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+10/0 for direct. +10/0 for pounce. 4 strikes throughout the quiz.

QUESTION : 1

The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls is an unpublished work by author X.The story was initially going to appear in Harper's Bazaar, but X withdrew the story before publication. This story is available in the Princeton University Library. Those who wish to read it must check in with two forms of identification with the librarian, and are then supervised while they read the story behind the closed doors of a special reading room. Per the terms of Xs donation of the manuscript to Princeton University, it cannot be published until 50 years after his death; thus, the earliest it can be published is January 27, 2060. This work is said to be a prequel to one of Xs most famous works, Y. Give me X and the famous work Y.

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X - J. D. Salinger Y - Catcher in the Rye

QUESTION : 2
This is a still from Lady Gagas music video for the song Applause, reminiscent of Xs depiction of Y, a star who experienced the same trappings of fame which Gaga so often comments upon.

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X Andy Warhol Y Marilyn Monroe

QUESTION : 3
This is an excerpt from an interview with PJ Proby about his 1968 album titled

Three Week Hero.

Yeah, after that session, Big Jim Sullivan (who worked on Probys first album)

was the most sought after lead guitar player in England so he was on everybody but everybodys sessions. At that time the guitarist of X couldnt really pick lead all that well. So he went off and wasnt heard for a long time and the next thing I knew he was in Y. (.....)
When I got to the studio to record, there was what they called, Z. There was

(the guitarist of X) , lead guitar player, a great lead guitar player by now and Xs drummer and another guy (Xs rhythm guitarist) and Albert Lee [Huh?]. Anyway, we recorded that album, I think it was in two days. (.....) would you back me? They said, Wed love to, well be your backing band, but first weve got two obligations weve got to honour in California and they named two places in California that I had just come back from playing with a band of mine that was called Canned Heat. The boys told me they were going over to play in San Francisco. youre ever going to come home. They didnt ever come back until they changed their name to X and stayed over there and came back huge huge stars.

Afterwards, I said, Man, yall did a terrific job. Ive got some tours coming up,

So I said, Youre going to go over there and go down so great I dont think

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X Led Zeppelin Y The Yardbirds Z New Yardbirds

QUESTION : 4
This hero is called The Clockwerk Goblin from DoTA2. This is his death

sequence and is reminiscent of another death sequence. Put funda.

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The Terminator 2 Death Scene (T800)

QUESTION : 5

The X theorem proves that, regardless of how many mind switches between two bodies have been made, they can still all be restored to their original bodies using only two extra people, provided these two people have not had any mind switches prior (assuming two people cannot switch minds back with each other after their original switch). This theorem is a real-life mathematical theorem invented by one of Xs writers (Ken Keeler),who holds a PhD in applied mathematics, purely for use in one of the episodes of X, in which the primary characters utilize this theorem to get back to their respective bodies.

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Futurama Theorem

QUESTION : 6

Wrath of The Lich King, the second expansion of World Of Warcraft, was

released in China two years after its release in the rest of the world. This was due to the changes to allow release, due to certain Chinese legislature.
Many characters models were modified to conform to the rules, including

the abominations, Lord Marrowgar, and the Lich King himself. "It's to promote a healthy and harmonious online environment," anonymous staff at Blizzard Entertainment said.
In addition, the _____ symbolising dead players were changed to graves. What was this law?

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Bare skeletons and skulls may not be shown because they disrespected

the dead.
So abominations with bones sticking out and skeletons have to be covered

in flesh.

QUESTION : 7

During World War II, etymologist David Shulman served in the army and used his language skills to crack Japanese codes. His most astonishing feat as a wordsmith, however, occurred in 1936, when he composed the sonnet "Washington Crossing the Delaware."

A hard, howling, tossing water scene. Strong tide was washing hero clean.

How cold! Weather stings as in anger.

O Silent night shows war ace danger! Whats so special about this poem?

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Every line is an anagram of the title

QUESTION : 8
X achieved wild popularity throughout his role in Y, where he presents

probably the most eerie personifications of human psychology.

As Ys director s ambivalent towards making a sequel of the film, X, says

he does not want to see Y 2 - "I am not in favour of any sequel to Y. Even if there is any, I don't think I will be part of that. My character in the movie is over and done with," X told PTI.
"I've my entire life is [here]. My 9-year daughter Hiya studies here. My

wife Mohua is a teacher. I can't wrench them out of their environment. But I can easily travel between [here] and Mumbai.
Incidentally Hiya whose friends now regularly badger X for an autograph,

has not seen Y. - "She has a very different image of her father. She'd be shocked to see me killing people. I'll show it to her when she's older. There's no psychopathic laughter. No twitching. No punch dialogue. He is __ ____.

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X Saswata Chatterjee Y - Kahaani Blank - Bob Biswas.