Freshers Quiz Finals- Part 3

This Prasun likes PEPSI!!!! • Thanda Mathlab

Answer • That year time put a mirror on the cover page and declared the ordinary people to be the person of the year

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah

• Timbuktu

• Maharani Gayathri Devi. RIP

Logo of what??

• Pet Airways

The quote on the entrance is "Arbeit Macht Frei", or "work makes (one) free”. ID

• Auschwitz

Connect

• Delhi Metro, Bangalore Metro, Kolkata Metro

• . In the words of a rather famous Indian journalist• The teenager who was sent to a seminary to train as a priest, but then rebelled and became a trade union activist instead. The young man built a workers movement that would bring the country's commercial capital to a halt. The flamboyant politician who became 'X the Giant Killer' after he defeated Mumbai's reigning political badshah SK Patil in the 1967 elections. The ultimate anti-establishment hero during the Emergency, it was the image of a XY in chains that became symbolic of the political repression of the period.Through all the twists and turns, from being the fiery socialist who drove out Coca Cola , And yet, today, at the age of 79, X is being reduced to a pathetic lonely figure, a cruel reminder of how nothing is permanent in life.” • Who is X?

• George Fernandes

Enter Ghajini

X is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 through 1995, and later the 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. Inspired by the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West, it follows the adventures of Son ____ from his childhood through middleage as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the seven mystical objects Along his trip, ______ meets several friends and fights against

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Name the Cartoon rooster

Name the Cartoon rooster

Foghorn Leghorn is a character that appears in the Looney Tunes and  Merrie Melodies cartoons for Warner Bros. He was created by Robert

X is a fictional character created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot. He is an absurdist spoof of comic booksuperheroes. After its creation, the character spun off into an independent comic book series in 1988, and gained mainstream popularity through an animated TV series on Fox Broadcasting in 1994. A short-lived live-action TV series, video game and various merchandise have also been based on the character. X was named the twenty-eighth greatest comic book character by Empire Magazine.In June 2005, the Toon Disney network began airing X animated series.It currently airs on Midnight Eastern Time and occasionally airs on ABC Family as part of the Jetix cartoon block. The following year, Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the first season of X

"There's very few things that I can ever think of that will trump this type of event," said Jay Bardyla, owner of Happy Harbor Comics in Edmonton, which will host a celebration Wednesday to mark the occasion. "Especially something that's of characters that are known by so many people.“Bardyla believes this is one of the most significant moments in pop culture history. Recently in the news, after lot of gossip for many years. What is the occasion?

The wedding of Archie and Veronica!!

Of Disney studio animators, Art Babbitt is most regarded for the creation of the X, while original concept drawings were by Frank Webb. In a 1930s lecture, Babbitt described the character as "a composite of an everlasting optimist, a gullible Good Samaritan, a halfwit and a shiftless, good-natured hick. Id X

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has a rare condition characterized by an extreme intuition about all things mech nd electrical (and utter social ineptitude), an idea that was explored in the anima levision episode titled "The Knack". X graduated from the Massachusetts Institut f Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Although X’s ideas are typic ensible and occasionally even revolutionary, they are seldom carried out becaus s powerlessness. X is easily frustrated by the incompetence of X’s co-workers most often the Boss) and is often sarcastic and snide. X's unusual ame was suggested to Scott Adams by a co-worker; Adams later found that the n kely came from a cartoon character used by the United States Navy during World X

Identify the author surrounded by some of his creations.

Answer : Robert Lawrence Stine (R.L. Stine) , famous for Goosebumps

• Put Funda

• Disney buying Marvel Comics

AJ wraps it up…not just yet!

