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THE JAANGU CHAKKU JAJAKKU CHAKKU JAANGUCHAKKU CHAA QUIZ

BY ANJAN aka ANJU

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ABOUT ME

• MY NAME IS ANJAN aka Anju………• AM DOING MY CHEMICAL ENGG AT AMRITA

AND ALSO MY BACHELOR’S IN ENG LITERATURE

• LOVE GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIES, ROBIN COOK NOVELS, SUFI MUSIC AND OPETH

• MY THIRD TIME AT DONNING THE QM’S HAT

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LVC

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Rules

• 33 slides are present• Points are: (no of slides unanswered)*5• You get 5 points if you get it of the last slide

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Answers

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Avant garde metalAgalloch

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Black metalSatyricon

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Death metalMorbid Angel

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Doom metalPentagram

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Drone metalSun O))) & Boris

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Folk metalSkyclad

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Glam metalMotley Crue

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Gothic metalLacuna Coil

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Groove metalPantera

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Industrial metalRammstein

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MetalcoreBullet for my Valentine

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Neo classical metal Yngwie J. Malmsteen

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Nu metal

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Post metalNeurosis

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Power MetalHammerfall

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Progressive metalDreamtheater

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Sludge metalEyehateGod

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Speed metalMotorhead

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Stoner metalKyuss

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Thrash metalSlayer

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Alternative metalSystem of a Down

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Christian metalTorniquet

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Crust punk Amebix

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Extreme metalCradle of Filth

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Funk metalPrimus

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GrindcorePig Destroyer

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Rap metalRage Against the Machine

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Symphonic metalNightwish

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Heavy metalBlack Sabbath

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Viking metalEnsiferum

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Metal genres

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1.CONNECT

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THE GOLDEN KELA AWARDS

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2.• X is a prominent Indian female entrepreneur best

known for her cosmetic products.• Currently, the X Group has over 400 franchise

clinics across the world covering over 138 countries. Her group’s products are sold in leading global stores including Bloomingdale's (New York), Galleries Lafayette(Paris), Seibu(Japan), Harrods and Selfridges (London), and La Rinaeccente (Milan).

• She has been awarded the Padma Shri, a civilian award by the Government of India in 2006, and Success Magazine's "World's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur" award in 1996.X PLEEZ

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Shahnaz Husain

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3.• X was born in Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland

on March 19, 1936.• In 2003, in a UK Survey by Channel 4, her entrance

in Y was voted #1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments".

• X won a 1964 Golden Globe award for New Star of the Year for her performance in Y. Her voice was provided by Nikki van der Zyl while the famous calypso was sung by Diana Coupland.

• X dated many of Hollywood's leading men including co-stars Marlon Brando and James Dean. In 1980, she had a son, Dimitri, with American actor Harry Hamlin, her co-star in the film Clash of the Titans.

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X- URSULA ANDRESSY- DR.NO

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4• X was born on March 8, 1982 in Monterrey, Mexico

and is a Mexican -born American tattoo artist and television personality.

• On the show Y, she gained the Guinness World Record of most tattoos given by a single person in 24 hours, with a total of 400. This was broken shortly after by her ex husband Oliver Peck with 415, and then later was smashed by Derek Kastning with 726.

• X created a make-up line for Sephora, and is the creator of the Musink festival.

• X was referenced in the Eagles of Death Metal song "High Voltage", which was named after her shop and is featured on their third album "Heart On“. X and Y pleez

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KAT VON D & LA INK

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5.CONNECT

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AIRCEL’S SAVE OUR TIGER INITIATIVE

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6• Words of the Fighting Forces by Clinton A. Sanders, a

dictionary of military slang, published in 1942, in the library at The Pentagon gives this definition:

• X: A four-wheel drive vehicle of one-half- to one-and-one-half-ton capacity for reconnaissance or other army duty. A term applied to the bantam-cars, and occasionally to other motor vehicles (U.S.A.) in the Air Corps, the Link Trainer; in the armoured forces, the ½-ton command vehicle. Also referred to as "any small plane, helicopter, or gadget.“

• X is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler. It is the oldest off-road vehicle brand. It inspired a number of other military Light Utility Vehicles such as the Land Rover which is the second oldest brand.

