INTRA-MURAL QUIZ

IX-X

Edicts, regulations, Dictums, RULES, etc.

There will be a total of five rounds.

The first round will be an Infinite Bounce/Pounce round followed by a written round, another Bounce/Pounce round, a List-It and the concluding round will be a connect.

Every team is requested to keep a tally of the scores, in case any discrepancy arises.

Earnest request to every team: Don’t pounce on your direct question. It could lead to a suicidal error.

And the golden rule: The quizmaster(s) is/are always right.

Disputees refer to the picture in the next slide.

High and dry - I

1.Four students from the Monsignor Farrell High School, New York

formed the live improv and sketch comedy troupe, The Tenderloins in 1999. After a long and successful period, which included winning the $100,000 grand prize in NBC’s “It’s Your Show” competition for the sketch “Time Thugs”, the group went into television.

In 2008, the four of them filmed a pilot episode for a scripted sitcom for Spike TV, but the show did not air. Originally slated to be called ‘Mission : Uncomfortable’, a show starring and produced by them went on air on April 12, 2011 under a different name.

How do we better know them?

IMPRACTICAL JOKERS

(BRIAN QUINN, SAL VULCANO, JOE GATTO, AND JAMES MURRAY).

2.On 13th March, 2017, X, once one of the world’s most wanted criminals was in court in France, charged with a grenade attack in Paris more than 40 years ago, which had killed two people and injured several others. The Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who is 67, refused to give his name in court and gave his age as 17, “give or take 50 years”.

In the 70’s and 80’s, the Marxist militant and self dubbed “elite gunman” became a symbol of Cold War anti-imperialism and public enemy number one for western governments. He sealed his notoriety in 1975 with the hostage taking of Opec Oil ministers in Vienna in the name of the Palestinian struggle, and went on to become an international gun-for-hire with Soviet Bloc Protectors.

The press gave Sanchez his nickname X, after a reporter saw a copy of a 1971 thriller novel about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, to kill Charles de Gaulle. The novel was found at Sanchez’s London flat and the reporter mistakenly assumed it belonged to him.

how do we better know Ilich Ramirez Sanchez and what book was found in his flat?

CARLOS THE JACKAL; The Day Of The Jackal.

3.

Apparently in Southeast Asia, there were many people who were so terrified of their nightmares that they stayed up days on end. A few people went on to correlate unrelated stories about men from Southeast Asia who died while sleeping. These men, afraid of their nightmares, refused to go to sleep and died after doing so because of the toll not sleeping took on their body.

While there were obviously a lot of details and imagined facets of the story that had to be added, it is somewhat chilling to know that even a portion of the terrifying flick was based on true events.

Which 1984 classic horror movie starring John Saxon, Amanda Wyss and Johnny Depp was based on these events?

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.

4.

“My teammates after the game, we looked at each other, they started to laugh and I do the same. I laughed then and I laugh now. It was very funny. He was a world class player. I do my best but I was not a world class player. The players in my team, they all laugh because they know me – we laughed together in the changing room because everyone saw what a player he was. What more could we do? I do not understand how he did it. It was a fantastic sequence. I thought I was going to take the ball. I still cannot understand. Now when I see the video, every time I think I have got the ball. When he is about to kick the ball I am sure I am going to take it, but every time he surprises me. I loved everything about this moment and after that first time, every time he got the ball, I thought, ”Please don’t do it again”.

Who, and on what?

JAN OLSSON ON THE “CRUYFF TURN”.

5.X is a form of matter called plasma, which is also produced in stars, high-temperature flame, and by lightning. The electric field around the object in question causes ionization of the air molecules, producing a faint glow easily visible in low light conditions. Conditions that can generate X are present during thunderstorms, when high voltage differentials are present between clouds and the ground underneath.

The nitrogen and oxygen present in the atmosphere causes X to fluoresce with blue or violet light. The phenomenon sometimes appeared above ships at sea during thunderstorms and was regarded by sailors with religious awe for its glowing ball of light, accounting for the name. Sailors may have considered X as a good omen as a sign of the presence of their patron saint as X is named after the patron saint of sailors. References to X can be found in the works of Julius Caesar, Pliny the Elder, and Antonio Pigafetta’s journal of his voyage with Ferdinand Magellan.

