Question of the Week #2

 The practise of saying X for a short brief came when screenwriters of Hollywood used to brief their directors on the X. It later evolved into a form of lobbying in the X hence earning the name.

The timeframe of a general X ride, 45-60 seconds, was usually all it took these screenwriters to lobby the directors to hire them hence delivering a powerful, impactful message.

General Catalyst, a venture capitalist company based out of America, literalised this word so that people could actually deliver Xs, but be much more comfortable with the chairs.

X?

Question of the Day #8

 The Royal Mail Steamer X was launched on this day, 1911, in Belfast, Ireland.

The name X was immortalised by James Cameroon and Leonardo DiCaprio in 1997 with their super hit movie featuring Kate Winslet and Billy Zane.

X was often considered synonymous to invincible due to its immense size and wonderful architecture. However, Rehorek had different plans. This "thing" that defeated the invincible X was photographer's namesake, Rehorek.

Rehorek collided with X to cause a huge tragedy, maybe one of the biggest to date. Some call "it" Rehorek, while the others call it the Jakobshaven due south of Greenland,  and "it" died in 1913, most possibly due to the impact from the collision with X.

X? Who/What is Rehorek / Jakobshaven?

OnlyIND #1

In B.R. Chopra's famous creation, he starts with an iconic Hindi phrase X.

This phrase has been used in several movies as a voice-over phrase to add dramatics to the opening scenes and to portray that time flies.

X was popularised due its english translation used famously by a 2023 hit movie that took the box office by storm.

X?

Movie? 

AroundaroundaroundaWorld (AAAW!)

 List of What?

Eswatini

Thailand

Turkey

Myanmar

Iran

Sri Lanka

Netherlands

India

India's inclusion on this list is honestly controversial but there were talks of this during the G20 meets as their was a "clerical error" or an opposition to the newly formed INDI Alliance called INDIA on the India delegation placard.

Question of the Day #7

An X is a person is an official appointed by a government or other institution to investigate complaints from the public and to try to resolve disputes or grievances. They are essentially a representative of the people, acting as an independent body to ensure fairness and accountability. 

X is a quasi-judicial, independent administrative authority empowered to investigate allegations of maladministration, abuse of discretion, or procedural irregularity by public bodies. Under U.S. administrative law, X operates pursuant to enabling statutes (e.g., Inspector General Act or state-specific legislation) and derives investigatory authority including subpoena power, access to documents, and compelled testimony, subject to due process constraints. The process is initiated by a petition or complaint, subject to admissibility criteria such as jurisdiction, standing, and exhaustion of administrative remedies. X conducts fact-finding through interviews, document review, and site inspections, issuing findings of fact and recommendations. However, X lacks binding enforcement authority and cannot impose sanctions or overturn decisions—its powers are persuasive, not adjudicatory. Under international administrative law principles , X operates similarly, emphasising legality, proportionality, and procedural fairness. Limitations include absence of appellate jurisdiction, judicial review immunity, and exclusion from matters involving national security, judicial conduct, or private legal disputes.

Michael E. Horowitz was a very influential X and is hence presently heading the Inspector General's Office of the United States.

The etymology of X, some believe, comes from the Swedish word for a legal solicitor or representative, this being the only other word borrowed from the language save the Scandinavian Lingonberry.

The starting part of X could be confused for a Hindu spiritual phrase but in Swedish it per se, means if. Compounded together with the remnant predicate part of the word, it could be mistaken for an English word itself due to its common ending.

X?

 

OnlyUS #1

 A very popular meme goes on the internet where a reporter keeps reiterating the same question, each time louder, but Trump never hears it. Finally, JD Vance tells Trump what the reporter is trying to ask and Trump replies, "Well, What If? What if a bomb drops on our heads right now?"

The reporter hilariously replies "WELL MAYBE YOU'D HEAR IT!"

Obviously the clips were heavily edited, but they gained the due views from social media.