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X- JEEP

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7• X began his acting career in theatre and moved

to film in 2001 at the age of 44 with a minor role in Everybody Says I'm Fine!.

• After his graduation he pursued a career-initially with the Life Insurance Corporation of India from 1982 to 1985. At the same time he also established an Uncle Chips franchise in Dadar which ran until 1986 before shutting down owing to a loss.  He is a professional photographer.

• X is a member of the Parsee Television Actors Community and is also its Secretary.

• X PLEEZ

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THE VIRUS - BOMAN IRANI

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8.Identify the writer

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BEN FRANKLIN aka SILENCE DOGOOD

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9. IDENTIFY

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TIRUPUR KUMARAN

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10• The X is a fictional strip club from

the HBO drama television series The Sopranos. • X is imitative of the sound of a drumroll or may also

derive from the “X" sound effect that James Caan's character, Sonny Corleone, makes to describe an up-close shooting in The Godfather.

• The X is owned and chiefly operated by Silvio Dante, Tony Soprano's consigliore. Tony's office is in the back room of the X , and the Soprano Family often conducts business either in the X or these back rooms.

• All interior and exterior shots of the X were filmed on location at Satin Dolls, an actual go-go bar on Route 17 in Lodi, New Jersey. (Occasionally the neon "Satin Dolls" logo can be seen on an interior wall of the club.)

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BADA BING

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11 CONNECT

CLUE

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AKIRA KUROSAWA•  Kurosawa directed film adaptations of Russian

literary works, including • The Idiot (1951) by Dostoevsky (his favorite author) • The Lower Depths (1957), by Maxi Gorky.•  Ikiru was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's The Death of

Ivan Ilyich.•  Dersu Uzala (1975) was based on the 1923 memoir

of the same title by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev.

• Story lines in Red Beard (1965) can be found in The Insulted and Humiliated by Dostoevsky.

• The clue was John Ford whose habit of wearing dark glasses Kurosawa emulated.

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• The character Z’s creation as a "gentle, hairy, .............." was inspired by George Lucas seeing his own Alaskan Malamute dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car. The dog, X, also inspired the name of the lead character in another series of Lucas films, Y.

• X,Y,Z please

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• X- INDIANA• Y-CHEWBACCA (lol)• Z-INDIANA JONES

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13• X cigarettes are a luxury brand of cigarettes made

by the British American Tobacco company.• X Light cigarettes are packaged in a predominantly

white packet, with a bevelled edged square of red in the centre. X has decided to phase out this pack and have introduced marketing information that the blue box described below is the same cigarette although carbon monoxide levels and nicotine levels are altered.

• It is a little known fact that X International cigarettes ‘ American distribution is owned and operated by R. J. Reynolds, who are most notably famous for their Camel brand. X PLEEZ.

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DUNHILLCIGARETTE SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH

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14• X originated from the Uttar Pradesh region of India. Literary

mentions suggest that it may have originated from Banares. A monthly children's magazine X was published from 1970, from Delhi.

• In Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand it is called Y .In Orissa and Southern part of Jharkhand it is known as GupChup. These do not contain any sweet or mint.

• In Maharashtra, the recipe is usually spicier, and also contains 'boondi' or sprouts in addition to other ingredients.

• In Gujarat it is called Z. It is made with the help of different types of water. Such as imli ka pani (tamarind in water), nimbu ka pani (lemon juice in water), pudine ka pani (mint in water), khajur ka pani (dates mixed in water), etc.

• A recent emergence in the presentation of Z involves the use of vodka as an intoxicating substitute for the more traditional stuffings.