X, which is also the name of a song by John Parr, which was released in 1985 and was number one on the Billboard charts for two weeks in September 1985, gained recent recognition because of its usage in the teaser trailer for the 2018 movie Deadpool 2.

X, please.

ST. ELMO’S FIRE.

6. Put Funda.

Amul wins Lawsuit forcing Kwality walls to use the name “Frozen dessert” instead of “ice cream.”

7.X describes this line Y as a “launchpad line”, i.e, a line that propels an individual toward greatness. X was inspired to use this line by Jim Morrison’s chatter between songs on a The Doors live album.

In Richard Linklater’s coming of age movie, “Dazed and Confused”, X plays David Wooderson, a dandy. He was given the part after the director met him at a bar. After going through the script, X came to realize that his character, Wooderson, represented four things : cars, hallucinogens, rock n’ roll, and the company of women.

In a scene in the movie, where X has no concrete script except that he has to woo a redheaded woman, after seeing that he is in a Chevrolet Chevelle, has ample supply of hallucinogens, is listening to Ted Nugent’s ‘Stranglehold’, looks across the drive-through at the said redheaded woman and tells himself, “Buddy, you got three out of four. Y!”

Who is X, and what line are we talking about?

X- Matthew McConaugheyY- “Alright, Alright, Alright!”.

8.After his death, the New York Times claimed that Forby Leonard Skinner was “arguably the most influential gym teacher in American popular culture”. He was the gym coach at the Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville for many years.

The reason why X named their band after him? Three members of the band went to the school back in the 1960’s. Skinner had a lot of rules and one was a “strict policy” against long hair. He sent one of them to the Principal’s office for having too long hair, and it became a running joke among the students. The boys of the band opted to do a “tongue-in-cheek homage”and named themselves X.

The members of the band changed the letters of the name so as not to be sued.

The tale of the band naming themselves after him, bothered Skinner. He once said, “It was against the school rules. I don’t particularly like long hair on men, but again, it wasn’t my rule.”

Which band is being talked about here?

LYNYRD SKYNYRD

9.The Sicilian form of this word, when used for men was usually used as an adjective to describe bravado or boldness. When used to refer to women, it was usually used in the sense of attractive or beautiful.

A popular theory of the origin of this word begins as early as the 9th century. During that period, Sicily was ruled by Arab forces. Labour laws were non existent and the boss systems were not immune to corruption. Many times workers were exploited, never paid, or even given the work they were promised. The inhabitants were oppressed and were forced to seek refuge.

The Arabic for this word means “refuge”. The refugees eventually developed a secret society of unification intended to create a sense of family, based on Sicilian heritage. The structure of the organization was built on the idea of family and had a strong hierarchical make up.

People never uttered the name of the society, preferring only to call it, or rather them, the “friends of the friends”.

What word is being talked about here?

MAFIA.

10.Julian Checkley, a special effects expert from Galway, Ireland, will appear in “The Guinness World Records 2017 : Gamer’s Edition” for creating a one-of-a-kind costume. “I mention the ‘Fireball Shooter’. You can’t beat that. Pop a few of those off and you see people’s jaws drop. It’s great.”, Mr Checkley said in a YouTube video uploaded by Guinness World Records.

Mr Checkley told the organization that a lot of the tools are inspired by a particular video game. “These are these classic X gadgets that you see a lot in the X universe”, Mr Checkley said. “The way we’ve designed them and made them is very specific to the game.”

Some of the instruments on the costume are:-

o Fireball Shooter

o Gauntlet Video Screens

o Pneumatic Tranquilizer

o Ultrasonic Anti Dog Device

o Rappel Gun

What universe is being talked about?

BATMAN.

11.X is a sweet, piquant deep-fried chicken dish that is served in North American Chinese restaurants. The dish is named after Zuo Zongtang, a Qing dynasty statesman and military leader.

The recipe was invented by Taiwan-based Hunan cuisine chef Peng Chang-kuei, who had been an apprentice of Cao Jingchen, a leading early 20th century Chinese chef. Peng was the nationalist government’s banquet chef and fled with Kuomintang forces to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War. There, he continued his career as official chef until 1973, when he moved to New York to open a restaurant.

That was where Peng started inventing new dishes, and modifying traditional ones. One new dish, X, was originally prepared without sugar, and was subsequently altered to suit the tastes of “non-Huanese people”.

What dish am I talking about?

GENERAL TSO’S CHICKEN.

