produced in Word 2007 and later
if =rand.old() is typed and followed by a return.
• X replaced Marilyn Monroe as 20th Century
  Fox’s resident blonde bombshell in 1956. She
  was said to be one of the actresses who
  contributed the most to the dumb blonde
  stereotype and most of the original blonde
  humour was based on her. Ironically she
  boasted an IQ of 163 and spoke five
  languages. She was also a classically trained
  violinist and pianist.
• X was an American actress and socialite who died
  at the age of 28 suffering from drug abuse and
  mental illnesses. She was best known as the
  muse of avante-garde artist A having starred in
  several of his short films. It has been rumored
  that Bob Dylan’s “Just like a Woman” , “Leopard-
  Skin Pill-Box Hat” and Y were about her.
• The movie Factory Girl starring Sienna Miller is
  based on her life and especially her relationship
  with A.
• Name X,Y and A.
• B is an English model who is known for
  her waifish figure and popularising the heroin
  chic look in the 1990s. With her campaign for
  Calvin Klein, she started a global debate on eating
  disorders and is said to have ushered in the size
  zero fashion.
• She has been the subject of potraits by several
  contemporary artists such as Lucian Freud and
  Chuck Close as well the Babyshambles song
  “What ____ Did Next”.
• C was an American actress, singer, model and
  showgirl who starred in a number of
  commercially successful motion pictures during
  the 1950s. She had three marriages, all of which
  ended in divorce. She suffered two miscarriages
  and X during her three marriages. This resulted in
  an increased awareness regarding X.
• Nicole Kidman is another celebrity who suffered
  X during her marriage to Tom Cruise.
• D is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist,
  political activist, film director, and painter. His work
  was born out of the Bristol underground scene that
  involves collaborations between artists and musicians.
• In August 2004, D produced a quantity of spoof British
  £10 notes substituting the picture of the Queen's head
  with Princess Diana’s head and changing the text "Bank
  of England" to “X of England”.
• D’s first film, Exit Through the Gift Shop billed as "the
  world's first street art disaster movie," made its debut
  at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, he was
  nominated for the Academy Award for the Best
  Documentary for the film
• X is a disorienting neurological condition which
  affects human visual perception. Subjects
  perceive humans, parts of humans, animals, and
  inanimate objects as substantially smaller than in
  reality. Generally, the object perceived appears
  far away or extremely close at the same time.
  This leads to another name for the condition Y.
• X and Y are both derived from literary references
  Give me X and Y or the literary works.
X was created by Victor Lardent and used by a
British newspaper Y in 1931, after
typographer Stanley Morison criticized the
newspaper. Y used X for 40 years, but change
in production techniques and the shift from
broadsheet to tabloid caused it to change to
different variants of X.
• Juliane Koepcke was born a German national
  in Lima, Peru, in 1954, the daughter of a
  world-renowned zoologist (Hans-Wilhelm) and
  an equally revered ornithologist (Maria). Her
  story was there on The Top Wilderness
  Survival Stories by Outside Online. She was
  the inspiration behind Wings of Hope, a little-
  known documentary that was made for
  German television by Werner Herzog in 2000.
  What is her story?

Quiz Meet 17.3.12

  • 1.
    Quiz Meet - Namita,Anusha, Pratyush
  • 2.
    • The firstsuccessful X was created by Bill Wasik, a senior editor of Harper’s Magazine in 2003. He claimed he created X to poke fun at hipsters and at the atmosphere of conformity. • X is a subset of Y but essentially differs from Y in the sense that it doesn’t serve a social purpose. • The first documented use of the term X was in 2003 in a blog post. The term X was added to the Concise OED in 2004 where it was defined as an “unusual and pointless act”.
  • 3.
    He was bornin Jetpur near Rajkot in Gujarat and is the youngest of three brothers. He was introduced to musical performance by his elder brother Manhar. His first stage performance was during the Sino-Indian War, when he sang "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" and was given Rs. 51 by an audience member as a reward. His first album, Aahat, was released in 1980. From this, he began to have success and, as of 2011 he has released more then 50 albums and hundreds of compilation albums. In 1986, he got the opportunity to perform in the film Naam, alongside Lata Mangeshwar.
  • 4.
    In the 14thcentury, X was the name given to the heart, liver, entrails etc. of animals. X soon began to be called Y through metanalysis which is the changing of boundaries between words. Y was used in Z, which is a part of a famous idiom . B, also a part of the idiom, is said to have been derived separately from Y. The similarity of the sound of the words, and the fact that Y-Z was often consumed by those of B situation could easily have been the reason for the idiom to have come to have its current meaning. Identify B
  • 5.
    • Jackson Pollock,was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He is well known for his uniquely defined style of drip painting. • After a workshop in liquid paints, he began painting with his canvases laid out on the studio floor, and he developed what was later called his drip technique, turning to synthetic resin-based paints. In 1956 Time magazine dubbed Pollock "Jack the Dripper" as a result of his unique painting style. • This habit of laying down his large canvases on the floor had an unexpected result in some of his greatest works.
  • 6.
    X is thesurname of a two time Best Director Oscar winner described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history”. X was responsible for discovering Marlon Brando. X means cauldron in Turkish. X is also the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan and lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers.
  • 7.
    • The termX originated during the American Gilded Age with the circulation battles between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal. The battle peaked from 1895 to about 1898, and historical usage often refers specifically to this period . During this period both papers were accused by critics of using unethical means in order to drive up circulation. • The term X was coined by Erwin Wardman , the editor of the New York Press with reference to a well known comic strip Y that was published by both the newspapers during the period. • X became one of the prime causes of the United States’ entry into the Spanish American War due to the sensationalist stories of the terrible conditions in Cuba.