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• X- GOLGAPPA• Y-PUCHKA• Z-PANIPURI

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15• A X is a sweet, mint-flavored, after-dinner drink.

The name of the drink is derived from its green color which is provided by the crème de menthe. The drink reputedly originated at Tujague's, a landmark bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

• For a "Vodka X ", substitute vodka for the fresh cream. This is also known as a "Flying X".

• For a "Brown X", add in ground coffee.• In the Big Bang Theory tv series, this is one of the

only drinks that can make Raj Koothrapalli talk to girls.

• X pleez

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X- Grasshopper

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16• Marion Sinclair was a music teacher at Toorak College, a

girls' school in Melbourne which she had attended as a boarder. In 1920, she began working with the school's Girl Guides company.

• One Sunday morning in church, in 1932, Marion Sinclair had a sudden inspiration, and dashed home to write the words down. “X" was entered in 1934 into a competition run by the Girl Guides Association of Victoria, with the rights of the winning song to be sold to raise money for the purchase of a camping ground, eventually chosen as Britannia Park.

• Despite its particular "Australian-ness", the song is well-known and performed around the world, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom, where the Girl Guide movements in those countries have adopted it as a traditional song.

• X PLEEZ

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Kookaburra

• Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,

• Merry merry king of the bush is he.

• Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,

• Gay your life must be!

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17• X was born Lakshmi Narasimha Vijaya Rajagopala

Seshadri Sharma Rajesh Raman.• He was an Indian by birth, born in Chennai, he

grew up in Zambia and later did his education in England and in the US.

• His music career began with a performance for President Chiluba of Zambia during the election campaign in October 1991 at the age of 16 and just 5 months later he produced and performed in Zambia's first ever music video Advice 4 Livin' with the Zambian national broadcasting corporation.

• X pleez

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BLAAZE

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18 CONNECTqn credit to Vishal bhai

Three filmi songs from old Hindi movies can be heard playing in the background.

"Mera Man Tera Pyaasa" (My heart is thirsting for you) from the movie Gambler (1971) performed by Mohammed Rafi

, "Tera Sang Pyaar Mein" performed by Lata Mangeshkar, and "Wada Na Tod" (Break not the promise) by Lata Mangeshkar from the movie Dil Tujhko Diya (Gave my heart to you)

All the three songs are listed in the original soundtrack credits.

Which Michel Gondry movie am I talking about?

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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19• X is a 1954 Tamil film directed by S. Balachander .

It is arguably the first film-noir in Tamil cinema and is the first Tamil film to be made without songs. The film was inspired by the 1950 Akira Kurosawa film Rashômon.

• X was released on 13 April 1954 and received critical and public acclaim. But it was a commercial failure. Its failure to generate revenues meant no such film (without songs or stunts) was made again in Tamil for a long time. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 1955.

• X starred Sivaji Ganesan, Javar Seetharaman and Pandari Bai.

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ANTHA NAAL

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20.CONNECT

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PRAN KUMAR SHARMA

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21.THIS IS A DEPICTION OF WHAT?

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• THE PILLAR OF SHAME AT HONG KONG DEPICTING THE TIANAMEN MASSACRE

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22• Known as 'Sluggo' and living above a curry house in

Bermuda, X is a policeman and also drives a prison van.

• As a batsman, X made his first half-century (51) against the Netherlands in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup, including 8 fours. It was reported that he "enjoyed his time at the crease so much that he expressed dissent when he was given out lbw, and was consequently fined for the action.“

• X took a stunning, diving one-handed slip catch to dismiss Robin Uthappa off Malachi Jones' 1st ball in World Cup Cricket, (the 2nd over of the game) against India, which triggered off wild celebrations.

• X PLEEZ

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DWAYNE LEVEROCK

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• Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi attended West London School of Art and then Heatherley's School of Fine Art.

•  Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.

• However she is famous for another reason. What is her claim to fame?

