Presents

The word X literally means ‘put together, joined, union’ and ‘a methodically, rule based combination of text or verses’. It also refers to the earliest, archaic part of Vedas. Among the four style of Vedic texts, X contain mantras and benedictions hence sometimes identified as Karma-kanda. One of the famous mantra is Gayatri Mantra which is found in Rig X.

X is also the name of a magazine that started in 1946 and will currently be published in its 70th Edition.

What is X?

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Who is this famous odia poet who among many other works have written a famous poem which have made him immortal?

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Kanta Kabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra

Akhada is a book written by Saurabh Duggal is the authorized biography of which personality who is recently been in the news?

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This phrase is written in Black Speech, which is used in the land of ---------------. Where have you seen this phrase??

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

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One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book explores how the small things affect people's behaviour and their lives. It is the only fictional novel of the author till date.

Identify the book and author

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Martin Luther King Jr.Mikhail GorbachevBarack ObamaJimmy Carter

What is this list of?Who is the recent addition to this list?

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Bob Dylan

People who have own Nobel and Grammy….

Grammy give an award in Best Spoken Word category

X

Y

According to researchers at acncestry.com X and Y are related to each other and in fact are 16th cousin. Give X and Y.

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P B Shelly was a prominent English writer, poet and finest of lyricist. Among his different famous work is X. X was a Greek name for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. Shelley began writing his poem in 1817, soon after the announcement of the British’s acquisition of a large fragment of a statue of Ramesses II from the thirteenth century BC, leading some scholars to believe that Shelley was inspired by this. Following is a part of X:

And on the pedestal these words appear:'My name is X, king of kings:Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away

Some say that Shelly wrote it in competition with Horace Smith who wrote a similar poem with similar name just at that time. Though many of us may not have not known X from the poem but we mainly know it for another reason which make it acquire a quite unique achievement.

What is X?

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This is one of the earliest edition of UK version of first Harry Potter. This cover raised few questions among the fans. What was the confusion about this cover?

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P.S :- Another train being shown is not the answer ;-)

Harry wearing Gryffindore Scarf even before getting sorted

Detective Comics #27Action Comics #1All Star Comics #8All American Comics #16Detective Comics #225Showcase Comics #4More fun comics #73

What’s the connecting link??

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First Comic book appearance of 7 original Justice League Members

He Kabisekhar, -------- BirabarKoti Utkal Santane ,Aji nabajuge , Dhanya dhanyabad karuchhantiTumbha name,Gae tumbha gita sabhare pandita ,Pathaprante hrustamanaBile bole chasa , antapure joshanrutyangane barangana'

It’s an extract from “Abakash Chinta” poem of X where X praises about the work of another famous odia poet Y.

Give X and Y.

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ହେ କବି ହେଖର, -------- ବୀରବରହକୋଟି ଉତ୍କଳ ସନ୍ତୋହେ,ଆଜି େବଯୁହେ, ଧୋେୟ ଧେୟବୋଦ କରୁଛନ୍ତି ତୁମ୍ଭ େୋହେ;

େୋଏ ତୁମ୍ଭ େୀତ ସଭୋହର ପଂଡତି, ପଥପ୍ରୋହନ୍ତ େୃଷ୍ଟେେୋବହିେ ହବୋହେ ଚଷୋ, ଅନ୍ତପୁହର ହଜୋଷୋେୃତୟୋଙ୍ଗୋହେ ବୋରୋଙ୍ଗେୋ..

X= Gobandhu DasY= Upendra Bhanja

The Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich And Why Most Don’t is book written by two authors who previously have written the book Why We Want You To Be Rich(2006). In the Midas Touch book they decided to use a hand to symbolize the Midas touch, and each finger represents an aspect of successful entrepreneurship. The book contain five chapters, one for each finger. One of the authors is Robert T. Kiyosaki. Who is the other writer.

