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Dry 116 questions

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1.xkcd tribute to whom ? #TCQ

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Answer is ..

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Douglas Engelbart, with his primitive version of the mouse .

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X, the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton , was the name of a Greek sculptor who fell in love with the statue he carved. Upon making offerings to Venus , his statue comes to life and they lead a happy life . The story of X in Ovid's narrative “metamorphosis” has been adapted into pop culture in many forms . Id. X

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Ans : Pygmallion

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#TCQ 3.sitter , who is the subject of the

conversation the 2 characters are having

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Ed Snowden

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• X is a plant that gets its name from a Greek hunter . A species of X is said to have sprouted from the place of the hunter’s death. A more common name of X , Y is the title of a very famous poem .

• ID X and Y

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X- NarcissusY-Daffodils

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5.ClickStar is a movie distribution company Co-founded by actor Morgan Freeman . It was highlighted by the American Film Institute in their AFI Awards 2006 "Moments of Significance" for a certain achievement it received for its distribution of the movie “10 items or less” starring Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega. This was a first of a kind thing in the entire motion picture history. What was the first of a kind feat ?

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In 2006 ClickStar became the first company in motion picture history to offer a

legitimate motion picture download while the movie was still playing in the theatres .

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6.Alison DiLaurentis is a fictional character in the Pretty Little Liars book series by Sara Shepard. The book also has a television adaptation of the same name. Vivian Darkbloom is her alter ego that appears both in the novel as well as in the series . Coincidentally. Vivian Darkbloom is an anagram of a very famous writer and also the name of a character , who is a partner of the shadow of the protagonist in the writer’s most famous work . Vivian Darkbloom is considered to be writer’s cameo in his most famous novel . Id the writer

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Vladimir Nabokov

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7.X is the French equivalent of the academy awards named after a noted French sculptor . X is also considered as a reference to the 3rd movie of the Great French Filmmaker Marcel Pagnol’s Marseille trilogy .Y is the Spanish equivalent of the academy awards named after the legendary Spanish romantic painter and printmaker considered to be the last of the old masters .The award itself is a small bust of the himself ID X and Y (images in the next slide, 20 points for pouncing without image.)

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X- Cesar AwardsY- Goya Awards

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CASSIUS :Yet I fear him; For in the ingrafted love he bears to CaesarBRUTUS :Alas, good Cassius, do not think of him: If he love Caesar, all that he can do Is to himself, take thought and die for Caesar: And that were much he should; for he is given To sports, to wildness and much company. TREBONIUS: There is no fear in him; let him not die; 190 For he will live, and laugh at this hereafter. Clock strikes. BRUTUS :Peace! count the clock. CASSIUS The clock hath stricken three. TREBONIUS :'Tis time to part. CASSIUS: But it is doubtful yet, Whether Caesar will come forth to-day, or no; For he is superstitious grown of late, Quite from the main opinion he held once Of fantasy, of dreams and ceremonies: It may be, these apparent prodigies, The unaccustom'd terror of this night,

This portion of the play had been once a subject of debate and criticism . Put Funda !!

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Ans :Shakespeare portrayed Brutus, plotting to

assassinate Caesar in 44 BC, being interrupted by the striking of the clock, although ancient Rome was the era of

the sundial, with invention of the mechanical clock dating from the 11th-

13th centuries AD

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9.Mool Chand Chowhan received it for his outstanding contributions to Table Tennis in India and overall development of Indian sports.Jasdev Singh , the radio commentator was also awarded this .Indira gandhi was awarded this in 1983 for her contribution to the organisation of the New Delhi Asiad (1982.)The above 3 are the only Indians to have received it . What am I talking about ?

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The Olympic Order- the highest award for the Olympic movement

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10.X is the name of a former BBC

broadcaster made more famous by a word Y coined by the

private eye magazine. Upon X’s retirement a newspaper article

was titled thus “X Retires without a Word: It's Probably Safer That Way”. Give me the word Y coined with X’s

name in it

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Colemanballs

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11. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi, India, is a multipurpose sports arena hosting football and other sporting events, as well as large-scale entertainment events. The Stadium has hosted two One Day International matches featuring India: against Australia in 1984, and South Africa in 1991. What was special about these 2 matches played there ?

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Batsman Kepler Wessels played in both the matches, but for different countries, scoring 107 for Australia

and 90 for South Africa.

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12.X is a Victor Hugo novel that was also made into a movie in 1928 under the same name . The protagonist, Gwylpaine’s appearance in the movie is said to have been the inspiration to a cult villain T . Coincidentally , the villain’s first encounter with the hero appears in the comic with the same title X. According to the novel, Gwynplaine was the son of an English nobleman who has offended King James II. The monarch sentences Gwynplaine's father to death in an iron maiden, after calling upon a surgeon, Dr. Hardquannone, to do something to the child that in turn would remind him of what a fool his father was .There is also an inaccurate version of this story being referenced to T. Id X and T

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• The cave in Managaon , nepal is a Hindu pilgrim spot. It’s said that X, a part incarnation of lord Vishnu is said to have born here and done one of his famous works here . X’s original name comes from his complexion and his place of birth .

• X in Sanskrit means to “split, differentiate or to describe”.The rock formation itself is attributed the arrangement of pages in X’s manuscript . Id X (image in the next slide )

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Veda Vyasa.

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14.This form of literature was started by Edward Lear , in his “first book of nonsense “. However he did not use

the name X for it . X is often attributed to be a reference to the county of X in Ireland .X is basically referred to Lear as non-sense poems often meant to

be humorous usually following a AABBA scheme . Id X

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The limerick packs laughs anatomical

Into space that is quite economical.

But the good ones I've seen

So seldom are clean –And the clean ones so

seldom are comical.

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• Named after a 50s publication Eagle , the Eagle awards were given to excellence in a field which Will Eisner described as “sequential art”. They were decided by a public poll . What were the eagle awards given for ?

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16.X is a science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox, with a screenplay by Cyril Hume. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. The

characters and its setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest. It was also the

first science fiction film that was set entirely on another planet in deep space, away from the planet Earth. Thus it has been an inspiration to the famous Star Trek , Star

wars series. The poster of the movie is also seen in Sheldon Cooper’s room in Big Bang Theory during the early seasons. Id the movie. Image in the next slide.

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Forbidden Planet