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SHE WROTE THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

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24. My first ever futbol question• A picture of the immediate reaction to a late miss by Y’s

striker X against MAN U, taken by photographer Phil Noble for the Press Association on 11 September 1999, was voted Photograph of the Decade.

• On the day of the photograph, MAN U were playing Y at their home ground Anfield, and by the end of the first half they were beating them 1–3.

•  In the second half, X was introduced from the substitutes bench on 64 minutes, and Y clawed the game back to 2–3 three minutes later with a goal from Patrik Berger. With ten minutes to go, X latched onto a deflected shot and slipped the ball through the United goalkeeper Massimo Taibi's legs, which crept wide just past his left hand goalpost.

• Noble took the photograph from the other end of the ground, capturing X and two team-mates, and most of fans in the famous Y Kop End stand, holding their hands to their heads in anguish just after the crucial miss.[The game ended in a 2–3 MAN U victory, with no further goals.

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X- MICHEAL OWENY-LIVERPOOL

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25.SITTER

• The X is a yet to be published comic book created by Virgin Comics. It will be illustrated by Jeevan Kang.

• The X is the sporting nickname of cricket star Y.

• The series will feature him as a protagonist, battling demons, using a sword that resembles a Z , and which was handed down to him across the ages. The same sword gives him magical armour, which allow him to produce superhuman feats, and allows him to become a superhero.

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• X- MASTER BLASTER• Y- SACHIN TENDULKAR aka GOD• Z-CRICKET BAT

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26• Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i  was an American professional

wrestler. He was best known for his time with the WWF where he wrestled under the ring name X.

• Though X wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hailing from Polynesia (although he was managed by Mr. Fuji, who would follow Anoa'i to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt, and waving a Japanese flag)

• Anoa'i was a member of the famous Anoa'i family: The Rock, Rikishi, Samu, Rosey, Manu, and Umaga were among his cousins, and Afa and Sika were his uncles.

• His finishing move was the Banzai Drop. • X PLEEZ

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YOKOZUNA

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27• X is a fictional character produced by

the Japanese company Sanrio, first designed by Ikuko Shimizu. She is a staple of the kawaii segment of Japanese popular culture.

• Examples of products depicting the character include dolls, stickers, greeting cards, clothes, accessories, school supplies, dishes and home appliances.  Her fame has led to the creation of two officially licensed theme parks, Harmonyland and the indoor Sanrio Puroland.

• UNICEF awarded X the exclusive title of UNICEF Special Friend of Children

• In May 2008, Japan named X the ambassador of Japanese tourism in China and Hong Kong, two places where the character is exceptionally popular among children and young women. This marked the first time Japan's tourism ministry had appointed a fictional character to the role

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HELLO KITTY

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28• The X is a stringed musical instrument used

in Indian classical music. It derives its name from its inventor Y.

• The instrument is actually a modified Archtop guitar and consists of 20 strings viz. three melody strings, five drone strings strung to the peghead, and twelve sympathetic strings strung to the tuners mounted on the side of the neck.

•  A gourd (or the tumba) is screwed into the back of the neck for improved sound quality and vibration. It is played by placing it in one's lap like a slide guitar.

• X AND Y PLEEJ.

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X- MOHAN VEENA OR VISHWA VEENAY- PT.VISHWA MOHAN BHATT

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29 THANKS TO VISHAL BHAI AGAIN

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SHOLAY

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30• There are a few exceptions to X.•  Disneyland's X has an emblem of a building, and

honorary mayor of Hollywood Johnny Grant's X depicts the Great Seal of Hollywood.

• Former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley has a X depicting the seal of the city of Los Angeles. Also, the crew of the Apollo XI mission are named in four identical moons at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine.

• CW network affiliate KTLA-TV (Channel 5) was honored with a X as the pioneer commercial television station west of the Rocky Mountains. The picture on KTLA's X shows a satellite dish, even though KTLA is a terrestrial television station.

