1. The term X originated through the practice of physically cutting images from pre-existing printed works for use in other publishing projects.It was earlier used through a process called Paste up, which relied on phototypesetting for creating or laying out publication pages.

Most X images in this era qualified as line art.

Now of course, X is used extensively and done differently.

CLIP ART

2. There are 3 main sources of X, one from USA, the other Russia anda third from natural processes. X is for all practical purposespriceless and has been stolen often. They are valued at $1 millionfor 10 oz. In a goodwill gesture, X was sent to 135 heads of stateas well the 50 states of the United States, a not insignificantfraction of this was lost or stolen.X ??

MOON ROCK

3. Charles "Charley" Douglass, the inventor of the X, spent countless hours extracting reactions from live soundtracks he had recorded. Douglass then placed his recorded _________ into a huge tape machine, dubbed the ___.

At first, the X was used sparingly on live shows like The Jack Benny Program but largely went by unnoticed. However, later, when editing prerecorded live shows,bumps and gaps were often present in the soundtrack. Douglass was called upon to "bridge or fill" these gaps and thus his popularity grew.

What did he invent ?!

LAUGH TRACK

4. The reason it's called _____________ is of course that's a pretty damn ambitious goal. I mean to get the exact right one thing ... So you have to feel a little bit fortunate ifnyou're going to try that with one go, -- XFill in the blanks. Also what is X.

I'M FEELING LUCKY
X-SERGEY BRIN

5. WE DID NOT INVENT THE ALGORITHM. THE ALGORITHM CONSISTENTLY FINDS JESUS.THE ALGORITHM KILLED JEEVES.THE ALGORITHM IS BANNED IN CHINA. THE ALGORITHM IS FROM JERSEY. THE ALGORITHM CONSTANTLY FINDS JESUS. THIS IS NOT THE ALGORITHM. THIS IS CLOSE.

Where would you find this?!

XKCD

6. An article published in the London Evening Standard in 2004 lists a total of 37 spellings, while a 1986 column by The Straight Dope quotes a list of 32 spellings known from the Library of Congress. ABC and MSNBC identified 112 possible spellings. This extensive confusion was used as the subject of a segment of Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update on 12 December 1981.

Spelling of whom/ what?

Didn't know what spelling to use!

7. _______ ________, is an essential part of the beatification and canonization process.Also known as the Promotor Fidei or Promoter of the Faith, he has to make arguments against the Catholic Churchs decision to grant someone sainthood. This would including disproving the existence of miracles surrounding the sainthood candidates life and death, and attempting to find selfish reasons for the candidates seemingly heroic actions.

Advocate Diaboli (Devils Advocate)

8. The Gujjars (and their clans, the Paramanas, Chauhans, Pratiharas and Solankis) settled in North India in the 6th century. One village near Delhi was occupied by Pratihara clan of agrarian Gujjars. Thisvillage hoses a landmark, now very famous due to a number of VIPs who have relocated or visited recently.

The name of the village is derived from theclans who were the original occupants.

What is the landmark?!

TIHAR JAIL

9. Pavitra Prabhakar, Meera Jain, Aunty Mayaare the main characters of which comic bookseries?

SPIDER-MAN INDIA

10.Funda ?

Amazon site during the London Riots

11. With around 306 Million units producedper year, who is worlds largest tyremanufacturer?

LEGO

12. The 1984 (in England) and 1985-86 (in West Indies) Wisden Trophy cricket series are popularly known as X because of the result instead of Y, a name by which these kind of results are generally known as.

BLACKWASH

13. What are measured in the following sizes:

opera length, usually 16 to 20 inches theatre length, 10 to 14 inches dinner length, 4 to 6 inches cocktail length, anything shorter

Cigarette Holder

14. Xs mother, a veterinarian like Xs father, paid a record house to write a song, get X to sing it, record a video and publish it. She paid them $4,000 for a vanity release on Facebook and Youtube. Initially, it received only about a 1,000 hits, but went viral later, remaining a trending topic on Twitter for several days all across the world. Unfortunately, despite the large number of views, the reviews of the song were mostly negative, and it was panned badly by critics.The upshot of it all was that X began to be bullied in school, and had to drop out, preferring to be home-schooled. However, X later said that the move to drop out was so that X could focus more on career prospects. Identify X.

REBECCA BLACK

15. A X who calls________ with an e,should be hand cuffedand thrown head first in the Dee.In the USA and Ireland,its has an ebut in Xits real _________.So if you see _________and it has an e,only take it,if you get it for free!For the name is not the sameand it never will be,a dram is only a real dram,from a _____________.

WHISK'E'Y and WHISKY

16. Ad for which product?

VIAGRA!

17. What is being analysed here?

Id the man or tell me why he is famous.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, reportedly the only person to have survived the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts!

19. Building blocks of what?

The initial designs of the characters in Disneys 1992 film Aladdin.

Connnect

Andre Agassi

Dev Patel

Eva Mendes

Rupert Grint (Ron Weasely)

Justin Timberlake

Arachnophobia: fear of spiders

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