1 • The British aircraft manufacturer Saunders-Roe developed the first practical man-carrying X, the SR-N1, which carried out several test programmes in 1959 to 1961 (the first public demonstration in 1959), including a crosschannel test run. The SR-N1 was powered by one (piston) engine, driven by expelled air. Demonstrated at the Farnborough Airshow in 1960, it was shown that this X could carry a load of up to 12 marines with their equipment as well as the pilot and co-pilot with only a slight reduction in height proportional to the load carried. The SR.N1 did not have any skirt instead using the peripheral air principle that Sir Christopher has patented. ID X

• Hovercraft

2 • #1.” Y is a website that parodies X. It was founded in 2005.Originally an English-language Z, the project currently spans over 50 languages. The English version has over 24,000 pages of content. • Various different styles of humor are used as a vehicle for parody, from sophisticated satire to the apparently random. Like X, Y has guidelines regarding what is and is not acceptable content and these guidelines have become progressively more strict as the site expands over time. The site has gained media attention due to its articles on places and people.”

Still 2 • #2.“X is a website that parodies Y. It was founded in 2001.Its name is a portmanteau of the words Z (a technology for stealing content from other websites, from the Hawaiian word Z, meaning 'thief') and encyclopedia. Originally written exclusively in a dialect called Swahili, the project currently spans all the known languages of history..The English version has over twelve million pages, most of them capitalization redirects. • Only one vehicle for article humor is employed at X: actual information. However, much of the behind-the-scenes aspects of Y are also parodied, from the abundance of maintenance templates to the system for rating articles. Like Y, X has guidelines regarding what is and is not acceptable content, and these guidelines have become exceedingly long and complex as a parody of Y's comparatively simple rules. The site has gained media attention due to its articles on places, people, and painfully obscure pop culture. “ • ID X,Y and put Funda.

• X-Wikipedia • Y- Uncyclopedia

3 • A is a device for measuring growth in plants. It was invented in the early 20th century by Jagdish Chandra Bose, a Bengali Indian scientist.A uses a series of clockwork gears and a smoked glass plate to record the movement of the tip of a plant (or its roots) at magnifications of up to 10,000. Marks are made on the plate at intervals of a few seconds, demonstrating how the rate of growth varies under varying stimuli. Bose experimented with temperature, chemicals, gasses and electricity •

• Crescograph

4 • . A X ( from Latin datum "something given or played) is a small polyhedral object, usually cubic, used for generating random numbers or other symbols. • X has many variants including crooked X, Loaded X, Cheat X, Shaved X, Iced X and Non- cubical X. Perhaps this would be most easy to associate X with Dungeons and Dragons. ID X •

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Audience • What name did medieval alchemists give to the imaginary substance which it was believed could turn base metals into gold?

5 • X is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc. Some of its recent programs include a hidden Flight simulator, Sky Mode, Street view,3D Bathymetry view,and views of Mars and the Moon

• Google Earth

6 • A X is a simple fastening device,which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp. The clasp serves two purposes: to form a closed loop thereby properly fastening X to whatever it is applied to, and to cover the end of X to protect the user from the sharp point. During emergence of Punk rock in the late seventies, X became associated with the genre, its followers and fashion.However,many insist that X were originally incorporated for more practical reasons, for example, to remedy "the arse of your pants falling out".Gimme X.

• Velcro

7 • The X is a creature reputed to inhabit widely popular in the Scottish Highlands. Popular interest and belief in the animal has fluctuated since it was brought to the world's attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with minimal and much disputed photographic material and sonar readings. The scientific community regards the X as a modern-day myth, and explains sightings as a mix of hoaxes and wishful thinking. Despite this, it remains one of the most famous examples of cryptozoology. One of the most iconic images of X is known as the 'Surgeon's Photograph', which many formerly considered to be good evidence of the creature. Its importance lies in the fact that it was the only photographic evidence of a “head and neck” – all the others are humps or disturbances.ID X

• Loch Ness monster

8 • X is a fictional main character in the animated television series Y and father of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family in The Tracey Ulman Show short “ Good Night" on April 19, 1987. X was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office.X has 3 children.X embodies several American working class stereotypes: he is crude, overweight, incompetent, clumsy, lazy and ignorant; however, he is also fiercely devoted to his family. Despite the suburban blue-collar routine of his life, he has had a number of remarkable experiences.ID this hugely popular Character

• Homer Simpson,The Simpsons