Novel Title for 29th October 2010

A magazine excerpt from X was originally published as _____, but Y's agent, Candida Donadio, requested that it change the title of the novel so it would not be confused with another recently novel, Leon Uris's Mila 18. The title _____ was suggested, but because of the release of the 1960 movie Ocean's Eleven this was also rejected. _____ was also rejected, so as not to be confused with the World War II film Stalag 17, as well as _____, apparently because the publisher did not feel that 14 was a "funny number". Eventually the title came to be X, with the ___ also referring to a number of déjà vu-like events common in the novel.

X & Y?

Decipher an image for October 27, 2010

This chart is based on a trend that has been in the news a lot lately (especially in the USA). Identify

Question for Oct 25, 2010

X is a political treatise written by Y in the 16th century. It is one of Y's most famous works, and was responsible for bringing the term Z, derived from Y, into common usage as a pejorative term. X is addressed to Lorenzo de' Medici, a member of the ruling Florentine Medici family, and explains the best ways to acquire, maintain, and protect a state. The book is famous for giving us the term "the ends justify the means". X is considered to have been very influential over the years, with rulers such as Frederick of Prussia, Napoleon I, Mussolini and Stalin offering their views on the novel.

There is also a widely held contrary view that Y was, in fact, a proponent of free republics and wrote X purely as a satire, in response to being tortured and exiled by the Medici family for his significant role in the Florentine republic's anti-Medici government. The purpose of X, according to this viewpoint, is to undo the ruler if the methods in X were taken seriously and followed.

Identify X.

***Spoiler below in the form of a hint (if you are reading this via email)***

If you need a hint, highlight the following line, but also mention if you needed the hint to answer this question (though I feel the answer will be very obvious with the hint):

"The term, Z, denotes cunning and duplicity in statecraft or general conduct."

Question for Oct 24

 Connect:

Qn. for Oct. 22nd.

Sorry for the late post...


Connect the following:

1. Earthquakes
2. Sound
3. Acidity/Alkalinity

Question for Oct 18

What does the map depict?

Names: 15th October 2010

X was known by the Native Americans as Talol, or Tacoma, from the Lushootseed word meaning "mother of waters" spoken by the Puyallup. At the time of European contact, the river valleys and other areas near X were inhabited by many tribes who hunted and gathered berries in its forests and mountain meadows. These included the Nisqually, Cowlitz, Yakama, Puyallup, and Muckleshoot. Y was the first European to see X in 1792. He named it honor of his friend Rear Admiral ______. Y himself lent this name to an island and a now very big city a few hundred miles north-west of X.

X & Y?

Fill in the blank- October 13th 2010

Red Sea<-->Suez
Black Sea<-->Bosporus and Dardenelles
Atlantic Ocean<--> _________

Question for Oct 11, 2010

X is a derivation from the name of Y, in reference to an incident that occured in 1902 when Y was invited to a hunting trip in Mississippi. At the end of the day, while most other guests had already killed an animal, Y was yet to make a kill. Not wanting to offend him, some of his attendents cornered, clubbed and tied an animal to a tree and suggested that Y shoot it. However, Y felt this was unsportsmanlike, but asked that the animal be killed to put it out of its misery. This later became the topic of a political cartoon depicting a disgusted Y while an attended held the animal captive. Morris Michtom saw this drawing and decided to create replicas of the animal and sell it under the name X. The form of the replica itself has changed a bit over the years, though the name is still the same.

Identify X and Y.

Qn. for Oct. 8th.

Identify the phrase X.

The origin of the phrase is not definitively known. However, popular etymology has risen to the challenge, and a vast number of explanations of varying degrees of plausibility have been suggested. The proposed sources have been as diverse as the volume of graves or concrete mixers; the length of bridal veils, kilts, burial shrouds, bolts of cloth, or saris; American football; ritual disembowelment; shipyards; and the structure of certain sailing vessels. Little documentary evidence has ever surfaced supporting any of these, and many labor under the significant disadvantage of being claimed as several centuries earlier than the first recorded use of the term. Perhaps the most frequently quoted is from World War II, where it is suggested that to "go X" was to fire an entire aircraft machine-gun ammunition belt.

Question for Oct 6 - PS

Person X connects the following three pictures. Identify X:

1)

2)

 3)

Question for Oct 5

The visual shows a letter dated June 26, 1970. Who wrote the letter?

Identify the famous folks: 4th October, 2010

Incident 1:
As X was on his way to the wicket, Y told him he had been waiting 2 years for another chance to humiliate him. “Looks like you spent it eating,” X retorted.

Incident 2:
A: "Come on, just one more of the famous slog-sweeps before you finish"
B: "Look, show a bit of respect. You were in nappies when I debuted 18 years ago".

X, Y, A & B all are different people. Identify.