But the question the reporter was trying to ask was a serious question which is in the news for a long period of time now, whose existence Trump has unfortunately been rejecting.

It deals with the accountability of another nation that the USA is presently negotiating with and its integrity, especially considering its recent aerial attacks of its claimed regions.

What question?

Bookqorm #1

One liner question.

2025 Booker Prize went to Banu Mushtaq for her "Heart Lamp". She joined an elite list of winners from India like Arundhati Roy, Aravind Adiga, Kiran Desai and V.S Naipul. Which language was Heart Lamp written in, a first for India and a huge pride for the home state?

MakeEntertainmentGreatAgain (MEGA) Quiz #1

 This is a 2006 Comedy/Drama film directed by David Frankel. 

It boasts of a stacked cast, filled with starring names like Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci.

The name, however, is what got a lot of attention. The funny part was, that company X, a brand "featured" in the name of the film, did not have to give copyright features to the film as they were using it as a fictional element, plus, trademark infringement was out of the question for company X for the film actually increased the number of X buyers, despite its unreasonable price.

Brands like X are economically termed as "Veblen Goods", where, by defying general laws of economics, the demand rises as the price rises, as the target audience is just a specific group of elite members of society.

Veblen Goods are also known to possess immeasurably high brand values, so it was really shocking to the community when X did not file for trademark infringement (or at least tried to file or criticise)

In the movie, a popular lore goes that Anne Hathaway indeed went from a size 6 to a size 4 just for the movie so that she could fit in to the plot's requirements.

Which movie? Which S.p.A from Italy is X?

Quizzical The Music Quiz #1

The video shows this certain "ThalaivARR" playing music from thin air.

ThalaivARR is using a certain technology from a company that "integrates electronics" called Curie, named after Marie Curie, to do this.

Curie is a tiny, low-power hardware product designed for wearable devices and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. It features a Quark SE SoC, a 6-axis motion sensor, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and pattern matching capabilities. It's designed for "always-on" applications like fitness tracking, social notifications, and health and wellness devices.

As mentioned, it uses a technology called IoT to play musical instruments without touching them. Simple wrist movements can be coded in as piano notes or violin strings and hence, by just having a small, minute, wearable gadget, you could play music.

ThalaivARR played overused song X with Curie in the company headquarters of the "organisation that made Curie" in Las Vegas. This overused song X is most commonly played in National Day Celebrations,  Independence Day Parades, Republic Day Fests etc.,

ThalaivARR has also performed overused song X and other "Thalaiva" movie songs in the Nobel Peace Prize Fests as well.

ThalaivARR? 

Overused song X?

Company that made Curie?

Question of the Day #6

X was once attacked by bunnies!

Once, when X and his fellow comrades had arranged for a rabbit hunt in 1807, X was overconfident and hence did not carry a gun to the hunt (sources say). But when X saw the rabbits being released from their cages, he was startled and the rabbits attacked and launched an onslaught on X.

A more detailed retelling from some sources goes :

The story goes that X's chief of staff,  Louis-Alexandre Berthier, arranged for the hunt, bringing in over 3,000 rabbits from local farmers. When the rabbits were released, they mistook X and his men for their keepers and charged at them, believing it was feeding time. The rabbits gnawed on the men's clothing, boots, and even entered X's carriage

A few days ago on Art Net, X's life's famous retellings called A Trove of a 100 X Treasures hit the auction block and is officially available and open for bids from interested buyers. The book has special casings and coverings with original pages from X's diaries and is written in an extremely light hearted yet accurate fashion.

It is also known commonly that in the countries X ruled, like ______ and _____, naming a pig X or naming a rabbit X is a fineable and punishable offence and draws societal criticism.

Which former King of Italy, X, who spread the idea of "Liberte, Egalite, et Fraternite" ?

