2. 2 minutes silence for quizmasters who thought
that making a quiz will hardly take 2-3 hours
and can be done in 1 night and ended up
sleeping for less than 3 hours.
5. 1.
X is Y's alien mascot. Initially created as a doodle, X
underwent several revisions (and got its name) in its
transformation from hypnotic-eyed sketch to grinning
internet emblem.
Genderless, timeless and digit-less, X now appears
throughout Y in various flavors.
No points for guessing only Y!
7. 2.
X of band Z once gave a radio station $10,000 to never play
their song Y again. During a pledge drive for listener-supported
radio station KBOO, a DJ had promised that KBOO would
never play the song Y again for that size of donation. X heard
the pitch and decided to accept. He was station-surfing in a
rental car he was driving to the Oregon Coast after a solo
performance in Portland and was impressed with the non-mainstream
music the station presented. Asked later "why?" X
replied that he liked the tune well enough, but he'd heard it.
Hint-Y is at 31st place in rolling stone's list of 500 greatest songs
ever.
9. 3.
In the wake of recent crossover episode between
the two iconic TV series, X and Y, the creators
drew each other(pic on next slide).
What are X and Y?
(Bonus points for creators)
10.
11. X- Simpson
Y- Family guy
Matt Groening and Seth Macfarlane
12. 4.
Connect.
Richard Rodgers
Helen Hayes
Rita Moreno
John Gielgud
Audrey Hepburn
Marvin Hamlisch
Jonathan Tunick
Mel Brooks
Mike Nichols
Whoopi Goldberg
Scott Rudin
Robert Lopez
13. Exhaustive list of people who have won all the
four major American Entertainment
awards(Academy,Grammy,Emmy,Tony).
14. 5.
The X was first described in a satirical open letter written by Bobby Henderson
in 2005 to protest the Kansas State Board of Education decision to permit
teaching intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school
science classes.In that letter, Henderson satirized creationism by professing
his belief that whenever a scientist carbon-dates an object, a supernatural
creator that closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs is there "changing
the results with His Noodly Appendage". Henderson argued that his beliefs
were just as valid as intelligent design, and called for equal time in science
classrooms alongside intelligent design and evolution. After Henderson
published the letter on his website, the X rapidly became an Internet
phenomenon and a symbol of opposition to the teaching of intelligent design
in public schools.
According to Y "beliefs", pirates are "absolute divine beings" and the original Y.
They argue that decline in no. of pirates is directly proportional to rise in
global warming. The Y conception of Heaven includes a beer volcano and a
stripper factory.The Hell is similar, except that the beer is stale and the
strippers have sexually transmitted diseases.
20. 8.
X is a single-player puzzle game created in
March 2014 by 19-year-old Italian web
developer Gabriele Cirulli. It can be regarded
as a type of sliding block puzzle. Cirulli created
the game in a single weekend as a test to see if
he could program a game from scratch.
The game has been described by the Wall Street
Journal as "almost like Candy Crush for math
geeks".
X?
24. 10.
X is an unofficial holiday in May created by fans
to honor the Y franchise.
The date is considered a holiday by X fans to
celebrate the franchise's films series, books,
and culture. The date was chosen for the easy
pun on the phrase Z.
What are X,Y and Z?
25. X- Star Wars Day
Y-Star Wars
Z-May the force(fourth) be with you
26. 11.
Logo of X was originally planned to add a new
dot with the addition of every new store, but this
idea quickly faded, as X experienced rapid
growth. The three dots represent the stores that
were open in 1969.
X?
27.
28. 12.
Rafael Nadal did this in 2008 and 2010 in the
French Open. So did Bjorn Borg in 1978 and
1980 and Illie Nastase in 1973.
Roger Federer and Ken Rosewall did this in 2007
and 1971 respectively in the Australian Open.
Only Bjorn Borg has done this in the US open.
Nobody has done this in the US open.
Too many such instances in women's tennis.
What?
30. 13.
Although she writes under the pen name X,her
name, before her re-marriage, was simply Y.