• In 2002, tradition was broken with Muhammad Ali's X. His X is displayed on a wall of the Kodak Theatre.

• X PLEASE

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STARS ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME

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31 SITTER

• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE• The Demon • Starchild• Spaceman • Catman

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MEMBERS OF KISS

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32• X is a casino card game. In X , cards 2-9 are

worth face value, 10s and face cards (J, Q, K) are worth zero, and Aces are worth 1 point.

• The name “X" is unusual in that the game is named after the worst hand, worth 0. 

• X chemin-de-fer is the favoured game of Ian Fleming's secret agent creation, James Bond.

• X is a simple game with only three possible results - 'Player', 'Banker' and 'Tie'. The term 'Player' does not refer to the customer and the term 'Banker' does not refer to the house. They are just options on which the customer can bet.

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BACCARAT

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33• X is a dialect of English that first developed as an

occupational dialect in the years of the Madras Presidency, but that has developed over time and is now associated mainly with social class rather than occupation. It is still spoken in major metropolitan cities.

• The lexical characteristics of X are that its vocabulary is limited and employs specialized jargon. family substitutes for "wife", for example.

• Here is an example of X (a ........reporting his being invited to England):

• One master call for come India … eh England. I say not coming. That master very liking me. I not come. That is like for India — that hot and cold. That England for very cold.

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BUTLER ENGLISH wokay

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34 CONNECT

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LALIT MODI

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35. WHO IS MISSING

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SADDAM HUSSEIN

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36 THIS ONE IS SPECIALLY FOR STICKY

• X and Y is a traditional, popular English puppet show featuring the characters of X and his wife Y. The show is traditionally performed by a single puppeteer, known since Victorian times as a "professor".

• The band Coldplay used X and Y in the video "Life in Technicolor ii“.

• In the cartoon series The Batman, X and Y are Joker's henchmen.

• X AND Y PLEEZ

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PUNCH AND JUDY

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37• X was inspired by an altercation Y once had while

camping. Though he was bruised and swollen, his co-workers avoided asking him what had happened on the camping trip.

• Their reluctance to know what happened in his private life inspired the writing of X.

• Initially X was published as a short story (chapter 6 of the novel in the compilation Pursuit of Happiness) but Y expanded it to novel length.

• In interviews, the writer has said he does not know, yet still is approached by aficionados wanting to know—Where is the local X?—insisting there is no such real organization, like in the novel.

• X and Y.

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• The X is a dish made by steaming batter — traditionally made from pulses (specifically black lentils) and rice using a mould. This is similar to idli and dosa from Tamil Nadu. X can be made sweet or spicy.

• A X pan usually comes with 7 holes.• X is known by various names in Southern

India: paddu, appe, guliappa, gulittu, gundponglu, gunta pangana, gunta pongadalu.

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PANIYARAM

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• The Mahavakyas are "Great Sayings" of the Upanishads, the foundational texts of Vedanta.

• The Mahavakyas are:• Prajnanam Brahma - "Consciousness is

Brahman" • Ayam Atma Brahma - "This Self (Atman) is

Brahman"• Tat Tvam Asi - "Thou art That"• X• X PLEEZ.

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Aham Brahmasmi - "I am Brahman“

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40• Ronnie James Dio is known for popularizing the X in heavy

metal. His Italian grandmother used it to ward off the evil eye (which is known as malocchio, Dio's term for the gesture).

• Dio began using the sign soon after joining (1979) the metal band Black Sabbath.

• The previous singer in the band, Ozzy Osbourne, was rather well known at using the peace sign at concerts.

• Dio, in an attempt to connect with the fans, wanted to similarly use a ...... gesture. However, not wanting to copy Osbourne, he chose to use the sign his grandmother always made.

•  The sign would later be appropriated by heavy metal fans under the name "maloik", a corruption of the original malocchio.

• HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW IT?

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X-SIGN OF THE HORNS