2. Q1.
• Senator Tom Coburn has introduced the “X act” as a way of saving
some of that hard earned money that we all have to send off to run
the Federal government each year. The savings aren’t all that large
but would be nice to have anyway. For what is currently happening is
that there’s a Federal agency which issues reports to people who
want to see them and charges for that service.
• Fair enough one might think except that a very large proportion of
those reports that it charges for are available for free on the ______.
Which rather makes a mockery of the idea of having an agency which
then charges people for providing the same reports.
• All of this flags up an interesting economic problem, one that
government and bureaucracy in general is uniquely subject to.
5. Q2.
• He does not appear intimidated by gravity‘s divine
suction... His arms are 19. by his side, only slightly out
triggered. His left leg is bent at the knee, almost
casually. His white shirt, or jacket, or frock, is billowing
free of his black pants. His black high-tops are still on
his feet.‖ Tom Junod coined the term by which we
refer to an eleven-year-old artefact in this piece that
he wrote for Esquire Magazine. What was this term?
8. Q3.
• Ellis Edgar "Puss" Achong (16 February 1904 – 29 August 1986) was a
cricketer from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies.
• He was mainly a bowler. His stock ball was left-arm orthodox
spin (left-arm finger spin), but one of his variations was unique. After
bowling this variation to have Walter Robins stumped at Old
Trafford in 1933, it is reputed that Robins said to the umpire Joe
Hardstaff Sr., "fancy being done by a bloody _________".Learie
Constantine is said to have replied: "Do you mean the bowler or the
ball?“
• This led to the invention of term “X”, which is thought to be in his
honour (pic in next slide)
12. Q4.
• In cricket, X made its debut in the Indian Cricket League (ICL),
followed by the semi-finals of the 2010 Indian Premier League (IPL) in
Mumbai and then in Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa. It
was used for the first time in a test match at The Gabba in Brisbane
during the 2012 South African tour of Australia.
• When introduced in the IPL, it indeed received much criticism from
MI batsmen Sachin and Kieron Pollard.
• Pollard commented “It's a bit of a distraction and it disturbs you not
just while batting, even while fielding” on the then new technology.
• What is X?
15. Q5.
• Controversy has arisen over various interpretations made
regarding the content of Batman comics in the early decades.
• ______ interpretations have been part of the academic study
of Batman
• Fredric Wertham asserted that "Batman stories are
psychologically ______." He claimed, "The Batman type of
story may stimulate children to ______ fantasies, of the nature
of which they may be unconscious.
• Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the 1960s television show,
has also remarked upon this interpretation in his
autobiography Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights as a ______, with
the show's double entendres and lavish camp also possibly
offering ambiguous interpretation
18. Q6.
Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream are two lines of
clothing established by X and Nigo, founder of clothing
label BAPE.
The lines consist of T-shirts, polos, sweatshirts, knits,
denim, suits and shirts; outerwear in leather, down, cotton,
and technical fabrics; hats, sneakers, underwear, socks and
accessories. The items are produced in very limited
quantities and are usually sold for high prices(image in next
slide)
Who is X?
22. Q7.
• X is a genius, who demonstrates himself throughout the
series to be an expert in many fields of science, holding three
PhDs in nuclear and theoretical physics, planetary astronomy
and calculus.
• He is also an experienced engineer, archaeologist, biologist
and chemist..
• He seeks to benefit mankind through his inventions,
developing a pill that cures alcoholism by making alcohol
unpalatable to the patient, and refusing under great duress
to yield his talents to producing weapons of mass
destruction.
• Id X.
25. Q8.
• Disney meets Lena Dunham in this illustrated humour book featuring
your favourite fairy-tale characters dating and finding their way in
21st-century America The Ugly Duckling still feels gross compared to
everyone else, but now she's got Instagram, and there's this one filter
that makes her look awesome. Cinderella swaps her glass slippers for
Crocs. The Tortoise and the Hare Facebook stalk each other. Goldilocks
goes gluten free. And Peter Pan finally has to grow up and get a job, or
at least start paying rent. Here are more than one hundred fairy tales,
illustrated and re-imagined for today. Instead of fairy godmothers,
there's Siri. And rather than big bad wolves, there are creepy dudes on
OkCupid. In our brave new world of social networking, YouTube, and
texting, fairy tales can once again lead us to "happily ever after"--and
have us laughing all the way.
• This is a description to which book?
28. Q9.
• Carol Ann Susi (Born in February 2, 1952) is an American actress.
