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V-Quiz Informal Session Names and Etymology

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Clockwise17 QuestionsBounce and Pounce10 Points Each41. X the Dread : The Laughter and Twenty Million was a book by Martin Amiss about the Soviet regime and its Twenty Million victims. X was the pseudonym by Stalin during his revolutionary days. Stalin was inspired by X , a major character in the book 'The Patricide' by Alexander Kazbegi . The name X was also used in a recent movie series for one of the major antagonist , who in certain ways are similar to StalinX?5

6Koba

72. The original meaning of this usage emphasises that 'ultimate reality' is abstract and formless , as propogated by the likes of Adi Sankara and not anthropomorphic like in the Vaishnavas and Shaivas theologies . What usage, often quoted out of context in mild deregotary sense is being talked about.8

9Nirguna Para Brahman103.Conversation between English speaking Travis Marshall and a Spanish speaking street vendor in the sixth season premiere of DexterTravis Marshall : I'd like some X, please.Vendor : Ah, Y.The word X and Y trace there origins to Sanskrit and Dravidian Languages. While Y is more or less similar to the root word(still very commonly used in Malayalam , Tamil etc.) in the Indian languages . X's differences of from the root word could be due to the loss of a consonant due to confusion with definitive article or influenced by the French word for 'Gold'.X and Y .11

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X-Orange ; Y - Naranja134. According to first century Roman historian Pliny the Elder , this place was named _____________ Insulae because of the presence of a vast multitudes of _________ , of very large size. Other speculations include presence of Monk Seals which the Ancient Romans or the people of the area worshipping ___________ or from the name of a tribe inhabiting the region. Though the coat of arms of still features ________, the region is more synonymous with another species which the region lends its name to.What region?

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15Canary Islands

165.Some of the theories about origin of 'X and Y' the narrative of a failed endeavor by two individuals are :-Cardinal Wolsey and Bishop Turbes who negotiated the wedding between the Mary Tudor and the French KingHalf Pint and Quarter Pint glasses becoming smaller as King Charles II reducing liquid volume measures to collect more taxDeposition of Louis XVI and Mary Antoinette (though chronologically improbable) A pregnant spinster from who died at child birth and the alleged father who had died in an accident earlier X and Y17

18Jack and Jill

196. The first flower(picture next slide)derives its name from an obsolete French word meaning tobacco plant .The flower is often used to represent anger , resentment and not losing hope. The second flower represents innocence and purity . Its name appears in English Bibles as the translation for Shoshanna(Hebrew) in Old Testaments and Krinon (Greek) in New Testaments.Identify the flowers which lend their names to a pair of popular fictional sisters. 20

22Petunia and Lily

237. _____________ is confectionary item with primary ingredients sugar syrup , butter , cream etc. The early usage of the word is found in association with Doncaster in South Yorkshire , the recipe listed as Doncaster _____________ in 1848 issue of 'Liverpool Mercury' . In 1855, F. K. Robinson's Glossary of Yorkshire Words explained ____________ as "a treacle ball with an amalgamation of butter in it. One of the many inconclusive theories about name of the sweet is that it comes from 'to cut or to score' as it had to be cut into pieces before it hardened . FITB24

25Butterscotch

268. Story goes that when Daphne who Apollo had loved turned into a Bay ________ tree(also called sweet bay) , he promised that her leaves would adorn the heads of leaders and be depicted in weapons etc. So the winners in the Pythian Games, one of the Pan Hallenic Games held in honour of Appolo , recieved a wreath made by interlocking the leaves and branches _________. In modern idiomatic usage _________ refers to victory or honor won for a achievement in a field or activity.27

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29Laurel

309. 'Darlie' is toothpaste brand is sold in China , Hong Kong ,Malaysia , Taiwan and Thailand by Hawley & Hazel, a joint venture company that is owned 50 percent by Colgate-Palmolive . The name 'Darlie' and the new logo were adapted on persuation from Colgate Palmolive , following an international outcry when they entered into the joint venture with Hawley & Hazel. The Chinese name 'Hai Ren' was not changed as 'research shows that Chinese consumers perceive the "Hei ren" toothpaste brand to be trustworthy, international and modern. The brand notoriously features in 'C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America' , a 2004 alternate history mockumentary in which Confederates with the American Civil WarWhat was the original name of the toothpaste