Anticipating that the target audience of young
boys might not want to read a book written by a
woman, her publishers asked that she use two
initials, rather than her full name. As she had no
middle name, she chose K (for "Kathleen") as
the second initial of her pen name, from her
paternal grandmother
32. 14.
Andrew Anthony is a sports
journalist and has been
writing for the observer
since 1992 and for the
Guardian since 1990. He
is the author of On
Penalties and The Fallout.
He is famous though for a
completely different
reason, and that has
nothing to do with
journalism. Id his claim to
fame.
33. He recorded the famous words, "EA sports. It's in
the game".
37. 16.
The X Corporation is a fictional corporation that
features prominently in the Y cartoons as a
running gag featuring outlandish products that
fail or backfire catastrophically at the worst
possible times. The name is also used as a
generic title in many cartoons, films, TV series
and comics.
X? Y?
40. The following texts were sent by X. He was
recently sacked from his job because of the
controversial nature of texts(and also because
he was awful at his job). Asked later by media,
X said the text messages were just "friendly
banter". Id X.
42. 18.
The film X is partially inspired by the 17-year-stay
of Mehran Karimi Nasseri in the Charles de
Gaulle International Airport, Terminal I, Paris,
France from 1988 to 2006.
It is about a man who becomes trapped in New
York City's JFK International Airport when he is
denied entry into the United States and at the
same time cannot return to his native country
due to a revolution.
X?
44. 19.
Bayer AG is a German chemical and
pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen. It
is well know for its original brand of Aspirin.
After the 1st world war, Bayer became a part of
IG Farben, another german chemical company.
During its heyday, IG Farben was the largest
chemical company in the world. After the 2nd
world war, IG Farben was found guilty of
something. What was the infamous crime that
IG Farben commited, leading to its downfall?
45. IG Farben was the leading supplier of Zyklon B to
Nazi. Zyklon B was the gas used in killing
millions of jews.
48. 21.
While in his days in London as a civil engineer, X witnessed
the Gunners' remarkable run to the European Cup
Winners' Cup final in the 1993/94 season. So enthralled
was he by George Graham's side that he bought his edest
son an Ian Wright replica shirt.
As a teenager too, he shared the love for the beautiful game
and played as a center forward, making use of his tall 193
cm frame.
He joins Fidel Castro, Darren Ferguson, and Queen
Elizabeth as an unlikely entrant to the list of 'Celebrity
Gooners', a list of famous Arsenal fans.
Who?
50. 22.
X was offered to many directors before it was
finally directed by Y. As a producer, Y was
turned down by Martin Scorsese (who was
interested but ultimately felt it was a subject
that should be done by a Jewish director),
Roman Polanski (who didn't feel he was yet
ready to tackle it after surviving it in childhood),
and Billy Wilder (who wanted to make this as
his last film). Apparently, it was Wilder who
convinced Y to direct it himself.
X? Y?
56. 25.
Which famous product owes its name to the
town lying in the shaded region?
57.
58. 26.
During the 1970s, American giant X abandoned operations in
India rather than accept a forced sale of 60% of their equity to
an Indian company.Following this, the Y brothers, Ramesh
Chauhan and Prakash Chauhan, along with then CEO Bhanu
Vakil, launched Z as their flagship drink.
In 1990, when the Indian government opened the market to
multinationals, P was the first to come in. Z and P subsequently
engaged in heavy competition for endorsements. P
spokespersons included major Indian movie stars like Juhi
Chawla, while Z increased its spending on Cricket sponsorship.
In 1993 X re-entered India after a prolonged absence, spurring a
three-way War with Z and P. That same year, Z sold out to X for
US$60 million. Some assumed Y had lost the appetite for a
fight against the two largest brands in that business, others
surmised that the international brands' seemingly endless cash
reserves overwhelmed Y.
X, Y, Z, P?
64. 29.
This novel is by the creator of Artemis Fowl. It
was published on 12th October 2009, to
coincide with 30th anniversary of what?
