en-Genners - A general Quiz Finals by Utsab And Shubhankur

Quiz finals at Pre - RDV - IIT Delhi

1. En-geneers Finals En-GENEERS Finals FINALS

2. LINEAR REAGRESSION Round 1

3. This round has 8 questions in total ( Difficulty being gradually increasing ) The point for each question is also increasing in a linear manner by increment of 2 ( Q1 at 10 and Q8 at 24 points ) This is a pounce-bounce round with negative of -5 with a wrong answer on pounce to a question on pouncing . No part marks on pouncing . Bounce has no negative and chimping is allowed with part marks . RULES

4. 1 In American workplaces, ________ is an informal term for a  summer intern , usually female , who dresses in clothing more revealing than that which is common for the field in question. The term is a  portmanteau of  X  and  Y . It was first widely used about such interns working in offices of members of the  U.S House of Representatives in  Washington, D.C.  around the mid-2000s; Advice columnist Julia Allison claims it was used in that sense as early as 2000. Since then, it has spread to other industries outside government and politics that also employ summer interns. The phenomenon is sometimes a deliberate sartorial strategy, but more often is believed to result from ignorance of accepted  professional dress standards . Older women in the offices where those interns work have often responded by advising them on how to dress more appropriately. As  Gloria Steinem   famously said, " all women are  Bunnies ," every young woman on the Hill is a “_______.“ (FITB)

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7. 2 This image (in the next slide) as shown features Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya and his queen Maharani Khuman Chanu Manmohini Devi . Bir Chandra Manikya is regarded as the architect of modern  Agartala  city in Tripura . In 1862, he started the urbanisation of the Agartala city. He established  Umakanta Academy - the first western school in Tripura, in 1890. An enthusiastic photographer, he was the first king in India to organize an annual photographic exhibition in his palace. More than 100 years after his death, the Maharaja's Foto ka Karkhana , a fully equipped studio, came to light in Madho Niwas, inside the palace. He was a member of the  Royal Photographic Society  from 1896 until his death . More surprisingly he was the second royal to posses a camera after Maharaja Deen Dayal of Indore . But there is something very very unique first of its kind special regarding the image which uses some basic mechanics to undergo a special task hard to believe to be done during that time . Give Funda !!

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9. India's First Self Photography

10. 3 Vummidi Bangaru Chetty , a jeweler from Chennai (then called Madras), crafted the X . It is a handcrafted, gold-plated and about five feet (1.5 m) long, and has a diameter of about three inches (76 mm) at the top and one inch (25 mm) at the bottom. X was in controversy last year due to its relation with prestigious ceremony of Chola dynasty . According to a report in  Time : “ It encases a wooden staff and is surmounted by a sitting  Nandi  to symbolize justice and sturdiness. From Tanjore in south India came two emissaries of Sri Amblavana Desigar, head of a sannyasi order of Hindu ascetics. Sri Amblavana thought that Y , as like ancient Hindu kings, to receive the symbol of power and authority from Hindu holy men ... One sannyasi carried a sceptre of gold, five feet long, two inches thick. He sprinkled Y with holy water from Tanjore and drew a streak in sacred ash across his forehead. Then he wrapped Y in the pithambaram and handed him the golden sceptre. He also gave Nehru some cooked rice which had been offered that very morning to the dancing god Nataraja in south India, then flown by plane to Delhi. “

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12. Sengol

13. 4 When displayed with the palm inward toward the signer, it can be an offensive gesture in some Commonwealth nations (similar to showing the middle finger), dating back to at least 1900. When given with the palm outward, it is to be read as a X sign , this usage was introduced in January 1941 as part of a campaign by the Allies of World War II , and made more widely known by Winston Churchill . During the Vietnam War , in the 1960s, the sign with palm outward was widely adopted by the counterculture as a symbol of _____. Commonly repeated legend claims that X derives from a gesture made by a particular group later evolving to Y fighting in the English army at the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War, but no written historical primary sources support this contention. This origin legend states that English Y ( a common noun for a particular group of people) believed that those who were captured by the French had their index and middle fingers cut off so that they could no longer operate their ________ (8) , and that the X sign was used by uncaptured and victorious Y in a display of defiance against the French . Identify X and FITB .

