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The 'X' contains all the basic shapes necessary to write down
any letter in Tamil. Namely, straight lines and curves.
Additionally people also add a dot in the bottom. This helped
people identify good palm leaves to write on. The ones on which
they couldn't draw the 'X' comfortably were discarded. This habit
persisted and is still followed as a tradition albeit without any
particular use.
Answer Pillayar Suzhi
FITB In olden times, wooden vessels carried raw coffee from
India to Europe, during the _____taking almost 6 months to sail
around the Cape of Good Hope, the beans, exposed to constant humid
conditions, underwent characteristic changes. They changed in size,
texture, looks and in cup - experienced a never before feel. A
mellowness so unique, softness personified, smoothness to the core
that became an instant hit with the Europeans paving way to the
birth of a new coffee. when the motor boat was introduced, the
travel time was reduced and the coffee beans no longer had the
unique taste it earlier used to have. To meet the demands for the
unique coffee , An alternative process was implemented to replicate
these conditions. This ritual is called _______ing , and the coffee
is called as ______ed coffee. What ritual?
Answer Monsooned coffee and monsooning -Laying dry coffee beans
in the wet floors of warehouses.
Varadarajan was born in Vellore, Madras Presidency in 1926. He
moved to Bombay in the early 1960s. Working as a porter at VT
Station, he began his crime life by distributing illicit liquor, he
ventured into stealing dock cargo. He later diversified into
contract killings, narcotics trade and land encroachment. Through
the 70s, Varadarajan controlled the criminal operations in east and
north central Mumbai. Starting in early 1980s, focused efforts by
Bombay police led by then DCP Y C Pawar destroyed Varadarajan's
mafia organisation, forcing him to flee to Chennai. The legendary
Indian film director has said that he took inspirations for his
film 'X' from Varadarajan mudaliyar. ID the film X
Answer Nayakan
ID X and Y X is the name of a supposed sunken landmass referred
to in the ancient Tamil and Sanskrit Matsya Purana. It is said to
have been located in the Indian Ocean, south of present-day
Kanyakumari district at the southern tip of India.In the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, Tamil nationalists came to identify X
with Y, a "lost continent" posited in the 19th century to account
for discontinuities in biogeography. In these accounts, X became
the "cradle of civilization", the origin of human languages in
general and the Tamil language in particular. These ideas gained
notability in Tamil academic literature over the first decades of
the 20th century,
Answer X=Kumari Kandam Y=lemuria
FITB Lightstruck, or _______ , beer has been exposed to
ultraviolet and visible light. The light causes riboflavin to react
with and break down isohumulones, a molecule that contributes to
the bitterness of the beer and is derived from the hops. The
resulting molecule, 3-methylbut-2-ene-1-thiol, is very similar
chemically and in odour to the musk-borne mercaptins that are a
____'s natural defenses. In some cases, such as Miller High Life, a
hop extract that does not have isohumulones is used to bitter the
beer so it cannot be "lightstruck". A dark brown glass bottle gives
some protection to the beer, but green and clear glass bottles
offer virtually no protection at all.
Answer Skunked Beer
ID X and Y A group of women known as the "original 9" had been
fighting for equal pay in their feild in the 1900s. However in a
world dominated by men, they didnt seem to get their way. When one
woman X ( not part of the Original 9) challenged the system and her
male counterpart Y, what followed was the '____________' massacre,
probably the biggest setback in their movement. followin which Y
famously remarked "a womens place is in the kitchen and the
bedroom- and not necessarily in that order.
