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1.
For the first time, Himachal Pradesh hosted the ___________ World
Cup from 24 October to 31 October in 2015. Venue for the world cup was
Bir Billing, which is 70 km from the tourist town Macleod ganj, located in the
heart of Himachal in Kangra District.

2.
• X was invented in Japan in about 1869, after the lifting of a ban on
_______ ________ from the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), and at
the beginning of a rapid period of technical advancement in Japan.
• If the word X originates from the Japanese word jinrikisha tell me
what this invention is?

3. FITB, Event, Use?
• The wood from the __________ Trees are heavy, yellow, and fine-
grained, and unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their
fragrance for decades, and is the second most expensive wood in the
world, after African blackwood.
• The powder or paste, mixed with saffron or independently, is used in
various rituals across cultures. Where would the paste and powder be
used in a huge amount, later this month in a duodecennial event?
• The African Blackwood timber commands high prices because of its
machinability and dimensional stability. Apart from fine furniture,
what is it primarily used in the manufacturing of?

• Sandalwood
• Mahamastakabhisheka, Shravanabelagola
• Musical instruments

5. Badass
• What?
• What is the
central
“white”?

6. Non-exhaustive list of?
• alligator, anteater, armadillo, auroch, axolotl, badger, bat, beaver,
buffalo, camel, chameleon, cheetah, chipmunk, chinchilla,
chupacabra, cormorant, coyote, crow, dingo, dinosaur, dolphin, duck,
elephant, ferret, fox, frog, giraffe, gopher, grizzly, hedgehog, hippo,
hyena, jackal, jackalope, ibex, ifrit, iguana, koala, kraken, lemur,
leopard, liger, llama, manatee, mink, monkey, narwhal, nyan cat,
orangutan, otter, panda, penguin, platypus, python, pumpkin,
quagga, rabbit, raccoon, rhino, sheep, shrew, skunk, slow loris,
squirrel, turtle, walrus, wolf, wolverine, wombat

7.
• In 1993, artist and thinker John Frazee posed the question in
OMNI magazine about what would happen if you were to attach a ___X___
to a ___Y____
• Some people maintain that the experiment will produce an anti-
gravity effect. They propose that as the Y falls towards the ground, it will
slow down and start to rotate, eventually reaching a steady state of
hovering a short distance from the ground while rotating at high speed as
both the X’s ___________ and the Y’s _________ attempt to land on the
ground.
• The result could be called a true perpetual motion machine. The principles
involved are explained in “Perpetual Motion”, an award-winning 2003 short
by Rochester Institute of Technology student Kimberly Miner.

8.
• X, an abbreviation for 'video evolution', is an
American multinational video hosting service founded on December
8, 2009, as a joint venture between the "big three" record
companies, Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music
Entertainment (SME) and Warner Music Group (WMG) along with
Google!
• X?

9. Go Red!
• X-ism is the practice of making accusations
of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. The
Delhi University incident had shades of X-ism as well. In the United
States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the administration,
prompted by allegations made by Senator Joseph X, carried out an
unprecedented purge against those perceived to be either
Communists or their sympathisers. Eminent scientists, filmmakers and
actors, including Charlie Chaplin had to flee the country for survival.

10.
• The term _______, originated from the French word franc, meaning
“free” which turned into the Arabic _______ before reaching its
current avatar, which broadly meant anyone who came from a
Christian country.
• What term?

11. FITB
• A ________ was a type of rigid airship named after the German Count
Ferdinand von ________ who pioneered rigid airship development at
the beginning of the 20th century. After the outstanding success of
the design, the word ________ came to be commonly used to refer to
all rigid airships.
• The guitarist is known to have chosen this name after Keith Moon
told him that his ‘idea’ would "go down like a lead balloon." "Balloon"
was replaced with " ________" as the guitarist saw it as a symbol of
"the perfect combination of heavy and light, combustibility and
grace."

For the group's self-titled debut album, Page suggested the group use a
picture of the Hindenburg crashing in New Jersey in 1937, much to Frau
Eva Von Zeppelin’s disgust.

12. 21 International caps for Republic of Ireland. Who?
• He began his career with Celtic and was later loaned to Aarhus in
2001. He returned to Celtic Park and broke into the first-team squad
during the 2003–04 season. Rejecting the offer of a new contract
from Celtic, he joined Manchester United in 2004 on a free transfer
and then was loaned to Leeds United during the 2005–06 season.
• Later in his career he played for Sunderland and Queens Park
Rangers, and then moved to Australia. In 2015, he joined his
hometown team Cork City, and a year later Wilmington
Hammerheads.