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15. Victory Sign longbows

16. 5 The quote "Remember us, for we too have lived, loved and laughed", seen on a plaque on the way to a certain place in the critically acclaimed movie ‘X’ is taken actually from USA’s Medfield's Vine Lake Cemetery . This forgotten piece of Medfield is where 841 human beings who lived at Medfield State Hospital were laid to rest, often because there was no family to take them . When Medfield State Hospital opened in May of 1896, those residents who died at the hospital and who did not have another burial location were buried in Medfield’s Vine Lake Cemetery on the knoll . Surprisingly a contest was held to come up with a quote to be used on a stone marker as a remembrance of those who died in the 1918 influenza epidemic known as the Spanish flu and were buried there . Though no one dies of Spanish flu in the movie but still metaphorically the quote suits aptly for the death of others in the film which typically was the hint for the actual story the plot revolves in . Identify the famous movie X . Image follows

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18. Shutter Island

19. 6 X was first devised in 1975. It contains water, cane sugar, Y , taurine, inositol and B-vitamins. It was introduced in Thailand in 1976 as a refreshment for rural Thai labourers, in the same year that the similarly-named _________ (3,5) paramilitary organization carried out attacks on students. "At first it was not very popular...", says current CEO Saravoot Yoovidhya. "It was quite different from others in the market, and Chaleo focused first on upcountry markets rather than in the cities where other competitors concern . The Thai product is from a different company than the global brand Z as formulated by Dietrich Mateschitz, an Austrian entrepreneur . Mateschitz was the international marketing director for Blendax , a German toothpaste company f ounded Z when he saw that it cured something too fast when he travelled to Thailand. FITB and what did it cure give funda .

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21. Red Bull

22. 7 Nawaz Sarif is longest serving prime minister of Pakistan , having served more than 9 years across 3 tenures. In 2017 , he was removed from office by supreme court of Pakistan due to revelation from the Panama paper case . According to papers , Nawaz and his family had millions of dollar worth of property in the UK and around the world. It also suggested that its beneficial owner of all these properties was prime minister's daughter Maryam Nawaz. However she claimed that she was only trustee and his brother is beneficial owner. To prove this point she produced a trust deed signed by both her and her brother dated by Feb 2006 but these papers were fake . What mistake did Maryam did which made her caught ! Give funda .

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24. She used calibri font but the font was available from 2007 onwards

25. 8 Connect these paintings in terms of India . What was done exactly specific to the city to Munger in Bihar which created this ! The Starry Night The Angel Standing in the Sun Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

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27. Indian Yellow which uses cow urrine as a ingredient

28. MELA -MANIAC Round 2 MELA -THINGS

29. This round has 4 questions in total . This is a written round on Stranger Things . +15 for each correct and no negative . No negative and +10 for a full house . RULES

30. 1 In a particular scene from Season 4 , Eddie grabs his guitar and plays “X ” by the band Y , performing “the most ______(5) concert ever.” As he riffs on his guitar, the bats surrounding Vecna’s lair are lured away, leaving Steve (Joe Keery), Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Robin (Maya Hawke) to attack the demon. “It was another one of those ‘it has to be this song,’ moments,” Felder says. “This part of the story was anticipated to be a pivotal and especially hair-raising scene in which Eddie heroically stood tall for the fight of his life. I believe the Duffer Brothers felt that playing ‘X’ throughout the extended scene was the clear choice. No other song was discussed further, Felder adds, there are similarities between Vecna and the drugs referenced in “X.” She says, “They share similarities in that they each have life-destroying powers that rob people of their essential personal powers. The aggressive up-tempo sound belies its cautionary psychological and socially conscious lyrics, which are rooted in a sensitive concern for others . In

31. the year of 2013 , this band performed in a dome near the heliport of the  Carlini Base  in a particular location , and was attended by only 120 people, very strang e for a concert of Y . The concert featured ten songs played over the span of an hour. As to prevent noise pollution, the show was played without any traditional amplification and was instead transmitted to the audience through headphones . This made them the first band in the world to have achieved a particular record . Give X , Y and the record they made .

