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šļøDate: 17th Feb
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ā¢ 25 QUESTIONS
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5. Question 2
Which iconic puzzle video game, known for its addictive
gameplay and worldwide popularity, was originally
programmed on the Electronika 60, a Soviet Union-made
computer lacking raster graphics and utilizing text
characters to form blocks?
Identify the Video Game.
7. Question 3
In the Deadpool Team Up Vol1 #886, Deadpool joins forces with Iron Fist to stop
Gin Goh, an immortal warlord.
After being swiftly incapacitated by Gin Goh's cursed blade, Black Tongue,
Deadpool attempts to regain his advantage and expresses his determination by
claiming X, a popular phrase from another anime.
Identify the phrase.
10. Question 4
X widely regarded as the Greatest of all time in his sport is also remarkably good
at Fantasy Premier League finishing 10th in the 2019/20 season. This features on
his Twitter/X bio(pictured) as well. His Twitter/X header photo is a picture of him
with Pep Guardiola.
Identify X.
12. Question 5
In celebration of this anime's 25th anniversary,
Jimmy Choo unveiled an exclusive lineup inspired
by the iconic characters and themes of the series.
This anime, known for its magical transformations
and cosmic battles, continues to captivate
audiences worldwide. What is the name of the
anime that served as the muse for Jimmy Choo's
special series, commemorating its 25th
anniversary?
14. Question 6
The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in Marvel Comics first appearing in
The X-Men #1(September 1963). The X-Men were āa good metaphor for what
was happening with the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ movement in the country at that
time.ā
The X-Men are hated, feared and despised collectively by humanity for no other
reason than that they are mutants which is very similar to what the movement
stood for.
The superhero team has often been described as an allegory to real-life struggles
experienced by people rejected by society.
Identify the movement
16. Question 7
The following clip is from the film āKubo and the
Two Stringsā which revolves around Kubo, a
young boy who wields a magical shamisen(a
traditional Japanese musical instrument). The
song in the clip is sung by Regina Spektor and is
a remake of a song by The Beatles. The Guitar
solo in the original song is considered by many
to be one of the greatest guitar solos of all time
and is played using a shamisen in the movie.
The name of the song is also the name of a
stand(ability) in the Japanese version of JoJoās
Bizarre Adventures(pictured).
Identify the song.
21. Question 9
āMinister wins the game of thronesā and āMaking the naughtiest kid the class
monitorā are the titles of two articles describing the incident of an infamous
character becoming the king of a fictional kingdom Hujli after 35 years.
Describe the Incident.
23. Question 10
X, one of the most loved characters in all of anime, was inspired from a Japanese
folklore called X GÅketsu Monogatari, which translates to āThe Gallant Story of Xā.
Y and Z, who are also a part of the anime, are characters from this folk story as
well. The folktale revolves around the tale of X, a young lord from the Ogata clan
who gains mastery of toad magic and fights alongside a slug princess to bring
down an evil snake spirit that had taken over the land. X,Y and Z together form a
legendary trio and are given the title āThe Legendary Zā in the anime.
Identify X and Z.
25. Question 11
X is a Sanrio creation who, according to her backstory, lives in a London suburb with
her family and is close to her twin sister. The Japanese government has appointed her
as the ambassador of tourism. She has no mouth as Sanrio wants people to "project
their feelings onto the character". Additionally a very famous murder case is referred
to as the āX Murder Caseā.
Identify X.
29. Question 13
While writing X, the author had the core idea that it was going to be about Yakuza,
but didn't know how the Yakuza works in the current age. For this, he added a time
travel element to it so that he could make a more realistic story, where he could
draw inspiration from his involvement with gangs during his younger days as well.
Identify X .
31. Question 14
Pictured here is a tweet by Alexandra Botez, a
popular chess streamer who did something specific
as an April foolās prank in 2021.
She eventually made a lot of money and pledged to
donate it to the UNICEF.
What did she do?
33. Question 15
Y got popular on YouTube for making the majority of his videos on a specific
game series and recently, got a cameo in the movie adaptation of the video
game. His catchphrase also contains the main idea behind his channels and has
become a meme.
Identify Y
35. Question 16
āThe Simpsonsā in the year 2000 predicted X becoming Y, 16 years into the
future.
In the episode āBart to the Futureā Lisa Simpson is set to become the Y and is
expected to restore order and repair a nation reeling from the damage caused by
X, her predecessor.
Identify X and Y.
37. Question 17
Josh X, a software engineer in Brooklyn, knew his partner loved word games, so
he created a guessing game for just the two of them. As a play on his last name,
he named it Y. But after the couple played for months, he introduced it to his
relatives and it rapidly became an obsession in his familyās WhatsApp group.
X eventually released the game and within 2 months it had over 300,000 playing
it in a day.
Identify Y.
