ROUND 1

1. “X” originated in Japan, 2011 when Naver began

developing Line in Japan. Due to post-tsunami many of the country’s

telecom networks strained and the company’s data-based calls and text

messages worked better than regular calls and text messages. “X”

have recently gained cult status.

What’s “X”

STICKERS

 Comic effect created in a scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian when Brian, who

lives in Judea in 33AD, is 'rescued' from a high fall by a passing space ship

The resolution of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, in which the otherwise

unconquerable invaders are killed by terrestrial microorganisms

In the conclusion of the classic novel Lord of the Flies the savage children are

rescued by a passing navy officer.

2. The Device has seen many a memorable examples in literature and Motion media, some of them being

stated below. Identify the Device

Deus ex machine

(God from the Machine)

3. The set design of ”X” was based on the Indiana Jones movies, and

Marianne Arneberg of the Orlando Sentinel described Legends as "a

combination of Jeopardy and Raiders of the Lost Ark". The set design has

been described as Mayan. It included areas for different types of physical

challenges: a broad but shallow pool of water (the moat), a set of steps (the

Steps of Knowledge), and a large, two-and-a-half-floor vertical labyrinth at

the back of the stage.

ID X

4. “X” is a music genre. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of “X” varies according to culture and social context. It is

composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the

marketplace.

“X” in general is characterized by dominant vocals (often with strong use of harmony) referencing lyrics of a Christian nature. One can pursue its roots

through the academic discipline of ethno-musicology (going back to Europe and Africa), through a study of the 2,000-year history of church music, and

through a study of rural folk music traditions.

Coming out of an oral tradition, “X” typically utilizes a great deal of repetition. This is a device to promote group participation.

ID X

GOSPEL MUSIC

5. “X” is a body spray manufactured by Faberge which was part of Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch company base

in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and London, United Kingdom.

“X” was launched in the UK in 1981, including the butterfly design and the slogan "Men can't help acting on X.“

As of 2010, The Saturdays are the ambassadors of “X” in the UK, the first girl group to since the Spice Girls (1997).

It has been the inspiration behind another brand “Y” of Unilever launched in France in 1983 known alternatively as Lynx in UK,

Australia and New Zealand.

ID X and Y

Impulse and Axe

Audience Question

In professional wrestling, the term ___________ refers to Saturday, July 14, 1984,

the day when Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation took over the time slot

on Superstation WTBS that had been home to Georgia Championship

Wrestling(GCW) and its flagship weekly program, World Championship Wrestling,

for 12 years. McMahon's purchase led to a longstanding rivalry between himself

and WTBS owner ”X”

ID X and FITB

Black Saturday and Ted Turner

6. The___________ _____________ case  was a legal struggle involving

prolonged life support in the United States that lasted from 1990 to 2005.

The issue was whether to carry out the decision of the husband of the

lady involved, to terminate life support for her. The case has often been

compared to those of Karen Ann Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan, two other

highly influential right-to-die cases.

FITB

Terri Schiavo

7. The campaign, developed by Ogilvy & Mather, was initially aired across the

country in teaser poster and print ads. The advertisements were created in

the old traditional Indian cinema poster style, with ‘hand painted’ graphics

and vivid colors. Piyush Pandey, executive chairman and CD for South Asia

at Ogilvy & Mather was initially tasked to develop a campaign for another

brand under the “X” umbrella, “Y”. To which he said “Y” is too small a

brand for a big idea like this. Take the money all over again and shoot it for

“Z” that was the beginning of everything.”

ID Z

FEVICOL

8. A ____________  is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence

or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or

listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous

or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. For this reason, it is

extremely popular among comedians and satirists. Some _____________ not

only change the meaning of an early phrase, but they also play on the double

meaning of a particular word, creating a form of syllepsis.

FITB

Paraprosdokian

“You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing—after they have tried everything else.“

—Winston Churchil

9.  "Club Foot" by Kasabian

 "Kids" by Sleigh Bells

"Nothing to Worry About" by Peter Bjorn and John

"Let U Know" by Plastilina Mosh“

Sketches (20 Something Life)" by La Rocca

Connect (Non Exhaustive)

EA SPORTS’s FIFA’s TITLE SONGS OVER

THE YEARS

10. Mark Simpson is credited with coining the term “X” in a 1994 article. He also

introduced the word to the U.S. in 'Meet the X', a much-quoted essay on

Salon.com in 2002, leading to the global popularity of the term. This was

also the first citation of the footballer “Y” as the ultimate example of the type.

