1. The film title X is originally a Gujarati phrase meaning "I have cut the kite" referring to a kite fighting competition. 2. Film critic Roger Ebert praised the 1969 film X for its political message and thrilling style of telling real political events. 3. The band X has stated their name was invented to confuse people and mean nothing, despite speculation about its origins.

1. 1) The film title X is originally a Gujarati phrase that
means "I have cut the kite" which refers to a kite
competition where one of the competitors uses his kite
to cut off another competitors kite and yells “X!"

2. 2) Film critic Roger Ebert, who named X the best film of 1969, liked the
screenplay and its message, and wrote, “[X] is a film of our time. It is about how
even moral victories are corrupted. It will make you weep and will make you
angry. It will tear your guts out...When the Army junta staged its coup in 1967, the
right-wing generals and the police chief were cleared of all charges and
‘rehabilitated.’ Those responsible for unmasking the assassination now became
political criminals. These would seem to be completely political events, but the
young director Costa-Gavras has told them in a style that is almost unbearably
exciting. X is at the same time a political cry of rage and a brilliant suspense
thriller. It even ends in a chase: Not through the streets but through a maze of
facts, alibis and official corruption.”
X was remade into which Bollywood film?

3. 3) There have been many suggestions as to what the band's name
really means. The band has repeatedly stated a story corroborated on
their official website that X "Started at school in 1980, originally called
X _____ in order to confuse the public (name was invented for its
meaninglessness; all other stories are fabrications) in west Glasgow,
Scotland."
The liner notes of one album state: "...if you ask us what the name
means - expect violence", strongly suggesting that the band have long
since tired of this question. Speculation about the name's origins have
included the Greek for "from the womb", and a handbag brand name.

4. *4) X was born to a couple who worked in Jupiter Circus as
trapeze artists. He received most of his martial art, acrobatic
and stunt training in the circus itself. At the age of 14, having
lost his parents to a conspiracy that rose out of a business
rivalry, he swore to fight against crime for the rest of his life.
Eventually he was adopted by the then Superintendent of Police
Rajan Mehra (later promoted to the rank of Inspector-general).
Like Batman, X has no superpowers.

5. **5) Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim was a noted Urdu poet . He wrote
poetry under nom de plume X, and was appointed poet laureate of
the Mughal Court in Delhi.
He was a poor youth, with only ordinary education, who went on to
acquire quite some learning in history, tradition and astrology in his
later years. X was a prominent contemporary of Ghalib and in the
history of Urdu poetry the rivalry of the two poets is quite well
known. During his lifetime X was more popular than Ghalib for the
critical values in those days were mainly confined to judging a piece
of poetry on the basis of usage of words, phrases and idioms.
Content and style were barely taken into account while appreciating
poetry

6. 6) X was founded in 1785 and is named after the Bundela Rajput
leader Chhatrasal, the founder of Bundelkhand independence, and
contains his cenotaph. The state was ruled by his descendants until
1785. At that time the Ponwar clan of the Rajputs took control of X.
The state was guaranteed to Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar in 1806 by the
British Raj. In 1854 X would have lapsed to the British government for
want of direct heirs under the doctrine of lapse, but was conferred on
Jagat Raj as a special act of grace. The Ponwar Rajas ruled a princely
state with an area of 1,118 square miles (2,900 km2), and population
of 156,139 in 1901, which was part of the Bundelkhand agency of
Central India. Incidentally, a fringe locality in Delhi is also called X.

7. *7) This 1958 film is set in the era of the Roman Empire
over 2000 years ago. It centres around the point of
persecution of Jews at the time in the empire’s centre -
Rome.
A vengeful Jew (Ezra) adopts an abducted Roman child
(Lydia, later renamed as Hannah) who grows up and
unknowingly falls in love with a Roman.
The plot bears similarities to Jacques Fromental Halévy's
opera La Juive.
Which film?

8. 8) What has been blanked out?

9. 9) X is a form of government in which experts in
technology would be in control of all decision
making. Scientists, engineers, and technologists who
have knowledge, expertise, or skills, would compose
the governing body, instead of
politicians, businessmen, and economists. In a
X, decision makers are selected based upon how
knowledgeable and skillful they are in their field.

10. 10) Which incident is being depicted here?

11. 11) X is a 1992, Indian Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal
and based on a novel of the same name by Dharmavir
Bharati. It won the 1993 National Film Award for Best
Feature Film in Hindi. The movie has also been known for its
subversive take on the 'Devdas' syndrome.
This movie stars Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Pallavi
Joshi, Neena Gupta and Amrish Puri.