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33Darkie

3410. This term originated in an article by Mark Simpson published on November 15, 1994, in The Independent. Simpson wrote:___________ man, the single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in the city (because that's where all the best shops are), is perhaps the most promising consumer market of the decade. In the Eighties he was only to be found inside fashion magazines such as GQ. In the Nineties, hes everywhere and he's going shopping.The term became popular globally with another Mark Simpson article published in Salon.com in 2002, where is offered an updated definition and called ____________ as the biggest __________ in Britain35

36Metrosexual, David Beckham

3711. Below are the excerpts from the article America's Favorite National Pastime: Hating __________ published on the website of conservative American social and political commentator Ann Coutler in July , 2014.

There are no heroes, no losers, no accountability, and no child's fragile self-esteem is bruised. There's a reason perpetually alarmed women are called "______ ______," not "_______ ________."

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39Soccer Moms not Football Moms

4012.The folk etymology of the name of this race of female warriors, though there is no corroborating evidence, is that it means 'without breast' , related to the practise among them to cut of their right breast , so they could draw bowstring more effectively. The race lends its name to a geographic feature , after Spanish explorers were attacked by a tribe of women(or perhaps long haired men without beards) around this region. What name?41

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4313. Excerpts from Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish Tripathi describing Shurpanakha

her hair was blonde, a most unusual colour; every strand of it was in place. Her eyes were magnetic. Perhaps she was the child of Hiranyaloman ___________ ; fairskinned,light-eyed and light-haired foreigners who lived half a world away towards the north-west; their violent ways and incomprehensible speech had led to the Indians calling them barbarians.

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45Mlechcha4614. Referring to its origins , this is called 'Alfiere' in Italian, 'Alfil' in Spanish , 'Pil' in Persian and Turkish all derived from the Arabic word for Elephant . What is it called in English.47

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Bishop4915. The ______________ day , widely known as the birthday of the church is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter(the fiftieth day after Easter). The ___________(meaning Fiftieth day) was the Greek name for the Jewish Festival Shouvat- initially a harvest festival but later turned to commemorate the giving of the laws at Mount Sinai. As narrated in the Acts of Apostles book of New testaments , when the disciples and followers of Jesus Christ assembled on the Fiftieth Day after the resurrection, they were filled with the holy spirit and started speaking in languages they did not know. The day is celebrated as 'Whitsunday' and the following Monday a public holiday. FITB 50

51Pentecost5216. Jasbir Singh(aka X) and Kuljeet Singh (aka Y) were convicted and later executed on January 31 , 1982 for one of the most sensational cases in the history of independent India , the kidnap and murder of siblings Geetha and Sanjay Chopra(both of the kids being awarded the Kirti Chakra and National Bravery Award categories being named after them). Give X and Y, names with immense legacy in South Indian cinema53

54X-Billa ; Y-Ranga

5517. Conventional rules for the use of X in different parts of the WorldUnited States of America: Almost always capitalised.Suriname and Netherlands: Is written in lower case, except when used in standalone then first the letter is capitalised and filed under the first letter of the next word.Belgium : Always capitalised and filed under its first letter.South Africa : Not capitalized but filed under its first letterIn many countries X is used as a concatenation with the next word.X?

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57X- Van

58AZED4 Blanks , 5 points Each , 5 Bonus for getting all correct___A____ was first used in the late 19th century as a word for dandy, an extremely fashionable male. The word A is supposed to be a shortened form of _______C______ , as in ____B_____ ______C______ from a poem derogatory poem by the British Army troupes making fun of the Colonial soldiers who fought along with them in the French and Indian Wars. _____C_____ is derived from an Old German word meaning playing bad music referring to a simpleton. The song makes fun of the colonial simpletons who think that they could , by imitating , be like ______D______, a society of high born Englishmen who returned after their European ventures with a taste for effeminate dressing and Italian food

