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EXPLAIN.MOZILLA FIREFOX PRESENTS CAKE TO IE TEAM - LAUNCH

OF IE10(Must’ve been sarcastic:P)

If not for X, our understanding of electricity would likely be years behind what we now enjoy. X also filed for more than 300 patents for inventions like electromagnets, the radio, and the AC motor.

He just kind of became a little off-the-wall as he aged. X was known to begin work each day at 3:00 AM and continue until 11:00 PM. These habits caused him to suffer a mental breakdown at age 25.

He then pulled himself together and continued the same regimen well into old age, working as many as 38 years without a break in his rigorous work schedule.

The man was celibate, but got along well with pigeons. He had a few deep-seated revulsions: He couldn’t stand overweight women or jewelry of any kind (especially pearls).

NIKOLA TESLA

The 2002 film 'Frida',depicts the life and career of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Alfred Molina played the role of husband and artist Diego Rivera,but which Mexican actress played the title role, resulting in her only Academy Award nomination to date?

SALMA HAYEK

In Z, X plays a CIA officer hunting down terrorists, but in early 2001, the roles were reversed . . . in real life. While filming a movie, X was visited by a group of FBI agents who delivered some disturbing news. Evidently, some terror group named Y wanted to kidnap the famous actor. Their plot was to shake up the world by capturing famous American actors (somebody wasn’t doing their homework; Crowe was born in New Zealand and raised in Australia).

However, X didn’t take the threat very seriously. After all, most people hadn’t really heard of Y at the time. But the Bureau took no chances. As X played the part of John Nash, federal agents were on the set at all times. In fact, they followed him around for four years, escorting him to the Oscars and the Golden Globes. They even kept him safe while he shot Master and Commander.

Fortunately for movie lovers everywhere, the plot never materialized, and X went on to star in, well, nothing too exciting. Of course, if terrorists really had tried to capture X, chances are pretty good their plot would’ve failed. After all, if there’s one thing X loves, it’s fighting.

ID X,Y,Z.

10 points for Y

X = RUSSELL CROWE Y= AL-QAEDA Z= BODY OF LIES

EXPLAIN/GUESS IT.

In this modern age of domestic terrorism and paranoia, sometimes all it takes is a single word to send everyone into a panic. In the case of a 6 year old boy from Massachusetts, that word was “gun.” During a morning trip to Old Mill Pond Elementary, the kindergartner pulled out a quarter-sized LEGO minifigure rifle in front of the other students. The other children began to panic, rousing the concern of the bus driver, who immediately slammed on the brakes.

Although the boy obviously did not face any legal repercussions, he was given detention and ordered to write an official apology to the driver and all the children on the bus. The mother of the boy declared the school “overreacted” and that the toy did not pose a threat of any kind. The bus driver, however, stated that several of the children were still in shock and the ordeal was quite disruptive.

LEGO Rifle

The first reported procedure of this type was performed on a dog in 1823. In 1899 the first official procedure was performed on a human. It became more widespread following the second World War and the first national program was established in India in 1954. What is the name of this surgical procedure, which involves the severing and re-sealing of a man's vasa deferentia ?

VASECTOMY

This shocking photograph depicts Quang Duc, a monk who set himself on fire at a busy Saigon road intersection in 1963. He died protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. The regime had made life very difficult for Buddhists, banning them from flying their traditional flag or practicing their beliefs and spiritual exercises. Thus the Buddhists decided that a message had to be sent.

His protest didn’t go unnoticed. The image made headlines all over the globe within hours. In the words of President John F. Kennedy: “No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one.”

GIVE SIGNIFICANCE.

• __________• English• Hindi• __________• Russian• Arabic• Bengali

NON-EXHAUSTIVE

Mandarin

Spanish

To say “hello” in Mandarin, say “Ni hao” (Nee HaOW). (“Hao” is pronounced as one syllable, but the tone requires that you let your voice drop midway, and then raise it again at the end.)

To say “hello” in Spanish, say “Hola” (OH-la).

TOP SPOKEN LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD

While it is not an SI unit, it is accepted for use with the SI due to its continued use in particle physics. Originally, it was used in nuclear physics for expressing the cross sectional area of nuclei and nuclear reactions, but today it is used in all fields of high energy physics. It is defined as 10−28 m2 (100 fm2) and is approximately the cross sectional area of a uranium nucleus. What is the 'agricultural' name of this unit of area?

BARN

Word derived from actual warehouse space “barn”

Tom Hanks has appeared in three Spielberg directed films. His most notable appearance, perhaps, was in 1998,where he received an Academy Award nomination for 'Saving Private Ryan'. Name the other two films that they collaborated on, made in 2002 and 2004 respectively?

