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General QuizFINALS
The movie X's plot has striking similarities with Harlan Ellison's short story trilogy, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream", "Soldier" and "Demon With a Glass Hand".
Though Ellison was not acknowledged for any inspiration, the director Y did an interview with Starlog magazine, where he was asked where he got the idea for X. He was reported to have bragged that he ripped off a couple of Harlan Ellison stories.
Unfortunately for Y, Ellison was friends with some of the staff there, who leaked him the original draft of the interview containing the admission and took Y to court. They ended up settling, and to this very day, Harlan Ellison has an "Acknowledgement" credit on X.
ID X and Y.
X- Terminator
Y- James Cameron
Connect!
n Timbuktu; Jhumri Talaiya
n Popular “Mythical” places which actually exist.
Various terms exists for this pas0me. In the UK, people indulging in this hobby may be called grizzersreferred to as refers to the same category of people in reference to the no0on that the hobbyist foams at the mouth in his/her excitement. A more scien0fic term ‘ferroequinologyrespectability to the pas0me. What?
Trainspotting
Id?
Andreas Escobar of Colombia.
He was shot dead outside a night club in Colombia,allegedly for scoring an own goal in a match against host nation USA at the FIFA 1994 World Cup
He was 6'4" tall and weighed 250 pounds and was national heavyweight champion of his country for nine years, from 1951-1960. He excelled at swimming, basketball and rugby too. When he received complaints from his fellow boxers that white judges were cheating them he paved an immediate solution for this. He advised the boxers to knock out their opponents as a means of countering the controversial decisions. During his time, his national boxing team, the Bombers, was ranked 3rd in the world in amateur boxing. Not known for his tact, he once sent a sneering telegram to his neighbor: "I love you very much, and if you had been a woman, I would have considered marrying you, although your head is full of gray hairs. But as you are a man, that possibility does not arise." He later challenged the neighbor to a boxing match. Name this “gentleman”.
Idi Amin
Apart from pioneering work in two transporta0on devices, I have also invented a soda-‐water maker, a clothes brushing machine, a wall bed, an ultrasound emiGer, motor-‐roller-‐skates, Super Calcacolor TV, a new breed of white roses, herbal tablets that keep alcoholics away from the boGle and a machine that replicates three dimensional objects. Who?
Professor Calculus
Talking about his greatest work X wrote in his diary"I was walking along a path with two friends—the sun was seOng—suddenly the sky turned blood red—I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence—there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-‐black Pord and the city—my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety—and I sensed an infinite __Y__ passing through nature."X promptly 0tled his greatest work as Y
Edward Munch’s The
Scream
This term was used by Allied aircraS pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over Europe and the Pacific theatre, thought to be extra-‐terrestrial life. It was also supposedly used as a semi-‐derogatory reference to Japanese fighter pilots known for erra0c flying and extreme maneuvering. This is also the name of a well-‐known rock band. What term?
Foo Fighters
In 1948, the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded to anyone even though the Nobel Prize was awarded in other disciplines. What was the official reason stated for the non-‐awarding of this prize?
“No suitable living candidate”, which was a very obvious reference to Mahatma Gandhi, who had died earlier that year
The expression X owes its origin to a par0cularrecord-‐keeping method of a London bounty hunter and blackmailer called Jonathan Wilde who captured criminals for court-‐reward in the 1700’s. Wilde kept names of criminals in a book and alongside those who earned his protec0on by providing him with useful informa0on or paid him sufficiently, he put a mark. When they ceased to be of use, Wilde added another mark to their names, and would turn them in to the authori0es for the bounty.What is this expression?
Double Cross
They were used in the Boer War, where both sides used them for scou0ng. In World War I, France and Germany used them to move troops. In its 1937 invasion of China, some 50,000 Japanese troops used these. In the Vietnam War, communist forces used them along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It is reported that they were also used in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and its subsequent baGles against the Taliban. The last country to recently maintain a regiment of troops dedicated to them was Switzerland, who disbanded the last unit in 2003. What?
