<Cool-Name> QuizFinals

Alok Singh#APR’14#BITSHydQuizClub

Audience : Lit Major Lemur Meme Explain.

Jean Valjean|Les Miserables

Round 1 Give ONE WORD for the list on each slide 8 Questions Written Round +5/correct answer +10 bonus if all answers are correct

1. A US Air Force Stealth BomberA mid-size car from Dodge (1989-1995)A 2012 Malayalam movie| A 2008 English movie directed by Frank Miller

A NASA Space Rover

2. A city in Valencia, SpainAn Indian Pharmaceutical Company (Gujarat Based)

A file for storing metadataA SUV by Pontiac

3. A mythological figureA moon of SaturnA BioShock/Portal/Astroboy characterAn Indian Bicycle Company

4. A DoTA HeroA Motorola Mobile PhoneA short story by Vladimir NabokovA 2007 Battlestar Galactica TV Film

5.A type of danceA short jacket with long sleevesA popular SUV in IndiaA WWII military operation

6. A web browserA 2007 film starring Keira KnightleyA brand of soy milkNickname of an Indian celebrity

7. An aviation termA cricketer’s nicknameA 2008 Indian animated movieA Bee Gees song

8. An edible itemA character from Planet of the ApesAn encryption techniqueAmerican public gaming corporation that owns hotels and casinos

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1. SPIRITA US Air Force Stealth BomberA mid-size car from Dodge (1989-1995)A 2012 Malayalam movie| A 2008 English movie directed by Frank Miller

A NASA Space Rover

2. TORRENTA city in Valencia, SpainAn Indian Pharmaceutical Company (Gujarat Based)

A file for storing metadataA SUV by Pontiac

3. ATLASA mythological figureA moon of SaturnA BioShock/Portal/Astroboy characterAn Indian Bicycle Company

4. RAZORA DoTA HeroA Motorola Mobile PhoneA short story by Vladimir NabokovA 2007 Battlestar Galactica TV Film

5.BOLEROA type of danceA short jacket with long sleevesA popular SUV in IndiaA WWII military operation

6. SILKA web browserA 2007 film starring Keira KnightleyA brand of soy milkNickname of an Indian celebrity

7. JUMBOAn aviation termA cricketer’s nicknameA 2008 Indian animated movieA Bee Gees song

8. CAESARAn edible itemA character from Planet of the ApesAn encryption techniqueAmerican public gaming corporation that owns hotels and casinos

Round 2 Infinite Bounce15 Questions+10/-10 for pounce

1. _X_ is a Grammy winning band. One half of the _X_ duo, described the album's title as encapsulating _X_’s interest in the past, referencing both technology and the human experience: “We were drawing a parallel between the brain and the hard drive.“

_X_ felt that while current technology allows for an unlimited capacity to store recorded material, the content produced by contemporary artists had diminished in quality. Their goal was therefore to maximize the potential of infinite storage by recording a sprawling amount of elements. The duo pointed to the process as being further inspiration for the album's title, as they sought to make connections out of the random series of ideas.

Band? Album?

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Daft Punk|Random Access Memories(Album of the Year, 2014 Grammies)

2. #H2G2G Mentioned as being "still a terminal disease in some parts of the Galaxy," this disease seems rife amongst the population of Betelgeuse 5, the fifth planet of the sun Betelgeuse. It killed off the father of Ford Prefect when he was so embarrassed that Ford could not say his birth name, "Ix", and this embarrassed Ford and resulted in him being mocked during school.

The disease _X_ means “a painful feeling of distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.”

What is this fictional disease X?

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Shame

3. In Jan 2014, NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory captured the image of cloud of material that ejected from the explosion of a nearby star.

It was given the nickname, cosmic “____ __ ___” as an allusion to an infamous event of the 80s.

Fill in the blanks.

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Hand of God

4.Golda Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister. Israel's first and the world's third woman to hold such an office, she was described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epithet became associated with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

During a meeting with President Nixon, he told her that he would trade any three American generals for General Moshe Dayan. “Okay,” she said, “I’ll take _________, ________, and __________.“

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General Motors, General Electric, General Dynamics

5.Hailed as the father of his country, and the leader who was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen", _X_ was the dominant military and political leader. As a tribute to _X_’s contributions, construction of a monument was proposed. After initial deliberations, the work of the monument began. The design selected for the monument, however, was severely criticized by many calling it “A stalk of asparagus” and “The big furnace chimney on the Potomac Flats”. Who is the leader? Monument?

