Prelims Answers

The Prelims Answers

1) Frontman and lyricist Andrew Stockdale states that the characters in the song Y came from the song X. The song X depicts a conversation between two people about the difficulties of getting by in life. The ______ is concerned about losing his property, while the _______ observes that some individuals among them aren't taking life as seriously as they should. The ______ suggests that time is running out. In the last verse, the viewpoint of the song switches abruptly. The ruling princes stand guard over their women and servants as an unnamed pair of riders approach amidst ominous sounds. Name both songs, X and Y.

X: ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER - BOB DYLAN Y: JOKER & THE THIEF - WOLFMOTHER

2)ID THE CHARACTER

SILK SPECTRE (the younger one) from WATCHMEN. This is how she looks in the forthcoming movie, played by Malin Ackerman.

3) Teen Buzz (or X Ring tone) is a popular ring tone that was adapted from a technology that was originally used to repel loitering teenagers from shops in the United Kingdom. Inventor Howard Stapleton developed the "X device" for Compound Security Systems. This device emits a modulated 17 kHz sound that proves to be a great annoyance to teenagers or anyone younger, but leaves most over thirty years of age unaffected. This is due to presbycusis, a normal loss of acute hearing that occurs with advancing age. Once installed on a building, emits a high-pitched sound (at 17 kilohertz), similar to a constant insect buzzing. The product is based on the idea that, as people age, they are less able to hear high-frequency sounds, making this particular sound annoying only to youths. This sound, beamed at kids congregating in a section of the mall, would encourage them to move on, the theory goes, and therefore preventing unwanted gatherings of youths and teenagers in shopping malls and around shops or chasing them away. Teen Buzz was developed using the same technology, but as a constant 17 kHz high frequency ring tone. It is primarily used in the classroom, allowing students to be alerted of incoming text messages on their mobile phones without the knowledge of their teachers. ID the X device!

MOSQUITO DEVICE

More recently the show has been criticized for unimaginative racism and lack of political correctness, but in its day the show was popular because of its light-hearted take on multiculturalism and because it gave some otherwise un-represented minorities a television presence, albeit represented as caricatures. As a result the show was cancelled in 1979. Which show?

5) Opening Stanza of “Sailing To Byzantium” by Yeats:THAT is _____ _______ _____ _____ _____. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees - Those dying generations - at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.

Fill in the blanks with the title of a famous book.

6) An X is a wooden club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob on the end, that is associated with people from Y in folklore. Although originally used for settling disputes in a gentlemanly manner, (like pistols in colonial America, or the katana in Japan), the X became almost a weapon associated with martial arts native to Y, and eventually became a symbol of stereotypical violent behavior, and has thus become nearly a tabooed topic of discussion for many people from Y. Dramatised in the film Gangs Of New York, but more commonly associated with a famous “Sportsman” X and Y

X – Shillelagh Y Ireland

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Ashley Alexander Dupree or Kristen Vixen

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Audio 3

10) In the field of computer programming, the phrase “________ and ________” is used to describe a program or functionality that doesn't yet exist, but appears as though it does (i.e., vaporware). This is often done to demonstrate what a resulting project will function/look like after the code is complete — at a trade show, for example. More generally, “________ and ____________” may refer to any sort of presentation by which the audience is intended to be deceived, such as an attempt to fool a prospective client into thinking that one has capabilities necessary to deliver a product in question. Newsday columnist Jimmy Breslin is credited with popularizing the phrase.

Smoke and Mirrors

11) The function of _______ has provoked more debate than practically any other issue in European pre-history. Over the centuries they have variously been thought to have been used by druids for human sacrifice, territorial markers, elements of a complex ideological system, and functioned as early calendars. Carnac, in Brittany holds the largest concentration of _______ 3000 individual _______ are arranged in four groups, and arrayed in rows stretching across four kilometres. Each set is organised with the tallest ones at the western end, and shorter ones at the eastern end.