61A-Dude

B-Yankee

C-Doodle

D- MacaroniDude was first used in the late 19th century as a word for dandy, an extremely fashionable male. The word A is supposed to be a shortened from of Doodle , as in Yankee Doodle from the poem derogatory poem by the British Army troupes making fun of the Colonial soldiers who fought along with them in the French and Indian Wars. Doodle is derived from an Old German word meaning playing bad music referring to a simpleton. The song makes fun of the colonial simpletons who think that they could , by imitating , be like Macaroni, a society of high born Englishmen who returned after their European ventures with a taste for effeminate dressing and Italian food

Anti- Clockwise17 QuestionBounce and Pounce10 Points Each1. A _____________ is a curry dish popular in Pakistan , Bangladesh and Hyderabad. The dish is made with a meat (as with all dishes in India , also available in vegetarian) with a large amount of Onion both cooked into the curry and as a garnish. Legend has it that the dish was created when a courtier of Akbar added large quantities of onion to meat by mistake. The Hyderabadi version usually comes with raw mangoes or lime juice making the dish slightly sour. 65

66 Dopiaza or Do Pyaza672. The __________ ____________: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice was a controversial essay, which was later released a book, written by Christopher Hitchens in which he criticises Mother Teresa for helping the poor only for the spread of the Catholic Church and her fraternizing with tyrants and financial criminals of the world for financial gains.

Fill in the with very interesting title.68

69The Missionary Position

703. In picture(next slide) is US comedian Bob Burns with an instrument supposed to be invented by him. The instrument made with two tubes one ending in a flaring bell was used by him in his radio shows and later in movies starring him. The instrument did not catch the interest of musicians and therefore it has been largely forgotten. But during World War II , its name was used as a nickname for something that resembled it and because of this the name have since been Internationally popular. What was nicknamed after Burn's invention 71

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744. In 2008 , the Andhra Pradesh Government officially renamed the coastal district of Nellore in honour of a X , a prominent freedom fighter and Gandhian born in there, as X Nellore District.

Give X who is also called Amarajeevi in Andhra and about whom Mahatma Gandhi has remarked If only I have eleven more followers like __________ I will win freedom [from British rule] in a year75

76X=Sri Potti Sri Ramulu

775. Chintu Ji is a 2009 movie socio-political directed by Ranjit Kapoor . The movie stars Rishi Kapoor (Chintu Ji ) playing an exaggerated version of himself who has relocated to his birth village Hadbahedi , for gaining mileage to his political career. The movie also features a special appearance by Kseniya Ryabinkina, the Russian trapeze artist who acted with Rishis father Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker.

In the movie , while in Hadbahedi Rishi Kapoor shoots for a movie, in which there is a tribal song but instead of using usual gibberish they used a novel idea for the lyrics.

How does the lyrics of this item number starring Sophie Chaudry, sung by Anushka Manchandani pay tribute to world cinema.

79Lyrics with names of accomplished Directors of World CinemaTarantino, Vittorio, Mizoguchi, Coppola

Tarantino, Wilder, CapraOzu, Bertolucci, PeckinpahFellini, Visconti, Oshima, Coppola, Coppola

Wyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Mizoguchi, De PalmaWyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Brian De Palma

Akira Kurosawa, Vittorio De Sica

Tarantino, Vittorio, Mizoguchi, Coppola

Bertolucci, Bertolucci, Lumet, LumetBertolucci, Bertolucci, Oooooh

Sergi(o) Leone, Sergi(o) Leone, Truffaut, TruffautSergi(o) Leone, Sergi(o) Leone, OoooohWyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Mizoguchi, De PalmaWyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Brian De Palma

Akira Kurosawa, Vittorio De Sica

SATYAJIT RAY!

Woody Allen, Woody Allen, B DeMille, CB De MilleWoody Allen, Woody Allen, Oooooh

Milos Forman, Milos Forman, Godard, GodardMilos Forman, Milos Forman, Oooooh

Wyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Mizoguchi, De PalmaWyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Brian De Palma

Akira Kurosawa, Vittorio De Sica

Tarantino, Wilder, CapraOzu, Bertolucci, PeckinpahFellini, Visconti, Oshima, Coppola, Coppola

Wyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Mizoguchi, De PalmaWyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Brian De Palma

Akira Kurosawa, Vittorio De Sica

6. This three word phrase is supposed have originated from a gesture used to express contempt . The use of this gesture in expressing contempt has been illustrated in the eighteenth century book Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollet as follows

He looked back and pronounced with a faltering voice, 'O! 'tis very welldamn my blood! I shall find a time.' I signified my contempt of him by thrusting my ____________in my __________, which humbled him so much, that he scarce swore another oath aloud during the whole journey.