Pounce/Bounce
+10/-5 for Pounce
+10 on Direct

1.
• Ilich Ramírez Sánchez also known as Carlos the ______, is
a Venezuelan terrorist currently serving a life sentence in France for
the 1975 murder of an informant for the French government and two
French counter-intelligence agents.
• Carlos was dubbed "The ______" by The Guardian after one of its
correspondents reportedly spotted Frederick Forsyth's 1971
novel ___ ___ __ ___ ______ near some of the fugitive's belongings;
a thriller about a professional assassin who is contracted to
kill Charles de Gaulle.

2.
• On December 21, 1975, six militants led by Carlos the Jackal attacked
the semi-annual meeting of ____ leaders in Vienna. The attackers
took more than 60 hostages after killing an Austrian policeman, an
Iraqi security officer, and a Libyan economist. The siege ended two
days later, after flights to Algiers and Tripoli, with all the hostages and
terrorists walking away from the situation.
• ____ is an intergovernmental organization of 14 nations as of May
2017, founded in 1960 by the first five members and headquartered
since 1965 in Vienna.

3. What is this occupation all about?
• In The Metropolis and Modern Life, George Simmel notes:
“Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.
They produce thereby such extreme phenomena as in Paris the
remunerative occupation of the quatorzième. They are persons who
identify themselves by signs on their residences and who are ready at
the dinner hour in correct attire, so that they can be quickly called
upon if ____________.”

“The Fourteenth”
Invited to a dinner if the table has 13 people
• Question

4. What?
• According to one interpretation, the name X means "kills the _____“
and is a reminder of the days when slaves from the Indian
subcontinent died in the harsh weather typical of the
Afghan mountains while being taken to Central Asia.
• Other sources claim it might have been derived from “Caucasus of
the Indus River”.

5.
• Arabic letter sheen ‫ش‬ )which makes the sound sh) is the first letter of the
Arabic word shay-un, which means “something” – an undetermined thing.
In Arabic, we can make that into a specific something by adding
the indefinite article, al.
• The problem for the Spanish scholars who were charged with translating
these texts is that the letter sheen, and thus the word shay-un, can’t be
transliterated into Spanish, because Spanish has no sh sound. So Spanish
scholars used the closest sound they could find instead: the “ch” sound
from classical Greek.
• Later, when these texts were translated into the common European
language of the day, Latin, the translators simply replaced the Greek with
the Latin, which looks very similar. Once these works were in Latin, they
served as the standard texts for the next 600 years.

X is the unknown because you can’t say ‘sh’ in
Spanish.
• Question

7. Where is this? What are this fishermen doing (except
fishing of course) ?

Sunderbans
Masks at the back of their heads protect them from sneak attacks by
Royal Bengal Tigers

8. This is a scene from Kingsman: The Secret Service
Arthur: Pretty dog. What’s his name?
Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin: J.B.
Arthur: As in X?
Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin: No.
Arthur: Y?
Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin: No. Z.
Arthur: Oh! Bravo.
X,Y,Z?

James Bond
Jason Bourne
Jack Bauer

9. X,Y,Z?
• The X is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, as a goal
humanity can set for itself.
• "The Reign of the Y" is a short story written by Jerry and illustrated
by Joe. The title character is a villain modelled on Nietzsche's idea,
who was later re-invented, after which he bore little resemblance to
the previous character. However, Y does find an adversary in the mold
of the Nietzschean X in the recurring arch-villain Z.

Übermensch
Superman
Lex Luthor

10. What collection?
• All eight shoes from this Adidas collection have been revealed. The
entire selection of footwear highlights Adidas’ newer footwear
models that are set to debut throughout 2018.