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33. X-Master of Puppets Y-Metallica First Band to perform in all Seven continents

34. 2 _________(3,4)  was the unofficial name of a reformulation of a famous drink by the brand X , introduced  in April 1985. It was renamed  as Y in 1990, and discontinued in July 2002. For gaining the attention of viewers of Stranger Things , X released a limited run of it (introduced in 1985) to coincide with the third season of the show, which also takes place in 1985 . The most prominent scene where it can be seen wa s in Season 3 when Eleven digs an empty entity of it out of the trash and places it on a ledge. Staring intently, she attempts to crush it using her telekinetic powers, but no dice: after the bite from the fleshy Mind Flayer monster, it doesn’t budge.  X’s senior executives commissioned a secret project headed by marketing vice president  Sergio Zyman  and X’s USA president  Brian Dyson  to create a new flavor for X . This project was named “Z", from a photo of journalist from the American state ______ (6) William Allen White  consuming it ; the image had been used extensively in its advertising and hung on several executives' walls. FITB(only first) and Identify X and Z .

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36. X-Coca cola Z-Project cansas

37. 3 In a scene in first season Joyce has a flashback to talking to will in his hideout Y she has to give him password first which was X . In a letter, Tolkien wrote that X gave up his mission as a Wizard by becoming too obsessed with animals and plants, but stated that he did not believe that X's failure was as great as Saruman's. Christopher Tolkien commented that X might not have failed completely, as he was specifically chosen by the Vala Yavanna for a mission to protect the plants and animal . Identify X .

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39. Radagast

40. 4 The Creel House was the Creel family's short-lived residence in Hawkins, Indiana. It was located on Morehead Street . The house was purchased in the spring of 1959 by the Creel family. However, strange circumstances led Victor, the patriarch, to apparently murder his family there . Claremont House in Rome, Georgia was used to film the Creel House, while the outside playground was filmed on Columbia Avenue in College Park, Georgia. The creative team was looking for a uniquely “ frightening ” house with a distinct presence, vertical architecture and a third-level attic . But the reason behind selection of it was because of production designer Chris Trujillo who associated the house with the ____(5) House from Alfred Hitchcock’s  X , for which the team approached the owners. FITB and identify X .

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42. Bates X-Psycho

43. STAIRWAY TO HELL Round-3 BIZ SNT HNM SPORTS INDIA MELA TNL MIXED BAG

44. This round has 16 questions in total – 2 from each genre . This is a punce only round with +1/5 of the present round points for each correct and -1/5 negative for wrong on pouncing . The team with the highest points before this round starts the topic and then each topic goes sequentially depending upon the point . No bounce . RULES

45. BIZ-1 Along with custom vanity cases that held jewelry, champagne, chess, and more, X created its first ___(7) travel trunk in the 1950s featuring satin-lined interior compartments that held the game’s full set of 144 tiles with five extras, four wooden rulers, dice, wind indicator, and sticks. The streamlined six-drawer box set is trimmed in natural cowhide, rich pine green lining, monogrammed canvas exteriors, and gold brass fasteners. The carved tiles consist of also stone and American walnut and are hand-painted with elements of X’s signature motifs. Regarding the game - there has been a research study in Hong Kong which said prolong playing of the game can trigger a certain neurological disorder Y which is due to the stress and complex manual movement associated with the game . Identify the brand X , Y and the game !