Bicycles
On May 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, went on a shoo0ng trip where he became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the Koshin Golden Plover or the Grouse. Beaver realized that there must be numerous other ques0ons like these debated nightly in pubs in Britain and Ireland. Christopher ChaGaway, a colleague of Beaver, recommended the McWhirter twins (Norriss and Ross) to create this at 107, Fleet Street. This went on to become a huge commercial success, despite the fact that it was supposed to be a marke0ng giveaway. What?
The Guinness Book of World Records
X, also known as the ‘An0-‐Fascist Protec0ve Rampart’, was built in an effort to stop the drain of labour and economic output associated with the daily migra0on of huge numbers of professionals and skilled workers from either side. It was over 155 km long and work started on a second parallel one upto 91 meters and there was a no man’s land created between the two. This became known as the ‘death strip’, which was paved with raked gravel, making it easy to spot footprints leS by escapees. It was booby-‐trapped with trip-‐wires and offered a clear field of fire to the watching guards. Name X.
The Berlin Wall
When he was younger, X was a keen footballer, having played for a team called Bonnyrigg Rose. He was even offered a trial with successful East Fife.While on tour with the cast of South Pacific, X was involved in a football match against a local team that Matt Busby, manager of Manchester United, happened to be scouting at the time. According to reports, Busby offered him a contract worth £25-a- week immediately after the game. X admits that he was tempted to accept the offer, but he recalls "I realized that a top-class footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already 23.I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of my more intelligent moves.“ID X
Sean Connery
Color blindnessdecreased ability to see under normal lighting conditions. Color blindness affects a significant percentage of the population. There is no actual blindness but there is a deficiency of color vision.
The English chemist X published the first scientific paper on this subject in 1798, "Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colors", after the realization of his own color blindness. Because of X's work, the general condition has been called __________?
Daltonism after John Dalton
While Paramount brass dithered over whether to cast him in one of their movies, the role that would make him a star, a frustrated X signed up for the role of Mario Trantino in Couldn't Shoot Straightoffer him the role, it had to buy him out of his contract with MGM. Ironically, the role went to Y, who would later become a star along the same line.
X- Al Pacino
Y-Robert De Niro
The look that X, visual-effects supervisor special makeup-effects artist a child resemble the later stages of progeria, a condition technically named Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, a rare disease that makes its sufferers appear _____. Those who didn't attend medical school may be most familiar with it from the Billy Grierin shown researching and discussing the disease.
ID the movie?
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
X-David FincherY-Benjamin Button
When he was born, this legend’s mother was told by the doctor "A footballer has come into this house today". His father – a miner – was killed by a German sniper during the First World War at the BaGle of the Somme. So he signed up to play for Manchester City to support his family and would later also play for Liverpool. In the Beatles’ song Dig It, he is the third person alongside B.B.King and Doris Day to be given homage. Which legend?
Sir Matt Busby
IID?
the menu of dinner on the day the day titanic sank!
1.testing2.naked3.stupid4.1234565.secret6.please7.beavis8.butthead ..the list consist of 370 word/phrases.. What is special about these words ?
words you cannot use as password on twitter.
The U.S. Navy Seals in Vietnam used a X to kill guard dogs while raiding VC camps. Thus the nickname YZ. However, today we associate YZ with a footwear brand .What is X, and what is YZ ?
Hush Puppies
X began each concert as The Fly and continued to play the character for most of the first half of the concert. In contrast to his earnest self of the 1980s, as The Fly, X strutted around the stage with "swagger and style", exhibiting mannerisms of an egotistical rock star; he publicly stated, and adopted the mindset, that he was "licensed to be an egomaniac". He often stayed in character away from the tour stage, including for public appearances and when staying in hotels. He said, "That rather cracked character could say things that I couldn't", and that it offered him a greater freedom of speech.
Who is X??
Bono
This slogan, popularised by a low-budget, yet a cult hit, Hindi movie is often symbolised by a shoe hanging from behind a truck, especially in India, Pakistan, Iran and the Middle-Easter countries. Another symbol for this is a demonic face with horns and big canines, that is a Rakshasa. Which slogan??
Chashme Buddor
XY is a fictional character.
