3. Cosmic latte is a name
assigned to the average color
of the X, given by a team
of astronomers from Johns
Hopkins University. It was first
mistaken to be a cosmic
turquoise due to some
software error. Some of the
popular contenders for the
name were univeige, big bang
beige, skywory etc . What
entity is “cosmic latte ” in
colour?
Cosmic latte
Cosmic
turquoise
9. The woman was the first person to accomplish this feat
The man often used to claim that he actually bettered
this feat in his attempt . It’s rather ironical that the man
died from the injuries sustained from slipping off an
orange/banana peel.
Give me the feat and at least the name of one of the
persons.
12. She was a member of the Kennedy family,
sister of President John F. Kennedy and
Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted
Kennedy. She was the founder in 1962 of
Camp Shriver which started on her
Maryland farm known as Timberlawn. Her
husband, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.,
was United States Ambassador to
France and the Democratic vice presidential
candidate in the 1972 U.S. presidential
election . There are yet another two
popular claim to fame’s for this lady . Either
give me both claim to fame’s or ID the lady
and give a single claim to fame.
18. "This was, I think, a once-in-a-lifetime
moment. In my 25 years as a
photographer, I've never had an
uncontrollable external element make a
photo like this, and I imagine if I tried
again for a similar result for the next 50
years, it wouldn't happen again. So, I
only really give myself credit for one
percent of this picture.“
Who is the Speaker?
24. Shown in the pic 2 bedroom ground floor flat at 44
Eaton Square put for sale and listed on zoopla.co.uk
for USD 5 million.
A plaque is mounted on the exterior of the property,
and reads:
Prince METTERNICH (1773-1859)
Austrian Statesman
Lived here in 1848
27. "Non, je ne regrette rien“ is a French song composed
by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire. It was
written in 1956, and is best known through Édith Piaf's 1960
recording. This song has been used in pop culture in a 2012
animation movie . Id . The movie
30. This specific piece in a traditional carnatic music recital where
all the percussion get together in constant improvisational
repetitions also gives its name to a famous Malayalam movie
. The piece is also used in the opening credits of the movie .
Id the movie/music piece .
33. He excelled at sport representing the school’s 1st XI
and XV in Cricket & Rugby respectively, playing
alongside Irish Rugby International Alan
Buchanan. He was well known for his highly
competitive spirit and became the Light Heavyweight
Boxing Champion of the school. He also won
medals in swimming and owing at Portora. He was
passionate about sports all his life tuning in to
international rugby on the radio, regularly attending
Lords when rehearsing in London. And he can lay
claim to being the only Nobel Prize winner in
Cricket’s Wisden Almanack.
43. The picture was uploaded
on Sina Weibo (a Chinese
social media network) . Ever
since the post, the picture of
the bizarre conception has
gone viral, says an update
on Mashable. What bizarre
conception?
45. “ super sexy, summertime
anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair
stockings, essential for all
young girls going out ”
46. Tim Bray , an IT expert ,is recommending to
the Internet Engineering Task Force, which governs
the HTTP status code message choices, that when
access to a website is denied for legal reasons the
user is given the status code X.
504 Gateway Timeout
503 Service Unavailable
404 Not Found
X The server understood the request,
but is refusing to fulfill it.
54. The stone sculpture of kuravan and kuravatti In
ramakkalmedu in kerala .
55. The central guy in the
picture is demonstrating
something to his
friends.The way we
know it refers to a
brilliant idea or
discovery that seems
simple or easy after the
accomplishment.Shown
in the second pic is a
memorial for this guy in
Spain.
57. Egg of Columbus.
He was told that Discovery of
America was not a big thing
at all.
58. The idiom means to pass a point of no return, and refers
to a thing Julius Caesar did in 49 BC . The phrase has
survived to refer to any individual or group committing itself
irrevocably to a risky or revolutionary course of action,
similar to the modern phrase "passing the point of no return"
61. It is a handmade object based on a willowhoop, on
which is woven a loose net or web. It is then
decorated with sacred items such as feathers and
beads.
An explanation of Lakota origin, "Nightmares pass
through the holes and out of the window. The good
dreams are trapped in the web, and then slide down
the feathers to the sleeping person.
70. According to the Oxford Dictionary Online, to X is "to
dance to popular music in a sexually provocative
manner involving thrusting hip movements and a
low, squatting stance". Comparisons have been
made with traditional African dances, for instance
the Mapoukafrom West Africa which was banned
from the television of Ivory Coast due to its
suggestive nature.
