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Question 1343: Top doesn't fit

2012-01-26T21:34:00.000+05:30

X and Y is a certain fictional pair in a popular franchise which now includes video games, toys, manga, books among others. Their original names for X and Y in Japanese are derived from the guys in 1 while their English names are derived from the guys in 2. Identify X and Y.

Question 1342: Not always cruel

2012-01-25T09:38:00.000+05:30

Identify the film and the actor. No half points.

Question 1341: Art...my foot

2012-01-24T08:45:00.004+05:30

X was an East Germanic tribe that became part of the late Roman Empire in the 5th century. Renaissance and Early Modern writers often described this tribe as barbarians, as their actions included sacking and looting Rome. The name X is associated with the name of a Swedish province, as it is the original homeland of the X, before they migrated to the Roman empire.

The modern day usage of the term Y is derived from X, to describe any senseless destruction, particularly destroying artworks. The term was coined in 1794 by Henri Grégoire, a bishop, to describe the destruction of artwork in the aftermath of the French Revolution. The term was quickly adopted across Europe. This new use of the term popularized the pre-existing idea that the X tribe was a barbaric group with a taste for destruction.

Identify X/Y. (It's pretty much the same word)

Question 1340: Bursting the bubble

2012-01-22T22:37:00.000+05:30

Recent news... easy enough. Identify him and his creation.

Question 1339: Offended??

2012-01-21T18:43:00.005+05:30

__X__ (a community) means 'foreigners' or 'hostile people' in the local Aka-Bea language.

One of the possible reason for this is X's roots. The ancestors of 'X' are thought to have been part of the first successful human migrations out of Africa hundreds of years ago. Also, 'X' are known to live isolated and secluded with minimal interactions with other communities for very long time. The experience of such a lengthy period of isolation almost completely lacking in external cultural influences is equaled by few other groups in the world, if at all.

Known to live in three specific groups, namely, 'Boiab', 'Thadong' & 'Tanmad', they lead an extremely primitive living. Men as well as women are known to go complete naked. The principal threat to X’s existence comes from encroachment onto their land, which was sparked by the building of a highway through their forest in the 1970s. Tourism is also a threat to them, with tour operators driving tourists along the road through the reserve every day in the hope of ‘spotting’ members of 'X'. 'X' were in news for similar reasons.

X? Funda?

Question 1338: Still time to get even

2012-01-20T17:45:00.003+05:30

In 2000, the Supreme Court of the American state X ruled that state legislation in 1906 had rejected the adoption of the state flag in 1894, so what was assumed be the official state flag was only so through convention and usage. The governor of the state appointed a commission which came up with a new design flag, and a state referendum to adopt the new flag was proposed to the people.

The old flag lost in a vote and the old flag was retained. What is so unique about the state flag of X, that among all the 50 states, it is the only one of its kind?

The proposed design which was defeated in 2001

Answer: ]The Flag of the State of Mississippi is the only United States state flag that incorporates the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.

Question 1337: Throwing the ball...NOT

2012-01-19T15:41:00.001+05:30

A guest question after many days, this one is from Aditya Datar. Thanks! :)

Identify the person next to RK Laxman.

Send your guest questions to quizlexic@gmail.com with the answer and your name!

Answer: Raj Thackeray

Question 1336: Take a look, before you die

2012-01-18T16:10:00.000+05:30

X is a leading developer of wireless web access products and services. It has developed and offers a series of wireless web access devices and the related web delivery platform. It was first founded in Montreal in 2001 by 2 Punjabi brothers. In 2011, X became widely known for its most prestigious venture Y in association with certain government institutions of a country.

By January 3, 2012 1.4 million online orders for the Y have been received. This has ensured X to become a half-a-billion-dollar company from being a $10-million company in just 12 months.

Identify X and Y.

Answer: X: Datawind Y: The Aakash tablet.

Question 1335: Well, I am!

2012-01-17T21:36:00.002+05:30

Still from a popular TV show being aired on BBC One. Well, it's a cell-phone asking for an unlocking-password.

As it turns out, the said password is so much in sync with the show and it's characterization. Interestingly, it has also become a craze on the Internet for it's clever play of words and the teasing pun played at the viewers.

Which TV Series? What's the 4 character password? Funda?

Answer: *SPOILER ALERT* The TV series is Sherlock(This is from the episode 1 of season 2). The 4 character password is SHER, thus reading the entire sentence as I am Sherlock-ed.

Question 1334: Signature

2012-01-16T13:45:00.001+05:30

Give Funda :

Answer: The Special Effects team tried to make their mark and wanted "SFX" to appear in that particular scene from Lion King. This has been misinterpreted in many different ways because it ended up looking like "SEX".