Catch Me If You Can (2002) and The Terminal (2004)

A middle ages torture implement, it was a tall thin stool shaped device with a metal or wooden pyramid on top. The victim would then be stripped, bound with ropes, and suspended above the device and lowered onto the pyramid, which was brutally painful and often ended in death. In Italy it was known as 'culla di Giuda' and in France is was 'la veille'  .With a link to a New Testament figure, by what name is this torture device usually known?

Judas Cradle (Judas Chair)

In marketing, what does the much-used abbreviation ‘USP’ indicate?

UNIQUE SELLING POINT

Today XY is a global singing superstar, making million-selling number one albums and singles. However, she was born to Pentecostal pastors near Santa Barbara, California in 1984  and originally had limited exposure to mainstream pop music. As a result she pursued a career in gospel music and released her debut album ‘X Hudson' (her real name) in 2001,with limited success. By what name do we know her today? 

X-NameY-Surname

ID X&Y

X-KATY Y-PERRY

The survival horror game, X, developed and created by the makers of the “Uncharted” series certainly has a lot of positive vibes going for it, but it also has its share of criticism as well, especially with one of the game’s central characters Ellie bearing a striking if not passing resemblance to one young and known Hollywood personality, Y.

Despite the fact that the X studio has taken steps to alter the character’s appearance with a slight redesign, there are supposedly still traces of Y written all over Ellie, and not to say anything of the name sounding awfully similar.

“"I guess I should be flattered that they ripped off my likeness, but I am actually acting in an other video game called Beyond Two Souls, so it was not appreciated.“ – Y

Beyond Two Souls features Y co-starring alongside other Hollywood personality Willem Dafoe in a psychological/ spiritual thriller that centers around the topic of what comes after death. 

ID Y(Actress) .Bonus Points for X (10 points) – Name of the Game  

ELLIE

Ellen Page

THE LAST OF US

It is a dicarboxylic acid,which was first isolated from apple juice by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1785. Antoine Lavoisier later proposed the name,derived from the Latin word for apple.Responsible for the strong flavour in Rhubard,as well as the sour taste of fruits, what is the name of this acid, which is also used as a food additive?Malic

Acid

EXPLAIN.

Literally no one cared except for one person that asked a question:

Jan Koum(Whatsapp co-founder’s) post in a forum 5 years ago

(Pictured) It is a small spotted and striped cat native to the west Andean slope in central and northern Chile. It is similar in size and appearance to the Pantanal cat and Pampas cat, and 'thicker-set' than a domesticated cat. Part of the leopardus genus, what is the name of this wild cat, which shares its name which Chile's most successful football team?

COLOCOLO

What punctuation mark is also the name of the currency of Costa Rica?

Colon “:”

The X of life, also known as X of immortality and sometimes equated with the philosopher's stone, is a mythical potion that, when drunk from a certain cup at a certain time, supposedly grants the drinker eternal life and/or eternal youth. The X of life was also said to be able to create life. Related to the myths of Thoth and Hermes Trismegistus, both of whom in various tales are said to have drunk "the white drops" (liquid gold) and thus achieved immortality.

ID X.

Elixir

 X is a noun of French origin, means elegance in style and performance or subtlety in handling difficult situations, can be used as a verb and also used to express a type of shot taken in football ? 

FINESSE

SMALL CONNECTS

+30 EACH

“I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS”

• I AM LEGEND• DOCTOR

WHO• KNOCK OUT

GREEN DAY

• Mr. Bean’s Holiday - Holiday

• The Mask – 21 Guns

• George Bush – American Idiot

• Alan Wake – Wake me up when September ends

• I HATE LOVE STORYS

• DELHI 6• BHAAG MILKHA

BHAAG• MAUSAM

SONAMKAPOO

R

WIMBLEDON

• TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON

• WHITE CLOTHING• GRASSHOPPER

One of the QM has a soft corner for Sonam Kapoor. We apologize.

ULTRA CONNECT

+400/-200

CHILD CONNECT 1STRAIGHT Q’S +20CONNECT +80/-40

X gets your attention faster than any other color. People notice X objects first.Even when you are looking straight ahead, you can see a X object that is not in front of you "in the corners of your eyes" much sooner than any other color even red. Scientists describe this as follows: "Lateral peripheral vision for detecting X is 1.24 times greater than for red."

YELLOW

• SHUKAKU – ONE• ISOBU – THREE• SAIKEN – SIX• KOKUO – FIVE• KYUBI - ?

