#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.