Answer X: Margeret Court Y: Bobby Riggs
What are these? In Upper Limb Axillary _____: located
inferiorly of the lateral wall of the axilla Brachial _______:
located on the inside of the upper arm near the elbow. Radial
_______: located on the lateral of the X Ulnar______ : located on
the medial of the X in Lower limb Femoral ____: located in the
inner thigh. Popliteal _____: Above the knee in the popliteal
fossa. Dorsalis pedis _____: located on top of the foot. Tibialis
posterior _____: located on the medial side of the ankle in Head
and neck Carotid ___: located in the neck Facial _____: located on
the mandible Temporal _____: located on the temple Apical ______:
located in the 4.5th or 5th left intercostal space,
Answer Common palpable sites for checking pulse
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FITB ____, is a German consumer products company based in
Kronberg. From 1984 until 2005, ____ was a wholly owned subsidiary
of The Gillette Company, which had purchased a controlling interest
in the company in 1967. ____is now a wholly owned subsidiary of
Procter & Gamble, which acquired Gillette in 2005. ____ is said
to have heavily inspired apple's design for many years. most of the
apple products have stark resemblance to ___ products which
released years ago apple's.
Answer Braun
Who about what? "I get brought in right at the last moment,
where if they've worked out that they have a clarity issue or
whatever, they can always add it to my dialogue. I feel like a
pirate. This is robbery. I walk in, I say some lines on a piece of
paper for two hours, and then they give me a bag of money and I
leave and I go about my day. I sort of feel guilty, because at
least acting can be exhausting, with long hours...but I do nothing!
And I've never seen one of them. It's not because of any
snobbishness, it's just not my thing. I'm plagued by fanboys who
love X.... They come up and I've got no idea what they're talking
about. I've got no idea about X- I don't get sent the whole
script."
Answer Paul bettany who voices J.A.R.V.I.S in Iron Man
FITB __________ has the world record for an opening partnership
with Pankaj Roy of 413 runs. He is however best known for a
controversial wicket he took, on a tour of Australia in 1947-48.
This came to be known as __________ after him. Don Bradman
regarding this famously said "For the life of me, I can't
understand why [the press] questioned his sportsmanship. The laws
of cricket make it quite clear that the non striker must keep
within his ground until the ball has been delivered. If not, why is
the provision there which enables the bowler to run him out? By
backing up too far or too early, the nonstriker is very obviously
gaining an unfair advantage."
Answer: Vinoo Mankad and Mankading
ID X Xs modern design was initially created by William A.
Turnier. In a modification to the design in 1924, the center of X
was filled with a ring of laurels, two turtledoves and a thicker,
more mechanical X font. Of that design, architecture critic Paul
Goldberger wrote in the Times on the X's 75th anniversary, "It
stands as the archetype of its kind, a reminder that ______ are
designed as consciously as buildings, and sometimes better."
Answer Design on Oreo Cookie .
ID X Sobering Thought a 1 per cent dark stout was created
specifically for the X trilogy, as a beer was needed that looked
authentic, while having a low alcohol volume. This way no actor's
performance was impaired. It was also the official brew enjoyed by
the actors of X trilogy. It consists of a blend of Harrington's
Premium Stout.
X once tore a groin muscle so bad that he had to wear a stiff
shoulder-to-groin brace that locked his body in a rigid upright
position. It was far more constraining than his usual back brace,
which he continued to wear. The two braces made it impossible for X
to bend in reflex when he was first struck, X was a sitting duck
for the final shot by his assassin as it was not possible for him
to duck and take cover. ID X
John F Kennedy
In 1983, X picked up his business degree from Ball State
University and went back to Jeffersonville, Indiana. There, at the
age of 22, he knocked down the broom closet of his father's tavern
(Mick's Lounge), purchased $1600 worth of used restaurant
equipment, and began delivering pizzas out of the back of the bar.
From day one, X knew he could make a better pizza by using fresh
dough and superior-quality ingredients, and he refused to sway from
that commitment to quality. It worked, and people loved his pizza.
How do we know his pizza chain today?