(pic on next slide)
65.
66. Publication of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy. Colfer wrote the sixth book in the
'trilogy' as a tribute to Douglas Adams, who had
initially planned 6 books but died after the 5th.
67. 30.
In September 2010, the BBC and HarperCollins
started legal proceedings against each other,
with the BBC attempting to obtain a judicial
injunction to prevent the publishing of a book
enititled The man in The White Suit, apparently
authored by a man named Ben Collins.
The BBC everntually lost the case and Ben
Collins went ahead to release the book he
wrote.
How do we better know Ben Collins?
69. 31.
The first one was for an astonishing new
method and apparatus discovered in the
production of potash and pearl ash.
The second for a special process of making
candles.
While there were just 3 in the first year (1790),
there were 3,02,948 in 2013.
What is being talked about? Keep in mind,
there are veritable wars fought over these.
71. 32.
English astronomer Fred Hoyle is credited with
coining the term "X" during a 1949 BBC radio
broadcast. It is popularly reported that Hoyle,
who favored an alternative "steady state"
cosmological model, intended this to be
pejorative, but Hoyle explicitly denied this and
said it was just a striking image meant to
highlight the difference between the two
models.
75. 34.
In fiction, a X is a plot device in the form of some
goal, desired object, or other motivator that the
protagonist pursues, often with little or no
narrative explanation. The specific nature of a X
is typically unimportant to the overall plot.
Some of the examples of X are rosebud(citizen
kane), necklace(titanic), golden light in
breifcase(pulp fiction), mineral
unobtainium(avatar).
The term X was coined by Alfred Hitchcock.
77. 35.
In America, the book's publishers thought that
children wouldn't understand the word A, so
they would only publish the book if the author
changed the title to something else.
Thus, A became B in American editions only, and
the author has since said that changing the title
is one of X's biggest regrets.
A is still the official name of the book.
79. 36.
X is a webcomic created by Randall Munroe. The comic's tagline
describes it as a "Stick-figure strip featuring humour about
technology, science, mathematics and relationships"Munroe
mentions on the comic's website that the name of the comic is
not an acronym but "just a word with no phonetic
pronunciation".
The subject matter of the comic varies from statements on life and
love to mathematical and scientific in-jokes. Some strips feature
simple humor or pop-culture references. Although it has a cast
of stick figures,the comic occasionally features landscapes,
intricate mathematical patterns such as fractals, intricate graphs
and charts, or imitations of the style of other cartoonists
X?
81. 37.
Gambler and other lowlifes
City guard or policeman
Innkeeper
Merchant/Moneychanger
Doctor
Weaver/Clerk
Blacksmith
Worker/Farmer
Where in the world of sports would you come across practitioners
of the aforementioned occupations in that order, from left to
right?
82. These are the occupations of the 8 pawns on the
chess board!
83. 38.
In 2008, Turkey’s 3rd largest town planned to
sue Warner Bros. for using the town’s name
without prior permission. According to Hussain
Kalkan, the mayor of this town – “There is only
one X in this world. The American producer
used the name without informing us.” The town
in Turkey takes it’s name from a unit of weight
in Turkish and is way older than the character
of the same name who debuted in 1939.
Identify X and hence name this famous
character.
84.
85. 39.
Gary Gilmore was a notorious murderer and
committed two gruesome murders. He was
executed by a firing squad on January 17,1977
in Utah. His last three words have made him a
legend in the world of Business and Branding.
What did his last words lead to?
87. 40.
In the Ecole Nationale Institute in France, a
group of students created a software X. While
they did so, other members used to go out to
the streets of Paris and collect Y from the
streets. By the time the software was done,
they had hundreds of Ys. Hence the logo of X
became Y.
Identify X & Y.
89. 41.
In the Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space
Odyssey, a hospital nurse who is watching over
Dave Bowman's mother throws down a TIME
magazine to go and check on her. The
magazine cover is supposed to have
photographs of the US and the Russian
presidents. Which 2 people feature on the
magazine?