NON-EXHAUSTIVE

NINE

BAYERN MUNICH• Thomas

Muller• Frank Ribery• Allianz Arena

ID MOVIE.SHAOLIN SOCCER

ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI

CHILD CONNECT 2STRAIGHT Q’S +20CONNECT +80/-40

THE ITALIAN JOB• JASON STATHAM • MARK WAHLBERG• EDWARD NORTON

NOW YOU SEE ME

• TIMES NOW• YOU CANT SEE ME• MARK RUFFALO (ACTOR IN

MOVIE)

X has made 369 Premier League appearances and played in 59 UEFA Champions League games as of January 2013. X began his career at West Ham United, joining the youth team in 1997 and winning the FA Youth Cup two years later.

He made more than 150 appearances for the Hammers, however, in 2004, he moved to rival London club Tottenham Hotspur for a fee believed to be £3.5 million. He was ever-present during his Spurs career, scoring twice in 75 appearances, before moving to Manchester United.

From his debut onwards X was a regular in the Manchester United first team, making more than 50 appearances in his first season with them.He established himself as a key member of the team that won the Premier League in 2006–07, their first title success in four years. The following season he was part of the side that won the 2008 Champions League final too.

ID X.

MICHAEL CARRICK

FULL NAME?ALFRED PENNYWORTH

MICHAEL CAINE

• THE ITALIAN JOB• NOW YOU SEE ME• MICHAEL• ALFRED (DARK KNIGHT

SERIES)

CHILD CONNECT 3STRAIGHT Q’S +20CONNECT +80/-40

X, Order of Merlin, First Class, also known as Moony, was a half-blood wizard and the only son of Lyall and Hope. He was afflicted with lycanthropy during his childhood, as Fenrir Greyback's revenge against Lyall.

He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Gryffindor house. During his school years, he was one of the Marauders; best friends with Sirius Black, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew. Together they created the Marauder's Map.

After Hogwarts, X and his friends joined the Order of the Phoenix and fought in the First Wizarding War. However, Pettigrew betrayed James and Lily Potter to Lord Voldemort and X lost all of his closest friends in various ways by the end of the First Wizarding War, though he and Sirius Black later reclaimed their friendship.

REMUS LUPIN

SHUTTER ISLAND

CONNECT.

• VITRUVIAN MAN• VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS• LADY WITH AN ERMINE• HEAD OF A WOMAN• THE BATTLE OF

ANGHIARI• ANNUNCIATION• THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST

CONNECT

LEONARDO DA VINCI WORKS

His full name is X dos Santos Emboaba JuniorX has represented Brazil at all levels of international football from Under-15 to Under-20He scored a hat-trick in Brazil's 3-2 win over Portugal in the final of the Under-20 World CupX has six caps for Brazil's senior side and made his debut as a substitute in a 0-0 draw with Argentina in September 2011

ID X

OSCAR

LEONARDO DICAPRIO• “WOLF” OF WALL

STREET• LEONARDO DA VINCI• SHUTTER ISLAND• OSCAR :P

CHILD CONNECT 4STRAIGHT Q’S +20CONNECT +80/-40

Comic book heroes and villains die and come back to life often, but only one death was dictated entirely by the fans. Robin has died and been replaced several times throughout the series, but in 1988, Jason “X” Todd’s fate was left in the hands of his supposed fans.

The “Death in the Family” storyline featured X finding his birth mother in Ethopia only to discover that she had turned him over to Y. Both ended up being tied up in a warehouse set to explode unless Z could save them. The cliffhanger inspired DC Comics to set up a toll-free hotline and ask the readers to call in and vote on whether or not X would make it out of the warehouse alive.

The fans voted 5,343 to 5,271 to put X down, and so he died in the next issue. However, Todd returned in 2005′s ‘Under the Hood’ story arc as X in order to seek bloody revenge against Y.

ID X(10 points), Y, Z.

X – ROBIN Y - THE JOKERZ - BATMAN

MAN OF STEEL

• LAXMI MITTAL (STEEL)• TARZAN -DC CARS (DC

UNIVERSE)• AAM AADMI (MAN)

IDENTIFY PLAYER.KEVIN NOLAN

X is an Anglicization of his real name, given to him in Genoa where he was born: Cristoforo. Other languages have changed his name, too: he is Cristóbal in Spanish, for example. Even his Genoese name is not certain, as historical documents about his origin are scarce.

He almost never got to make his “journey”. He tried to get support from many sources, including the King of Portugal, but most European rulers thought he was a crackpot and didn’t pay much attention to him. He hung around the Spanish court for years, hoping to convince Ferdinand and Isabella to finance his journey.In fact, X had just given up and was headed to France when he got the news that his travel had finally been approved.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

• DARK KNIGHT (BATMAN & JOKER)

• MAN OF STEEL• NOLAN• CHRISTOPHER

ULTRA CONNECT ANSWER IS…. *drumsroll*….*drumsroll*….

ULTRA CONNECT:INCEPTION

Robert Fischer Jr. Michael CaineLeonardo DiCaprioChristopher Nolan

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