Monday 11 October 2010

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.

6 comments:

Rahul said...

X- Teddy Bear
Y- Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt

Ankur said...

X - Teddy Bear
Y - T Roosevelt

Nikhil said...

X = Teddy bear
Y = Teddy Roosevelt

anangrawat said...

Theodore Roosevelt and teddy Bears

AJ said...

X - Teddy Bear, Y - Roosevelt

The Answer said...

X - Teddy Bear, Y - Theodore Roosevelt. Congrats Rahul, Ankur, Nikhil, anangrawat and AJ.