 UstadAllah Rakha’s 95th Birthday
 Baltimore Ravens
 C Mexican Grill, Inc. is a chain of
restaurants in the United States, United
Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and
France, specializing in burritos and
tacos. Its name derives from C.
 A C comes from the Nahuatl word
chilpoctli (meaning "smoked chilli"), is a
smoke-dried jalapeño. It is a chilli used
primarily in Mexican and Mexican-
inspired cuisines, such as Mexican-
American andTex-Mex.
Founded by Steve Ells in 1993, C had 16
restaurants (all in Colorado) when
McDonald's Corporation became a major
investor in 1998. By the time McDonald's
fully divested itself from C in 2006,the
chain had grown to over 500 locations.
 Chipotle
 D ( Daughter of the Feudal Lord) is a Bengali historical
romance novel written by Indian writer Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyay in 1865.
 D is a story of the love triangle between Jagat Singh, a
Mughal General,Tilottama, the daughter of a Bengali feudal
lord and Ayesha, the daughter of a rebel Pathan leader
against whom Jagat Singh was fighting.The story is set in
the backdrop of Pathan-Mughal conflicts that took place in
south-western region of modern-day Indian state ofWest
Bengal during the reign ofAkbar.
#hint:There have beenTV series both in Bengali and Hindi
having the same name D.
 Durgeshnandini
 E (Maxwell "Max" Dillon) is a fictional character,
a super villain who appears in comic books
published by Marvel Comics. An enemy of
Spider-Man, he gained the ability to control
_______ after being struck by lightning while
working on a power line.The character has been
depicted in numerous Spider-Man cartoons and
video games. In 2009, he was ranked as IGN's
87th Greatest Comic BookVillain of AllTime.
 Catch him in your nearest theaters today. :P
 Electro played by Jamie Foxx in The Amazing
Spiderman 2
The F paradox (or F's paradox) is the apparent contradiction
between high estimates of the probability of the existence of
extraterrestrial civilization and humanity's lack of contact with, or
evidence for, such civilizations.The basic points of the
argument, made by F and Michael H. Hart, are:
 The Sun is a young star.There are billions of stars in the galaxy
that are billions of years older;
 some of these stars probably have Earth-like planets which, if
the Earth is typical, may develop intelligent life;
 presumably, some of these civilizations will develop
interstellar travel, a technology Earth is investigating even
now, such as that used in the proposed 100Year Star ship;
 at any practical pace of interstellar travel, the galaxy can be
completely colonized in a few tens of millions of years.
 According to this line of thinking, the Earth should already
have been colonized, or at least visited. But no convincing
evidence of this exists. Furthermore, no confirmed signs of
intelligence elsewhere have been spotted, either in our galaxy
or in the more than 80 billion other galaxies of the observable
universe. Hence F's question, "Where is everybody?
F please???
 Enrico Fermi
 Goodfellas
 The modern word H is derived from the word
"Ibri", one of several names for the ______
people. It is traditionally understood to be an
adjective based on the name of Abraham's
supposed ancestor, Eber.This name is possibly
based upon the root X meaning “to cross over".
Interpretations of the term “Ibrim" link it to this
verb; cross over or the people who crossed over
the river Euphrates.
 It is also called the "Language of Canaan"
 Hebrew
 A succubus is a female demon or supernatural entity in folklore
(traced back to medieval legend) that appears in dreams and takes the
form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through
sexual activity. Religious traditions hold that repeated sexual activity
with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even
death.
 The male counterpart is the I. An I may pursue sexual relations with a
woman in order to father a child, as in the legend of Merlin. Religious
tradition holds that repeated intercourse with an I or succubus may
result in the deterioration of health, or even death.
 According to the Malleus Maleficarum, or "Witches' Hammer", written
by Heinrich Kramer in 1486, a succubus collects semen from the men
she seduces.The I then use the semen to impregnate human
females, thus explaining how demons could apparently sire children
despite the traditional belief that they were incapable of reproduction.
 incubus
XY were originally created by painting a picture on a
flat, rectangular piece of wood, and then cutting that
picture into small pieces with a X, hence the
name. John Spilsbury,
a London cartographer and engraver, is credited
with commercializing XY around 1760.
Jigsaw Puzzle
Conceptualised by Lowe Lintas & Partners’ two
agencies – Lowe Lintas and LinTeractive, the music
video depicts the stories of everyday people in
difficult situations resorting to watching the _______
matches on their mobile phones to ease off some of
the stress.
Taking inspiration from the YZ Internet
memes, Star Sports has sought to communicate
with “XYZ”, where ‘X’ denotes a colloquial term for
‘son’ inTamil.
Kanna Keep Calm
Budai is traditionally depicted as an obese, bald man
wearing a robe and wearing or otherwise carrying
prayer beads. He carries his few possessions in a cloth
sack, being poor but content. He is often depicted
entertaining or being followed by adoring children. His
figure appears throughout Chinese culture as a
representation of contentment. His image graces many
temples, restaurants, amulets, and businesses.