Answer
The church of X ism argues that X is actually a god. They claim
that all the qualities of a god are met by X, namely omnipresence ,
omniscient, immortality, proof of existence, answering prayers,
being infinite, Omnibenevolent(commit no evil), an entity that
people turn to in times of need. ID the religion X and the
deity
Googlism and Google
Ask anyone in the wedding industry about Marc Friedland and
youll be met with the phrases godfather of invitation and stationer
to the stars. This Los-Angeles based designer moves in the highest
of wedding circles and is known worldwide for his original,
innovative and downright exquisite works of art. His book
Invitations was released in 1998 and since then, has created
several lines of signature stationery for brands such as Swarovski,
The Wynn Hotel, Neiman MNarcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Pottery Barn.
In 2011, he was selected to create the first ever custom-designed
envelopes for a very famous yearly event. what event?
Answer Oscars
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Theme Round-1
Rules Each answer fetches 10 points Points for cracking the
overall theme is given in each slide. 1 try per slide for the
theme.
ID the term In diplomacy, this latin origin term literally
means "an unwelcome person", It refers to a foreign person whose
entering or remaining in a particular country is prohibited by that
country's government. It is the most serious form of censure which
one country can apply to foreign diplomats, who are otherwise
protected by diplomatic immunity from arrest and other normal kinds
of prosecution. +40/-20
Persona non grata
FITB _______ policy is a military strategy which involves
destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while
advancing through or withdrawing from an area. It is a military
strategy where all of the assets that are used or can be used by
the enemy are targeted, such as food sources, transportation,
communications, industri al resources, and even the people in the
area. The practice can be carried out by an army in enemy
territory, or in its own home territory. +35/-17
Scorched earth
FITB _______ is a warning to train passengers to take caution
while crossing the gap between the train door and the station
platform. It was introduced in 1969 on the London Underground. The
phrase is also associated with t-shirts that Transport for London
sells featuring the phrase printed over a London Transport symbol.
+30/-15
Answer Mind the gap
FITB ___________ is a 2011 British biographical film based on
the life of Margaret Thatcher , the longest-serving Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom ( of the 20th century. The film was directed
by Phyllida Lloyd. Thatcher is portrayed primarily by Meryl Streep,
and, in her formative and early political years, by Alexandra
Roach. While the film was met with mixed reviews, Streep's
performance was widely acclaimed, and considered to be one of the
finest of her career. She received her 17th Best Actress Oscar
nomination and ultimately won the award, across 3 decades. She also
earned her third Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture
Drama (eighth overall), and her second BAFTA Award for Best Actress
in a Leading Role. +25/-12
Iron Lady
FITB The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as _________ and
the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began in late October 1929 and was
the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the
United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and
duration of its fallout. The crash signaled the beginning of the
10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized
countries. The American mobilization for World War II at the end of
1941 moved approximately ten million people out of the civilian
labor force and into the war. +20/-10
Black Tuesday
ID X-Y A X-Y team is one that separates the tasks of finding
targets and attacking them, for handling by separate components of
the team. Examples include: Two-person sniper teams, one using
specialized optical hardware and the other a rifle Pairs of F-4G
"Wild Weasels" and F-16Cs, where the F- 4G "hunter" can detect,
identify, and locate an enemy's radar and then direct the F-16C's
weapons to the site *M2 Bradley Infantry / Cavalry Fighting
Vehicles often "hand off" fire missions to M1 Abrams main battle
tanks in their X-Y team +15/-7
Hunter-Killer
FITB The ______________ is a region of mostly calm weather at
the center of strong tropical cyclones. The ______________ is a
roughly circular area, typically 3065 km (2040 miles) in diameter.
It is surrounded a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most
severe weather occurs. The cyclone's lowest barometric pressure
occurs in ___________, and can be as much as 15 percent lower than
the pressure outside the storm. +10/-5
Eye of the storm
FITB __________ is a flow regime characterized by chaotic and
suspected stochastic property changes. This includes low momentum
diffusion, high momentum convection, and rapid variation of
pressure and velocity in space and time. Nobel Laureate Richard
Feynman described ______________ as "the most important unsolved
problem of classical physics. +5/0
Answer Turbulence
Theme?
