#147

X was a successful French scribe and manuscript-seller. According to texts ascribed to X almost two hundred years after his death, he had learned ________ secrets from a Jewish converso on the road to Santiago de Compostela. He has since appeared as a legend in various fictional works. The historical X lived in Paris in the fourteenth and fifteenth century, ran two shops as a scribe and married Y in 1368. She brought the wealth of two previous husbands to the marriage. The French Catholic couple owned several properties, and contributed financially to churches, sometimes by commissioning sculptures. Later in life they were noted for their wealth and philanthropy. X had achieved legendary status by the mid 17th Century, with references in Isaac Newton’s journals as well as in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He is also alleged to be a Grandmaster of the Priory of Sion.

#145

X had an unfortunate end to his innings. There were two balls left on the third day and the scoreboard said he needed 4. He wanted to get it soon so that his brother, the captain could declare.

He played a ball out to point where there was a misfield so he thought he’d chance the second, which would leave him needing two off the day’s last ball.

But the fielder gathered it, threw back to the keeper’s end, and he was short by a yard and a half. As X walked back the scoreboard showed 2 more runs in his account. They had been a little slow and hadn’t updated his score initially! It was hugely irritating for a while but when telegrams and messages came from all over the world, including one from Sir Bradman, X got over it.

Who is X?

What is the event?

#144

This iconic 1998 crime-comedy-thriller was responsible for the rise of Jason Statham, gave former Chelsea and Wales international footballer Vinnie Jones a shot at cinema stardom, and cast Gordon Sumner as a bartender. It also made a cult hero out of its director.
Who?

#143

At about 30 locations in London, you can find Machines that offer Fast sausage and Mash, withOptions ranging from Lady Godiva, Speckled Hen, Horn of Plenty, Dirty and Nifty. You will have to pop In a Huckleberry Finn in order to be able to use this Machine.

What am I talking about?

#142

Clicking on the image of a DVD next to the site logo led to a video about "The YouTube Collection", an option to order every YouTube video for home delivery on DVD. The promotional video promised "It's the complete YouTube experience completely offline.

What is so special about this you-tube feature

#141

The name _______ was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter. After seeing the prototype , he thought of a phrase from the movie 2001:A space Odyssey. It referred to a fictional spacecraft used for extra-vehicular activity seen in the movie.
What popular name is this?

#140

In the 1800s, British sailors took women along on extended voyages. When babies were born at sea, the mothers delivered them in a partitioned section of the gundeck. Because no one could be sure who the true fathers were, each of these babies was jokingly called “_______________"

#139

The story of how X became Y began in 2005. ScanSoft, a software company, was looking for a voice for a new project. It reached out to GM Voices, a suburban Atlanta company that had established a niche recording voices for automated voice technologies. X, a trusted talent who had done lots of work with GM Voices, was one of the options presented. ScanSoft liked what it heard, and in June 2005 X signed a contract for the same.

For four hours a day, every day, in July 2005, X holed up in her home recording booth.
What was the result of all those hours in July 2005? In other words, give Y.

#138

The theory of X , from the life and works of Y , the person who traveled the world and created the name for Z, says that journey of life can be enjoyed while attaining success too.
Z is a company selling blended scotch whisky. It is one of the producers of a musical show , U on Star World , which cast musicians from different genres coming together to compose original music.
The show basically identifies X in the realm of music.

#137

Identify the pair.

#136

             This lake is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of 4,350 m. Its circumference is 134 km, and its maximum width is 5km. The lake passes through the India-China border and requires an inner line Permit for travel from Leh, which is a five-hour drive. The lake entered into popular culture when it was the site for the final scene in the Bollywood blockbuster Three Idiots. Name the lake. 

#135

There is a recurring phenomenon amongst henchmen in many movies and has been dubbed X. No matter how notoriously dangerous an antagonistic group may be, they cannot seem to injure/kill anyone who may be vital to the plot. We have seen this in Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, James Bond and many other movies. What is this effect called?

#134

Recently, 'Bossa Nova' and 'Carnavalesca' emerged second and third respectively in a public vote in which close to a million people participated.
What was the winning entry and for what were these entries nominated for?

#133

Which bankrupt entity owns about 6,000 pieces of art - including the likes of Van Gogh's self portrait, Bellini's 'Madonna and Child', 'The Window' by Henri Matisse, several of Monet's works and a casting of Rodin's 'The Thinker' among many rare ancient artifacts- valued collectively to be more than its debt amount of $18 billion?

#132

One of the Navratnas of Akbar’s court, he was  the son of a schoolmaster. He mastered Persian and Arabic, philosophy and astronomy. He was accepted by Akbar but was disappointed when he was put in charge of the poultry house. He later went onto to become famous with a dish that he created, which according to legend happened when he asked for one particular ingredient to be increased.Identify him.

#131

X is the only sport that women contest in olympics but men do not. The sport has been played from 1996 to 2008 but IOC has voted to drop it from 2012 olympics.ID X.

#130

     In the 1800's, Charles was an Irish real estate manager who refused to lower rents in hard times; the tenants retaliated by refusing to do business with him thus creating the popular term __________?

 

#129

Patients suffering from a rupture of the biceps tendon may develop a bulge in their arm. This is the retracted muscle bunched up in the arm, and is sometimes referred to as a “______ muscle” in medical circles because it is more pronounced than normal. Fill in the blank.

#128

During the great war the americans called it cyclonite the germans called it hexogen the italians called it T4 how is it known these days?

#127

An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati are, or were, located here and all, except Lamborghini, have headquarters in the city or nearby.