A usage more akin to its contemporary usage can be found in the 1842 poem The Ingoldsby Legends as

Superbe! Magnifique!'(with his _______ in his ________)

What phrase

82Tongue in Cheek

7. The first Europeans to discover the X plant were the soldiers of Hernando Cortes who were exploring southern Mexico in the 1660s . They named it X , meaning little Y meaning little sheath , as the Latin word Y used to mean sheath or scabbard ( a cover for the blade of a sword) in those days . Y has later come to mean something entirely different and its etymology might come across as politically incorrect.

X and Y

85X- Vanilla ; Y-Vagina

8. Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf was a former Iraqi diplomat and politician , he was the Information Minister under the Saddam Hussein regime and acted as a spokesperson for the regime during the Iraq War , 2003. In his war time broadcasts contained elaborate propaganda, like the invincibility of the Iraqi army , Saddams eternal rule etc . He became popular in the Western world when these broadcasts , originally meant for the domestic audience who are subject to heavy censorship, were found funny by non-Iraqis. He has since been part of memes and cartoons for people making false reassurances about thing being positive when the are not.

What nickname , a wordplay on the nickname of another Iraqi , did this infamy earn him

88Comical Ali

9. The 19 March 1945 , contains the translations of a book titles In _______ _________ ______ , recovered by the US troops after the liberation of Paris . The book written by Dr E. Ahlswede , who claims to have live in the United Sates for ten years draws a Nazi propagandist picture of America. The translated excerpts of the book included

The American baby knows, before he learns how to walk ,that he marches at the head of civilization , America has the highest mountains, trees and buildings , and the biggest apples , potatoes and grasshoppers , America has the noblest and most upright men on Earth , and it has the most crooks and the most outrageous robberies. It has the greatest human inventions , and the most numerous murders per year and per head of population and an American is deeply offended if you doubt one of his claims that the US is _________ _________ _____________

The phrase was very often used by the Germans to refer to the American culture most notably Goebbels in a an essay in German newspaper Das Reich in 1942 and 1943 Nazi anti-America anti- Semitic propaganda book whose title translated as USA naked! Photo documents from ____________ ______________ _______________

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Gods Own Country10.The word X finds its roots in the Latin word for seed. In the mid 14th century the word used to mean plot where plants are raised from seeds figuratively meaning a breading ground. The current meaning of X was first recorded in the 1580s , and was used to refer to any school, especially academies for young ladies, till early 20th century

Give X , which at present refers to something ironic given its etymology

94Seminary11. Etienne de ______________ was the Controller General of Finances under Louis XV. He earned a lot ire from the French upper class when he tried to tax the rich and privileged to avoid an impending crisis . His penny pinching measures as treasury chief to finance the Seven Years Wars resulted in his name being associated with anything cheap ,and an alternative technique to create portraits .popular at the time ,for people who could not afford the paintings portraits was named after him . Alternatively it is also said that the technique was named so because during his tenure he had filled his chateau with such portraits.

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97Silhouette

12. The Rhythm Method is a type of birth control in which the woman recognizes days when she is fertile and abstains from sex on these days and just before them . The method is called natural birth control as it does not involve any unnatural birth control devices. Though the method is quite dicey with a lot of women practicing it getting pregnant , it is the only method of contraception endorsed and promoted by the Catholic Church and so practitioners of the method are often euphemistically said to be playing _____________ _______________

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(Method illustrated in the next slide)

101Vatican Roulette10213. On of the earliest mentions of the usage in its present day meaning is in the 1951, March 15th edition of The Los Angeles Times titles ____________ ______________ - A New Measure of a Husband. Excerpts

I first heard about them [__________ __________] when the chap standing next to me in the elevator pulled a letter from his pocket, looked at it in dismay and muttered More lost _________ __________.Figuring him for an eccentric, I forgot about them until that evening when one of the boys looked soulfully into the foam brimming his glass and said solemnly:"I should have been home two hours ago ... I'll never catch up on my _______________ ___________."

