1. Magician X and writer Y were at one point of timefriends. Later, in the 1920s, X went on to become aprominent opponent of the Spiritualist movement, which Ywas a part of. Although X insisted that Spiritualist mediumsemployed trickery and consistently exposed them asfrauds, Y became convinced that X himself possessedsupernatural powers—a view expressed in his book TheEdge of the Unknown. X was apparently unable toconvince Y that his feats were simply illusions, leading to abitter public falling out between the two. Identify X and Y.

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X- Harry HoudiniY - Arthur Conan Doyle

2. X is a 1953 film directed by John Ford, featuring Clark Gable andGrace Kelly. They encounter gorillas while on a safari in the film. Aparty travelling down the Anawhata once discovered that the cry'X' could be produced with great volume and had very satisfactoryresonant qualities. It became a club call, of greeting or whenmaking contact on a tramp, for many years.In India however, we know this name better as that of an iconicmovie role.

Give me X.

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Mogambo

3. X plays the role of Johnathan Irons, CEO of the AtlasCorporation, the world's most powerful military corporationin the first-person military shooter videogame Y (released in2014) and is the main antagonist in the videogame.X also plays the role of a utterly ruthless and connivingpolitician (a Democrat from South Carolina's 5thcongressional district), in an American political dramatelevision series Z, developed and produced by BeauWillimon. It is an adaptation of BBC's mini-series of the samename and is based on the novel by Michael Dobbs.

Solve for all the variables

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X – Kevin SpaceyY – Call of Duty : Advanced WarfareZ – House of Cards

4. During a party in Weimar in the winter of 1785, X had a late-night conversation on his theory of primary colours with theSouth American revolutionary Francisco de Miranda. Thisconversation inspired Miranda to design the yellow, blue and redflag of Gran Colombia, from which the present national flags ofColombia, Venezuela and Ecuador are derived. Identify X.

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Goethe

5. X also popularly know in the music world as"Fresh Prince" has won 4 Grammy awards forhis contributions into the field of Hip-Hop. Hehas also enjoyed immense success in thetelevision and the film industry. X has beennominated for four Golden Globe Awards, twoAcademy Awards as well.

ID X

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X – Will Smith

20. Located on Videy Island in Iceland, thestructure shown is built in the shape of awishing well and is marked by the use ofseveral lights that converge to form a singlebeam and mirrors. This structure bearsinscriptions such as Shanti Ki Kalpana Kare inHindi and Samadhaanatthai Ninaiyungal inTamizh. The structure is normally in operationbetween 9th October and 8th December, twocrucial dates in the life of X, who is consideredsomething of an icon in the world of musicand beyond. The structure takes its name fromvery a famous 1971 song Y by X .

Just identify X and the song Y.

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X – John Lennon

Y – Imagine

The structure is called theImagine Peace Tower.

6. "Reefer Madness" (originally titled "Tell your children") is a1936-39 "propaganda-exploitation-film" that revolved aroundexaggerated and melodramatic events that ensue whenstudents try X. From a hit and run accident, to manslaughter,suicide, attempted rape, and descent into madness due to X.Although finding a popular audience as a cult film, critics havepanned it as one of the worst films ever made.

Just give me X.

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Ganja / Marijuana

7. X first entered the UK Singles Chart on 30 April 1994, andremained there for a total of 15 weeks, reaching a two-weekhigh of #1. X is the only single of its kind to reach #1 in the UKcharts. With Y being involved in recording X, it was agreedupon that Y’s 1988 single “Burning Bridges” would form thebasis of X. X was released on April 25th, 1994, four weeksahead of a major annual sporting showpiece, and by the timeit came around, X was #1 on the charts.

Id X and Y.

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X-Come On You Reds, Y-Status Quo.

8. Anthony Burgess has stated that the inspiration for X mighthave been advertising billboards for educationalcorrespondence courses from a company called Bennett's,current during WWII. The original posters showed Bennetthimself; a kindly looking old man offering guidance and supportto would-be students. Speculation has also focused on LordKitchener, who among other things was prominently involved inBritish military recruitment in WWI(picture next slide). Themagazine Book ranked X #59 on its 100 Best Characters inFiction Since 1900 list. Wizard magazine rated X the 75thgreatest villain of all time.

Id X, a darling of popular culture.

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Big Brother.

9. In the early hours of June 5, 1960, four teenagers werecamping on the shores of X. Between 4AM and 6AM, anunknown person or people murdered three of them with aknife and wounded the fourth. To date, these murders remainunsolved. In the mid 90s, when the members of the band“Inearthed” from Espoo were asked to come up with a newname, they looked into the town phonebook, read about theincident, and decided to adopt a new name, as X had animpact and a very interesting story behind it.

Just give me the name of the band.

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Children of Bodom from the Lake Bodommurders.

10. Shown here is a picture of ______Elizabeth Parker & _____Chestnut Barrow. They were madefamous by Arthur Penn’s 1967 film basedon their life story.Every year, on the anniversary of theirdeath, a festival is held near the placewhere they were shot dead.Psychologists attribute their public appeal due to the fact thatthey were “rebels” and the wife’s loyalty to the husband.

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Bonnie and Clyde

11. Cover page of a book shown on the next slide.Identify the author (the cover bears his photograph)

Some info that might help : The author was born onFebruary 23, 1913 in the small town of Tangail inMymensing which now lies in Bangladesh and died of aheart attack at the age of 58 in Ashaikawa, Hokkaidō,Japan, on January 6, 1971.

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12. In 2022, with 40 million people in New York City alone, housing is dilapidated and overcrowded; homeless people fill the streets; about half are unemployed, the few "lucky" ones with jobs are only barely scraping by themselves. Most of the population survives on rations produced by the ______ Corporation, whose newest product is X, a wafer advertised to contain "high-energy plankton" from the world's oceans, more nutritious and palatable than its predecessors "Red" and "Yellow," but in short supply. But spread the word quickly, X is made of people.

ID X.

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Soylent Green

13. This particular episode of Simpsons features Art Spiegelman, arevolutionary comic book writer, who contributed to the NewYorker for a decade. His most influential work Y won him a Pulitzerprize and brought scholarly attention to the medium of graphicnovels.

ID Y

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Maus

14. X is an anime science fiction film released in the year1995. This film was directed by Mamoru Oshii who receivedpraises from James Cameron and the Watchowskis. Theoverarching philosophical themes of the film includesex/gender identity, self-identity, the definitions of creativity,intelligence and life, in a technologically advanced world.

Id X.

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Ghosts in the Shell

15. X plays the role of a young farm boy who trainsunder the order of a group of warrior monks called theY, and is believed by many to be the one to bring balanceto the universe.X is arguably most famous for his career in voice-acting,notably his enactment of the iconic villain Z, whoselaughter according to X was a musical instrument andhad to be practiced to express all kinds of emotions. IDX, Y, Z.

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X – Mark HamillY – The JedisZ – The Joker

16. X is a technique in film editing in which a series ofshort shots are edited into a sequence to condensespace, time, and information. The term has beenused in various contexts. It was introduced tocinema primarily by Eisenstein, in his movie Y andearly Soviet directors used it as a synonym forcreative editing. In France, the word X simplydenotes cutting.

Just give me X and Y.

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X – Montage Y – Battleship Potemkin

17. ID the iconic woman in the poster.

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Rosie the Riveter

18. BBC called them "India's Banksy" and they rapidlyfamous/notorious for their anonymous provocativegraffiti in the streets of Kochi. They have developedtheir own indigenous medium of making art usingwheat rather than "stencils-and-spray-cans" aspopularized by Banksy. Give me the name of this group

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The answer is Guess Who