• Her screen credits include Just Go with It, Becker, CSI: NY - The Game,
Grey's Anatomy, That '70s Show, Out of Practice, Cats & Dogs, Just
Shoot Me, Married... with Children, Death Becomes Her, Seinfeld, The
Secret of My Success, My Blue Heaven (Filomena), Sabrina The
Teenage Witch, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker, her first screen
appearance which has a cult following. Susi also has extensive
experience in live theater.
• You know Carol, however, for another role in another show, whose
name is obviously removed from this list. Her “performance” is kind
of weird there, but you still know her because of this show. Which
role in which show?
• (image in next slide)
32. Q10.
• The logo on the left is the typical one used by the
massively popular Real Madrid soccer team. It is
still the logo seen on the club’s web site.
• The new, edited version that was used to promote
the billion dollar Real Madrid resort island being
built in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2012 had
some change in it .
• What?
35. Q11.
• FISA, the international federation that governs this sport has this to
say:
“It is a longstanding core value in this sport that the participants have
tremendous respect for their competitors. This is also played out in
victory ceremonies. To reach the victory ceremony is the major goal.
It also has a tradition that the medals should be delivered
immediately after the race when the spectators who witnessed the
race have a chance to see the participants up close, and they are still
living the excitement as well as lack of breath and sweat from the
performances when they receive their medals."
There is also the practical consideration that there can be as few as
three or as many as 27 participants who have to receive their medals.
What tradition is thus explained?
37. No podiums for rowers, they all stand on the
same ground level
38. Q12.
• I basically appointed myself," says the 36-year old Scot, who has lived
on the island for 12 years and is among only a handful of foreigners
anywhere in the world who speak Rapa Nui, the local language.
• "I realised there was no diplomatic representation here from any
country and we were getting quite a few problems with tourists losing
passports and having medical emergencies.
• "So I went to the British embassy in Santiago and asked them if they'd
be interested in having an honorary consul here.
• "They were fairly surprised but in the end they thought it was a great
idea."
• Mr Grant-Peterkin's is not a full-time job. He works mostly as a tour
operator and has written a guide book to the island, which he first
visited in 1996.
• Which place in the south eastern Pacific ocean is being spoken about?
40. Easter Island's lone honorary consul
It is a position that James
Grant-Peterkin has held for
five years. He is the British
government's
representative on this
remote Chilean outpost in
the South Pacific.
His position is unique.
Britain is the only country in
the world with consular
representation on Easter
Island.
41. Q13.
• X was influenced by a journey through Spain and by the suicide of his
friend Carlos Casagemas, who took his life at the LHippodrome Cafe in
Paris, France by shooting himself in the right temple on February 17,
1901.
• This suicide led X sink in severe depression and to bring a drastic
change in his paintings.
• The painting considered the first of this kind , Casagemas in His
Coffin, was completed later in 1901 when X was sinking into a major
depression. X, normally an outgoing socializer, withdrew from his
friends. X's bout of depression was to last several years till 1904.
• These sombre works are the most popular of his works though he had
a difficulty selling them then.
• Give me X and the term used to define this period of X’s life.
44. Q14.
• According to a story, X was a large cannon, which was
strategically placed on the wall. A shot from a Parliamentary
cannon succeeded in damaging the wall beneath X which
caused the cannon to tumble to the ground. The Royalists, or
Cavaliers attempted to raise X on to another part of the wall,
but because the cannon was so heavy that they couldn’t
place it back.
• What is being talked about?
47. Q15.
•Dulka Road is located in Wandsworth, South
London close to Clapham Railway station. A few
years ago, it was noticed that a house on this
road was attracting a lot of interest from buyers
of a particular community. It was sold in 2004 for
nearly 50% more than other houses on the same
road. Who and why were they so interested?
•(image in next slide)
50. ‘10DULKA’
• The owner of number 10, Tom Gueterbock, had his change of address
cards adorned with an image of the Little Master Sachin Tendulkar
thanks to the familiar sounding name of his house number and street
name.
Once he was settled it became something of a running joke for his
mates to say: "We're going round Sachin's for dinner". Gueterbock
even phoned up Wisden to gain some PR when it came to selling the
house and subsequently there was massive interest from Indian ex-pats
living in London.
53. • BUCKET CHALLENGE . So , 10 questions written.
• +10 for each correct answer, without a star mark!
• Star marked answers get +15/-5 .
