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Question #13

Here's an easy one. There is one thing that connects these pictures. Name it.

Question #12

Project X was started to develop friendly relationship between Great Britain and France. It was started to oppose the Americans and achieve a landmark in technological development. The project lasted for two years, but in the end, there was an argument over putting an 'e' in the end and to this day, the French put an 'e' in the end and the Britons don't. This was a huge technological accomplishment and to this day, it holds the record for being the fastest and the best wonder in its field.

name the project X.

Question #11

This famous film X was shot in Ramanagara hills near Mysuru in Karnataka in the 1970s. It Portrays a game of luck and probability which is played , but not as a main sport almost everywhere today. The main character is somewhat like Harvey Dent of Batman. It was the first Indian film whose dialogue soundtracks were released in the market. It tells the story of thieves turned into criminal-catchers. The songs in the movies are heard everywhere and one of it is also a ringtone in the traditional nokia phones.

Name the movie X

Question #10

"X" is a very famous monument built in Medieval India. This Building also caused a rift between the Muslims and the British when "Y" was not allowed to rule here. "X" is also a UNESCO World Heritage site in New Delhi. The 4th battalion of the Sikh Light Infantry was the last army unit to be stationed in "X". "Y" was an important man of Indian History not because of his contribution to the History but because of the Dynasty to which he belonged to.

Name "X" and "Y"

Question #9 

Ward Cunningham started the first X in March 1995. Many people liked the place and wrote there, after which they started similar websites. X is type of website that lets anyone access the X-create and change/modify its pages. This word is an Internet Slang and is short for XXWeb (similar to WWW), which is Hawaiian word meaning fast or speed. One of the lesser known example is the website Citizendium.

Identify X.

Question By  Prajwal Bharadwaj

Question #8

The most widely accepted origin of the term dates back to Shakespearean theater. Actors would prepare for their performances in a room filled with plants and shrubs. It was believed that the moisture in the topiary was beneficial to the Actors’ voices.

What am i talking about? 

Question By Prajwal Bharadwaj

Question #7

He  went to the Nizam of Hyderabad (then reputedly the richest man in the world) to request him for funds. The Nizam was furious, “How dare you come to me for funds and that too for a Hindu University?” He roared with anger, took off his footwear and flung it at X. X picked up the footwear and left silently. He went directly to the market place and began to auction the footwear. As it was Nizam's footwear, many came forward to buy it. The bids kept going up.

 

When Nizam heard of this, he became uneasy. He thought it would be an insult if his footwear were to be bought by someone for a pittance. So he sent one of his attendants with the instruction, 'Buy that footwear no matter whatever the price is!' Thus, X managed to sell the Nizam's own footwear back to him, for a huge amount. He used that money to build the Y.

Who was it and what did he establish?

Question By Prajwal Bharadwaj

Question #6

The etymology of this word is probably from  Late Latin ----, meaning "serf" or "peasant," someone who is bound to the soil of a villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Consequently, it meant a person of less than knightly status, and so came to mean a person who was not chivalrous; because many unchivalrous acts, such as treachery, and because the word was used as a term of abuse, it took on its modern meaning.

Which word am i talking about?

 

Question By Prajwal Bharadwaj

Question #5

X is determined by the position of Y of the fetus, while in the womb. If the position of Y is more cramped, the number of Xs increases. People, usually believe that if there are more Xs, they were born lucky.

Identify X and Y. 

Question By Shreyas Ashok Kumar

Question #4 

The first recorded use of the word X not referring to a horse is found in The Morning Post and Gazetteer in London, England on March 20, 1798:

Mr. Pitt,

two petit vers of “L’huile de Venus”

Ditto, one of “perfeit amour”

Ditto, “X” (vulgarly called ginger)

The Oxford English dictionary cites the word as originating in the U.S. The first recorded use of the word as a beverage (possibly non-alcoholic) in the United States appears in The Farmer's Cabinet on April 28, 1803:

Drank a glass of X—excellent for the head...Call'd at the Doct's. found Burnham—he looked very wise—drank another glass of X.

Identify X.

 

Question By Shreyas Ashok Kumar

Question #3 

 

X is an international sport that started in Finland in the year 2000. It is a sport in which participants throw Y and are judged on distance or technique. The Ys used vary not just between events but between competitors, with any Y that weighs over 220 grams being acceptable.

The X World Championships have been held annually since 2000 in Savonlinna, Finland. The first national competition was held in Trondheim, Norway, in June 2004, with several other countries across Europe also staging their own events.

Identify X and Y.

 

Question By Shreyas Ashok Kumar

Question #2

Where is this and what is its significance?

Question By Shreyas Ashok Kumar

 

 

Question #1

What is the significance of this tree/plant?

 

Question By Shreyas Ashok Kumar