Question 1333

2012-01-15T21:23:00.000+05:30

Put funda:

X-Men - hotdog stand vendor
Spider-Man - saves a little girl
Spider-Man 2 - saves an innocent stranger
Fantastic Four - mailman
X-Men: The Last Stand - Jean Grey's neighbour
Spider-Man 3 - reading a news flash about Spider-Man
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - himself
Iron Man - person Tony Stark mistakenly identifies as Hugh Hefner
The Incredible Hulk - person who dies after drinking soft drink contaminated by Bruce Banner's blood

Answer: Cameos by Stan Lee in movies based on Marvel comics.

Question 1332: Forever.......?

2012-01-12T11:24:00.004+05:30

'X' is a West African city which previously served as a slave market. It was settled by 400 formerly enslaved black Britons as the 'Province of Freedom' in 1791. The name 'X', though, hardly reflected the turmoil and bloodshed pertaining in the nation in the 1990's.

The turmoil is speculated to be supported and funded by it's neighbor 'Y'. Incidentally, 'X' & 'Y' are named in a similar sense. Certain elements in 'Y' are supposed to have provided weapons and training to the rebels in exchange of diamonds.
Large atrocities followed with civilians being at the core of it. The term _______ _______ was coined reflecting nature of the pertaining conflict.

The backdrop was captured by a 2006 political thriller film also named _______ _______. The 2008 video game 'Z' also portrays an African nation at war using diamond as currency.

X? Y? Z? What am I talking about?

Answer:
X-Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone)
Y-Liberia
Z-Far Cry 2 (supposedly based on Sierra Leone)

X & Y get their names from the notion of freedom.

The bloodshed funded by the diamond trade gave rise to the term 'Blood Diamond' or 'Conflict Diamond'.

Question 1331 : You get high after this.

2012-01-11T20:09:00.003+05:30

Sitter, identify.

1.Knowledge of Literature - Nil.

2.Knowledge of Philosophy - Nil.

3.Knowledge of Astronomy - Nil.

4.Knowledge of Politics - Feeble.

5.Knowledge of Botany - Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium and poison generally. Knows nothing of practice gardening.

6.Knowledge of Geology - Practical, but limited. Ability to differentiate between different soils.

7.Knowledge of Chemistry - Profound.

8.Knowledge of Anatomy - Accurate, but unsystematic.

9.Knowledge of Sensational Contemporary Literature - Immense.

10. Plays the violin well.

11.Expert boxer.

12. Has good knowledge of law.

P.S I would just like to emphasize that, yes, Rohan Danait is indeed an ungrateful prick.

Answer: Sherlock Holmes.

Question 1330: What happened to shouting?

2012-01-10T10:53:00.002+05:30

Prior to World War I, the doctrine regarding the weapon X was largely centered around the concept of 'reach'; that is, a soldier's theoretical ability, by use of an extremely long rifle and fixed X, to attack an enemy soldier without having to approach within reach of his opponent's blade. A combined length of rifle and X longer than that of the enemy infantryman's rifle and attached X, like the infantryman's pike of bygone days, was thought to impart a definite tactical advantage on the battlefield, and military authorities engaged in endless discussions over the supposed advantages of longer rifle/X combinations.

It's name supposedly originates from the town of Bayonne in South Western France where they were first made.

Identify X.

P.S. You might have noticed the absence of the Shoutmix chat in the sidebar for a few days. ShoutMix has shut down it's free service and we are unwilling to pay money for it(yes, we are ungrateful pricks). So we are now using Chatango, another chat service which is quite similar to the earlier Shoutmix.

Answer: Bayonet.

Question 1329: He was here too

2012-01-09T14:37:00.000+05:30

According to a Abrahamic legend, A used X to reach his destination Y where he stood repentant on one foot for 1,000 years, leaving a large hollow mark resembling a footprint. X and Y both are named after A.

According to Hindu mythology, X has an alternate name which is attributed to 1.
According to Buddhist mythology, Y also has an alternate name which is attributed to 2 and the hollow mark is believed to be 2's footprint.

The footprint mark located at Y

Identify X and Y.
Pseudo-bonus points for 1,2 and A.

Answer: X: Adam's Bridge/Ram Setu Y: Adam's Peak/Sri Pada
1: Ram
2: Gautam Buddha
A: Adam

Question 1328: No highway option

2012-01-08T11:28:00.001+05:30

India's first aqueduct was constructed over the Solani river, near Roorkee, part of the Ganges canal project, which itself was India's first irrigation work in North India, started by the British in 1845. The Ganges Canal also led to another first.

The Solani viaduct had 15 arches and spanned the 4km-wide Solani valley (about 14 km north-east of New Delhi). Earth for the approach embankments was transported from Piran Kaliyar, 10 km away from Roorkee. Standard gauge wagons were used for the purpose, built from parts brought over from England, and hauled by men and later horses along the 'sundry lines of rail at Dhunnowree, Peeran, Kulleear, Mahewar and Roorkee' (as stated in the Administration Report 1851-52). The number of wagons in use needed to be tripled leading to the introduction of ___X___.