MENHIRS

12) Little Tikes Commercial has created a playground structure called the "Infinity Climber", which is a climbable _______ double twist ________ for kids. It also recently won a 2004 Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA)" Link

Mobius Strip

13) The Gondi (Gōndi) are a people in central India. The Gondi, or Gond people are spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, northern Andhra Pradesh, and western Orissa. With over four million people, they are the largest tribe in Central India. What is their contribution to the field of geography??

14) The earliest recorded history of the practice of ____ was when Saint Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, visited the Holy Land to seek the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified. She found the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, which, from then on venerated by all the faithful in many public processions. Many faithful would come to touch the Holy Cross for blessing and healing. It was customary to touch it three times (as a confession of faith in the Holy Trinity). It is also believed that the origin of ___ comes from the wood of the rosary. Yet another explanation attributes to the belief that spirits lived in trees. By ___, one could prevent the spirit from interfering or out of respect for it, seek protection. What practice?

“Knocking on wood” or “touch wood”

15) Connect:

16)___ began his motorsport career in 1998 at age 15 in karting. ___ started his career in F1 racing in 2004 as a test driver for the Jordan Grand Prix team. In the Canadian Grand Prix of the same season, he made his F1 racing debut replacing Giorgio Pantano who had contract disputes with Jordan. In the race, he finished 11th but inherited 7th position following the disqualification of the Williams and Toyota, thus becoming a rookie who earned a World Championship point in the first race. Who’s this?

Timo Glock

17)In 1994 the Republic of Abkhazia (an unrecognized state that is officially part of Georgia) issued two postage stamps featuring X and Y, spoofing Abkhazia's communist past. Who were they??

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19) Monday, December 24, 2007 Gunmen armed with assault rifles shot dead four French tourists from the same family and seriously injured a fifth in Mauritania on Monday, local police and French officials said. Members of the family were attacked in their car on the road 15 km from Aleg, in a popular sightseeing area 250 km (160 miles) southeast of the West African country's capital, Nouakchott, said a police officer who declined to be named. The fifth tourist, the father of the family, was injured in the leg and taken to Aleg's hospital, and was in a serious condition, he said. The three attackers were armed with semi-automatic assault rifles and drove two Mercedes saloon cars, he said.

20) Yelena was pregnant with her only child X when the plant in Ukraine exploded and spewed radioactive clouds over the western Soviet Union and northern Europe. Elena and her husband Z fled the city of Gomel in Belarus — about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Chernobyl — shortly before she was born in Nyagan, Siberia "A lot of families were moving, but not a lot of them could because they didn't really know where to go," X said later. "My mom's dad happened to be working in Siberia, so that's why we had a sense of direction.". Gomel was one of the areas most affected by radiation. X still has family there, including grandparents. X plans to visit Chernobyl as a United Nations goodwill ambassador next July.

21)Washington, DC - Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro released the following statement in response to news reports that _________, who has their headquarters in Bermuda to avoid paying US taxes, has been awarded a $10 billion border security contract with the Department of Homeland Security. “I am deeply disappointed that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $10 billion of the taxpayers’ money to a company that refuses to pay its own federal taxes. _________, and other companies like it, have used loopholes in the tax system to shirk their duties to the United States, by incorporating, on paper, in other countries like Bermuda. “These companies enjoy all the benefits of corporate citizenship in America - they look like U.S. companies, the principle market their stock is traded in is the United States, and their physical assets are protected by our armed forces. They just refuse to pay for the benefits - as every other U.S. citizen and company does. “It is outrageous and it is wrong to reward these companies for abandoning our country -- particularly from the very department charged with safeguarding our homeland security as we work to pay for the ongoing war on terrorism. The United States government should not be doing business with those who want all the benefits of citizenship without any of the responsibilities that come along with it.”

NOT

22) About which show was it written: Ideally, you should be able to watch each episode anew at five distinct stages in life. As a toddler, marveling at all the bright colors; as a teenager, enjoying the tilts at authority; as a student, relishing the in-jokes and movie references; as an adult, musing on the truths about life, love and death; and in your dotage, marveling at all the bright colors.