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Washington Monument

6.The oldest ___ ___are believed to have originated from the so-called "Russian Mountains", which were specially constructed hills of ice, located especially around Saint Petersburg.In Scandinavian languages, the ___ ___ is referred as “mountain-and-valley railway.”Fill in the blanks.

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Roller Coaster

7.The fossilized bones of this genus of dinosaur were discovered by Suresh Srivastava of Geological Survey of India between 1982 and 1984 in the Narmada River valley in Rahioli in the Kheda district of Gujarat.

This was a new species of dinosaur and was named _____ narmadensis, which means “princely lizard from the Narmada Valley”.

FITB.

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Rajasaurus

8.Following are the names of the mountains on Saturn’s

moon, Titan. FITB.

Angmar MontesDolmed MontesErebor MonsEchoriat Montes______ MonsGram Montes

Irensaga MontesMerlock MontesMindolluin Montes______ MontesMithrim MontesRerir MontesTaniquetil Montes

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Mountains are named after mountains from the fictional Middle-

Earth created by J.R.R. Tolkien.Doom MonsMisty Montes

9. FITB.

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DRUMMER

10.Islington Green School is a North London school for students of age group 11-16. Owing to their musical talents, a group of its students got a lifetime opportunity to be the part of a legendary act in 1979. However, instead of applauding the students, the Inner London education authority branded the act as "scandalous”.

Who are these children? What was this “scandalous” act?

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Another Brick in the WallIslington’s Choir

"We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control.

No dark sarcasm in the classroom.Teacher, leave those kids alone."

11.Act I, Scene I of Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens:

Painter: "Y'are a dog."Apemantus: "Thy _____ of my generation. What's _____, if I be a dog?"

Act IV, Scene II of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus:

Demetrius: "Villain, what hast thou done?"Aaron: "That which thou canst not undo."Chiron: "Thou hast undone our _____."Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy _____.“

The excerpts above are the earliest examples of ?

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YO MAMA JOKES

12. Rowneybury House ,also known as _______ Palace , is a Grade II listed building in the United Kingdom that was previously owned by footballer _X_.

_X_ bought the 1930s Georgian style house for £2.5 million in October 1999. The house is located within 17 acres of land, in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. The house is equipped with a recording studio, gym and a snooker room, along with seven bedrooms.

FITB – “royal house”

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Beckingham Palace

13.Origin of this term is attributed to the following letter by science fiction author K.W. Jeter to the magazine Locus, printed in April 1987:Dear Locus,Enclosed is a copy of my 1979 novel Morlock Night; I'd appreciate your being so good as to route it Faren Miller, as it's a prime piece of evidence in the great debate as to who in "the Powers/Blaylock/Jeter fantasy triumvirate" was writing in the "gonzo-historical manner" first. Though of course, I did find her review in the March Locus to be quite flattering.Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like ‘________', perhaps.—K.W. Jeter

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Steampunk

14.Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure. Multi-walled CNTs can be thought of as multiple layers of carbon nanotubes embedded or rolled up in each other as a tube. 

Image on the right shows a type of multi-walled carbon nanotube. Named after a country, what is it known as?

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Russian Doll Model

15. Lamborghini has come up with a single-seat, 600HP concept car as a birthday present to itself in honor of its 50th anniversary.

According to Walter De Silva, head of design for VW group, “It is designed purely for hyper-sophisticated people who want only the most extreme and special things in the world. It represents hedonism taken to the extreme, it is a car without compromises”

Further he clarifies, ““Extreme” is putting it incredibly lightly, and as a reminder, “______” roughly translates to “selfish.”

What is the car aptly called? (FITB)

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The Egoist

Round 3 6 Questions Theme : CURSES, like James Dean and “Little Bastard” Curse

Infinite Bounce +10/-10 on Pounce

1.THE INDEPENDENT|29 NOV 2009

First, the world denounces Henry as a cheat. Then, police consider charges against Woods after a mysterious car smash. And, last night, Federer finally lost a tennis match! Susie Mesure asks the question: ________, the best a man can get?