Theme Mission Titles of MW3
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Reasons for what? The _____ not overlapping, so they're fully
and clearly visible and their styling can be admired. The
arrangement of the ____ is symmetrical, which people generally find
more pleasant than asymmetry, making the product more appealing to
customers. The manufacturer's logo is not only visible, but nicely
framed by the hands. Additional elements on the face won't be
obscured. the standard setting used to be something that made the
face look like it was frowning. To make the products look
"happier," the setting was flipped into a smile (occasionally,
you'll still see the old setting where the manufacturer's logo is
at bottom of the face).
Answer The time 10:10 being shown in Watch ads
Put Funda
Answer
The Background in the interior scenes of the film oblivion were
actually pre recorded real footage , projected on a screen outside
the set. why was the traditional chroma key (blue/green screen
replacement) method avoided?
Answer The interior sets were majority of white and glass, a
large blue/green screen outside the set would lead to diffusion of
the color all over the set, Becoming a nightmare for the post
production artists.
ID X US Patent 5,519,963 was awarded to Taiwanese inventor
Tsao-i Shih in 1996 for a device X. The handle contains batteries
and a charging mechanism that generates high voltage. The circuit
is composed of an electronic oscillator, a step-up transformer and
a voltage multiplier. When the gap between electrodes is bridged, a
spark jumps through . A capacitor attached to the electrodes
discharges during the spark.They usually contain three grids and
the outermost grids or rods are at the same electrical
potential.
Answer Electric Fly swatter
this 24 crore 'item' that played an important role during the
2010 commonwealth games, was first offered to DRDO after the end of
the games, the DRDO rejected the gift stating that it had no use of
it. At last, it was bought by the Goa government for the Lusofonia
Games in November that saw participation of 12 Portuguese-speaking
countries. It was sold at a token amount of rs.1 as the Ministry of
Youth Affairs and Sports cannot charge anything from a government
agency. What 'Item'?
Answer The aerostat used in Opening and closing ceremony
Assassin's Creed: ____ is a series of three short films based
on the Assassin's Creed II video game. The films are made by
Ubisoft and the first episode was released on 26 October 2009 on
YouTube. The films have a promotional goal for the game as well as
an attempt for Ubisoft to make its first step in the film industry.
Both film makers and game makers worked very closely to link the
two titles. Live actors were filmed on green screen which was then
replaced by the game's environment extracted from the game
engine.
Answer
ID X In the 17th century women who were generally barred from
education, gathered in salons in Paris and discussed social issues,
particularly woman empowerment, financial and physical
independence, marriage and so on. This evolved into a controversial
parlor game where folktales were told cleverly blending in
religious and political subtexts and commenting on aristocratic
life, later evolving into X.
Answer Fairy Tales
X is a fictional artificially intelligent (AI) character in the
Halo video game series. Voiced by Jen Taylor. During gameplay, X
provides backstory and tactical information to the player, who
assumes the role of Master Chief Petty Officer John-117. In the
story, she is instrumental in preventing the activation of the Halo
installations, which would have destroyed all sentient life in the
galaxy. lately Microsoft is working on its own version of Siri
called X. The software is based on the knowledge database that
powers Bing, called Satori. ZDNet reports that, unlike Siri, X will
become more central to the Windows operating system experience. It
will roll out not just on Windows Phone, but across major Microsoft
platforms, such as desktop Windows and the Xbox One. id X
Answer Cortana
Put Funda Upholstered furniture, coffee tables, rattan
furniture, bookshelves, media storage, doorknobs: Swedish
placenames (for example: Klippan) Beds, wardrobes, hall furniture:
Norwegian place names Dining tables and chairs: Finnish place names
Bookcase ranges: Occupations Bathroom articles: Scandinavian lakes,
rivers and bays Kitchens: grammatical terms, sometimes also other
names Chairs, desks: men's names Fabrics, curtains: women's names
Garden furniture: Swedish islands Carpets: Danish place names
Answer Naming of items in IKEA
Since 2001, the Library of Congress has treated at least
250,000 books every year with magnesium oxide. why?