In 2013, X was added to the Oxford Dictionary
Online. The dictionary said the word had been
around for 20 years, but the evidence for it to be
included in the dictionary had tipped the scale when
U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus gave a controversial and
headline-producing dance at the MTV Video Music
Awards.
73. The Motion Picture Association's Production Code in
July 1934, objected unpardonable language on
screen. But the production code on November 1,
1939, allowed the use of those tabooed words that
"shall be essential and required for potrayal, in
proper historical context, of any scene or dialogue,
based upon historical fact or folklore or a quotation
from a literary work, provided that no such use shall
be permitted which in intrinsically objectionable or
offends good taste"
Why was this amendment made?
76. This is a much lauded epigraph of E M Forster’s Howard’s
end. The epigraph is said to sum up the writer’s philosophical
beliefs .
“______ _________ the pros and the passion and both will be
exalted “
FITB.
83. “ Nicolas Cage, wanted to build his
career on his own merits. So the Oscar
winner dropped the familiar surname in
favor of Cage and has been going his
own way ever since -- which is, to say,
every way possible ”
What was his famous surname?
97. In a popular phone commercial, X tells
Tweety, the Looney Tunes character,
that they are not related. This puzzles
Tweety because they have the same
last name and they look "very much
alike". Who is X, who also had a cameo
in a Looney Toons movie?
100. Though X evokes the modern term for
a horse, it is derived from an old
English word referring to a mythological
demon who tortured people during the
night. Studies have shown that Xs form
75% of all_ _____. Xs are especially
common among young children who
experience it once a week on average.
X?
103. The comic cover given
below pays tribute to a
very famous anti-Nazi
cartoon of a particular
franchise . The Cartoon is
the only one in the
franchise to have received
an academic award for the
best animated feature film
. Id the Franchise and the
film which also has a
popular song in its name .
104.
105.
106.
107. Who is being paid tribute in this
specific angry birds character ?
110. The body was re-cremated during the
funeral, but X’s heart remained intact. It
was considered to be holy and placed in a
glass chalice at Xa Loi Pagoda. The intact
heart relic is regarded as a symbol of
compassion. X has subsequently been
revered by Vietnamese Buddhists as
a bodhisattva. Who am I talking about . At
least tell me how do we better know him as
?
113. The explanation of the term "lazy Susan" and who "Susan"
might have been seems to have been lost to history.[Folk
etymologies claim it as an American invention and trace its
name to a product. Part of the mystery arises from the variety
of devices that were grouped under the term dumb
waiter (today written "dumbwaiter"). An early 18th-
century British article in The Gentleman's
Magazine describes how silent machines had replaced over-
garrulous servants at some tables. So what exactly is a lazy
Susan ?
116. Acc. To OED, this phrase originated in the
19th century when ____ began to be seen in
a more favourable light. This was also aided
by an 1869 discovery by a Frenchman who
also has a process named after him. The
phrase first appeared in print in 1821.
The faithful ___ - why should I strive To
speak his merits, while they live
In every heart, and ____ ____ _______
Does often at his heels attend.
118. It symbolizes how the Vietnamese used their
limited resources to great advantage during the
war against the US. It is an immense network of
footpaths and roads , used to transport men and
materials from the north to the south.
It had support bases and hospitals along the way .
In some parts supplies were transported in trucks ,
but mostly they were carried by porters , who were
mainly women.
Most of it was outside Vietnam in neighboring
Laos and Cambodia.
What is It?
121. “ Today, we celebrate the first glorious
anniversary of the Information Purification
Directives. We have created, for the first time
in all history, a garden of pure ideology—
where each worker may bloom, secure from
the pests purveying contradictory truths. Our
Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a
weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We
are one people, with one will, one resolve,
one cause. Our enemies shall talk
themselves to death, and we will bury them
with their own confusion. We shall prevail! ”
This is an excerpt from what.Put Funda.
127. This first-of- its-kind electronic device built by AIO
Robotics contains certain vital components like the
XYZ-carrier, turntable and an external shell.It is
capable of outputting a layer resolution of 100
microns (200 & 300 options available for faster
cases) and can produce in volumes up to 26cm x
18cm x 15cm in PLA.
The first working device of this kind was
designed by Charles W. (Chuck) Hull using the
stereolithography technique
129. The left pic is that of the world’s first 3D
printer.
The other is ZEUS , The first and only
device that allows users to 3D Scan, Print,
Copy, and Fax objects.