23) In the United States, the 1937 ________ Tax Act, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 (Aug. 2, 1937), was an important bill that levied a tax equaling roughly one dollar on anyone who produced _______

24)_____ Universal Limited, or _____, is India's largest real estate developer based in New Delhi, India. The company was founded by Indian businessman Chaudhury Raghuvendra Singh in 1946 to trade in the real estate business after the forthcoming partition. _____ developed some of the first residential colonies in Delhi such as Krishna Nagar. In the mid-1970s, the company started developing its ambitious ______ City project which helped transform Gurgaon from a farming village to a commercial and real estate hub. The company has interests in commercial, residential estate market. Its upcoming plans include hotels, infrastructure and special economic zones-related development projects. The company is currently headed by Indian billionaire Kushal Pal Singh, who inherited the company from Chaudhury. The company's US$ 2 billion IPO in July, 2007 created India's biggest IPO in history.In July 2007, _____ announced its first quarter results ending 30th June 2007. The company reported a turnover of Rs. 3,120.98 Crore and PAT at Rs. 1,515.48 Crore. Why in the news recently???

Sponsors Of Indian Premier League

25)On August 23, 2007 it was reported that the English FA were investigating X's international status, to see if there was any chance of him forsaking ______, for whom he had already played multiple youth matches, in order to play for the England national football team. However, X stated that he will only play for ________. He signed a new four-year deal with City in September 2007. This was then followed up with an agreement to go on a one-month loan with Championship side Cardiff City on 25 October 2007.He made his debut for Cardiff on 27 October 2007 in a 1–1 draw with Scunthorpe United. He was named 2007 _________ under-21 Talent of the Year. Towards the end of the loan spell X requested that he be allowed to stay on at Cardiff for a longer period and on 22 November the loan spell was extended until the new year with manager SvenGöran Eriksson stating that he could possibly stay at the club for the rest of the season providing Manchester City do not suffer an injury crisis.

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•Robert Heinlein •Isaac Asimov •Sprague De Camp

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28) The X was inspired by Y’s fascination for myths and legends, like the ones about El Cid, King Arthur, Nordic and Greek folklore, and popular fictional characters like Tarzan and Mowgli from The Jungle Book. Y revealed in an interview that Robin Hood, who often wore tights in the stories about him, inspired the skin-tight costume of the X, which is known to have influenced the entire superhero-industry. He also told that Greek busts inspired the idea of the Y’s pupils not showing when he wore his mask. The Greek busts had no pupils, which Y felt gave them an inhuman, interesting look. It is known that the look of the Y inspired the look of what has today become known as superheroes.

29) X wrestled a few matches for World Championship Wrestling and was a member of the nWo with Hulk Hogan, a friend of his. His first match was at the July 1997 Bash At the Beach event where he teamed with Hogan in a loss to Lex Luger and The Giant. He skipped practice to wrestle, infuriating his fans. As a result he was fined for skipping practice. At Bash At the Beach '98, X & Hogan defeated Karl Malone & Diamond Dallas Page. He came back in the summer of 1999 to feud with Macho Man. They had a match at Road Wild 1999 in which Macho Man shoved X in a portable toilet and eventually won the match. Rumor has it X was supposed to come back in 2000 for an appearance but Vince Russo opted for him not to after an unfavorable storyline involving fellow celebrity David Arquette.

30) In order to emphasize the dehumanizing nature of the world of __________, X insisted that most of the actors and actresses in the film shave their heads, with some characters going completely bald, while others were allowed to maintain a buzz cut. As a publicity stunt, X arranged for several actors to get their first haircuts/shaves at unusual venues, and have this filmed for later use in a tongue-in-cheek promotional featurette entitled Bald. Y had his head shaved while watching a baseball game, while his co-star, Maggie McOmie, had hers done at the scenic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Another actor, who would later play an insane man in the film, was allowed to cut off his own hair and was filmed doing so in a bathtub. The Bald featurette was included in the 2004 DVD release. Many of the extras seen in the film were recruited from the addiction recovery program Synanon, most of whose members had shaved heads