OnlyEU #1

 Rome has openly admitted that this tradition has provided around € 2 million on annual basis, especially for NGO Non-Profit Charity, a Catholic Church Caritas, which makes soups and breads for the underprivileged in the Vatican and Rome because of this.

The tourists find it a lucky charm to perform this tradition. A famous saying goes, "A trip to Rome isn't complete without ________ _ ____ ___ ___ _____"

To protect the "sanctity" of this tradition, Rome openly imposed fines and declared this an action of adulterating this sacred spot by committing. People say "I survived an year just by the _____ _____" etc.,

The place where this tradition happens is a main structure with an amphitheatric seating around it to observe the structure's marvellous carvings. It can be reached by Taking Line A (Red Line) to Barberini, a five minute walk from there. Switchovers from Termini are extremely painful to reach here (trust). The Gelato shops like Venchi's or Romeo's Gelato are truly amazing.

Put Funda as to why Rome banned it.

What famous tradition, Where?

Why this Logoveri? #1

Despite the font being an appealing font to the eye according to the designers, the white, six-pointed star symbolises the snow covered peaks of the mountain the company is inspired by.

The number 4810, which is the precise height of the mountain in metres, is also a prominent number on several X products which are made to look like objects found on that mountain.

X is a German manufacturer and distributor of luxury goods, founded in Berlin in 1906, and currently based in Hamburg. The company is most known for its luxury pens; it also designs and distributes bags, perfumes, small leather goods, and watches. Since 1993, X has been part of the Swiss Richemont group. It is named after X, the namesake, the highest mountain of the Swiss Alps.

Identify this ultra-famous luxury manufacturer X?

BizWiz #1

Each bag contains exactly 30 kgs of sand and the sand particles are almost handpicked (not literally, but they are very curated) and are uniform in size and texture.

Company X started using these bags of sand in a marketing campaign saying "Superlative Sand". They used a line of campaigning saying if you already have our most popular product, buy superlative sand for your specialised X Ys.

X another device used to measure the "passage of time", which is the field of speciality of X.

Depictions of a (an) Y as a symbol of the passage of time are found in art, especially on tombstones or other monuments, from antiquity to the present day. The form of a winged X has been used as a literal depiction of the Latin phrase tempus fugit ("time flies").

The Clepysdra, or the Water Clock, was also a much more primitive method of measuring the passage of time which this company X has also created some limited edition products on. The Water Clock could be considered a primitive version of Y. Y today is considered an antique luxury.

Which gadget do you think X uses sand for Y in?

X? Y?

SqiTech #1

 Arthur Hjalmar Sasse (20 Jan 1899 - November 1975) was an American UPI (United Press International) photographer who was trying to persuade X to smile for the photo but having smiled for many other photographers the same day, X decided to do something different.

This photographs became maybe one of the most popular of X and is also a household bedroom poster of science geeks. It has since been used as merchandise to depict X in a lighthearted way.

X really liked the photo and had a long conversation with Hjalmar afterwards, and he requested the UPI to give him 9 copies of his photo, to distribute amongst his close ones and a few for himself, one of which he signed specially from Hjalmar.

On June 19, 2009 the original signed photograph was sold at an auction for €74,324 (dollars).

Salesforce, recently in 2016, acquired a 20 year license to use this picture as a mascot for their company displaying genius and portraying its immense artificial intelligence, almost comparing X to an AI himself.

X? Which Photo?

Question of the Day #5

People often termed this sporting event the "Madness on X", X being the first name of the person in question over here.

It was called so because this specific court in Birmingham is called the X Court after person X and this All England Open Match from 2023, due to its exciting rallies, earned the term.

X was a Japanese businessman who founded the sports-equipment company Y, a play on his surname's first part, which is now the leading equipment producer in his personal favourite sport and in others like golf. He was awarded the President's Medal by the Badminton World Federation in 2015.

Identify X and his company.

OnlyBLR #1

 Below is a wikipedia description about famous Bangalore monument X.