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These are a series of waterfalls on the stream of same name in Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Name these waterfalls

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The Reichenbach Fall

In 2004, these were the items stolen

XGold pocket watchGold banglesAntique SareeGold ringSeveral silver utensilsSome articles made of ivory

It was believed that X was smuggled out of the country to a nearby country. Though it was never recovered, replica of X was presented and restored.

Recently in Nov 2016, a baul singer was arrested for his alleged involvement in the theft.

What is X? and where this robbery took place??

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Nobel Medal of Rabindranath Tagore

Shantiniketan

Following are the some characters of a popular satirical novel based on Mahabharat and Indian Freedom Movement.

VV ji – Ved Vyas and C. RajgopalchariGanga Datta – Bhisma and Mahatma GandhiDhritarasthra – Jawaharlal NehruPandu – Netaji Subash Chandra BoseDraupadi Mokrasi (D Mokrasi) – DemocracyShakuni Shankar Dey – Siddharth Shankar DeyBhim – Indian ArmyArjun – Indian News MediaEkalavya – V V Giri

What is the name of the Novel and who is the writer?

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What is the Connecting Link in the following Sherlock Holmes short stories:

His Last BowThe Adventure of the Mazarin StoneThe Adventure of the Blanched SoldierThe Adventure of the Lion’s Mane

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Storied not narrated by John Watson

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This poem is written a prominent odia writer who have won Jnana Pitha award and Sahitya Academy Award.Who is the poet??

Sachi Routray

“Joy to the World” is the eleventh episode of 5th season House. In the episode, during one scene house receives a gift of X’s Manual of Operative Surgery and note containing a message, “Greg, It made me think of you”. The team though it’s a woman and went to Wilson to ask about it. There Wilson tells them that there was a woman named Y whom House saved by a last minute diagnosis. This mention of X and Y in this episode clear indication of to which the show is often references.

X was Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century.

Y is also the name of a character from the X-Men. In the comics, she was a precognitive known as "Destiny", and also the best friend of Mystique, who played a prominent role in all three X-Men movies. 'House' Executive Producer Brian J. Singer also co-wrote and directed the first two X-Men films.

Who are X and Y?

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X = Dr Joseph Bell

Y = Irene Adler

This is the trailer of movie based on the novel of same name which is written by Ian Flemming, author of James Bond. Though we might not be familiar with the movie or novel we know its name from another pop culture.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Remember GTA Sandreas

What is the connecting link???

Think odia literature…

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First of Odia Literature

Padmamali -1st odia Novel

Utkal Deepika – 1st Odia Magazine

Babaji – 1st Odia Play

Rebati – 1st Odia Short Story

These novels, novellas, short stories and comics are divided into 2 categories. 1 in CANON another is LEGENDS.

To denote its occurrence these are given by ABY or BBY.

This franchise is quite popular which also includes feature films and tv series.

Which franchise?

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Star Wars

BY = Battle of Yavin

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This is a popular puzzle in which the task is to join 9 dots arranged in a square shaped area with 4 continuous straight lines without lifting the pen off the paper. The solution to this puzzle is believed to be origin of certain phrase which is quite seen among the poets, writers; what is the phrase??

“Out of the box” thinking

The Five Fists of Scienceis a graphic novel showing X,his (real-life) friend MarkTwain and Bertha vonSuttner combine forces to tryto bring about world peacethrough superior firepower.They are soon confronted bydark forces led by thedastardly Y (X‟s real-life arch-rival), John Pierpont Morgan,Andrew Carnegie, andGuglielmo Marconi. This is the coverpicture of the book.• Identify X and Y.

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X = Tesla

Y = Edison

What is the connecting link?

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All are based on works of Stephan King

This video is the trailer of a movie by Prafulla Mohanty based on short story of same name by a famous odia writer. It speaks of importance of cultural traditions and about not forgetting one’s roots. The movie won Silver Lotus at National Film Awards 2002. What is the name of the movie/short story and who is the writer?

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Magunira Sagada By Pt. Godabarish Mohapatra