12.The boat was built in 1911 for impresario Fred Karno who wanted to have the best houseboat on the river to become permanently moored alongside his hotel, the Karsino, at Tagg’s Island. He designed it so that there could be an entire 90-piece orchestra playing on deck.

X bought the boat after seeing it advertised for sale in a copy of Country Life magazine in his dentist’s waiting room, just a short while after admiring it while being driven past its moorings. It is presently moored on the River Thames at Hampton, Greater London.

Parts of each of the last three X’s band’s studio albums, were recorded on the boat, as were parts of X’s solo album, On An Island (2006). The boat also shares its name with a luxury hotel in Manhattan, New York (picture in next slide).

Who is the owner of the boat and what is the boat called?

DAVID GILMOUR; ASTORIA.

13. Put funda.

ERIOVIXIA GRYFFINDORI, The spider which looks like the sorting hat, discovered in Karnataka, India.

14.“In the 90th minute, Ryan was standing over the ball, and all I remember was him bending in into the box, Rio rising up and hitting the back of the net. The place exploded. The rest was just instinct.

I turned towards the X fans in the far corner of the ground and I thought, I’m going for them.

I sprinted some 60-odd yards, and I was just out of my head. When I got to them, well… I looked at the faces of all those X fans who had been singing for 89 minutes, constantly hurling abuses at me and my mom, and in that moment, they had no answer. Absolutely no answer. It was one of the best feelings of my life. The FA fined me ₤5000 for my actions. I would gladly pay it again a hundred times. Back then, I remember some very serious people saying things like: ‘that’s not the behavior of a thirty year old man.’ They were right and that’s what makes football so magical. For 90 minutes you get to be a kid again. That’s what we all dreamed about, isn’t it?”

Gary Neville on his infamous Liverpool celebration.

15.Famous author, Dave Thompson in his book X says that the formation of the band formed by Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, the release of the album ‘Horses’ by Patti Smith and the release of the album ‘Metal Machine Music’ by Lou Reed are the three key events that led to the inception of X.

X is a genre of music which emerged from the independence underground music of the ‘80s and became wildly popular in the ‘90s and early ‘00s.

X blends the elements from various genres of music, such as rock, punk and even folk music.

What am I talking about?

Alternative rock.

16. Insert funda/blanked out portion.

#SHILPASHETTYREVIEWS

Shilpa Shetty : “Even a book like Animal Farm can teach the little ones to love and care for animals.”

Shilpa Shetty : “Even a book like Animal Farm can teach the little ones to love and care for animals.”

Audience interrogation -I

What happens next?

This has monumental significance ON the INTERNET. What significance?

First vine ever. “Steak tartare in six seconds”.

LIST ‘EM ALL

DIRECTIONS:

We will give you a topic, and you have to write all the possible answers to that. For example, if we ask you to list all the games of the grand theft auto franchise, you need to list all of the games.

Write down the answers on the piece of paper that has been provided. 10 for every correct answer, and an extra 20 for full house. Hence, 70 points up for grabs. No negative marking, so guess away.

DO NOT say the answers on the mic. If any team answers on the mic, we will be forced to deduct points.

List all the movies for which Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for the Oscars.

1. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1994)(Best actor in a supporting role)

2.The Aviator (2005) (Best actor)

Blood Diamond (2007) (Best actor)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2014) (Best actor)

The Revenant (2016) (Best actor)

Audience interrogation - ii

The top three definitions for this term on Urban Dictionary are:

Corrupted lifestyle, that is usually caused by poor life choices or a string of misfortune.

A state of being wherein you feel as if you cannot sink any lower emotionally, psychologically or physically.

A cross between a chokeslam, clothesline and leg sweep.

It is also a name of a town in Bikini Bottom.

The term, naturally.

Rock bottom.

HIGH AND DRY - II

1. An artist used the song used in this clip as inspiration for a Bengali song. Give me both the song and the artist.

“Shing Nei Tobu Nam Tar Shingho”; Kishore Kumar.

2.The initials T.C.B. stand for a phrase which Elvis Presley incorporated as his mantra and also his entourage’s mantra which was initially called the Memphis Mafia. He incorporated the letters into an emblem flanked by lightning bolts, which meant TCB in a flash. This emblem was used in several pieces of jewellery including his famous T.C.B. necklace and ring.