12. 12) X Studies Collective is a group of South Asian scholars interested in the postcolonial and
post-imperial societies with a particular focus on those of South Asia while also covering
the developing world in general sense. The term X Studies is sometimes also applied
more broadly to others who share many of their views.
Scholars associated with X Studies include:
Shahid Amin
David Arnold
Gautam Bhadra
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Partha Chatterjee
Ranajit Guha
David Hardiman
Sudipta Kaviraj
Lata Mani
Shail Mayaram
Gyanendra Pandey
M.S.S Pandian
Gyan Prakash
Edward Said
Sumit Sarkar (later dissented)
Ajay Skaria
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and others

13. 13) X is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney Company
franchise encompassing a series of films, two theme
park attractions, and spin-off novels as well as
numerous video games and other media publications.
The franchise originated with the X theme ride
attraction, which opened at Disneyland in 1967, the
last Disney theme park attraction overseen by Walt
Disney.

14. 14) Which is the only film character to feature in AFI’s List
of 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains, in both the categories?

15. 15) X was founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of
Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained
a key imprint following X’s founding. X handled a variety of music
genres, including bubblegum pop (the Ohio Express and the 1910
Fruitgum Company), folk-rock (Melanie), experimental music (Captain
Beefheart), and soul (Gladys Knight and the Pips).
In addition to the X imprint, the company distributed many other
independent labels, including Kama Sutra Records (after Kama Sutra cut
their distribution ties with MGM in 1969), Curtom Records (Curtis
Mayfield), T-Neck Records (the Isley Brothers), Charisma Records
(Genesis, Monty Python), Sussex Records (Bill Withers), Hot Wax Records
(Holland-Dozier-Holland post-Motown productions) and smaller
subsidiaries.

16. **16) X was a non-violent revolution in
Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17
to December 29, 1989. Dominated by student and
other popular demonstrations against the one-
party government of the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia, it saw to the collapse of the
party's control of the country, and the subsequent
conversion to a parliamentary republic.

17. 17) Venus in Furs is a novella by the Austrian author X, and
the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of
an epic series that X envisioned called Legacy of Cain.
Venus in Furs was part of Love, the first volume of the
series. It was published in 1870. The novel draws themes
and character inspiration heavily from X’s own life.
Wanda von Dunajew, the novel's central female
character, was modelled after Fanny Pistor, who was an
emerging literary writer. The two met when Pistor
contacted X, under assumed name and fictitious title of
Baroness Bogdanoff, for suggestions on improving her
writing to make it suitable for publication.
Which word does this novel lend to the English language?

18. 18) The term first appeared in print at the suggestion of "Hank
Harrison": author of The Dead Trilogy on the sleeve of Grateful Dead
(also known as Skull & Roses), the band's second live album,
released in 1971. It read:
“
DEAD FREAKS UNITE: Who are you? Where are you? How are you?
Send us your name and address and we'll keep you informed.
X, P.O. Box 1065, San Rafael, California 94901.
”
This phenomenon was first touched on in print by Village Voice
music critic Robert Christgau at a Felt Forum show in 1971, noting
"how many 'regulars' seemed to be in attendance, and how, from
the way they compared notes, they'd obviously made a determined
effort to see as many shows as possible.

19. *19) X was a Canadian world champion badminton player. X was
the Canadian National Badminton Champion in 1929 and 1930
and declared as world champion in 1933. He retired in 1945, and
pursued a career as a stockbroker.
The Canadian Badminton Association claimed that his Toronto
Star articles made him a paid professional. As a professional
badminton player, however, X beat all the leading players in the
world by 1932. He was declared world champion in 1933 based
on his beating the top Canadian, American and British
badminton players. His world championship status was
challenged numerous times, but X remained unbeaten until his
retirement in 1945.
However, X is more popular in the world of footwear.

20. **20) X was a French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, member
of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and
founding member of the Situationist International (SI). He was
also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie. X joined the
Letterist International when he was 19. The Letterists were led
dictatorially by Isidore Isou until a widely agreed upon schism
ended Isou's authority. This schism birthed several factions of
Letterists, one of which was decidedly led by X upon Gil Wolman's
unequivocal recommendation. In the 1960s, X led the Situationist
International group, which influenced the Paris Uprising of 1968.
Some consider his book The Society of the Spectacle (1967) to be
a catalyst for the uprising.

