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Question 1 / 5
Christmas is often referred to by the name X, more often in print, because the first letter when written in Greek stands for the ‘Chi’ sound of the word. Hence, the nickname X has caught on over time. What is X?
Xmas. The letter X is read as ‘Chi’ in Greek.
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Question 2 / 5
A classical Veena exponent practicing in Madurai, Shanmugavadivu was born into a matrilineal system. Not much else is known about her life. Her name though, lives on through her Bharat Ratna-winning offspring. How?
M.S. Subbulakshmi has her city (Madurai) and her mother’s name (Shanmugavadivu) as her initials.
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Question 3 / 5
The Ailurus Fulgens or red panda (refer photo) is a mammal and is native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. Due to its comparable size, part resemblance and the red colour, its nickname is _______. More popularly, this is the origin of something related to the internet. What?
Firefox. Popularly used in the Internet browser 'Mozilla Firefox'.
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Question 4 / 5
The sound effect of a X was a combination of the hum of idling interlock motors in aged movie projectors and interference caused by a television set on a shieldless microphone. The pitch changes, when X was moved through the air, were produced by playing the basic tone on a loudspeaker and recording it on a moving microphone. You can hear the famous sound of X in a famous Hollywood movie series. What is X?
Lightsaber in the Star Wars movie series.
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Question 5 / 5
The first figurative usage of the phrase “X the Y” appeared in a Rudyard Kipling novel. ‘Steady, Dickie, steady!’ ….. ‘X on the Y, old man, and don’t let them think you’re afraid.’ But the literal origins of the phrase are unclear. One explanation is the practice of patients who “X the Y” while undergoing surgery to direct their concentration away from the pain and hence wouldn’t break the teeth.
‘Bite the Bullet’.
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