The need to build X came during the World War II to house the additional requirement at the time.
A location was chosen & the building was shaped according to the existing road network. However, location was blocking the view to a cemetery, hence a new location was chosen nearby. But the original shape was liked so much that was retained despite no constraints.
The name of this building is now synonymous with this shape. Identify it.
Show AnswerThe Pentagon
The shape was a hit with the top brass for its uniqueness & hence was retained. The shape also has a callback to medieval forts.
Watch a Video to go into more detail.
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A recent study named “The Physics of X” ranked certain material based on experiments. By doing this, a range was calculated in which X occurs. The experiments were done in the interest of public safety.
What is X? Or what was being tested?
Show AnswerPapercuts
To test the cutting ability of different types of paper, the researchers used ballistics gelatin as a stand-in for skin. They then attempted to cut the gelatin using multiple types of paper. They noted the sturdiness and thickness of the paper, and the angles that were involved when cutting occurred.
Read about the Results of the study.
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Harry Beck devised this with the following simple realization – because most of the system was underground, the physical locations themselves were largely irrelevant to the common person.
Hence, he used lines running only vertically, horizontally, or on 45° diagonals. This is similar to (though not inspired by) the electric circuit diagrams.
What did Harry Beck create, which is considered a standard across the world now?
Show AnswerThe line diagram for the London Underground transport system
Since then, the concept has been used for almost all the metro/transport systems across the world.
Watch the Impact of Beck's map on the world around him.
Pre-Beck
Post-Beck
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Gerald Holtom used a combination of the semaphore symbols for the letters ‘N’ and ‘D’, standing for nuclear disarmament to create it.
Over the years, the symbol became popular & came to symbolize more that it was intended to. Its Unicode symbol is U+262E.
What am I talking about?
Show AnswerThe Peace Symbol
The symbol was created in 1958 as a symbol for Britain's campaign for nuclear disarmament. It went on to be widely adopted in the American anti-war movement in the 1960s and was re-interpreted as generically representing world peace.
Read More about Peace Symbols in history.
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Connect the following images to the word of design.
Accepting a one word term or an explanation.
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The practice of naming X started in mid 1900s with feminine names, & male names being used from 1979. Names were given to X as they are more memorable than numbers and technical terms. The names themselves are region-specific, used out of a predetermined list and reused every 5-6 years.
Can you identify which weather phenomenon am I talking about?
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The following is a five bedrooms and six bathrooms, Georgian-style property, built in 1921. The house was sold in 2012 for $1.5M & has recently come back on the market for $5.25M.
The house has been the set of a blockbuster movie released in 1990, where it was heavily covered.
Where would you have seen this house?
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Connect the autobiographies with their correct authors.
| Losing My Virginity | Ron Jeremy |
| Bossypants | Maya Angelou |
| Last Words | Tina Fey |
| The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz | Richard Branson |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | George Carlin |
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X is a measure of protection which is found on personal care products. There is a common misconception that X represents the number of minutes or hours of protection provided.
In reality, X is a relative number for the amount of protection provided, with the product only allowing for 1/X harmful effects. Hence, higher numbers don’t necessarily mean a significant protection.
Can you identify X?
| X | %Protection |
| 2 | 50% |
| 5 | 80% |
| 15 | 93.33% |
| 30 | 96.67% |
| 50 | 98% |
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How is the mountain below related to the world of confectionery?
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The following is an image of a door frame made up of balsa wood. The design is a Rococo style characterized by the superior craftsmanship of 18th-century cabinetmaking in France.
The artifact was recently sold for $700k in an auction.
What is the claim to fame of this piece of furniture?
Show AnswerThis is the (infamous) door from the movie Titanic. The artifact has been subject to scrutiny of movie buffs, who claim that it could've saved both Jack & Rose.
Read More.
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The following is a still from a documentary released by BBC in 1957. This was the first time a major news publisher broke the story of trees which gave spaghetti noodles harvest in Swiss-Italian region.
Why question is, which country currently holds the highest production from these Spaghetti Trees?
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This photo was taken by former National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear, in 1996. The location was in the wine country in California, near Napa.
The photo was selected for giving the feeling of freedom, possibility, calmness, warmth, etc. It has also been considered one of the most viewed photograph in the history of humanity.
Where might you have seen this?
Show Answer
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X is a method which is used to calculate a certain property of an edible item.
This is done by taking a specific quantity of the item & diluting it with a sugar & water solution. This is done until a majority of the expert panelists are not able to taste the original flavour of the item. The number of times the item has to be diluted is the strength which is finally calculated.
Which property of edible items is this method used to calculate?
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This place was originally called Qomolangma (meaning Holy Mother) in the local language.
Over the years it has been called by several other names such as:
Peak XV
Deodungha
Gauri Shankar
Identify the place.
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What five word phrase (and its variants) have the companies BCCL and ARG Outliers separately applied for a trademark? They did so in November 2016 and January 2017 respectively, resulting the companies going at each other’s throats, legally speaking.
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In 1943, noted philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre released what is commonly considered his most influential existential philosophical work, a monolithic 722-page tome bearing the equally weighty title of Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology.
One might expect that, with that name and that subject matter, the book would be nigh unknown to the general public, likely only finding an avid audience in tweed-wearing, high-thinking, pipe-smoking professorial types frequenting smoky salons, quaint libraries, and lecture halls — and yet, Being and Nothingness was (relatively) a runaway success upon publication, gaining purchase even among grocers and shopkeepers, and most notably, women*.
What peculiar reason caused the unforeseen popularity and amazing sales of this book?
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In 2020, L&T bagged the construction contract for the project & given the significance decided to give its services for free. Tata Consulting Engineers was brought in for its project management services.
The overall project is estimated to cost Rs 1800 crore and is said to be built without the use of any steel or concrete.
Which project am I talking about?
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Myth has it that this article of clothing made from cotton, silk, or satin is traditionally never to be washed. Time and use turn the initially white fabric yellow, then brown, and finally black with dirt and sweat. These colors would represent the level of proficiency of the wearer.
In reality, this color categorization system is a fairly modern invention, and tradition has nothing to do with it.
What are we talking about?