54. Q1.
• X cuisine is a style of Chinese cuisine originating in
southwestern China.
• It is composed of seven basic flavours: sour, pungent, hot,
sweet, bitter, aromatic, and salty. X food is divided into five
different types: sumptuous banquet, ordinary banquet,
popularised food, household-style food, and food snacks.
• X cuisine has changed little over the years, and milder
versions of it remain a staple of American Chinese cuisine.
55. Q2.
• The origins of the common term for this culinary
offering go back to the French word for ‘small blade’,
given on account of its characteristic flat shape.
• It is apparently one of the English words that are
pronounced in four or five different ways across India,
because it is staple fare in ‘Kaka hotels’, in continental
joints, in booze houses and so on. What common
term?
56. Q3.
• The solution to this problem common among the
French aristocracy was to hire an additional person to
dine with them, who would not be paid but would
instead experience a feast unlike any he had ever
eaten.
In England, the practice (started at the Savoy Hotel,
London, using a wooden cat named Kaspar) was to
place a wooden animal at the table whenever this
problem arose.
These were both solutions to what problem?
57. Q4.
• Like a caffè latte, it is based on espresso and hot milk, but
with added chocolate, typically in the form of sweet cocoa
powder, although many varieties use chocolate syrup. X can
contain dark or milk chocolate.
• Like cappuccino, X typically contains the well-known milk
froth on top, although, as is common with hot chocolate,
they are sometimes served with whipped cream instead.
• X is also a port city in Yemen.
• Which variant is this , popular in today’s youth?
58. Q5.
• Vegan substitutes for this commonly-used baking ingredient
(most often used for added visual appeal rather than its
negligible flavour or nutritional value) include vegetable oil,
non-dairy milk and butter substitutes, and light corn syrup
thinned with water. What last- minute ingredient?
59. Q6.
• The Arabic word X comes from
the Turkish word çevirme ,meaning "turning“.
• X is made by alternately stacking strips of fat and
pieces of seasoned meat on a stick. An onion, a
tomato, or a halved lemon is sometimes placed at the
top of the stack for additional flavouring. The meat is
roasted slowly, rotating over or infront of a flame for
hours.
•What?
60. Q7.
• Some time around the end of 16th Century, the earlier
version of this cocktail originated . A particular ship's crew
was experiencing a serious problem with people suffering
from Dystentery and Scurvy . It was known that the locals
(around where the ship was sailing) had remedies for those
problems. It involved a particular alcohol brewed from
Sugarcane and some other local ingredients (which helped
fight both Dysentery and Scurvy ) . One of the ingredients,
while medically beneficial, was majorly used to mask the foul
taste of the alcohol. What cocktail ?
61. Q8.
• Finely cut green chilies and ginger and
a phodani (tempering) of mustard seeds, turmeric and
salt are added to a mash of boiled potatoes, and after
dipping patties of the mash in an herb-seasoned
batter of gram flour, the patties are deep-fried.
• X is typically served with a chutney (sauce) which is
commonly made out of shredded
coconut, tamarind pulp, and garlic.
• Another version of X is eaten with bhajiya, which is very
prominent in central-western part of India.
• What is X?
67. Q1.
• X cuisine is a style of Chinese cuisine originating in
southwestern China.
• It is composed of seven basic flavours: sour, pungent, hot,
sweet, bitter, aromatic, and salty. X food is divided into five
different types: sumptuous banquet, ordinary banquet,
popularised food, household-style food, and food snacks.
• X cuisine has changed little over the years, and milder
versions of it remain a staple of American Chinese cuisine.
69. Q2.
• The origins of the common term for this culinary
offering go back to the French word for ‘small blade’,
given on account of its characteristic flat shape.
• It is apparently one of the English words that are
pronounced in four or five different ways across India,
because it is staple fare in ‘Kaka hotels’, in continental
joints, in booze houses and so on. What common
term?
71. Q3.
• The solution to this problem common among the
French aristocracy was to hire an additional person to
dine with them, who would not be paid but would
instead experience a feast unlike any he had ever
eaten.
In England, the practice (started at the Savoy Hotel,
London, using a wooden cat named Kaspar) was to
place a wooden animal at the table whenever this
problem arose.
These were both solutions to what problem?
73. Q4.
• Like a caffè latte, it is based on espresso and hot milk, but
with added chocolate, typically in the form of sweet cocoa
powder, although many varieties use chocolate syrup. X can
contain dark or milk chocolate.