  • 8.
    • X isa best-selling and critically acclaimed book by Dr.Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2001, according to Publishers Weekly, it was the fourth-best-selling English-language children's book (novel) of all time. • The vocabulary of the text consists of 50 words and was the result of a bet between Seuss and and his publisher. The storyline is relatively simple revolving around a strange dog-like creature that finds himself being constantly pestered by a smaller being known as "Sam I Am" who insists that he taste a bizarre type of cuisine.
  • 9.
    • X isa fictional character in the. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller-co- plotter Jack Kirby, X first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966). He is the first African American superhero in mainstream American comics, debuting several years before superheroes such as Falcon ,Luke Cage and John Stewart. • X is the ceremonial title given to the chief of the ________ Tribe of the advanced African nation of Wakanda.
  • 10.
    • One ofthe popular theories is that the term X was derived from the phrase Y which dates back to 1781 when Reverend Samuel Peters published his history of Conneticut. He painted the strict laws of the puritan colonists as Y meaning “ bloody laws” or those that were enforced by brutality. Y became shorthand for any strict, old fashioned laws such as those forbidding the sale of alcohol on Sundays. Y had forbidden X and hence became associated with X.
  • 11.
    X is ahistorically derogatory slang term used in reference to poor, uneducated white farmers, especially from the southern United States. It is similar in meaning to cracker (especially regarding Georgia and Florida), hillbilly (especially regarding Appalachia and the Ozarks), and white trash (but without the last term's suggestions of immorality). In recent decades, the term has expanded its meaning to refer to bigoted, loutish reactionaries who are opposed to modern ways, and has often been used to attack Southern conservatives and racists. The term characterized farmers having a certain feature caused by sunburn from hours working in the fields.
  • 12.
  • 13.
    They are aset of philosophical problems devised by a 5th century Greek philosopher to support the doctrine that "all is one“. Aristotle offered a refutation of some of his arguments. These are perhaps the first examples of a method of proof called reductio ad absurdum also known as proof by contradiction. One of the most famous of these arguments says “You will never reach point B from point A as you must always get half-way there, and half of the half, and half of that half, and so on...” , also called the Dichotomy.
  • 14.
    The earliest knownappearance of X is from The Michigan School Moderator, a journal that provided teachers with education-related news and suggestions for lessons, where it was given as a suggestion for writing practice. It was used to test keyboards and typewriters. Versions of Microsoft Word prior to Word 2007 on Windows and Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 feature the text if =rand() is typed and followed by a return. The text is produced in Word 2007 and later if =rand.old() is typed and followed by a return.
  • 15.
    • X replacedMarilyn Monroe as 20th Century Fox’s resident blonde bombshell in 1956. She was said to be one of the actresses who contributed the most to the dumb blonde stereotype and most of the original blonde humour was based on her. Ironically she boasted an IQ of 163 and spoke five languages. She was also a classically trained violinist and pianist.
  • 16.
    • X wasan American actress and socialite who died at the age of 28 suffering from drug abuse and mental illnesses. She was best known as the muse of avante-garde artist A having starred in several of his short films. It has been rumored that Bob Dylan’s “Just like a Woman” , “Leopard- Skin Pill-Box Hat” and Y were about her. • The movie Factory Girl starring Sienna Miller is based on her life and especially her relationship with A. • Name X,Y and A.
  • 17.
    • B isan English model who is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. With her campaign for Calvin Klein, she started a global debate on eating disorders and is said to have ushered in the size zero fashion. • She has been the subject of potraits by several contemporary artists such as Lucian Freud and Chuck Close as well the Babyshambles song “What ____ Did Next”.
  • 18.
    • C wasan American actress, singer, model and showgirl who starred in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s. She had three marriages, all of which ended in divorce. She suffered two miscarriages and X during her three marriages. This resulted in an increased awareness regarding X. • Nicole Kidman is another celebrity who suffered X during her marriage to Tom Cruise.
  • 19.
    • D isa pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His work was born out of the Bristol underground scene that involves collaborations between artists and musicians. • In August 2004, D produced a quantity of spoof British £10 notes substituting the picture of the Queen's head with Princess Diana’s head and changing the text "Bank of England" to “X of England”. • D’s first film, Exit Through the Gift Shop billed as "the world's first street art disaster movie," made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, he was nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Documentary for the film
  • 20.
    • X isa disorienting neurological condition which affects human visual perception. Subjects perceive humans, parts of humans, animals, and inanimate objects as substantially smaller than in reality. Generally, the object perceived appears far away or extremely close at the same time. This leads to another name for the condition Y. • X and Y are both derived from literary references Give me X and Y or the literary works.
  • 21.
    X was createdby Victor Lardent and used by a British newspaper Y in 1931, after typographer Stanley Morison criticized the newspaper. Y used X for 40 years, but change in production techniques and the shift from broadsheet to tabloid caused it to change to different variants of X.
  • 22.
    • Juliane Koepckewas born a German national in Lima, Peru, in 1954, the daughter of a world-renowned zoologist (Hans-Wilhelm) and an equally revered ornithologist (Maria). Her story was there on The Top Wilderness Survival Stories by Outside Online. She was the inspiration behind Wings of Hope, a little- known documentary that was made for German television by Werner Herzog in 2000. What is her story?