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47. X- Louis Vitton Y-Epileptic seizures Z-Mahjong

48. BIZ-2 According to the executives of the company , the founder X had a devotion to the Madonna of Lourdes who is none but Jesus’s mother and hence made a pilgrimage to the site once a year . In addition to that , there were statues of her in every factory of the company . According to X - “The success of _______( brand ) we owe to Our Lady of Lourdes.” The product which the brand manufactures has a rocky texture which resembles the rock grotto in Lourdes where Mary is believed to have appeared to a 13-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirous on Feb. 11, 1858. The word “Y” is said to come from the name of the grotto in French — “Y de Massabielle.” Image follows . It is said that during the Second World War when the prices of a particular plant product __(5) increased , X shifted to use Z (9) which is again a plant based product which is still now used making it an identity for the brand . Which very famous brand are we talking about ! What is Z and Y ?

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50. Ferrero Rocher Z-Hazelnut Y-Rocher

51. MELA-1 In a bid to let the world know about their tiny nation, in 1971, the monarchs of this once sovereign country commissioned X to make a documentary about their country. X accepted this assignment and made a film that is now considered to be a beautiful and wholesome depiction of the history, terrain, culture and people of this nation . Soon after this country was formally annexed by its much larger and neighbouring republic, the documentary was banned to prevent insurgency. However, it finally resurfaced on September 2010 and after the ban was lifted by the country's ministry of external affairs. ID X and the country (which is also the name of the documentary ) .

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53. Sikkim directed by Satyajit Ray Monarch was King of Sikkim

54. MELA-2 In his diary in an entry headed "Nice 22 January 1892", X wrote: One evening I was walking along a path, the city was on one side and the fjord below. I felt tired and ill. I stopped and looked out over the fjord – the sun was setting, and the clouds turning blood red. I sensed a ______ passing through nature; it seemed to me that I heard the _______. I painted this picture, painted the clouds as actual blood. The color shrieked. This became The _____ Supposedly this painting is known as “The Y of Anxiety,” due to the depressing nature of art it conveys . Among theories advanced to account for the reddish sky in the background is the artist's memory of the effects of a particular geological event Z , which deeply tinted sunset skies red in parts of the Western hemisphere for months during 1883 and 1884, about a decade before he painted it . This explanation has been disputed by scholars, who note that he was an expressive painter and was not primarily interested in literal renderings of what he had seen. Another explanation for the red skies is that they are due to the appearance of nacreous clouds which occur at the latitude of Norway and which look remarkably similar to the skies depicted in the painting . Identify X , Y , the event Z and FITB for the name of the painting .

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56. X-Edvard Munch Y-Monalisa Z-Volcanic eruption of krakatoa

57. HnM-1 X, a prominent figure in the Itihasa tradition, was deemed to be a master of Astrology. It was presumed that he learnt this skill from his father. Y was a cousin of X and he represented them in the court of Z. When Y asked for five villages from Z as a condition to avert the war , he was refused. It is speculated that the five villages were decided upon by X. There's a confusion in what those five villages were but the most prominent belief considers those 5 villages to be 5 prominent cities in the Northern part of the Indian subcontinent. However, there are other beliefs with regards to the same as well . Identify X and Y .

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59. X-Sahdev Y-Krishna

60. HNM-2 A very famous story of 1910s goes like X went pillar to post to raise funds for starting a Y. From rich traders to filthy rich landlords, everyone flatly X got no for an answer everywhere he went. He then made his way into the court of the Z, who was touted as the richest man in the world back then. Dismissing X's request for funds, the Z grew furious and said, "How dare you come to me for funds and that too for a Y (Y's name has something opposing the ruler)?" Following his insulting roar, the Z took off his footwear and flung it at X. After that X came up with a brilliant idea which supposingly forced Z to pay huge amount to X. Identify X and What X came up with .

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62. X-Madan Mohan Malviya He auctioned the footwear of Ruler

63. SNT-1 “It is with great regret that we have to announce the death, on Friday 18th July 1952 of X - Death followed a protracted illness which an intensive course of Besselised [referring to  Bessel function  that was used to analyse the X-ray diffraction patterns] injections had failed to relieve. A memorial service will be held next Monday or Tuesday. It is hoped that Dr M H F Wilkins will speak in memory of the late X [Signed Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling ] “ About whose death here we are talking about ?