X is an edible plant of genus 'Sagittaria', commonly known as 'Arrowhead'.
Y is the central character in 'Far From the Madding Crowd' by Thomas Hardy.
XY's character was based on the myth of Theseus killing the Minotaur.
Stephen King called XY a 'cool kid' with a 'lame name'. And said, 'Once I got over the name, I got to like XY a lot.'
ID XY.
Katniss everdeen
There is a knock on the main door which is closed from inside. At first the men inside ignore the knock. But the person outside is persistent. Irritated A gets up and walk to the door.
A : Who the fuck?
He looks the keyhole. A look of surprise come on his face. He turns to the people inside.
A : It's that guy from the whore house.
A opens the door.
A : What do you..
Before A can complete the sentence X slits his throat and drags him inside. The people inside don't even realize. X closes the door from inside. C suddenly notices.
C : Hey!
Fully drunk C gets up and runs toward X. As C run towards him, X lifts a chair and hits C straight across the face. C falls down. Almost immediately X breaks the chair with a kick, takes the broken piece and drives it straight through C's heart. B pulls out a revolver but he is too drunk and scared to even lift it up. He drops the gun. X walks over to Sir who squirms.
Sir : Please don't kill me.B : And me.
X grabs Sir by the hair and makes him lie on his stomach. He takes the broken piece of chair and drive it straight through Sir's bottom. Sir screams in pain and almost immediately stops as X snaps the back of his neck with one swift kick.
X : Compliments of JK.
X walks up to the trembling B.
X : Why did you slap me?
A, B, C and Sir are just names.But ID X.
Bob Biswas
Early draft of Kahaani
In the 14from a Shepherd . The boy is caught in his act and escapes. To teach him a lesson the Shepherd shoots him and the boy’s leg gets severely wounded. For all his life the boy had slight Limp and thus gets his nickname. Later in life this boy became a famous historical figure.
Who was he??
Timur Lang or Timur the Lame
ID the actor. And his most famous role.
Malcolm McDowell -Alex in A Clockwork Orange!
Funda?
Invisible Car From Mercedes.. Optical Camouflage Technology
COD Modern Warfare series
ray price= captain pricelux= soap mactovishgun= makarovYuri Gagarin: Yuri in MW 3and airport is the russian airport in Moscow which has been shown in MW as Zakhaev International Airport
The game XY, originally called Vingt-et-un, is a cause of altercation between Italy and France as to who actually invented it.
Actor YX, a son of two rocket scientists, first appeared in Tim Robbins' directorial debut, Bob Roberts (1992) and was last seen playing himself in The Muppets (2011).
x-blacky-jack
Nicknamed The Mulholland Man because he Lives on the famed "Bad Boy Drive" a.k.a. Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills, California whose residents have included former Hollywood bad boys Each one of the films for which he has won an Oscar has also won Best Actress in a Leading Role Presented the Best Picture Oscar seven times (1972, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1993, 2006 and 2007), more than any other actor or actress.
ID the famous actor?
Jack Nicholson
During the Winter War b/w Soviet Union and Finland, when the Soviet Foreign Minister was accused that the Soviets were bombing Finnish Civilians. He replied that Soviet Union were actually providing food aid to the hungry Finns. As a result what name was did the Finns gave to their most popular weapon. Which was a ‘Drink to go with the food?
MOLOTOV COCKTAIL
1.In 2005, researchers at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York have changed the name of POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic gene (a gene found to cause cancer) to the more unobtrusive Zbtb7 due to legal pressure from which company?
Nintendo (Pokemon)
Every street-name in the town of “Seahaven” refers to a movie actor, e.g. "Lancaster Square" or "Barrymore Road”.Robin Williams was initially considered for the role, but the director Peter Weir gave the role to X as Xs performance reminded him of Charlie Chaplin. The actor X took the opportunity to proclaim himself as a dramatic actor, rather than being typecast in comedic roles.Director Peter Weir filmed in the 1.66:1 ratio to make it feel more like a television show.
ID the movie?
The Truman Show
Halley’s comet
Baueux Trapedy, Mark Twain, Jesus, Armenian coin which is the oldest evidence of the Comet