1)X, written by Nandi in 1000 chapters, were reproduced byShvetaketu, ..., in an abbreviated form in 500 chapters, and this

workwas again similarly reproduced in an abridged form, in 150

chapters,by Babhravya, .... These 150 chapters were then put together under

7parts by Suvarnanabha, Ghotakamukha, Gonardiya, Gonikaputra,Dattaka, Kuchumara.

Thus the work ... as the parts which were expounded by Dattaka andthe others treated only of the particular branches of the subject towhich each part related, and moreover as the original work ofBabhravya was difficult to be mastered on account of its length, Y,therefore, composed his work in a small volume as an abstract of

the whole of the works of the above-named authors.

X and Y?

2)Persons attempting to find a motive in this

narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

3) Last stanza of a song. Which one? Raatri Prabhatilo Udilo Rabichhabi, Purbo

Udayo Giri Bhaaley

Gaahey Bihangamo Punyo Samirano, Nabo Jibano Rasho Dhaley

Tabo Karunaaruno Ragey,Nidrito Bhaarato Jagey

Tabo Chorone Noto Maatha

4)Animal rights and welfare groups such as PETA, Farm

Sanctuaryand the Humane Society of the United States contend that

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ production methods, consist of cruel and inhumanetreatment of animals.

Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, France and Hungary are the onlyEuropean countries, where production of ‐‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐‐ stillcontinues.

The production of ‐‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐‐ is also prohibited in parts of US .Argentina and Israel are other countries that have banned itsproduction.

French law however states that “‐‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐‐‐ belongs to theprotected cultural and gastronomical heritage of France."What is ‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐‐‐??

5)Requiem for a Dream. Film depicts different forms of

addiction, leading to the characters’ imprisonment in a dream world of delusion and reckless desperation that is subsequently overtaken and devastated by reality.

Contains over 2,000 cuts. (Most have 600to 700)

The last action of every character in their last scene is identical. What do they do in their last scene?

6)In 1938, Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion" was

overlooked for venice film festival's top prize known back then as the Coppa Mussolini ("Mussolini Cup") despite being the clear favourite amongst both festivalgoers and jury members. Instead, the Coppa was jointlya warded to a twopart German film called "Olympia", commissioned by Joseph Goebbels to document Nazi successes at the 1938 Berlin Olympics; and "Luciano Serra, Pilota", made under the supervision of Il Duce's own son. What did this lead to?

7)There exists a very interesting anecdote behind this new job. X

andDev Anand used the services of the same laundry man when theywere at Prabhat in Pune in 1945. One day Anand found that oneof his shirts had been replaced with a different one. On arrivingat work as the hero of Hum Ek Hain, he found the film's youngchoreographer wearing his shirt. On being questioned, Xadmitted that it was not his shirt, but since he had no other, hewas wearing the replacement. This developed into a greatfriendship, since they were of the same age. They promised eachother that, if X were to turn filmmaker, he would hire Anand ashis hero, and if Dev were to produce a film then he would use Xas its director.Dev Anand fulfilled his end of the bargain, but still regrets that

hisfriend X did not. Who was X?

8) connect

9)X and Y

 "How ugly is X?! There was no point buying him, it wasn't worth it. He's so ugly that he'd sink you as a brand. Between X and Y, I'd go for Y a hundred times. Just look how handsome Y is, the class he has, the image. The whole of Asia has fallen in love with us because of Y. X is too ugly."

10)

Shown here is the cover of a novel called Peter & Max, from the series, Fables. The novel is about two brothers, Peter and Max. If Max was the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who is Peter?

11)

The novel gets its title from a line in the third part in the series, rather than the first (unlike the rest). The extract is:

The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "__________ _____…" twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.

12)

X, or The Great Dog Robberyis a 1956 novel by Dodie Smith. A sequel, Y was named after one of the techniques used to find the dogs in X.

Id X and Y.

13)

A X is a literary device, that is at times, a bad literary practice, as more often than not, it is caused due to writer‘s block. The writer often tries to introduce a new plot element towards the end of the story to allow the heroes to defeat the villains.