Elvis Presley returned to live performing in 1969 after a decade spent mostly making movies. His return came during the ‘68 Comeback Special, when Elvis returned to his cool roots, with black leather jacket, black shades and all. Along with back-up singers and other show members, the large backing band that would follow Elvis on his 1970’s string of tours, including stints in Las Vegas, came to be known as the T.C.B. Band.

The T.C.B. logo is even painted on the Lisa Marie airplane that is parked at Graceland even today (picture next slide).

What iconic phrase does T.C.B. stand for?

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.

3.This picture taken in 1946, was taken at the Viceroy House, now known as the Rashtrapati Bhavan, by an unknown photographer. The person on the left is Lord Pethick-Lawrence who was sent to India in 1946 as a part of the Cabinet Mission along with Sir Stafford Cripps and A.V. Alexander. What is so special about the picture?

SOURCE OF GANDHI’S FACE ON THE INDIAN CURRENCY

4. What is being illustrated in the following?

PROOF THAT JACK AND ROSE COULD HAVE FIT ON THE SAME PLANK.

5.Originally, Dr Myron MacLain was hoping the alloy would provide a distinct advantage in the armour of American war machines, during World War II. The doctor worked tirelessly, using an exotic metal which could absorb sound waves, vibration and kinetic energy, which in turn, would make the metal stronger and an unknown substance. While the doctor was asleep, an unknown factor caused the metals he was working with to bond.

The alloy was poured into the shape of a discus. Some sources say that Dr. MacLain chose the discus shape because of its versatility, while other say that he used an existing cast designed for tank hatches. Presumably, the titanium steel bolts used to fasten straps to the discwere also forged at this time. It was painted in its familiar red-white-and-blue pattern using titanium oxide paint. Later, the object was presented to X by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The object has great aerodynamic properties. it is able to slice through the air with minimal wind resistance and deflection of path. Its great overall resilience, combined with its natural concentric stiffness, enables it to rebound from objects with minimal loss of angular momentum. It is virtually indestructible: it is resistant to penetration, temperature extremes, and the entire electromagnetic spectrum of radiation. The only way it can be damaged in any way is by tampering with its molecular bonding.

What object is being talked about here and who is X?

X- CAPTAIN AMERICA;CAPTAIN AMERICA’S SHIELD.

6.

In Ancient Roman times, a tribune was charged with protecting the rights of the plebians. A tribune could overrule a magistrate or an assembly by uttering the Latin word for ‘I forbid’. With this one word statement, laws, senate decrees, and elections were invalidated.

This word has found a spike in it’s usage since 1945 for a particular reason.

What word ? And what is the reason?

VETO; inception of the un.

7.

X is a Polish-American technology executive. She is the current CEO of a Google company Y.

In September 1998, the same month that Google was incorporated, its founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin set up office in X's garage in Menlo Park.

She handled two of Google’s largest acquisitions: the $1.65 billion purchase of Y in 2006 and the $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick in 2007. In February 2014 she became the CEO of Y.

She has been bestowed with titles like “The most important person in advertising” and “The most powerful woman on the internet.”

Give X or Y.

Susan wojcicki; YouTube.

8.The X shape is what is known in mathematics / calculus as a hyperbolic paraboloid. The saddle shape allowed for easier stacking of X. This also minimized the possibility of broken X during transport. Since it is a saddle, there is no predictable way to break it up. This increases the crunchy feeling and hence that weird satisfaction. It is relatively more feasible to manufacture the press block compared to other shapes. The concave U-shaped part is stretched in tension while the convex arch-shaped part is squeezed in compression. Through double curvature, this shape strikes a delicate balance between these push and pull forces, allowing it to remain thin yet surprisingly strong.

Pringles.

9.

On 22nd May, 2016, something happened which revealed something to one of the largest fan-bases in history. This revelation resulted in a pop-culture wave with a string of memes being created due to it and emotional outbursts from fans becoming increasingly common. Ikea was smart enough to seize the opportunity by releasing the following product (a door stopper.) What is the name of the product? (Image in next slide)

HODOR.

10.

X is one of the most recognizable characters and may serve as the ambassador to an upcoming Olympic games.

X has been electrifying a worldwide audience for over a decade.

The collective noun for X is mischief, that is, we are supposed to say a mischief of Xs.

ID X.

Pikachu.