"Kempe Gowda II (who came to power in 1585), the feudal ruler of Bangalore, is credited with building four watchtowers setting limits for Bangalore's expansion, which included a tower on the X (on the southern boundary) as it commands a panoramic view of Bangalore city. It is said that at sunset a sentry would blow the X and hold a torch which was visible from the other three watch towers (one on the southern bank of the Kempambudi tank on the west, the second near Ulsoor Lake in the east and the third tower adjoining Ramana Maharishi Ashram on Bellary Road, namely Mekhri Circle in the north). This was done to inform people that everything was safe at that location and to give a warning X call to alert the citizens of any intruders into the city. Most of the rocks on the X, next to the Bull Temple, have hollows, which were once used to light lamps. This landmark spreads over an area of 16 acres (6.5 ha). This X is contiguous and similar to the rock at Lalbagh tower."

X is either the compound word meaning, together, "Trumpet, (the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil)"

ID X?

(the picture is the watch tower built by Kempe Gowda)

CricQuizz #1

Priyank Panchal is an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Gujarat. He was born in Ahmedabad on the 9th of April 1990.

Panchal made his first cricketing appearance for the Under-15s in the 2003–04 Polly Umrigar Trophy, in which he played for two seasons. He stepped up to the Under-17s team, for whom, in his last fixture of the 2005–06 Vijay Merchant Trophy, he scored a century. The following season, he played in both the limited-overs competition and the three-day game.

On 27 February 2008, he made his List-A debut against Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, playing for Gujarat, where he scored 123 runs in 115 balls with the help of 17 fours and 1 six.

Priyank is currently in the news due to a certain action, which every cricketer in the world, at one point, has to do.

He is in the news saying that "Following the trend, Priyank has also _______ ____ ____ _______"

What trend did he follow? What did he do?

*observe the fact that the wikipedia description is in "past-tense" and observe his birth date.

Antiquez #1

 This concept X is a widely known and accepted concept across cultures, histories and mythologies.

In Hindu Mythology, people often relate X with figures like the revered Regal "Guru" of the Princes of Kuru, Kripacharya, king of the bears, Jambavan, the literal "brainchild" of Lord Brahma, Narada the heavenly poet and musician and sometimes even Kakabhushandi, the revered sage who took the form of a crow to recite the story of Rama to the king of birds, Garuda.

In Greek mythology, the term X is associated with people who are "deified" or given the status of god due to their good deeds like Hercules, after a process called apotheosis, or people like Tithonus, who was given X but was old and cripple and Endymion, the shepherd who was loved by the moon goddess hence granted X so that he could maintain his beauty.

Aeneas, the Trojan hero who defended the city against the Greeks was also "deified" in Roman Mythology and attained X status.

What status X or what is this word?

Paltics #1

Executive Order #13765 was published on the 24th of January of year 20LM. (2000 + LM, where L and M are distinct natural numbers)

The Executive order was designed to weaken regulations and procedures associated with enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

It's provisions included :

• An attempt to seek efficient implementation of the law, focused on removing regulatory burdens during the repeal of the law
• The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and heads of other U.S. executive departments should waive, defer, grant exemptions or delay implementation any requirements of the act that would place fiscal burdens on any State or a cost, fee, tax, penalty, or regulatory burden on individuals, families, healthcare providers, health insurers, patients, recipients of healthcare services, purchasers of health insurance, or makers of medical devices, products, or medications.
• Compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act regarding implementation of the regulatory revisions within this executive order.

The Executive order was signed by president X, who was a heavily right winged politician who had just trumped over a huge favourite, a wife of a former POTUS Y.

But then, this executive order that sought to weaken the Affordable Health Care Act was repealed in 20AB (2000 + AB, where A and B are distinct natural numbers), by another US President Z, who was the then vice-president of the person who introduced the Affordable Health Care Act.