Some famous examples include Sir Walter Scott‘s novel Ivanhoe, in which the protagonist, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, although weakened strikes a weak, half-hearted blow to Sir Brian de Bois Gilbert in a duel to the death. The blow proves fatal for Sir Brian, although no explanation is given.

Another famous example is the concept of the Deathly Hallows introduced by J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

X?

14)Bernard Hermann was a famous movie film composer. Some

of the movies that he has composed music for include Citizen Kane, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), and many other films of the 1950s and 1960s.

Possibly, his most famous composition is called The Murder. Initially, the director of the movie for which this piece would be a part of the soundtrack wanted there to be no music for that scene, but Bernard Hermann convinced him otherwise, and this piece is now one of the great cult themes of all time.

The piece mainly consists of the string section of an orchestra and involves a large amount of screeching violin sounds.

Id the film for which Hermann contributed The Murder.

15)What came next? Funda also

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16) Explain

Yes No

17) The name of a certain sub-class of a particular mode of transport is derived from these two coins. What?

18)During WW II, the Soviet Air Force dropped

incendiaries and cluster bombs against Finnish troops and fortifications.

The Soviet People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs _____ claimed over radio that the Soviet Union were not dropping bombs but delivering food to the starving Finns

The Finns started to call the air bombs ________ bread baskets.

Soon the Finns used back “_______" which were called "a drink to go with the food".

19)X?

A dripping wet canvas covered the entire floor. . . There was complete silence. . . X looked at the painting. Then, unexpectedly, he picked up can and paint brush and started to move around the canvas. It was as if he suddenly realized the painting was not finished. His movements, slow at first, gradually became faster and more dance like as he flung black, white, and rust colored paint onto the canvas. He completely forgot that Lee and I were there; he did not seem to hear the click of the camera shutter. . . My photography session lasted as long as he kept painting, perhaps half an hour. In all that time, X did not stop. How could one keep up this level of activity? Finally, he said 'This is it.'”

20)In 1970, Puma had roped in Pele to raise the

company's profile and gave him $120,000 to wear their boots. In 1970 FIFA World Cup Final, complying with a request by Puma's representative Hans Henningsen, Pele did something which shot their KING model boots to instant fame.

21)Every yeah forbes releases a list of the 15

richest fictionl characters. In 2011 Scrooge mcduck came first and Artemis fowl was third. X came in second

X’s net worth is 36.2 billion dollars. X is 340 years old. X stays in Forks, Wash and his source of income is Compound Interest and Investments.

X?

22)The word ‘X’ comes from the name given by the London

based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. to the compressed tablets they marketed as ‘X’ pills in the late 1880s. Prior to compressed tablets, medicine was usually taken in bulkier powder form.

While Burroughs Wellcome & Co. were not the first to derive the technology to make compressed tablets, they were the most successful at marketing them

Today, the word X is used for products in a completely different category.

23)Connect. Shady connect

24)Which English expression owes its origin

to the use of mercury in the manufacture of felt (during the 18th and 19th centuries)?

25)In Frances Burnett’s 1886 children’s novel,

a boy from a poor American family turns out to be the heir to an irritable old English Earl.

It created a major fashion trend for a type of boys’ suit.

It is also the middle name of a famous duck.

Name the novel / title character.

26)Connect these songs.

1. "Man Mora Bawra" -- Film: Raagini--1958

2. "Ajab Hai Dastan Teri Yeh Zindagi"--Film:

Shararat--1959

3. "Hamein Koi Gham hai"--Film: Bhagam Bhagh--

1956

4."Chale Ho Kahan Kar Ke Jee Beqarar"--Film:

Bhagam Bhagh--1956

5. “Apni aadat hai “--Film: Pyar Deewana--1972

27)ConnectJane Wyman in the movie  Johnny Belinda

 Patty Duke in the movie  The Miracle

Worker

John Mills in the movie  Ryan's Daughter

 Holly Hunter in the movie  The Piano

28)John Wood Campbell, Jr.was an influential

figure in American science fiction. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction, from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction.

He once described the most dangerous chemical in the world as –“…a single exposure to this substance cause life long addiction, withdrawal for more than a few minutes can be fatal there is no cure and prognosis is death”.

What was he referring to?