Answer To de-acidify paper and slow decay.
Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman is an American chemist, a former
United States Air Force officer, and a current NASA astronaut. She
is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the
International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of
Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space. why is she in the
news recently?
Answer She gave scientific advice to Sandra bullock from space
station, for Bullocks upcoming film Gravity
What am I talking about? Red Xs were eliminated in 1976 because
of health concerns over the dye amaranth , which was a suspected
carcinogen, and were replaced with orange-colored Xs. This was done
despite the fact that X's did not contain the dye; the action was
purely to satisfy worried consumers. Red Xs were reintroduced ten
years later, but they also kept the orange colored Xs. They
currently contain Allura Red AC
Answer m&m
The American cheeseburger is a law in US sought to protect
producers and retailers of foodssuch as McDonald's Corporationfrom
an increasing number of suits and class action suits by a certain
group of people. The Act was passed by the U.S. House of
Representatives in March 2004, but did not receive a Senate vote.
The bill was reintroduced in 2005 by Florida Republican Congressman
Ric Keller. Keller had taken the maximum level of PAC donations up
to $300,000 for his personal campaign funding from restaurants
including McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King. On October 19,
2005, it once again passed the House with a 306-120 vote Once
again, it failed to achieve a Senate vote.Many state legislatures
have considered their own versions of the bill. what is this bill
about?
Answer It prevents obese people from suing fast food companies
for causing them obesity.
X (shown in Video) is a collective word for indigenous martial
arts originally developed in what are now Indonesia, peninsular
Malaysia, south Thailand, and Singapore, it is also traditionally
practiced in Brunei, Vietnam and the southern Philippines. There
are hundreds of different styles but they tend to focus either on
strikes, joint manipulation, throws, bladed weaponry, or some
combination thereof. ID the martial art X
Answer Silat
It was developed during the 1870's in Rangoon, Burma, by
herbalist Aw Chu Kin, who on his deathbed, asked his sons Aw Boon
Haw and Aw Boon Par to perfect the product. Named after Aw Boon Haw
whose name means "Gentle X", XY is a herbal formulation for
external pain relief. XY is available in several varieties, the
"cold" XY White (recommended for use with headaches) and the "hot"
XY Red. Another version is called XY Ultra. From the package notes
that accompany XY "XY is made from a secret herbal formulation that
dates back to the times of the Chinese emperors. The Aw brothers,
Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par, inherited the formulation from their
herbalist father who left China. They call it XY, after Boon Haw,
(whose name in Chinese meant "X") who was instrumental in devising
the remarkable selling strategies that made XY a household name in
many East and South Eastern Asian countries today."
Answer Tiger Balm
In India, the construction of the extraordinarily beautiful
skyscraper, scheduled for completion in 2014 year. Tower X ", which
will combine the business center, a hotel and a shopping and
entertainment complex, graced the fifth largest metropolis of the
world - the city of Mumbai According to the architects who worked
on the design of the building, the majestic skyscraper symbolizes
the traditional Indian culture. A flowery patterns that adorn the
exterior of a building, borrowed from the tradition of mehndi,
which is very common in India, the Arab world and North Africa. As
expected, the Royal and Presidential suites will be among some of
the most luxurious of all of the world. When developing unusual
relief of the future skyscraper experts relied on the prospects of
the flow of the windGo preparatory work before construction of the
foundation of the future skyscraper X", Mumbai, India. (pic on next
slide)
Answer Namaste
Special Round
Rules Foreign film posters will be shown. ID the Indian film
whose poster was inspired from each of them Differential scoring 8
gets it: 0 points 7 gets it: 2 points 6 gets it: 4 points 5gets it:
6 points 4 gets it: 8 points 3 gets it: 10 points 2 gets it: 12
points 1 gets it: 14 points