In 20AC (2000 + AC, where A and C are distinct whole numbers and C is B-1), the X vs. Z showdown was one of the most watched things on youtube of the year.

ID X, Y, Z

ID years 20AB, 20AC, 20LM based on the graph of popularity of this EO

Put FUNDA as to why there was a President new into the oval office in 20AB but the elections were of 20AC.

Why was the 20AB elections special?

And what was the relevance of Texas vs. Pennsylvania to the 20AB elections?

Question of the Day #4

What prestigious "thing" is Chris Anderson referring to when he says:

"Its long enough to be serious and short enough to hold people's attention. It turns out that this length also works incredibly well online. It's the length of a coffee break. it also works much like the way Twitter forces people to be disciplined in what they write."

Only Japan #1

 Pictured is the SpoGomi World Cup 2025 Logo. 

The word SpoGomi arises from Sport Gomihori, with Gomihori meaning the action of collecting X in Japanese.

In this World Cup, participants are given 20 minutes to collect X and to gather the most of X they can.

Then, they are given another 10-15 minutes to sort out this X into some categories.

Based on the meticulousness of the sorting, the speed, the amount of X collected, the winner is adjudged.

The City of Windhoek won the SPOGOMI Namibia Qualifiers. The X Titans team won the Palau qualifier. In Bangalore, the winning teams were One Man's X, SPAM X, SCRUB DADDIES, and Gujriwala. The first SpoGomi World Cup was won by Britain in 2023.

What is X or what is SpoGomi?

Footy Quiz #1

 While some believe this word X in football comes from a popular kids game that made this X sound, but some others believe that Javier Clemente, Atletico Madrid Coach first termed this word.

But mainly, theorists consider that Andres Montes' commentary of the 2006 World Cup Game of Y vs. Tunisia where Montes said X twice while describing team Y's method of passing the ball around.

Since then, several new styles have invented around this like park the bus or high press but this remains the core.

What style X? Which national team that popularised this Y?

Just Connect #1

 Clues listed below. Simply connect.

SILVER NITRATE ---------- CAUTERISING AGENTS ---------- (contd..)

ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ---------- ARGYRIA DUE TO EXTREME EXPOSURES (contd..)

EXTERNAL SKINS ARE REPLACEABLE HENCE NOT WASHABLE ---------- (contd..)

NARENDRA MODI ---------- RAHUL GANDHI ---------- ASADUDDIN OWAISI

Meme Mania #1

 The recent meme (image follows) has taken the internet by storm. Following a certain tragic event of the 22nd of April, when the victim country expressed its "revenge" for this event, this meme was posted.

The meme came due to the fact that the country orchestrating the attacks faces water shortage and depends on a channel from the victim country for water.

As revenge, the victim country blocked off, temporarily, a treaty arranged and negotiated by the World Bank, and was signed in a major city of the attacking country in 1960.

FITB. Also, give me the name of this major city X where the "treaty" was signed in 1960, which is known for its infamous, stomach-ache causing biscuits and bakery items, nomenclature due to its connections with a Nizam state that actually produced this.

Question of the Day #3

X has a habit of saying Y usually on events like a crash, unstable internet connection, lots of old browser cache and cookies taking up space, or when there is a lack of memory on the device.

X keeps reiterating to its friends and customers by asking them to double check if their data connection, hotspot, or internet connection is stable, or delete the user's cache, close other tabs or applications that are unwanted at the present moment, restarting the device or by updating the server.

X probably started saying Y due to the inspiration from the usage of Y especially in the 1520s, where this was used to exclaim to one's friend about a "sharp, quick movement" or sometimes a bite. Later, Y evolved into a way to express surprise, or misfortune and any unexpected outcomes.

The usage graph chart shows that when X started saying Y to denote misfortune, the entire world followed the trend.

Which two-word exclamation phrase, (2,4,!), Y and who/what is X?