21. ANSWERS

22. 1) The film title X is originally a Gujarati phrase that
means "I have cut the kite" which refers to a kite
competition where one of the competitors uses his kite
to cut off another competitors kite and yells “X!"

24. 2) Film critic Roger Ebert, who named X the best film of 1969, liked the
screenplay and its message, and wrote, “[X] is a film of our time. It is about how
even moral victories are corrupted. It will make you weep and will make you
angry. It will tear your guts out...When the Army junta staged its coup in 1967, the
right-wing generals and the police chief were cleared of all charges and
‘rehabilitated.’ Those responsible for unmasking the assassination now became
political criminals. These would seem to be completely political events, but the
young director Costa-Gavras has told them in a style that is almost unbearably
exciting. X is at the same time a political cry of rage and a brilliant suspense
thriller. It even ends in a chase: Not through the streets but through a maze of
facts, alibis and official corruption.”
X was remade into which Bollywood film?

26. 3) There have been many suggestions as to what the band's name
really means. The band has repeatedly stated a story corroborated on
their official website that X "Started at school in 1980, originally called
X _____ in order to confuse the public (name was invented for its
meaninglessness; all other stories are fabrications) in west Glasgow,
Scotland."
The liner notes of one album state: "...if you ask us what the name
means - expect violence", strongly suggesting that the band have long
since tired of this question. Speculation about the name's origins have
included the Greek for "from the womb", and a handbag brand name.

28. 4) X was born to a couple who worked in Jupiter Circus as
trapeze artists. He received most of his martial art, acrobatic
and stunt training in the circus itself. At the age of 14, having
lost his parents to a conspiracy that rose out of a business
rivalry, he swore to fight against crime for the rest of his life.
Eventually he was adopted by the then Superintendent of Police
Rajan Mehra (later promoted to the rank of Inspector-general).
Like Batman, X has no superpowers.

30. 5) Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim was a noted Urdu poet . He wrote
poetry under nom de plume X, and was appointed poet laureate of
the Mughal Court in Delhi.
He was a poor youth, with only ordinary education, who went on to
acquire quite some learning in history, tradition and astrology in his
later years. X was a prominent contemporary of Ghalib and in the
history of Urdu poetry the rivalry of the two poets is quite well
known. During his lifetime X was more popular than Ghalib for the
critical values in those days were mainly confined to judging a piece
of poetry on the basis of usage of words, phrases and idioms.
Content and style were barely taken into account while appreciating
poetry

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32. 6) X was founded in 1785 and is named after the Bundela Rajput
leader Chhatrasal, the founder of Bundelkhand independence, and
contains his cenotaph. The state was ruled by his descendants until
1785. At that time the Ponwar clan of the Rajputs took control of X.
The state was guaranteed to Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar in 1806 by the
British Raj. In 1854 X would have lapsed to the British government for
want of direct heirs under the doctrine of lapse, but was conferred on
Jagat Raj as a special act of grace. The Ponwar Rajas ruled a princely
state with an area of 1,118 square miles (2,900 km2), and population
of 156,139 in 1901, which was part of the Bundelkhand agency of
Central India. Incidentally, a fringe locality in Delhi is also called X.

34. 7) This 1958 film is set in the era of the Roman Empire
over 2000 years ago. It centres around the point of
persecution of Jews at the time in the empire’s centre -
Rome.
A vengeful Jew (Ezra) adopts an abducted Roman child
(Lydia, later renamed as Hannah) who grows up and
unknowingly falls in love with a Roman.
The plot bears similarities to Jacques Fromental Halévy's
opera La Juive.
Which film?

36. 8) What has been blanked out?

38. 9) X is a form of government in which experts in
technology would be in control of all decision
making. Scientists, engineers, and technologists who
have knowledge, expertise, or skills, would compose
the governing body, instead of politicians,
businessmen, and economists. In a X, decision
makers are selected based upon how knowledgeable
and skillful they are in their field.

40. 10) Which incident is being depicted here?

42. 11) X is a 1992, Indian Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal
and based on a novel of the same name by Dharmavir
Bharati. It won the 1993 National Film Award for Best
Feature Film in Hindi. The movie has also been known for its
subversive take on the 'Devdas' syndrome.
This movie stars Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Pallavi
Joshi, Neena Gupta and Amrish Puri.