11. Fill in the blanks and put Funda

“My Dearest _ _ _ _ ,

You gave me the strength I didn’t know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace. I can’t wait to meet you. I can’t wait for you to join the players box next year. But most importantly, I am so happy to share being number one in the world with you…. once again today. On @alexisohanian’s bday: From the world’s oldest number one to the world’s youngest number one. - Your _ _ _ _ _”

Baby; Mommy.serena Williams wins Australian open while pregnant and stays number 1.

12.As early as 1902, Americans were being warned about the damages of unwanted human caused forest fires, but no formal campaign aimed at prevention existed. Then in 1939 a poster entitled "Your Forest-Your Fault" featured a Forest Ranger in the image of Uncle Sam pointing to a raging forest fire. During the years of 1936-1941 a total of 210,000 forest fires burned over 30 million acres of forest and range land. Nine out of ten were human caused.

In 1944 the Wartime Advertising Council decided to use an animal to carry the fire prevention message. Walt Disney agreed to lend the image of Bambi, for a year, to be the first to carry the message. On August 9, 1944 a bear was chosen to be the spokesman for forest fire prevention. The bear was named X after a well-known Assistant Fire Chief named X Joe Martin.

On 9th May, 1950, a 5 lb. black bear cub was found after a forest fire in the Capitan Mountains near Capitan, New Mexico. Named X after the poster bear, the cub was later sent to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. to become the "living symbol" for fire prevention. By 1952, Congress passed and President Eisenhower signed into law the X Bear Act, public law 359.

By 1964 X's fan mail was so great that he was given his own zip code, 20252. The only other celebrity to have this honor is the President of the United States.

Give X.

Smokey The Bear.

13.The rise of X in pop culture has given credence to the idea that a XY could happen. In such a scenario X would take over entire countries, roaming city streets eating anything living that got in their way. The proliferation of this idea has led many people to wonder “How do I prepare for a xy?”

Below are a few items you should include in your kit to survive an XY:

Water

Food

Medications

Tools and Supplies

To come up with a viable option for survival, you need to implement an emergency plan. To do that you have to:

Pick a meeting place for your family to regroup in case X invade your home or your town evacuates because of a hurricane.

Identify your emergency contacts. Make a list of local contacts like the police, fire department, and your local X response team. Also identify an out-of-state contact that you can call during an emergency to let the rest of your family know you are ok.

Plan your evacuation route. When X are hungry they won’t stop until they get food, which means you need to get out of town fast!

If X did start roaming the streets, CDC (Centre for disease control) would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. It’s likely that an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated. Not only would scientists be working to identify the cause and cure of the X outbreak, but CDC and other federal agencies would send medical teams and first responders to help those in affected areas.

XY?

XY- Zombie Apocalypse.

14.This is a clip from ‘Modern Family’. It makes a reference to an iconic franchise of the 1970s. What Franchise?

The Godfather.

15. EXPLAIN EACH PICTURE.

The first picture is a cartoon published by NYT, ridiculing India’s Mangalyaan mission.

The second picture is cartoon published by TOI, as a rebuttal to the cartoon by commemorating India sending 104 satellites to space.

16.Fitb (THE BOTTOM ONE.)

BACH TO THE FUTURE.

Audience interrogation - iii

Who’s the speaker?

Dr. Arnab Goswami.

Identify the voice.

Benedict Cumberbatch.

MINIMALISM

Directions:

15 minimalist movie/tv show posters from (holly, bolly, tolly)wood.

the posters will depict either the entire movie/tv show in a nutshell or an important object/scene associated with the movie/tv show.

Write down your answers. Spoken answers will result in the subtractionof 10 points from the current score of the team with the big mouth.

+5/correct answer. Full house=additional 25 points.

Hence, 100 points up for grabs.

May the force be with you.

Make the exchange.

Audience interrogation - iv

Poster for?

Don (1978)

Answer/uttar/uttor.

Sholay (1975)

Mr. India (1987)

Sonar Kella/the Golden Fortress (1974)

Cast Away (2000)

Home Alone (1990)

Jurassic Park (1993)

HOUSE M.D. (2004-2012)

Narcos (2015- )

Back To The Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990)

The Hangover (2009)

Whiplash (2014)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

My Name Is Khan (2010)

The Prestige (2006)

Breaking Bad (2011-2013)

connexion

Directions:

There are five individual questions whose individual answers are connected by a common theme. Points for guessing the theme are given at the top of every slide.