How do we better know Budai?
Laughing Buddha
 NATO phonetics alphabet
 This painting is called
“Susannah and the
Elders,” a sordid little
tale about two old
peeping toms who spy
on a young woman
having a bath, try to
blackmail her, and
then rape her.
Where would you
come across this
painting?
 Psycho
 Norman Bates uses this to cover the peeping
hole used to peep across to the shower next
door in his hotel.
TheTagline of which movie reads “Fifty million
people watched, but no one saw a thing.”
 Quiz Show
Runner-Up at this year’s
FIFA ClubWorld Cup, Id this
Club from Morocco.
 Raja Casablanca
Ad of what???And the movie where this song
features.
Audio
 SecretTemptation
 Bees Saal Baad
In medieval universities, the X comprised the three subjects
that were taught first: grammar, logic and rhetoric.The
word is a Latin term meaning "the three ways" or "the three
roads" forming the foundation of a medieval liberal
arts education.
X is defined by Oxford Dictionary as
“Details, considerations, or pieces of information of little
importance or value.
ID X???
 Trivia
Given
alongside is the
Samosapedia
definition of an
expression/
exclamation.
The
exclamation??
 Uff!!!
The nameV is derived from the Portuguese dish
"carne de vinha d'alhos", which is a dish of
meat, usually pork, with wine and garlic. A
popular dish inWestern India, restaurants often
serve this dish with chicken or lamb sometimes
mixed with potatoes.TraditionalVs do not
include potatoes.
IDV?
 Vindaloo
Since its inception in 1962, the Office of the W had
been functioning at ‘Slater Hall’ in the campus of the
“Bengal Engineering and Science
University, Shibpur”, (erstwhile known as ‘Bengal
Engineering College, Shibpur’) till January, 2008.
At present the W is functioning at:
AQ-13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700 091.
W please?
 WBJEE Board
Bill Gates's house is a large mansion in the side of a hill which
overlooks LakeWashington in Medina, Washington, United States
ofAmerica.The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) mansion is noted for
its design and the technology it incorporates. It is nicknamed
X 2.0 after the title character's estate in Citizen Kane. It took 7 years
to build and cost $63.2 million.
 Xanadu
Taran Adarsh onY-”On the whole,Y has a gripping second
half, smash hit musical score and the youthful romance
that should lure and entice its target audience -- the
youth. A treat for youngsters and young at heart!”
Komal Nahta onY-”On the whole,Y has ordi-nary
entertainment value but its super-hit music is its trump
card.The film will, therefore, appeal to the youth and
prove to be a plus fare. Its superb opening is a big plus
point.”
IDY which has been a commercial success?
 Yaariyan
Z were massive structures built in the ancient
Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian
plateau, having the form of a terraced step
pyramid of successively receding stories or
levels.
 Ziggurat

Prelims Answers

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     C MexicanGrill, Inc. is a chain of restaurants in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and France, specializing in burritos and tacos. Its name derives from C.  A C comes from the Nahuatl word chilpoctli (meaning "smoked chilli"), is a smoke-dried jalapeño. It is a chilli used primarily in Mexican and Mexican- inspired cuisines, such as Mexican- American andTex-Mex. Founded by Steve Ells in 1993, C had 16 restaurants (all in Colorado) when McDonald's Corporation became a major investor in 1998. By the time McDonald's fully divested itself from C in 2006,the chain had grown to over 500 locations.
  • 8.
  • 9.
     D (Daughter of the Feudal Lord) is a Bengali historical romance novel written by Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1865.  D is a story of the love triangle between Jagat Singh, a Mughal General,Tilottama, the daughter of a Bengali feudal lord and Ayesha, the daughter of a rebel Pathan leader against whom Jagat Singh was fighting.The story is set in the backdrop of Pathan-Mughal conflicts that took place in south-western region of modern-day Indian state ofWest Bengal during the reign ofAkbar. #hint:There have beenTV series both in Bengali and Hindi having the same name D.
  • 10.
  • 11.
     E (Maxwell"Max" Dillon) is a fictional character, a super villain who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. An enemy of Spider-Man, he gained the ability to control _______ after being struck by lightning while working on a power line.The character has been depicted in numerous Spider-Man cartoons and video games. In 2009, he was ranked as IGN's 87th Greatest Comic BookVillain of AllTime.  Catch him in your nearest theaters today. :P
  • 12.
     Electro playedby Jamie Foxx in The Amazing Spiderman 2
  • 13.
    The F paradox(or F's paradox) is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilization and humanity's lack of contact with, or evidence for, such civilizations.The basic points of the argument, made by F and Michael H. Hart, are:  The Sun is a young star.There are billions of stars in the galaxy that are billions of years older;  some of these stars probably have Earth-like planets which, if the Earth is typical, may develop intelligent life;  presumably, some of these civilizations will develop interstellar travel, a technology Earth is investigating even now, such as that used in the proposed 100Year Star ship;  at any practical pace of interstellar travel, the galaxy can be completely colonized in a few tens of millions of years.  According to this line of thinking, the Earth should already have been colonized, or at least visited. But no convincing evidence of this exists. Furthermore, no confirmed signs of intelligence elsewhere have been spotted, either in our galaxy or in the more than 80 billion other galaxies of the observable universe. Hence F's question, "Where is everybody? F please???