_____________ ____________! What esoteric cult was this that immersed men in pixie mathematics?"You don't know about _______________ ____________? It's a way of figuring where you stand with the little woman - favor or disfavor. Started way back in the days of the leprechauns, I suppose, long before there were any doghouses.

FITB with a common usage which according to popular etymology traces its origin to the youngest group of Guides and Scouts and from there to a legendary creature from Scottish and English folkore who inhabits houses and helps in household chores.103

104Brownie Points10514.There are many stories about the origin of the most popular name of this area which real estate promoters try to sell as Clinton or Midtown West. Two of the very interesting probably reasons according to a local historian Mary Clark

...........Another version ascribes the name's origins to a German restaurant in the area known as ___________ ___________, after its proprietors.But the most common version traces it to the story of "Dutch Fred the Cop," a veteran policeman, who with his rookie partner, was watching a small riot on West 39th Street near Tenth Avenue. The rookie is supposed to have said, "This place is _______ itself," to which Fred replied, "________'s a mild climate. This is _________ __________."

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107Hell's Kitchen,New York10815 .According to the preface of the novel Manushyanu Oru Amukham, chronicling the life and times of Ayyatumpilli clan along three generations, the novelist Subhash Chandran had written a short story Novel Samgraham encompassing his idea for the the novel . Later having feared he would not be able to complete the novel he published part of the novel , till what he had written , as a short story , which won a lot of accolades from literary luminaries like Sugathakumari , which finally prompted him to write the entire novel.

Under what very self explanatory title did Subhash Chandran publish part of his novel 109

110Manushyanu Oru Amukham Enna Novelinte Onnamadhyayam11116 . An 'X Hunt' is usually a fool's errand(an imaginary task) that experienced members of a group give to the inexperienced members as a practical joke. Eg : finding left handed screw drivers, a bucket of steam or King Robert Baratheon in Game of Thrones asking his squire for breastplate stretchers. The origin of the phrase is experienced campers sending to inexperienced campers to catch imaginary X, using ridiculous techniques like running around carrying a bag, banging stones etc. In real life X is a bird found in marshes , usually very difficult hunt because of its camouflage and erratic flight patterns, and therefore skilled hunters who were skilled to shoot them down bagan to called Y(Derived from X).X or Y112

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114X-Snipe; Y-Sniper

11517. The word X in Latin means "Another Time , Another Place " and Y is a name derived from another Hebrew name meaning " Yahweh is my God". X and Y are not identical in spelling or pronunciation(UK and US) . Due to the presence of similar consonants , the different pronunciation of Y and the position of X in a popular phrase, some Malayalis(not so uncommonly in online forums) tend to confuse X for Y.

X and Y. 116

117X-Alias , Y-Elias

118Alternate Titles Identify movies from their alternate titles10 Questions , 5 points each , 10 bonus for getting all right119Planet Ice

Group Hug

Everybody Comes to Ricks

A Boys Life

Tara and Maya

Oil!

Growing Up

A Delicate Balance of Terror

Trash Planet

It had to be Jew120

121Planet Ice - Titanic

Group Hug - Marvels Avengers

Everybody Comes to Ricks - Casablanca

A Boys Life - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Tara and Maya Kamasutra : A Tale of Love

Oil! There will be Blood

Growing Up Boyhood

A Delicate Balance of Terror - Dr . Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Trash Planet Wall - E

It had to be Jew Annie Hall122LVCNot an Exclusive ListNo points for identification Connect Points mentioned on each slide

100/-50

90/-45

80/-4070/-35

60/-30

50/-25

40/-2030/-15

20/-1010/-5

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135Russia

Gaul

California

Cyprus

Scandinavia

France

Germany

America

Poland

Europe

Ytterby Mine

137Places after which elements are namedRussia(Ruthenia) - Ruthenium

Gaul - Gallium

California - Californium

Cyprus Copper(Cuprum)

Scandinavia - Scandium

France - Francium

Germany - Germanium

America - Americium

Poland Polonium

Europe - Europium

Ytterby Mine Yttrium, Terbium , Erbium , Ytterbium

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