• Like cappuccino, X typically contains the well-known milk
froth on top, although, as is common with hot chocolate,
they are sometimes served with whipped cream instead.
• X is also a port city in Yemen.
• Which variant is this , popular in today’s youth?
75. Q5.
• Vegan substitutes for this commonly-used baking ingredient
(most often used for added visual appeal rather than its
negligible flavour or nutritional value) include vegetable oil,
non-dairy milk and butter substitutes, and light corn syrup
thinned with water. What last- minute ingredient?
77. Q6.
• The Arabic word X comes from
the Turkish word çevirme ,meaning "turning“.
• X is made by alternately stacking strips of fat and
pieces of seasoned meat on a stick. An onion, a
tomato, or a halved lemon is sometimes placed at the
top of the stack for additional flavouring. The meat is
roasted slowly, rotating over or infront of a flame for
hours.
•What?
79. Q7.
• Some time around the end of 16th Century, the earlier
version of this cocktail originated . A particular ship's crew
was experiencing a serious problem with people suffering
from Dystentery and Scurvy . It was known that the locals
(around where the ship was sailing) had remedies for those
problems. It involved a particular alcohol brewed from
Sugarcane and some other local ingredients (which helped
fight both Dysentery and Scurvy ) . One of the ingredients,
while medically beneficial, was majorly used to mask the foul
taste of the alcohol. What cocktail ?
81. Q8.
• Finely cut green chilies and ginger and
a phodani (tempering) of mustard seeds, turmeric and
salt are added to a mash of boiled potatoes, and after
dipping patties of the mash in an herb-seasoned
batter of gram flour, the patties are deep-fried.
• X is typically served with a chutney (sauce) which is
commonly made out of shredded
coconut, tamarind pulp, and garlic.
• What is X?
84. Smorgasbord
It is a type of Scandinavian meal served buffet-style
with multiple hot and cold dishes of various
foods on a table, originating in Sweden.
89. Q1.
• X (拔罐) is a type of Chinese massage, consisting of placing
several glass "cups" (open spheres) on the body. A match is
lit and placed inside the cup and then removed before
placing the cup against the skin. As the air in the cup is
heated, it expands, and after placing in the skin, cools,
creating lower pressure inside the cup that allows the cup to
stick to the skin via suction. When combined with massage
oil, the cups can be slid around the back, offering "reverse-pressure
massage".
• This technique was used in “Karate Kid” when Jackie Chan
heals Jaden Smith. ID
92. Q2.
• It's My Birthday" is a song by American hip hop
recording artist will.i.am and American singer
Cody Wise, who is signed to Interscope Records
through will.i.am's imprint. The song was
recorded in 2014 and released as a single on
May 27, 2014. It is heavily based on the Tamil
Indian song “X", originally composed by ‘Y’.
•(VIDEO)
•Give me X and Y?
95. Q3.
• X is an Indian term which originally referred to a place of assembly. The
meaning then altered to denote a place where skill-based contests were
held. “ X " is an Anglo-Indian expression, which is derived from the Persian
and Urdu word "Jamat-khana". Most Xs have a X Club associated with
them, a term coined during British Raj for gentlemen's club.
• In India, the term X is commonly used to refer to a gymnasium. More
generally, X refers to a social and sporting club in theIndian subcontinent,
and in other Asian countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Burma and
Singapore, as well as in East Africa.
• In English-speaking countries, a X refers to a multi-game equestrian event
performed to display the training and talents of horses and their riders. The
plot of the children's story "The Mystery of the Invisible Thief" by Enid
Blyton begins at a X held at an English village, testifying to its being a
common institution in English society at the time of writing (the 1940s).
98. Q4.
• X is one of the two main disputed border areas
between China and India, the other being Arunachal Pradesh
• . It is administered by China as part of Hotan County which
lies in the south western part of Hotan Prefecture of Xinjiang
Autonomous Region, but is also claimed by India as a part of
the Ladakh district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In
1962 China and India fought a brief war over X and
Arunachal Pradesh, but in 1993 and 1996 the two countries
signed agreements to respect the Line of Actual Control.
• IDENTIFY X.
101. Q5.
• X , in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was a son of Y with
a Vaishya woman named Sughada.
• Fearing problems with HIS WIFE’S pregnancy which
had continued for almost two years, Y had a child
from Sughada, a woman from Vaishya Varna.
