4. Q1
Given is a list of four novels written with the pen name 'the author' :-
1) Zabibah and the King (2000) - It is a love story about a powerful ruler of medieval
Iraq and a beautiful commoner girl named Zabibah.
2) The Fortified Castle(2001) - It concerns the delayed wedding of the Iraqi hero, who
fought in the war against Iran, to a Kurdish girl.
3) Men and the city(2002) - The work was largely autobiographical in nature and
describes how the author's grandfather fought the Turks during the Ottoman Empire.
4) Begone, Demons(2003) - It tells the story of a tribe living on the Euphrates River.
Give me this infamous 'author'.
7. Q2
In linguistic typology, object–subject–verb (OSV) or object–agent–verb
(OAV) is a classification of languages, based on whether the structure
predominates in practically-neutral expressions. Most languages that use OSV
linguistic come from the Amazon Basin. How is this relevant in pop culture?
10. Q3
Mary Jane Rathbun, popularly known as ___ __, was an American
medical cannabis rights activist. As a hospital volunteer at San Francisco
General Hospital, she became known for distributing something special to
AIDS patients. She also contributed to the establishment of the San
Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club, the first medical cannabis dispensary in
the United States. Give me her nickname which is a play on a vodka based
drink and her name.
13. Q4
The song X came in 1972 when apollo 16 was launched to send men to moon for fifth
time.
The inspiration for X lyrics, however, was the short story “X”(same as song name),
written by Ray Bradbury. The sci-fi author's tale is told from the perspective of a child,
whose astronaut father has mixed feelings at leaving his family in order to do his job.
Gus Dudgeon, who produced a particular song of David Bowie song Y has similar subject
as lyrics. People often accuse the composer of X, that he ripped off David Bowie’s Y.
Give me the name of the songs X and Y.
16. Q5
During the canonization(declaration of a deceased person as an officially
recognized saint) process employed by the Roman Catholic Church, the X
was appointed by Church authorities to argue against the canonization of
a candidate. It was this person's job to take a skeptical view of the
candidate's character, to look for holes in the evidence, to argue that any
miracles attributed to the candidate were fraudulent, and so on. Give me
X(a job position) or which saying is this an origin of?
19. Q6
SS New York was a British built passenger liner. Like many other ships at
the time, the SS New York was laid up owing to the ongoing coal strike.
One fine morning, the SS New York nearly avoided collision with another
ship leaving dock when the passing ship created a suction effect strong
enough for the ropes of the SS New York to break, the collision was only
avoided due to the skillful maneuvering of the ship by the crew. How did
this incident turn out to be rather unfortunate?
22. Q7 As part of their stained glass
and interior decoration,
several medieval cathedrals
included illustrations of
virtues and vices. The vice of
cowardice was depicted as a
knight running away from a
rabbit. The façade of the
cathedral of Notre Dame de
Paris illustrates one such
example.
Where has this been parodied
in pop culture?
26. Did we say Long Connect with Fun
● Find X(all X’s are the same)
● DM your answer
● Marks awarded in each question is written above each question. Yes deduction too
27. Q1 +25 / -20
In 1976, X was placed in front of a sensor that detects ionised particles and
was then encoded into impulses and sent via satellite to Ottawa. The arrival of
the signal activated a laser that recreated X in the Canadian city.
28. Q2 +20/-15
In 2000, X was taken underwater. Marine biologist Wendy Craig Duncan
carried a special version of X for a three-minute trip around Agincourt Reef, a
section of the Great Barrier Reef popular with divers. An underwater high
temperature flare was used to modify X for this, while keeping it as
aesthetically similar to X as possible.
29. Q3 +15 / -10
In 1952, X was flown to Aalborg, Denmark, via two intermediary stops in
Germany. Afterwards it continued its journey north, eventually leaving Sweden
by crossing the northern land border to Finland, where it was united with the
'Midnight Sun' version of itself.
30. Q4 +10/-5
In 2014, X was taken to the International Space Station on the
Soyuz-TMA-11M spacecraft, where it was taken for a spacewalk by two
cosmonauts. All crew members of the spacecraft wore badges featuring X.
31. Q5 +5 / 0
In 1936, all copies of X were made by the German manufacturer Krupp and lit
by a concave mirror made by the German company Zeiss. X was being taken
to Berlin and its journey was documented by, Leni Riefenstahl, a film-maker
admired by Hitler, for an award-winning yet controversial movie, to be
released in 1938.
34. Q1
In 1976, X was placed in front of a sensor that detects ionised particles and
was then encoded into impulses and sent via satellite to Ottawa. The arrival of
the signal activated a laser that recreated X in the Canadian city.
35.
36. Q2
In 2000, X was taken underwater. Marine biologist Wendy Craig Duncan
carried a special version of X for a three-minute trip around Agincourt Reef, a
section of the Great Barrier Reef popular with divers. An underwater high
temperature flare was used to modify X for this, while keeping it as
aesthetically similar to X as possible.
37.
38. Q3
In 1952, X was flown to Aalborg, Denmark, via two intermediary stops in
Germany. Afterwards it continued its journey north, eventually leaving Sweden
by crossing the northern land border to Finland, where it was united with the
'Midnight Sun' version of itself.
39.
40. Q4
In 2014, X was taken to the International Space Station on the
Soyuz-TMA-11M spacecraft, where it was taken for a spacewalk by two
cosmonauts. All crew members of the spacecraft wore badges featuring X.
41.
42. Q5
In 1936, all copies of X were made by the German manufacturer Krupp and lit
by a concave mirror made by the German company Zeiss. X was being taken
to Berlin and its journey was documented by, Leni Riefenstahl, a film-maker
admired by Hitler, for an award-winning yet controversial movie, to be
released in 1938.
46. Q1 __ __ _" is the name of a classic children's rhyming poem.
The verse "__ __ _" is traceable as far back as Edmund Spenser's epic
The Faerie Queene (1590):
" It was upon a Sommers shynie day,
When Titan faire his beames did display,
In a fresh fountaine, farre from all mens vew,
She bath'd her brest, the boyling heat t'allay;
She bath'd with __ _, and ____ blew,
And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew."
FITB/Give me the name of the rhyming poem which is mematic of sorts.
49. Q2.
Lockheed Martin started as a commercial aeroplane manufacturer
in 1926 and was headquartered in Burbank, California. Towards the
end of 1936 they started manufacturing warplanes and were best in
their game. Following a certain event in 1941 the suburb shown in
next slide was “developed” in Burbank with help from Disney,
Paramount and 20th Century Fox. What is so special about this
neighbourhood?
Image follows
52. The suburb was a painting on a tarpaulin
Following the Pearl Harbour
attack the company decided to
shift their factory underground
and to keep them safe from air
attacks the tarpaulin was laid.
Read more
53. Q3
Created in 1998 by Mark E. Brown of R&R Partners, after they got a request from an
unusual client, the firm settled on the tagline based on a case study. According to
The Week, the study discovered that “The emotional bond between X and its
customers was freedom. In short, the freedom to be someone we couldn’t be at
home. And freedom from whatever we wanted to leave behind in our daily lives.”
What tagline am I talking about?
56. Q4.
___ Cardini is an Italian immigrant in Mexico. It so happened that on a bustling
day, Cardini, the owner of a restaurant on a humming road, was coming up short
on ingredients. Soon numerous clients showed up and trying to make something he
threw together some leftover things. These were lettuce, garlic, bread garnishes,
Parmesan cheddar, olive oil, eggs, and Worcestershire sauce. What was
consequently invented which we as a whole suspected came from Rome?
59. Q5
In 1997, Robert Adler and Eugene
Polley were jointly awarded an
Emmy Award by the National
Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences, although they were never
involved with film or TV
production. Why?
62. Q6
When the lead singer of the famous “energizing” band died due to choking in
alcohol, his replacement Johnson had a difficult task of writing a song as a tribute
to the late artist. The band insisted that the song should not be a sad ballad, but
something as a celebration of the late singer‘s life. So, Johnson wrote the song X
which topped the billboards and is counted as one the greatest hits of the band.
Identify the song “X”.
Brownie points if you name the late artist in the question.
65. Q7
X was founded in 1985 in Tokyo. The name X was based on the Arabic
name for "hot sahara wind" because the founders wanted X to blow new
wind through the industry. At the same time X was also the name of an
Italian war plane and therefore it also represented the creator's love for
planes and for Italy. Give me X.