During the early days of cinema in theaters, the owners would collect all the coins in chests and store them in a room towards the interior of the theatre complex.
This room gives its name to what in film parlance?
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X is an alkaloid found in chocolate, tea, cola beverages, acai berries and some other fruits. While these foods are safe for humans to consume, large doses of X can cause poisoning in smaller mammals, especially dogs and is called X or chocolate poisoning.
X in Latin also means ‘Food of the Gods‘.
Id X.
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OpenAI recently introduced a new model called o1, which is optimized for logical reasoning. According to sources, the internal name of the model is ‘Strawberry’. The fruit can also be seen incorporated into the demo of some of the videos uploaded by the company.
Question is, what is the significance of the fruit to OpenAI & ChatGPT?
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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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X is a type of fund which is usually funded by surplus reserves from state-owned natural resource revenues, money from privatizations, etc.
The largest of its kind is valued at $1.6 trillion & based out of Norway, created through surplus form the country’s oil trade. A few other popular examples of X are Temasek from Singapore & Mubadala from UAE.
What am I talking about?
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The myth goes that X married 27 daughters of Daksha but truly loved only one of them. His other wives complained about his negligent behaviour to Daksha, who cursed him that he would become ugly forever. As a penance, X prayed to lord Shiva to remove the curse, who said that he could not completely remove the curse, but that whenever X lost his beauty completely, he would again gradually gain it back and the cycle would go on.
Who is X and what resulted thus?
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James Earl Jones, known for his roles in Field of Dreams, The Lion King, and Star Wars, passed away recently at the age of 93.
Among his many distinctions was being one of the few to get an EGOT. Named after the awards of different fields in entertainment, EGOT is the ‘grand slam‘ of American show business.
Can you tell me what EGOT stands for?
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When asked why he chose to paint X, the artist offered a deadpan reply: “I used to have the same lunch every day, for twenty years, I guess, the same thing over and over again.”
That daily meal became the subject of this work consisting of 32 individual pieces.
Which artwork am I talking about?
Show AnswerAndy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans
The art piece was mocked at the time of its release because of its pedestrian nature.
However today, the work has become synonymous with Pop Art & is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York stating "Repeating the nearly identical image, the canvases at once stress the uniformity and ubiquity of the product’s packaging and subvert the idea of painting as a medium of invention and originality".
Watch how Andy Warhol changed the face of Pop Art.
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While it is difficult to determine the exact reason for X, ‘camouflage’ seems to have taken less importance in recent studies.
One of the leading theory is that X confuses blood-sucking flies, and hence gives a significant advantage.
Another is possible reason for X might be be regulation of heat.
Which great mystery of the animal kingdom am I talking about?
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As a young boy, he comes from a poor background, polishing and shining boots in his native Glasgow. He migrates to the US at the age of 13 and literally strikes gold & makes his first million.
Once rich, he settles down on the top of Killmotor Hill, in a building called ‘Money Bin’.
Who, from fiction, who gets his name from another work of fiction?
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The dish was likely prepared first at Anchor Bar in New York.
Served hot with vegetable sticks accompanying it, there’s usually a dressing/dip that does along with the dish.
You may be confused that the name of the dish refers to a bovine, while it actually refers to the name of the area where it was first served.
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While this company is a world leader in its category, it also happens to be among the top food chains in the world.
The idea for a food service had come from the founder himself, who said “Hungry customers buy less”. In fact, the company sells a billion meatballs a year.
Which company am I talking about?
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Released 25 years ago, this movie contains a lot of talk on soap. The protagonist is a soap maker & seller (among other things). There is a crucial scene which talks about making soap in historical times.
When it came to finally deciding the poster, a pink coloured soap was chosen with the movie’s name embossed.
Which movie am I talking about?
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X is a valley about 10 km east of Duesseldorf in Germany where a discovery was made in 1856. While it was not the first of its kind, it coincided with publishing of one of Darwin’s books.
This made the efforts to study the discovery serious, and the discovery itself ended up being named after the valley X.
What am I talking about?
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The recently released cover of Time’s take on 100 influential people in the world of AI has two actors (covered in green). Scarlett Johansson & Anil Kapoor
The first is known for their work in movie on AI, which later became a point of issue for the actor.
The second is an Indian actor, who fought and won a case preventing AI to use his likeness.
Can you identify them both?
Show Answer Phoenix
Scarlett known for voicing the AI in the movie 'Her', was at the receiving end when she found that an OpenAI model sounded exactly like her.
Anil won a case in New Delhi, preventing his likeness to be used by AI, which he went on to dedicate to actors across the globe.
The cover has also come under fire for not including biggies of the industry like Elon Musk & Sam Altman.
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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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Hvaldimir, a suspected Russia spy was found dead off the coast of Norway a week ago. Hvaldimir was known for his friendly demeanor, however was spotted wearing a GoPro camera and a harness marked “Equipment of St. Petersburg,” sparking speculation that he was a Russian agent.
However, what was unique about Hvaldimir as a Russian spy?
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In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus named them after the Latin for spirits of the dead, wandering ghosts. He knew they roamed an African island’s forests at night, their large eyes brimming with moonlight, their shrill cries cracking through the treetops.
Which animal?
Show AnswerLemur
They are endemic to the island of Madagascar with around 100 different species. They chiefly live in trees and are active at night.
Read more about Lemurs.
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After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad Yunus was nominated to serve as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh.
Yunus is a Nobel Peace Prize awardee known for pioneering the concepts of microfinance through a bank that he founded.
Identify the bank.
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X is the seventh studio album by this American hip hop group Y. Only one copy of this album was created, with no ability to download or stream it. The only copy was purchased directly from the group in 2015 for $2 million by Z (a Pharma CEO), making it the most expensive work of music ever sold.
Identify X, Y & Z.