44. 12) X Studies Collective is a group of South Asian scholars interested in the postcolonial and
post-imperial societies with a particular focus on those of South Asia while also covering
the developing world in general sense. The term X Studies is sometimes also applied
more broadly to others who share many of their views.
Scholars associated with X Studies include:
Shahid Amin
David Arnold
Gautam Bhadra
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Partha Chatterjee
Ranajit Guha
David Hardiman
Sudipta Kaviraj
Lata Mani
Shail Mayaram
Gyanendra Pandey
M.S.S Pandian
Gyan Prakash
Edward Said
Sumit Sarkar (later dissented)
Ajay Skaria
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and others

46. 13) X is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney Company
franchise encompassing a series of films, two theme
park attractions, and spin-off novels as well as
numerous video games and other media publications.
The franchise originated with the X theme ride
attraction, which opened at Disneyland in 1967, the
last Disney theme park attraction overseen by Walt
Disney.

48. 14) Which is the only film character to feature in AFI’s List
of 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains, in both the categories?

50. 15) X was founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of
Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained
a key imprint following X’s founding. X handled a variety of music genres,
including bubblegum pop (the Ohio Express and the 1910 Fruitgum
Company), folk-rock (Melanie), experimental music (Captain Beefheart),
and soul (Gladys Knight and the Pips).
In addition to the X imprint, the company distributed many other
independent labels, including Kama Sutra Records (after Kama Sutra cut
their distribution ties with MGM in 1969), Curtom Records (Curtis
Mayfield), T-Neck Records (the Isley Brothers), Charisma Records
(Genesis, Monty Python), Sussex Records (Bill Withers), Hot Wax Records
(Holland-Dozier-Holland post-Motown productions) and smaller
subsidiaries.

52. 16) X was a non-violent revolution in
Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17
to December 29, 1989. Dominated by student and
other popular demonstrations against the one-
party government of the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia, it saw to the collapse of the
party's control of the country, and the subsequent
conversion to a parliamentary republic.

53. Velvet revolution

54. 17) Venus in Furs is a novella by the Austrian author X, and
the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of
an epic series that X envisioned called Legacy of Cain.
Venus in Furs was part of Love, the first volume of the
series. It was published in 1870. The novel draws themes
and character inspiration heavily from X’s own life.
Wanda von Dunajew, the novel's central female
character, was modelled after Fanny Pistor, who was an
emerging literary writer. The two met when Pistor
contacted X, under assumed name and fictitious title of
Baroness Bogdanoff, for suggestions on improving her
writing to make it suitable for publication.
Which word does this novel lend to the English language?

56. 18) The term first appeared in print at the suggestion of "Hank
Harrison": author of The Dead Trilogy on the sleeve of Grateful Dead
(also known as Skull & Roses), the band's second live album,
released in 1971. It read:
“
DEAD FREAKS UNITE: Who are you? Where are you? How are you?
Send us your name and address and we'll keep you informed.
X, P.O. Box 1065, San Rafael, California 94901.
”
This phenomenon was first touched on in print by Village Voice
music critic Robert Christgau at a Felt Forum show in 1971, noting
"how many 'regulars' seemed to be in attendance, and how, from
the way they compared notes, they'd obviously made a determined
effort to see as many shows as possible.

57. Deadheads

58. 19) X was a Canadian world champion badminton player. X was
the Canadian National Badminton Champion in 1929 and 1930
and declared as world champion in 1933. He retired in 1945, and
pursued a career as a stockbroker.
The Canadian Badminton Association claimed that his Toronto
Star articles made him a paid professional. As a professional
badminton player, however, X beat all the leading players in the
world by 1932. He was declared world champion in 1933 based
on his beating the top Canadian, American and British
badminton players. His world championship status was
challenged numerous times, but X remained unbeaten until his
retirement in 1945.
However, X is more popular in the world of footwear.

59. Jack purcell

60. **20) X was a French Marxist theorist, writer,
filmmaker, member of the Letterist International,
founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of
the Situationist International (SI). He was also briefly a
member of Socialisme ou Barbarie. X joined the
Letterist International when he was 19. The Letterists
were led dictatorially by Isidore Isou until a widely
agreed upon schism ended Isou's authority. This schism
birthed several factions of Letterists, one of which was
decidedly led by X upon Gil Wolman's unequivocal
recommendation. In the 1960s, X led the Situationist
International group, which influenced the Paris
Uprising of 1968. Some consider his book The Society
of the Spectacle (1967) to be a catalyst for the uprising.

61. Guy Debord