94. The countries in red have right hand traffic and
the countries in blue have left hand traffic.
95. 44.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only person to have been
officially recognized by the government of Japan as X.
He was in city A for work. He witnessed something
there. 3 days later he witnessed the same thing again
in his home city B.
He lost his hearing as result of the thing he witnessed
in city A.
What are we talking about?
96. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a survivor of both the
Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings
during World War II.
Although at least 160 people are known to have
been affected by both bombings, he is the only
person to have been officially recognized by the
government of Japan as surviving both
explosions.
101. 47.
Guggelimo Marconi missed it as he had some
paperwork to do. William Hershey missed it due
to personal reasons. JP Morgan missed it
because he wanted to spend some more time
in a French resort. They all missed something
in the early 1900s. Had they not missed this
thing, their business and for that matter of fact,
the course of their lives would have been
completely different. What did they miss?
103. 48.
X is an expansion of the classic selection
method game Y. It operates on the same basic
principle, but includes two additional weapons.
This reduces the chances of a round ending in
a tie (from 1/3 to 1/5). The game was invented
by Sam Kass with Karen Bryla.
The game was featured in a popular comedy
show, which led to its gain in popularity.
105. 49.
In 1973 it was originally just a weekend
roadside stall on the Portobello Road Market
located in west London established by three
brothers: Nitin Shah, Arun Shah and Milan
Shah. Nitin and his two brothers later started
their own company Sholemay Ltd trading, as X.
The brand was named "X", because it was a
short word that could be written without much
trouble.
107. 50.
X is returning as a guest vocalist on Pink
Floyd's new album 'Endless river'.
Prior to this, X was guest vocalist in the song
"Keep Talking" of Pink Floyd's 1994 album, The
Division Bell.
X is famous for completely different reason in a
completely different field.
X?
108.
109. 51.
Lord Carnarvan died on 5 April 1923 after a mosquito bite became
infected
George Jay Gould I died in the French Riviera on 16 May 1923.
Prince Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey of Egypt died on 10 july 1923; shot
dead by his wife.
Sir Archibald Douglas-Reid, a radiologist, died on 14 January
1924 from a mysterious illness.
Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General of Sudan, died on 19 November
1924; assassinated while driving.
A.C Mace, died in 1928 from arsenic poisoning.
Howard Carder, the prime "suspect", however died a decade later,
in 1939.
Some of the deaths attributed to what?
113. 53.
X came to international prominence playing for Czechoslovakia in the
1976 European Championship; Czechoslovakia reached the final,
where they faced West Germany. After extra time, the result was 2–2,
and so the first penalty shootout in a European Championships final
ensued. The first seven kicks were converted, until West Germany's
fourth penalty taker, Uli Hoeneß, ballooned his shot over the bar.
With the score 4–3, X stepped up to take the fifth Czechoslovakian
penalty, to win the match under immense pressure.
He feigned shooting to the side of the goal, causing German
goalkeeper Sepp Maier dive to his left, and then gently chipped the
ball into the middle of the net. The sheer cheek of the goal led a
watching French journalist to dub X "a poet", and to this day his
winning kick is one of the most famous ever, making X's name
synonymous with that particular style of penalty kick
115. 54.
Christopher Poole is an American internet
entrepreneur from New York City, noted for
founding the website X. He originally started X
anonymously, under the pseudonym moot. X is
commonly also known as darkest corner of
internet.
117. 55.
Introduced by Bell Labs and named Octothorpe
by Don Macpherson, a Bell Labs engineer,
because it had eight points, it is known by
several names. What are we talking about?
Hint : #overusedthesedays
119. Connect!
Connect the answers of the next 5 questions.
Each individual question is for 10 marks.
Guessing the connection will get you 50 marks.
Write answers on your sheets!
120.
121.
122.
123.
124.
125. Movies that were at top spot in
imdb's list of top 250 movies at
some point of time.
Godfather
Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Knight
Lotr: Fellowship of the ring
Star wars: Empire strikes back
