9. 4.
• X was a long-time baseball fan
and often attended Sugar Kings
games at Gran Stadium. In fact,
he had been a pitcher during
his days at the University. This
is him on July 24th, 1959, he
staged an exhibition game
between Los Barbudos and the
Cuban National Police prior to a
game between the Sugar Kings
and the Rochester Red Wings.
10.
11. 5.
• Faulkner: “________ has never been known to use a word that might
send a reader to the dictionary."
• X: "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big
words?“
• Id X.
15. 7.
• The noun, X means a
group or an alliance
united by a common
interest. The members
of a X are willing
participants. It most
commonly refers to a
group of nations, but it
can be a group of
anything that has
decided to form a team.
Y
• As a noun, Y has many
meanings,
• A large solid piece of material
A frame with footrests used by
sprinters to improve their start
• The main part of an internal
combustion engine which
houses the pistons.
• A group of buildings bounded
by four streets.
• A large quantity of things
regarded as a unit
• An act of Y-ing someone or
something.
17. 8.
• These people were very helpful in the planning and execution of the
invasion of Sicily. They were involved in assisting the U.S. war efforts.
X’s associates found numerous Sicilians to help the Naval Intelligence
draw maps of the harbors of Sicily and dig up old snapshots of the
coastline. Y offered it’s services to the U.S. Army and became an
interpreter and advisor to the U.S. Army military government in
Naples.
• Who exactly were these helpful people?
19. 9.
• In 1956, X left his post at University College London, and moved
to Calcutta, where he joined the . X's move to India was influenced by
a number of factors. Officially he stated that his chief political reason
was in response to the Suez Crisis.
21. 10.What Film?
• The arena was modeled on a circus in Jerusalem. Covering 18 acres
(7.3 ha), it was the largest film set ever built at that time. Constructed at a
cost of $1 million, it took a thousand workmen more than a year to carve
the oval out of a rock quarry. The racetrack featured 1,500-foot (460 m)
long straightaways and five-story-high grandstands.Over 250 miles
(400 km) of metal tubing were used to erect the grandstands. Matte
paintings created the illusion of upper stories of the grandstands and the
background mountains.More than 40,000 short tons (36,000 t) of sand
were brought in from beaches on the Mediterranean to cover the
track. Other elements of the circus were also historically accurate.
racecourses featured a raised 10-foot (3.0 m) high spina, metae, lap
counters, and carceres . The four statues atop the spina were 30 feet
(9.1 m) high.
29. 14.
• X had a half-dozen red roses delivered three times a week to her crypt
for 20 years. He refused to talk about her publicly or otherwise
exploit their relationship. He never married again. When he died in
1999, his last words were "I'll finally get to see Y.“
• Name the sportsperson and his wife.
39. 19.Which brand?
• Originally formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist
William A. Mitchell in 1957, it was first marketed in powdered form in
1959.
• Sales were poor until NASA used it on John Glenn's Mercury flight,
and subsequent Gemini missions. Since then, it was closely associated
with the U.S. manned spaceflight program, leading to the
misconception that it was invented for the space program.
40.
41. 20.
• An important reason that the it was not closed earlier was that doing
so would cut off much of the railway traffic. Construction of a new
railway bypassing it commenced in 1951. Following the completion of
the railway in 1961, closing the barrier became a more practical
position.
• The people leaving tended to be young and well-educated, leading to
the "brain drain".
43. 21.
• A considerable number of people
believe that X did not die in 1977,
but went into hiding for various
reasons and is still alive. This notion
was popularized by the books of
Gail Brewer-Giorgio and other
authors. Several people even claim
to have seen X after he was
supposed to have died. One rash of
alleged sightings took place in
Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the late
1980s. Such reports encountered
much public ridicule and became
fodder for humorous publications
like the Weekly World News.
• What urban legend?
44.
45. 22.Conference Marking the 40th year
of which incident?
• The conference was co-sponsored by University of Havana and the
US-based National Security Archive among others. It commenced on
Thursday 22 March 2001, at the Hotel Palco.
• On 24 March, following the formal conference, many of the delegates
and observers travelled by road to Australia sugar mill and the two
Playas, the site of the initial incident. A documentary film was made
of that trip, released on DVD in 2002.
47. 23.
• During World War II, _____________, which was also rich in uranium
deposits, supplied the uranium that was used by the United States to
build the atomic weapons that were used in the bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
• Which former colony of a European power in question?