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GILLETTE CURSE

2. _X_’s brother and sister both died in separate plane crashes in 1944 and

1948, respectively. _X_'s younger brother, was assassinated in 1968. _X_’s youngest brother, survived a plane crash in 1964. In 1969, he was

driving a car that went off a bridge, causing the death of his companion. In 1984, _X_’s younger brother’s son died of a drug overdose. Another son,

died in a skiing accident in 1997. In 1999, _X_ Jr., his wife and his sister-in-law died when the small plane he

was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.

This curse has been haunting the _X_ family since 40s. Which is this unfortunate family?

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JFK | Assassinated in 1963

3. Kāneru Sandāsu no Noroi refers to an urban legend regarding a reputed curse placed on the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team by deceased _X_ founder of _Y_.

The curse was said to be placed on the team because of the _Y_’s anger over treatment of one of his store-front statues, which was thrown into the Dōtonbori River by celebrating Hanshin fans following their team's victory in the 1985 Japan Championship Series. As is common with sports-related curses, the curse was used to explain the team's subsequent 18-year losing streak. Some fans believed the team would never win another Japan Series until the statue had been recovered.

X? Y?

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Curse of the Colonel

4.__X__ fans attempted various methods over the years to exorcise their famous curse. These included placing a __X__ cap atop Mt. Everest and burning a Yankees cap at its base camp; hiring professional exorcists and Father Guido Sarducci to "purify" Fenway Park; spray painting a "Reverse Curve" street sign on Storrow Drive to change it to say "Reverse the Curse"; and finding a piano owned by ___Y___ that he had supposedly pushed into a pond near his Sudbury, Massachusetts farm, Home Plate Farm.What is this curse about/called? X? Y?

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Curse of The BambinoBoston Red Socks sold Babe “The Bambino”

Ruth to New York Yankees in 1919-20 season.

5.Louis, Alexander and Richards have attempted to launch new sitcoms as title-role characters. Despite acclaim and even respectable ratings, almost every show was canceled quickly, usually within the first season. This gave rise to the term ____ curse: the failure of a sitcom starring one of the three, despite the conventional wisdom that each person's ______ popularity should almost guarantee a strong, built-in audience for the actor's new show. 

What curse?

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Seinfeld Curse

6. 1999- Garrison Heart 2000- Barry Sanders and Dorsey

Levens 2001- Eddie George 2002- Dante Culpepper 2003- Marshall Faulk 2004- Michael Vick 2005- Ray Lewis 2006- Donovan McNabb 2007- Shaun Alexander 2008- Vince Young 2009- Brett Favre 2010- Larry Fitzgerald and Troy

Polamalu 2011- Drew Brees 2012- Peyton Hillis

On the right is the list of all the “victims” of this curse.

The curse is associated with a product of the company _X_ and its yearly editions.

_X_ is an American company headquartered in Redwood, California. Trip Hawkins, the founder of _X_ started this company in 1982. In terms of revenue, _X_ is third largest company in its segment which is headed by a Japanese company.

What is this curse called? What product of company _X_ is associated with it?

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Madden CursePeople appearing on the cover of EA’s

Madden NFL Football – slump in form/career threatening injuries in the

next season

Round 4 Infinite Bounce12 Questions+10/-10 for pounce

1.The core philosophy of the language is summarized by the document "The Zen of __X__", which includes aphorisms such as:

Beautiful is better than ugly Explicit is better than implicit Simple is better than complex Complex is better than complicated Readability counts

This language has “funny” origins coming from Britain. What is this language?

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2.Football is the most popular sport in Greenland with about 5,000 players. However, Greenland is not a member of FIFA and can therefore not play in the FIFA World Cup. In addition to FIFA, Greenland is neither a member of CONCACAF or UEFA. This is because Greenland doesn’t clear one of the basic requirements needed by these bodies.

Why is Greenland not part of the FIFA/CONCACAF/UEFA?

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Grass cannot grow naturally in Greenland

3.Inventor C.L Sholes, who put together the prototype of first commercial ______ in a Milwaukee machine shop back in 1860s, invented X.

During early years Sholes was criticized of having implemented X in his machine just to slow down its users to prevent it from jamming. Implementation of X, however, was for exactly the opposite reasons, which was proved and universally accepted later.

What is X?