Assembled in Calcutta (todays 'Kolkata'), ___X___ obviously came from England, possibly second hand. It is described in a contemporary account as "a small but compact machine, with both driving mechanism and tender on one frame and to be able to transport 200 tons on the level at four miles per hour". The Bengal Sappers of the Indian Army operated it for the first time on 22/12/1851 for carrying earth to the duct.

X? What distinction does it hold?

Answer: Thommason- the first steam engine to haul any train in India. Arguably it was India's first train, running before the much-famed Bombay-Thane passenger train which ran in 1853. A prototype of Thomasson is on display at Roorkee Railway station.

Question 1327: Is this some kind of a joke?

2012-01-07T10:48:00.002+05:30

The opening verse of this song has been connected with the lynching of the three black men in Duluth, Minnesota in 1920. The 3 men were employees of a travelling circus and had been accused of raping a white woman. On the night of June 15, 1920, they were removed from custody and hanged on the corner of First Street and Second Avenue East. Photos of the lynching were sold as postcards.

Duluth was the birthplace of the artist/singer who has written the song. At the time of the lynching, the singer’s father, Abram, was eight years old, and lived two blocks from the scene of the lynchings. Abram passed the story on to his son.

The postcard

Which song/artist?

Answer: Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row"

Question 1326: Follow Douglas Adams's advice

2012-01-06T11:00:00.002+05:30

Hey guys!
A Happy new year to everyone!
Apparently, our hangover lasted longer than we had anticipated and hence the 5 day new year break :). We are resuming our normal posting schedule, from today.
Also, last 2 days to answer all the previous questions. All past questions will only be open till Sunday.

So here's today's question:
Put funda/fill in the blank.

Answer: Blank: 2012 Funda: The "End of the world" conspiracy which says that the Mayans predicted the end of the world and hence their calendar ends on 21st December 2012.

Question 1325: Tring! Tring!

2011-12-31T20:37:00.001+05:30

Red Book : CD-DA
Yellow Book : CD-ROM
Orange Book : CD-MO/CD-R/CD-RW
White Book : VCD
Blue Book : E-CD/ CD+
Beige Book : P-CD
Green Book : CD-i
Purple Book : DDCD
Scarlet Book : SACD

________ : DVD/Blu-ray

Above are a set of certain standards. What are they collectively called? FIB.

Answer: Rainbow Books for CD standards. Interestingly no book is assigned yet for the popular DVD & Blu-ray formats.

Question 1324:

2011-12-31T14:08:00.008+05:30

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Lunar mapping for certain data. 'X' and 'Y' were launched by NASA to study the anomalies in the mapping and were named accordingly. X? Y? Funda for their names.

Answer: X: GRAIL A Y: GRAIL B
These are the twin NASA lunar probes. GRAIL stands for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory.

Question 1323 : Hmm Really..?

2011-12-28T19:24:00.001+05:30

Connect :-

(1) In 2003, ‏the BBC World Service conducted an international poll to choose the ten most popular songs of all time. Around 7000 songs were selected from all over the world. According to the BBC, people from 155 countries voted "X" ninth in the top 10 songs.

(2) "X" became famous in Indonesia, after Norman Kamaru, a policeman from Gorontalo, Indonesia recorded himself lipsync-ing it and uploaded the video to Youtube which went viral.

(3)

Answer: X is the song Chaiyya Chaiyya from the movie Dil Se, also used in the movie The Inside Man

Question 1322: Up, above the world so high ....

2011-12-26T17:16:00.006+05:30

Team named after whom? What famous victory are they celebrating?

Answer: This is 'Team Hillary' after winning the highest cricket match played against 'Team Tenzing' at Mt. Everest base camp.

Question 1321

2011-12-24T14:45:00.001+05:30

Identify the author.

Answer: Jairam Ramesh

Question 1320

2011-12-22T14:37:00.001+05:30

A Pakistan currency note. Identify the mountain peak

P.S. 1319 and 1318 are unattempted. Check them out.

Answer: K2/Godwin-Austen

Question 1319 : What?

2011-12-20T23:01:00.000+05:30

A.

This dude's name means 'God will strengthen', literally 'to fasten upon,' figuratively 'strong,' and so figuratively 'The Almighty'.

B.

This is usually reserved for the best sluggers in baseball.

Connect all the above.

C.
The essence of C is "cutting" (kiru).This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji ("cutting word") between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.A kigo (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such words. The majority of kigo, but not all, are drawn from the natural world. This, combined with the origins of C , has led to the inaccurate impression that C are necessarily related to nature.
Name the distinguishing characteristic of C

Connect A,B and C

Answer: A: Ezekiel B: 25, they all have the number 25 assigned to them. C: 17, the Japanese Haiku always has exactly 17 syllabus. Connect: Ezekiel 25:17, Jule's Bible passage from Pulp Fiction.
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."