ANSWERS

1) Identify.

2)Two theories try to explain the origin of thisextremely common usage. :

• During the printing of appendix of ReneDescarte’s classic treatise ‘La Geometries’.

While the text was being typeset, the printer ran short of certain letters in the alphabet and

therefore used a single alternative for all of them.

• Its usage alludes to the Arabic root word ‘Shei’.

What are we talking about?

Usage of ‘x’ as unknown in algebra

3) Instead of hours and minutes, the mean solar day is divided up into 1000 parts called "beats". Each beat lasts 1 minute and 26.4 seconds. Although the company does not

specify units smaller than one beat, third party implementations have extended the standard by adding "centi-beats" or "sub-beats" as a

decimal fraction, for extended precision:@248.00

There are no time zones; instead, the new time scale of Biel Mean Time (BMT) is used,

based on the company's headquarters in Biel, Switzerland. What am I talking about?

Swatch Internet Time

4)T.N.Shrikantaiah was instrumental in preparing and publishing Kannada version of Constitution of India in 1952. He is perhapsbest remembered for suggesting the term X, a sanskrit equivalent for Y. When therewas a discusssion on the equivalent term

for Y, as a member of Indian ConstitutionalCouncil, it was he who suggested X.

The term was accepted unanimously and is still in use.

Give me X and Y.

X-RashtrapathiY-President

**5) Her name is Anneleise Michel, a young German girl born in September,1952. The tragic life of this girl(and death) served as the inspiration for what?

6)It is believed that Yama, the God of deathand the custodian of ‘Naraka’ visits Yamuna

for a certain reason on a particular dayof the year.

Which auspicious occasion?

Bhai Dooj/Bhai Fota

Yamuna is sister of Yama who puts the auspiciousmark on his forehead and prays for his well-being.

So its held that anyone who gets tilak from his sisteron this day would never be hurdled into hell.

7)In June 2006, Sarah Faberge, great-granddaughter of Russian Imperial Jeweller

Carl Faberge, was commissioned to create the X Egg . A strictly limited edition of 68 eggs

were produced, with all profits from the sale of the eggs going to the X Foundation. The

first egg from the collection is now on permanent public display at an airport.

Identify X

George Best

8) The popularity of X was influenced by the 1960s television series ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’. The character of Laura Petrie, the

young housewife played by ’Mary Tyler Moore’, caused a fashion sensation– and some mild

controversy– by wearing snug-fitting X during the show's run. After a drop in popularity

during the 1970s through the 1990s X returned to favour during the 2000s. Spanish tennis

player Rafael Nadal wore X in the majority of his matches before 2009.

X???

Capri pants

9) Viswakarma’s daughter was married to the Sun.due to the Sun’s blazing power, she was unable togo near the Sun and she complained to her father

about this. Viswakarma took the Sun and put him inhis workshop and made him less shining and thus his daughter was able to hug the Sun. The left-overSun-dust was collected by Viswakarma and he made

Three things out of it.

Which 3 things?

Full marks for 3. Half marks for any 2.

• Pushpak Vimana• Trident of Lord Shiva• Sudarshan Chakra

10) ‘X’ was modeled after Albert Einstein, Carl Sandberg

and pup dog. Michael Jacksonrecorded the theme song ‘Someone in the dark’

though it was not used, it features in the story book version of the film. When the

cassette was released in the U.S., it was madeof Green plastic. Identify X?

E.T.(Extra Terrestrial)

11)Minimal poster of which film

**12) What is divided into three parts:

• Top note • Middle note or modifier • Basic note or end note

Perfumes

13) Men's X can be categorized by how they are closed:

• Oxfords (also referred as "Balmorals"): the vamp has a V-shaped slit to which the ____ are attached;also known as "closed _____". The word "Oxford"

is sometimes used by American clothing companies to market X that are not Balmorals, such as

Blüchers.

• Blüchers (American), Derbys (British): the _____ are tied to two pieces of leather independently

attached to the vamp; also known as "open _____" and is a step down in dressiness.

• Monk-straps: a buckle and strap instead of lacing

• Slip-ons: There are no _____ or fastenings. The popular _____ are part of this category, as well as less popular

styles, such as elastic-sided X.

Shoes

14)What/Who inspired this Barbie design?

Florence Griffith-Joyner

15) This two word term refers to any onlineCoordinated event in which an ad‐hoc group

of participants meet up at a central location for various purposes. While some events may convey a political or commercial message, they are usually organized for the spontaneous amusement of the

participants and bewilderment of bystanders.

Which two word term?

Flash mob

16) According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the smallest advertisement ever

was of the size 100 micronX 100 micron placed on the knee-band

of a bee in the year 2000.This was to launch a particular web site.

Which one?

Guinessworldrecords.com

17) An Irish immigrant X became a merchantin Lousiana and in his dealings with theSpaniards he used their currency Peso.

In true Spanish tradition, X used an abbreviation for pesos. This abbreviationlooked like transportation of two lettersand soon became popular for what?

The ‘$’ sign for Dollar currency

18) Connect this tree withthe world of business andin many way lifestyle.

**19) In 1994 Bob Herbert and his son Chris,advertised through ‘The Stage’ newspaperfor audition for a band. Out of numerous

responses five girls were picked and formedthe group “Touch”. However

Michelle Stephenson was not completelydevoted to the group and eventually left to

pursue her education and was replaced.

How do we know this band as of now?

Spice Girls

19) During a celebration people usuallyhave a practice of toasting drinks, by clinking

the glasses with each other.

Give funda about its origin/ why is it done?

It is believed that devil is always around us.The clinking sound of glasses resembled

a church bell’s ring and thusthe sound would drive away evil.

21) The idea of X came intothis gentleman when he was waiting at therailway station after spending a weekendwith Agatha Christie and her husband in Devon. He wanted something to read but

could find nothing suitable except fortabloids and newspapers.

What is X?

Paperbacks

**22)Engelberg is a small town in Switzerland which usually hosts a round of the ski jumping

world cup. It changed its name in 1999 in honor of which Indian company?

In 1999 Engelberg was renamed to “SOTC Indian Village”

23)All the three terms given below mean the same:

• Lucky Birthday• Star Birthday

• Champagne Birthday

What do they mean?

when a person turn the age of their birth day

Eg: You turn 6 years today

Every person has this onlyonce in his lifetime.

**24)This is Eric James Torphy, a Japanese robber and an anti social element, who was arrested by police and he made an appeal to the court that “ if I am going to go down, I am going to go down in ______ _____ _____”.

Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said “We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be”.

What is being talked about here?

He was imprisoned for 30 years and he made an appeal to make it 33, to make a perfect match with Larry Bird’s jersey no. And finally judge accepted it and made it 33

25) The X brand is used by Y for two types of drinks:

• A carbonated water with a wide array of variants: tonic, bitter lemon, ginger ale, club soda and fruit

flavoured. Available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, 

Denmark, El-Salvador, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Moldova,

Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, West Bank-Gaza and Zambia.

• A high quality water available in Bangladesh, Bulgaria,  India, Maldives, Nigeria and Pakistan.

X-Kinley Y-Coca-Cola