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65. Double Helix of DNA

66. SNT-2 The CEO of Vresh Clothing, decided to study X's Y closely (something which X is famous for), and make a replica of it, or as "as close to the original as possible" without being the same exact item — kind of like how Instagram rolls out new features .Here are the "specs" for the X Y. Fabric 100% mercerized combed cotton, Made in Italy (extra soft)* Weight 180g per m (20% more than industry standard)* Color_ tones, melange (sale e pepe)* Stitching double-stitched with PEGASUS EX3215-03 Serger Id XY.

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68. Shirts of Mark Zuckerberg

69. INDIA-1 According to local legends, Jamlu rishi (sage) inhabited this place and made his own rules and regulations. The locals claim that it was one of the oldest democracies of the world, with a well-organized parliamentary system, guided by their devta (deity) Jamlu rishi. Although Jamlu is currently identified with a sage from the Puranas, this is a relatively recent development. Jamlu is believed to have been worshipped in pre-Aryan times. G. M. Young and Penelope Chetwood recount a tale about an orthodox Brahmin priest, who visited this place , and tried to educate the locals about the pedigree of their god, but had to leave while confessing to not knowing who Jamlu was. Malana has been called ‘one of the oldest democracies’ in the world .The villagers believe that they are descendants of the soldiers of Alexander the Great who got stranded here on account of injuries . This place X is also famous for its “X Cream”, a product made from cannabis plants which grows in the adjoining Parvati valley

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71. Malana

72. INDIA-2 Despite its stature, Indian Railways has continued to be riddled with administrative issues, lack of hygiene and hospitality, revenue losses, and similar concerns. The sheer population of the country and the number of people using the railways has made it difficult for quality to be a priority. Much has been done over the decade to upgrade the quality of services provided by the railways and yet the organization has always been at the receiving end of criticism. In an effort to develop both, the quality of services and the profitability of the Indian Railways, well-educated, trained, and skilled professionals were needed such that they can understand the problems specific to railways .So , the railway department put forward an proposal for improvement in Indian Railways in front of the NDA's Government and in 2017, it was approved by the government. What proposal did the railway department come up with?

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74. The proposal was full-fledged railway university

75. SPORTS-1 ___________(3,3,3) is an Australian rock band consisting of five former New South Wales first-class cricketers. Formed in 1999, the band released two studio albums and played around 300 gigs on the live music circuit until its dissolution in early 2005. Almost two decades later, It reunited at the request of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and continued its reunion with a series of live shows across late 2023 and early 2024 . The band's name is derived from the backyard cricket rule of the same name. Interestingly out of 5 members of the band , two are siblings and one of them X had a pivotal role in forming it . The band's genesis developed midway through the 1990s, when cricketing teammates Brad McNamara and X began practising guitar while on tour in the United Kingdom. Fellow cricketers Gavin Robertson—already an accomplished musician in his own right—and Richard Chee Quee were later joined by Y, who could not play any instruments at the time. In August 1999, a snippet in The Sun-Herald announced the launch of the band’s debut single "Be a Part of It" as the theme song for the New South Wales Blues cricket squad, from which all band members were

76. active player . Though all the other 4 player knew one or more instrument but Y had no prior knowledge in any of this. In words of Y - “I walked in after training one day and there was all this talk about a band forming and I thought, ‘Well, they have a drummer in Gav Robertson, a lead guitarist in ‘Buzz’ McNamara, an acoustic guitar with my brother X and a lead singer with Richard Chee Quee ,’” “So I thought, ‘What’s left?’ The bass guitar. And I thought, ‘Bugger this. I’m keen to be in a band.’ So I went down with my younger brother Grant and he helped me buy my first guitar. Identify the band , X and Y .