31) The film, Scarface : the Shame of the Nation (the 1932 original) inventively uses a visual X motif throughout to signal that a murder is imminent. The X symbol takes such varied, prolific forms as shadows, gown straps, wooden cross-beams, a facial scar, a door number, and a bowling score sheet. In homage to the 1932 film , Scorsese inserted the X (a symbol of death, or departure) in various shots to signify those who would become "the departed". This is most prevalent after the title "The Departed" first appears on screen, as a wave of X ‘s can be seen layered over Sullivan at his apartment, and through a fence over Costigan while he walks the prison halls. Other instances include X’s in the windows at the moment of Queenan's death, and on the bridge above the construction yard at the time of Costello's death What's X?

Tribute to Eternal Variable of Quizzing

Stage 2 begins here 32)There are speculations in the media that from orbit Gagarin made the comment, "I ____ ___ ___ ___ __ ____" There are, however, no such words in the full verbatim record of Gagarin's conversations with the Earth during the spaceflight. In a 2006 interview a close friend of Gagarin, Colonel Valentin Petrov, stated that Gagarin never said such words, and that the phrase originated from Nikita Khrushchev's speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, where propaganda was discussed. In a certain context Khrushchev said, "Gagarin flew into space, but ___ ___ ___ ___ __ _____". As Gagarin was a great people's favorite at the time, Khrushchev's words were soon attributed to Gagarin for them to be more effective.

“Did not see any god up there”

33) _______, was an American singer, dancer, actress and model. Introduced to audiences by R&B singer R. Kelly, _______ became famous during the mid-1990s. She sold 40 million records in the U.S. and over 80 million worldwide. She has released 3 albums and acted in 2 movies – “Romeo Must Die” and “Queen Of The Damned”. Who?

34) The 1998 film Six-String Samurai, a surreal romp through an alternate-timeline post-apocalyptic America (Russia bombed and then invaded the United States in 1957), features a rockand-rolling martial arts hero named "_____" who sports black horn-rimmed glasses and a tuxedo. The film follows _____'s journey to "Lost Vegas," the last outpost of freedom in the world, to claim the crown of the recently-deceased King Elvis.

Buddy, as in Buddy Holly

35) The company X was the brainchild of the Indira Gandhi Government as a benefit for the middle class. The contract and the exclusive production license was given to Y who didn’t have any experience, design proposal or tie-ins with any corporation at the time. A test model put out as a showpiece of progress was criticized. Public perception turned against Y, and many began to speculate of growing corruption. Today X is the market leader in their field of operations.

Maruti and Sanjay Gandhi

36)Connect and add one more name – Young Mitchell Jack McAuliffe Jimmy Barry Laszlo Papp Terry Marsh Ji Won Kim Ricardo Lopez Sven Ottke

Rocky Marciano, the only boxers to retire undefeated.

37)George was a glossy politics-as-lifestyle monthly magazine founded by X. When it first appeared, George attracted great interest, and for a brief period had the largest circulation of any political magazine in the nation, partly due to the celebrity status of X, but it soon began losing money. It was bought over by Hachette Filipacchi Magazines in 1999 but folded in 2001.

John F Kennedy Jr.

38)_____ _____ is often credited as a major part in launching the 1980s Glam Metal scene. They also founded an iconic mascot depicting a man (sometimes lead singer Kevin DuBrow) in a straight jacket. The man donned a metal face mask and would appear on the cover of almost every _____ ____ album. The band was founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads when he was 17 years old. He left the band in 1979 to play for Ozzy Osbourne.

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39) In 1997, _____ played for Ireland as an overseas player in the Benson and Hedges Cup and helped them to a 46-run win over Middlesex by scoring 94 not out and taking three wickets. This was Ireland's first ever win against English county opposition. Later in the same competition he scored 85 and took 1 wicket against Glamorgan.

40) The Stage 2:-

Death By Plane Crash Yuri Gagarin Aaliyah Hansie Cronje Buddy Holly – “The Day The Music Died” Sanjay Gandhi Rocky Marciano JFK Jr. Randy Rhoads

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