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QWERTY “Universal” Layout

4. In ancient Greek, the word ______ means bow, as well as “the arrows shot from the bow”—and really just archery in general. In the story of Hercules, the mythical hero had to face twelve Labours. The second challenge he faced was the Hydra—a serpent with nine heads and poisonous blood. The Hydra was seemingly invincible—chopping off one of its heads only caused it to grow two more heads in that spot. Hercules eventually defeated it by cauterizing each neck with a torch after slicing off a head. Then, after removing the Hydra’s final head, Hercules dipped his arrow tips in the blood—he “made his _____ poisonous.”

What word? (this word is derived from the blanked Greek word)

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Toxic Greek word – toxon (bow) Picture : Toxotes, Greek Archers in Age of Mythology

5. What is being described here?

“The central boss depicts the figure of Sophrosyne, the personification of temperance and moderation, seated on a chest

with a lamp in her right hand and a jug in her left, with various attributes such as a sickle, fork and caduceus around her. The

four reserves on the boss, each contain a classical god, together with elements. The reserves around the rim show Minerva presiding over the seven liberal arts: astronomy, geometry,

arithmetic, music, rhetoric, dialectic and grammar, each with relevant attribute. The remainder of the surface is decorated with

gilt renaissance strap work and foliate motifs in relief against a rigid silver ground.”

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Venus Rosewater Dish

6.

A mythical beast with man’s face, lion’s body and scorpion’s stinger.

A slow mythical chameleon in Zulu tradition sent by sky-god for certain disclosure.

If these two are the 2nd and the 3rd, which is the 1st?

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The Simoqin Prophecies|Samit BasuGameworld Trilogy

7.Rounding bottom in a stock is an indication of a positive market reversal, meaning expectations are gradually shifting from bearish to bullish. _X_ is the slang term given to this rounding bottom phenomenon.

What is the slang for this technical analysis term?

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Jennifer Lopez|J.Lo

8.

___ ___ originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. ___ ___ eventually became famous for all African-American regiments formed in 1866.

Some sources assert that the name was given out of respect for the fierce fighting ability of the 10th Cavalry. Other sources assert that Native Americans called the black cavalry troops “___ ___" because of their dark curly hair.

A famous artist looked at ___ ___ as symbol of black resistance and recorded a song in 1980 alluding to 10th Cavalry’s fight for survival.

FITB.

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Buffalo Soldier

Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta: There was a buffalo soldier in the heart of america, Stolen from africa, brought to america, Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.

9.The world's first ____ ____ ____ was established in 2009 in Harardheere. Open 24 hours a day, it allows the interested people to earn as much as $10 million for every successful operation.

While there are no credible statistics available, reports from various news sources suggest that over 70 entities are listed on the Harardheere ____ ____ ____. According to a former ‘associate’ who spoke to Reuters, "The shares are open to all and everybody can take part by providing cash, weapons or useful materials. . . .“

FITB.

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Pirate Stock ExchangeHarardheere|Somalia

10.Sometime in 2013 Kolkata traffic police came up with an innovative message hoarding focusing on the importance of following traffic rules. Anuj Roy, officer in-charge of Kolkata traffic police, told PTI that the idea was thought up to attract the attention of the youth who often failed to acknowledge traffic rules which not only endangered their safety, but also slowed down traffic.

What did Kolkata police use for message hoarding?

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11.Following is the conversation just before this iconic picture was clicked:Borman: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there!

Here's the ___ coming up. Wow, is that pretty.Anders: Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled.

Borman: (laughing) You got a color film, Jim?Anders: Hand me that roll of color quick, will you...

Lovell: Oh man, that's great!Name this iconic photograph (+5). What/where/context?(+5)

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Earthrise

12.“A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of _______. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.”FITB(+5). Opening lines of which book? (+5)

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Communism|Communist Manifesto

13.Following is a non-exhaustive list of laws. What are these laws about?

1. Any body passing through solid matter (usually at high velocities) will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter.

2. Certain bodies can pass through solid walls painted to resemble tunnel entrances; others cannot.

3. All principles of gravity are negated by fear.4. Any vehicle on a path of travel is at a state of indeterminacy

until an object enters a location in the path of travel.

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14.