  • 14.
  • 16.
  • 17.
     The modernword H is derived from the word "Ibri", one of several names for the ______ people. It is traditionally understood to be an adjective based on the name of Abraham's supposed ancestor, Eber.This name is possibly based upon the root X meaning “to cross over". Interpretations of the term “Ibrim" link it to this verb; cross over or the people who crossed over the river Euphrates.  It is also called the "Language of Canaan"
  • 18.
  • 19.
     A succubusis a female demon or supernatural entity in folklore (traced back to medieval legend) that appears in dreams and takes the form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. Religious traditions hold that repeated sexual activity with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even death.  The male counterpart is the I. An I may pursue sexual relations with a woman in order to father a child, as in the legend of Merlin. Religious tradition holds that repeated intercourse with an I or succubus may result in the deterioration of health, or even death.  According to the Malleus Maleficarum, or "Witches' Hammer", written by Heinrich Kramer in 1486, a succubus collects semen from the men she seduces.The I then use the semen to impregnate human females, thus explaining how demons could apparently sire children despite the traditional belief that they were incapable of reproduction.
  • 20.
  • 21.
    XY were originallycreated by painting a picture on a flat, rectangular piece of wood, and then cutting that picture into small pieces with a X, hence the name. John Spilsbury, a London cartographer and engraver, is credited with commercializing XY around 1760.
  • 22.
  • 23.
    Conceptualised by LoweLintas & Partners’ two agencies – Lowe Lintas and LinTeractive, the music video depicts the stories of everyday people in difficult situations resorting to watching the _______ matches on their mobile phones to ease off some of the stress. Taking inspiration from the YZ Internet memes, Star Sports has sought to communicate with “XYZ”, where ‘X’ denotes a colloquial term for ‘son’ inTamil.
  • 24.
  • 25.
    Budai is traditionallydepicted as an obese, bald man wearing a robe and wearing or otherwise carrying prayer beads. He carries his few possessions in a cloth sack, being poor but content. He is often depicted entertaining or being followed by adoring children. His figure appears throughout Chinese culture as a representation of contentment. His image graces many temples, restaurants, amulets, and businesses. How do we better know Budai?
  • 26.
  • 30.
  • 33.
     This paintingis called “Susannah and the Elders,” a sordid little tale about two old peeping toms who spy on a young woman having a bath, try to blackmail her, and then rape her. Where would you come across this painting?
  • 34.
     Psycho  NormanBates uses this to cover the peeping hole used to peep across to the shower next door in his hotel.
  • 35.
    TheTagline of whichmovie reads “Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.”
  • 36.
  • 37.
    Runner-Up at thisyear’s FIFA ClubWorld Cup, Id this Club from Morocco.
  • 38.
  • 39.
    Ad of what???Andthe movie where this song features. Audio
  • 40.
  • 41.
    In medieval universities,the X comprised the three subjects that were taught first: grammar, logic and rhetoric.The word is a Latin term meaning "the three ways" or "the three roads" forming the foundation of a medieval liberal arts education. X is defined by Oxford Dictionary as “Details, considerations, or pieces of information of little importance or value. ID X???
  • 42.
  • 43.
    Given alongside is the Samosapedia definitionof an expression/ exclamation. The exclamation??
  • 44.
  • 45.
    The nameV isderived from the Portuguese dish "carne de vinha d'alhos", which is a dish of meat, usually pork, with wine and garlic. A popular dish inWestern India, restaurants often serve this dish with chicken or lamb sometimes mixed with potatoes.TraditionalVs do not include potatoes. IDV?
  • 46.
  • 47.
    Since its inceptionin 1962, the Office of the W had been functioning at ‘Slater Hall’ in the campus of the “Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur”, (erstwhile known as ‘Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur’) till January, 2008. At present the W is functioning at: AQ-13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700 091. W please?
  • 48.
  • 49.
    Bill Gates's houseis a large mansion in the side of a hill which overlooks LakeWashington in Medina, Washington, United States ofAmerica.The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) mansion is noted for its design and the technology it incorporates. It is nicknamed X 2.0 after the title character's estate in Citizen Kane. It took 7 years to build and cost $63.2 million.
  • 50.
  • 51.
    Taran Adarsh onY-”Onthe whole,Y has a gripping second half, smash hit musical score and the youthful romance that should lure and entice its target audience -- the youth. A treat for youngsters and young at heart!” Komal Nahta onY-”On the whole,Y has ordi-nary entertainment value but its super-hit music is its trump card.The film will, therefore, appeal to the youth and prove to be a plus fare. Its superb opening is a big plus point.” IDY which has been a commercial success?
  • 52.
  • 53.
    Z were massivestructures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
  • 54.