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78. Six and Out X-Shen Lee Y-Bret Lee

79. SPORTS-2 X ( born on 27 August 1966) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed El Loco ("The Madman") for his high-risk 'sweeper-keeper' playing style and his flair for the dramatic, and sometimes even scoring goals despite being a goalkeeper . X's style of play, which was first shown to a global audience during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, was pioneering in influencing goalkeepers to take more responsibility for situations farther from the goal . Furthermore, X reportedly invented the _______( 8) kick, a movement which involves the player jumping forward, positioning their legs over their head, and in doing so, kicking the ball away with their heels; one of X's most notable uses of it was when he performed it while clearing a cross from Jamie Redknapp during a friendly against England at Wembley Stadium on 6 September 1995, earning him considerable media attention . Who is X and FITB

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81. X-Rene Higuita Scorpion

82. TNL-1 X was founded in 1471 as a point of defense against the invading Portuguese. Just two decades later, the city expanded with the arrival of Muslim and Jewish refugees fleeing forced conversion to Christianity in Granada, Spain. These new residents built X’s signature whitewashed houses and courtyards with citrus trees, giving the city its European flair, which still exists today. There are many theories that explain the X or appearance of X. The most popular theory is that after WWII, when the Jewish community in the area grew as people fled Nazi persecution, we got X as a result of religious practice. One more theory say that its appearance helps keep homes cool in the summer and repels mosquitoes. One more theory say that X has a calming effect and represent Y which is very important for X. Identify X and what are all these theories about.

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84. X-Chefchaouen ( Blue city of Morocco) Why it is Blue

85. TNL-2 The tiny town of X receives a substantial number of visitors and tourists, catered to by a small tourist shop, a 12-room motel, with a weird _____(5) -themed restaurant and bar, the Little A'Le'Inn. Several unpaved roads near X lead from Highway 375 to the boundary of a particular place adjoining it which is very infamous for some activities . X’s resident population generally numbers around 50, with some of them involved in ranching. Most of the year-round inhabitants live in mobile homes . In 2006, the company Y created a giant company logo on the ground at the north edge of X . Constructed in early November, it took six days to assemble the 65,000 colored tiles on 87,500 square feet (8,130 m2) of flat desert terrain. The logo also had a hidden message on the tie area of the logo that featured an impostor Z holding a sign over his head, reading their tagline. Though the logo was removed in mid-2007 , it created a very magnificient record which no one had ever done . Identify X , Y and the record they created .

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87. X-Rachel(Area 51) Y-KFC First advertisement to be visible from space

88. Mixed BAg 1 White: X   Black: Y    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.O-O Nxe4 7.Re1 d5 8.a4 b4 9.d3 Nc5 10.Nxe5 Ne7 11.Qf3 f6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Qxh8 Nxb3 15.cxb3 Qd6 16.Bh6 Kd7 17.Bxf8 Bb7 18.Qg7 Re8 19.Nd2 c5 20.Rad1 a5 21.Nc4 dxc4 22.dxc4 Qxd1 23.Rxd1+ Kc8 24.Bxe7 Black resigns This is a game of  chess  said to have been played between X and Y at Princeton University.  in 1933.In the game, X plays the white pieces, and uses the  Ruy Lopez  opening; Y, as black, responds with the Morphy Defense (3...a6). X wins the game after 24 moves. There is no conclusive evidence that X and Y ever played chess together. Y's invention leads to a very big event on which James Cameron is currently going to make a film on the particular survivor who is the only survivor of the events. Identify X and Y

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90. X-Einstein Y-Oppenheimer

91. Mixed Bag 2 X was inspired to create Y when he saw a planetary system in perfect alignment while spending time with Zennith on Primus. Y was created to tap into the fundamental forces of the universe. Zennith deemed the creation of Y as irresponsible, but X ignored her warnings. By the time he had finished creating it, Zennith had left him but X ignored it . Y was later stolen by an Incursean warrior which lead to the destruction of the planet . Shocked by what he had done, X vowed to hide away Y and dedicated himself to peaceful sciences, creating the Z as an apology for what Y has done to the universe, hoping that Zennith would return to him. Identify X ,Y and Z.

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93. X- Azmuth Y-Ascalon Z-Omnitrix