11. What (non-exhaustive) list is this, called The Tradesmen ?
(From Barefoot)
• Merchant
• Cook
• Butcher
• Nurse
• Barber
• Miller
• Engineer
• Bishop
• Pope
• Ironmonger
• Baker

Cricketers
• Vijay Merchant
• Alastair Cook
• Mark Butcher
• Seymour Nurse
• Bob Barber
• Keith Miller
• Farokh Engineer
• Ian Bishop
• George Pope
• Bert Ironmonger
• Lionel Baker

12. What did it abolish?
• The Hatorei Edict was an edict issued by the Meiji government of
Japan on March 28, 1876 which prohibited people, with the exception
of former lords (daimyōs), the military and law enforcement officials,
from _____________.
• The Haitōrei was one of a series of steps taken by the government to
abolish the traditional privileges of the samurai class. This measure
was in part an effort to restore public safety and order during the
tumultuous period.
• Also as a result of the Haitōrei, many people from a particular
occupation were forced to turn to the production of farming
implements and kitchen cutlery to survive.

13. What is this Internet principle called?
• “You can never be sure how many beers you had last night”.

The Heineken Uncertainty Principle

14. FITB/Name of the poem. Who is this poem about?
• Following is an excerpt from a Walt Whitman poem-
“__________________________________
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:”

“O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done”
Death of Abraham Lincoln

15. FITB
• Formula 1 has announced that it will no longer use ____ _____ as the
practice “does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at
odds with modern day societal norms”. A statement issued by
Formula 1 on Wednesday read: “Formula 1 will end the long-standing
practice of using ____ _____, commencing with the start of the
2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season. These changes also
apply to our other motorsports series that take place during the
Grands Prix weekends.
• The decision comes just days after the Professional Darts Corporation
announced it will no longer use ____-__ _____.

16. X? What’s KV62?
• The Englishman,X, became world-famous after discovering something
designated KV62. On 26 November 1922, he made a "tiny breach in
the top left hand corner" of the doorway, with Carnarvon, his
daughter Lady Evelyn Herbert, and others in attendance, using a
chisel that his grandmother had given him for his 17th birthday. He
was able to peer in by the light of a candle…”

What are these attributed to?
• Lord Carnarvon, financial backer team, died on 5 April 1923 after a mosquito bite became
infected
• George Jay Gould I, a visitor, died in the French Riviera on 16 May 1923 after he developed a fever
• Prince Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey died 10 July 1923: shot dead by his wife
• Colonel The Hon. Aubrey Herbert, MP, Carnarvon's half-brother, became nearly blind and died on
26 September 1923 from blood poisoning related to a dental procedure intended to restore his
eyesight.
• Sir Archibald Douglas-Reid, a radiologist, died on 15 January 1924 from a mysterious illness.
• Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General of Sudan, died on 19 November 1924: assassinated
• A. C. Mace, a member the team, died in 1928 from arsenic poisoning
• The Hon. Mervyn Herbert, Carnarvon's half brother and the aforementioned Aubrey Herbert's full
brother, died on 26 May 1929, reportedly from "malarial pneumonia".
• Captain The Hon. Richard Bethell, X's personal secretary, died on 15 November 1929: died in bed
in a Mayfair club, the victim of a suspected smothering.
• X died well over a decade later on 2 March 1939

Howard Carter
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Curse of the pharaohs

19. The object and the Latin word? Pokemon bhi dedo?
• The name of the household object “________” may have evolved
from the Latin word _____, meaning shaded or shadow.
• In astronomy the Latin word is used for is the innermost and darkest
part of a shadow of an opaque body, as a planet,
where the direct light from the source of illumination is completely
cut off.
• The root word also lends its name to the Dark Type evolution of
Eevee.

20.
• ________ is a plastic products manufacturer based in Mumbai, India.
It is the world's largest manufacturer of moulded furniture and Asia's
largest processor of plastic moulded products. Their product range
consists mainly of custom plastic mouldings, plastic furniture, crates
and containers.
• As of September ’17, Mohun Bagan has roped them in as their
cosponsors.

21.
• Jogesh C. Pati is an Indian America theoretical physicist who has
made pioneering contributions to the notion of a unification
of elementary particles
• The Pati–_____ model is a Partial Unification Theory proposed in
1974 _____ _____ and Pati.
• _____ was the first of his nation to win a Nobel and the first of his
religion to receive a Nobel Prize in science.

Cont.
• The person in the video was, was an Pulitzer winning
American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor.
• The documentary, called _________ ___ _______ is in reference to a
known thermodynamic truth.
• The cartoonist tries to illustrate the impossibility of a particular
invention, for which even the US Patent Office no longer grants a
patent.

Rube Goldberg
“Something for Nothing”
Perpetual Motion Machine

23. What? X? Bonus for FITB
• In November 2007 the then
culture minister said she would
consider a redesign to incorporate
the X into it, during a debate. It is
a problem when people do not
feel a sense of belongingness due
to the absence of the X or
the cross of __ _____in it.