29)In the standard English playing card deck, one

among the four kings is called as the "suicide king“. Why?

30)

In 1898, Edward William Barton-Wright, a British engineer who had spent the previous three years living in the Empire of Japan, returned to England and announced the formation of a "New Art of Self Defence". This art, he claimed, combined the best elements of a range of fighting styles into a unified whole, which he had named Bartitsu.The word was a portmanteau of his own surname and of "Jujitsu"

Bartitsumight have been completely forgotten if not for a chance mention in a famous work of fiction. Its protagonist claimed to have used this technique to extricate himself from a near death situation.

Identify the protagonist

31)Put it’s the connect

1) wrestling referee Yossef Gutfreund, age 402) wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg, age 333) weightlifter Yossef Romano, age 314) weightlifter David Berger, age 285) weightlifter Ze'ev Friedman, age 286) wrestler Eliezer Halfin, age 247) track coach Amitzur Shapira, age 408) shooting coach Kehat Shorr, age 539) wrestler Mark Slavin, age 1810) fencing coach Andre Spitzer, age 2711) weightlifting judge Yakov Springer, age 51

32)The Kohanim (descendents of the priests of theTemple of Jerusalem) join their hands in front ofthemselves, at shoulder height, thumb to thumb inthis same position, representing the Hebrew letterShin .• The most famous exponent of this picked it up

whenhe followed his grandfather to an Orthodoxsynagogue.• What are we talking about?

33)FITB and Funda

The first world cup in this genre of team sport happened in 1973 and the man behind the idea was Sir Jack Hayward, who paid £40,000 of the costs.

Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, England, Young England and an International team took part in the inaugural event.

Hayward, known as Union Jackbecause of his passion for all things English, was asked somewhat scathingly why he would want to pourso much money into what was seen as a commercially unattractive game. And he replied thus

"It's quite simple, I love --------, and I love --------and what could be better than to have the two rolled together?“

Which this team sport?

34)There was an asura named Tripura who was so

terrifying and powerful no celestialbeing could even face him in person. It took only an equally terrifying God to take himon, and all the Gods directly went to Lord Shiva. Now cometh the hour, cometh thespecial weapon -Lord Shiva had a special weapon named Aghhora (from which we getthe word for ugly/ disfigured). Using the weapon, the Lord saved the world from theasura who became shapeless and lifeless and fell to the ground, dead. Shiva's heathad to be totally used in summoning the weapon. The heat was toomuch, even for Shiva.

What happened next?

35)In many recent public appearances, Jayalalitha

has been noticed breaking her vow of 14 years. When asked about it, she replied saying that after the recent emphatic win over the DMK, thousands of party members had gathered in front of her house and asked to change her mind. She added that a few fans even threatened to immolate themselves. What vow ?

36)Shown here are fumi-e. They were used by the

Tokugawa shogunate during the 17th and 18th centuries to reveal practicing Catholics and sympathizers (which was outlawed). How ?

37)Plato was one of the followers of Socrates and once

Socrates died Plato left Athens. However when he eventually came back to Athens, he set up a place of higher learning for students to learn mathematics. The land to set up this place was given by a man called _______ and hence he named the school after him. Which word in the English comes from the name of the school set up by Plato?

38)An Israeli couple, Lior and Vardit Adler have been in

the news recently for a unusual sort of name that they have given to their daughter. When Vardit posted the baby’s pic on Facebook along with its name, a lot of her friends gave thumbs up for the name. What name did the couple give for their baby daughter?

39)Milan Vohra (shown in pic) will become the first

Indian to write for this 100 year old brand. Though the brand has been in India for more than 60 years this is the first time it will be using an original Indian contribution. Which brand am I talking about ?

40)C H Long was a foreman of JA Ranch in

Texas. He was supposed to be a very shy and unassuming person at work. However in 1949 he was catapulted to international attention by Leonard McCombe. What is C H Long’s claim to fame?

41)X or anarchaic hand neurological disorder

where the patient's hands seem to have a mind of their own results due to accidental or intended loss(in case of epilepsy treatment) of contact between left and right hemisphere.

The other name X is a pop culture reference. X pls

+5 / last guess