Simpson was later credited with introducing the term “Z” (in the antisense

of the “X”) in 2003.

 

Id X & Y & Z

 

X:- METROSEXUAL

Y:- DAVID BECKHAM

Z:- RETROSEXUAL

11. The New York Times acclaimed Simpson's analysis of how sport and advertising

are both increasingly using homoerotic imagery, in a process he dubbed "X" as

one of the Ideas of the Year. The Times newspaper also featured “X” in their

'Year in Ideas' list.

 

Id X

SPORNO ( A combination of sport and porn )

Audience Question

“X” has previously served as member of the Planning Commission of

India and Cabinet Minister of India. He has written extensively on foreign affairs

of India dealing largely with China, Pakistan and Israel. He is also a published

author.

“X” is a strong supporter of the free market economy and is responsible for

creating the blueprint that opened India's economy to the world in 1991.

He was appointed as Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and

International Trade by then Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. This was

perhaps for the first time that an Opposition Partymember was given a Cabinet

rank post by the ruling party.

ID X

SUBRAMANIAM SWAMY

Round 2

KONNECT

1. During his tenure at the Foreign Ministry, “X”’s nickname was jusa, meaning

"the Bureaucrat" or "the administrative clerk". The name was used as both

positive and negative: complimenting his attention to detail and administrative

skill while deriding what was seen as a lack of charisma and subservience to his

superiors. The press corps calls him "the slippery eel", for his ability to dodge

questions. His peers praise his understated "Confucian approach." and he is

regarded by many as a "stand-up guy" and is known for his "easy smile.

ID X

BAN KI-MOON

2. “X” is a portmanteau of the words. Editor Dave Carnie coined the term in the

skateboard magazine Big Brother in the 1990s to refer specifically to the sort of

relationships that develop between skaters who spent a great deal of time

together.

The regular use of the term was propelled into the lexicon during Big Brother 7

(U.S.), when contestants Will Kirby and Mike Malin referred to their “X”

throughout the show and popularized the term.

ID X

The Korean pop industry involves the so-called fan service, which is largely based on BROMANCE of a non-sexual nature

between band members of male idol groups. Fans pair their favourites into "OTPs" (one true pairing), who in turn reinforce the pairs by acting cute and

brotherly with each other on television.

X is BROMANCE (Brother and Romance)

3. In 2001, ”X” was arrested for the possession of marijuana and as a result, was

unable to attend his grandfather's funeral. During an interview, “X” revealed "I was

very close to him. I was not there at the funeral: I will regret this [being arrested] for

the rest of my life, because my grandpa loved me so much, and I couldn't be there

for him on his deathbed”

In a July 2013 interview with The Sunday Times, “X” stated that he has a drinking

problem, noting that the only time he isn't drinking alcohol is when he is hungover.

“X” also revealed that the one celebrity he wants to meet most is the American

actor Tom Cruise.

ID X

PSY

4. Anthony Nesty of Suriname won his country's first Olympic medal by winning the

100m butterfly, scoring an upset victory over ”X” by .01 of a second as he was caught

between strokes as he approached the finishing wall when he chose to glide rather

than take another stroke, thwarting X’s attempt of breaking ___________

(a very famous record) in the process Nesty became the first black person to win

individual swimming gold.

ID X and FITB

MATT BIONDI and MARK SPITZ’s seven Gold medals in one

Olympics

5. The current design is intended to emphasize flexibility and simplicity while

conveying a dynamic and innovative image through the ellipse, the symbol of the

universe and the world stage. The openings on both ends of the ellipse are

intended to illustrate open-mindedness and the desire to

communicate with the world.

The blue color symbolizes stability and reliability. It also stands for social

responsibility as a corporate citizen.

What are we talking about ?