24.
• The Rules of Attraction is a 2002 black comedy film written and
directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name. It
follows the life of Sean _______, a drug dealer and the incredibly
spoiled and over privileged students of Camden College.
• The character, Sean is in fact the younger brother of X. Casper Van
Dien filmed several scenes as X, however, the scenes didn’t make it to
the final cut of the film.

25. FITB, X, Who was thus named?
• ___ _____ __ __________ is a philosophical essay, released as a
book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his
experiences when taking mescaline.
• The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793
poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: "If ___ _____ __ __________
were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.“
• At X’s suggestion, they named themselves ___ _____ , from the title
of Aldous Huxley's book.

The Doors of Perception
Jim Morrison
The Doors

26. Name both of them
• X-Z is a 23 year old Hong Kong cricketer. In February 2018, this left
“armed” all rounder got a call up to join the the New Zealand T20
International squad for the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series.
• X-Y-Z is a 62 year old who is Incarcerated at Wende Correctional
Facility in Alden, New York. What did he do?

Mark Chapman
Mark David Chapman
“I Just Shot John Lennon”
• Question

27. What phrase?
• The phrase “______ ______ _______ _________” is a variant of
a DuPont advertising slogan. DuPont adopted it in 1935 and it was
their slogan until 1982 when the last two words were dropped.
• This transmutation is now more commonly used than the original:
“Better Things for ______ ______ _______ _________”. This
statement is used for commentary on several different topics, from
the promotion of prescription or recreational drugs, to the praise
of chemicals and plastics, to the sarcastic criticism of the same.

"Better Living Through Chemistry"

28. X,Y,Z?
• “X was this other-worldly, ahead-of-his-time figure, and at some point it
occurred to me he was the original Man Who Fell to Earth. As someone
who was the biggest Y fan in the world, once I made that connection, Y
seemed to be the only actor capable of playing the part. He had that
requisite iconic status, and he was a figure as mysterious as X needed to
be. It took me a while to convince him, though—he turned down the part
the first time. It was the only time I can ever remember trying again with
an actor who passed on me.”-Z
• Z wanted someone who was not necessarily a film star but was
"extraordinarily charismatic". Z also said that “Y was really the only guy I
had in mind to play X because his function in the story is a small but very
important role". Z contacted Y, who initially turned down the part. A
lifelong fan, Z flew out to New York to pitch the role in person, telling him
no one else could possibly play the part; Y accepted after a few minutes.

X-Tesla, Y- David Bowie, Z-Nolan

29.
• X, the most attended single day sporting event on earth with over
300,000 spectators is held annually over Memorial Day weekend in
late May. With the inaugural having been in 1911, it’s one of three
most prestigious events in its sport in the world.

30. Who’s the painter? What’s special about this painting/purchase?
• This is The Red Vineyards near
Arles. The oil painting now resides
in the Pushkin Museum of Fine
Arts in Moscow. It was exhibited for
the first time in Brussels, and sold
for 400 Francs (equal to
about $1,000-1,050 today) to Anna
Boch.

The only Vincent van Gogh painting ever sold in his lifetime

31.
• “X-Y” by Guns N' Roses is the only song on the album to feature
a synthesizer, and is frequently played at sports stadiums during
games along with another track from the same album.
• “Z-X” uses the song for its intro music and during gameplay, along
with its fictional setting being named after the song. This open
world game developed by Criterion Games and published
by Electronic Arts, was the fifth entry in the Z series and the first
game in the Z series to be released on PC.

Paradise City
Burnout Paradise

32.
• The Haludovo Palace Hotel, built in
1971 is an abandoned resort hotel on the
Croatian island Krk. Z, the founder of X,
invested 45 million US dollars in the
project and officially opened the X
Adriatic Club casino located in the hotel in
1972. However, the casino went bankrupt
the following year and was closed.
• Who built this pioneer of hedonism on
the Adriatic?

Bob Guccione, the founder of Penthouse magazine

33.
• Who’s the narrator?
• The preface to which documentary?
• What does the left panel portray?

• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Before the Flood
• Garden of Eden

34. Following are excerpts from the Introduction of a book by Charles
Wilkins.
• What book (want something specific here) ?
• Who wrote the Introduction?

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