Pravin's quiz (June 2008)

1- Connect
number 134340
the Roman god of the underworld
Pinto Colvig, Lee Millar, Sr., Jimmy MacDonald, Bill Farmer
WWII undersea oil pipelines between England and France
a rare radioactive, metallic and toxic chemical element with atomic number 94
Ceres, Eris, 2003 EL61, 2005 FY9, Sedna, Charon, Varuna

2- Connect
Mick Jagger
Eric Clapton
Donald Trump
Kevin Costner
Vincent Perez
Charles Berling
Laurent Fabius


3- The foundations for X were laid by Jack Reynolds, who was the manager of Ajax Amsterdam from 1915-1925, 1928-1940 and 1945-1947. Rinus Michels, who played under Reynolds, later went on to become manager of Ajax himself and refined the concept into what it is known today as, using it in his training for the Ajax squad in the 1970s. It was further refined by Stefan Kovacs after Michels left for FC Barcelona. Dutch forward Johan Cruyff was the system's most famous exponent What is X?
4- X is a narrative element intended to distract the reader from a more important event in the plot, usually a twist ending.

The term "X" originates from the tradition whereby young hunting dogs in Britain were trained to follow a scent with the use of a X, which would be dragged across a trail until the puppy learned to follow the scent. Later, when the dog was being trained to follow the faint odor of a fox or a badger, the trainer would drag a X (which has a much stronger odor) across the animal's trail at right angles. The dog would eventually learn to follow the original scent rather than the stronger scent.

In literature, the most commonplace use of a X is in mystery fiction. One particular character is described or emphasized in a way that seems to throw suspicion upon that character as the person who committed the crime: later, it develops that someone else is the guilty party.

What is X?

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7- X is a 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar who today is well known for his tenet of the reductionist philosophy of nominalism. The principle is often expressed in Latin as the lex parsimoniae ("law of parsimony"): "entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem", roughly translated as "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity". It is more often taken today as a heuristic maxim (rule of thumb) that advises economy, parsimony, or simplicity, often or especially in scientific theories. What is X(or X's tenet)?


8- In 1891, Karl Elsener began working on what became the predecessor to the modern X. Karl Elsener used the cross and shield symbol to identify his product. The same symbol is still used to identify X. When his mother died in 1909, Elsener decided to name his company "Victoria" in her memory. The term X is sometimes used metaphorically to describe usefulness. The term X was coined by US soldiers after World War II, as they couldn't pronounce its original name, "Offiziersmesser". X has been added to the collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and Munich's State Museum of Applied Art for its design. What is X?


9- Connect
Baby one more time - Britney Spears
Another one bites the dust - Queen
Revolution - Beatles
Empty Spaces - Pink Floyd


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11- X was commissioned by the British newspaper, The Times, in 1931. It was commissioned after Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being behind the times. X was supervised by Stanley Morison and designed by Victor Lardent, an artist from the advertising department of The Times. X made its debut in the 3 October 1932 issue of The Times newspaper, and after one year, the X was released for commercial sale. Although no longer used by the original newspaper, today it is one of the most successful and ubiquitous of its kind in history. What is X?


12- X was discovered in 1976 by scientists from Tate & Lyle, working with researchers Leslie Hough and Shashikant Phadnis at Queen Elizabeth College (now part of King's College, London). The duo were trying to test some chlorinated compounds as chemical intermediates. On a late-summer day, Phadnis was told to test the powder. Phadnis thought that Hough asked him to taste it, so he did. They worked with Tate & Lyle for a year before settling down on the final formula, and thus was born X. What is X?


13- David J. Bradley of IBM took just 5 mins to code a chunk of program called X in 1981. He didn't intend it to be used by others, but millions use it today. At the 20th anniversary of the IBM PC, while on a panel with Bill Gates, Bradley said "I may have invented it, but Bill really made it famous". What are we talking about?


14- Connect
Charlemagne
King David
Julius Caesar
Alexander


15- His first voyage, in 1607, was intended to find a quick way to China by way of the North Pole, but resulted instead in the establishment of the Spitzbergen whale fisheries. In 1608, in the service of the Dutch East India Company, he sailed 150 miles past the site of New York, but returned back. In 1610, he explored the site that is now known by his name and was frozen in it. Who?