Audience Question

Developed by Yahoo “X” a variation of Scrabble, it draws random tiles instead of

providing a finite number of tiles for the game, assigns different point levels to each

letter and has a slightly different board layout.

X has a much deeper connect with you all though and its upon us, well almost !!!

ID X

LITERATI

6. “X” is a set of eight “Y” to represent fundamental principles of reality.

In Popular Culture

The Unicode character set has characters for each of the eight Y at codepoints U+2630 to U+2637

In Jackie Chan Adventures, the Y are each written on a face of the Pan'ku Box and each of the Y represent their own demon sorcerer with corresponding nature.

The television series Lost incorporated the X into the logos for the DHARMA Initiative.

In the anime and manga Naruto, the Hyuga clan's main attack is the Eight Y Sixty-Four Palms.

In the film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Snake-Eyes has the X symbols for water akin to the original comic.

Ling Xiaoyu, a character from the Tekken series, uses various forms of Chinese martial arts, X being one of those styles.

In the movie The Karate Kid, the matches in the final contest sequence take place on large circular “X” arrangements that delimit the combat area.

ID X and Y

BAGUA and TRIGRAMS (The South Korean flag

has 4 black trigrams on four corners.)

7. Due to the rocky history between Japan and South Korea, Japanese cultural

imports—such as manga, anime, video games, music and movies—were banned

by the South Korean government after Korean Independence at the end of World

War II. This ban would be in effect throughout most of the 80s and 90s,

particularly when video game consoles began to grow in popularity in Japan and

the West. Many Korean companies would find ways around the ban, such as

licensing American versions of Japanese consoles; “X”, for example, licensed the

American ”Y” (instead of the Japanese Famicom) and released it as “Z”

ID X & Y& Z

X:- HYUNDAI

Y:- NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM

Z:- HYUNDAI COMBOY

8. In the James Bond novel Role of Honour, authored by John Gardner in the 1980s,

one of the villain's henchmen whom Bond faces is named “X”.

Gerard Depardieu was reported to have instructed Robert De Niro how to use “X”

and water to solve an erection problem while shooting a scene for Bernardo

Bertolucci's1900 in 1977.

In "Home Insecurity," an episode of The Venture Bros., villain Baron

Ünderbheit discovers his trusted henchmen have betrayed him, and thus forces them

into resignation. They are presented with “X” as a seemingly amicable parting gift,

though it turns out to be an omen for Ünderbheit's retaliation for their betrayal,

subsequently revealed to be ________ bombs.

ID X

Tiger is South Korea’s National

animal

9. The title sequence of “X’s” episode "MoneyBART" , created by “Y”, the pseudonym

for an unidentified British graffiti artist known for his anti-Establishment pranks, ran during

the opening credits — a regular slot known to ”X” fans as the “Z".

It depicted a dungeon-like complex where droning Asian animators worked in

sweatshops, rats scurried around with human bones, kittens were spliced up into Bart “X”

dolls, and a gaunt unicorn punched holes into DVDs.

Nelson Shin the Godfather of Korean Animation was disappointed with this. The satire, he

and other animators have since argued, gave the impression that Asian artists slave

away in subpar sweatshops when, in fact, they animate much of ”X” every week in

high-tech workshops in downtown Seoul.

ID X

X:- THE SIMPSONS

Y:- BANKSY

Z:- COUCH GAG

10. Neil Patrick Harris

John Malkovich

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Paul Giamatti

Audie Murphy

Marcello Mastroianni 

Peter Falk

Joaquin Phoenix

Michael Cera

Albert Brooks

Andy Kaufman 

Steve Coogan

CONNECT (Non Exhaustive)

Celebrities who have played themselves on screen.

11. Holly Marie Combs

Topher Grace

Joshua Jackson

Barry Watson

Shane West

Five Television Actors

POKER

CONNECT ?

Brad Pitt (Rusty) taught them how to play Poker in Ocean’s Eleven

Audience Question

Live doves were released as a symbol of world peace, but a number of the doves

were burned alive also in the process. As a result of protests following the incident,

the last time live doves were released was in 1992. Balloon doves were released in

1994 and paper doves were used in 1996.

What are we talking about ?

At 1988 Seoul Olympics, doves were burnt alive by

lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony.