2. QUESTION 1
A _________ is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a
phrase, typically a standardized phrase such as a line in
a poem or a lyric in a song, beacuse they sound similar,
in a way that gives it a new meaning. The American
writer Sylvia Wright coined the term in her essay "The
Death of Lady _______”,
“....Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl O' Moray,
And Lady ________.”
3. QUESTION 2
He had been offered the role of Shantanu in
Ekta Kapoor's Mahabharat; which he refused.
He told the press that Ekta's Mahabharat is
sure to be a flop because BR Chopra's
Mahabharat had actors in it; her Mahabharat
has "model"s in it.
Who?
4. QUESTION 3
Mrs. Barbra unsuccessfully attempted to sue
photographer Kenneth Adelman and Pictopia.com
for US$50 million in an attempt to have the aerial
photograph of her mansion removed from the
publicly available collection of 12,000 California
coastline photographs, citing privacy concerns.
Adelman stated that he was photographing
beachfront property to document coastal erosion.
As a result of the case, public knowledge of the
picture increased substantially and it became
popular on the Internet, with more than 420,000
people visiting the site over the next month. What
term arose from this incident?
5. QUESTION 4
This space program was initiated by Ronald
Reagan in 1984 but came to an abrupt halt
with the death of the lady in blue. Identify the
program.
7. QUESTION 6
This quote is often mistaken as a quote from a
movie though it wasn't even in the script. Its origin
was chauvinistic, back-lot humour between an
actor and an actress, who would go on to work
together for six movies under the same title. It was
a quip by the actor to the actress of the movie
they both were working in. Seeing her struggling
to lift her suitcase into the trunk of her car, the
actor laughingly uttered these words as he
swooped the suit case and put it in the trunk. Who
is the actor and what is the quote?
8. QUESTION 7
_______ are performers of either gender who meet
specific physical requirements (athletic build, height
between 5'10"-6'1"/1.78-1.85 m), specific performing
talents (percussion, acting, non-verbal communication),
and certain personality traits (openness, charisma,
willingness to collaborate), among other
qualifications.They even have their own hand gesture,
is made by raising both arms in the air. Early in the
history of the _____, the members would speak with
audiences after the show while still in makeup,
answering questions, signing autographs, and talking
about the show. Eventually, however, it was decided
that cast members would stay in character at all times
while in makeup, meaning after shows they would still
not speak to audience members, and the only
"autograph" they would sign would be a smudge of
_______. When shown a "new" piece of technology,
such as a cell phone or even an old pair of binoculars,
9. QUESTION 8
X, founder and the only official member of Y, promoted the
band in a unique way. Before Z was released, songs from the
album were found on USB drives hidden at Y's concert venues
in as part of the alternate reality game whose name is Z.
It presented the scenario of year 2022, termed Z, the year
America is reborn.
A government corporation Cedocore distributes the drug
______ through the water supply, making Americans who drink
the water apathetic and carefree. There are several
underground rebel groups, mainly operating online, most
notably Art is Resistance and Solutions Backwards Initiative.
There are increasing sightings of a pair of massive ghostly
hands and arms extending down from the sky into the ground.
The sequence ends with a broken message announcing the
appearance of the hands over the United States Capitol
Building. The message cuts suddenly, implying the end of the
world. The websites and music of the Z alternate reality game
are implied to be part of the information packets sent back. Id
X,Y and Z.
11. QUESTION 10
Legend has it that the Catalans sent a representative by
boat to sign him, the same morning that Santiago
Bernabeu had nipped out for a paper in Reus, near
Tarragona where he had a holiday flat. On reading in
the paper that the representative had been sent, he
phoned Madrid's rep, Jacinto Quincoces in Madrid, and
told him to get on a plane to Las Palmas to beat the
Catalans to him. Quincoces did as he was told, but on
seeing the person play in a trial game, phoned
Bernabeu back and told him he didn't rate the
youngster. Bernabeu was famous for various
pronouncements, but his "Tu fichale, dejate de hostias y
luego hablaremos". ("Stop f***** about, sign him and
then we'll talk") has gone down in history as one of his
finest moments.
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12. QUESTION 11
_______ is considered a parody of Santa Claus or
Easter Bunny which exists in the imagination of
Linus van Pelt. According to Linus, when writing
to _______, you don't ask anything specific: you
wait for whatever he brings you. In this way, Linus
states a difference between the _________ and
Santa Claus (children writing to Santa include in
their letters lists of exactly what they want). Also,
Linus states that Santa gives away toys because
it's his job and it's expected of him, whereas the
_______ gives away toys because he feels he is
fulfilling a moral obligation.
13. QUESTION 12
__X___ is an extinct genus of carnivorous
temnospondyl within the family Trematopidae.
It lived 300 million years ago during the late
Carboniferus period. It is estimated to have
been two feet long, and likely resembled a
salamander.__X___ is known from a single
skull found in Pittsburgh. It is named after
__Y___ , which owned the land where the
holotype specimen was first found.
Id X and Y.
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