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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% |
How is the mountain below related to the world of confectionery?
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.
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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?
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?
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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?
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.
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.
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?
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?
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?
The Surat Diamond Bourse became the world’s largest office building in 2023 (by floor area). Which famous building was the largest before it?
According an Irish myth Stingy Jack, tricked the Devil for his own monetary gain. When Jack died, God didn’t allow him into heaven, and the Devil didn’t let him into hell, so Jack was sentenced to roam the earth for eternity with only a carved-out turnip and a coal inside for light.
Which decorative item is associated with this time of the year comes from this legend?
Show AnswerJack-o’-lantern, a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a rutabaga or turnip
Happy Halloween!
The first time India was represented here was by a mother. Since then other representatives include a tourism professional, an underworld don, a female gangster, a couple of amateur board game players, an ex-magician’s production place, and a Mumbai judicial hearing.
What am I talking about?
Trevor Rainbolt is an internet personality known for playing a certain game. In fact he’s gotten so good at it, that he’s able to solve it by looking at the photo for just 0.1 second, with half the photos blurred, two photos at once, upside down, in black and white, or pixelated. When asked about his skill, he said it is more about intuition, rather than trying to memorize each and every detail possible.
Which game is Trevor known for playing?
In 1992, Jenny Joseph modeled in a photoshoot. This went on to become the basis of a work which all of us have seen multiple times.
Which ‘work’ did the photoshoot inspire?
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X is one of the most famous international players in his sport. He participated in the World Cup in 1994, where he led his team to the Finals, only for him to end the match with his team losing by 10 points.
After another failed attempt in 2002, where his team again lost in the Finals (against Egypt), he retired.
He came out of retirement, at the age of 38, to play in the 2014 edition, alongside some of the children of his former 1994 teammates, and led them to victory, after which he retired again.
Id X.
X was devised in 1569 and has become a standard in its field. However, it has been criticized for taking away a certain power from the colonies. Since then there have been others which have tried and solve this, but each one comes its own problems. In fact, having a perfect solution is impossible, with the experts in the field calling it an Orange Peel Problem.
What am I talking about?
The number __ is especially significant to fans of science fiction and have tried to speculate the meaning behind it for years. In 1993 the author came clean and said –
The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought ‘__ will do’ I typed it out. End of story.
Which number am I talking about? And what’s the funda behind it?