According to Indian mythology, Nalayani was the daughter of Nala and Damyanti. She wanted a husband who was truthful, strong, courageous, handsome and loving. So she prayed to Lord Shiva for years to get herself a perfect husband who possessed all these qualities. Pleased by her devotion, Lord Shiva agreed to fulfill her wish.

Who did she get?

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The Pandavas …Shiva, pleased with her devotion, told her that no man possessed all the

qualities. But she was resolute in her wish. Then Lord Shiva grants her wish saying that she would get the same in her next birth with five husbands.

15.Some of the awards won by this organization are:

National Award for E-Governance (2007-08)Genius of the Web Award (2007)Best Value Leisure Product (2008)Bank Retail Excellence Award (2005)Most Innovative Product (2007)Path Breaker Award (2003, 2004)

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IRCTC

Round 5Units of Measurement7 QuestionsInfinite Bounce, +10+10/-10 for pounce

0.Thomas Fink, in The Man's Book, defines beauty both in terms of ships launched, and also in terms of the number of women that one woman will, on average, be more beautiful than. One _X_ is the quantity of beauty to be more beautiful than 50 million women, the number of women estimated to have been alive in the 12th century BC. 1 milli_X_ is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship. Negative values have also been observed—these are measured by the number of drowned ships.

What is X?

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Helen“face that launched 1000 ships”

1.______, like most organic material, naturally contain a certain amount of radioactive isotopes—even in the absence of any artificial pollution or contamination. The ______ equivalent dose, defined as the additional dose a person will absorb from eating one _______, expresses the severity of exposure to radiation, such as resulting from nuclear weapons or medical procedures, in terms that would make sense to most people.

FITB.

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BananaBanana Equivalent Dose (B.E.D)

2._X_ is the unit of energy. 1 _X_ = 6 x 10^13 J. _X_ is used by geologists when describing the energy of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and asteroid impacts.

_X_ derives its name from a real event that happened sometime in the past.

What is _X_?

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Hiroshima Bomb

3.The _Y_ is a measurement of Twitter followers relative to celebrity _XY_. The measurement was standardized when _XY_ achieved half a million Twitter followers, with the effect that _XY_ now has 4.9 _Y_ himself.

_XY_ is an American actor, blogger and writer, best known for his portrayals of a character on an iconic Sci-Fi TV Series.

Who is this person?

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Wil Wheaton

4.

This is a unit of hype, derived from _XY_’s famous words.

Some multiples are:1 kilo_Y_ — famous for 10.42 days.1 mega_Y_ — famous for 28.5 years.What is the value of 1 Y? Who is this person?

Andy Warhol“15 minutes of fame”

1 kilowarhol — famous for 15,000 minutes, or 10.42 days. wonder".1 megawarhol — famous for 15 million minutes, or 28.5 years.

5.The Thaum is a measuring unit used in the _X_’s series of _Y_ novels to quantify magic. It equals the amount of mystical energy required to conjure up one small white pigeon, or three normal-sized billiard balls. It can, of course, be measured with a thaumometer, and regular SI prefixes apply (e.g. millithaum, kilothaum).

Parodying the introduction of the metric system later _Y_ novels refer to the introduction of the newer unit Prime to avoid arguments around standard sizing of pigeons. It is more reliably defined as the magical energy required to move one pound of lead one foot.

Who is X? What is the novel series Y?

Terry Pratchett|Discworld

6.The _Y_ is approximately six months, specifically six months in the future, and named after columnist _XY_who repeatedly used the span in reference to when a determination of Iraq's future could be surmised.

_XY_ is an American journalist, columnist and author. He writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs including global trade, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues and has won the Pulitzer Prize three times.

Who is XY?

Thomas Friedman

Round 6Long Connect

+1 for naming each person – non exhaustive list

5 sets of 2 slides eachFor connect, marking as indicated on slideMAX 40 Points

HINT – Company founders is not the answers

SET I: +30/-25

SET I : +30/-25

SET II:+25/-20

SET II:+25/-20

SET III:+20/-15

SET III:+20/-15

SET IV:+15/-10

SET IV:+15/-10

SET V:+10/-5

SET V:+10/-5

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Lee Iacocca

Meg Whitman

Jerry Yang

Mark Pincus

Elon Musk

Larry Ellison

Narayan Murthy

Mark Zuckerberg

Brin | Page

Steve Jobs

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