39. Question 18
X is a videogame released in the year 2022 by FromSoftware Inc, notorious for
making hard games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Dark Souls III. X is made
by Hidetaka Miyazaki and a novelist Y who is best known for writing a book series
Z which was later adapted into a wildly popular American Fantasy TV series Z.
Identify X and Y.
41. Question 19
A popular theory states that, X, a famous
character from a very popular anime is
modelled after Captain Olivier Levasseur.
According to legend, when Levasseur stood
on the scaffold to be hanged, he wore a
necklace containing a cryptogram of 17
lines, which he threw this into the crowd
while exclaiming, "Find my treasure, the one
who may understand it!ā The necklace has
been lost, but treasure hunters have since
tried to decode the cryptogram, hoping its
solution will lead to a treasure.
Identify X.
43. Question 20
X was brought to a halt in 2008, due to complaints from Egyptian Islamic
fundamentalists. This was due to a scene from the OVA based on the third part
of X, that showed an antagonist of the anime reading the Quran. This complaint
put the series's localization in jeopardy. It caused the OVA and the English
translated manga trouble as well, despite it not sharing this scene with the
OVAs, to cease publication and localization. It even led Shueisha(publishing
company) to have the author redraw scenes featuring mosques. While the
manga resumed publication the next year, the OVAs' distribution was
permanently canceled.
Identify the manga/anime.
A single blocks is formed using square brackets.No blocks->multiple blocks are put together differently to form different shapes
A single blocks is formed using square brackets.No blocks->multiple blocks are put together differently to form different shapes
The Anime is very popular and the phrase is also used multiple times in the anime
The Anime is very popular and the phrase is also used multiple times in the anime
No block->He was the world champion until very recently for around 10 years, and the way he lost the title of the world champion is very controversial.
No block->He was the world champion until very recently for around 10 years, and the way he lost the title of the world champion is very controversial.
This Anime was from the 90s and is considered to be among the most influential anime particularly for its art style and humour
. The shoes shown here are the shoes worn by the main characters of the show
No block-> Itās an Anime about a group of school girls who discover they are incarnations of super-powered alien princesses
This Anime was from the 90s and is considered to be among the most influential anime particularly for its art style and humour
. The shoes shown here are the shoes worn by the main characters of the show
No block-> Itās an Anime about a group of school girls who discover they are incarnations of super-powered alien princesses
Look at the timeline when the comics released and think of popular movements that were occurring at that time in the United States.
No blocks-> Prejudice
Look at the timeline when the comics released and think of popular movements that were occurring at that time in the United States.
No blocks-> Prejudice
Multiple famous guitarist have played this song live, eric Clapton and prince.
Multiple famous guitarist have played this song live, eric Clapton and prince.
Jun 5 2020 when there was a hoax about two characters in a show produced by Green Gold
Jun 5 2020 when there was a hoax about two characters in a show produced by Green Gold
Talking about a specific Indian comic where a character desperately tries to become the king but fails to do so every single time for 35 years and finally succeeds
Talking about a specific Indian comic where a character desperately tries to become the king but fails to do so every single time for 35 years and finally succeeds
No clues, very straightforward
No clues, very straightforward
She is a really famous character, If you name particular set of product, like guitars, bags, shoes, tshirts, cups, bedsheets whatever, theres like 99 percent chance that youād find one with this character printed on it.
X murder case-> A womenās head was chopped of her body and her skull was placed in X-mermaid doll.
She is a really famous character, If you name particular set of product, like guitars, bags, shoes, tshirts, cups, bedsheets whatever, theres like 99 percent chance that youād find one with this character printed on it.
X murder case-> A womenās head was chopped of her body and her skull was placed in X-mermaid doll.
No Block-> The name of this animated series has an oxymoron in it ex: deafening silence or love hate relationship
No Block-> The name of this animated series has an oxymoron in it ex: deafening silence or love hate relationship
Yakuza-> members of organized crime syndicate based in Japan that was very prominent long ago.
Pretty straightforward no clues
No block-> thereās a URL in the dashed out tweet.
The movie released pretty recently. The name of his Youtube Channel, in economics refers to the study of the ways in which interacting choices of economic agents produce outcomes with respect to the preferences (or utilities) of those agents. If you have taken principal of economics should be pretty easy for you.
The movie released pretty recently. The name of his Youtube Channel, in economics refers to the study of the ways in which interacting choices of economic agents produce outcomes with respect to the preferences (or utilities) of those agents. If you have taken principal of economics should be pretty easy for you.
No clues straightforward
No clues straightforward
Identify just the game
Difference between his name and game is just one letter
Identify just the game
Difference between his name and game is just one letter
Novelist Y has written 5 books in the Z series and 2 more are yet to be released,
Novelist Y has written 5 books in the Z series and 2 more are yet to be released,
No clues
No clues
X is famous for its unique art style and its art work is present in the Louvre museum.
X is famous for its unique art style and its art work is present in the Louvre museum.