There are no negative markings for guessing the individual answers.

Write down the answers. DO NOT say the answers on the mic.

+40/-30

X is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the second largest professional services firm in the world and is one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. Vault Accounting 50 has ranked X as the most prestigious accounting firm in the world for seven consecutive years, as well as the top firm to work for in North America for three consecutive years.

X was formed in 1998 by a merger between Coopers & Lybrand and X. The current X logo was introduced in September 2010, after their initial name was shortened to an abbreviation. It was designed by Wolff Olins.

X is now associated with the main event of a gala occasion where the crème de la crème of cinema are present.

+30/-25

X and Y were American criminals who travelled the central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing people and killing when cornered or confronted. though known today for their dozen-or-so bank robberies, the two preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and several civilians. The couple were eventually ambushed and killed by law officers near the town of Sailes, in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

The couple never married. Historians believe that X chose the life of crime because she was in love, and the photograph of X in Y’s arms(adjacent) indicated that this was true. Their story seemed like something out of a movie and later, it was.

Their reputation was revived and cemented in American pop folklore by Arthur Penn's 1967 film X and Y.

TIME magazine in an article released in 2016 listed X and Y as the number 1 crime duo in modern history.

+20/-15X is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage renditions of X is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theatre.

In the 1960s, the success of the films West Side Story, The Music Man, My Fair Lady suggested that the traditional X was in good health. However popular X tastes were being heavily affected by rock and roll and the freedom and youth associated with it, and indeed Elvis Presley made a few films that have been equated with the old X’s in terms of form. The most successful X of the 1960s created specifically for film was Mary Poppins, one of Disney's biggest hits.

An exception to the decline of the X genre is Indian cinema, especially the Bollywood film industry where the majority of films have been and still are X.

The X, Lagaan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and two other Bollywood X’s Devdas and Rang De Basanti were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.

+10/-5

What is X?

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Philadelphia (1994)

Boys Don’t Cry (2000)

Milk (2009)

The Kids Are Alright (2011)

Dallas Buyers Club (2014)

X (2017)

+5/0

PUT FUNDA.

The reveal

+40/-30

X is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the second largest professional services firm in the world and is one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. Vault Accounting 50 has ranked X as the most prestigious accounting firm in the world for seven consecutive years, as well as the top firm to work for in North America for three consecutive years.

X was formed in 1998 by a merger between Coopers & Lybrand and X. The current X logo was introduced in September 2010, after their initial name was shortened to an abbreviation. It was designed by Wolff Olins.

X is now associated with the main event of a gala occasion where the crème de la crème of cinema are present.

PriceWaterHouseCoopers.

+30/-25

X and Y were American criminals who travelled the central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing people and killing when cornered or confronted. though known today for their dozen-or-so bank robberies, the two preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and several civilians. The couple were eventually ambushed and killed by law officers near the town of Sailes, in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

The couple never married. Historians believe that X chose the life of crime because she was in love, and the photograph of X in Y’s arms(adjacent) indicated that this was true. Their story seemed like something out of a movie and later, it was.

Their reputation was revived and cemented in American pop folklore by Arthur Penn's 1967 film X and Y.

TIME magazine in an article released in 2016 listed X and Y as the number 1 crime duo in modern history.

Bonnie and Clyde.

+20/-15X is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage renditions of X is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theatre.

In the 1960s, the success of the films West Side Story, The Music Man, My Fair Lady suggested that the traditional X was in good health. However popular X tastes were being heavily affected by rock and roll and the freedom and youth associated with it, and indeed Elvis Presley made a few films that have been equated with the old X’s in terms of form. The most successful X of the 1960s created specifically for film was Mary Poppins, one of Disney's biggest hits.

An exception to the decline of the X genre is Indian cinema, especially the Bollywood film industry where the majority of films have been and still are X.

The X, Lagaan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and two other Bollywood X’s Devdas and Rang De Basanti were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.

Give x

Musical.

+10/-5

What is X?

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Philadelphia (1994)

Boys Don’t Cry (2000)

Milk (2009)

The Kids Are Alright (2011)

Dallas Buyers Club (2014)

X (2017)

“Moonlight”;(LGBTQ movies nominated for the Oscars.)

+5/0

PUT FUNDA.

Miss Universe tweet to the Oscars.

The connexion is…

The Academy Awards show fiasco.