• X is celebrated as a moral warrior who choose the
path of righteousness, in spite of being born in
circumstances that predisposed him to evil. As
Mahabharata was a righteous war, the warriors were
given the freedom by both sides to switch to the side
they believed was morally correct.
102. • X played a major role in the Mahabharatha as an informant
among the Kauravas. He assisted the Pandavas by providing
critical information about Kauravas' preparation and
planning. He also saved the life of Bhima by informing the
Pandavas about Duryodhana's cunning schemes, which
included poisoning water.
• Before the onset of the battle of Kurukshetra
War between Kauravas and Pandavas, X shifts from Kauravas
to the Pandava camp. X fought the battle on the side of
the Pandavas. He was one among the 11 Maharathis
(capable of fighting 60,000 warriors at a time) among
the Kauravas. X was one among the eleven warriors to have
survived the war.
• IDENTIFY X,Y.
105. Q6.
• In 1983, Pakistan had tour of India. The 2nd ODI was
going at Jaipur and India won over Pakistan by 4 wickets
with 32 balls remaining. Although this is not having any
impact on historical moment of the sport but there was
something added first time in this match that had
changed the analyzing system of bowlers. What was
introduced to the sport and still in it?
113. • “ANGEL’S SHARE”
• The evaporating alcohol is called the angel's share, alluding
to the belief that guardian angels watch over the product as
it ages.
117. Q10.
• X was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary
tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region
of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life
of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his
own when her father raised his war club to execute him.
• X was captured by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613, and held for
ransom. During her captivity, she converted to Christianity and took the name
Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her to return to her people, she chose
to remain with the English. In April 1614, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe,
and in January 1615, bore him a son, Thomas Rolfe. X's marriage to Rolfe was the
first recorded interracial marriage in North American history.
• In 1616, the Rolfes traveled to London. X was presented to English society as an
example of the civilized "savage" in hopes of stimulating investment in the
Jamestown settlement. She became something of a celebrity, was elegantly fêted,
and attended a masque at Whitehall Palace. In 1617, the Rolfes set sail for
Virginia, but X died at Gravesend of unknown causes. She was buried in a church
in Gravesend, but the exact location of her grave is unknown. (contd)…
118. • Numerous places, landmarks, and products
in the United States have been named after
X. Her story has been romanticized over the
years, and she is a subject of art, literature,
and film. Her descendants through her son
Thomas include members of the First
Families of Virginia, First Ladies Edith
Wilson and Nancy Reagan, and
astronomer Percival Lowell.
• Id X.
121. Q11.
Early in 2005, school officials in China,
banned X. The immediate cause was that
students had been altering notebooks to
resemble X and then writing the names
of acquaintances, enemies, and teachers
in the books.
•ID X
124. Q12.
• Ibrahim ibn Awwad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ali ibn Muhammad al-Badri al-
Samarrai most commonly known by the nom de guerre X has been
named the Caliph—head of state and theocratic absolute monarch—
of the self-proclaimed Islamic State located in western Iraq and north-eastern
Syria.
• X is believed to have been born near Samarra, Iraq, in 1971
• According to an alleged biography posted on jihadist internet forums
in July 2013, he earned a master's degree and a PhD in Islamic studies
from the Islamic University of Baghdad—since renamed the Iraqi
University—in Adhamiya, Baghdad.Reports suggest that he was a
cleric at the Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal Mosque in Samarra at around
the time of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
• Who is being talked about ?
130. • Archduke franz Ferdinand
• His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-
Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. This caused
the Central Powers(including Germany and Austria-Hungary)
and the Allies of World War I (countries allied with Serbia or
Serbia's allies) to declare war on each other, starting World
War I.
131. Q14.
• The author of a celebrated (and weighty) 1993 novel, says of
a new project:
• “I think its just that I suddenly got the idea of not taking up
the story in 1952 where I had left it, but rather to take it up
in the present .In other words, not just a sequel but to write
what you could call a jump sequel”.
• The sequel will have Lata, the young heroine of the original
novel, now 75, looking for a wife for her grandson, “whether
he is thinking about it or not.”
• What is the name of this sequel?
138. Mile High Club.
• The term mile high club (or MHC) is a slang term applied collectively
to individuals who have sexual intercourse while on board an aircraft.
There is no known formally constituted club so named. However,
since "membership" of the "club" is really a matter of an individual
asserting they have qualified, the qualifications for membership are
open to some interpretation
139. Identify the Print ads
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• +10 for each correct, without a star * mark.
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