Out of Ze Blue #1

 Small talk in Bangalore. Hint : If you haven't heard of either Cool Joint, Upahara Darshini, Voot, Wondendaff etc., then you ain't a true Bangalorean and hence this question ain't for you.

X Y and Z Y were two highly grossing Kannada "Grandmother TV Serials" which began in 2012, with X Y being a prequel to Z Y.

These are often termed as "serials" considering the colloquial pronunciation instead of a normal TV Show. The reason for it being called a "serial" also (informally) depends on the "poshness" (alleged) of the certain show. If it is a "foreign show", colloquially it would acquire the name TV Show but if it is a "local show" then inevitably it is a Serial. The nomenclature could also rise due to the episode portraying and the plots, which are extremely local themed and centred around daily problems such local households face.  

They both discuss the struggles of these two "Ganesha Mothers" who face persecution due to their occupations and have challenges with their interests in the head of the family they work for.

X Y and Z Y were most popular during their tenure at streaming company Voot. Voot was an Indian subscription based Freemium company that started in 2016 and acquired licenses of X Y and Z Y and then was acquired by Viacom18.

Identify TV Serials X Y and Z Y which "informally" were meant to win the Oscars of Byengloor (pun intended, meant to highlight "colloquialness") for the meticulous portrayal of the house maids by the actresses representing the name sakes of both shows X Y and Z Y.

Legal Eagles #1

Basava Premanand was a skeptic and rationalist from Kerala, and organised many tours around the country and in neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka for the promotion of Scientific Thinking and criticism (no solid evidence, but opinion) of "god and religion" and its "unscientific" beliefs.

In 1986, he sued person X under the Y Control Act (1968) (Now abrogated, under Y Control Act (Repeal) Act, (1990) with reference to Section 6 of General Clauses Act, 1857) for creating Y out of thin air, for the creation of Y is only permitted if the people who work with Y approach the Y Regulation Board and are authorised to work or make Y.

This prominent figure in India X was sued for he did not "take permission or was not authorised" by Y Regulation Board to make Y and was hence a violation of the Y Control Act of 1968.

Unfortunately for Premanand, the case was dismissed with the appeal to the higher courts also meeting the same fate, but Premanand vehemently pointed out that --

"The defendant's spiritual ability is not a valid or recognised defence for a prosecution under the letter of the law"

ID X and Y

Question of the Day #2

 These are Coca Cola (image follows) bottles with "yellow" caps. Yellow coloured caps allow for easier identification of these bottles so that members of community X can consume them during Y. 

Tobias Geffen, a priest thought of this idea to make coca cola accessible to all during all times, and hence created this.

The wordplay on "Coca" in Coke is the name of this drink, branding itself at Kosher Cola.

Which community X? Why can't they consume normal Coca Cola during period Y? What is period Y? What ingredient replaces the unwanted substances in Kosher Cola?

Hilarious Connects #1

Think of something extremely generic. The clues don't (per se) lead to something. Think of where you might have heard/seen all of these together.

Comment your answers!

Weekly on Sundays!

Answers next Sunday!

Question of the Week #1

Gelsenkirchen temporarily renamed itself to X, a word play on the name of the German city with reference to a certain famous artist. Santa Clara too followed this tradition, hence renaming itself to Y and also appointed this person Z who is the person cities are being renamed after as "honorary mayor". Currently, the "honorary mayor" of Santa Clara is another famous artist who owns Parkwood Entertainment Some of their most notable projects include the films "Cadillac Records," "Obsessed," "Black Is King," and "Renaissance", as well as the television special "Lemonade". Which person's mega profitable "travels" gave these cities a reason to temporarily rename their names? ID X, Y, Z

Question of the Day #1

 Image follows.

This shop in Shibuya Central, Tokyo, is a reminder to those who prefer this delicacy of its “chemical” nature.

The shop’s name is aptly the very compound formula for this certain delicacy, which is the most popular sweet delicacy in the world.

Which food item’s chemical formula?